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Bob Hudsol

Bob Hudsol

Biographical information
Homeworld	Corellia^[1]
Physical description
Species	Human^[2]
Gender	Male^[3]
Hair color	Gray^[3]
Eye color	Brown^[3]
Skin color	Light^[3]
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rebellion era^[3]
Affiliation	Alliance to Restore the Republic^[3]

[Source]

"Red Leader, this is Base One. Keep half your group out of range for the next run."

―General Jan Dodonna to Garven Dreis, during the Battle of Yavin, with Commander Bob Hudsol in hearing range^[src]

Commander Bob Hudsol was a Corellian officer of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. He worked with the Bothan Spynet in the Bothan sector. Hudsol later helped General Jan Dodonna during the Battle of Yavin, managing the groups of starfighters to allow several attacks to the Death Star. Hudsol was present in the parade that was held immediately after the Battle to award the heroes.

1 Biography
2 Personality and traits
3 Behind the scenes
4 Appearances
5 Sources
6 Notes and references
- 6.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

Bob Hudsol, a Human^[2] from Corellia,^[1]^[4]^[5] was a resistance leader for the Alliance to Restore the Republic in Bothan Space^[5] and developed a good relationship with the Bothan Spynet. He also became a commander in the forces of the Alliance.^[1]^[4]^[5] Circa 0 BBY, Hudsol traveled to the Alliance base of Massassi Station on Yavin 4. While he was there, base commander General Jan Dodonna received the secret plans of the Imperial Death Star battle station. General Dodonna organized an attack to the Death Star using starfighters. Hudsol was present during the briefing of the pilots, and then joined Dodonna in the command center.^[3] Commander Hudsol kept the fighter groups separated from each other, to allow several independent raids against the Death Star.^[1] Eventually, fighter pilot Luke Skywalker destroyed the Death Star and the Empire was defeated. A parade was then held to honor Skywalker and other heroes of the Battle, including Han Solo and Chewbacca. A smiling Hudsol was present in the ceremony, near the droid C-3PO.^[3]

Personality and traitsEdit

By 0 BBY, Hudsol was a gray-haired, half-bald officer who sported a handlebar mustache.^[3] Stern like many other Corellian military officers, Commander Hudsol knew how to carefully act in a combat situation.^[4]^[5]

Behind the scenesEdit

"The script [of Star Wars Holiday Special] revealed that the cartoon's Rebel leader was named General Ristt, apparently a stylized version of a minor character from Star Wars' Yavin 4 base scenes, judging by the facial hair."

―Alex Newborn, I Have a Bad Feeling About This!—Star Wars Insider 106^[src]

First appearing in the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Bob Hudsol was played by actor John William Ault,^[6] who was not officially credited for the part.^[7] Hudsol also appeared in several comic-book adaptations that featured any of his scenes from the movie—including a flashback of the victory parade in the canon scenes shown in the introduction of Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope. A different Rebel high-ranking officer with the same built and a similar mustachio appeared in the cartoon segment of Star Wars Holiday Special. This officer was only called a "General" by the other characters,^[8] but the script identifies him as General Ristt.^[9] The resemblance led to Dr. Curtis Saxton mistaking Ristt for Hudsol in his Star Wars Technical Commentaries when trying to pinpoint the rank of the Rebel officers from their insignia.^[10] It was also noted by Alex Newborn in his article I Have a Bad Feeling About This!, published in Star Wars Insider 106.^[11] The video game Rebellion and its officialy strategy guide mistakenly used Hudsol's likeness to portray Vanden Willard.^[12]