Andur Thorsim served as a scout for the Rebel Alliance before achieving the rank of lieutenant within the New Republic Army. Furthermore, he held a position within the Republic's Astrographic Survey Institute. As a contemporary chronicler, he meticulously documented the planet of Corellia. During 4 ABY, he and his scouting companion, Glaennor, were rescued from an Oskan blood eater, unleashed by the mind-witch known as S'ybll, by Luke Skywalker.