Editing (section) Commander/Legends 0 You are not logged in. ==Military usage== [[File:End Days.jpg|thumb|left|Commander [[CC-2224/Legends|Cody]] of the [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|Grand Army of the Republic]]]] As a generic mode of address, "commander" was appropriate to many military officers. Almost anyone in command of a distinct ship, outfit or taskforce could be called "commander" of the unit. Examples of these commanders were found within all military branches. They ranged from [[Fleet Commander]]s, [[Field Commander/Legends|Field Commanders]], and [[Flight Commander]]s to more prestige full titles such as [[Force Commander]]s and [[High Commander]]s. It must be noted though, that the commanding officers of naval [[Capital ship/Legends|capital ships]] usually preferred to be addressed as "[[Captain/Legends|Captain]]". According to Emperor Palpatine in the ''Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide'', the official field manual for officers within the Imperial Military, a commander within the Empire was required to excel, which requires that they fight and if need be die in the service of the Empire, and also indicating that the commander won't be defeated even if he fell in battle due to the various branches fighting on.<ref name="Handbook">''[[Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide]]''</ref> The various commanders in the Imperial Military, who were largely formidable military talents, also were considered the true holders of power within the Empire, even though they technically only carried out the orders of the Emperor.<ref name="CVD">''[[Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary]]''</ref> "Commander" was also a more specific rank within many military hierarchies. In some ranking systems, this title would rank just above captain while in others it would rank just below it. The Commander was in some cases the closest superior to a [[Lieutenant Commander/Legends|Lieutenant Commander]] in the same ranking system. The militaries of the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance, both had ranking systems where Commanders were ranked above captains. But at the same time, there were numerous examples of the same militaries having other hierarchies placing Commanders below Captains. Evidently there were different ranking systems depending on specific service branches or institutions. ===Navy ranks=== {| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; float: right; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;" |align="center" rowspan="2"| '''Rank''' |align="center" colspan="2"| '''Insignia''' |- | |- |align="center"|'''Commander''' |align="center"| [[File:Cmbadge.jpg|98px]] {{C|post-Battle of Yavin}}<ref name="ImpSourcebook">''[[Imperial Sourcebook]]''</ref> |- |- |} In the ex-Imperial naval forces loyal to Thyferran Chief of State [[Ysanne Isard]], there was a second usage of Commander described by [[Fliry Vorru]] as being greater than that of "a mere Captain," but this second rank is rarely attested, and may have stemmed from a confusion with the Imperial Navy's rank of [[Captain of the Line/Legends|Captain of the Line]]. Other officers like Commander [[Gherant/Legends|Gherant]] were known at the height of the Empire to have been inferior in rank to Captains like [[Firmus Piett/Legends|Firmus Piett]], and such commanders also existed in the New Republic military. ===Army/Starfighter ranks=== In Imperial [[Starfighter/Legends|Starfighter]] and [[Army/Legends|Army]] units, a Commander apparently ranked between a [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] and a [[Major/Legends|Major]]. Within the Galactic Empire, specifically the [[Imperial Army/Legends|Imperial Army]], a commander was responsible for setting the terms of the battle, and then moving swiftly and decisively once the parameters of engagement have been outlined. In addition, the commander's ability to follow protocol was often the deciding factor on how orders transmitted from the Army Command, including what units a commander deploys into battle or how the units are to be used, with set objectives and available resources being a determining factor. Aside from monitoring the presence of the Rebel Alliance on a given world, an Imperial Army Commander was also cognizant of the criminal underworld, as many of them (which included Hutts, smugglers, bounty hunters, and others who live in civilization's fringes), even if they technically have no formal membership with the Rebel Alliance, are still enemies all the same. An Imperial Army commander was also required to respond to threats with the appropriate amount of forces, and as such, assessing what a situation requires (such as escalation, additional units, special units, etc., etc.) was a central part of a commander's duties.<ref name="Handbook" /> In [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] and [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] Starfighter Command organizations, references exist to a rank of Commander, sometimes specifically '''Flight Commander''' or '''Wing Commander''', covering at least one tier of the hierarchy between [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] and [[Colonel/Legends|Colonel]]; by the time of the [[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances|Galactic Alliance]], these titles had apparently been replaced by [[Major/Legends|Major]] and [[Lieutenant Colonel]]. Pre-Battle of Hoth, the rank insignia was between Captain and [[General/Legends|General]],<ref name="X-wing">''[[Star Wars: X-Wing]]''</ref> while post-Battle of Hoth, it was between Captain and [[Lieutenant Commander/Legends|Lieutenant Commander]].<ref name="Alliance">''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance]]''</ref> In the former instance, its design was a silver patch showing four yellow bumps, covering all but the upper right corner of the patch in a near-X-formation,<ref name="X-wing" /> while in the latter instance, the design was that of a gold-trim patch possessing three red bumps, two with each being on the lower corners of the patch, and one being at the topmost center of the patch.<ref name="Alliance" /> The promotion of Commander [[Eldo Davip]] to [[Major General]] after the [[Battle of Borleias (Yuuzhan Vong War; Second)|Battle of Borleias]] suggests that in some elements of the New Republic or Galactic Alliance military, a rank of Commander may replace [[Brigadier]]. ===Other systems=== [[File:ChineKal.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[Chine-kal]], a [[Yuuzhan Vong]] commander]] The [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorians]] used the rank of commander. In the [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|GAR]], the rank of [[Clone_trooper_commander|Commander]] was borne by senior clone officers, and some [[Jedi Commander/Legends|Jedi]], including many [[Padawan/Legends|padawans]]. Among the Yuuzhan Vong, most warship captains and a few task force commanders bore a rank of Commander, and superior officers were known as [[Supreme_Commander_(Yuuzhan_Vong_rank)|Supreme Commanders]]. In the armed forces of the [[Chiss Ascendancy/Legends|Chiss Ascendancy]], variations on "Commander" were used as ranks or titles in a variety of different contexts. In the years before the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], a frontier patrol group of the Expansionary Fleet could be commanded by an officer with the title of '''[[Force Commander]]''', often simply styled "Commander" ('''Crahsystor''' in [[Cheunh/Legends|Cheunh]]). Much later, in ''c''. [[19 ABY/Legends|19]]–[[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]], examples are also known of a '''Phalanx Commander''' leading a [[Household Phalanx]] and a '''Station Commander''' commanding a [[Brask Oto Command Station|defense platform]], while the title '''Cadet Commander''' was given to the senior cadet in a Chiss training squadron, who could also be addressed as "[[Lieutenant/Legends|Lieutenant]]". By the time of the [[Swarm War]] in [[37 ABY]], the term "Commander" was used in Basic to translate the rank analogous to a naval Commander in the Galactic Alliance, one grade below Captain, but is not clear whether this usage corresponded to any of the earlier terminology. ====Superior ranks==== The title "[[Commander-in-Chief/Legends|Commander-in-Chief]]" was used by some civilian heads of state in their capacity as head of their government's military forces - for instance, the [[Chief of State (Alliance)|Chief of State]] of the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]] was also, ''ex officio'', '''Allied Forces Commander-in-Chief'''. The position of [[Supreme Commander]] was borne by very senior officers serving various regimes, including the [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] who was effectively the head of state of [[Imperial Remnant|Imperial Space]] after [[19 ABY/Legends|19 ABY]]. 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