Cabbel/Legends

"Sir, Rebel ships are coming into our sector.''" "''Good. Our first catch of the day."

- Lieutenant Cabbel and Captain Xamuel Lennox, during the Battle of Hoth

Cabbel was a Human male lieutenant in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War. He attended Officer's Candidate School on the planet Carida and was a recent graduate by 3 ABY. During that year, Cabbel served as the first officer of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Tyrant under the command of Captain Xamuel Lennox. Cabbel and Lennox both participated in the Battle of Hoth as members of Death Squadron, during which the Tyrant was disabled by a Rebel Alliance ion cannon fired from the planet Hoth.

Biography
Cabbel, a Human male, lived during the Galactic Civil War. He attended the Imperial Officer's Candidate School on the planet Carida. By 3 ABY, he was a recent graduate and had also attained the Imperial Navy rank of lieutenant. That year, Cabbel served as the first officer aboard the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Tyrant, commanded by Captain Xamuel Lennox.

In the same year, a Viper probe droid discovered evidence of a hidden base belonging to the Alliance to Restore the Republic on the planet Hoth, resulting in the subsequent Battle of Hoth. While the Imperial Army launched a ground assault on the planet, the Imperial-class Star Destroyers of Death Squadron, including the Tyrant, attempted to intercept escaping Rebel GR-75 medium transports. Aboard the Tyrant command bridge, Cabbel informed Lennox when the first of the transports, escorted by T-65 X-wing starfighters, approached the Star Destroyer's position. However, as the Tyrant prepared to intercept the transport, the Rebel Alliance fired their base's planetary ion cannon at the warship, causing its shields to overload, which made it lose its helm. Disabled, the Tyrant was sent floating through the Hoth system. Although more Rebel transports were able to make it off the planet, the Battle of Hoth still ended as an Imperial victory with the Rebels forced to retreat from their headquarters.

Personality and traits
Cabbel had fair skin and brown hair. During his service as a lieutenant, he wore a standard Imperial officer uniform. Cabbel was efficient, as well as ambitious and ruthless, and was described by his men in the same way.

Behind the scenes
Cabbel first appeared as an Imperial officer in the 1980's Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. He was portrayed by Oliver Maguire and credited only as one of several "Other Officers." Cabbel and Lennox are both absent from the film's novelization, which instead attributes their scene and dialogue to Captain Lorth Needa and a controller aboard the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Avenger. The film's script, which is presented in Star Wars: Behind the Magic, identifies Cabbel as a "Controller." In 1993, reused footage of Lennox and Cabbel was shown in a cutscene for the computer game Star Wars: X-wing. However, neither of the characters are canonically confirmed to be Cabbel or Lennox. In 1998, Cabbel was first named and given a brief backstory on a card for the Hoth Limited expansion set of Decipher, Inc.'s Star Wars Customizable Card Game. Cabbel also appeared in the 2002 video game Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast exclusively as a multiplayer avatar. He does not appear in the game's story mode. In 2008, Cabbel was given an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: X-wing
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back junior novel
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Manga: The Empire Strikes Back 1
 * Star Wars 40: The Empire Strikes Back: Battleground Hoth
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast