Palo Torshan was a Human male Rebel Alliance major and one of the top security personnel at Echo Base, the Alliance High Command headquarters on the ice planet Hoth. He developed counterintelligence tactics at Echo Base, including setting loose the flamboyant red protocol droid R-3PO in search of Imperial spy droids. Torshan formerly served under General Jan Dodonna on Yavin 4 and sat in on the conferences planning the Rebellion's assault on the Galactic Empire's Death Star battlestation for the Battle of Yavin.