Moden Canady Moden Canady was a human male who served as a naval officer in both the Galactic Empire and the First Order . During the reign of the Empire , Canady commanded the Star Destroyer " Solicitude " of the Imperial Starfleet . He later joined the First Order , becoming captain of the Siege Dreadnought " Fulminatrix " , a capacity in which he served during the evacuation of D ' Qar . To his irritation , however , he had to put up with the crew of the " Fulminatrix " , who were younger than him and , in Canady ' s view , inexperienced and arrogant . Canady , along with everyone else on his ship , were killed in a Resistance bombing run led by Poe Dameron in the space battle above D ' Qar . Biography . Moden Canady served as the commander of the Star Destroyer " Solicitude " of the Imperial Starfleet during the reign of the Galactic Empire . Following the Empire ' s fall , Canady became an officer of the First Order . He eventually became the Captain of the " Fulminatrix " . During the evacuation of D ' Qar , General Armitage Hux ordered Canady to command the " Fulminatrix " against the Resistance . During the battle , he ordered his warrant officer , Suday Bascus , to reorient the ship ' s topside cannons and prepare the onboard fighter squadrons for deployment against the Resistance Fleet , and proceeded to sternly remind the man that there was a difference between the orders " prep for launch " and " launch " when Bascus protested that Hux had previously ordered for the ship not to deploy their fighter squadrons due to wanting to give a demonstration to the Resistance . In a surprise maneuver , Wing Commander Poe Dameron led a lone spearhead attack on the point - defense cannon s of the " Fulminatrix " , to the annoyance of General Hux who demanded to know why Canady was not blasting the ship . Canady responded by stating that the ship was too fast and too close for the cannons and ordered his crew to launch their fighters . Canady was then informed by Bascus that there were several Resistance bombers approaching the dreadnought . While his fighters wiped out all but one of the bombers , Canady ordered the crew to fire on the Resistance base , destroying the complex after it was fully evacuated and then had them target the main Resistance cruiser . Before they could fire , however , the gunner Paige Tico managed to launch her ship ' s payload of bombs against the " Fulminatrix " , causing systematic destruction . Accepting he had been bested , Canady stood firm as his ship blew up , killing him and his crew . Personality and traits . A veteran officer of the Galactic Empire , Moden Canady was proud to serve the First Order just like when he served the Empire at the beginning of his career . However , he absolutely loathed having to serve alongside arrogant and inexperienced young First Order officer s due to their lack of discipline and failure to work as a team chafing with his operational duties , to the point that he once entertained a brief fantasy of ejecting one out of an airlock . Despite loathing to serve with the younger First Order officers , he nonetheless sympathized to a degree for their zeal for the First Order . Canady also detested serving under the command of General Armitage Hux , a First Order officer younger than him . However , unlike many officers of the First Order , Canady was honorable and he demonstrated that trait until the very end . When he became aware that the " Fulminatrix " had been defeated and there was no escape , he preferred to accept his fate , silently respect the courage of his enemies and remained on his " Mandator " IV - class Siege Dreadnought rather than try to flee . Behind the scenes . Canady was portrayed by Mark Lewis Jones in the 2017 film . Jones also provided the voice for Darth Decimus in 2011 video game " " which belongs to the " Legends " continuity . Canady ' s surname is a reference to May Dove Canady , the titular main character of the 2002 film " " , in which " The Last Jedi " director Rian Johnson previously worked on as editor .