Who is Nien Nunb? 'Star Wars' rebel hero killed in 'Rise of Skywalker' was close ally of Leia Organa

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Who is Nien Nunb? 'Star Wars' rebel hero killed in 'Rise of Skywalker' was close ally of Leia Organa
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A Resistance hero lost his life in the battle against Sheev Palpatine's Final Order, the author of 'The Rise of Skywalker' novelization confirmed.

, Nunb has also popped up in the 2015 Marvel comic seriesNien Nunb is a Sullustan, hailing from the planet Sullust, most famous in thegalaxy as the home of the SoroSuub Corporation, which employs half of the planet's population and produces landspeeders, spaceships, droids and numerous other items seen throughout theBut Nunb was disgruntled by the Corporation's collaboration with the Empire and stole the freighter he piloted, becoming a smuggler and arms dealer who soon allied with...

written by Mark Waid, with art by Terry Dodson—follows Princess Leia Organa after the destruction of Alderaan and the Rebel's subsequent victory against the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin. She sets out to reunite the surviving Alderaanians scattered across the galaxy. Her mission took her to Sullust, where Nunb helped her smuggle a hidden enclave of Alderaanians off the planet.

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