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Harris, Blaine

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this man served as Bakura's defense minister during the height of the New Order. He was a civilian, and little more than a figurehead, but was charged with keeping the Bakuran military operational. A former military officer, Harris walked with a limp from an old war injury. He refused to have a cybernetic prosthesis put in place of the leg. After the Battle of Bakura, Harris was given more power and control of the Bakuran armed forces. He eventually was elected as the deputy Prime Minister, serving under Molierre Cundertol during the height of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the galaxy. He had grown to hate the New Republic and its supposed "peace", and began secretly funding the Freedom group in an effort to force Bakura into breaking off its relationship with the Republic and joining the P'w'eck Emancipation Movement. Behind the scenes, however, Harris planned to take all the credit for freeing Bakura from outside control, rather than have Malinza be regarded as a hero. He arranged for the kidnapping of Jaina Solo, and used her to draw Malinza to him. Then, in a bold move, he planned to kill them both, making it appear that the Jedi Knight had confronted the Bakura idealist. By inference, the Jedi Knights would be accused of coming to Bakura to coerce the planet into remaining with the New Republic, despite the wishes of the natives. Coupled with a bomb his people had set in the main arena where the Keeramak would consecrate Bakura, Harris planned to crystallize support for a free Bakura with himself as the leader. Harris hoped to assassinate Cundertol and most of the Bakuran Senate, ensuring that he would assume control of the government and establish Malinza Thanas as a martyr who cause should be adopted by all Bakurans. Unfortunately, Harris and his plans were discovered by Prime Minister Cundertol and the Solos, after an explosion ripped through the arena where the Keeramak was consecrating the planet. Cundertol, who was not what he appeared to be, had survived the blast, and confronted Harris about his actions. When Harris couldn't help them escape, Cundertol shot Harris in the head with a blaster, killing him instantly and in cold blood.