Kumauri, Vall
some 10,000 years before the Battle of Yavin, this upstart young warlord seized control of several remote star systems in an effort to establish his own little empire outside the control of the Old Republic. He had a great deal of knowledge about starships, and was instrumental in the design and manufacture of the Kumauri Battleship, named for himself. His shiny star collapsed and imploded after only a few years, but the designs of the Kumauri Battleship was maintained and modified by Kumauri starshipwrights.