Brenn Tantor Brenn Tantor was a young Human male from Garos IV who dreamed of becoming one of the Imperial stormtroopers who kept the peace on his homeworld . After his graduation from the Academy of Carida , however , he became much more when he was recruited out of the Stormtrooper Corps and made an officer in the Imperial Army as part of an elite project . Supervised by Grand General Malcor Brashin , he rose rapidly through the ranks , becoming a prominent general . Tantor reached his height as an Imperial general in 3 ABY when he directed the Battle of Hoth and shortly after that captured Rebel Alliance Commander Luke Skywalker on Abridon . When Tantor ' s brother Dellis , an Imperial Intelligence officer , revealed that the Empire had killed their father , Brenn had a crisis of conscience . After refusing an order to massacre civilians and being told that Dellis had been killed , Tantor defected to the Rebel Alliance . After gaining the trust of General Tyr Taskeen , Tantor took a pivotal role in the Rebellion and later the New Republic , commanding such engagements as the Battle of Endor and the Liberation of Coruscant . In the latter , Tantor discovered that Dellis was being kept in Imperial custody — custody from which he was freed , finally reuniting him with his brother . Biography . Early life and career . The Human male Brenn Tantor was born to a middle - class family on Garos IV during a time of civil war . The Galactic Empire intervened to end the conflict , and this imposition of peace impressed Tantor ' s father so much that he enlisted as a military transport pilot and raised his sons to respect the stormtroopers who kept order . However , a resistance movement grew against the Empire , and the Tantor family ' s house was destroyed during an episode of fighting . Stormtroopers rescued Brenn and his younger brother Dellis from the rubble , leading the pair to vow that they would become stormtroopers themselves . Brenn Tantor immediately gained admission to the Imperial Academy of Carida and underwent stormtrooper training , where he excelled in his studies of tactics . Dellis followed him one year later . During their training they were told the tragic news that their father had been killed by the Rebel Alliance in the course of a mission to deliver medical supplies to Graal ' diin . This only increased their resolve to become stormtroopers and fight the Rebellion . The two were excellent cadets , but were mysteriously prevented from joining a stormtrooper squad ; unknown to them , it was because they were not clones . The two began to shadow Cattena Squadron , stationed at the Academy , until the squad captain , impressed by their dedication , allowed them to join as " honorary stormtroopers . " However , they were never able to gain real acceptance from the rest of the unit , whom they never encountered socially . In 0 BBY , Cattena Squadron was sent to Kalaan . In the course of a battle , the squad ' s sergeant was killed and Tantor , a corporal , took command . His excellent performance caught the attention of Captain Beri Tulon , a training officer who was scouting for prospects for a special project . Tulon gave Tantor a battlefield promotion to lieutenant and ordered him to report to the Star Destroyer " Inquisitor " . Dellis , who had been wounded shortly before Tulon arrived , was transferred to " Inquisitor " as well and placed in a bacta tank . Rapid rise . Tantor was to become one of the first officers to learn how to command troops using the Battlefield Holographic Control Interface , or BHCI . The pet project of Grand General Malcor Brashin , the BHCI could allow a commander to view the full picture of a battle in holographic simulation and gave him the power to relay orders to the battlefield from the impunity of an orbiting Star Destroyer . From " Inquisitor " , then in orbit over Tatooine , Tantor walked Zeta Squadron , with the addition of the freshly - healed Dellis , through a simple set of orders to familiarize himself with the system . However , the exercise was cut short when Brashin broke in to issue Tantor new orders . An escape pod launched from the Rebel CR90 corvette " Tantive IV " had been tracked to his vicinity . Lieutenant Tantor was able to quickly find the pod , despite attacks from indigenous Tusken Raider . In spite of the natives ' hostility , Tulon admonished him to never engage the locals unless provoked and behave as " a soldier , not a murderer . " Tantor led further missions to recover the Rebel droids that had been in the escape pod , including tracking and capturing the Jawa Sandcrawler that had carried the droids , and searching the home of local hermit Ben Kenobi . However , the Imperials were too far behind , and the droids escaped the planet with the plans to the Death Star , a recently - constructed Imperial battlestation . The droids had apparently fled to Alderaan aboard the YT - 1300 light freighter " Millennium Falcon " , but some in the Empire believed that the ship ' s canny captain Han Solo had jumped to Ruul , along the same vector . Tantor , now a captain , was sent to Ruul with Tulon and Brashin . Although Solo had not jumped there , the Imperials did find that Rebels had captured an important computer facility on Ruul . Tantor , with help from his technically - minded brother on the ground , was able to recapture the facility and string a line of remote relay beacon s from the station to an undamaged antenna from which he could broadcast important Rebel data found in the computer complex . For his excellent performance , Tantor was promoted