Unidentified Shield Gate officer

The title of this article is conjectural.

Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

"Cargo shuttle SW-0608, you're not listed on the arrival schedule."
"Acknowledged, Gate Control. We were rerouted from Eadu flight station."

―The gate officer and Bodhi Rook^[2]

During the Battle of Scarif, an Imperial gate officer wearing a captain's^[3] rank insignia plaque with a row of four blue squares worked on the Shield Gate above Scarif as part of Gate Control. In 1 BBY,^[1] the officer informed the incoming Imperial Zeta-class Heavy Cargo Shuttle SW-0608 that they were not on the manifest. The pilot responded that they had been re-routed from the recently attacked Eadu Flight Station and transmitted the proper clearance codes, which this officer confirmed. Unknown to him, the cargo shuttle secretly held a commando team of Rebels led by Jyn Erso, who intended to infiltrate the facility on the planet and steal the Death Star plans. Later on the Rebel fleet arrived and and engaged the Imperial fleet orbiting the planet. Blue Squadron was tasked with getting to the planet's surface and began passing through the still open shield gate. The officer frantically scrambled to close the shield gate, which was still blocked by a passing Zeta-class shuttle, but allowed multiple fighters to pass through before managing to close the managed to energy field. The officer was killed when the remnants of the Persecutor and the Intimidator, two Imperial star destroyers disabled in the battle, where pushed by the Sphyrna-class Hammerhead corvette Lightmaker into the gate and destroyed it.^[2]

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Behind the scenes[]

The character appeared in the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, where they were portrayed by Michael Nardone, who was credited as "Shield Gate Officer".^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to 1 BBY.
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
↑ Glyn Dillon (@glyn__dillon) on Instagram (post): "I sometimes get asked, on Twitter, about certain things to do with the details of Star Wars costumes, especially Imperial costumes. I try to answer as best I can but I can't always remember... 'ranking' is something that crops up every now and then ...so I've been meaning to post this on here for a while. My co-designer, David Crossman is a military expert, much like John Mollo was, so this is something he put together, after studying all the OT films and working out what he thought John Mollo was doing with the Imperial ranking. It was devised for Rogue One... and if there are any Imperials in Solo, we would've have used this system again... But obviously I can't say if we did 😜 I hope it's useful for all the cosplayers and costumers out there" (backup link)

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