Chak Fel Chak Fel was an elder son of Baron Soontir Fel and Syal Antilles Fel . Raised first on Corellia and then on Nirauan in the Unknown Regions , Fel followed his father into the Empire of the Hand ' s military , becoming a commander of a fleet - arm of " Nssis " - class clawcraft and gaining considerable battle experience against the various menaces of the Unknown Regions . In 22 ABY , Fel was assigned to lead Unit Aurek - Seven of the 501st Legion in guarding Aristocra Chaf ' orm ' bintrano of the Chiss Ascendancy as the Aristocra attempted to lure the Vagaari into war . Fel accompanied the Aristocra , his Chiss guards , and the Jedi Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker aboard the " Chaf Envoy " to the ruins of " Outbound Flight " . There , Fel helped defeat the Vagaari , whose attack was more determined than Formbi had expected . Fel helped participate in the strike against the Vagaari fleet after the crisis at the Outbound Flight wreckage was over , and when the Yuuzhan Vong War came , he stayed in the Unknown Regions to continue his battle against disorder there . By 35 ABY , he had died , almost certainly in battle . Biography . From childhood to command . Chak Fel was the son of Baron Soontir Fel , a decorated Imperial starfighter pilot , and Syal Antilles Fel , an Imperial actress known by her stage name Wynssa Starflare . Fel and his older brother Davin were born on Coruscant but raised by their mother on their father ' s baronial estate on Corellia along with the rest of their father ' s relations . When , late in 4 ABY , Fel ' s father went missing during the Battle of Brentaal IV , his mother fled with him and Davin . She feared the retribution of Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard , who was no friend of Soontir Fel . They spent months in hiding before Syal was reunited with Soontir , who had defected to the New Republic after being captured . They continued to remain in hiding , however , and Fel ' s very existence was apparently kept secret , with not even Syal ' s brother , Wedge Antilles , seeming to know of the children ' s existence . Not long afterward , Isard succeeded in capturing Soontir , turning him over to Grand Admiral Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo , known by his core name Thrawn . Thrawn convinced Soontir that he needed his aid in pacifying the myriad threats of the Unknown Regions . Soontir became a general in the Empire of the Hand , which Thrawn had set up to bring stability to the Unknown Regions . A few months later , Syal and the children joined him , their disappearance engineered by Thrawn , on the Empire of the Hand ' s headquarters on Nirauan . Fel was reared in the Unknown Regions , where he and Davin were joined by two younger brothers — Jagged and Cem , with Cem being hidden from all others outside the family as a shadow child to preserve the line — and two younger sisters — Cherith and Wynssa . When Thrawn returned to the known regions of space to take command of the Empire , the Empire of the Hand was left in the hands of Admiral Voss Parck , with Soontir a senior officer . The Empire of the Hand remained secret , battling against the various threats found in the Unknown Regions . It consisted not only of Thrawn ' s Imperial forces but of members of Thrawn ' s species who rejected the ban their society , the Chiss Ascendancy , imposed on preemptive strikes . Fel was raised by his father among the Chiss and to Chiss standards , becoming a warrior dedicated to the protection of the galaxy , though he did not attend the Chiss academy that Davin and Jagged did , instead gaining his education through exclusively Imperial facilities . Fel entered the pilot corps of the Empire of the Hand ' s fleet , where he was promoted to the rank of commander by 22 ABY , leading a fleet - arm of " Nssis " - class clawcraft . He gained much combat experience and received numerous medals and distinctions in his years of combat operations , making his father proud . Fel worked with elements of the 501st Legion during his time with the Empire of the Hand , though not in combat ; his skill and role was in the cockpit of a clawcraft . Fel ' s early career was not all happiness ; by 19 ABY , his brother Davin had died in combat . Investigating " Outbound Flight " . Aboard the " Chaf Envoy " . In 22 ABY , Parck received a message from Aristocra Chaf ' orm ' bintrano of the Chiss Ascendancy requesting that Parck relay a message to the Jedi inviting them to participate in a voyage to the newly discovered ruins of the Old Republic ' s Outbound Flight Project , destroyed by Thrawn before the Clone Wars . Parck sent the message to Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker . Parck also sent Fel and Unit