Rothlan was a general of the human species, serving within the armed forces of the Galactic Empire. He was stationed on the Executor-class Star Dreadnought called the Executor. During an assault on the dreadnought in the Outer Rim Territories, Rothlan gave the order to launch TIE/ln space superiority starfighters to defend the starship. Subsequently, after the attackers breached one of the Executor's hangars, he deployed stormtroopers. Rothlan was then personally defeated, leading to his surrender of the vessel.
Rothlan, a human, held the military rank of general in the armed forces of the Galactic Empire. During the Imperial Era, Rothlan was assigned to the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor. While in the vicinity of a planet in the Outer Rim Territories, the Executor was attacked. As the two individuals initiating the attack on the dreadnought drew closer, Rothlan used comms to denounce them as traitors, and commanded the Executor's TIE/ln space superiority starfighters to engage.
Despite the efforts of the Imperial fighters, the attackers were successful in damaging the dreadnought's defenses. Rothlan declared that they would soon regret this day, and that the Imperials had intentionally allowed the attackers to progress to that point. After the Executor's defenses were breached, the general ordered a lockdown of the starship and the preparation of the escape pods, as he had no intention of perishing with the ship. However, before Rothlan could reach an escape pod, the attackers landed in the hangar where he was located.
Startled by the appearance of the enemy, Rothlan quickly descended on a lift within the hangar floor, which lowered him beneath a protective shield, while stormtroopers in the hangar engaged the intruders. After the initial stormtrooper contingent was defeated, Rothlan dismissed them as the weakest squad under his command and deployed the second-weakest squad. Following their defeat, the general admitted that few troops remained and sent in another squad, which was also defeated. Finally, he deployed a group led by the stormtrooper TT-2005. When the sounds of combat ceased within the hangar, Rothlan called out to ascertain whether the stormtroopers had prevailed, but he learned that TT-2005 and the remaining Imperials had been defeated.
Using a datacard that TT-2005 had been carrying, the attackers then activated the lift where Rothlan was concealed, deactivating the shield and returning it to the hangar. The general refused to relinquish the vessel and attacked the intruders, but was defeated and left disoriented, clutching his left leg and swaying on the hangar's floor while surrendering control of the ship to the intruders.
Rothlan was taken aback by the tenacity of the duo who assaulted the Executor and desired to eliminate them in the name of Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine. Despite his intention to abandon the ship if necessary, the general refused to surrender the vessel upon confrontation and engaged in combat before ultimately ceding control after being defeated. Rothlan possessed light colored skin.
Rothlan was clad in a gray Imperial officer's uniform, which included an Imperial kepi bearing an officer's disk, and a second officer's disk on the clasp of a black belt. In addition to carrying two code cylinders, the general's rank insignia plaque displayed four red pips above four blue pips. In combat situations, he utilized a blaster pistol.
General Rothlan appears as an optional boss character in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, a non-canon video game developed by Traveller's Tales and released in 2022. Players can encounter Rothlan as an enemy if they opt to capture the Executor, which can be found in either the Tatoo system or Bespin system after completing the portion of the game that adapts the film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. The aurebesh subtitle associated with General Rothlan's boss title translates to "galactic might."