Senator Garm Bel Iblis is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He appears mostly in Expanded Universe literature and video games.
Garm Bel Iblis was named after three different mythological/religious figures. The first one, Garm, is the hellhound, like Cerberus, in Norse mythology. Bel, the second name, (Baal) is the name of a pagan god. Iblis, the third name, is the Islamic name for the Devil.
Bel Iblis first appears in Timothy Zahn'...
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Senator Garm Bel Iblis is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He appears mostly in Expanded Universe literature and video games.
Garm Bel Iblis was named after three different mythological/religious figures. The first one, Garm, is the hellhound, like Cerberus, in Norse mythology. Bel, the second name, (Baal) is the name of a pagan god. Iblis, the third name, is the Islamic name for the Devil.
Bel Iblis first appears in Timothy Zahn's novel Dark Force Rising. Originally a senator from Corellia, he was one of the founders of the Rebel Alliance, along with Mon Mothma of Chandrila and Bail Organa from Alderaan. He left the Alliance after Organa's death, however; he strongly disapproved of Mothma's near-absolute power within the organization, and eventually denounced her as being no different from Emperor Palpatine. He then became a recluse, as well as a kind of mythic figure within the Rebellion and throughout the galaxy. He returned to galactic service, however, after the...
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