Skosef

"Oh! Oh, you gotta be kidding me! That was amazing!"

- General Skosef, on the bombing of the shuttle

Skosef was a Human male General in the Galactic Empire's Imperial Army. By 1 BBY, Skosef had joined a plot led by Grand Moff Trachta to overthrow the two Sith Lords leading the Empire, Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader. As a part of the plot, Skosef oversaw the the bombing of Palpatine's Lambda-class T-4a shuttle that was destined for the Empire's DS-1 Orbital Battle Station superweapon. Although Palpatine escaped the shuttle's demise, the blast killed half of the Emperor's Royal Guard and many Imperial stormtroopers, a vital part of Trachta's plan.

After Skosef was suspected by the Imperials of being connected to the bombing, Trachta assigned Skosef to assassinate Grand Moff Bartam, another member of their plot, as conspiracists turned against one another. Skosef successfully killed Bartam, but was in turn killed by a stormtrooper right after the assassination.

Biography
"Hey! Lower your weapon!"

- A stormtrooper, to Skosef, prior to the latter killing Bartam

A Human male, Skosef was a General in the Imperial Army of the Galactic Empire. Skosef joined a plot to kill the Sith Lord rulers of the Empire&mdash;Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader&mdash;by the later part of 1 BBY. That year, he escorted Moff Kadir of the Coruscant Security Force to a meeting between the members of the conspiracy near Grand Moff Bartam's luxury apartment on the galactic capital world of Coruscant. Led by Imperial Grand Moff Trachta, the members&mdash;Grand Moff Bartam, Second Officer Dezsetes and the assassin Gauer, as well as Skosef, Trachta and Kadir&mdash;discussed Trachta's plan on how to kill the Sith.

Using Imperial stormtroopers loyal to them, the members would fill the need for more troopers to guard the Emperor's Imperial Palace on Coruscant after an assassination attempt against Palpatine resulted in the bombing of his Lambda-class T-4a shuttle, bound for the Empire's DS-1 Orbital Battle Station superweapon, killed a substantial portion of the original Imperial Palace security force. The stormtroopers loyal to the conspiracists would then go on to kill Palpatine, who the conspiracists knew would survive the bombing, in the Imperial Palace, while another squad of them under Dezsetes' command would kill Vader in the Kether system, where the world of Dargulli was located. During that meeting, Skosef was assigned to oversee the bombing of the shuttle.

Prior to the departure of the shuttle, Skosef's stormtroopers placed a bomb inside the craft after they disguised it as a set of bottles in order to get it past the Emperor's Royal Guards. The bomb detonated before the shuttle left, obliterating the starship and killing the required amount of stormtroopers and Royal Guards; Skosef himself observed the blast from not far off. As the conspiracists predicted, Palpatine indeed survived the explosian after he sensed the impending attack. At the presentation of the stormtroopers, loyal to the conspiracists, to replace the troopers killed in the assassination attempt, Skosef was informed by Trachta that the bombing had been traced back to the Skosef. Because of this, Trachta assigned him a new part in the plan.

As the members of the consipracy struggled for power among one another, Skosef was to carry out the killing of Bartam. Entering the Bartam's luxury apartment unnoticed, Skosef shot the Grand Moff in the back with a blaster pistol at close range. However, a stormtrooper in the room observed the killing and openfired on Skosef, killing the General. In the end, the only member of the conspiracy that survived was Gauer, as the rest were killed in the power struggles or died attempting to rid the Empire of the Sith, an effort that ultimately failed.

Personality and traits
"That's just throwing away troopers. Don't we have a limited supply?''" "''We just need a few for this. It's mostly his troopers dying."

- Skosef and Grand Moff Bartam, discussing the bombing.

As a part of the conspiracy, Skosef believed that they could take control of the Empire from the Sith. He initially expressed his doubts about the feasibility of using their limited number of stormtroopers to take out the Sith, and questioned the bombing at first as it would waste some of their troops. Trachta, however, eased these concerns by further explaining the plan. Skosef, upon observed the bombing, was amazed by it, and, after being ordered to kill Bartam as the conspiracists turned against one another, Skosef killed the Grand Moff. The General was pale skinned and had gray hair.

Behind the scenes
Skosef first appeared in the first three issues of Star Wars: Empire Betrayel story arc, all released in 2002 by Dark Horse Comics. He was also mentioned in 2004's 135th part of The Official Star Wars Fact File. The Rebellion Era Campaign Guide, released in 2009, mentioned Skosef.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Empire 1: Betrayal, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Empire 2: Betrayal, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Empire 3: Betrayal, Part 3