Yerka Mig

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Yerka Mig was a Human male from the planet Ralltiir who became an Imperial officer, pilot, and bureaucrat. When the Galactic Empire subjugated his homeworld in 1 BBY, Mig resigned and fled in remorse, becoming a fugitive from both Imperial Intelligence and the Imperial Security Bureau and living as an outlaw on Tatooine, where he frequented the planet's Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in 0 BBY.

Biography

The Human male[2] Yerka Mig hailed from the planet Ralltiir.[1] He joined the Galactic Empire, becoming a pilot and an Imperial officer.[3] Also a bureaucrat with high security clearance, Mig was still serving the Empire when his homeworld was subjugated[1] in 1 BBY.[4] Mig resigned in protest[3] and fled in remorse after Ralltiir's subjugation.[1] With his high security clearance making him a fugitive from both Imperial Intelligence[3] and the Imperial Security Bureau, Mig was forced to live as an outlaw on Tatooine.[3]

Yerka Mig (center) at the cantina

While on Tatooine, Mig was known to frequent Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in the planet's city of Mos Eisley.[5] In 0 BBY,[6] Mig was in the cantina when a former moisture farmer named Luke Skywalker and a Jedi Master named Obi-Wan Kenobi entered, searching for a pilot to take them and the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 to the planet Alderaan. Mig witnessed the smuggler Han Solo killing the bounty hunter Greedo before Solo left the cantina.[2]

Personality and traits

Yerka Mig fled from the Empire in remorse after his homeworld's subjugation.[1] While he was living as an outlaw on Tatooine and frequenting Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina, Mig could not help but smirk at Solo quipping "sorry about the mess"[3] to Wuher, the bartender. He had brown hair and fair skin.[2]

Behind the scenes

Yerka Mig first appeared in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the first film of the original trilogy. Uncredited in the film,[2] he was portrayed by actor George Stock, listed as one of the "bureaucrats."[7] Mig's scenes were filmed from April 12 to April 22, 1976 at Elstree Studios's stage 6.[8]

In 1995, Decipher, Inc. first named Yerka Mig in the Star Wars Customizable Card Game's Premiere Limited set.[1] According to a fan-run website for the game, he was named as an anagram of Decipher employee Mike Gray.[9] In 2002, he was mentioned in The Official Star Wars Fact File 22, where his name was spelled "Yerke Mig."[3]

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6  Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: Yerka Mig) (backup link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 The Official Star Wars Fact File 22 (CAN5, Mos Eisley Cantina Characters)
  4. ↑ Empire 5 dates the subjugation of Ralltiir to three weeks before the Battle of Yavin. According to The Essential Atlas, the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope begin on 35:3:3, which would place the subjugation of Ralltiir in 35:2, which equates to 1 BBY, as explained here.
  5. ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia
  6. ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to 0 BBY.
  7. ↑ Star Wars: A New Hope - Cantina Archeology Part 1: Behind The Scenes of the Mos Eisley Cantina - UK on the The Credible Nerds YouTube channel (backup link)
  8. ↑ The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
  9. ↑ Anagramed Decipherians (2005-08-15). Corellian Engineering Corporation published by ReoCities (archived from the original on April 6, 2016)

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