Crix Madine/Legends

Crix Madine (&mdash;12 ABY) 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 was attended the the Imperial Academy and entered service in the Imperial Army. He rose quickly through the ranks after establishing himself as an innovative tactician and effective leader. 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 uinit while performing a training mission. Madine erased himself from Imperial records and attempted to defect to the Alliance, but 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 targets 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. To prove his loyalty, Madine provided essential guidance for the sabotaging of Operation Strike Fear. His intimate knowledge of Imperial tactics earned him the position of Chief Military Advisor on the Advisory Council and 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.

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 Tyderium. 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.

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 new weapon kept him safe from Republic reprisals, Durga the Hutt, the brains behind the Darksaber, personally shot Madine through the heart, killing him instantly. It would be one of the last things Durga ever did.

Behind the Scenes
Crix Madine was portrayed by Dermot Crowley in Return of the Jedi.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Dark Forces
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Mara Jade: A Night on the Town
 * ''Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
 * ''Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * ''Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Dark Empire
 * Darksaber, death