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Captain Lorth Needa

Commander of the Imperial Star Destroyer Avenger, he was a member of Darth Vader's task force prior to the Battle of Hoth. Needa was an advisor for Admiral Kendal Ozzel. Due to Ozzel's failure to comply with orders at the Battle of Hoth, Vader ordered Needa to chase the Millennium Falcon into the asteroid field where it suffered substantial damage. Due to the extent of the damage, the Avenger was unable to capture the Falcon and Needa apologized to Vader. Vader accepted the apology and then choked Needa using his dark-side force powers.

In the movie The Empire Strikes Back Needa is played by Michael Culver, but for the radio drama on National Public Radio, he was voiced by Nicholas Kepros.

Sansweet, Stephen J. Star Wars Encyclopedia. (1998). Del Rey Books.

TheForce.net (2004).