Aurek - Seven — Su - mil , known by the warrior name Grappler ; Watchman ; Shadow ; and Cloud — of the 501st Legion as his representatives and as guards for Chaf ' orm ' bintrano . He told them that the task would be dangerous and the Chiss would need protection , but did not reveal to Fel the nature of the danger . He also sent with them a complete copy of the operational manual for " Outbound Flight " , which he had found in Thrawn ' s records . When Fel arrived at the meeting point of Crustai and boarded the expedition ship , the " Chaf Envoy " , he was greeted by Aristocra Chaf ' orm ' bintrano , who went by the core name Formbi . He saw little of Formbi afterwards , and General Prard ' ras ' kleoni , or Drask , commander of the " Chaf Envoy " military complement , was distinctly unhappy with their presence aboard his ship . Fel found that the New Republic had sent a representative as well , Ambassador Dean Jinzler . Fel and the four stormtroopers serving as his bodyguard spent much of their time aboard their ship , docked within the " Chaf Envoy " , wishing to remain out of the way . Eventually , a refugee ship arrived . Its passengers informed the Chiss that they were Geroon s , victims of the Vagaari who wished to travel to " Outbound Flight " crash site and pay tribute to the men and women who had saved them from Vagaari enslavement , to which Formbi agreed . The Vagaari had been marauders through the Unknown Regions earlier , but were defeated at the battle at which " Outbound Flight " was destroyed . Shortly after the Skywalkers arrived , Fel heard the sound of a lightsaber being activated and took Aurek Squad to investigate . He found Mara Jade Skywalker hanging from a ceiling pillar in the entrance chamber , examining a cable which had swung loose and nearly struck her husband when they were arriving earlier . Fel greeted her , and when he requested that they compare notes about the mission , she took him back to the cabin she shared with her husband , being suspicious of spies . They spoke briefly , with Fel lying that he had been sent by Parck to guard them , an idea that did not appeal to the fiercely independent Jade Skywalker . Fel returned to his quarters and changed into his dress uniform for the diplomatic dinner with the rest of the guests that night . While heading there , he encountered Jinzler in the hallway and spoke briefly about the operational manual he had , asking if Jinzler had any similar records against which he could compare his ; Jinzler did not . During dinner , there was an explosion and fire near Fel ' s ship . The fire - suppression system malfunctioned , and as the stormtroopers were nearest and had their own air supplies , they went in to put it out . They reported to Fel that the fire was dangerously near the fuel supply , and that they had found what they thought was a conduit for extinguisher foam . Fel recruited the Jedi to use their lightsabers to scratch the conduit with a lightsaber just enough to see what liquid was actually inside — they did not want to accidentally unleash a flood of flammable liquid . They did so , found that it was indeed a fire - suppression foam conduit , and successfully put out the fire . Afterwards , he spoke again with the Skywalkers . They discussed whether the explosion could have been sabotage , but could find no motive for it . Fel offered to let them see the operational manual to try to look for answers as to what aboard " Outbound Flight " could be valuable , but upon reaching his ship Fel found that the datacards had been stolen , with the fire as a likely distraction . Due to several people having been nearby when Fel discussed the datacards with Jinzler , they were unable to narrow down the suspects in the theft . Fel spent the next several days mostly aboard his shuttle , though when the " Chaf Envoy " arrived at Brask Oto Command Station , he , the Skywalkers , Jinzler , and the Geroons were all called together . Formbi informed them that they would now be entering an exceptionally dangerous star cluster known as the Redoubt and asked them all to confirm that they wished to proceed . All did . During the trip into the Redoubt , the " Chaf Envoy " dropped out of hyperspace , having developed engine problems . Fel , suspecting more sabotage serving as a distraction , dispatched Unit Aurek - Seven to secure various places that would be possible targets for the mysterious intriguer onboard . The stormtrooper Su - mil found Jinzler skulking near the shield generator , but the man claimed that he had in fact been pursuing an intruder himself . Su - mil did find that a repeater had been placed in the ship ' s navigational lines ; however , he was not able to ascertain who had done so . Exploring the ruins . Once they