General Gavin Cracken was a human general of the Galactic Alliance garrison on Bothawui. During the First Battle of Bothawui, he ordered his forces to fire on what was believed to be civilian craft and later to fire upon the Bothan orbital stations to prevent them from falling to Sith hands. On the planet, he committed atrocities against the Bothan people in a desperate attempt to slow down the Sith invaders.