The Bothan Koth Melan was a native of Bothawui. His father was a teacher on the planet during the early stages of the Galactic Civil War, but was killed by Imperial forces on false charges of espionage. A member of the Alya clan, Koth Melan removed the Bothan honorific 'lya' in memory of his father, and chose not to replace it after the War was over. Melan rose to power in the Bothan resistance, and was placed in charge of the Bothan Spynet.

The death of his father led Melan to slowly turn the Bothan Spynet's activities to support the Alliance. He was among the first to realize that the Bothans had access to the secret plans to the second Death Star, although he did not know the exact details. He sent word to Leia Organa to come to Bothawui and receive the information, but Leia was on Rodia and the message was delivered to Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian instead. They arrived, and after operation to retrieve the computer kept aboard the freighter Suprosa, took it to Kothlis. There, Koth Melan was killed in the firefight during an Imperial raid on the planet.

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