Captain Antilles

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Star Wars character
Raymus Antilles
Raymus Antilles Captain of Tantive IV (ROTS)
Portrayed by	Rohan Nichol (ROTS)
Position	Captain of Tantive IV, brother of Queen Breha
Homeworld	Alderaan
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Galactic Republic, Alderaan Security Forces

Captain Raymus Antilles is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He is mentioned in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, and portrayed by Rohan Nichol in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

George Lucas invited Denis Lawson to play Captain Antilles in Revenge of the Sith, the third movie of the second trilogy, which takes place before the first trilogy. Lawson declined.

Initially, he was Senator Bail Organa's brother-in-law and chief of Security during the collapse of the Old Republic. Bail gives Antilles ownership of the droids C-3PO and R2D2.

During the oppression of the Galactic Empire Raymus helps Bail rescue beings in need. He is in command of the Tantive IV when Darth Vader and his stormtroopers seize the ship in order to gain the Death Star plans they believe are on board. The aforementioned droids have already fled the ship with the plans.

Vader is seen raising a man from the deck with one hand. The Rebel refuses to divulge anything to Vader and is swiftly killed. The radio version of Episode IV states that the man killed by Vader was Captain Antilles. In Episode III, Antilles spoke with a British accent, whereas the officer murdered by Vader in this scene spoke with an American accent.

Despite the similarity of the names, he is not related to another Rebel forces hero, Wedge Antilles, a character featured in the original trilogy of films.

[edit] External links

• Captain Antilles on Wookieepedia, a Wikia wiki