Jom Barell Jom Barell was a human male who served in the Alliance to Restore the Republic , and later the New Republic . Bearing the rank of Sergeant major , Barell served in the New Republic Special Forces . He took part in the crisis on Akiva , making a difficult jump from atmosphere onto the planet while being shot at by turbolaser s to discover what exactly the Empire was doing on Akiva . He commandeered one of the turbolasers on the planet and used it to shoot at an escaping yacht , which had many important Imperials aboard , as the planet rioted and overthrew the satrap y . After the crisis on Akiva , he joined a crew of Temmin Wexley , his mother Norra Wexley , the Zabrak bounty hunter Jas Emari , and former Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus to hunt Imperial fugitives . During a mission to Vorlag to capture Vice Admiral Perwin Gedde , Jom fell in love with Jas Emari after arguing about her secret plan to " triple - cross " the crew in order to pay her debts . Jom later accompanied Norra ' s team on their quest to find the rebel smuggler Han Solo and to rescue his Wookiee co - pilot Chewbacca from Ashmead ' s Lock prison . Jom , Jas , and Sinjir later joined forces with Han and Chewie to liberate Kashyyyk from Imperial rule . Despite losing his eye , Jom and his companions manage to free the Wookiees . He later stayed behind to help the newly - freed Wookiees to rebuild their world . For taking part in an unauthorized mission , Jom was discharged from the SpecForces . Jom managed to find work as a security guard at the Galactic Senate but longed to rejoin his comrades . He took part in an undercover mission on Nakadia which exposed an attempt by the Black Sun and Red Key crime syndicates to prolong the Galactic Civil War . Later , Jom rejoined his SpecForces unit . He perished during the Battle of Jakku but managed to save the lives of his comrades . Biography . The Rebellion . Before joining the Rebellion , Jom Barell grew up on a farm on the planet Juntar which bred long - legged critters for their meat , milk , and leather hides . After joining the Rebellion , he fought the Galactic Empire on Onderon . While on Onderon , Jom also fought against his own bloodline brothers . In the months following the Battle of Endor , Jom became a commando who held the rank of Sergeant major in the New Republic Special Forces . On one mission , he flew a gunship through an electrical storm on the planet Geonosis during a New Republic operation to stop the remnants of the Galactic Empire from reactivating the old Geonosian droid factories . Mission to Akiva . After the New Republic starfighter pilot Wedge Antilles was captured during a reconnaissance mission over the planet Akiva , Jom led a six - member SpecForces sub orbit al drop team that infiltrated the planet . For that mission , he was accompanied by Corporal s Kason , Stromm , Gahee ' abee , Polnichk , and Durs ; all of whom donned parawings . After jumping out of their transport , the drop team came under fire from Imperial artillery cannon s based in Akiva ' s capital city Myrra . Jom ' s comrades and the transport were destroyed during the jump , leaving him as the sole survivor . Despite sustaining a broken arm , Jom survived his fall and managed to land into the side of a small wagon , that was carrying hay , fruit rinds , and animal droppings . Jom used his blaster rifle as a makeshift cane . The Sergeant major was soon confronted by three stormtrooper s , who ordered him to surrender . Jom toppled a wooden overhang over the stormtroopers , trapping them underneath . Jom then grabbed one of the stormtrooper ' s blasters and shot them dead . Jom ' s arrival coincided with the outbreak of the Rebellion on Akiva , which had been instigated by a small band of rebels led by the starfighter pilot Norra Wexley , who had returned to Akiva to fetch her son Temmin . Jom witnessed Norra ' s rogue TIE fighter attacking other TIEs and a mob converging outside the Satrap ' s Palace , the seat of the Satrapy of Myrra . Jom made his way to the Imperial turbolaser ground - to - orbit turret stationed at the Satrap ' s Palace . After shooting four more stormtrooper sentries , Barell climbed a ladder that led into the turret . Inside the turret , he encountered a young Imperial gunnery officer , a mere boy . The boy ordered Jom to raise his hands but Barell countered that one of them was broken . Unwilling to kill a youth , Jom attempted to convince the boy to desert his post . However , the boy , fearing retribution from his Imperial superiors , attempted to shoot Jom with his blaster . The New Republic soldier charged at the boy and slammed the young officer back onto the console . He then shoved the weeping youth inside a footlocker trunk . Despite the damage to the turret ' s controls caused by the scuffle , Jom managed to open fire on a Ryuni - Tantine Vita - Liner . This liner turned out to be the Imperial financier Arsin Crassus ' s personal ship