Corran Horn

"I'm glad you think I'm not bad, but I want to be the best."

- Corran Horn to Wedge Antilles

Corran Horn was a Human security officer with the Corellian Security Force, husband of Mirax Terrik Horn, and father of Valin and Jysella Horn. He eventually joined the New Republic and learned of his powerful Jedi heritage. He became a powerful Jedi and a Master on the new Jedi Council. Horn's command qualities and experience made him a natural leader among the Jedi, which saw him become the temporary head of the Order during the Dark Nest Crisis.

Early history
For most of his life, Corran grew up believing that he was the grandson of Rostek Horn, and the son of Valin "Hal" Horn and Nyche Horn. Corran followed their footsteps by joining the Corellian Security Force (CorSec) and dedicating himself to law enforcement. He entered the CorSec Academy at the age of eighteen. Corran had always had hunches and instincts; these turned out to be early manifestations of Corran's latent Force abilities. During this period, he and his father also had brief run-ins with Grand Admiral Thrawn and Ysanne Isard. He and his father worked together until the Trandoshan bounty hunter Bossk murdered Hal Horn.

During his time in CorSec, Corran and his partner Iella Wessiri protected several well-known individuals from kidnapping threats. Two such people were Wynssa Starflare and Siolle Tinta, the latter of whom Corran enjoyed a brief but passionate romance with. After a harrowing raid on a glitterstim den, he and Iella had nearly slept together; however, Kirtan Loor took them in for debriefing, and when they saw each other again, the moment had passed.

Corran crossed paths with Rogue Squadron during a mission to rescue Soontir Fel's nephew who had been kidnapped by a man from Fel's past. He and Iella teamed up with Wes Janson, Derek 'Hobbie' Klivian and Plourr Ilo who were trying to rescue Fel's family before Ysanne Isard could get to them. During their escape, Corran shot down several Uglies that were pursuing the Rebels. Hobbie recommended that they might want to invite Horn to join the squadron.

Another time, he paid an individual to escort Chandra Conrad, a witness who had agreed to come forward to testify for his investigation against the Black Sun, back to him. He would have done this himself but had to attend an important meeting with his Black Sun contacts or else his cover would have been blown. Soon after this, he once again paid the individual; this time to bring Obrio Caldori, a Black Sun crook, to him for questioning. Caldori was eager to cooperate with him once he discovered how much Horn's witnesses already knew and turned over evidence implicating Voydd Blancken, one of Black Sun's major players. Horn knew that bringing him to justice would be a major blow to Black Sun as he knew where a lot of bodies were buried and so he once again called on the individual to bring Voydd in. This was a huge blow to the Black Sun operatives on Corellia, and they took a long time to recover.

Knowing that Kirtan Loor&mdash;the Imperial Liaison officer&mdash;was planning to have them arrested on trumped up charges, Corran, his mentor Gil Bastra, Iella Wessiri, and Iella's husband Diric Wessiri, made plans to escape. Corran was lucky to escape as Loor was planning on having him murdered. Corran left with a CorSec X-wing and Whistler&mdash;his R2 astromech droid.

Diric and Iella Wessiri escaped to Coruscant. Corran Horn spent the next two years on the run before joining the New Republic. Just before joining the New Republic, Corran spent around a year as an aide to a series of incompetent Imperial Military Prefects on Garqi. Before leaving, he came to know some university students through his droid, Whistler. Working undercover as an aide to Prefect Mosh Barris, Corran helped many political prisoners escape from Garqi. Two of the prisoners were Dynba Tesc and the Duros trader Lai Nootka.

Gil Bastra made sure that he was easy for Loor to track him down, allowing his comrades to escape. Bastra was eventually killed by Loor during a botched interrogation.

Rogue Squadron
"You're good, Corran, but you're no Luke Skywalker."

- Wedge Antilles on Corran's piloting skills.

About two years after leaving Corellia, Corran Horn joined Rogue Squadron. He was the roommate and wingmate of Ooryl Qrygg. He did well enough during training that he was promoted to Lieutenant and given command of the squadron's Three Flight. His promotion came after he was the only potential Rogue to manage to beat the Redemption Scenario (also known as Requiem). Corran's call-sign was Rogue Nine.

Although he was an exceptional pilot, Corran had trouble adapting to working as part of a team early in his career in Rouge Squadron. During an early training mission on Folor, Commander Wedge Antilles fed Corran's targeting data to Corran's fellow trainees, who he ordered to announce their scores to Corran, but to not tell him that they had received his targeting data. While the exercise was one in using reconnaissance data for the rest of the squadron, Wedge used the exercise as a way of teaching Corran that his own personal performance was unimportant compared to the overall success of the squadron. Although Corran was initially enraged by Wedge's deception, he eventually took the lesson after a talk with the Commander.

During transit to the Rogues' new forward base at Talasea, the Rogues stumbled on The Pulsar Skate, a Baudo-class star yacht being ambushed by the Black Asp an Interdictor cruiser. Rogue Squadron drove the Interdictor off without any losses but Corran, wandering too close to the cruiser, got struck by a ion bolt and became immobilized and had to be towed to Talasea by Mirax Terrik, the daughter of smuggler Booster Terrik, at Wedge's request. This was the first encounter between them that would prove to pave the way for a relationship. Because Hal Horn had once arrested Booster and sent him to Kessel for five years, early animosity existed between Mirax and Corran, and between Booster and Corran, especially when Booster found out about his daughter's interest in his archenemy's son. However, over time, Corran and Mirax became close friends that were hurt immensely when they heard of each other's death early on in the Krytos Campaign.

