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- "I've placed a weakness deep within the system. A flaw so small and powerful, they'll never find it."
- ―Galen Erso, on his sabotage of the Death Star
A saboteur was an individual who interfered with or disrupted the operation of a physical mechanism. Such acts of sabotage sometimes occurred in a military capacity, with spies and double agents like Clone Sergeant Slick and astromech droid R3-S6 performing acts of sabotage within Galactic Republic operations during the Clone Wars. Anti-Jedi activist Letta Turmond was considered a saboteur for her role in the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar, as was former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano after Barriss Offee framed her for the bombing and other crimes.
Galen Erso, a scientist pressed into service by The Empire to help design and construct the Death Star, worked out a long-term plan to do so with the station. Feigning full cooperation in the project, Erso subtly installed a 2-metre wide thermal exhaust port in the station's design that led directly to the station's power core. Given that the port was ray shielded from energy weapon attacks, Erso took advantage of his colleagues' complacency to create a critical vulnerability that had a chance of being exploited by an opposing force if a bombing craft could penetrate the station's defenses and successfully strike the small target. Erso was successful in his plan, although the target proved so difficult in the Battle of Yavin that fighter pilot and Jedi Knight apprentice, Luke Skywalker, had to call upon the Force to successfully hit the target. Regardless, Erso's sabotage gave that hero that one chance to destroy the station.
Appearances
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- Master & Apprentice
- Darth Maul, Part II
- Darth Maul, Part III
- Darth Maul, Part IV
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Hidden Enemy"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Destroy Malevolence"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Downfall of a Droid"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Duel of the Droids"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Mandalore Plot" (Appears in hologram)
- Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Death Trap"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Point of No Return"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Sabotage"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "To Catch a Jedi"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Wrong Jedi"
- Darth Vader Annual 2: Technological Terror
- Lords of the Sith
- Thrawn (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Rebels – "Art Attack"
- Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
- Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel
- Star Wars: Rogue One: Secret Mission
- Star Wars: Rogue One Graphic Novel Adaptation
- Rogue One Adaptation 1
- Rogue One Adaptation 2 (Appears in hologram)
- Rogue One Adaptation 3
- Rogue One Adaptation 4
- Star Wars 1: Skywalker Strikes
- Doctor Aphra 18: Remastered, Part V
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Uprising
- "The Ghost Ship"—Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down (Mentioned only)
- Before the Awakening (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Resistance – "The Platform Classic" (Mentioned only)
- "Destroyer Down"—Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel (Mentioned only)
SourcesEdit
- "Duel of the Droids" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com
- "The Mandalore Plot" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com
- "Death Trap" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com
- "Point of No Return" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com
- "Sabotage" Episode Guide - The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Sabine My Rebel Sketchbook
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Star Wars: Legion – Rebel Specialists Personnel Expansion (Card: Sabotaged Communications)
- Admiral Kilian in the Databank (backup link)
- Admiral Piett in the Databank (backup link)
- baradium bomb in the Databank (backup link)
- Buzz Droid in the Databank (backup link)
- Clone Captain Rex in the Databank (backup link)
- Clone Commander Cody in the Databank (backup link)
- Clone Commander Ponds in the Databank (backup link)