arrived , they found the six Dreadnaughts of " Outbound Flight " crashed , with most of them buried under a layer of scree . Fel , in his dress uniform , was present with the other dignitaries for a ceremony upon entering the first Dreadnaught , the only one accessible to the surface . While Formbi recited apologies for the Chiss role in the destruction of the project , Skywalker sensed survivors aboard one of the buried Dreadnaughts . They prepared a rescue party , and soon Fel , Unit Aurek - Seven , the Jedi , Jinzler , four Geroons , Formbi and his aide Feesa , Drask , and three Chiss guards began to make their way into " Outbound Flight " . Fel and one of his men were in the middle of the group with the other three troopers behind , boxing the Geroons in between them . Their progress though the damaged ship was slow , but eventually they found the fleet tactical room , where Fel made a distraction by attempting to access the ship ' s records while the Jedi investigated what seemed to be an individual ahead . Drask , however , noticed and slipped away to follow them . They were captured by the suspicious survivors , making noise that the rest investigated . Fel and his stormtroopers brought up the rear as the others led . They were met by a young girl named Evlyn , who promised to lead them to the survivors . Instead , she led them into a trap . Fel ' s party was cut off from all the others in a disguised turbolift car and plummeted briefly before it came to rest . A voice identifying itself as Jorad Pressor , Guardian of the People , informed him that the turbolift car was balanced between powerful opposing repulsors , with their circuitry embedded in the walls of the car . Any attempt to cut their way out would destroy some of circuity and disable at least one of the repulsors , sending them crashing into one end of the tube or the other at fatal velocity . Pressor further informed them to wait until he came to a decision regarding their fates . With their comlinks jammed , Fel immediately began covering the monitor in the car while the stormtroopers scanned the pattern of circuits around it . They came up with a plan to access the control wires and slowly ease down the power on the repulsors . Putting it into practice , they headed toward the central supply core , not wishing to follow Jinzler ' s car , which they had heard descending , directly to the next Dreadnaught . In the supply core , they came across the Skywalkers and Drask , who had also managed to escape their own turbolift trap . Drask browbeat him for leaving Formbi without his protection , but Fel could not help being separated from the Aristocra . The Skywalkers split off to investigate the command Dreadnaught , buried deepest , while Fel and his stormtroopers made their way to " Dreadnaught - Six " , there to investigate it quickly and move to " Dreadnaught - Five " from an unexpected angle to provide aid to the others , now aboard " Dreadnaught Five " , if needed . After arguing with the impatient Drask , Fel led the group to investigate an occupied area of the Dreadnaught . Fel and Drask led the way in to what they found was a nursery for the children of the Outbound Flight survivors . The stormtroopers came under fire , causing the group to retreat . Fel wanted to move on to " Dreadnaught - Five " , but Drask insisted on investigating what the residents were protecting , as they had been away from the nursery . Fel consented and the stormtroopers stunned the Peacekeepers who had fired on them . They then continued moving , finding a prison set up on the same Dreadnaught . Fel spoke to the two women caring for the children inside , who informed him that the children had been locked up due to being suspected of Force - sensitivity ; for unknown reasons , the Outbound Flight survivors had a deep fear and hatred of Jedi . Fel was angered by the imprisonment of the children , but had more pressing matters to attend to and moved on at Drask ' s urging . Surprise attack . During their trip , the comlink jamming went down , with Jinzler immediately reporting that the Geroons were in fact Vagaari and that they were under attack by the Vagaari ' s wolvkil attack beasts in the conference room they had been sharing with the survivor leadership . The Vagaari themselves were spreading line creeper s throughout " Outbound Flight " to shut down the power and kill the inhabitants . Fel spoke with the Skywalkers , with both rushing to come to the diplomatic party ' s aid . Drask attempted to contact the " Chaf Envoy " , but it did not answer . The Vagaari craft had been packed with warriors in suspended animation who now emerged to make their way down into " Dreadnaught - Five " to reinforce the others . While waiting for the turbolift to