Later, after the Battle of Hensara, Corran entered into a contest as to who was the best pilot in the squadron, measured in kills, with fellow pilot Bror Jace Bror would eventually win the contest by one kill, with 22 kills to Corran's 21. However, Corran had lost credit for four of his kills by agreeing to average kills with fellow pilot Gavin Darklighter, who at the time only had one, in response to charges that Gavin was the worst pilot in the squadron.

At the Battle of Vladet, Corran played a major part in destroying the Ravager, an Imperial Lancer Frigate, by having Warden Squadron, a Y-wing squadron in Defender Wing, lock their proton torpedoes onto his X-wing's homing beacon, and putting the Ravager in between the torpedoes and his X-wing when the torpedoes were too close to maneuver around the frigate. General Horton Salm, the commanding officer of Defender Wing, attempted to court-martial Corran for his actions, as they had been they had been taken against his orders, but the charges were dropped.

Corran participated in the disastrous First Battle of Borleias, although at the time, he only knew the planet by it's code name, "Blackmoon." However, using data collected by his Astromech droid, Whistler, he was able to identify "Blackmoon" as "Borleias," and along with Lieutenant Judder Page, he devise the battle plan for the Second Battle of Borleias (Galactic Civil War), which successfully took the planet with less resources than used in the first battle. During the battle, Corran Expended too much fuel to return to Noquivzor, the planet from which the mission was staged, so he remained behind on Borleias. He was rescued by Tycho Celchu and Mirax Terrik in the Pulsar Skate. Because of the Pulsar Skate's superior hyperdrive speeds, Corran, Tycho, and Mirax arrived back at Noquivzor before the rest of the squadron. They played a prank by pretended to play a pre-recorded message from Corran, indicating that he had been left behind on Borleias. However, the "Message" was actually being spoken by Corran as the squadron viewed it, and Corran broke the facade by offering to share ryshcate with the squadron to celebrate a successful mission.

Coruscant scouting mission
"In comparison with our mission, any other problem is a minor problem."

- Corran Horn

Corran fought in skirmishes at Borleias and Mrisst, at which time Provisional Council began making plans to capture Coruscant. At the suggestion of Borsk Fey'lya, Corran and his squadron freed 15 Black Sun criminals from Kessel, to release onto Coruscant in an attempt to destabilize the Imperial capital. Corran was reluctant to release such dangerous criminals, especially Zekka Thyne, who he and his father had apprehended several years ago, but believed that former Corellian Moff Fliry Vorru could control Thyne.

Corran participated in a scouting mission to determine the best way for the New Republic to take Coruscant. He traveled with fellow squad mate Erisi Dlarit to the Imperial capital aboard the Jewel of Churba Erisi posing as a Kuati aristocrat, and Corran as her telbun. Corran and Erisi's mission was to survey Coruscant's basic security measures and medical facilities. During this time, the two grow close, but Corran stopped short of sleeping with Erisi, as he determined that their attraction was circumstantial, and a relationship would not work out in the long run.

Corran took a walk to mentally sort out his situation, however, he did not pay attention to where he was going, and stumbled into the Black Sun headquarters. There, he saw Tycho Celchu talking to a being he believed to be Imperial intelligence agent Kirtan Loor, leading him to believe that Celchu is an Imperial agent. Corran then encountered Zekka Thyne, who attempted to kill him. The resulting speeder chase through Coruscant's underlevels sent Corran's speeder through the window of a room where some of Corran's co-patriots, Wedge Antilles, Iella Wessiri, Mirax Terrik, and Winter were meeting, and landed Corran in the middle of an Imperial raid on the Alien Combine, where he met up with his squadron mates Gavin Darklighter, Rhysati Ynr, Riv Shiel, and Nawara Ven, as well as Alien Combine member Asyr Sei'lar.

Corran soon received word from Antilles that the nature of their mission had changed: Rouge Squadron was now responsible for bringing down Coruscant's planetary shields, in a limited amount of time. Corran met up with his former partner, Iella Wessiri, now a New Republic intelligence agent, and in a planning meeting attended by himself, Mirax, Antilles, Iella, and representatives from the Black Sun and Alien Combine, devises a plan to shut down the planetary Shields by gaining access to the planet's central computer system through a sabotage. The plan fails, however, when Zekka Thyne betrays the plan to Kirtan Loor, and Loor sends Stormtroopers to foil the sabotage.

Corran, along with Mirax, are rescued from the failed sabotage by Inyri Forge, sister of Corran's deceased squadron mate Lujayne Forge, and lover of Zekka Thyne. They meet up with Thyne, who planned to kill Corran, but Inyri turned on Thyne and killed him. Latter, during another planning meeting, Corran, in conjunction with Gavin, Winter, and Asyr, devised a plan to knock out the planet's shields by using a construction droid to gain access to the control station necessary to gain control of one of the planet's orbital mirrors, which they would then use to concentrate sunlight onto one of the planet's reservoirs, evaporating the water in the reservoir and creating a storm large enough to disable the planetary shield's power grid.

