Jeng Droga

"But Excellency, that would be too dangerous. You must stay aboard Eclipse II. We will go down and capture the Jedi child."

- Jeng Droga

Jeng Droga was an Emperor's Hand.

Biography
In his service to the Emperor, Droga used his Jar'Kai skills in combat and piloted Emperor's Shadow, Palpatine's personal shuttle.

His depth of loyalty and Force connection to Palpatine caused Droga to enter deep depression following his master's death. Present at Endor, Droga fled the battle to the planet Kaal, where he killed the crew of Emperor's Shadow and crashed the ship into the ocean in hopes of joining Palpatine in death. His effort was in vain, and his broken body washed ashore.

Soon after, the spirit of the Emperor discovered Droga and entered his body. Palpatine called out to Sate Pestage, who rescued the broken body from Kaal and returned it to Byss. There, the spirit of Palpatine was separated from Droga, who stayed on Byss to protect his master. During the reborn Emperor's campaign, Droga's increasingly unstable temperament made him a monster on the battlefield, but he was unable to save his master from ultimate death.

With the final destruction of Palpatine, Droga was pushed over the edge. For years he roamed the Galaxy as a berserker, eventually slaying Sarcev Quest for his role in Palpatine's assassination.

He eventually lent his aid to the Second Imperium's assault on Yavin 4. There he joined in the chaos, now fully insane, and was finally able to join his master after being defeated by Kyle Katarn.

Behind the scenes

 * The character of Jeng Droga was first introduced in the Star Wars Adventure Journal article The Kaal Connection. His physical depiction was based around a background character seen in the comic Empire's End. Abel Peña identified this on the Jedi Council Forums at TheForce.Net.
 * In Spanish language, "droga" is the word for "drug". In Polish "droga" means "road"

Appearances

 * Empire's End