Unidentified Imperial officer ( Avenger ) A Human male served in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War , and was an officer by 3 ABY . That year , he was Captain Lorth Needa ' s first officer aboard the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Avenger " , attached to the Imperial Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader ' s personal Star Destroyer fleet Death Squadron . At that time , the " Avenger " aided Death Squadron ' s galaxy - wide search for the Alliance to Restore the Republic ' s headquarters , which led to the discovery of a hidden base on the planet Hoth . Following the subsequent Battle of Hoth , the " Avenger " took part in the pursuit of the YT - 1300 light freighter " Millennium Falcon " from the Hoth system . When the pursuit led to the Anoat system , the Imperial officer stood alongside Needa at the viewport of the " Avenger " command bridge . After the " Falcon " seemingly disappeared from the " Avenger " sight , Needa requested the officer prepare a TIE / sh VIP shuttle to take him to Darth Vader ' s flagship , the " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought " Executor " , where the captain would personally apologize to the Sith Lord for his failure . Biography . A Human male was an officer of the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War , a conflict between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic . During the year 3 ABY , he served as the first officer for Captain Lorth Needa , the commanding officer of the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Avenger " , attached to the Imperial Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader ' s personal Star Destroyer fleet , Death Squadron . In that same year , the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyers of Death Squadron deployed Viper probe droids throughout the galaxy in search of the Alliance ' s headquarters . The " Avenger " was part of the search , and sent probe droids to the Tokmia and Allyuen system s alongside another " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer , the " Stalker " . Death Squadron was near the Qeimet system at the time one of the " Stalker " probe droids discovered the Alliance ' s hidden base on the planet Hoth . Death Squadron made a series of jumps through hyperspace in order to reach the Hoth system , resulting in the subsequent Battle of Hoth . During the battle , the Imperial Blizzard Force made a ground assault on the planet while the Star Destroyers of Death Squadron waited to intercept Alliance GR - 75 medium transports and other Rebel ships evacuating the planet . The " Avenger " performed well during the battle , where it attacked evacuating Alliance transports . Following the battle , which resulted in an Imperial victory and the Alliance being forced to evacuate their headquarters , the Imperial officer was stationed on the " Avenger " command bridge when the warship was charged with pursuing the fugitive YT - 1300 light freighter " Millennium Falcon " through the Hoth system . During the pursuit of the " Millennium Falcon " , the freighter managed to outmaneuver the " Avenger " , causing it to almost collide with another pursuing Star Destroyer . The " Avenger " chased the " Falcon " into the Hoth asteroid field , where the Star Destroyer lost track of the fugitive Alliance ship after its crew unknowingly took cover in the mouth of a space slug housed in one of the asteroids . Upon Darth Vader ' s command , the " Avenger " traveled into the asteroid field to search for the " Falcon " , where it suffered significant damage . Eventually , the " Millennium Falcon " reappeared , and the " Avenger " spotted the ship during its attempted escape . Needa had a priority signal sent to the Sith Lord ' s flagship , the " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought " Executor " , with the message that the " Falcon " was about to be captured . The Imperial officer was standing next to Needa at the viewport of the " Avenger " bridge when the pursuit of the " Falcon " reached the neighboring Anoat system . The freighter moved into what Needa assumed was attack position , and charged the bridge as alarms were set off throughout the " Avenger " . The Imperial officer , Needa and the rest of the command crew dove for cover before the " Falcon " veered away at the last moment , and seemingly disappeared from the Star Destroyer ' s sensors . Unbeknownst to Needa and his crew , the " Millennium Falcon " simply landed on a blind spot of the " Avenger " conning tower . Needa ordered the Imperial officer to track the ship , believing it might come for another pass , before the " Avenger " logistics officer , Commander Nemet , reported that the " Falcon " was no longer on the Star Destroyer ' s sensors , and said there was no trace of the ship . Seconds later , the " Avenger " communications officer , M ' Kae , reported that Lord Vader demanded an update on the pursuit of the " Falcon " . Needa ordered the Imperial officer to prepare a TIE / sh VIP shuttle for his visit to the " Executor " , where he would take full responsibility for the loss and apologize to the Sith Lord . He gave the officer one last request to continue searching the area for the " Falcon " — again to no avail , before traveling to the Star Dreadnought to meet with Vader , where the Dark Lord executed the captain for his failure . Personality and traits . The Imperial officer took cover along with Captain Needa and the rest of the command crew when the " Millennium Falcon " flew toward the " Avenger " bridge . He later on responded to the captain ' s request to prepare a shuttle for the rendezvous with Darth Vader . He was fair - skinned and had gray hair . Behind the scenes . The Imperial officer made his first appearance in " The Empire Strikes Back Storybook " , released in April 1980 , shortly before the actual film , where he was portrayed by an uncredited extra , standing on the " Avenger " command bridge alongside Captain Needa during the Hoth campaign . He is not featured in the film ' s , in which it is unclear who it is to whom Needa is speaking when he gives the request to prepare his shuttle for his rendezvous with Darth Vader . In the radio dramatization of the " Empire Strikes Back " , the " Avenger " scenes are only shown from the crew of the " Millennium Falcon " perspective , and the scene of Needa ' s dialogue with his crew is skipped . The drama instead transitions directly to the scene of the captain apologizing to Lord Vader . In the film ' s script , the officer is referred to as a " Communications Officer . " Inconsistencies . In the comic " " , the Imperial officer has the line " We ' re going to collide ! " when the " Millennium Falcon " is charging the " Avenger " bridge , a line given to Commander Nemet in the same scene of the novelization . " The Empire Strikes Back Storybook " gives the line instead to Captain Needa . This article assumes Nemet ' s line from the novel is the canon version of events , given the fact that the novel is most similar to the film . Non - canon appearances . The Imperial officer made non - canon appearances in both the 2006 video game " " and its subsequent release , " " . In the " Empire Strikes Back " section of both games , among the cutscenes is a re - imagining of the " Avenger " pursuit of the " Millennium Falcon " in the Anoat system , which includes two officers corresponding to the roles of the Imperial officer and Captain Needa .