Gideon Hask

"Gideon Hask. First in his class at Coruscant Imperial University. Served with valor aboard the Mandate, receiving a battlefield promotion and the Crimson Star for exceptional performance against the enemy."

- Admiral Garrick Versio

Gideon Hask was a human male soldier who served in the Galactic Empire. A native of the planet Kuat, Hask studied at the Coruscant Imperial University where he graduated at the top of his class. Sometime after leaving the Imperial Academy, Hask served aboard the Mandate and earned the Crimson Star for exceptional performances against his enemies along with a promotion. After the Battle of Yavin, Hask, along with Senior Lieutenant Iden Versio, Del Meeko and Seyn Marana, was drafted into Inferno Squad, a Special Forces unit in the Imperial Military, by Admiral Garrick Versio. Hask participated in Inferno's first mission: to infiltrate and destroy the Dreamers, which was a success, though saw the death of Marana.

Hask went on to participate with Inferno in conducting special operations throughout the Galactic Civil War, and, in 4 ABY, fought at the Battle of Endor, which saw the death of Emperor Palpatine and the destruction of the second Death Star. Hask flew alongside Iden at the battle of Fondor, fighting against a Rebel attack on Moff Raythe, whose Star Destroyer transported satellites to be used as part of Operation: Cinder. However, when this climate disruption array attacked the Versio homeworld of Vardos, Iden and Meeko both went rogue, though Hask remained loyal to the Empire, succeeding in their original mission to extract Protectorate Gleb to Admiral Versio, who promoted Hask to Commander. While Iden and Meeko reformed Inferno Squad in the New Republic, Hask continued to serve Admiral Versio and the shattering Empire in the last year of the Galactic Civil War. He oversaw fueling operations on Chinook Station at Bespin and evaded capture when Iden and Meeko undertook a mission to the station. Hask went on to fight at the Battle of Jakku, where he took to the skies in a TIE interceptor and engaged in a dogfight with Iden. Iden shot him down, however, seemingly killing him.

The Empire went on to lose the battle and was forced to surrender to the Republic and sign the Galactic Concordance. Secretly, however, a select group of Imperial officers and loyalists were able to flee into the Unknown Regions of the galaxy, Hask among them, as part of the secret Contingency. There, they formed the First Order, and Hask became an officer within the new faction. Thirty years after the Battle of Jakku, Meeko and the Corvus were captured by Jinata Security, which was in league with the First Order. Hask confronted his former squad mate one last time before killing him personally. He ordered Protectorate Gleb to bury the bodies of Meeko and his crew, but to leave the Corvus alone, hoping to draw out Iden and kill her once and for all as well.

Behind the scenes
Gideon Hask was portrayed by Paul Blackthorne in Star Wars Battlefront II.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Battlefront II
 * Battlefront II: Inferno Squad