History Characters / StarWarsImperialNavy

* DisappointingPromotion: In Legends, Jerjerrod is quite upset at becoming the commander of the second Death Star, knowing very well what exactly the job entitles him to do. Subverted in Canon as he is proud of his promotion but is still worried about the construction process of the second Death Star.

** Despite leaving Crosshair for dead, he allows him to return to the Imperial Army and pairs him up with Cody and other Clones to help the Empire bring peace and prosperity for the people who like Palpatine while punishing enemies who want the old corrupt Republic back or ''freedom'' from a system they don't want any part of. These actions seem even more magnanimous on his part when one considers that Crosshair's survival might imply by extension that the rest of the Bad Batch was also capable of surviving his orbital bombardment of Tipoca City (as they indeed did), a scenario that he does not want other Imperials to entertain whatsoever, though it is also possible that he had no opportunity to completely cover his tracks by eliminating Crosshair before others knew of his survival once he was discovered. For all the difference it would make, Crosshair would age out of his service sooner or later, and decides Crosshair will need to be supervised from now on.

* TheSocialExpert: Created the right incentives to get people to sign up for the Empire's new chain code system, has quickly and effectively navigated the local politics of Ryloth to strengthen Imperial control there, and overall displays very good social skills.

** In another rather twisted example, Edmon did get his way with the stormtroopers replacing the clone trooper…but was ultimately the scapegoat to justify the former’s existence.

[[quoteright:300:''"Do not anger Vader."'']]

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* JackofAllTrades: They are introduced flying a TIE Fighter but will frequently fly other models to suit the mission profile.

* DisappointingPromotion: Jerjerrod is quite upset at becoming the commander of the second Death Star, knowing very well what exactly the job entitles him to do.

* NonPromotion: Moff to Commander of the second Death Star seems like a good one but in reality it means he's responsible for the destruction of the Rebel Alliance, which is not something you'd want to do normally.

->'''Appearances:''' ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith'' | ''{{Literature/Thrawn}}'' | ''Literature/StarWarsTarkin'' | ''ComicBook/StarWarsHanSoloImperialCadet'' | ''Film/Solo'' | ''Literature/LostStars'' | ''Series/Andor'' | ''Literature/ThrawnTreason'' | ''[[Film/RogueOne Rouge One]]'' | ''[[Literature/BountyHunt Bounty Hunt]]''| Age of Rebellion—Grand Moff Tarkin comic | ''[[Film/ANewHope A New Hope]]'' |''[[Literature/BattlefrontTwilightCompany Battlefront Twilight Company]]'' | ''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack The Empire Strikes Back]]'' | ''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Return of the Jedi]]''

!! DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station

!The Death Star

* MythologyGag: One of the random names is Maarek Steele, the playable character in the old ''VideoGame/TIEFighter'' game.

* HoistByHerOwnPetard: During her interrogation of Leia, Khione brings in an interrogator droid which is programed to treat the occupant of the cell as its current victim. After Khione is knocked out, she is left locked in the cell with the droid, which Leia hears coming back online as they leave.

The captain of the ''Harbinger'', Pellaeon previously served under Grand Admiral Balanhai Savit of the Third Fleet. When Savit was exposed as a traitor, Pellaeon turned against Savit and was reassigned to Grand Admiral Thrawn's Seventh Fleet, serving in the blockade over Lothal in the eve of the Galactic Civil War. After surviving the Liberation of Lothal, Pellaeon returned to the galaxy only to find the Empire had fallen in his absence, and became one of the leaders of the Shadow Council of the Imperial Remnant.

* AmbiguousSituation: Though Dave Filoni [[https://gizmodo.com/that-fan-favorite-eu-character-name-dropped-on-star-war-1823592926 states]] that he probably survived the end of ''Rebels'', [[spoiler:he's still lost somewhere in space with Ezra, Thrawn, and the rest of the Seventh Fleet. Though Pellaeon later appears in ''The Mandalorian'', what happened to him between the Purrgil attack and this appearance remains unclear]].

