Castin Donn Castin Donn was a Human male from Coruscant who was a member of the New Republic commando group Wraith Squadron . In 7 . 5 ABY , Donn was brought in to replace the Wraiths ' former slicer , Eurrsk Thri ' ag , during the New Republic ' s campaign against Warlord Zsinj . When the Wraiths began an undercover operation and pretended to be pirates preying on the Halmad system , Donn participated in a number of raids , and his slicing skills proved instrumental to some of their successes . The Wraiths ' pirate activities were later noticed by Zsinj , and they were invited aboard his flagship , the " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought " Iron Fist " , to parley . Donn proposed a plan to his commander , Wedge Antilles , that would allow them to track Zsinj ' s location . Antilles deemed the plan risky but doable and assured Donn it would be implemented in the future . Feeling that Antilles was being too cautious , Donn disobeyed a direct order to remain on base and infiltrated the ship on his own initiative . Donn perished during a shootout against stormtroopers after freeing a Talz specimen Zsinj ' s scientists were experimenting on . Biography . Joining the Wraiths . During the Galactic Civil War , Castin Donn was part of a Coruscant - based rebel group that was independent of the Rebel Alliance . Even though Donn ' s revolutionary group was opposed to the Empire , its members shared a similar attitude with the Imperials in their xenophobia . Donn participated in the group ' s efforts to bring news footage of the destruction of the Second Death Star to Coruscant ' s public holoprojectors . That act would leave a painful reminder to Donn , as stormtroopers were sent to pacify the jubilant crowd of Rebel - sympathizers . A young mother besides Donn was shot in the head , and Donn had to grab her baby boy in order to prevent him from being trampled by the stampede caused by the fleeing crowd . Sometime during Donn ' s stay at Coruscant , he incurred a criminal record as an insurgent . Donn tried to wipe out all traces of his record but failed when copies propagated too fast for him . He later created a false identity and arranged passage off - world , ending up in New Republic - controlled space where he joined the New Republic Defense Fleet as a slicer . Two years later , Donn transferred to Starfighter Command and began pilot training after engaging in a fistfight with a Sullustan navigator . It was just one of the many blemishes on his service record , aside from regularly shirking his routine duties . When Donn volunteered for Wraith Squadron , a starfighter unit that also performed commando missions , Wraith Leader Wedge Antilles was not dissuaded by Donn ' s history , as other members of the Wraiths also had similar marks on their records . In 7 . 5 ABY , Donn officially became part of the squadron , shortly after the Wraiths took part in the Battle of Ession and destroyed the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Implacable " . Raids on Halmad . After successfully destroying the " Implacable " — which was aligned with the renegade Imperial , Warlord Zsinj — and shutting down parts of Zsinj ' s secret business empire , the Wraiths were given their new mission by the Commander - in - Chief of New Republic military operations , Admiral Ackbar . Combining the submitted ideas of Gamorrean Voort saBinring and Thakwaash Hohass Ekwesh ' s group during a Wraith Squadron brainstorming session , the Wraiths were to be deployed in the Halmad system to prey on the Imperial - controlled planet Halmad . The Wraiths ' objectives were twofold : make a name for themselves as a pirate group in order to attract Zsinj ' s attention , and to force the government of Halmad to seek protection from Zsinj . Using the alias Hawk - bat Independent Space Force , the Wraiths infiltrated Victory Base — the Imperial base on Halmad — and stole five TIE Interceptors to augment their own forces . Donn ' s slicing skills proved instrumental in the operation when he forged an immediate maintenance order for the base ' s hangar , as well as disabling the holocams inside , thus enabling the Wraiths to enter the hangar without raising any suspicion . When the Wraiths ' cover was blown due to Wraith actor Garik Loran providing a wrong password to the replacement sentry , Donn was responsible for providing an escape distraction . Donn activated the base ' s antiquated air - raid siren system , making the base ' s personnel think that they were under attack by an unknown force , and throwing the whole base into confusion . Amidst the chaos , the Wraiths flew their new Interceptors out of the hangar undetected while Donn