Jude Edivon

A human female officer serving in the Galactic Empire prior to the battle of Yavin. As a graduate of the Royal Imperial Academy of Coruscant, she had the distinction of serving aboard the first Death Star along with her friends from the academy.

When the Death Star obliterated Alderaan in a show of force, many of the young imperials on the station felt conflicted. Jude justified the action in the belief that it would prevent a much greater war in which countless more would die.

Following these events, the Death Star closed in on the secret base of the Alliance to Restore the Republic on Yavin IV. During the Battle of Yavin, Jude analyzed the attack and concluded that the rebel fighters posed a threat to the station. She discovered the exhaust port no one else suspected to be a weakness and wrote to her superiors that though the chances were remote the consequences could be destructive or fatal to the station.

Despite Jude's best efforts, her warning was ignored and the station was destroyed, killing everyone onboard, including her.