Rallis Cotyngham

Rallis Cotyngham was a Surface Marshal of the Imperial Army who was stationed on and was named Capital Defense Commander by the Imperial Ruling Council.

Biography
An accomplished Imperial general, Cotyngham was a staff officer at Army Command on Coruscant when Emperor was killed at the. He was called on by the Imperial Ruling Council to organize a defense of the planet. Cotyngham managed to put together a number of fortifications and strong-points around and dispersed his resources skillfully. When the New Republic (the successor of the ) attacked the planet four months after Endor, he managed to hold them up on Coruscant for weeks, giving them heavy casualties. In the end, Cotyngham refused to evacuate and perished in the fighting.