the " Golden Harp " , which was transporting several prominent Imperial officer s and prisoner s including Norra and her son . Jom ' s actions blew a hole in the ship ' s side and allowed Temmin to free the other prisoners . The rebellion on Myrra coincided with the arrival of a New Republic fleet which wiped out most of the Imperial fleet above Akiva . With the defeat of the Imperial forces on Akiva , the planet became the first Outer Rim world to join the New Republic . Hunting Imperial fugitives . Several days after the liberation of Akiva , Jom joined forces with Norra , Temmin and several other companions including Mister Bones , the bounty hunter Jas Emari , and the former Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus in hunting down Imperial war criminals . By 5 ABY , Norra ' s team had captured six Imperial fugitives including Commandant Stradd , Prefect Kosh , Moff s Keong and Nyall , Vice General Adambo and the former Imperial Security Bureau minister Venn Eowelt . These captures coincided with the New Republic ' s victories against the scattered remnants of the Empire . Jom later accompanied Norra and her team during a mission on the planet Vorlag to capture the former Vice Admiral Perwin Gedde , who had sought refuge with the Vorlaggn crime lord Slussen Clanker . During the mission , Jom and the rest of Norra ' s team were betrayed by the bounty hunter Jas Emari , who was heavily in debt . She pretended to sell Jom and the rest of the team to Slussen , who ordered his henchmen to imprison Jom and the others in his dungeon . Jom and his companions were housed in cages above several raging hroth - beast s . However , Emari made arrangements for them to escape by attaching a set of keys to the neck of a hroth - beast . After freeing themselves and escaping the beasts and their captors , Jom and his team fled into a lava - tube which led to Gedde ' s quarters . There , they encountered Jas , who had already bound the drugged Gedde . The rebels then escaped aboard Emari ' s gunship " Halo " , which was flown by Norra ' s son Temmin . After escaping Imperial fighters , Jom and his team fled into space . An unlikely love . Once in space , Jom and the others confronted Jas over her " triple - crossing . " When Jom told her that she could have gotten them killed , Jas responded that was part of the plan all along . Jom was particularly belligerent towards Emari and grabbed her . However , the Zabrak broke his hold and shoved Barell back . As the argument escalated , Temmin confessed that he was privy to Emari ' s plan . When Jom told Norra to control her son , Norra asserted her leadership of the team . When Barell questioned Norra ' s leadership , Jas told her to find another ship . Eventually , Jas slapped Barell on the face . As the two fought , Norra tried to break up the fight . Jas and Jom soon found themselves in the bunkroom where they put aside their differences and kissed each other . As a result of their quarrel , the two became lovers . After arriving on the New Republic capital of Chandrila , Sinjir confronted Barell in private and told him not to hurt his friend Jas again . The former Imperial loyalty officer warned that he was skilled in combat . When Jom asked why Sinjir was not romantically interested in her , Sinjir asserted that he was nothing more than the bounty hunter ' s friend . Later , Jom was present with Norra and Emari when they examined the body of Perwin Gedde . The former Vice - Admiral had died while in transit and Emari deduced that he had been poisoned with Kytrogorgia . After a period of rest and relaxation , Jom met with Norra and her crew aboard the " Halo " . When Temmin talked about his X - wing practice , Jom chastised the boy and reminded him that it was called training . When Jas theorized that the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift had poisoned Gedde , Barell asked whether the Empire had killed him . When Temmin suggested the Empire had killed Gedde to prevent him from divulging their secrets , Barell supported the boy ' s theory . When Jas complained that Gedde ' s death caused them credits , Barell argued with her about ethics and orders until Norra broke up the argument . Norra then informed her team that Prince ss Leia Organa , a prominent New Republic leader , had solicited her services in rescuing Han Solo , who had disappeared while trying to rescue his Wookiee co - pilot Chewbacca during an ill - fated mission to liberate the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk . Jom agreed to take part in the mission . Searching for answers . Jom Barell and Jas Emari traveled together to Nar Shaddaa , a crime haven moon in the Outer Rim Territories . The two visited a back market owned by Nyarla the Hutt , who told them that she knew nothing about Solo , Chewbacca or any Imperial prisons in Wild Space . As they made their way back to the " Halo " , Jom was stun ned and knocked to the ground . He found himself and Jas surrounded