Sankaran

"I commend your gunnery crew, Captain Sankaran."

- Commander Demmings

Captain Sankaran was an officer serving aboard the Star Destroyer Reprisal, holding an important position under Commander Demmings eight months after the Battle of Yavin.

He held the rank of Captain, but it is not clear whether this was a relatively senior line command rank in the a Imperial Navy, in which case he is likely to have been Demmings' executive officer, or or the lower rank of the same name used by elements of the military like the Imperial Army and Stormtrooper Corps, in which case he was probably the ship's Gunnery Officer.

Behind the scenes
The plot of A Model Officer hinges on the treachery of one of Reprisal's gunnery officers, Lieutenant Garil Dox, and Sankaran is evidently his superior, his role in this story being mainly to relay information from the crew pit to Commander Demmings, who is serving as the Star Destroyer's captain. However, Demmings almost undoubtedly holds a rank above Captain of the Line, and it is not unknown for senior personnel, even Admirals like Firmus Piett, to base themselves in the crew pits as Sankaran does here, and directly oversee the officers at their consoles.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Empire 35: A Model Officer