On the morning before the operation, Corran entered a formal romantic relationship with Mirax Terrik. During the operation, Corran lead the mission's five-fighter cover wing of Z-95 Headhunters. When a back up power grid for the shields activated after the main power grid failed, Corran flew his Headhunter into the storm in an attempt to destroy the power substation which was transferring power from the back up grid to the shields. When his Concussion Missile fails to destroy the substation, Corran feeds his targeting data to Winter, who in turn remotely takes control of the a TIE Interceptor pursuing Corran, and uses the data to send the interceptor crashing into the substation, destroying the station and bringing down Coruscant's shields, just in time for the New Republic invasion force to arrive and capture the planet in the Battle of Coruscant

However, right after bringing the shields down, a remote radio link was made to the Z-95 Headhunter Corran was flying. This disabled Corran's inertial compensator and wrested control of the craft from him; Corran blacked out from inertial forces. When he came to, he found himself as the prisoner of Ysanne Isard&mdash;the head of Imperial forces, in Lusankya; the prison specialized in using drugs and psychological conditioning to turn rebels into sleeper agents that would activate and perform acts of terrorism against the Galactic Empire's enemies.

Lusankya and escape
"I'm going to come back for you, you know. Whenever I get clear, I'm going to have Wedge bring the squadron in and we'll get you out."

- Corran Horn to Jan Dodonna

Despite attempts to use both psychological conditioning and drugs to turn Corran into an Imperial agent, Corran was able to successfully resist Isard. Corran was placed into a holding unit where Isard intended him to remain for the rest of his life. There, Corran made friends with a number of other prisoners, including Jan Dodonna&mdash;the General who planned the attack on the first Death Star. With the aid of these friends, Corran was able to escape from the prison. At one point during his escape, his nascent Force abilities were exercised, as he successfully mind-tricked a searching stormtrooper to think that he wasn't hidden in a cupboard where he was really hiding. He then made his way to a library room that no prisoner ordinarily would have access to and found a datapad. It was there that he learned that not only did he successfully resist Isard, but that Tycho Celchu had also resisted her. Corran learned that he had been in captivity for six weeks.

From there, Corran Horn was able to take a shuttle to a back room of the Galactic Museum. Once he arrived at the museum he learned he had never left Coruscant; the Lusankya was buried under the planet's surface. He found a lightsaber that belonged to Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon. Corran also found a holographic image of Nejaa, and a young boy who looked a lot like Hal Horn. Corran used the lightsaber to defend himself when patrolling troopers tried to kill him. After this, Corran took the skywalk over to the Justice Court where Tycho Celchu was being tried for Corran's murder and treason. He was bringing Admiral Ackbar and the rest of the court up to date on his experiences, when disaster struck.

A Super Star Destroyer had blasted out of its hidden location underneath the city; this SSD turned out to be the Lusankya. In the process millions were killed. Corran learned that he and the other prisoners had been on board that ship all that time. The ship left Coruscant, and headed to the bacta-producing planet Thyferra.

It was then that Rogue Squadron leader Wedge Antilles informed Ackbar that Erisi Dlarit was the Imperial mole that had betrayed Corran, instead of Tycho, when she flew to the Lusankya. Corran was able to confirm this, and when they worked back through the events of the past several months her guilt became obvious. General Cracken of Alliance Intelligence confirmed that he knew of Celchu's innocence all along. He had allowed the trial to go ahead to make it easier to tag Dlarit as the spy. All charges against Tycho were dismissed, and Alliance Intelligence made it publicly clear that this was a counter-intelligence operation that Tycho was a willing participant of, and Celchu's public image was fully restored. After this, Corran and Celchu both rejoined Rogue Squadron. They participated in a number of actions against Imperial terrorists working on Coruscant.

Meeting with Luke Skywalker
At the celebration party on Coruscant following Tycho's dismissal and Corran's return, Corran met Luke Skywalker for the first time. Luke had examined the closed portion of the museum and learned that Corran was actually the grandson of Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon, who had died after the Clone Wars, and that Rostek Horn married his grandmother and adopted Hal to protect them from the Empire's Jedi hunters. Luke invited Corran to train with him to become a Jedi Knight, which Corran declined because he felt it was his duty to aid Rogue Squadron in what would appear to be their next mission: apprehending Ysanne Isard and rescuing the prisoners still aboard the Lusankya. When Borsk Fey'lya made it clear that this would not be allowed, Corran and his fellow pilots resigned their New Republic commissions en masse to wage a personal war with Isard, becoming a true 'Rogue' Squadron.

Fight for Thyferra
"A tyrant dead; a traitor dead; a Super Star Destroyer dead; and, if Escorol, Iella, and the Ashern have done their jobs, a planet liberated. Not a bad day at all."

- Corran Horn

Corran began carrying his Grandfather's lightsaber. The squadron moved to the Yag-prime space station in orbit around Yag'Dhul. Because they were no longer officially part of the New Republic, Corran's X-wing, as well as 17 million credits, were the only resources that Rouge squadron had available to them at the beginning of their war against Ysanne Isard. Corran, Mirax Terrik, and Gavin Darklighter are sent on a mission to Tatooine to attempt to procure supplies from Gavin's uncle, Huff Darklighter, and encountered Booster Terrik, Mirax's father, who was also negotiating for the same supplies. Upon hearing why the rouges need the supplies, Booster blackmailed Huff into giving them the supplies for free, but Mirax insists on paying a fair price. Booster accompanied the trio back to Yag'Dhul.