by several Nikto gangsters led by Underboss Rynscar . While Rynscar wanted to hand Jas over to the Black Sun crime syndicate , Jas managed to convince him that she would pay back double the debt if he let her go . Jas also managed to convinced Rynscar to tell them about Han Solo . Rynscar told Jas about a planet near Wild Space called Irudiru . Emari then shared this information with Sinjir , who was questioning the former Imperial Adviser Yupe Tashu . Sinjir discovered that Irudiru was home to a Siniteen prison architect named Golas Aram . After returning back to the " Halo " , Jom tried to clean the mud off his clothes . When Barell accused Jas of selling them out , she responded that she was buying them more time . Before Jom could argue that Rynscar could not be trusted , Jas kissed him . After returning to Chandrila , Jom accompanied Norra and the rest of the team for a meeting with Admiral Ackbar and Princess Leia at the Skygarden above Hanna City . When Norra resigned her commission in the New Republic Starfleet to find Solo , Barell chose to stay behind since he did not want to depart on an unsanctioned mission . Joining forces with Han Solo . Later , Jom Barell experienced a change of heart and decided to help Norra and her team find Han Solo . He traveled to Irudiru and arrived at Golas Aram ' s compound just in time to help Sinjir and Jas Emari fight several commando droids . He manged to blast off the head of a commando droid that was struggling with Emari . Jom then helped Sinjir destroy the remaining droids . Aram managed to flee the house but was captured by Norra before he could escape offworld . After Sinjir interrogated him , Jom chatted with Emari while Norra and Han Solo traveled to the town of Kai Pompos to gather supplies for their trip to the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk . Having found Solo , Norra had agreed to help the smuggler rescue his Wookiee co - pilot Chewbacca from the formidable Ashmead ' s Lock prison . Jom accompanied Norra ' s team and Han Solo on their journey to Kashyyyk . The rebels managed to slip through the orbiting Imperial blockade by posing as repair crew being sent to carry out maintenance work at Ashmead ' s Lock . After landing , Jom and his companions entered the prison ship only to be confronted by the computer system SOL - GDA , which demanded their passcode . When the rebels failed to produce it , SOL - GDA dispatched security droids to " incorporate " them into the prison . Two of the security droids crawled onto him but he managed to bash one in the skull with his rifle butt and kick the other way . During the fight , Jom sustained a bloodied nose after headbutting a security droid . With Temmin ' s help , Han and Jas Emari managed to disable SOL - GDA by severing the cable linking the power generator to the stasis pod cells . Jom helped Solo and his rebel companions to free a hundred prisoners which included Chewbacca and Temmin ' s father Brentin Lore Wexley . While Norra , Temmin , Mister Bones decided to return with the liberated prisoners on the " Millennium Falcon " to Chandrila , Jom decided to stay behind with Emari and Sinjir to help Han and Chewie liberate Kashyyyk from Imperial rule . While Jom was pessimistic that Han and Chewie ' s plan to liberate Kashyyyk would succeed , Jas managed to convince them by raising their failure to free Slussen Canker ' s slaves . Jom accepted Jas ' arguments and decided to stick around longer to see what kind of damage they could inflict on the Imperial war machine . Jom and companions then left the Black Forest on Emari ' s gunship " Halo " and flew to a wroshyr tree . There , Solo briefed his allies about his plan to liberate Kashyyyk by finding Grand Moff Lozen Tolruck and disabling the inhibitor chips that enslaved Kashyyyk ' s Wookiee population . Liberating Kashyyyk . A month after the events at Ashmead ' s Lock , Jom Barell and a team of Wookiee rebels captured an Imperial command station on the far side of Kashyyyk . They then tried to capture an Imperial shuttle platform that would allow them to travel to Grand Moff Tolruck ' s island fortress . However , they were attacked by Imperial forces . Jom ' s Wookiee companions managed to flee but he was captured by the Imperials , who brought him to Tolruck . In Imperial captivity , Jom was kept inside an iron kennel on grav - pads . He was interrogated by Tolruck , who ripped out one of his eyes and threw it into a camp fire . Later , his friend Sinjir went to rescue Jom disguised as an Imperial officer named Lieutenant Jorrin Turnbull . However , Sinjir was quickly discovered by Grand Moff Tolruck , who stabbed him in the calf with a kishakk blade . Later , Jom was kept in a cage while Sinjir was forced to fight Tolruck ' s attache Odair Bel - Opis for the Moff ' s amusement . Despite being beaten by Odair , Sinjir managed to disable Tolruck ' s control module using a hyperwave transceiver spike concealed inside his heel . As a result , the Wookiees revolted enmass and quickly overwhelmed their Imperial masters . Sinjir then freed the wounded Jom from his cell . The two men then went to confront Grand Moff Tolruck in his throne room . However , a defiant Tolruck revealed that he had ordered the orbiting Imperial Star Destroyers to bombard Kashyyyk . Sinjir and Jom left Tolruck to his own devices while they rejoined Han and Chewbacca . Later , Jom along with Han , Chewie , and Sinjir infiltrated the Star Destroyer " Dominion " using a transport loaded with webweaver spider s . The rebels unleashed the webweavers on the Star Destroyer ' s crew and fought their way to the bridge . However , they were captured by stormtroopers . Jom and his companions were brought before the " Dominion " commander Vice Admiral Domm Korgale , who believed victory was in sight . However , New Republic reinforcements arrived in the form of Princess Leia aboard the " Millennium Falcon " , Captain Antilles ' Phantom Squadron , and Admiral Ackbar ' s cruiser " Home One " . Jom and his companions managed to break free of their Imperial captors and hijack the " Dominion " . They then used the Star Destroyer ' s guns to destroy the nearby Star Destroyer " Vitiator " . As a result , the remaining ship " Neutralizer " surrendered to the New Republic ; ending Imperial rule on Kashyyyk . Following the liberation of Kashyyyk , Jom helped pack thermal detonator s aboard Emari ' s ship " Halo " . In private , Jom told Emari that she was right that he had come to Irudiru to chase her . He also told her that he had stayed with her team and given up his eye because that was the right thing to do . Knowing that Jas was still worried about her debts , he reassured her that she did the right thing by staying on Kashyyyk . Jom then told her that he would stay behind to help the Wookiees and bid the bounty hunter farewell before she returned to Chandrila with Sinjir . While the Wookiees had retaken their homeworld , they needed help to flush out the remaining Imperial holdouts . Intrigue on Nakadia . After returning to Chandrila , Jom was disciplined by the New Republic military authorities for taking part in an unsanctioned mission on Kashyyyk . As a result , Jom was discharged from the New Republic Special Forces . Despondent , Jom took to drinking . After several months , he managed to find work as a freelance bodyguard at the Galactic Senate . Jom spent the rest of his time drinking alcohol . Shortly before the Battle of Jakku , his friend Sinjir visited him to solicit his help in rescuing Jas Emari and Norra Wexley , who were stranded on Jakku . Sinjir woke Jom up by placing a wet cloth on his face . Believing Sinjir to be an intruder , Jom threw a punch but Sinjir sidestepped it . Jom was initially reluctant to get involved until Sinjir pointed out that Jas was trapped on Jakku and needed his help . Jom wanted to go to Jakku immediately but Sinjir explained that they could not travel there directly because the planet was surrounded by a large Imperial remnant . Sinjir then told him that they needed to help the Senate pass a resolution to send military forces to Jakku . When Jom responded that was above his pay grade , Sinjir replied that he could use his job as a security guard to help them travel to Nakadia , the newly - designated capital of the New Republic . Jom along with Sinjir , Han Solo , Temmin , and Conder took part in an undercover mission on Nakadia to spy on five senator s who had opposed Mothma ' s resolution earlier on Chandrila . During the mission , the five undercover agents followed the senators into Izzik ' s , a restaurant opposite the Quarrow Senate house . Jom was tasked with tailing Rethalow of Frong . While watching the senator frequenting a poma - club dep tank , Jom pondered why they could not coerce the senators into changing their vote . In response , Conder advised patience . After hours of spying on Rethalow , Jom broke into the dep chamber and kidnapped Senator Rethalow . Despite damaging his comlink , Jom managed to convince Rethalow to disclose his dealings with Black Sun and the Red Key Raiders . Jom ' s comrades were not so lucky . Sinjir was knocked unconscious while trying to follow Senator Ashmin Ek . Conder Kyl was kidnapped by the Red Key Raiders whereas Han Solo was thrown into a rubbish bin while spying on Dor Wieedo ' s ship . Jom returned to Solo ' s ship the " Millennium Falcon " with his prisoner and was rejoined by Sinjir , Temmin , and Solo . In the presence of the other agents , Jom forced Rethalow to disclose what he had told him . Rethalow confessed that he , Ashmin Ek , and Dor Wieedo had been bribed by Black Sun and the Red Key syndicate into opposing Mothma ' s resolution in return for a trade deal . He also revealed that Senators Nim Tar and Grelka Sorka had complied because the former ' s child and the latter ' s pet jerba had been kidnapped . Jom later accompanied his team - mates as they searched for Conder and the other