Slavin Slavin was a male human Imperial officer who served as a captain during the Imperial occupation of Ryloth . He served under Grand Admiral Thrawn when several members of the Phoenix Cell attacked Ryloth to retrive the Syndulla clan ' s Kalikori . Slavin was a rival of Cham Syndulla , the leader of a rebel group that he fought on Ryloth , and as such took an opportunity to capture Syndulla ' s daughter Hera during the attack . Later on , Slavin was summoned on board the " Chimaera " to be interviewed as part of Thrawn ' s investigation into the identity of a rebel spy in the Imperial ranks . Some time after , he was in command of a Star Destroyer sent to the Tonnis sector to pick up a giant kyber crystal for delivery to the construction site of the Death Star . However , the freighter carrying the crystal had been set to explode by Saw Gerrera . When the crystal blew , it destroyed Slavin ' s Star Destroyer , killing him . Biography . Age of the Empire . The Ryloth insurrection . In 2 BBY , Slavin fought the Free Ryloth movement under General Cham Syndulla . At first , Slavin and his trooper s ' attacks were clumsy . However , Slavin was able to make his attacks swifter and more precise when the Chiss Grand Admiral Thrawn arrived . Slavin and his forces were then able to occupy the Tann Province . There , Slavin established his headquarters in Syndulla ' s home . Later , Cham ' s daughter Hera Syndulla and her fellow rebels Chopper and Ezra Bridger infiltrated the Syndulla residence in an attempt to retrieve the Kalikori , a priceless Twi ' lek artifact that belonged to Hera ' s late mother . Hera and her rebel team had managed to retrieve the Kalikori from Cham ' s office and tried to sneak out through the front door . However , Captain Slavin entered the building with Thrawn and two stormtrooper s . After ordering the stormtroopers to stand guard , Slavin told Thrawn about the recent rebel attack at Tulara Ravine . Despite having increased operations , Slavin was perplexed at why the rebels were attacking far from their base . At that point , Thrawn sensed movement behind the separators and remarked that the rebels were nearer than they thought . After a failed attempt to escape through the basement , Hera and her team made a second attempt to go through the front door . Chopper , who was disguised as an Imperial astromech droid , tried to distract the stormtroopers while Hera headed to the door . However , Hera ran into both Slavin and Thrawn . Mistaking Hera for a servant , Slavin told her to move out of the way and reprimanded her for leaving the kitchens . Hera apologized and turned to retreat . However , Thrawn took an interest in her and ordered his men to arrest her . Ezra , who was disguised as a scout trooper , cuffed Hera . Slavin followed Thrawn and Hera into his office . There , Hera pretended to be an impoverished servant who wanted to steal the Kalikori only to feed her family . Slavin wanted to make an example of Hera . However , Thrawn deduced that the Kalikori was more valuable then Slavin realized and asked the Captain if he understood the significance of the object . When Slavin described the Kalikori as a " primitive trinket , " Thrawn pointed out that it was a priceless Twi ' lek heirloom . Trouble with the Syndullas . When Thrawn questioned Hera further , Slavin disparaged the Twi ' lek woman as a mere servant . At that point , Hera spoke up and told the Imperials that her people would never give up their struggle to be free . Slavin was about to chastise Hera when Thrawn scolded him for embarrassing himself . Thrawn then pointed out that the servant was none other than Hera Syndulla , the daughter of the Twi ' lek rebel leader Cham Syndulla . Thrawn then stun ned Ezra after the scout trooper made a sudden move . Slavin was shocked that Thrawn had outed Hera ' s rebel colleague and asked how he knew . Thrawn coolly responded that the rebels always had friends around them . Slavin later accompanied Thrawn to Hera ' s cell where Thrawn talked about the significance of the Kalikori . When Slavin interjected again , Thrawn apologized for his colleague ' s behavior and thanked Hera for her " hospitality . " After leaving the cell , Thrawn gave Slavin orders to deliver the Kalikori to his " Arquitens " - class command cruiser . When Slavin suggested destroying the object , Thrawn lost his temper momentarily and grabbed Slavin by the collar of his tunic . Thrawn then apologized and lamented that Slavin did not appreciate art like he did . He then departed to observe an " experiment " while leaving Slavin in charge of further operations . Assuming command , Captain Slavin contacted Cham via hologram and offered a deal . If Cham agreed to surrender himself by dawn , he would free his daughter Hera and Ezra . If he refused , Slavin threatened to