Mithel

"Mauler" Mithel, also designated DS-61-2, was a TIE pilot specially trained to be Darth Vader's left wingman. He flew the TIE/ln starfighter designated Black 2 during the Battle of Yavin. He had achieved twenty-seven Rebel kills prior to the Battle of Yavin, and he marked them by flames painted on the hull of his fighter.

Mithel's fighter collided with Vader's TIE Advanced x1 when the Millennium Falcon entered the battle. Vader was sent spinning into deep space, while Mithel was killed when his fighter impacted against the trench wall.

In his youth, Mithel honed his skills poaching Bothan sky dragons in his father's T-16 Skyhopper.

Mauler had a son named Rejlii Mithel. He kept a holo of Rejlii on the control yoke of his TIE fighter.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope