Del Meeko Del Meeko was a human male native of Coruscant , the capital world of the Galactic Empire during the Imperial Era . During the reign of Emperor Sheev Palpatine , Meeko served in the Imperial Military as a stormtrooper , a shoretrooper , and a TIE fighter pilot in turn . Following the Rebel Alliance ' s theft of the plans to the Death Star in the year 0 BBY , Meeko became an agent of Inferno Squad , a special forces unit led by Captain Iden Versio . The Emperor ' s death in 4 ABY resulted in the activation of ; as part of the overall Contingency , its purpose was to ensure the annihilation of both the Empire and its enemies . Inferno Squad was dispatched to Fondor with orders to retrieve satellite s that were critical to the execution of Operation : Cinder . After completing their objective , Meeko was ordered to destroy the Emperor ' s Observatory on Pillio . In the course of his mission , he encountered the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker . Despite their different allegiances , Meeko and Skywalker worked together by fighting off many scritter s — indigenous lifeforms that were hostile to the offworlders — in order to reach the observatory . After parting ways with Skywalker , Meeko rejoined Inferno Squad at Vardos where the team learned that Versio ' s homeworld was one of the targets under Operation : Cinder . Unwilling to participate in the ruin of a planet noted for its loyalty to the Empire , Meeko and Versio rebelled against the military in an effort to save civilians . Having severed their ties with the Empire , they surrendered to the Alliance , but were given a chance to fight alongside the Rebels at the Battle of Naboo . By saving Naboo , another planet targeted by Operation : Cinder , Meeko and Versio were both welcomed into the ranks of the newly - formed New Republic by Prince ss Leia Organa . In 5 ABY , approximately one year after the Battle of Endor , the new Inferno Squad was among the Republic forces that defeated the Imperial forces led by Counselor Gallius Rax at the Battle of Jakku . In the years that followed the Empire ' s defeat and the conclusion of the Galactic Civil War , Meeko and Versio raised a daughter named Zay . By 34 ABY , roughly three decades after the war , Meeko was captured by the First Order and interrogated by Kylo Ren , a dark side warrior tasked with hunting the last Jedi . With no further use for Meeko , Ren turned the veteran soldier over to Commander Gideon Hask — a First Order officer who once served with Meeko as an agent of Inferno Squad — who personally executed his former comrade . Biography . A native of Coruscant , Del Meeko grew up during the time of the Jedi Order , although the stories he heard about the Jedi caused him to fear them . Meeko worked his way through the ranks of the Imperial Military , starting as a stormtrooper , then as a shoretrooper on Scarif then as a TIE fighter pilot and finally a chief engineer aboard a Star Destroyer . Sometime after the Battle of Yavin , Meeko , along with Senior Lieutenant Iden Versio , Gideon Hask and Seyn Marana , was drafted into Inferno Squad , a Special Forces unit in the Imperial Military , by Admiral Garrick Versio . Meeko participated in Inferno ' s first mission : to infiltrate and destroy the Dreamers , which was successful , though Marana died . Meeko continued serving as an elite agent in Inferno Squad , conducting special operations for the Empire throughout the Galactic Civil War against the Rebel Alliance . He fought at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , which saw the death of Emperor Palpatine and destruction of the second Death Star . Meeko held the " Corvus " during the battle of Fondor , where Inferno fought against a Rebel attack on Moff Raythe ' s Star Destroyer " Dauntless " , which was transporting satellite s to be used as part of . Meeko later took part in the Mission to Pillio as the sole Inferno agent with orders to destroy the Emperor ' s Observatory . Despite being on opposite sides of the war and once fearing the Jedi , Meeko agreed to a temporary truce with new age Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker to find the Observatory while fighting off Pillio ' s native bugs , ultimately allowing the Jedi to keep a special compass from the facility . When the climate disruption array s from the " Dauntless " targeted the Versio homeworld of Vardos , Meeko remained loyal to Iden as both went rogue , helping a group of civilians and their crew escape aboard the " Corvus " , narrowly evading the " Eviscerator " and Admiral Versio . They decided to surrender to the Rebel Alliance , and provided key intelligence on Operation : Cinder to Danger Leader Shriv Suurgav and General Lando Calrissian . Meeko and Iden both fought at the battle of Naboo in an effort to combat Operation : Cinder , and ultimately defected to the New Republic as Prince ss Leia Organa welcomed them in . Meeko continued to serve in Inferno Squad as it was integrated into the New Republic under the command of Iden Versio , making attempts to capture Hask and Admiral Versio as they fought against the Imperial remnants in the final year of the Galactic Civil War . Meeko piloted the " Corvus " at the Battle of Jakku while Iden shot down Hask and attempted to rescue her father from the crashing " Eviscerator " . Iden narrowly escaped aboard an escape pod , and reunited with Meeko at the end of the battle , which saw a victory for the Republic and the final defeat of the Empire . Del and Iden went on to marry and have a daughter . Del used the " Corvus " to haul cargo in his newfound life of peace , and found faith in the Force . However , about thirty years after the Battle of Jakku , Del and his crew were captured by Protectorate Gleb and Jinata Security on Pillio , where he was interrogated by Kylo Ren for information on where Lor San Tekka took the map to Skywalker . Afterwards , he was confronted by a living Hask , now an officer in the First Order . In his final words , he addressed Hask by his first name and implored him not to go after Iden , warning Hask it would not end well for him before being shot four times to death by his former squad mate . Hask then ordered Gleb to bury the corpses of Meeko and his crew in order to leave the " Corvus " alone with the intention of luring Iden into a trap . Personality and traits . Despite his Imperial background and loyalty to Inferno Squad , Del Meeko was deeply conflicted , and often uncertain about the Empire ' s methods . Growing up on Coruscant , he heard only frightening stories about the Jedi until being saved by Luke Skywalker , who encouraged him to follow his own path . Behind the scenes . Del Meeko was portrayed by TJ Ramini in " Star Wars Battlefront II " .