Gideon Hask Gideon Hask , nicknamed " Gid , " was a human male native of the planet Kuat . During the Galactic Civil War , Hask served as a soldier and starfighter pilot before joining the ranks of Inferno Squad — an elite commando unit of the Galactic Empire . After witnessing the destruction of the second Death Star at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , Hask and his team were reassigned to , a plan devised by Emperor Sheev Palpatine to devastate several worlds in the event of his death . His support for the late Emperor ' s plan brought Hask into direct conflict with his teammates , Commander Iden Versio and Del Meeko , both of whom defected to the New Republic as a result of the execution of Operation : Cinder on Vardos — a planet noted for its loyalty to the Empire . Promoted to the rank of Commander by Admiral Garrick Versio , Iden ' s father , Hask supported the Imperial remnant led by Counselor Gallius Rax against the forces of the Republic at the Battle of Jakku in 5 ABY . Although Hask survived an encounter with his former commanding officer , the Empire was ultimately defeated and compelled to capitulate to the Republic , ending the war as well as the reign of the Empire . In the years that followed the conclusion of the Galactic Civil War , Hask went on to become an officer of the First Order , a military junta founded in the Unknown Regions by a group of Imperials who rejected the war ' s outcome and the subsequent rise of the New Republic . In addition to serving as commander of the " Resurgent " - class Star Destroyer " Retribution " by 34 ABY , he was also a participant in Project Resurrection — a clandestine operation which aimed to conscript children for the purpose of training them to become stormtroopers . In the same year , the Republic capital world of Hosnian Prime was destroyed by the First Order ' s Starkiller superweapon , although Hask was killed shortly afterward during a final confrontation between himself and Iden Versio . Biography . In the Empire . A native of the planet Kuat , Hask studied at the Coruscant Imperial University where he graduated at the top of his class . Sometime after leaving the Imperial Academy , Hask served aboard the " Mandate " and earned the Crimson Star for exceptional performances against his enemies along with a promotion . After the Battle of Yavin , Hask , along with Senior Lieutenant Iden Versio , Del Meeko and Seyn Marana , was drafted into Inferno Squad , a Special Forces unit in the Imperial Military , by Admiral Garrick Versio . Hask participated in Inferno ' s first mission : to infiltrate and destroy the Dreamers , which was a success , though it also brought the death of Marana . Hask went on to participate with Inferno in conducting special operations throughout the Galactic Civil War , and , in 4 ABY , fought at the Battle of Endor , which saw the death of Emperor Palpatine and the destruction of the second Death Star . Hask flew alongside Iden at the battle of Fondor , fighting against a Rebel attack on Moff Raythe , whose Star Destroyer transported satellite s to be used as part of . However , when this climate disruption array attacked the Versio homeworld of Vardos , Iden and Meeko both went rogue , though Hask remained loyal to the Empire , succeeding in their original mission to extract Protectorate Gleb to Admiral Versio , who promoted Hask to Commander . While Iden and Meeko reformed Inferno Squad in the New Republic , Hask continued to serve Admiral Versio and the shattering Empire in the last year of the Galactic Civil War . He oversaw fueling operations on Chinook Station at Bespin and evaded capture when Iden and Meeko undertook a mission to the station . Hask went on to fight at the Battle of Jakku , where he took to the skies in a TIE interceptor and engaged in a dogfight with Iden . Iden shot him down , however , seemingly killing him . The Empire went on to lose the battle and was forced to surrender to the Republic and sign the Galactic Concordance . Secretly , however , a select group of Imperial officer s and loyalists were able to flee into the Unknown Regions of the galaxy , Hask among them , as part of the secret Contingency . There , they formed the First Order , and Hask became an officer within the new faction . In the First Order . Thirty years after the Battle of Jakku , Meeko and the " Corvus " were captured by Jinata Security , which was in league with the First Order . Hask confronted his former squad mate one last time before killing him personally . He ordered Protectorate Gleb to bury the bodies of Meeko and his crew , but to leave the " Corvus " alone , hoping to lure Iden into a trap and kill her as well . A time later , Resistance member and friend of Iden , Shriv Suurgav , found the " Corvus " empty , concerned by this he contacted Iden . After they seemingly found out Del was on Vardos being held by Gleb they returned there to find him and Gleb , but when they arrived , they found Gleb had been executed by Hask and the First Order . Hask later revealed to them that he killed Meeko in revenge for when he and Iden defected thirty years prior . He then ordered the Corvus destroyed in an attempt to kill Zay but Zay had survived in an escape pod . He then ordered to have Vardos burned and have Iden and Shriv interrogated for information on the Resistance and then executed but a battle erupted between J - Sec and First Order forces . Hask returned to the " Retribution " but Iden , Zay , and Shriv had followed him in stolen Tie Fighters . They boarded the ship just as it entered hyperspace and went to destroy the hyperdrive with charges . Predicting this , Hask snuck up on them and held Zay at gunpoint just as she had armed the last charge and began taunting Iden to shoot him , but she dropped her weapon as she didn ' t want to risk hitting Zay . Disappointed in her cowardice he berated her and aimed his pistol at her to kill her but Zay broke free of Hask ' s grip and tossed a blaster to Iden where he was shot and fell off the catwalk and down into the bottomless pit of the hyperdrive core , killing him . Personality and traits . Unlike the rest of his comrades in Inferno Squad , because of the tragic events that happened to his family when he was still but a small boy , Gideon Hask was completely devoted to the Galactic Empire and later the First Order , thinking the Rebels as traitors to the Empire and never once questioning the intentions of both factions . Following Iden and Del ' s " betrayal " and defection to the Rebellion , he did not hesitate to hunt and kill either of them . When he discovered Del three decades later , he had been disillusioned by Del and his wife ' s weakness after the Galactic Civil War and was willing to make sure that they both pay the price for betraying the Empire at all cost . Behind the scenes . Gideon Hask was portrayed by Paul Blackthorne in " Star Wars Battlefront II " .