Perwin Gedde Perwin Gedde was a human male officer of the Galactic Empire . With the rank of Vice Admiral in the Imperial Navy , he spearheaded one of the Empire ' s most brutal biological weapons programs , which included testing " ancient diseases " on subjugated worlds . Following the Imperial defeat at Endor , he fled the Empire with a good deal of Imperial credit s , eventually hiding out on Vorlag with slaver Slussen Canker . He was tracked down by a team of New Republic Imperial - hunters led by pilot Norra Wexley sometime following the Rebellion on Akiva . Despite temporarily capturing them with the help of Jas Emari , her betrayal led to his capture , and he was placed in isolation on the " Halo " , their SS - 54 assault ship . He died before the team reached Chandrila , poisoned with mycotoxin by bounty hunter Mercurial Swift , under the orders of Admiral Rae Sloane . Biography . Perwin Gedde was a Vice Admiral who oversaw one of the Galactic Empire ' s biological weapons programs , which involved testing " ancient diseases " on captive worlds . Following the Battle of Endor , Gedde resigned his commission in the Imperial Navy and fled the Empire , absconding with a large sum of credit s . He sought refuge with the Vorlaggn crime lord and slaver Slussen Canker on the planet Vorlag . Slussen hosted him in his volcanic palace and plied him with slaves and spice to feed his addiction . Due to his involvement in war crimes , Gedde was the subject of a galactic - wide manhunt for Imperial war criminals imposed by the New Republic ; the successor government to the Rebel Alliance . In 5 ABY , the New Republic starfighter pilot Norra Wexley and her team of hunters including the bounty hunter Jas Emari , the former Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus , and the New Republic Special Forces soldier Jom Barell tracked Gedde down to Slussen ' s palace . Prior to the mission , Jas infiltrated the palace through the hroth - beast feeding room in order to disable the crackling laser portcullis . In secret , Jas made a deal with both Gedde and Slussen to betray Norra and her team . Jas was heavily in debt and wanted to trick Gedde and Slussen into helping her pay off her debts . In return for alerting him to the New Republic hunters , Gedde paid Jas while Slussen paid her a 15 % finder ' s fee . Unknown to Gedde and Slussen , Jas was still secretly loyal to Norra and was lulling them into complacency so that she could kidnap Gedde and bring him offworld . After Norra and her team were ambushed by Slussen ' s henchmen , Gedde appeared with a seemingly captive Jas . He ordered the New Republic operatives to surrender if they wanted to save their friend Jas . After the rebels laid down their arms , Gedde announced that he was going to sell the " rebel fools " to the Empire so that he could secure a full pardon . Jas then publicly claimed that she had double - crossed Norra and her team in order to pay her debts . Gedde laughed and then told Slussen and the guards to load the prisoner s into their cages . Slussen ' s triumph was short - lived . While Norra and her team freed themselves using a key that Jas had attached to the neck of one of Slussen ' s hroth - beasts , Perwin returned to his quarters . There , Jas turned on him , bound his hands with wire , and gagged his mouth . After reuniting with Norra and the rest of her team , the rebel operatives then fled aboard Jas ' s ship " Halo " , which was being pilot ed by Norra ' s teenage son Temmin Wexley . After escaping Slussen ' s henchmen and several Imperial starship s , the rebels jumped into hyperspace and traveled to Chandrila . Despite the efforts of Norra and her team , Perwin perished during the journey due to kytrogorgia poisoning . Perwin had been poisoned by the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift under Grand Admiral Rae Sloane ' s orders to prevent him from divulging his secrets to the New Republic . Personality and traits . Perwin Gedde was a thin human man with sallow skin and a bloated belly due to his spice addiction . He wore an unbuttoned gray and filthy shirt . The former Vice Admiral ran a ruthless biological weapons program that tested ancient diseases on captive worlds . Gedde later earned the wrath of the Empire by absconding with a large sum of credits and seeking shelter with the crime lord Slussen Canker . Later , Gedde tried to regain the Empire ' s favor by capturing Norra Wexley and her team of New Republic hunters . Gedde was later outwitted by Jas Emari , who tricked him and Slussen into believing that she had betrayed her friends , but was still loyal to Norra ' s team . Behind the scenes . Perwin Gedde first appeared in the novel " " , which was written by Chuck Wendig and released in 2016 .