Corran participated in a raid on a Bacta convoy in the Chorax system, and with his wingmate, Ooryl Qrygg, and transported a portion of that bacta to Halanit, a frozen world which was struck by a mysterious disease. Later, on a scouting mission to Thyferra, Corran was badly wounded in a firefight with Stormtroopers, and was rescued by former squadron mate Bror Jace, who rejoined the squadron for the remainder of the war. Corran participated in several hit-and-run operations against bacta convoys, each now protected by one of Ysanne Isard's Star Destroyers, the Corrupter, the Virulence, or the Avarice.

After Ysanne Isard had the entire population of Halanit killed for accepting Rouge Squadron's bacta, Corran participated in the squadron's retaliatory Destruction of a bacta refinery on Qretu 5.

On a hit-and-run operation in Alderaan's Graveyard, the squadron is ambushed by the Aggregator, an Interdictor cruiser on lease to Ysanne Isard from High Admiral Teradoc, as well as the Corrupter. The Corrupter was destroyed and the Aggressor chased off in the resulting Battle of the Graveyard. High Adrimal Teradoc refused to lease Isard another Interdictor cruiser for the remainder of the war after this incident.

Corran participated in a mission to Elshandruu Pica to bribe Captain Sair Yonka to switch sides with his Star destroyer, Avarice. Later, Corran, Mirax, Gavin Darklighter, Rhysati Ynr, and Inyri Forge served as the escort flight for a convoy led by Talon Karrde's traitorous lieutenant, Melina Carniss, and by extension, Ysanne Isard, where Booster, Wedge, and Tycho had laid a "trap" for the Lusankya. While waiting for the convoy to arrive, Corran found out that his father had left a message for him about his Jedi heritage with Whistler, but decided against playing it for the time being. The night before the Battle of Thyferra, Corran and Mirax Terrik agreed to marry.

During, the battle, Corran, Ooryl, Tycho, and Nawara Ven broke off from the squadron's assault on Lusankya to chase the shuttle Thyfonian, which appeared to be transporting Ysanne Isard. Corran killed Erisi Dlarit, who was flying escort for Isard. Corran was unable to penetrate Isard's improved shields with his lasers, and was out of Proton Torpedos, but was able to give Tycho a targeting lock on the shuttle. Tycho destroyed the shuttle just before it entered hyperspace.

After the battle, Corran discovered the Lusankya prisoners had been moved from the Super Star Destroyer. He also learned that his wingmate, Ooryl, had been proclaimed Janwuine, and that he and the rest of the squadron were invited to his Janwuine-jika. He helped General Airen Cracken negotiate the removal of several guns from the Star Destroyer Booster Terrik had captured in the Battle of Thyferra. At this time, Booster learned of Mirax's engagement to Corran, and based on his reaction, Corran and Mirax have Wedge marry them before the squadron's victory party, resulting Booster losing a million credits in a bet with Talon Karrde, who predicted that they would do just that.

Zsinj Campaign
Joining the rest of his squadron in rejoining the New Republic, Corran spent some time unsuccessfully searching for the Lusankya prisoners, and then joined the campaign against Warlord Zsinj. After presumably participating in the destruction of the Implacable at Ession, Corran, along with the rest of his squadron, were assigned to the Mon Remonda as part of General Han Solo's anti-Zsinj task force. While part of General Solo's task force, Corran participated in several raids against Zsinj, including a raid on Lavisar and the destruction of the Super Star Destroyer Razor's Kiss.

Corran was presumably present for Zsinj's ambush of the Solo task force at Levian Two, and participated in a raid on the Binring Biomedical Facility on Saffalore. When his Zsinj-brainwashed squadron mate, Tal'dira, attempted to kill Wedge Antilles before a battle at Jussafet, Corran was forced to destroy his squadron mate&mdash;although in effect, Tal'dira had fought his brainwashing committed suicide, by shifting all his shield power to his aft shield allowing Corran's shots to hit his X-wing's unprotected bow, when Corran made him realize that his actions were highly dishonorable.

Corran Participated in some of the predominately Wraith Squadron speculation sessions on the nature of Zsinj's brainwashing program. Corran, along with Myn Donos, Cubber Daine, and Emtrey acquired the Millennium Falsehood &mdash;a decoy of the Millennium Falcon which the task force loaded with explosives and intended to use a bait for Zsinj&mdash;from a Corellian scrapyard. Corran participated in several proceeding missions to draw Zsinj's attention to their decoy Millennium Falcon, including missions to Kidriff and Belsmoth.

Millennium Falsehood's appearances eventually led to a large-scale, two stage space battle between the core of Warlord Zsinj's fleet and General Solo's task force at Vahaba and Selaggis. While engaging Tetran Cowall's ersatz 181st Imperial Fighter Group, Corran's force sensitivity allowed him to sense that his opponent was not a living being&mdash;tipping his squadron off to the fact that half of the TIE interceptors they were flying against were really flying bombs piloted by droids. Although Zsinj and his Super Star Destroyer Iron Fist managed to escape, the battle was a decisive victory for Solo's forces, costing Zsinj much of his fleet. Because of a deception which made it appear as though the Iron Fist had been destroyed, this was Corran's last major action in the Zsinj Campaign.

