Iden Versio

"I've waited thirty years for this. I still remember my last orders. The day the real war began."

- Iden Versio

Iden Versio was a female human soldier who served in the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War.

Early life
Iden Versio was born and raised on the planet Vardos during the era of the Galactic Empire. She was the daughter of Garrick Versio, an admiral in the Imperial Security Bureau; and Zeehay Versio, an artist who contributed to the design of propaganda posters. Following in her father's example, Iden trained to become a soldier of the Empire, though not without her criticisms of it. She participated in the Battle of Yavin as a Senior Lieutenant under the callsign TIE Sigma Three.

Commander of Inferno Squad
Sometime later, Versio of Inferno Squad was promoted to the rank of Commander.

After being captured by the Alliance to Restore the Republic, Versio escaped with the help of Del Meeko's ID10 seeker droid.

In 4 ABY, she participated in the Battle of Endor and witnessed the destruction of the second Death Star. Knowing they were defeated, the Inferno Squad looked to her for direction. Versio led her troops to avenge their Emperor, by hunting down the people responsible for his demise and the destruction of the second Death Star, namely, Luke Skywalker.

After the Battle of Endor, Inferno Squad was briefed by Iden on their next mission, to extract an Imperial ally named Gleb from her homeworld Vardos.

Upon arrival to Vardos, Iden expressed concerns for the citizens, as they were loyal to the Empire. She saw no reason for them to be exterminated. When Inferno Squad reached the Archive, where Gleb was waiting, an explosion broke off some debris from the inside of the palace, and almost hit some people. Iden saw this, and allowed some of the citizens to board her ship. Gideon Hask did not share their optimistic view on saving the citizens, and was very adamant that they follow Admiral Versio's orders. Meeko and Iden weren't having it and disabled him by shooting him in the leg. Hask informed Admiral Versio of their defection, to which he called for them to be executed. Iden and Meeko had to sneak around Vardos, to make it to the Corvus and escape. On they way, they stole an Imperial AT-AT.

Defection to the rebellion
After they escaped Vardos, Meeko and Iden contacted the Rebellion and surrendered. Shriv, a rebel officer, and Lando Calrissian talked with the now defected Inferno Squad, about either living a new life, or joining the fight against the Empire. Meeko and Iden join the fight against the Empire's contingency plan on Naboo.

Iden and a fleet of other Rebel pilots engaged in the fight against a Star Destroyer, and the Weather satellites it was using. Iden was successful in destroying the satellites, but she knew about an Imperial protocol that called for a jump to a safe location, and in this case that was Theed.

Iden met with General Leia Organa, where she was instructed to repair the power relays that would activate a sonic charge, deactivating all electronics in the surrounding area. The Rebels won Theed over. After the battle, Iden, Meeko, and Leia formally met, to which Organa chastised them for all they had done to the Alliance. Iden apologized, and owned up to the facts that what she did was inexcusable, but she wanted to fight for what was right. Leia accepted her offer and welcomed Iden to the New Republic.

Months later, Iden received a call from Organa, asking her to find the missing General Han Solo, on Takodana. Iden arrived and helped him take on some Imperial forces. They regroup at the Corvus, where Iden spoke with Organa again, discussing the Imperial forces on Bespin and Sullust, and giving Iden the hope that her father could possibly be captured, and stopped. Organa agreed that this would be a huge advantage for the New Republic.

Iden and Meeko later traveled to Chinook Station on Bespin looking for Hask. Hask was overseeing a refuel operation on Admiral Versio's fleet. Iden and Meeko believed Hask could help them track down the Admiral. The two land at the station, and went undercover as stormtroopers. They travelled across the station, and up the tower, but to their dismay, Hask had already evacuated. They get inside a Cloud car, and proceeded to blow up the fueling stations that the Star Destroyers were stationed at.

Iden and Meeko regrouped with the crew of the Corvus, where she briefed Shriv, who later accompanied Calrissian, on an infiltration mission to an abandoned weapons depot on Sullust, where they were to steal weapons cache. Although the weapons were not recovered, Calrissian destroyed the factory to prevent the weapons from falling into Imperial hands. Iden picked up the two from an AT-ST that was close to being swallowed up by lava.

Battle of Jakku
Right after the destruction of the facility, Iden was informed by Admiral Gial Ackbar that all Republic ships were to go to Jakku, where the rest of the Imperial Navy was waiting.

During the battle, Iden helped out the Republic by taking out some TIE bombers, and other such ships. Near the end of the Battle, the Corvus was disabled by some TIE fighters from Garrick's ship, as he was going to destroy it. Iden took out the fighters that were headed towards the Corvus. Iden's burning passion for her father led her to board the ship, and save him. While doing so, she crashed her X-Wing on the hull of the destroyer, and almost died. She climbed up through the gaping holes in the ship, and headed up towards the bridge where she met her father. Garrick recognized this as a rescue mission, but could not accept it, as he knew his daughter was much stronger than he was. Iden saw the weakness in the Empire, and didn't let it consume her. Iden came to terms with the fact that her father was not leaving his post, and jettisoned an escape pod just as the destroyer was obliterated.

Meeko found Iden's downed pod, and helped her up. They then shared a kiss. Meeko told Iden that they had won the war, and it was all over. Shriv came by and insisted that they come see the final moments of the war, that they get to see the end of the Galactic Empire.

A new life
Following the end of the Galactic Civil War, Iden married Meeko and they had a daughter together. However, thirty years after the Battle of Jakku, Meeko went missing and Iden went in search of him.

Personality and traits
Versio saw Emperor Palpatine as a great leader, and was fiercely dedicated to the Empire, due to her father's Imperial background and her planet's pro-Imperial sentiments.

After her defection from the Empire, her beliefs shifted. She viewed the Empire as tyrants, for destroying her homeworld, and countless others. Iden took a liking to the rebels as the war continued, and eventually joined them.

Behind the scenes
Iden Versio first appeared in a teaser trailer for the upcoming 2017 video game Star Wars Battlefront II that was leaked on April 11, 2017. The character was officially revealed in the Star Wars Battlefront II panel at Celebration Orlando on April 15, 2017. She will be portrayed by Janina Gavankar. From a development standpoint, Versio is intended to be one of the "nobler heroes" of the Empire.

On December 13, 3 new campaign missions for Star Wars Battlefront II featuring Versio will be added, taking place during the rise of the First Order.

Appearances

 * Battlefront II: Inferno Squad
 * Star Wars Battlefront II