Peccati Syn



Grand Admiral Peccati Syn was a Grand Admiral of the Imperial Starfleet. He was one of the original 12 Grand Admirals, raised to that newly-created rank by the Emperor after the Battle of Yavin. Syn was born into a family deeply religious, and devout followers of The Sacred Way; then the Empire came, and the Sacred Way was forbidden. To fill its place, Syn became deeply loyal to the New Order. He rose through the ranks on the strength of his devotion and talents, until he was Grand Admiral, at which time he devoted his efforts to battling the Rebel Alliance. But with the death of the Emperor at the Battle of Endor, Syn's faith in the New Order was no longer tenable, and he began searching for yet another replacement. Shortly thereafter, Ysanne Isard plotted with the (false) Prophets of the Dark Side to set up a Church of the Dark Side, which Syn fervently embraced, going so far to make Prophetess Merilli part of his personal staff. While Syn claimed to be a loyalist, under Sate Pestage, he truly took orders from the Church. Syn was killed while battling Admiral Ackbar in the Mid-Rim sector Sumitra near Kashyyk; Ackbar simply was a better strategist than Syn.

Though never published and thus not canonical, Star Wars Insider author Daniel Wallace indicates that Syn's personal Star Destroyer was named Fi (High Galactic for "Son"), but later renamed to Silooth. See here.