Ranulf Trommer Ranulf Trommer was a male human and noted TIE pilot in the Imperial Navy who defected to the Rebel Alliance after becoming disillusioned with the Galactic Empire . The son of Admiral Trommer , Ranulf Trommer grew up at the Vogel 7 Naval Academy and was flying TIEs from childhood . He joined the Navy as a pilot and found success on several missions before he was wounded in action during the Battle of Aguarl 3 , which saw him proclaimed the Hero of Aguarl 3 for his action in singlehandedly destroying the Rebel base on that world . After he recovered , Trommer was assigned to M ' haeli by Grand Moff Lynch Hauser to spy on Governor Grigor , whom he suspected of corruption . Grigor was tipped off , however , and set Trommer up for arrest as a Rebel . The planet ' s cell of Rebels saved him , and Trommer found himself falling in love with one of their number , Mora . Trommer ' s loyalties were torn , and he hoped that by exposing Grigor ' s illegal dragite mine to Hauser , he could eliminate Grigor ' s oppression and remove the need for rebellion . As he continued fighting with the Rebels against Grigor , though , Trommer came to realize that things would be no better under the Empire even if Grigor were gone . Trommer killed Grigor and , when Hauser arrived at his summons and attempted to have Mora executed , Trommer gave up on the Empire . He fled M ' haeli with Mora , her family , and Princess Leia Organa to join the Rebellion in battling the Empire . Biography . Imperial career . Ranulf Trommer was the son of an officer in the Imperial Navy stationed on Vogel 7 . Trommer , whose family had a long history of service in the Galactic Republic ' s fleet , was raised on Vogel 7 , and his father allowed him to use the equipment in the naval academy , flying TIE Series craft in simulation from a very early age . He also received specialized combat training which left him a skilled marksman and melee combatant . When he came of age , Trommer attended the academy himself and graduated as a lieutenant in the Imperial Navy , piloting TIE / sa Bombers . His long experience with the TIE series gave him a mastery of the craft , and Trommer soon gained a reputation as an excellent pilot . During the Battle of Spefik , Trommer destroyed the anti - orbital ion cannons at the enemy base , earning him accolades from fellow pilots — though Trommer brushed it off as a lucky strike in a group effort . In early 0 ABY , approximately six months after the destruction of the Death Star , Trommer was posted to the Star Destroyer " Ravagor " . When word came in that Mon Calamari members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic had established a Rebel presence on Aguarl 3 , Trommer ' s wing was assigned to bomb their base . During the bombers ' approach , the Rebels deployed air mine s which destroyed the entire wing but for Trommer . Though his craft was damaged , Trommer persevered , launching concussion missiles which directly struck the launch bay of the undersea base . Badly wounded , Trommer piloted his bomber back to " Ravagor " , where he had to be rushed to surgery to save his life . His right leg had to be replaced with a prosthetic , something which Trommer knew would be thought shameful by many should they learn of it . Assigned to spy . Trommer was hailed as a hero for his actions on Aguarl 3 . When Trommer had recovered from his wounds , he and his father , Admiral Trommer , met Grand Moff Lynch Hauser , his father ' s patron . Hauser assigned the younger Trommer to M ' haeli to serve as an aide to Governor Grigor . Hauser did not trust Grigor , and wanted Trommer to spy on the man and report anything unusual . Trommer was privately dismayed by the assignment , considering himself a pilot and not a spy , but his father insisted that it was their duty to assist Hauser in any manner necessary . The " Dreadnaught " - class heavy cruiser aboard which Trommer journeyed to M ' haeli was attacked by Rebel X - wings upon leaving hyperspace . With Captain Spaeth ' s permission , Trommer scrambled the ship ' s TIE complement , taking one of its TIE Interceptors for himself . Trommer shot down three fighters in quick succession , leading the Rebels to retreat . Spaeth allowed Trommer to take the ship ' s interceptor to the surface , where he met Governor Grigor in the capital city of N ' croth . Grigor , who had been alerted that Trommer would be spying on him , told the younger man that he would need him for a secret mission to determine whether the planet ' s native species , the H ' drachi , had given their support to the Rebellion en masse . Trommer ' s arrival was left off official records , and he was given a droid to take to the repair shop of Ch ' no . Ch ' no had a Human adopted daughter , Mora , whom Trommer was to befriend , giving him access to H ' drachi society . Among the Rebels . Trommer visited the shop at night , pretending to be an offworld merchant . The shop was swiftly raided by stormtroopers , who arrested Trommer as a Rebel . The pilot quickly realized he had been set up by Grigor , who had somehow learned of his true mission . Mora attacked the stormtroopers , but only the arrival of a group of Rebels with whom Mora was involved , led by Leia Organa , saved Trommer . Trommer sustained a shot to the shoulder in the fight , and was evacuated to the Rebel base on the back of Mora ' s swoop . Pursued by stormtroopers on speeder bikes , Mora headed into the mountains . Trommer was shot in his cybernetic leg , but took Mora ' s blaster and , as a proficient shot , killed their pursuers . As the Rebels were not yet certain they could trust Trommer , they had him remain in a cave behind W ' eston Falls , where Mora tended to him . She was outraged that the others would not extend their trust to a wounded man , but Trommer understood their caution . He was pleasantly surprised when Mora found his cybernetic leg unobjectionable ; she was instead happy to use her mechanical skills to repair the damage it had incurred . After Trommer had healed , Ch ' no arrived . H ' drachi had the ability to " read the time - stream " and predict the future or discover information , and Ch ' no was noted for his exceptional skill in this regard . He revealed that he had found the location of a secret facility on M ' haeli mining valuable dragite which was being sold on the black market . If Trommer and Mora confirmed the location of the mines , he suggested it could induce the Rebels to trust the pair . The pair traveled into the remote , snowy D ' olop range , where they found a mining operation guarded by snowtroopers and All Terrain Scout Transports . They subdued a guard who was escorting a prisoner nearby , swapping clothes with the pair to infiltrate the camp and discover that many of the impressed laborers were Rebels who were believed dead . They waited until nightfall to attempt to secure a sample of dragite from inside the vault , but were caught by a patrol . Only after they fled did Trommer discover Mora had been able to steal a bit of dragite . Having observed one of the snowtroopers unmasked and seen the laxity of security at the mines , Trommer concluded they were not genuine Imperial stormtroopers but instead mercenaries hired by Grigor for a private black - market operation . Warring loyalties . On their return , Trommer and Mora were happily received into the Rebellion , but Trommer was torn by the conflict between his duty as an Imperial and his growing feelings for Mora . He decided that by removing the corrupt and oppressive Grigor , he might obviate the need for the Rebellion on M ' haeli . Trommer set out in the middle of the night , determined to arrest Grigor for treason . He confronted Grigor in his bedchambers , but the governor summoned stormtroopers who surrounded and captured the pilot . Trommer was imprisoned and tortured by Grigor to extract the location of the main Rebel base , but Trommer did not know it . Defiant , he challenged Grigor to charge him publicly and see whether the evidence implicated himself or the governor of treason . When Trommer would not break , Grigor taunted him with the knowledge that the bounty hunter Glott had been retained to capture Mora before leaving . After hours of hanging shackled to the wall , Trommer attacked his guard when the man drew in range , strangling him and seizing the key card with his legs . He then subdued a stormtrooper and took his armor . In that disguise , he had the palace communications officer send a message to the Select Committee describing Grigor ' s treason , claiming he was relaying a request for the governor . Trommer set off for the H ' drachi ghetto . He found it in ruins , and one of the H ' drachi admitted that the Council of Elders , resentful of Mora ' s actions and the Imperial retaliation they caused , had told Glott that Mora would be leading an attack on the dragite mine . Trommer sped to the D ' orlop Range , arriving just as Glott seized Mora . A Gotal , Glott had some precognitive abilities , allowing him to dodge Trommer ' s shots . Trommer was able to outwit and subdue him , but at that moment Merrik , a leading Rebel and the least trusting of Trommer , arrived . He had followed the pilot earlier and seen him enter the Imperial garrison unchallenged . Believing Trommer was a spy , he took him captive , released Glott , and refused to believe Trommer ' s explanation that Glott ' s employees had already made off with Mora . He was taken back to the Rebel base , where other Rebels confirmed his version of the fight . When a broadcast from Grigor announced that Mora was the long - lost heir to M ' haeli ' s throne and would be marrying him , Trommer