Rukh was a male Noghri from Honoghr who served the Galactic Empire as the personal bodyguard and top assassin of Grand Admiral Thrawn. An excellent tracker with a heightened sense of smell, superhuman reflexes, and a personal cloaking device, he pursued his targets relentlessly.
In 1 BBY, Thrawn deployed Rukh to Lothal to hunt the Spectres rebel cell and the wider Lothal resistance. He played a key role in capturing Rebel General Hera Syndulla during the failed rebel attack on the planet, and repeatedly clashed with Ezra Bridger, Kanan Jarrus, Sabine Wren, and Garazeb Orrelios, developing a bitter rivalry with Governor Arihnda Pryce.
During the liberation of Lothal, Rukh disabled the planetary shield generator but was trapped and electrocuted to death by Garazeb Orrelios and Alexsandr Kallus. He appears in Star Wars Rebels. This overview is drawn from canon Star Wars reference material and is licensed CC BY-SA; see the Timeline for chronology.
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