Vandolay

"Alert all commands. Ready the tractor beam."

- Admiral Firmus Piett's orders to his command crew, including Vandolay

Vandolay was a Human male who served as the Imperial Security Bureau attaché aboard the Super Star Destroyer Executor during the Galactic Civil War. By 3 ABY, he held the rank of corporal and was the political liaison for the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, as well as the detention officer responsible for all prisoner transfers aboard the Executor. That year, Vandolay was present aboard the Executor during the Galactic Empire's occupation of the planet Bespin.

Biography
Corporal Vandolay was a Human male who lived during the Galactic Civil War, serving aboard the Dark Lord Darth Vader's flagship, the Super Star Destroyer Executor, by the year 3 ABY. Aboard the Executor, Vandolay was the Imperial Security Bureau attaché and political liaison for the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, an organization that supported Emperor Palpatine's New Order by ensuring the loyalty of the Galactic Empire's citizens. Vandolay was also the Executor detention officer and was responsible for all prisoner transfers aboard the warship.

In 3 ABY, Vandolay was present in one of the crewpits of the Executor command bridge during the Super Star Destroyer's attempt to capture the freighter Millennium Falcon&mdash;carrying the Rebel fugitives Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, and Lando Calrissian&mdash;following the vessel's escape from Cloud City on the Imperial-occupied planet Bespin. Vandolay and the other crew members responded to Admiral Firmus Piett's order to ready the battleship's tractor beam to capture the Millennium Falcon. However, at the last minute, the Millennium Falcon suddenly escaped into hyperspace.

Personality and traits
Vandolay had brown hair and light skin. While serving aboard the Executor, he wore a black Imperial Navy officer uniform. Vandolay was a fierce supporter of the Emperor's New Order.

Behind the scenes
Albeit initially unnamed, Vandolay first appeared in the 1980 film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, in which he was portrayed by an uncredited extra. The actor portraying Vandolay first appeared as a member of the command crew of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Avenger during the pursuit of the Millennium Falcon in the Anoat system. That character, however, was not canonically established to be Vandolay. Vandolay appeared in reused footage from that scene during the Executor attempted capture of the Millennium Falcon over Bespin. During that footage, only the back of Vandolay's head is visible on-screen. Vandolay was later given a name and brief backstory on the "Corporal Vandolay" card for the 1997 Dagobah Limited expansion set of Decipher, Inc.'s Star Wars Customizable Card Game, which established his role on the Executor. The card used a still of the character from the Avenger bridge as the canonical image of Vandolay.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back PhotoComic