execute the prisoner s . Cham agreed to the deal . Slavin then proceeded with the second stage of his plan which involved positing gunners around the hangar bay to trap the " Ghost " , the VCX - 100 light freighter that served as the base for Hera ' s rebels . However , Chopper discovered Slavin ' s plans and alerted Hera , who ordered the droid to steal explosives from the Imperial armory and plant them around her house . At dawn , Slavin led Hera and Ezra to the hangar to initiate the exchange with Cham . Cham arrived aboard the " Ghost " and Slavin agreed to a simultaneous exchange . As Hera met her father , she apologized that she was about to destroy the house . At that point , Chopper emerged and ignited the explosives , knocking Slavin and his men to the ground . Slavin ordered his men to fire . One of them fired a rocket at the " Ghost " , but Hera ' s fellow rebel Kanan Jarrus used the Force to direct the rocket back at an AT - DP walker , knocking it to the ground . Slavin sustained a wound on one of his arms and watched as the rebels fled aboard the " Ghost " . When a dejected Slavin contacted Thrawn to inform the Grand Admiral of the debacle , Thrawn calmly responded that he found the " experiment " enlightening . Thrawn ' s investigation . Some time later , Slavin was among several officers , including Captain Brunson and Commander Brom Titus , who were called onboard Thrawn ' s Star Destroyer , the " Chimaera " , as part of the Grand Admiral ' s investigation into the identity of a rebel spy in the local Imperial ranks . Agent Alexsandr Kallus and Lieutenant Yogar Lyste saw Slavin , Brunson and Titus being escorted out of Thrawn ' s office after their interviews were concluded . Kyber crystal delivery . In 1 BBY , Slavin , now in command of his own Star Destroyer , was sent to the Tonnis sector to meet Freighter 2716 , which was disguised as a civilian ship and carrying a giant kyber crystal intended for the construction of the Death Star . Unbeknownst to Slavin , the rebels Saw Gerrera , Sabine Wren , Ezra and Chopper had infiltrated the ship . Gerrera , after discovering the freighter ' s cargo , rigged the crystal up to the ship ' s hyperdrive , creating a bomb . After the freighter dropped out of hyperspace , Slavin was informed by an officer that a rebel ship was approaching . Slavin ordered the crew to open fire on the ship , but quickly called off the attack after it neared the freighter , aware of the kyber crystal ' s destructive properties . Unbeknownst to him , Gerrera had damaged the hyperdrive , starting a chain reaction which ultimately caused the crystal , unstable due to its size , to catastrophically explode . The rebels had fled the freighter by then , Gerrera in his U - wing and Ezra , Sabine and Chopper aboard the freighter ' s " Lambda " - class shuttle with a group of prisoners being transported aboard . When Slavin saw the shuttle pass over the bridge , he wondered where Commander DT - F16 , who the shuttle had been intended for , was going . A bridge technician told Slavin that they were scanning something going critical mass on the freighter , and Slavin realized too late that the crystal was about to explode . His fears were true , as the crystal shortly blew up , creating an explosion that engulfed both the freighter and his Star Destroyer , killing him in the process . Personality and traits . Slavin was a Captain in the Imperial Military during the Age of the Empire . He was a clumsy strategist who failed to contain the Free Ryloth movement until Grand Admiral Thrawn arrived on the scene . Under Thrawn ' s guidance , Slavin made gains against the Free Ryloth rebels . Slavin was a rude and haughty man who looked down on the Twi ' lek servants at the former Syndulla household . He had little appreciation for art and dismissed the Kalikori as a primitive " trinket " that should be destroyed . Slavin ' s exasperated Thrawn to the extent that the Chiss Grand Admiral once grabbed Slavin by the collar of his tunic . While Slavin devised a plot to trap both Cham and the Spectres by proposing a prisoner exchange , he failed to take into account the presence of the disguised rebel droid Chopper . Slavin was later given command of his own Star Destroyer . As a commander , Slavin ordered his crew not to fire on a freighter carrying a large Kyber crystal due to the volatile nature of the crystal . Unaware that Saw Gerrera had rigged the freighter to explode , Slavin ordered his crew to dock with the freighter . This decision cost the lives of Slavin and all his crew , who perished in a subsequent explosion . Behind the scenes . Slavin first appeared in the " Star Wars Rebels " episode " Hera ' s Heroes " , which premiered on Disney XD on October 15 , 2016 . He is voiced by André Sogliuzzo , who also voiced the clone troopers in " " .