Unidentified Imperial captain (asteroid victim)

"Considering the amount of damage we've sustained, they must have been destroyed."

- Captain Lorth Needa

This officer was a Human male captain who served with the Imperial Navy, commanding an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer during the aftermath of the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY. During the search for the Millennium Falcon in the Hoth asteroid field, this captain appeared in holographic form during a conference of twenty Imperial battleship commanders also participating in the search. As the conference, led by Darth Vader, progressed, the bridge tower of this captain's Star Destroyer was hit by a massive asteroid, obliterating the ship and killing him.

Biography


In 3 ABY, this Imperial captain commanded one of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyers participating in the search for Han Solo's YT-1300 light freighter, the Millennium Falcon, in the aftermath of the Battle of Hoth. Solo, along with Princess Leia Organa, his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca, and the protocol droid C-3PO, had fled the Rebels' Echo Base on Hoth and, due to a broken hyperdrive, were forced to hide within one of the many asteroids in the Hoth asteroid field to avoid being captured by the Imperial Death Squadron.

The Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader desired to capture the crew of the Millennium Falcon to use them as bait for capturing his son, Luke Skywalker. In an attempt to find the Falcon, Vader ordered Death Squadron into the asteroid field, and many Star Destroyers suffered heavy casualties under the continual bombardment of asteroids.

This captain was present in holographic form during a conference of twenty other fleet commanders aboard the Star Dreadnought Executor, Vader's flagship, to discussion the whereabouts of the Millennium Falcon. During the conference, the bridge tower of this captain's Star Destroyer was hit by a large hurdling asteroid. The collision resulted in both his death and the destruction of his ship as the captain's holographic image faded quickly away.

Behind the scenes
This unidentified Star Destroyer captain first appeared in the 1980 novelization of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. In the film, this officer is portrayed by an uncredited extra and is only briefly seen in holographic form. To date, he has not been given a name or backstory in Star Wars continuity.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back