hostages . Using a transceiver tooth , Conder managed to relay his coordinates to his team . Solo flew the " Millennium Falcon " into a nearby warehouse , where Red Key had been holding Conder and Nim Tar ' s child . Jom along with Sinjir and Solo subdued the criminals during a brief gun battle and managed to free Conder and Nim Tar ' s child . However , they were unable to save Sorka ' s jerba who had been sold to a butchery . Posing as an adviser to the Chancellor , Sinjir managed to convince the five senators to change their votes in return for pardons and other assurances for their homeworlds . As a result , the New Republic was able to send military forces to Jakku . Death on Jakku . Following the Senate ' s re - vote on Nakadia , Jom cleaned himself up and returned to his SpecForces team to report for duty . He found Sergeant Dellalo Dayson and her team loading munitions into a U - wing troop transport . Sergeant Dellalo was initially reluctant to take him back in the fold and told him to discuss the matter with General Tyben . Jom responded that this fight mattered more than all the others . He vowed to fight for her and every member of his platoon . When Dayson joked about killing him , he responded that it was better than having to go through the bureaucracy . When the Grand SpecForce commando Margle indicated he was interested in getting a fight , Dayson told them that no fights would occur under her watch . In order to avoid trouble , Dayson agreed to allow Jom to come aboard . She say she would make up the story that he stowed aboard but warned Jom that he could face a court martial and dishonorable discharge if he returned to Chandrila . Jom thanked the Sergeant for allowing him to rejoin his unit and boarded the U - wing . As Jom ' s U - wing descended into Jakku ' s atmosphere , Jom and his comrades prepared to jump out of their craft . An Imperial concussive missile homed in on the U - wing . While none of the other SpecForces commandos saw it , Jom spotted it . Since there was not enough time to mount the beam cannon placement , he flew out of the ship with his jetpack and intercepted the missile . Jom was killed during the explosion but his actions saved the life of the U - wing crew and passengers . The Battle of Jakku ultimately ended in the New Republic ' s favor and marked the end of the Galactic Civil War . The defeated Empire signed the Galactic Concordance with the New Republic , officially ending hostilities . Following the battle , Jom ' s lover Jas Emari was grief - stricken to learn about his death . However , she comforted herself with the fact that she did not like him as much as he loved her . Personality and traits . As a New Republic Special Forces soldier , Jom Barell was skilled at hand - to - hand combat and knew how to operate a blaster . While he was a capable killer who could gun down enemy combatants without any hesitation , Jom was reluctant to kill children and youths . On on occasion , Barell attempted to use psychological and emotional manipulation to convince a young Imperial gunnery officer to desert his post . Despite sustaining a wounded arm , Barell was still a deadly fighter . Due to his childhood growing up on a farm , Jom was familiar with four - legged critters . As a New Republic soldier , Jom supported the New Republic ' s vision of bring justice and freedom to the galaxy . He was infuriated when Jas Emari pretended to betray them in order to pay off some debts . Despite their passionate arguments over money and ethnics , he still fell in love with her . Jom ' s loyalty to Norra led her to accompany her team on a quest to find Han Solo and later rescue Chewbacca . Jom ' s willingness to do good and to fight the Imperial war machine led him to take part in the liberation of Kashyyyk . Despite losing an eye , he was proud of the role that he and his companions played in freeing the Wookiees from the Empire . After being discharged from the SpecForces for taking part in an unauthorized mission , Jom became despondent and took to drinking alcohol . He managed to regain some purpose after learning that his lover Jas was stranded on Jakku . His love for Jas led him to take part in an undercover mission on Nakadia . Later , he managed to rejoin his SpecForces unit and sacrificed his own life to save their U - wing transport from being destroyed by a concussive missile . Jom regarded himself as a soldier and lived to fight . He regarded working as a security guard as beneath him . Despite his love for Jas , she did not fully reciprocate his feelings for her . Prior to the Battle of Jakku , Jom shaved his hair apart from his handlebar mustache and meatchop sideburns in order to look the part of a commando . Behind the scenes . Jom Barell first appeared as a tertiary point - of - view character in Chuck Wendig ' s 2015 novel " Aftermath " , which was released as part of the " " multimedia series . Barell later appeared in the novel ' s 2016 and 2017 sequels " " and " " .