Odan (impostor)

An Impostor of Odan was an Imperial officer on Akuria II during and around the time following the Battle of Yavin. He was the head of the Imperial's presence at the Polar Base and led his soldiers in impersonating Rebel soldiers in order to deceive Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa who had come to speak with Colonel Odan. Using the command of the Rebel's War Sled to complete the deception, the impostor "rescued" Skywalker and Organa from the native Snow Demons and took them aboard the vessel.

The rescue was designed to convince Organa to overlook the exchange of recognition codes. A robotic TIE fighter was even employed during the rescue so that the Rebels would be firmly convinced that the impostor was who he claimed to be. However, Organa and Skywalker were alerted to the deception when they discovered evidence of a shoot-out previously taking place on the vehicle. With no other choice to get the Rebels to tell him the location of the Rebel fleet, the impostor kept Organa prisoner while he threatened Skywalker, hoping that the Princess would talk to save the young Rebel hero. However, Organa was resilient and refused to succumb to the impostor's demands. Unfortunately for the impostor, Skywalker was saved by the real Odan, and through the two's efforts, were able to rescue Organa and take the Imperial leader captive.



Using physical threats, the Rebels were able to get the impostor to give them the access codes to get into the Polar Base. After getting the gates to the garrison open, the Rebels wedged a Snow Flyer in the entrance and detonated it, deactivating the energy gates and providing an entryway for a Rebel attack. As the native Snow Demons swarmed the Imperial stronghold, the impostor was able to escape from his captors into the base to lead his men. However, even under his commands, the base was unable to hold against the might of the Rebel onslaught and it eventually fell to the attacking Ice Demons. The Imperial commander himself was killed when Skywalker commandeered a TIE fighter and used it to destroy the blaster cannon emplacement that was housing the commander. With their leader dead, the Rebels quickly mopped up any further resistance, claiming Akuria II for the Rebel Alliance.

Appearances
The Kingdom of Ice