Rescue of Lusankya prisoners
"It's been a long time, General. Are you ready to go home?"

- Corran Horn

Corran continued his service in Rouge Squadron through the Thrawn Campaign. He and his Squadron fought at the Battle of Bilbringi, destroying a Golan Space Defense Station with the aid of New Republic Frigates Tyrant's Bane and Liberty Star, although he was surprised by the retreat of Thrawn's fleet. He only later discovered that Thrawn had been assassinated by his own bodyguard during that battle, and that Captain Pellaeon, not the Grand Admiral, had ordered the retreat. Following the battle, Corran received a promotion to the rank of Captain.

At a welcome-back party for the squadron on Coruscant, Corran received a "message" from Ysanne Isard in the form of one of Corran's fellow Lusankya prisoners, Urlor Sette&mdash;rigged with a device which would kill Urlor when activated by Corran's voiceprint. Urlor's death greatly disturbed Corran, who felt it was a personal defeat, as he had promised to rescue Urlor and the other Lusankya prisoners.

Components of the device which killed Urlor were traced to a xenobiological facility on Commenor locally referred to as "the old Xenovet place." Corran and his squadron, along with commando squads led by Captain Judder Page and Colonel Kapp Dendo, staged a raid on the facility. They found some of the Lusankya prisoners there, including Lag Mettier&mdash;although they were near death, and had been locked up in a barn for over a week, when Ysanne Isard had, according to Lag left with the rest of the prisoners.

Corran and his squadron fought in the Battle of Liinade III, the first battle in the New Republic's campaign against Prince Admiral Delak Krennel's rule of the Ciutric Hegemony. While leading Three Flight in a mission to pacify a hydroelectric power plant after the New Republic emerges victorious in the space battle, Corran's X-wing was shot down by stormtroopers wielding Merr-Sonn PLX-2Ms, ordering the rest of three flight away from the area, to protect them against the possibility of the facility having additional unexpected defenses.

Exploring his surroundings, Corran discovered and neutralized a secret Imperial facility were plans for a Death Star-like Pulsar Station were being analyzed for flaws. The search for a site where Krennel could have been constructing such a station led to Distna, a moon of the gas-giant fifth planet of the Corvis Minor system, which reports indicated may have been hollow. Corran and the rest of Rouge Squadron escorted former Rouge Squadron pilot Nrin Vakil, who was flying an unarmed T-65BR recon X-wing, on a reconnaissance mission to the moon.

The mission ended in disaster. Ysanne Isard, in league with Prince Admiral Krennel, had set a trap for Rouge Squadron. As Rouge Squadron's One Flight and Two Flight escorted Nrin for a close run on the moon, six squadrons of starfighters launched to attack the squadron &mdash; a squadron each of TIE Fighters, TIE Interceptors, and TIE bombers from both Corvis Minor V and Distna. Corran led Three Flight in engaging the fighters from the gas giant, in an attempt to keep the rest of the squadron's exit vector open. Though successful in thinning the numbers of their ambushers, Corran's X-wing was crippled and the squadron lost two pilots&mdash;Lyyr Zatoq and Khe-Jeen Slee&mdash;and appeared to have lost pilots Asyr Sei'lar and Wes Janson as well. The squadron was saved by the surprise appearance of Interloper and Stranger TIE Defender Squadrons under the command of Imperial Colonel Broak Vessery. The surprise rescuers escorted&mdash; or, in Corran's case, toed&mdash; the survivors from the system.

The Squadron was brought to a TIE Defender factory, under the command of Ysanne Isard, who had not actually been in shuttle that Tycho destroyed at Thyferra, and revealed the Isard in league with Krennel and in possession of the Lusankya prisoners to be a clone. Isard claimed to want only amnesty from the New Republic and the destruction of the her clone, and was willing to help Rouge Squadron infiltrate Ciutric, shatter Krennel's rule of the Hegemony, and rescue the remaining Lusankya Prisoners as a sign of good faith.

Corran, along with the rest of the squadron, began training in TIE Defenders, which they would use to infiltrate Ciutric. Corran was very distrustful of Isard, and strongly opposed attempts by the base's technicians to place a restraining bolt on his astromech droid, Whistler, but eventually reluctantly agreed to attach the bolt himself on Wedge's request. Whistler, however, had been reconfigured inside from his time with Corran as part of the Corellian Security Force, so the restraining bolt only communicated to him the signals from the controller, as opposed to actually shutting him down. Corran communicated the squadron's situation to Whistler, and Whistler, while 85% of the base's security forces were watching a fighter simulation, escaped with Wedge's astromech droid, Gate, and delivered a message from Corran to his wife, Mirax.

During the infiltration, Corran grew a mustache and dyed his hair black, posing as "Captain Pyr Hand," a member of Colonel Antar Roat's "Requiem Squadron," a nine-fighter TIE Defender unit. As part of Corran's false Identity, he went by the nickname "klick" because he "was a dead shot at that range." Corran grew to like the Hegemony's pilots, partially because they seemed more interested in defending their homes than destroying the New Republic, and partially because they were extremely bad at sabacc.