arrive to take them to " Dreadnaught - Five " , the stormtroopers detected that the car was too heavy . Fel prepared to ambush the presumably Vagaari occupants as they arrived . The Vagaari came out firing , and Fel was attacked behind his cover by a wolvkil . It was able to shrug off his blaster shots , leaping on him and biting his right arm . After a struggle with the beast , Shadow arrived just in time to prevent the wolvkil tearing out Fel ' s throat and , with the help of the other stormtroopers , kill it . That group of Vagaari defeated , Fel had his arm tended to before he made the decision to turn command of the stormtroopers over to General Drask , a career ground officer ; Fel realized he could not command the stormtroopers as effectively as Drask could , and would not let pride stand in the way of having the most efficient leadership . Drask graciously made it a joint command . Upon arriving aboard " Dreadnaught - Five " , Drask and Fel planned a surprise attack on the Vagaari guarding the aft turbolift , the one they would need to return to the surface . He , Drask , Cloud , and Su - mil planned to attack the Vagaari , driving them back into the turbolift where Watchman and Shadow could ambush them within the shaft . Before attacking , Fel fired a Vagaari blaster a few times , drawing a group of Vagaari away from the main guard to , they thought , aid some of their compatriots . That group was quickly cut down , reducing the number of troops they would have to attack . Fel used his knowledge of the Dreadnaught ' s layout to find an overlooked corridor they could use to ambush the guards . The stormtroopers led the attack from the narrow corridor , and when the return fire became too intense , they sealed the door and prepared to retreat . Turning to leave , at the back of the formation , Fel found a line of Vagaari sneaking up on them . Fel immediately began attacking , but the situation looked grim . Both stormtroopers were injured , with their armor wearing down under sustained fire , and Fel and Drask were unarmored . They were able to fight their way to an access into the turbolift anteroom , where there would be more Vagaari but the Imperials would not be so hemmed in . A concussion grenade allowed them time to get through safely , but the Vagaari were beginning to recover before they could make their way to cover . A turbolift car arrived , which they entered , but they found the controls locked down . Despairing of his life , Fel was surprised when Watchman and Cloud burst through the ceiling and eliminated the Vagaari threatening them ; he had forgotten about them in the heat of battle . They met up with the Jedi shortly after that , with the Dreadnaught now clear of Vagaari . The Vagaari blew apart the pylon connecting " Dreadnaught - Four " , which they had first entered , to the other Dreadnaughts and blasted off , leaving Fel and the others stranded . While they recovered , it came out that Formbi had known that the " Geroons " were Vagaari . He had deliberately sent his message to Parck with enough signal leakage for the Vagaari , who had been gathering their strength recently , to hear it . He accepted them aboard the " Chaf Envoy " in hopes of having them make the first strike against the Chiss and in so doing allow the Chiss Ascendancy to go to war with them . He had expected them to attempt to steal the ship and flee , not knowing they had brought such numbers stored in their transport . Soon enough , they were contacted by the crew of the " Chaf Envoy " , who had been left undisturbed , waiting for an attack on the command center while the Vagaari simply left . Fel and the stormtroopers were transferred to " Dreadnaught - Six " to recover from their wounds while the Skywalkers piloted a Delta - 12 Skysprite which had been stored aboard the ship in pursuit of the Vagaari , hoping to warn the Ascendancy before the Vagaari escaped . The Skywalkers were successful in retaking the Dreadnaught from the Vagaari , and were even able to find the location of the Vagaari fleet , giving it to the Chiss . They returned to the crash site with Chiss forces who evacuated both the diplomatic party and the " Outbound Flight " residents , who , unwilling to return to the New Republic , accepted Fel ' s offer of a place in the Empire of the Hand . Fel and his troopers did not stay to oversee the evacuation , however , instead heading off with Drask to take part in the strike against the Vagaari fleet . They successfully attacked the fleet , using the element of surprise to destroy it . War and death . Due to the injuries sustained to his forearm in his mauling by the wolvkil , Fel was no longer able to pilot a clawcraft , and had to give up command of his unit . That did not prevent