to the rank of commander and placed under Grand General Brashin ' s personal supervision . Nevertheless , he continued to hold the greatest respect for Captain Tulon , who had been reassigned after Brashin found his more traditional values incompatible with the New Order . Commander Tantor ' s next mission was to Sarapin . The data from the Ruul facility revealed that the Rebellion had captured several of the lava planet ' s thermal energy collection plants . Tantor was able to retake the collection facilities , but quickly discovered that the Rebels had captured a drilling station . The drilling station , now out of control , was destabilizing the region and causing rampant seismic activity . Tantor ' s units fought their way to the heavily defended drilling platform , where Dellis was able to shut the drill down just in time to prevent a volcanic eruption and destructive groundquakes . That good news was tempered by two sad announcements from Brashin . First , the Death Star had been destroyed by Rebel starfighters , with massive losses . The deaths of so many talented officers meant that there was a vacuum left for competent commanders to fill — commanders such as Tantor , whom Brashin promoted to major . The second announcement was that Brenn and Dellis would now be parting ways . Dellis had finally been accepted by Imperial Intelligence , to which he had applied before Kalaan , as it had seemed he would not become a stormtrooper . Tantor next managed to catch the attention of the Imperial Sith Lord Darth Vader when he rescued one of Vader ' s favored officers , Colonel Maximilian Veers , from a crashed shuttle during a mission to destroy the Rebel base on the moon Yavin 4 . Tantor later fought a battle on Eos sometime after this in which All Terrain Personal Transport s played a key role . On Empire Day in 1 ABY , Major Tantor was present in the city of Theed on the planet Naboo . There he recruited Imperial loyalists to counteract anti - Imperial propaganda during the festivities . Conflicted loyalties . Tantor , with the irresistible combination of exceptional command skills and the favor of Grand General Brashin and Darth Vader , became one of the top generals in the Empire . When Vader ' s task force discovered the Rebel base on Hoth in 3 ABY , the Sith Lord called in General Tantor to oversee the subsequent battle . Tantor coordinated the assault of Veers ' s Blizzard Force on the Rebel base , issuing the lower - ranking general orders from orbit via the BHCI . Blizzard Force ' s AT - AT walkers routed the Rebels , who were forced to evacuate the icy planet . With the Rebels routed and his prestige in Imperial High Command at colossal levels , Tantor was suddenly dealt a crushing blow . Dellis appeared in his cabin with a classified datadisk and a devastating secret : the Empire had murdered their father . Although they had been told that he was killed in a Rebel attack , the Empire had actually had him executed as an example to other pilots after he lost a shipment of grain to pirates . Even worse , Dellis knew that his superiors were aware of his inquiries , and that he was likely marked for death . General Brashin had assigned him to quell a rebellion on Ruul , and Dellis knew that he would not survive . Dellis swiftly departed , leaving Brenn to ponder this information and question his loyalty to an Empire that had betrayed his family . Tantor ' s next assignment was relatively easy , but a sign of his high position within the Empire . He was entrusted with the knowledge of the Second Death Star ' s location above the forest moon of Endor and ordered to find a suitable site for the groundside shield projector that would protect it . However , his light scouting force was attacked by Ewoks , forcing him to kill many of the natives and destroy several villages that stood on potential shield projector sites . The slaughter of the diminutive natives did nothing to soothe Tantor ' s troubled conscience . He was next assigned to root out a strong Rebel force that had captured the seat of government on Abridon . His force was able to drive the Rebels out of a captured Imperial base , which Tantor then used as a rallying point to call down reinforcements and weather repeated tank assaults until he was able to drive a strong force through the Rebel lines to capture the Abridon Government Center . From there , he withstood a Rebel counteroffensive and captured five Rebel dignitaries sent to convince Abridon ' s government to join the Rebel Alliance . One of these dignitaries was the famous Rebel commander Luke Skywalker . The capture of the most - wanted man in the galaxy was quite a feather in Tantor ' s cap . General Tantor was swiftly sent to destroy the main Rebel base on Abridon . During his briefing , he found a pleasant surprise : his old superior , now - Colonel Tulon , would be commanding an additional task force that would aid Tantor in the attack . Tantor was to use the Tracked Mobile Base , or TR - MB , a prototype mobile command center housing a BHCI and putting him directly on the ground . However , shortly into the mission , things went terribly wrong . Tulon ' s AT - AT suddenly went on a rampage , destroying the rest of his task force and making a beeline for the Rebel base . Tantor , terrified for the life of his mentor , presumably killed or taken hostage by a defector , drove his forces until they overtook and brought down the walker short of the Rebel stronghold . To Tantor ' s utter shock , Tulon " was " the defector . Unable to stomach the brutality of the Empire any longer , he had