Character Discussions

[tallboydave]

I invite you all to discuss the characters that appear in the OT, particularly those that first appeared in The Empire Strikes Back. For a start, I start with my favourite character from all of the films and most of the EU:

Admiral Firmus Piett, of the Imperial "Death Squadron".

For a start, let us examine his background. Born on an Outer Rim world, Firmus Piett managed to enter the Imperial Navy's officer training course without the benefit of a patron or Core World connections. Furthermore, as a young subaltern, the sectors he was assigned to were the most peaceful and productive in the Empire, due to his flawless record of arrests and suppressions. Small wonder then, he was assigned to the elite "Death Squadron", first as XO, then Flag Captain of Admiral Ozzel.

Then, his stature increased when Ozzel blundered badly in the Hoth attack, resulting in Piett becoming the Fleet Admiral. He was a skilled strategist and tactician, and only the "Character Shields" of Han, Luke and co. saved them from the might of the Empire.

In fact, I wonder if it were possible that Piett was Force Sensitive to some degree...

[Force_Flow]

Might have been. I guess we'll never know.

I just finished reading "Allegiance" by Timothy Zahn, and it turns out that Captain Ozzel decided to fire on Mara Jade while she was trying to capture a pirate named Caaldra. The ISB officer Drelfin told him to do it, because she may have found out about the five deserted stormtroopers. Then Mara asked Vader for a favor: keep an eye on Ozzel.