was outraged and determined to rescue his love . He admitted to Organa and the other Rebels that he was an Imperial officer sent to observe Grigor , but insisted that he respected the Rebels and wanted to bring down Grigor . Organa decided that he could at least be trusted to rescue Mora , and agreed to release him . Wearing his stormtrooper armor , Trommer led Merrik and Jalose into the Imperial base as prisoners . They seized the detention area and released Mora , who was being held due to her refusal to cooperate with Grigor . They fled on swoops into the forest , but Glott tracked and attacked them . Jalose was killed defending Mora , and Trommer had Merrik evacuate Mora while he stayed to battle Glott . Several H ' drachi refugees appeared , advising Trommer to target Glott ' s head cones , the source of his precognitive abilities . Trommer shot one off , allowing him to get the drop on Glott and kill the bounty hunter . Making the choice . Glott lived long enough for the Imperials to track him down and learn from him that the Rebel base was located at Red Rock . Grigor ' s attempted ambush of the Rebels was foiled by the H ' drachi elders , however — having joined the Rebellion , they were able to predict the attack through the time - stream . Trommer fought for the Rebels , attacking the Imperial forces . Investigating the ruins of Grigor ' s command vehicle , Mora was seized by Grigor and held hostage . Trommer sprang into action , kicking Grigor ' s blaster out of line and causing the governor to shoot himself in the head . More Imperial forces arrived on their heels . Realizing they were commanded by Hauser and Admiral Trommer , Ranulf Trommer believed they had been sent to eliminate Grigor , and with conditions on M ' haeli returned to normal the Rebels could disband . Hauser , however , revealed his plans to exploit the dragite to turn M ' haeli into an arms factory and execute Mora , stamping out the ruling family and securing the Empire ' s hold on the planet . Disillusioned , Trommer killed the stormtrooper holding Mora and escaped with her aboard a speeder bike . Though Hauser fired at Ranulf Trommer , the elder Trommer deliberately bumped the powerful Imperial , spoiling his aim and allowing his son to flee . He warned Organa , admitting his role in bringing Hauser to M ' haeli , but the princess dismissed the increased Imperial attention as inevitable . Trommer decided to join the Rebellion , and was happily welcomed by Organa . The Rebels withdrew , acknowledging they could not battle to hold M ' haeli . Trommer recognized that for M ' haeli to be freed , the Empire as a whole must be defeated , and the M ' haeli Rebels must join the broader cause of the Rebel Alliance . Before they fled M ' haeli entirely , they sabotaged the dragite mines . When they were caught by stormtroopers , Merrik sacrificed himself to allow Trommer , Mora , and Ch ' no to escape , setting off the explosive charges that destroyed the mines himself . Trommer , Mora , and Ch ' no escaped alongside Organa , joining the Rebel Alliance . Mora was happy to have him along , as they shared strong feelings for each other . Outraged at Trommer ' s treason , Hauser publicly branded him a traitor and placed a bounty on him in the name of the Empire . Personality and traits . Ranulf Trommer was a humble man , inclined to downplay his accomplishments in the cockpit . By 0 ABY , he was even growing weary of fighter combat , finding it easy and routine . Serving the Empire lacked the meaning he sought in life . He remained loyal to the Empire , however , and when he witnessed the abuses under Imperial rule on M ' haeli , Trommer hoped that it was the rest of Grigor ' s misrule and not emblematic of the Empire as a whole . He found himself falling for Mora , and seeing her passion for the Rebellion he found himself conflicted between his loyalty to the Empire and his desire to be with Mora . He felt sympathy for the Rebels as well , not blaming them for revolting against Grigor ' s mistreatment . It was his hope that by removing Grigor he would eliminate the need for rebellion and allow the Rebels , whom he liked as friends and felt he owed his life , to live peacefully without compromising his Imperial upbringing . It was only after realizing that the mainstream Empire was no better than Grigor that Trommer felt he had to join the Rebellion , abandoning his father and his loyalty to the Emperor . Behind the scenes . The character of Ranulf Trommer was created by writer Louise Simonson for the 1995 comic " River of Chaos " . For the comic , he was illustrated by June Brigman . Trommer was indirectly mentioned prior to " River of Chaos " release in the " Star Wars Insider 25 " article " Straight from the Horse ' s Mouth " , in a preview of " Star Wars " works to be released in 1995 and early 1996 .