Anni Capstan Anni Capstan was a female from the planet Corellia who served in Rogue Squadron as a starfighter pilot in 25 ABY , during the Yuuzhan Vong War . Recruited at the time of Rogue Squadron ' s participation in the action between the Yuuzhan Vong and the forces of the New Republic over the world of Dubrillion , Capstan went on to fight alongside her wingmate , the Jedi Knight Jaina Solo , and became good friends with her . Flying as Rogue Twelve , Capstan helped evacuate refugees from the planet Dantooine and participated in getting a reconnaissance team onto and off the planet Garqi . At Ithor in 25 ABY , where the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant fought to defend the jungle world from the invaders , Capstan fell victim to enemy coralskippers in the early stages of the fighting . Her damaged X - wing starfighter crashed into a Yuuzhan Vong landing craft , killing her . Biography . Joining Rogue Squadron . A female from the planet Corellia born before 25 ABY , Anni Capstan at some time participated in a starfighter event near the planet Dubrillion , in which pilots sought to achieve the longest time spent flying in the asteroid group known as Lando ' s Folly . There , Capstan set a decent time . In the year 25 ABY , the extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong species invaded the galaxy , and , during the initial fighting between the New Republic and the invaders , Dubrillion was targeted . Driven off once , Yuuzhan Vong forces returned to lurk near the planet , and , at that time , Capstan was present on Dubrillion . As New Republic forces planned to evacuate the citizens of Dubrillion and abandon the world to the invaders , Capstan was recruited into the elite starfighter group Rogue Squadron . She was chosen due to her time running Lando ' s Folly and was designated Rogue Twelve , filling the position that the Rogue Tik had held before his death ; Jaina Solo , a Jedi Knight who was quite skilled at flying , was given the position of Rogue Eleven to fill in the gap created by another death . As the refugee convoy began to depart Dubrillion space , the Yuuzhan Vong forces that had been lurking nearby moved to engage the convoy and its escort . As a part of Rogue Squadron , and specifically in Three Flight alongside Solo , Capstan launched from a hangar bay on Dubrillion in her X - wing starfighter and proceeded to place herself between the oncoming Yuuzhan Vong forces and the convoy . While other squadrons took on the coralskipper groups that began to make runs on the convoy , Capstan and the other Rogues , including her wingmate , Solo , were given the task of taking out Rock - One , the miid ro ' ik capital ship that was leading the invaders ' assault . Capstan covered Solo as she made strafing runs on the ship , and her wingmate soon discovered that Rock - One ' s plasma launchers were vulnerable to enemy attack and not shielded by the gravity - manipulating effects of dovin basal s just before the launchers fired . Because of this , Solo timed a set of proton torpedos so they flew into the launcher and detonated . Capstan followed her wingmate ' s lead and also managed to get one of a pair of proton torpedoes into the plasma launcher right after her wingmate ' s set , and the resulting explosions heavily damaged the weapon . Just then , Rock - One used its dovin basals to block the hyperspace route that led to the world of Agamar , the convoy ' s destination . Though some of the ships managed to make the jump before this occurred , the majority of the convoy was forced to head to the world of Dantooine instead . With the convoy out of the system , Capstan and Rogue Squadron broke off their attack on Rock - One and traveled to Dantooine . Engagement at Dantooine . However , Yuuzhan Vong forces soon pursued the refugees from Dubrillion to Dantooine and assaulted them there . Masses of Chazrach ground troops attacked the refugee base that was located on the planet ' s surface , and Capstan and the rest of Rogue Squadron were tasked with occupying the coralskippers that were accompanying the Yuuzhan Vong ground forces . In the middle of the battle , where New Republic ground forces engaged the invaders ' Chazrach troops , Jedi Master Luke Skywalker requested that two members of Rogue Squadron complete a run on the largest enemy ground vehicle . Rogue Leader Gavin Darklighter and Solo complied , and , while Capstan and Rogue Two watched their flanks , the pair fired a quartet of proton torpedoes at the vehicle . As the torpedoes were heading toward the vehicle , astromech droid R2 - D2 changed the trajectory of the missiles fired by Capstan ' s wingmate and commander by giving them a new set of data . When the gravity anomaly that the vehicle had created to block the initial threat to its side attempted to move between the missiles and the vehicle ' s spine , Skywalker , who was in the shuttle " Impervious " alongside R2 - D2 , held the gravity anomaly back with the Force and then pushed it forward so that the anomaly hit the ground transport instead . The vehicle , which was the controller of the Chazrach , was sucked into the gravity anomaly and destroyed , while the missiles impacted the ground and detonated , killing many of the enemy ground troopers . Because the controlling vehicle was destroyed , the ground troops went mad and attacked anything around them . With the majority of the refugees loaded into freighters , the New Republic evacuated the base . Capstan and the surviving members of Rogue Squadron accompanied them into the orbit of Dantooine , but a Yuuzhan Vong cruiser similar to the one they encountered at Dubrillion was using its dovin basals to prevent any of the convoy from escaping . Nevertheless , the convoy was rescued after the Bothan Assault Cruiser " Ralroost " and the " Victory I " - class Star Destroyer " Corusca Fire " arrived in the system and drove off the cruiser so the convoy could make a getaway . After the battle on Dantooine , Solo moved into the squadron barracks and took up a room with Capstan . Escorting a reconnaissance mission . Later that year , Capstan flew with the Rogues again , this time at the Yuuzhan Vong – occupied world of Garqi . There , they flew from the " Ralroost " and were tasked with taking the coralskippers that came to engage them while the battered freighter " Lost Hope " tried to enter Garqi ' s atmosphere ; the " Lost Hope " contained a reconnaissance team , including Solo ' s brother , Jedi Knight Jacen Solo , which was tasked with obtaining valuable information about the enemy . When two of the ten coralskippers that came to engage Capstan and Rogue Squadron targeted the " Lost Hope " , she and her wingmate moved to engage them . Solo quickly blasted the first enemy craft apart , and , while she covered for Capstan , Rogue Twelve went at the last coralskipper from the side , firing at it with all of her laser cannons . However , the dovin basals of the enemy craft absorbed all of the shots . Despite this , Capstan scored a hit with one of a pair of proton torpedoes after the coralskipper crossed in front of her , destroying the craft completely . The " Lost Hope " exploded just then , due to an unknown cause , as seen by Capstan and the others ; unbeknownst to them , the explosion had been engineered by the New Republic forces , and the reconnaissance team had ejected from the doomed " Lost Hope " via the shuttle " Best Chance " to land unnoticed on Garqi by both their friends and their enemies . After withdrawing from the area around Garqi , the pilots were informed that the team had actually made it to the surface safely . Later , Capstan and Rogue Squadron were tasked with escorting the reconnaissance team back off Garqi . As soon as the " Ralroost " completed its microjump into the system , Capstan and her wingmate launched from its bays . They soon detected the " Best Chance " rising to meet them , but it was then that the Yuuzhan Vong forces arrived , with the cruiser " Burning Pride " leading the battle group . Rogues Twelve and Eleven came at a group of six coralskippers heading for the " Best Chance " , and Capstan fired two torpedoes , one after another . The first detonated prematurely , as intended , and the resulting gas cloud forced the group of craft apart . The second missile met two of the coralskippers that had fled when confronted with the gas cloud and destroyed both of them . While Solo took out one of the remaining craft , Capstan managed to damage another with her lasers . Despite the arrival of New Republic reinforcements , which consisted of two " Victory " - class Star Destroyers , the battle seemed to be going poorly until the space forces of the Imperial Remnant , alongside a small contingent of " Nssis " - class Clawcraft from the Empire of the Hand , came to Garqi . While the clawcraft helped mop up the remaining coralskippers that were harassing the " Best Chance " and the New Republic battleships , two new Star Destroyers helped turn the tide of the battle . A group of clawcraft escorted Capstan and Solo back to the " Ralroost " before the entire New Republic – allied group