Krennel, staging for a strike at Coruscant, had called extra forces to mass at Ciutric at the time a New Republic fleet under the command of Admiral Ackbar had arrived to take the planet. As the battle over Ciutric broke out, Rouge Squadron made their move to free the Lusankya prisoners. Realizing that the commandos Isard had promised to send to assist them would not be coming, Corran, along with Nrin and Ooryl, landed and fought their way to the prisoners, Corran personally cutting open the door to Jan Dodonna's cell with his grandfather's lightsaber.

Although Hegemony troops swarmed the prison, and Isard's clone sent an assault shuttle to destroy it, Wedge Antilles shot down the shuttle before it could do extensive damage, and the appearance of Colonel Kapp Dendo and his team of Noghri saved Corran and the prisoners from the ground troops. The appearance of General Garm Bel Iblis with two Victory I-class Star Destroyers won the space battle for the New Republic, killing Krennel and breaking his hold on the Hegemony. Isard's clone was killed when Wedge Antilles traced her communications with the shuttle and destroyed the building she occupied with concussion missiles, and the real Ysanne Isard was killed while trying to take control of the Lusankya by Iella Wessiri, who had been tipped off to Isard's survival by Corran's message to Mirax.

Further Actions
Corran and Mirax had a home on Coruscant. When the resurrected Emperor Palpatine returned to helm the Empire, Coruscant became a battlefield. Debris from the conflicts above devastated vast swaths of the city, including the Horn family home. Luckily, none of the family were in residence at the time.

Jedi training
"Anybody goes missing next time it's me. You can do all the worrying, okay?"

- Mirax Terrik Horn

In 11 ABY, Mirax Terrik Horn was captured by roving warlord Leonia Tavira's Invids pirate group, who were seemingly invincible in battle. To find her, Corran began studying the ways of the Force. He enrolled in Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy on Yavin 4 under the alias Kieran Halcyon, who was an ancestor of his grandfather Nejaa Halcyon. Corran played a message left by his father which told him more about his Jedi heritage.

Corran and Luke initially had differences over the training methods Luke used. Having been in the CorSec police force, and a member of Rogue Squadron, Corran preferred a more structured training regimen in comparison to Skywalker's more lax course of self discovery – which in turn led to several internal conflicts and arguments over methods. Corran was convinced that Kyp Durron's fall to the dark side could have been prevented if Luke had enacted more control over his students. After aiding in the defeat of the spirit of Exar Kun, Corran left the academy to find his own Jedi path. During this time, he successfully slipped into Corellia, where he visited his (step)-grandfather and learned more about his Jedi heritage. There, he and Rostek Horn decided on a plan for Corran to infiltrate the Invid pirate organization. With some help from his old flame Siolle Tinta, and his father-in-law Booster Terrik, Corran was able to successfully infiltrate the pirate group.

"If the wind no longer calls you, it is time to see if you have forgotten your name."

- Elegos A'kla to Corran Horn

During his infiltration, Corran learned that Tavira's success was due to a group of Force-users called Jensaarai, who also happened to be the true reason of his Jedi grandfather's death after the Clone Wars. After working his way up through the pirate ranks he became a member of the pirate elite Bolt Squadron. In one particular mission as a pirate, Corran rescued a Caamasi named Elegos A'kla from a fellow pirate who had attempted to kill Elegos, whose uncle, Ylenic It'kla, had fought alongside Nejaa Halcyon when he died. With the knowledge he'd gathered from Rostek, and some intrepidity from Elegos, Corran was able to construct his own lightsaber. It was a dual-phase type, normally with a standard length silver blade, but could change to a purple blade more than double in length.

Corran acted out his part as a pirate by day, but by night he donned his Jedi robes and lightsaber, and set out to terrify the Invids into fleeing the organization. He covered his time as the mysterious, avenging Jedi by pretending to get drunk and be hung over. Corran was able to spook the idle pirates on Courkrus into a frenzy, making them believe that doom was coming to them for all their misdeeds. Eventually, word of the Jedi reached Tavira, who sent a few Jensaarai to kill him. Corran revealed himself to the Jensaarai in a five-on-one battle, only to find that Luke Skywalker had foreseen the battle through the Force and with Ooryl Qrygg's assistance came to help.

Interrogating the captive Jensaarai, Corran and Luke were able to find out the location of Tavira's forces and set out to destroy the Invid organization once and for all. During the battle at Susevfi, Corran found himself saber-to-saber with the Saarai-kaar, the leader of the Jensaarai, whose master had killed Nejaa Halcyon. After a pitched battle, Corran and Luke were able to defeat the Jensaarai, and after Elegos (with Corran's aid in projecting the memories passed from one Caamasi generation to the next) they were able to come to at least a temporary peace. However, the battle was not over, as Tavira's Star Destroyer was in a position to kill Corran and end the would-be rescue, but once again Corran's Alter Mind ability saved him from harm. He used this ability to project into Tavira's mind the image of the Errant Venture becoming the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Lusankya. He then displayed the Sun Crusher launching from the Lusankya.  In a panic, Tavira ordered her forces to flee the system.

After Mirax's successful rescue, Luke awarded Corran his Knighthood, but Corran chose not to pursue a full-time career as a Jedi. Rather, he chose to stay with Rogue Squadron, where he felt his time would be better spent helping the New Republic as well as allowing him more freedom to start a family. Corran did assure Luke that he would be available when needed.

New Jedi Order
"Perhaps it is not for me to sculpt the Force's flow to my purposes, but for me to be sculpted into that which more easily works with the Force."