* AdaptationalWimp: His original version was able to take on enough of Thrawn's teachings to end up as the de facto leader of the entire Empire and ultimately allow its survival by making peace with the New Republic. It is unlikely to say the least that this version will achieve as much.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: A very minor one when he is exposed for destroying Tipoca City and then accused of being a traitor by the Emperor himself. Rampart can only collapse and lean on his podium in shock as he realizes he's been made the fall guy for Tarkin and Palpatine.]]

* CommandingCoolness: Referred to as "Commander" in the film, despite being credited as a "Moff". His actual rank, given in ''Tarkin'', is Rear Admiral, although it's possible he got promoted by the time of ''Return of the Jedi''. Him being refered to as Commander was due to him being in charge of the second Death Star.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When she is introduced as Thrawn's first officer on the ''Chimaera'' in ''Thrawn'', she is established as an honest officer who borders on insurbodination and is not afraid to openly question her superiors, including Thrawn. Her role as an HonestAdvisor is appreciated by Thrawn, who recognizes her capabilities and decides to make her his protégée.

* AmbiguousSituation: Though Dave Filoni [[https://gizmodo.com/that-fan-favorite-eu-character-name-dropped-on-star-war-1823592926 states]] that he probably survived the end of ''Rebels'', [[spoiler:he's still lost somewhere in space with Ezra, Thrawn, and the rest of the Seventh Fleet. Though Pellaeon later appears in ''The Mandalorian'', what happened to him between the purrgil attack and this appearance remains unclear]].
* AntiVillain: Unlike most of the higher-ranking Imperials, and later Imperial Remnants, Pellaon isn't a particularly unpleasant man. He's not an abusive coward like Hux or an egotistical maniac like Gideon, but he is unshakingly loyal to the empire, and has no problem helping to restore it, or dealing with those deemed a threat to the resurgent empire's plans.

* WhamLine: As [[spoiler:the purrgil]] begin their attack against the Seventh Fleet in the climax of the ''Rebels'' finale, Thrawn orders his men to get a certain someone on the line to report what exactly is going on...

* DissonantSerenity: His only visible reaction to [[spoiler: carrying out Tarkin's orders to bombard ''all'' of Kamino's cities, effectively wiping out all settlements on the planet,]] is to smile very slightly.

Spaceborne cousins of the Stormtroopers, these pilots fly the TIE-series of space superiority vehicles, including fighters, bombers, and interceptors.

* AcePilot: Only ten percent of TIE pilot applicants graduate, making them either the best starfighter pilots in the galaxy, or the luckiest. [[WeHaveReserves Or the opposite]].

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsTarkin Tarkin]]'' | ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsLostStars Lost Stars]]''[[note]]mentioned only[[/note]]

* AdaptationalWimp: His original version was able to take on enough of Thrawn's teachings to end up as the de facto leader of the entire Empire and ultimately allow it's survival by making peace with the New Republic. It is unlikely to say the least that this version will achieve as much.

* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Thrawn has his crew attempt to get a hold of him to find out what was going on when it gets reported that unidentified objects have broken through the blockade. Pellaeon gets a few words in before communication is cut by the purrgils.]] Filoni states that he probably survived, however, which ''The Mandalorian'' later confirms.

* UncertainDoom: No ship debris are noticed after the battle, and the ''Chimaera'' was pulled into hyperspace by the purrgils, so Pellaeon's fate is unknown. ''The Mandalorian'' confirms that he survives.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Zahra just so happen to leave the Death Star to carry out a personal mission, moments before the space station is destroyed.

* MoralMyopia: Zahra holds a grudge on the Rebel Alliance for the destruction of the Death Star and murdering countless of Imperial personnel including her mentor, Tarkin, ignoring that the Death Star is a planet killing space station and had already destroyed Alderaan and every single living being on it.

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Serves as a spy for Shadow Wing aboard the Deliverance after she joined the crew under an alias.]]