and the rest escaped the base by boarding a commandeered skimmer . The Wraiths ' next deed was ambushing the Corellian freighter " Barderia " and looting its cargo . Donn was among those who boarded the freighter in order to make sure that the ship ' s cargo manifest was accurate . Slicing into the freighter ' s system , Donn obtained enough information that enabled the Wraiths to ambush the Halmad - bound " Barderia " once more upon its return journey . To keep the illusion that Wraith Squadron was part of the Solo Fleet tasked to hunt down Zsinj , the majority of the Wraiths made a visit to the " Mon Remonda " — General Han Solo ' s flagship — and flew a mission with the elite unit Rogue Squadron . Only Donn , Ekwesh , Kell Tainer , and Ton Phanan were left on Hawk - bat Base , the squadron ' s temporary operation center . Acting on their own initiative , the four remaining Wraiths used their time productively and staged multiple raids on Halmad . Their first raid was on Fellon city ' s port warehouse district , stealing large quantities of Imperial propaganda and recreational holos . They then strafed the city ' s marina before making their escape . The second raid was a robbery on a money - exchange site in the city of Hullis . Donn was sent to the city a day before the raid in order to compromise the building ' s security system , enabling Tainer and Phanan to blow a hole in the building ' s side and fly their TIE Interceptors in to seize their loot . Then , before his extraction from the city , Donn managed to slice an account into Halmad ' s planetary defense satellite , providing the Wraiths with visual and sensor data on the planet . With the return of the other Wraiths , Wedge Antilles decided that their next operation was to eliminate the two newly constructed starfighter bases on Halmad . To emphasize their superiority over the local Imperials , Antilles announced that both missions were to be executed at the same time . The operation was later dubbed by Wraith Squadron ' s intrusion expert Tyria Sarkin as Operation Groundquake . Donn was part of Tainer ' s group which was tasked to capture the refueling tanker " Bastion " and detonate it in one of the bases . Unbeknownst to the Wraiths , Halmad had already placed itself under Zsinj ' s protection . Halfway through the Wraiths ' operation , Zsinj ' s flagship , the " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought " Iron Fist " appeared in - system . It deployed fighters and caught the " Bastion " in a tractor lock . While the other Wraiths dealt with the fighters , Donn and his group managed to escape by flying their shuttle , " Narra " , out of " Bastion " hold and detonating the tanker as it drew closer to " Iron Fist " . The explosion broke the tractor beam lock , allowing the shuttle to withdraw . Donn ' s group survived the encounter , but Loran ' s group lost Phanan when his TIE Fighter was shot down during the engagement , and Phanan later died of his injuries . Castin ' s plan . Shortly after escaping from Zsinj ' s ambush , Donn received a message from Zsinj , which was left on one of the accounts Donn sliced into Halmad ' s planetary defense satellite network . The message showed a hologram of Zsinj inviting the Hawk - bats to meet with him aboard the " Iron Fist " , in order to discuss the terms of a possible partnership . The message was welcomed by the Wraiths , who deemed it as the sign that the undercover operation was a success . Antilles began screening out candidates for the envoy group , and Donn was excluded due to his criminal record on Coruscant , as Antilles believed that Zsinj might have a copy of Donn ' s file . Undeterred , Donn approached Antilles after the other pilots were dismissed , and proposed to sneak aboard the " Iron Fist " undetected , disguised as a stormtrooper , while the envoy group met with Zsinj . Once aboard , Donn would introduce a program into the " Iron Fist " system that would prompt the ship to send out periodical signals of its location . Given a capital ship ' s protocol of memory flushing and scanning its programs , Donn calculated that the program would only last two weeks . Donn hoped that in that time , the Wraiths would be able to draw a pattern of the ship ' s regular destinations before launching an ambush . Donn ' s program would work similarly to Project Morrt , a ship tracking project initiated by Zsinj ' s late subordinate , Admiral Apwar Trigit , who had commanded the " Implacable " before its destruction . Antilles approved of the plan and ordered Donn to start working on the program , but to Donn ' s surprise , he was told that it would not be used in the initial meeting , as Antilles