his continued service in the Empire of the Hand ' s navy , however . In 23 ABY , Fel was joined in the Empire of the Hand ' s service by Jagged , who took command of his own squadron and within two years led three squadrons as a colonel . However , he also suffered the loss of Cherith , who was killed in combat by 25 ABY . When the Yuuzhan Vong War broke out in 25 ABY , Jagged was sent to the New Republic as Soontir ' s representative and to provide aid . The Empire of the Hand continued to be pressed itself by the myriad threats of the Unknown Regions , and eventually it ceased existing , with the Fels transferring into the Chiss Ascendancy . Amidst this turmoil , Fel died , very likely before the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War , when a Vagaari ambush of his forces led to Fel ' s sustaining severe shrapnel injuries from a turbolift explosion which later led to his death . He had certainly died by 35 ABY , when Chaf ' orm ' bintrano informed Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker of Fel ' s death during a diplomatic visit to the Galactic Alliance . Personality and traits . Chak Fel was an open , honest , and straightforward individual . Though Fel was raised by his father among the Chiss and to Chiss standards , he lacked the rigid , intense , Chiss - like discipline and grimness of his brother Jagged , possibly because he did not attend the Chiss academy both Jagged and Davin did but apparently was educated entirely within the Empire of the Hand ' s system . He took great pride in the Empire of the Hand ' s accomplishments and his own achievements within it . The fact that his father was proud of him greatly pleased him . He deeply hated failing or letting others down , though he was willing to admit when he had done so . He was also willing to admit inexperience or lack of skill , as when he turned command of Unit Aurek - Seven over to Drask . Fel was not willing to put those under his command in situations he would not put himself in ; even while fighting aboard " Outbound Flight " without armor , he refused to let the armored stormtroopers handle all the combat , though this decision was also influenced by a desire not to appear cowardly to Drask . Fel was well - versed in military matters , knowing much about both Empire of the Hand and Chiss Ascendancy military practices and equipment . He had significant combat piloting experience ; however , he had little experience in ground combat and , while familiar with the fundamentals of tactics , was not highly skilled . He was familiar with Chiss Ascendancy diplomatic and cultural matters as well . He was not , however , well - versed in matters of espionage or investigation ; he was generally trusting and did not anticipate elaborately deceptive stratagems off the battlefield . Behind the scenes . The character of Chak Fel was created by author Timothy Zahn for the novel " Survivor ' s Quest " as the son of Soontir Fel , a character for whom Zahn held great affection . Fel has only been directly mentioned by name in one other story , " " . Chak Fel ' s appearance in " Survivor ' s Quest " , however , created continuity issues . " " , published in 2000 , and " " , published in 2002 , established five Fel siblings — Jagged , his older deceased brother Davin , his younger deceased sister Cherith , and two other unnamed children . " " , published in 2003 , filled in the missing two as Cem and Wynssa . All five children had been named when Chak Fel appeared in " Survivor ' s Quest " in 2004 . As Davin was the only Fel child of similar age to Chak , Lucas Licensing editor Sue Rostoni initially suggested that Chak was in fact Davin , with Chak being a nickname . This explanation was ultimately not integrated into canon , with " Dark Nest I : The Joiner King " establishing that Cem had been a shadow child known to none outside the family ; all references to five Fel children were therefore misinformation and included Chak , Davin , Jagged , Cherith , and Wynssa . " The Official Star Wars Fact File 122 " established Soontir Fel as having multiple children before his defection ; given the established chain of ages , these could only be Chak and Davin . While that issue of " The Official Star Wars Fact File " was riddled with errors regarding the Fel family , this piece of information does not actually conflict with any canon and so has been incorporated into this article . Therefore , Chak Fel must have existed during Soontir Fel ' s time in the New Republic , but no mention of him was ever made , while Soontir constantly fretted about his wife , and no one in the New Republic displayed any knowledge of any Fel children , only of Syal , suggesting very strongly that Chak ' s existence was kept secret at this time .