Unidentified Imperial officer (Metalorn)

"At my command&mdash;Fire!!"

- The officer orders his men to fire their weapons

A Human male served as an officer under the Imperial Governor Corwyth on the planet of Metalorn. During the year 0 ABY Princess Leia Organa of the Rebel Alliance infiltrated the factory planet in order to spread seeds of rebellion among the uninformed worker populace, who had little knowledge of the outside galaxy and its current events. The officer got wind of Organa, and using a tracking device implanted in a stolen blaster, managed to track Organa to an ore processing center. When the conveyor bucket that the tracking device was broadcasting from appeared within the line of sight of the officer's stormtroopers, the officer ordered his men to open fire. When the smoke had cleared they realized that Organa had escaped, and all that was present in the conveyor bucket was the blaster.

Biography
"Set all blasters at low level intensity&mdash;we want to destroy the woman, not the conveyer!"

- The officer prepares his men for confrontation

Born sometime before 0 ABY, a Human male eventually joined the ranks of the Galactic Empire, rising through the ranks until he served as an officer. Assigned to the planet of Metalorn, located in the Mid Rim, the officer worked under the command of the planet's benevolent governor, Corwyth. Metalorn was a factory world, covered entirely in a dense smog. The working populace primarily built weapons for the Empire. In order to ensure total dominance, Corwyth managed to keep the planet isolated from outside influences, keeping the population in his area unaware of a rebellion fighting the rule of the Empire. In addition, Corwyth designed an elaborate security system centered around the use of tracking devices in electrical equipment and weapons. As such, if an individual ever stole a blaster, they could easily be tracked down due to a tracking device built into the gun. Corwyth had total dominance over the planet, and eventually received a visit from an Imperial Baron, Orman Tagge, who was investigating the governor's system to confirm it was sound.

At the same time, the Rebel Princess from Alderaan, Leia Organa, was attempting to infiltrate the planet in order to bring the world out of the dark and bring the planet's populace to the brink of rebellion. It wasn't long before Organa encountered a lone stormtrooper, whom she dispatched by using an adhesive spray to clog the trooper's ventilation system in his helmet. Unaware of the tracking device in the trooper's blaster, Organa took it for herself. The officer was tasked with tracking the Princess down, using the device implanted in her weapon to locate her. Troopers chased Organa to an ore processing center, where she hopped onto a a cart on an ore conveyor. The conveyor carried the Princess through the processing center. The officer was able to reach the chamber ahead of her and had his men prepare for her arrival, stationing them along a catwalk above the conveyor. The plan was to blast Organa as soon as she appeared. Meanwhile, the heightened activity was passed along as nothing more than a security test to the curious populace.

While riding the conveyor, Organa figured out the security system and its relation to her weapon and ditched the moving cart, leaving the blaster behind. When the cart arrived to the officer's secured chamber, the troopers opened fire with his command. When the smoke dissipated it became clear that the Princess had escaped, much to the officer's frustration. Reporting back to Corwyth, the governor could only vent his frustrations on his radio officer. Ultimately, Organa's mission was a success, being able to persuade her old mentor Arn Horada to help spread a rebel movement through the planet's populace. Eventually, Organa escaped Metalorn.

Personality and traits
"The rebel's not in the car... Only the stolen weapon!"

- The officer realizes his failure

The officer was loyal to the Empire, and was able to effectively command troops. Although he was sure that the Princess must be killed, when he learned of her being present in an ore cart, he ordered his men to lower the power settings on their weapons, as not to damage the valuable equipment. The officer had light colored skin and blonde hair.

Equipment
The officer wore standard issue officer regalia, and preferred a blaster pistol with a hooded barrel as his sidearm. When he prepared to fire the weapon on Princess Organa, he lowered its power setting in order to leave the ore machines undamaged.

Behind the scenes
The unnamed officer was created for Star Wars 30: A Princess Alone, an issue of the Marvel Comics Star Wars run, written by Archie Goodwin. The officer was penciled by Carmine Infantino and colored by Petra Goldberg. A Princess Alone was released on September 25, 1979, and was later collected in two omnibuses, Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 2: Dark Encounters and Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 2, released in the years 2002 and 2010 respectively.

Appearances

 * Star Wars 30: A Princess Alone