Raymus Antilles

Captain Antilles
Homeworld	Alderaan
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Republic, Royal Alderaan Civil Fleet

Raymus Antilles was the Captain of the Alderaan Diplomatic Cruiser Tantive IV during the time of the Clone Wars. He served the Royal Alderaan Civil Fleet under Senator Bail Organa.

Biography

Raymus Antilles was a native of the peaceful Alderaan, and was related to the Queen of Alderaan, Breha Organa. He wore the iconic grey uniform of an Alderaan starship captain, and carried a target blaster.

Following the transmission of Order 66, Captain Antilles recovered a Jedi homing beacon from the ruined Jedi Temple, encountering opposition from turncoat clone troopers in the process. The beacon helped Bail Organa locate Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Captain Antilles transported the Jedi back to Coruscant, and later ferried the weary Masters to the medical center of Polis Massa.

When Bail returned to Alderaan aboard the Tantive IV, it was in the company of droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, as well as Bail's newly-adopted child, Leia Skywalker. To preserve the truth of the girl's parentage, Bail ordered Antilles to have C-3PO's memory wiped, though R2-D2 was able to avoid this fate. In the next nineteen years, Raymus Antilles would hand over command of the Tantive IV to his son, Colton Antilles.

Behind the scenes

Lucas proposed to Denis Lawson, the actor that played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy, to make a cameo as Raymus Antilles (as Jeremy Bulloch had a cameo as Captain Colton). However Lawson turned down the offer, and Lucas returned to his original choice, Rohan Nicol.