decided to cast his lot in with the Rebels . Tulon admonished Tantor that the Empire was corrupt and evil , and that the Rebels were the true heroes . Unable to do anything else , Tantor turned his old mentor over to Brashin for imprisonment in the Tarkin Detention Facility . Numb , Tantor continued on , efficiently crushing the Rebel base . However , that was not enough for Brashin . He demanded that Tantor destroy a nearby refugee camp as a show of strength . The conflicted Tantor had finally had enough . Citing Tulon ' s admonishment to be " a soldier , not a murderer , " he refused his superior ' s orders . Furious , Brashin locked Tantor out from communication frequencies and ordered Tantor ' s stormtroopers to attack , telling them the camp was full of Rebels who had disabled the TR - MB , keeping Tantor from giving them the order . Horrified , the general watched as his soldiers massacred innocent civilians . At that moment , Tantor received a strange transmission . His opponent , Rebel general Tyr Taskeen , appeared on his comm line . Taskeen had been able to eavesdrop on the communications between the two Imperial generals , and offered Tantor his personal comm frequency . Though the offer was not explicit , the Rebel was inviting Tantor to defect rather than face the court - martial that doubtless awaited him . Defector . Back in his Star Destroyer , a communication from Brashin delivered the news Tantor had been dreading . Dellis had been killed — in a Rebel attack , according to Brashin — and Brenn Tantor himself was to report to Kalaan to face the consequences of his insubordination . He took the only option left to him . Contacting Taskeen , Tantor told the Rebel general to meet him on Kalaan . On Kalaan , Tantor was tossed into an outdoor cage to spend the night before being court - martialed . Brashin assured him that the outcome would not be in doubt : Tantor would be found guilty and executed . However , Brashin assigned as guards stormtroopers from a unit that had served loyally under Tantor ' s command for years . Gana Lant , one of those stormtroopers , sprang Tantor from prison and arranged for the defection of the entire guard detail . However , Tantor was not content to prove his good intentions simply by bringing a squad of stormtroopers with him . He hijacked the TR - MB , parked nearby , and released Luke Skywalker , who was being held in the same facility . With these significant assets and the help of the Kalaanite resistance , Tantor outfought Imperial patrols and turrets to make his way to Taskeen ' s base . Once evacuated to Taskeen ' s fleet , Tantor wasn ' t met with the heroic welcome he had hoped for . Taskeen , wary of such a highly placed Imperial officer , imprisoned him . Tantor would be forced to prove his loyalty under Taskeen ' s close supervision . Tantor offered Taskeen a plan : if Taskeen would allow him to rescue Beri Tulon from the Tarkin Detention Facility on Ruul , he would be able to combine Tulon ' s inside knowledge with his own tactical genius to deliver an AT - AT to the Alliance . Taskeen , who was cautiously intrigued , gave Tantor the go - ahead , but warned him that he would be under constant scrutiny . Tantor was able to lead a swift commando raid that overpowered Tulon ' s escort before he reached the prison , where he freed Tulon as well as a Ruulian Rebel leader , but was forced to prolong his operations on Ruul when Tulon informed him that he would require an Imperial code to access the AT - AT manufacturing facility on Trasse . Such a code could be found at the nearby computer facility at Sounder Flats . Tantor ' s soldiers were able to hold off Imperial scout walkers and stormtroopers long enough for Tulon to download the codes from the computer complex . After careful preparation , including Tulon ' s training of a special unit of armor - hijacking Infiltrators , they set out for Trasse . The capture of the AT - AT went smoothly , but extraction was complicated by the appearance of a familiar Star Destroyer — " Inquisitor " , Grand General Brashin ' s personal ship . Tantor and Brashin exchanged words before the battle ; Brashin expressed his disappointment in his one - time student , and Tantor offered the grand general a chance to defect . Brashin did not take him up on the offer . Tantor was forced to race to capture a planetary - defense ion cannon and disable the Star Destroyer before he could escape with the precious captured walker . Trusted general . That action gave Taskeen enough confidence in Tantor that he began to entrust the former Imperial with heavier armor and more important missions . Tantor ' s experience with Abridon was a major reason why he was tapped to command a mission to free the planet from the Imperial garrison that he himself had once set up . Tantor was able to smash the Imperial presence in the capital and retake the Government Mound . He also liberated a nearby prison camp . There he found Hamman Flatt , the former lieutenant governor of Abridon whom he had imprisoned on his prior visit . Flatt told the Rebel general , whom he failed to recognize , that Abridon was willing to make available a delivery of Abridon - manufactured A - wings . Tantor was able to capture the shipyards in the war - torn city of Sayan , and a Hover Transport full of pilots safely flew the A - wings to Sullust , where the Rebel fleet was preparing to strike at the Second Death Star . After cleaning out the remaining Imperials in Sayan at the request of the Abridon Nationalists , Tantor participated in 4 ABY ' s Battle of Endor himself . Due