| abstract | - Althin was a Rodian male born on the moon Jedha to Steya and Tok, owners of a shop in Jedha City. Several weeks before his eighth birthday, Althin's parents were killed during an attack on the Galactic Empire by Saw Gerrera's partisans. Althin was found wounded after the attack by the blind Guardian of the Whills Chirrut Îmwe, who was an old friend of the Rodian's family. The Guardian then carried Althin across Jedha City, encountering several stormtroopers on the way, and delivered him to an orphanage run by the sisters Kaya and Killi Gimm, who treated his physical wounds. Althin's psychological wounds were not so easily fixed however, and due to shock he refused to speak. Îmwe and Malbus then devised a plan to get Althin and the other orphans under the Gimm sisters' care off Jedha and away to safety. With the aid of the Partisans, Malbus secured a Sentinel-class landing craft in the Jedha City spaceport while Îmwe led the orphans along with the Gimm sisters and the pilot Denic across the city, garnering much attention as they did so. Upon reaching the spaceport, the group discovered that the Partisans had had a change of heart and decided to take the shuttle for themselves. Determined to see the children to safety, Îmwe talked down several of the Partisans and forced the others to abandon their plans for the shuttle by carrying Althin onboard with the other children following behind. Kaya and Denic then stayed with the children on the shuttle and piloted it off Jedha and away from the Empire and the insurgency to safety.
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