- Corran Horn

Corran and Mirax had a son, Valin, in 13 ABY. Corran continued his activities with the Jedi, and eventually became a member of the restored Jedi Order. In 14 ABY Corran was dispatched to Wayland to determine whether or not the Disciples of Ragnos had visited the planet to drain its Force energy. He also took an apprentice named Raltharan at the same time Kyle Katarn took Jaden Korr and Rosh Penin as apprentices, it is also probable that he took part in the following Battle of Korriban where the Jedi triumphed over the Disciples of Ragnos. Corran finally resigned from Rogue Squadron following the signing of the Bastion Accords in 19 ABY, choosing to devote himself fully to Jedi training. At the time of his resignation, he held the rank of Commander. Corran and Mirax had a daughter, Jysella during this time.

At the beginning of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, Horn was teamed with Ganner Rhysode. This pairing proved difficult, as a result of their clashing personalities, views of the Jedi and the Jedi's role in the galaxy. Corran Horn and Ganner were given a mission to ensure the safety of a group of archeologists on the planet Bimmiel. After landing on Bimmiel, and finding the archeologists, Corran and Ganner started to gain a tenuous respect for each other while fighting off the local creatures. They later found out that the Yuuzhan Vong had been to this planet some 50 years before, and had recently returned. Ganner insisted on attacking them, but Corran argued that was not their mission. However, two of the archeologists were captured leaving them no option. While trying to save them, Corran was seriously injured. It was then that the Yuuzhan Vong warriors arrived. Corran held off the Yuuzhan Vong warriors to buy time for Rhysode and others to escape. Horn defeated both warriors but was bitten by an amphistaff. Rhysode felt Corran's life force dim and returned to save him against Corran's instructions.

After Corran recovered, he went with Ganner and Jacen Solo on a mission to Garqi. There they discovered that pollen from the bafforr tree native to the planet Ithor had the ability to destroy the vonduun crab armor worn by the Vong, due to a major allergic reaction. To hide the secret, Corran had the trees burned and added other fires to cover the location. At this time the Yuuzhan Vong began calling him Silverblade.

Corran next traveled to Ithor, which lay in the path of the Yuuzhan Vong. The New Republic made a stand at the planet, hoping to resist the invasion long enough to make use of the bafforr tree pollen. The battle became a stalemate, until Corran Horn offered to duel Commander Shedao Shai for the fate of Ithor. Though Horn eventually won, Shai's subordinate, Deign Lian, was ordered by Warmaster Tsavong Lah to unleash a plague of toxins upon the planet, in order to eliminate any chance of a pollen based bioweapon. The toxins turned the once lush planet into a barren wasteland and the atmosphere of Ithor into a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. Afterwards the combined forces of the New Republic and the Remnant attacked the retreating forces of the Yuuzhan Vong destroying the cruiser Legacy of Torment. When the ship broke up parts of it fell into the hydrogen and oxygen rich Ithor atmosphere, causing Ithor to burst into flame. Corran was blamed by the media for the loss of Ithor, calling him "The man who killed Ithor." He returned to Corellia and went into seclusion. He also spent time traveling the galaxy aboard Errant Venture with Mirax.

After about a year, Corran Horn returned to the Jedi and began to assume a more active role in fighting the Yuuzhan Vong. He helped Nen Yim escape the Vong-formed Coruscant, and accompanied her, Tahiri Veila, Harrar and Yu'shaa to Zonama Sekot, a living world. There, Nen Yim learned of the connection between Sekot and the Yuuzhan Vong, though Yu'shaa&mdash;Nom Anor in disguise&mdash;killed her before she could impart her secrets. Corran attempted to stop Nom Anor, though the former Executor fled the planet. They remained on the living planet as it made hyper jumps to the core and eventually arrived in the Coruscant system. During this time Tahiri asked to be his apprentice to help complete her Jedi training. He agreed on a provisional basis until they could get Luke Skywalker's approval.

In the battle for supremacy of Coruscant, Corran flew a Sekotan Fighter in defense of Zonama Sekot against the Yuuzhan Vong. Later all ships were grounded on Zonama Sekot as the living world attempted to bring about peace between the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances and the Yuuzhan Vong.

Dark Nest Crisis
As of 35 ABY, Corran was granted the rank of Jedi Master for his actions during the Yuuzhan Vong War and became a member of the Masters' Council, where his belief that the Jedi were answerable to the Galactic Alliance came into conflict with Kyp Durron on a number of occasions. With Luke Skywalker away on a mission to Woteba, Cal Omas manipulated the Council into appointing Corran as the temporary leader of the Jedi Order&mdash;believing that Corran's disagreement with other Masters about the role of the Jedi would split the order, thus ending their interference in the growing Dark Nest crisis. After the Conclave on Ossus, Corran attempted to resign over his role in the schisms the Order had been facing, but Luke Skywalker refused, telling him to stop shouldering the blame for the Jedi, both over the schism and the destruction of Ithor. It was Horn's second attempt to resign, but Luke said that he would not refuse if Corran tried again.

At some point prior to 40 ABY, Corran established the Jedi Teaching Center on Corellia.

Confederation-Galactic Alliance War
"I'm just reading the mood like everyone else."

