Crix Madine/Legends

"I've come to the conclusion that those people who truly do great deeds don't feel the need to talk about them all the time."

- Crix Madine

Crix Madine was an Imperial Army officer turned Rebel Alliance military leader who helped plan the attack on the second Death Star.

Imperial service
Born on Corellia, Crix Madine attended the Raithal Academy and entered service in the Imperial Army. He rose quickly through the ranks after establishing himself as an innovative tactician and effective leader. He was engaged to a woman named Karreio. When the Imperial Military identified a need for a surgical strike force to counter the Alliance's guerilla tactics, Madine was selected to form the unit. The result was the Storm Commandos, which Madine hand picked from the Stormtrooper ranks and trained himself. He led the unit on a number of missions, but found the missions he and his men were called on to perform were increasingly questionable.

Defection complications
It was the order to release the Candorian Plague on Dentaal that convinced Madine it was time to leave. Wracked with guilt over his role in the death of the entire Dentaalian population, Madine went AWOL from his unit while performing a training mission in 1.8 ABY. Madine erased himself from Imperial records, although his disappearance was covered by some HoloNet news channels. He did not even tell his fiance where he was going, not wanting to place her in a dangerous situation.

He attempted to defect to the Alliance and to prove his loyalty, Madine provided essential guidance for the sabotaging of Operation Strike Fear and the destruction of Invincible, and after the Battle of Yavin he was providing clues to the Rebellion about the Dark Trooper project; eventually he was captured by General Rom Mohc and imprisoned in Orinackra for execution. Upon learning of his capture, Mon Mothma dispatched Kyle Katarn to rescue Madine, who revealed Mohc's role in the project. He also provided the Alliance with intelligence on two subsequent targets to sabotage the Dark Trooper project. After slipping back to his homeworld of Corellia, Madine's defection was intercepted once more by Imperial forces, but the timely arrival of Rogue Squadron allowed him to escape.

Rebel leader
While some Alliance commanders suspected Madine's Imperial past, he was allowed into Alliance High Command with the backing of General Carlist Rieekan. His intimate knowledge of Imperial tactics earned him the position of Chief Military Advisor on the Advisory Council and Supreme Commander of Alliance Special Forces. In the latter capacity, Madine trained Alliance ground commanders on tactics to use the Alliance's smaller numbers effectively against the Empire. Madine's Rules of War became the baseline standard operation procedure of Alliance SpecForces across the Galaxy. Madine also led a Y-wing squadron named Gold Squadron against Imperial forces on Gerrard V.

His unit of Alliance commandos sabotaged a number of critical Imperial shipments to slow construction on the second Death Star and was responsible for the capture of Tydirium. When it came time to plan the Alliance's strike on the Death Star, Madine was chosen to coordinate the destruction of the Sanctuary Moon based shield generator.

New Republic service
Following the foundation of the New Republic, he turned down a seat on its Inner Council, preferring to remain with the Republic's growing military. He eventually ascended to the New Republic Defense Force's highest intelligence post, Supreme Alliance Commander for Intelligence, although he continued to operate in the field. Following the First Battle of Coruscant he learned that Karreio had died in the battle.

In 12 ABY, Madine led a team to infiltrate the Hoth Asteroid Field and gather intelligence on the Darksaber project, but his teammates were soon killed, and he was easily captured. Boasting that his superweapon kept him safe from Republic reprisals, Durga the Hutt, personally shot Madine through the heart, killing him instantly. Madine faced his end bravely without flinching.

Behind the scenes
Crix Madine was portrayed by Dermot Crowley in Return of the Jedi. Several production photos taken during Return of the Jedi reveal that Madine may have been slated to be aboard one of the Mon Cal cruisers that was destroyed by the second Death Star. One of the photos in question can be found on Crix Madine's Databank entry.

He was also the first character with a speaking role in a movie to be killed in the expanded universe.

There is conflicting info about when Crix Madine defected. Star Wars:X-wing mentions him as helping the Rebellion being the mastermind behind the destruction of Invincible with the Sullustans, way before the Battle of Yavin. In Star Wars: Dark Forces that takes place after the Battle, Mon says that Madine wished to defect to the Rebellion. It is assumed that he was helping the Rebellion before "officially" defecting.

Appearances

 * The Farlander Papers
 * Star Wars: Dark Forces
 * ''Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
 * ''Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * ''Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Entrenched
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi


 * The Last Command
 * Dark Empire
 * Dark Apprentice
 * Darksaber