Captain Hantor Loftus was a Human male from the planet Tatooine who lived in Mos Entha during the Galactic Civil War. He operated as a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, with significant interactions with smugglers sympathetic to the Alliance. In the period following the Battle of Yavin, Loftus was responsible for derailing Project Lasercutter, an Inquisitorius-led initiative aimed at capturing Rebel-aligned smugglers.