Pol Treidum

"TK-421, why aren't you at your post?"

- Pol Treidum

Pol Treidum was a Gantry Officer charged with maintaining magnetic field, atmosphere and security in Docking Bay 327 aboard the first Death Star.

Biography


After the Alliance to Restore the Republic's successful mission on Ralltiir, Treidum was constantly paranoid of Rebel spies infiltrating the Death Star.

In 0 BBY he noticed two stormtroopers were not at their posts by the captured Millennium Falcon. After trying unsuccessfully to hail stormtrooper TK-421 through the comm system, Treidum looked out of the observation port to see a disguised Luke Skywalker walk down the Falcon's loading ramp and bumped a fist at his helmet. Taking this to mean there was a faulty transmitter, Pol opened the door to go check on the problem, only to be knocked back into the room by Chewbacca's fist. His partner was shot by Han Solo while he was killed by Chewbacca.

Personality and traits
Pol Treidum chose to wear the prominent sideburns that were popular among the Imperial officer class at the time. Other serving Imperial officers who wore their hair in this fashion, many of whom were also assigned to the Death Star, included Cassio Tagge, Conan Motti, Moradmin Bast and Nahdonnis Praji.

Behind the scenes
Peter Sumner, the actor who portrayed Lt. Pol Treidum, also played the same character at a younger age in the fan film The Dark Redemption. This marks the only instance where an actor from an official Star Wars film reprised a role in a non-official Star Wars film.

According to West End Games game designer Paul Sudlow, fellow WEG designer George Strayton named Treidum after Sudlow while writing color text for Decipher's A New Hope Limited Expansion. "Pol" was a Star Wars version of Sudlow's given name, while "Treidum" was inspired by Captain Rolf Treidum, an Imperial officer he created for The Kathol Outback supplement of The DarkStryder Campaign.

Appearances

 * Death Star
 * Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars 3: Death Star
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy