Hondo Karr Hondo Karr was a Human male Mandalorian , and who served next to " Mand ' alor " Chernan Ordo in the Battle of Botajef . During the battle he was betrayed and , in order to survive and expose the traitor , put on the armor of a stormtrooper and got conscripted into the Joker Squad , a unit in the Army of the Fel Empire . Ten years later , during the Second Imperial Civil War , Karr deserted the new Empire at the Battle of Borosk and found his way into the Galactic Alliance Remnant ' s famed Rogue Squadron , where he fought for some time , until a chance arose for him to reunite with his former wife and return to the Mandalorian ways , deciding to hunt down the one who betrayed him and bring him to justice . Biography . Mandalorian . In 127 ABY Hondo Karr served next to " Mand ' alor " Chernan Ordo in the Battle of Botajef . During the battle , another Mandalorian by the name of Yaga Auchs , betrayed his comrades , which led to the " Mand ' alor ' s " death , and left Karr to die . Found by Vevec , father of his wife Tes , Karr decided to get off - world and expose Auchs ' s treachery . He removed his " beskar ' gam " and put on the armor of a dead stormtrooper . Soon , Vevec was killed by advancing troopers and Karr , posing as the last soldier of his unit , was accepted in the 407th Stormtrooper Division . Imperial Stormtrooper . During the Battle of Borosk , Karr was shocked at the notion of being ordered to kill fellow stormtroopers . Despite his feelings , he continued to follow his orders . But the final straw came after the battle was over . Darth Maleval , the Sith Lord overseeing the battle , put Lieutenant Gil Cassel , Karr ' s commanding officer , through a cruel loyalty test : he was to kill his own brother , or be executed as a traitor himself . Gil refused , and the Sith Lord executed both men . Karr , enraged at this , attacked Maleval with a vibroknife . But Maleval simply knocked Karr out of the way . Saying that avenging a traitor made him a traitor , Maleval attacked Karr with his electro - whip . However , the Quarren Sith Lord was shot in the back by Anson Trask , a fellow member of the 407th Division . Karr complemented Trask on his shooting , and left . The official report by Sergeant Ran Harkas stated that Karr had been killed in the battle . Fighting for the Alliance . Karr left the Empire and joined Admiral Gar Stazi and the Galactic Alliance Remnant . He was made a member of Rogue Squadron , despite his past . Karr later earned the respect of Andurgo , a fellow Rogue pilot , when he took the blame for a knife fight that they had gotten into . At the Battle of Mon Calamari , he led a task force of Alliance troops disguised as stormtroopers as part of Admiral Gar Stazi ' s plan to hijack the Advanced Star Destroyer " Imperious " . He later became involved on his risky mission to smuggle a group of Mon Calamari refugees from Napdu . While the mission went successfully , he was confronted by his former wife Tes Vevec , who believed Karr had killed her father and was seeking vengeance . However , Karr was able to disarm her and convince her to believe his true story . Reunited with his wife , Karr left Rogue Squadron , once again donned a suit of Mandalorian armor which he repainted black and gold , the traditional Mandalorian colors for " justice " and " vengeance " , and swore to track down Yaga Auchs , who ' d declared himself the new " Mand ' alor " . Personality and traits . A Mandalorian and ex - stormtrooper , Karr had a silent , intense personality and a fondness for vibroknives . His experiences on the battlefield , and the deaths of individuals such as Vevec and Jes Gistang , had led him to avoid forming attachments to his comrades - in - arms . Nevertheless he kept a personal code of loyalty to those that served alongside him , including his superiors , as well as a dislike for unnecessary cruelty , an attitude that prompted him to attack Darth Maleval when the Sith Lord executed the Cassel brothers . Behind the scenes . A figure of Hondo Karr was created by Entertainment Earth and unveiled at Comic Con International 2008 as part of the Joker Squad action figure 6 - pack .