felt Zsinj would be on his guard with unknown pirates boarding his ship . Antilles assured Donn that his program would be used on the following meetings , preferably after they had gained Zsinj ' s trust and " Iron Fist " security became more lax . Donn began arguing vehemently that he was better than Zsinj ' s security team and his plan should be implemented . Noting Donn ' s stubborn attitude , Antilles issued him a direct order to start working on the program and refused his plea to be included in the initial meeting with Zsinj before dismissing him . Donn proposed his plan once more during a combined briefing of all the separate but simultaneous missions the Wraiths were undertaking . Announcing that his program was ready , Donn still found himself being refused participation to the envoy for Zsinj . Unable to contain his frustration , Donn reacted to Antilles ' s rejection with a sudden outburst . The situation prompted Antilles to discipline Donn by castigating him in front of his fellow pilots , as well as canceling his impending leave to Coruscant . Donn left the briefing in a fury and was followed by Loran , who tried to gain some understanding on Donn ' s behavior . Donn reasoned that Antilles was being too cautious and his own plan should be implemented , while Loran tried to explain the validity and sense of Antilles ' s stance . Unsure of the code - slicer ' s frame of mind , Loran made Donn promise never to try anything on his own , which the code - slicer agreed to . Aboard the " Iron Fist " . Unbeknownst to the envoy team , which consisted of Loran , Tainer , and Dia Passik , Donn went against Antilles ' s orders and hid himself in the " Narra " smuggling compartment . Hiding behind a long strip of reflective mirror , Donn was able to fool Tainer into thinking that the compartment was empty when Tainer inspected it . After the " Narra " landed aboard the " Iron Fist " and was duly inspected by Zsinj ' s forces , Donn emerged from his hiding place wearing stormtrooper armor for his disguise . While looking for a computer terminal into which he could load his program , Donn stumbled across a biomedical research project that Zsinj ' s scientists were performing . Trying his best to ignore the sympathy he was feeling for the test subjects , Donn got to work on uploading his program . He was interrupted when a squad of stormtroopers arrived for inspection . Believing that the stormtroopers were searching for him , Donn shot and killed the lead stormtrooper , beginning a short shootout in the laboratory . In a sudden act of mercy , Donn freed the modified Talz that Zsinj ' s scientists were working on before making his escape . However , Donn was shot in the thigh by the squad ' s remaining stormtrooper . Realizing that his end was near , Donn shot his datapad , thereby destroying all information it contained . Donn ' s last act was to protect his teammates ' secret identities from being exposed . Donn died in the brief shootout , and his corpse was brought to the dining hall , where Zsinj was having dinner with the envoy team . A device was hidden behind Donn ' s armor that made it look like he was still breathing . Testing whether or not Donn was part of the envoy team , Zsinj requested " General Kargin " — Loran ' s Hawk - bat identity — to execute Donn . Loran stalled for time as he tried to come up with a plan , but " Seku " — Passik ' s Hawk - bat identity — quickly shot Donn in the throat . Zsinj was then convinced that Donn was not part of the Hawk - bats and allowed them to leave . Safely aboard the " Narra " and traveling through hyperspace , Passik immediately explained that she believed Donn was already dead . Passik noted that the way the stormtroopers carried Donn ' s body suggested that they were hauling a dead body , not a person liable to wake up . Legacy . Due to the trauma of shooting Donn ' s corpse , Passik suffered a breakdown and nearly killed herself with her own blaster . Loran quickly intervened and pacified Passik by telling her that she had saved his life as well as Tainer ' s when she shot the slicer ' s body . Passik later recovered from her ordeal and soon began a relationship with Loran . Donn ' s death was the second in the squadron ' s ongoing mission on Halmad , only mere days after Phanan ' s . Worried that Donn ' s death would affect the squadron ' s morale , Antilles voiced his concern to the squadron ' s executive officer , Wes Janson , in a conversation overheard by Ekwesh . Taking it upon himself to " heal " the squadron ' s morale , Ekwesh organized a formal dance attended by everyone in Wraith squadron and its support personnel . Donn ' s tracking program was later modified