to his experience having set up the shield generator , Tantor accompanied General Han Solo and his strike team to Endor in the " Lambda " - class shuttle " Tydirium " . He remained in the shuttle and coordinated the commando team ' s activities using a portable BHCI . The team was able to destroy the shield generator , which allowed the fleet to blow up the orbiting Death Star . Tantor ' s significant role in this crucial battle confirmed both that his Rebel superiors trusted his loyalty and that he was playing an increasingly important role in the Rebellion . Galactic Emperor Palpatine was killed during the battle , and the Alliance soon after transitioned into the Alliance of Free Planets , and later the New Republic . Tantor became a respected commander in the new organization . Two years after Endor , Tantor participated in the New Republic ' s advance into the Core Worlds and along with Admiral Willham Burke , he orchestrated the capture of the worlds Commenor , Gyndine and Reytha . Tantor subsequently reached a personal and professional pinnacle when he commanded the Liberation of Coruscant , after he was given the honor of leading the assault on Coruscant , capital of the Empire , in cooperation with General Rand Talor . Tantor first inserted a force just small enough to avoid detection by Coruscant ' s advanced sensor net near the north pole . That force disabled the sensor nodes in that region and cleared the way for Tantor to land a massive assault force undetected . He next breached the defensive wall along the edge of the planet ' s polar ice cap and captured a series of vital Imperial facilities , including a hospital , repair bay , artillery platforms , and walker storage depots . Tantor pushed on to the final battleground : the Imperial Palace itself . Facing off against the ferocious Imperial defense , commanded by his old nemesis Grand General Brashin , Tantor pounded through layer after layer of Imperial armor , weapons emplacements , and air support until a final infantry invasion secured the Imperial Palace . It was with that capture that Tantor received stunning news . Rebel troopers , clearing a secret Imperial dungeon in the Palace , had found an unexpected prisoner : Dellis Tantor . Overjoyed that the brother whose death had haunted him for years had in fact escaped execution , Brenn met Dellis in an emotional reunion . Walking onto the steps of the Palace , they met Tyr Taskeen , who welcomed Dellis into the Rebel fold with the words , " Welcome to the next chapter in the history of the galaxy . " Personality and traits . Brenn Tantor began his Imperial career as an eager young recruit seeking to spread order , peace , and justice by serving in the stormtrooper corps . Excelling in the Academy , he quickly picked up a strong knowledge of tactics and eagerly looked forward to becoming a stormtrooper . However , Tantor was dealt the first of many blows to his enthusiasm and idealism when he and his brother were refused entrance to the stormtrooper corps . Cattena Squadron adopted them , but even that held disappointment as none of its members held much affection for the boys . Brenn ' s strong drive led him to work even harder to earn Cattena ' s approval when even Dellis began to give up , but he never did gain it before he was promoted to lieutenant and transferred out . With his appointment to officer status and selection for an elite project , Tantor ' s enthusiasm and determination were redoubled . However , Tulon ' s reassignment left Tantor without a mentor and wondering why Tulon had been determined unfit . His isolation was only increased when Dellis was assigned to Imperial Intelligence . Brenn saw him only sporadically over the next year and not at all for two years after that . Brashin and Tantor retained a good working relationship , but Brashin was not particularly friendly . While respected by his men , Tantor was isolated from them by command . Though he succeeded militarily , Tantor dashed from one hotspot to another with little in the way of a social life or friendships . Between Dellis ' s revelation that the Empire had killed their father and the massacres of the Ewoks on Endor , Brenn entered a moody , brooding period in which he was forced to wrestle with his conscience . Beri Tulon ' s attempted defection and capture , the massacre on Abridon , and the news of Dellis ' s death only increased Tantor ' s depression , giving him nightmares . Tyr Taskeen and , once rescued , Beri Tulon returned some companionship to his life , but Tantor remained driven to defeat the Empire and prove himself while still haunted by his past misdeeds and the presumed death of his brother . Aboard the " Tydirium " en route to Endor , he experienced a hallucination , seeing Dellis sitting across from him . That guilt and depression characterized Tantor throughout 3 and 4 ABY . However , discovering Dellis during the Battle of Coruscant gave Brenn a genuine second chance at happiness . Behind the scenes . Brenn Tantor was created for the 2000 LucasArts video game " " , in which he was voiced by Jeff Bennett . " " also features the Liberation of Coruscant , but in that game the assault on the Imperial Palace is commanded by Rand Talor . This article assumes that the two worked in cooperation with one another . Tantor made a cameo appearance as a ( NPC ) in the " Star Wars Galaxies " . During the Empire Day live events of 2009 , 2010 , and 2011 , he could be found in Theed handing out quests to players . These quests involved putting up Imperial propaganda posters , or tearing down Rebel posters .