- Corran Horn

In 40 ABY, tensions between Corellia and the Galactic Alliance led to a war that strained the Jedi Order. In the opening operation, Corran commanded Team Slashrat that watched Coronet's main spaceport for large starfight activities. Despite his Corellian roots, Corran helped Luke and the Jedi Order by watching over the Jedi on Corellia and looking after new Jedi trainees shelter on Coruscant. Like all of the other Jedi Masters, Horn was shocked about Jacen's and Ben's actions during the GAG raid to capture Corellian insurgents on Coruscant.

Corran would later play a part in the escape of his wife, Wedge, Iella and Myri Antilles along with Han and Leia Solo and Lando Calrissian from Corellia where they left for the Errant Venture. While on the Venture Corran aided Jagged Fel, Zekk and Jaina Solo in their attempt to capture Alema Rar. Alema fired a blowdart at Corran who caught it out of the air and placed it in a datapad. After Alema's escape, Corran asked Luke what he wanted him to do. Luke told him to go to Coruscant, which he did.

When Luke Skywalker departed for Hapes to search for Mara Jade, Corran was placed in charge of the council. After the death of Mara, Luke used the Force to draw Lumiya out of hiding. Corran and the other members of the order found it increasingly difficult to ignore the call, and Corran told Luke that the whole council was willing to aide in the hunt, but Luke refused. Corran later attended Mara's funeral and afterwards during a meeting with the rest of the council, Corran admitted that he believed that Jacen was manipulating the order. Corran and the rest of the Jedi Order decided that Jacen Solo was to dangerous and need to be dealt with. Afterwards, he and the rest of the Jedi Order took part in the Battle of Kashyyyk. He flew a StealthX fighter against the Galactic Alliance Fifth Fleet along with the rest of the Jedi Order. Their mission proved unsuccessful because Jacen Solo had anticipated the attack.

Powers and abilities
"Sure. I can't move a rock with my mind, but, boy, can I make the rock think it's been moved."

- Corran Horn

Corran discovered his Force connection in his adult life when he escaped from Ysanne Isard's prison ship, the Lusankya. Although Luke Skywalker offered to train him, he felt that his first duty was to freeing the Lusankya prisoners and declined the initial offer. Luke did teach him some Jedi relaxation techniques, which proved useful in battles to come.

After beginning Jedi training, Corran quickly discovered that the Halcyon family was weak in telekinetic abilities, but made up for it with their ability to influence beings by projecting illusions and an ability to absorb energy and if needed redirect it to greatly enhance their Force powers, including telekinesis. His abilities to manipulate energy even allowed him to withstand lightsaber contact with only minor charring of the skin. Nor were they restricted to lasers and similar sources; they also spread to include things like heat and fire. He had the ability to absorb the heat and flames and convert them into Force power which could then be used to bolster his own powers and make his relatively weak telekinetic powers very strong. The absorbed energy had to be used relatively soon after absorption since his body was not able to cope with the increased amount of energy for long.

Like all Halcyons, Corran Horn had an affinity for Force Illusion. Similar to a Jedi mind trick, this power gave Corran the ability to project not only imagery but all other sensory information into the minds of other beings. It was discovered during his training and was nurtured into one of his most powerful abilities.

Corran favored a dual-phase lightsaber and constructed one shortly after he left the academy to search for his wife. The lightsaber's initial phase was a 133-centimeter-long silver blade due to a Durindfire crystal, but by twisting the grip a second crystal fell into place and the blade lengthened to 300 centimeters and changed to a brilliant purple.

When he first joined the Jedi Academy he helped Kam Solusar build the initial training program that would later be expanded and thus helped lay the foundations for the training structure of the New Jedi Order. Corran seemed to favor a more regimented type of training, no doubt a by product of his time with CorSec and when the Jedi relocated to Ossus, the new academy adopted just this sort of regime, but still with an emphasis on trainees' advancing at their own pace.

In many ways Corran embodied some aspects of the Old Jedi Order, both in the way he was trained and in his outlook on the Jedi as a whole; perhaps mirroring the Jedi of old, he felt that they should serve the Galactic Alliance. Mace Windu had held a similar view in his time, but remarked that the Jedi should rather serve civilization, as civilization brought peace and justice, of which the Galactic Republic was the prime example in his time. Corran seemed to feel the same way, realizing that a stable Galactic Alliance was the best way to ensure lasting peace.

Corran also embodied the spirit of the Corellian Jedi of the Old Republic, who were often regarded as unorthodox by other Jedi.

Behind the scenes
Michael A. Stackpole, the author who first introduced Corran Horn and wrote the majority of the pieces in which he appears, was asked to pose as his character for a card in the Star Wars Customizable Card Game. Despite his vastly different appearance from the illustrations and descriptions of the character, Stackpole agreed and appears in the image above.

Corran Horn is a character who fits a number of the criteria for being a "Gary Stu": he is an exceptionally skilled fighter pilot who also happens to be a Jedi Knight, had a tragic background, and effectively is the most major of major characters in the first four X-wing novels. However, this description (or variants thereof) could be applied to several characters in this universe, and he has demonstrated flaws (recklessness and self-righteousness) that have at times done as much harm as his positive traits have done good.

Corran Horn's lightsaber is originally said to gain its silver hue from a Durindfire gem in I, Jedi. However, in the Dark Tide Duology, it is said to gain it from a diamond focusing crystal.