by Lara Notsil , his successor as the squadron ' s qualified slicer . Wraith pilot Shalla Nelprin then joined Zsinj ' s intrusion team and uploaded the program onto the " Razor ' s Kiss " , a newly constructed " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought that Zsinj had captured from the Kuat Drive Yards . Donn ' s program allowed a New Republic task force commanded by Han Solo to track down the " Razor ' s Kiss " and destroy it . Personality and traits . Castin Donn was a proud man and very confident of his own abilities , to the point where he would intentionally disobey orders or be rude to his superior officers just to prove he was right . In one instance Donn claimed to be better than Zsinj ' s chief of security , despite not having heard of or met the individual . A naturally brave man , Donn would consistently participate in many dangerous situations , as shown by his joining of a rebel group opposed to the Empire and his volunteering to join Wedge Antilles ' s Wraith Squadron . When asked for his reasons in joining the Wraiths , Donn answered that he wanted to be where things happened , and that things always happened around Antilles . During his tenure in the New Republic Defense Fleet , he received many citations for courage and ingenuity under fire . A career code slicer , Donn exhibited traits typical to his profession . He incurred punishments from the Defense Fleet for failing to perform routine duties in a reliable fashion . His usual posture was nonmilitary ; he always leaned on something or slouched when seated . Antilles once thought Donn resembled someone who left his spine somewhere else . When Donn felt uncomfortable , he showed a child - like mannerism of squirming , a trait which Antilles thought was highly unusual for a grown man . Despite believing that the Empire and Warlord Zsinj ought to be stopped , Donn shared a similar trait with the Imperials in their xenophobia . Having joined the diverse New Republic , Donn found himself having conflicts with Mon Calamari bridge crewmen , or engaging in a fistfight with a Sullustan navigator . When he joined the Wraiths , he was assigned to share quarters with the Thakwaash Hohass Ekwesh . Donn tried to have his quarters exchanged , but his request was denied by Antilles , who believed it was time Donn overcame his dislike of non - Humans . Donn was able to release his prejudice during his last moments aboard Zsinj ' s flagship " Iron Fist " , when he freed a modified Talz Zsinj ' s scientists were working on . Talents and abilities . Even before joining the New Republic , Castin Donn was already a capable slicer . During his tenure with the Wraiths , he performed well in all the missions he participated in with regards to his technical expertise and code - breaking skills . The only time he was unable to break a security system was when he infiltrated the " Iron Fist " and attempted to plant his tracking program . Though Donn felt that he was better than the Imperial who created the security system , Donn attempted to bypass a security system in mere minutes , even though the system could have been prepared over months or years . Donn was a capable pilot , managing to earn a high enough score to qualify for Antilles ' s squadron , though he sorely lacked experience , as shown by Antilles ' s decision to assign him as Wraith Two . By Antilles ' s policy , the position usually went to a raw pilot , one in need of additional instruction or protection . When Donn joined Wraith Squadron , he had no experience of flying a TIE Fighter , but after a few days training with a TIE fighter simulator , he was already one of the pilots tasked to fly a TIE Fighter the Wraiths planned to steal from Victory Base . Behind the scenes . Castin Donn is a character created by author Aaron Allston for his novel " " , the second novel in the " Wraith Squadron Trilogy " . It was the only appearance Donn ever made in the Expanded Universe . He was illustrated by " Star Wars " artist Scott Roller in the article " Who ' s Who in Rogue Squadron " , which appeared in " Star Wars Insider 59 " . The point at which Donn died aboard the " Iron Fist " is ambiguous . The novel does not specifically state whether Donn was alive or dead when Dia Passik shot him in the throat , but according to Passik ' s entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in 2008 , Donn was nearing death when she shot him . The entry could possibly be counted as inaccurate , as Donn ' s own entry in the encyclopedia states that he was executed by an Imperial officer named Captain Seku , which was Passik ' s pirate alias in the Hawk - bat Independent Space Force , not the Galactic Empire .