Demetrius Zaarin

Demetrius Zaarin was an ambitious Imperial officer who reached the rank of Grand Admiral.

Biography
Zaarin's lust for power and prestige was unsatisfied even by his appointment to Grand Admiral at New Year Fete Week two years before the Battle of Yavin.

A brilliant strategist and a gifted scientist, Zaarin was appointed head of Starfighter Research and Development, and soon began work on a new model of TIE starfighter, the TIE Avenger. Once the TIE Avenger was tested and in production, it was soon followed by an even more capable starfighter, the TIE Defender.

As well as the more high-profile starfighter development projects, Zaarin also initiated the TIE Experimental Project that ravaged shipping in the Vilonis Sector.

With such advanced technology and vast resources at his disposal, Zaarin was one of Emperor Palpatine's most powerful vassals, of whom complete loyalty was expected.



However, just as Darth Vader concluded dealing with the treachery of Admiral Harkov, Zaarin launched a coup d'état, attempting to kidnap the Emperor and hold him aboard the Admiral's flagship, Glory. However, the kidnap attempt failed, as Vader crushed Zaarin's fighter support much as was done in the Second Battle of Coruscant over twenty years prior, and Imperial forces managed to save the Emperor before he reached Glory. Vice Admiral Thrawn's Star Destroyer arrived in time to drive Zaarin off, but he and his forces escaped unscathed, and thus began a lengthy and costly operation under Thrawn's command to stop him.

His plans to install himself as dictator foiled, Zaarin retreated to the Outer Rim, where he stalemated Thrawn, though loosing increasing numbers of his ships in the process. Finally, his technophilia proved to be his undoing, as he could not resist stealing the modified cloak-capable corvette Vorknkx. Unbeknownst to Zaarin, Thrawn had allowed him to capture the corvette as part of his scheme, knowing that the hyperdrive became unstable when the cloaking device was activated. Following a defeat by Thrawn, Zaarin attempted to flee into hyperspace with the corvette, ignorant of the dangers. When the hyperdrive was engaged, it exploded, destroying the ship and killing Zaarin instantly.



Behind the scenes

 * In all of his computer game appearances, Grand Admiral Zaarin was voiced by Denny Delk.


 * Zaarin is not to be confused with Admiral Sarn from Star Wars: Rebel Assault II.

Audio clips
[[Media:Zaa03.ogg|Hear Grand Admiral Zaarin]] (TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM)

Appearances

 * Star Wars: TIE Fighter
 * Star Wars: X-wing Alliance