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Chass, when their both stuck in the camp of the Children of the Empty Sun, while flatly despising each other the whole time and working together to find a means of escape.

--> "I can see that. Where's my AIR WING!"

The commanding officer of an Imperial Arrestor Cruiser which patrolled around Segra Milo.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He kicks Lama Su and the rest of the Kaminoans pretty hard by canceling all of their contracts and conscripting a select few scientists to serve the Empire while discarding those he has no use for. Even the Kaminoans he does keep know they're likely living on borrowed time before they, too, are discarded. Considering the Kaminoans treat their clones like property and are happy to discard any they deem defective, it's hard to feel sorry for them.
** [[spoiler: He is later on the receiving end of this, when Emperor Palpatine throws him under the bus before the entire Senate, destroying Rampart's career and credibility forever. Given everything else Rampart's done, though, it's hard to feel sorry for him.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:While stealing and hijacking transports of supplies meant for the Death Star's contrustcion would be considered treason in the eyes of the Empire, he is correct that the Death Star will be a huge waste of resources once it's destroyed, something that happens at the end of ''Film/ANewHope'']].

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:What he winds up being, come the midpoint of the second season. After doing the leg work of destroying Tipoca City and ushering in the recruitment bill, Palpatine makes him TheScapegoat when the truth comes to light, and takes all of the credit for his work by pushing forward the Stormtrooper program.]]

* DramaticIrony: Rampart is convinced that stormtroopers will form an army far superior to the clones that preceded them. As any ''Star Wars'' fan familiar with [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy their level of accuracy]] knows, they prove to be anything but.

* PetTheDog: Season 2 shows that despite leaving Crosshair for dead, he allows him to return to the Imperial Army and pairs him up with Cody to help the Empire bring peace and prosperity for the people who like Palpatine while punishing enemies who want the old corrupt Republic back. These actions seem even more magnanimous on his part when one considers that Crosshair's survival might imply by extension that the rest of the Bad Batch was also capable of surviving his orbital bombardment of Tipoca City (as they indeed did), a scenario that he does not want other Imperials to entertain whatsoever, though it is also possible that he had no opportunity to completely cover his tracks by eliminating Crosshair before others knew of his survival once he was discovered. For all the difference it would make, Crosshair would age out of his service sooner or later, and decides Crosshair will need to be supervised from now on.

* WeHaveReserves: He dismisses the loss of one of Elite Squad's troopers as a risk of the job, not even bothering to ask what happened to him.

** Inflicts this on Lama Su and the entirety of Kamino. Once the Empire is well on its way in phasing out the clones, Rampart sees no reason to maintain relations with the Kaminoans and cancels all of their contracts, and later recruits any and all scientists that may be of use to the Empire... and disposing of those who aren't.

** Somewhat appropriately, he later ends up on the receiving end of a non-fatal version of this same trope when [[spoiler: Palpatine uses him as a convenient scapegoat for Kamino, paints him as a traitor and rogue agent, and takes personal credit and control of the stormtroopers project.]]

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!!Vice Admiral Rampart

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* AcePilot: Only ten percent of TIE pilot applicants graduate, making them either the best starfighter pilots in the galaxy, or the luckiest.

An ambitious and talented officer who is among the first generation of new young officers entering the Imperial navy. After serving aboard Grand Moff Tarkin's Star Destroyer ''Executrix'', Sloane was assigned as the temporary captain of the ''Ultimatium'' while the regular captain served on a committee and given the task of assisting Count Denetrius Vidian on a mission to Gorse. Following the events at Gorse, Sloane rose through the ranks of the Empire, becoming an Admiral in command of the ''Vigilance''. In the aftermath of the Battle of Endor she attends a gathering of Imperials on Akiva to determine the future of the Empire, which was in fact a test set up by Gallius Rax to determine her worthiness. Passing his test, Sloane is promoted to Grand Admiral and becomes the public face of the Empire while Rax gives her directives that make her increasingly uncomfortable and suspicious of his motives and tactics.