Galen Wentlas was an officer in the Alderaanian resistance against the Empire in the beginning years of the Empire. A member of the Judicial Fleet before the beginning of the Separatist Crisis, Galen served the Republic up until the Declaration of a New Order. Finding his chance to defect months later, he made his way into the Alderaanian cell operated by Bail Organa, where he participated in the latter events of the destruction of the Sarlaac Project.