Saboteur

"I'm sure many of you look at this former Jedi and think, 'Surely she cannot be this murderer or saboteur that they speak of.' And yet think of all the times we have been fooled by the Separatists&hellip;"

- Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, during the trial of Ahsoka Tano

A saboteur was an individual who interfered with or disrupted the operation of a physical mechanism. Such acts of sabotage sometimes occurred in a military capacity, with spies and double agents like Clone Sergeant Slick and astromech droid R3-S6 performing acts of sabotage within Galactic Republic operations during the Clone Wars. Anti-Jedi activist Letta Turmond was considered a saboteur for her role in the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar, as was former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano after Barriss Offee framed her for the bombing and other crimes.

In perhaps the most damaging act of sabotage ever attempted, scientist Galen Erso, a scientist pressed into service by The Empire to help design and construct the Death Star, worked out a long-term plan to do so with the station. Feigning full cooperation in the project, Erso subtly installed a 2-metre wide thermal exhaust port in the station's design that led directly to the station's power core. Given that the port was ray shielded from energy weapon attacks, Erso took advantage of his colleagues' complacency to create a critical vulnerability that had a chance of being exploited by an opposing force if a bombing craft could penetrate the station's defenses and successfully strike the small target. Erso was successful in his plan, although the target proved so difficult in the Battle of Yavin that fighter pilot and Jedi Knight apprentice, Luke Skywalker, had to call upon the Force to successfully hit the target. Regardless, Erso's sabotage gave that hero that one chance to destroy the station.

Appearances

 * Darth Maul, Part II
 * Darth Maul, Part III
 * Darth Maul, Part IV
 * Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
 * Thrawn
 * Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks
 * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
 * Rogue One, Part IV
 * Star Wars 1: Skywalker Strikes
 * Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Uprising
 * Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks
 * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
 * Rogue One, Part IV
 * Star Wars 1: Skywalker Strikes
 * Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Uprising