Castin Donn

"So Zsinj is another Imperial killer, and if you don't stop him personally, it's the plaza all over again. Is that it?"

- Garik "Face" Loran

Castin Donn was a Human male from Coruscant who was as a member of Wraith Squadron, brought in to replace Eurrsk Thri'ag as the squad's slicer. During the Galactic Civil War, Donn was part of a Coruscant-based rebel group that was independent of the Rebel Alliance. He participated in the efforts by the group to bring news footage of the destruction of the Death Star II to Coruscant's news displays.

Prior to his joining the Wraiths, Donn had been cited for insubordination on several occasions, but this was not an issue with squadron commander Wedge Antilles, as other members of the Wraiths had similar marks on their records. Unfortunately, the group he once worked with on Coruscant possessed many of the xenophobic tendencies common to Coruscant. Thus, after joining the Alliance, Donn had some trouble adjusting to all the nonhuman members he was now forced to associate with. He had particular difficulty with sharing a room with the Thakwaash Hohass Ekwesh, who Donn considered bad-smelling.

Donn’s time with the Wraiths would cure him of his xenophobia, but not his tendency for insubordination. In the fight against Zsinj, the Wraiths posed as a pirate group called the Hawk-bat Independent Space Force. Eventually the Hawk-bats were able to arrange a meeting with Zsinj aboard his personal flagship, the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Iron Fist. During this meeting, Donn went against Antilles's orders and snuck aboard the ship to plant a tracking program into the Iron Fist's computers. He eventually stumbled onto a biomedical research project Zsinj’s scientists were performing. While attempting to free the nonhuman test subjects, he encountered several of Zsinj's stormtroopers. He was injured, and lost consciousness. His last act was to shoot his datapad, destroying mission information to save his teammates.

The stormtroopers captured Castin and put him in a holding cell. While in a meeting with the disguised Wraith Squadron, Zsinj got word of the captured saboteur. Castin was brought to the meeting where Zsinj ordered Garik Loran (under the guise of "General Kargin") to execute him to prove his dedication. Loran hesitated, but another member of the squadron, Dia Passik (disguised as the Hawk-bat "Seku"), quickly "killed" Castin to maintain their cover. Passik later informed the squadron that Donn was already dead; Zsinj had rigged a device to simulate the rise and fall of his chest. Dia had shot a corpse.

Castin was honored in a memorial service for his ultimate sacrifice. His tracking program was later used to find and destroy Razor's Kiss.

Appearances

 * X-wing: Iron Fist