During the Galactic Civil War, a Human female named Toryn Farr held the crucial position of chief communications officer within the Rebel Alliance. She found herself stationed at Echo Base on the planet Hoth in the year 3 ABY.
On the planet Chandrila, Toryn Farr and her sister Samoc grew up in a family devoted to Mon Mothma. The Farr family, in opposition to the Galactic Empire, collaborated with Chandrilan officials to orchestrate a transport accident, falsely reporting the deaths of several children, including the Farr sisters. The girls were secretly transported off-world and joined the Rebellion. Samoc, Farr's sister, excelled as a pilot, and the two were assigned to Echo Base. Farr's main responsibilities as Chief Controller of Echo Command involved monitoring the space surrounding Hoth and sending commands to troops and spacecraft in the field.
During the Battle of Hoth, Farr was in command of when the base's ion cannon should fire at Imperial ships that were in orbit. Her most significant order was the one to disable the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer named Tyrant, which allowed the first GR-75 medium transport, known as the Quantum Storm, to break through the blockade, marking the start of the battle.
Toryn was one of the last Rebels to leave Echo Base, remaining at her post until Princess Leia Organa gave the order for the final evacuation. After transmitting the evacuation code to the remaining soldiers and pilots fighting the Imperial assault, she was the last individual to depart from the command center. Toryn made her escape on the final transport to depart Hoth, the Bright Hope.
Before boarding the transport, Toryn was shocked to see many severely wounded soldiers lying on the flight deck in front of the ship. Among the injured was her sister, Samoc Farr, a skilled snowspeeder pilot. Discovering that her sister had been shot down made her realize the true horror of the battle outside.
Toryn played a crucial role in providing the wounded with just enough time to board the transport before invading snowtroopers stormed the hangar. However, the time required to load all the wounded onto the ship ultimately led to the Bright Hope's downfall, as it was quickly disabled during its attempt to break through the blockade before it could jump to hyperspace.
Stranded and drifting in space with little chance of survival, Toryn took charge of the survivors and devised a strategy to save as many Rebel lives as possible. Three [escape pods](/article/escape_pod-legends], carrying eighteen of the most valuable personnel to the Rebel cause, were launched back towards Hoth, in the hope that they would survive.
Before the Imperials could capture the survivors of the Bright Hope, the ship was boarded by the bounty hunters Zuckuss and 4-LOM. They pretended to be rescuers, but they were actually the ones who had fired on the Bright Hope, preventing its escape. Their true motive was to capture the Rebels and use them as bait to capture Han Solo, and then hand him over to Darth Vader.
After a brief fight, Toryn persuaded the bounty hunters to take all ninety remaining Rebels on board and deliver them to the Rebel underground on Darlyn Boda. Before leaving the ship, she diligently erased all computer records on board, preventing critical information, including the identities of many personnel who had served at Echo Base, from falling into Imperial hands.
After spending a month on Darlyn Boda following her escape from Hoth, Toryn finally rejoined the Rebel fleet at the secret rendezvous point. In recognition of her courageous leadership in rescuing the survivors of the Bright Hope, she was promoted to the rank of Commander during a ceremony led by General Carlist Rieekan aboard the EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate named Redemption.
She was also put in charge of a group of Alliance Special Forces, with her first assignment being to rescue the eighteen members of the Bright Hope who had been jettisoned back to Hoth.
Brigitte Kahn played the role of Toryn Farr. There is a woman resembling Farr in A New Beginning, but there was no confirmation that this controller was the same character.
During the limited-time Operation Hoth Defensive Event in the 2013 card game app Star Wars: Force Collection, Farr introduced the Raid Battles. She was given Grond's line. Participation in the event was optional for players.