Magna Tolvan Magna Tolvan was a human female who served as a captain in the Galactic Empire ' s military during the Galactic Civil War . Following the Battle of Yavin and the Rebel Alliance ' s subsequent evacuation of their base on Yavin 4 , Tolvan was in command of Imperial forces as they investigated the now - deserted base . She was later demoted to Lieutenant and briefly stationed on an Imperial base on Someilk , before being re - assigned to the position of Lieutenant - Inspector on Coruscant . Biography . Captain Magna Tolvan , at one point , was in the words of Admiral Kendal Ozzel , " considered a candidate for greatness . " Under the command of General Cassio Tagge , she was responsible for the security on Eadu , a planet that hosted a research and development facility of the Tarkin Initiative . In 0 BBY , however , a band of Rebels sent to assassin ate the scientist Galen Erso wreaked havoc at the facility , which Tolvan could not prevent . First Encounter with Doctor Aphra . Although Tagge proved to be a rather forgiving superior toward Tolvan , she was still assigned to a punishment duty on the uninhabited moon Yavin 4 . There , the captain was to comb the Great Temple , which had been the Rebels ' main base until they were forced to evacuate . On Yavin 4 , Tolvan ' s operations were disrupted by Chelli Aphra , her father , Black Krrsantan and the droids BT - 1 and 0 - 0 - 0 . The Citadel of Rur . Thinking Aphra and the others were part of the Rebel Alliance , Tolvan engaged them in a ground skirmish . Although her troop s greatly outnumbered Krrsantan in size and power , Krrsantan was able to defeat them . Wanting to redeem herself , Tolvan and her remaining troops followed Aphra to the Citadel of Rur , where they became caught in the crossfire between Aphra and Rur . Aphra came to the aid of Tolvan and took her aboard the " Ark Angel II " . When Tolvan threatened to shoot Aphra with her blaster , Aphra ' s father stabbed her in the shoulder with Rur ' s lightsaber , effectively subduing her . Tolvan was then left stranded on an unknown planet in the Outer Rim ; Aphra acknowledged that she should kill Tolvan , but decided not to , due to her attraction to Tolvan . Demotion to Someilk . Following her run - in with Aphra , Tolvan was once again demoted . As a Lieutenant , she was assigned to an Imperial base on the planet Someilk in the Outer Rim . After being taunted for her demotion by her new superior , Captain Punfor , Tolvan reflected on her failures and wondered what advice her old mentor , Thanoth would give her . The base was soon attacked by gang of criminals , accompanied by Aphra ( under the orders of 0 - 0 - 0 ) . Tolvan was shocked by the reappearance of Aphra and shot at her . Tolvan attempted to take control of the criminals ' ship , but was apprehended by Aphra and held at gunpoint . As Aphra ' s team infiltrated the base , Aphra kept Tolvan captive on the ship and conversed with her . Tolvan pressed for Aphra ' s identity , but Aphra only referred to herself by the pseudonym of " Joystick Chevron " . When Aphra once again flirted with her , Tolvan expressed her feelings of self - consciousness regarding her cybernetics . During their conversation , Aphra apologized for her actions that led to Tolvan ' s demotion . Aphra insisted her attraction to Tolvan was genuine , and instead of killing her , merely stun ned her before escaping with the rest of the criminals . Tolvan appeared to be the only surviving member of the base after the rest of it was destroyed by Rexa Go . Due to the destruction of the base , Tolvan was issued a third demerit and was imprisoned , awaiting execution . Appointment to the Inspectorate . While in her cell prior to her scheduled execution , Tolvan had a dream Aphra broke in and rescued her . Tolvan also appeared to be attracted to Aphra , as she dreamed of them kissing ; Tolvan was subsequently awakened by her cell guard . Tolvan ' s execution was interrupted when a messenger arrived with a note from headquarters ; Tolvan had been named Thanoth ' s legatee , and , due to his death , Tolvan was reassigned to the Inspectorate . The reassignment had been delayed due to the destruction of Scarif and the confusion of Tolvan being previously demoted to Lieutenant . Due to her new position , Tolvan ' s execution was cancelled , as investigative branches of the Empire operated on a four - demerit system , unlike the three - demerit system of the field corps . Tolvan reprimanded the Sergeant major in charge of her execution and issued him a demerit ( which would result in his execution ) . At the Imperial Inspectorate HQ on Coruscant , Tolvan searched the access database in order to discover the real identity of " Joystick Chevron " . Although her search returned a result , it was listed under " Directive 081 - Omega " , whose contents had been deleted . Tolvan ran a search of Thanoth ' s personal files in order to find the Directive 081 - Omega , where it was revealed that a 081 - Omega Rating was the Empire ' s highest authority to access and alter records . Through his I . D . file , Tolvan discovered that at the time of Thanoth ' s death , he had been serving as an adjutant to Darth Vader . Trip to Skako Minor . Aphra ' s arrival on Skako Minor tripped Tolvan ' s active search filters , which alerted Tolvan to Aphra ' s whereabouts . Tolvan took a shuttle and a small crew of Imperial troops with her to Skako Minor , where they accidentally crash - landed in the Hellhulk station that housed Wat Tambor ' s workshop . The crash damaged an ancient techno - totem inside the workshop that controlled a Chthonic worm god . Tolvan ordered her stormtroopers to fire on Aphra ' s crew , but they were interrupted by the attacks of the now - awakened worm god . While seeking shelter from the assault , Tolvan and Aphra briefly held each other at gunpoint before the worm god disarmed them . Tolvan and Aphra were able to take shelter in a mechanical shaft after they used one of Aphra ' s Tooka clones to create an explosive diversion . However , the worm god continued to pursue them . Tolvan and Aphra argued while they were trapped inside the mechanical shaft . Aphra blamed Tolvan for accidentally awakening the worm god , while Tolvan retorted that it was Aphra ' s fault that Tolvan had lost her rank , faced a firing squad , and been nearly blown up by Aphra ' s Tooka . Tolvan stated that Aphra was " the worst thing alive " and that she would see Aphra incarcerated . After realizing the ancient techno - totem had ended up in the shaft with them , the two shared a laugh . With the worm god nearly upon them , and believing it to be their last moments , Aphra and Tolvan shared a passionate kiss . However , one of Aphra ' s droideka s , Dek - Nil , intentionally caused a stormtrooper to misfire ; the misfire struck the workshop ' s ceiling and the worm god was crushed under the falling debris , thus saving Aphra and Tolvan . Tolvan asked Aphra to tell her her name . Tolvan explained to Aphra that Aphra ' s file was marked in the Imperial records and Tolvan was afraid someone higher up would eventually step in . Aphra replied that Tolvan should stay away from her , for her own safety . She advised Tolvan to leave , but the two were spotted by Rexa . Aphra then shot Rexa and allowed Tolvan to escape unnoticed . However , Tolvan later boarded Aphra ' s ship along with the remainder of Aphra ' s crew , after disguising herself by wearing the pelt of Defel mercenary Glahst Ombra . Behind the scenes . In Alexander Freed ' s of " " , it is mentioned that a female garrison commander stepped forward to offer Krennic a welcome , but the Director waved her off . On , Freed commented that , while the commander in question could be Tolvan , he was not aware of her existence when he wrote the novel , and cannot make that call himself .