departed the system , their mission of getting the " Best Chance " out a success . Death over Ithor . During Capstan ' s time serving as Solo ' s wing and bunkmate , she talked about Solo in every message she sent home to her mother on Corellia , though Capstan herself never mentioned her family much when talking to Solo . Because Solo was a Jedi , Capstan , a gambler , never played with her due to the intuitive powers most Jedi possessed . Still , Solo and Capstan became good friends . Sometime after the events at Garqi , Capstan and the rest of Rogue Squadron were sent to defend the planet Ithor , alongside a significant force from the New Republic , the Imperial Remnant , and the Empire of the Hand . The reconnaissance team had discovered during the mission to Garqi that the pollen of the Bafforr tree s native to Ithor had devastating effects on the living armor that the Yuuzhan Vong warrior caste used , making Ithor a valuable asset to the war effort . At Ithor , Capstan and Solo were tasked with scouting out a shuttle adrift that had appeared in the system . The ship matched the one that had taken Caamasi Senator Elegos A ' Kla to a peace talk with Yuuzhan Vong Commander Shedao Shai , and the shuttle was in its landing position with organic growths all over it . After an Imperial Remnant shuttle used its tractor beams to haul the other shuttle to the Star Destroyer " Chimaera " , Capstan and Solo were also ordered to land on the warship , and they were scanned for any life forms that may have hitched a ride . Told that they were clean , Capstan ran off , and Solo , who remained in the pilots ' ready room , believed that she had found a game of sabacc somewhere on the Imperial vessel . In the shuttle , Jedi Knight Corran Horn found the decorated bones of A ' Kla and an organic villip that carried a message from Shai , announcing that the two sides would meet at a battle over Ithor . When the invaders ' forces did come to Ithor , Capstan launched from the " Ralroost " alongside Rogue Squadron and fell into position behind Solo . As the enemy advanced toward the New Republic and Imperial positions , Rogue Squadron was assigned to take out the enemy landing craft , which were dubbed crate s , destined for the surface of the jungle planet . After Solo took out a coralskipper , Capstan warned her to go to starboard and then shot up an enemy craft that was pursuing her wingmate . The pair broke through the fighter screen guarding the troop carriers , and Solo proceeded to damage one of them with her lasers before ordering Capstan to finish it off . However , two coralskippers came behind Capstan ' s X - wing before she could break off her run on the crate . The pair of attackers quickly took out a pair of her engines , and Capstan ' s starfighter swung out of control to impact the troop carrier she had been targeting , killing her . Although the New Republic defeated the forces assembled against them , the Yuuzhan Vong managed to wipe out all of the biological life on Ithor with a bioweapon before the end of the battle . Upon Capstan ' s death , and after the battle at Ithor , Darklighter dispatched a message to Capstan ' s family , and Solo sent a small message along with it . Capstan ' s mother , grieving at the loss of her daughter , told Solo in a response message that she would be welcome to visit Capstan ' s mother if Solo ever went to Corellia . She also told the Jedi that she had some of Capstan ' s things that she wanted Solo to have . Capstan ' s death affected Solo greatly , and the Jedi thought about her wingmate ' s death throughout the war with the Yuuzhan Vong . In tribute to her deceased wingmate , Solo named her astromech " Cappie . " Personality and traits . Capstan was a skilled starfighter pilot , so much so that she managed to get a berth in the elite Rogue Squadron . She was able to hold her own in battle , though the coralskippers of the enemy Yuuzhan Vong ultimately killed her . She was also a gambler and was good enough that Solo considered her able to strip the credits from the players on the Imperial Star Destroyer " Chimaera " . During Capstan ' s time as Solo ' s wingmate , the two became close friends , and Capstan mentioned the Jedi in every message she sent back to her mother . Behind the scenes . Anni Capstan first appeared in " " , by Michael A . Stackpole , and later appeared in the sequel , " " . Both were released in 2000 as part of " " book series . She was also mentioned in later books in the series and received an entry in 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .