Erv Lekauf

Erv Lekauf (c. 48 BBY - ?) was Darth Vader's aide-de-camp on his mission to Vohai and a lieutenant in the Imperial Army.

During the mission, Lekauf proved himself loyal to Vader, and yet defiant enough to defy his orders so he could cover Vader's back. As a result, Vader requested that Lekauf provide tissue samples to Arkanian Microtechnologies in order to be cloned for a new batch of stormtroopers. Lekauf felt honored by this request. He spent six months on Yinchorr training his clones.

While onboard a Lambda-class shuttle headed back to Imperial Center, he and his clones faced off against Emperor's Hand Sheyvan and the clones of Sa Cuis, another Emperor's Hand. Lekauf was scorched by a force-repelled flamethrower blast while trying to protect Vader&mdash;although Vader would have been protected due to his armor&mdash;and had to undergo bacta treatments after the revolt was over. Despite his burns, he survived to see his family on Coruscant.

Vader was so impressed by Lekauf's actions that he ordered more clones of the lieutenant.

Appearances

 * In His Image
 * A Two-Edged Sword in Star Wars Insider 85