Gherant/Legends

"Too late!"

- Gherant

Gherant was an officer in the Imperial Navy serving aboard the Super Star Destroyer Executor during the Galactic Civil War.

At the time of the Battle of Hoth, he was a deck officer with the title of Commander, and his duties included controlling access to the Executor's computer core, a position for which he had been personally selected by the command ship's captain, Firmus Piett.

During the Battle of Endor, Gherant was at Piett's side on the command ship's bridge. He was surprised by the order for the fleet to hold position, apparently unaware that the Star Destroyers were simply to keep the Rebel Alliance ships from escaping while the Death Star's operational superlaser picked them off. He died with Piett when Arvel Crynyd flew his A-Wing into the Super Star Destroyer's bridge. His last words as the Rebel snubfighter smashed through the viewports can be read as an epitaph for the entire Imperial fleet at Endor.

Behind the scenes

 * Gherant is the other khaki-uniformed officer who appears with Piett on the bridge of the Executor in Return of the Jedi; he was played in the movie by Jonathan Oliver. His name and the information about his role at the time of The Empire Strikes Back both derive from the Star Wars Customizable Card Game. In the script for Return of the Jedi, he is described as one of "two fleet commanders" and as "a commander", but there is no clear canon evidence to show what exact rank he holds at Endor: he wears the insignia that normally indicates a Captain, though this is borne by many Imperial officers in the final movie, including Admiral Piett and the men the CCG names as Admiral Chiraneau, Colonel Davod Jon and Captains Godherdt and Sarkli.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi