Chiron ( lieutenant ) Chiron was a lieutenant of the Galactic Empire , stationed at the Academy for Young Imperials on Lothal . He was an enthusiastic officer who would often lead Imperial cadet s in song during morning runs . Chiron took a special liking to one such cadet the Academy , Zare Leonis , believing him to be a fine example of a model officer and often tried protect Leonis from the more officious bureaucrat s within the Academy . He , along with Sergeant Currahee , recommended Leonis ' s transfer to the advanced Arkanis Academy , over the objections of Captain Piers Roddance . As the Empire tightened its grip on Lothal , he seemed to grow increasingly uneasy with the Empire ' s tactics , though was careful to not express open dissatisfaction , and also seemed to be aware that the Empire was spying on its own officers . Leonis appreciated Chiron ' s support , but sometimes felt guilty , as he was engaged in treason ous activity , working against the Empire as he tried to discover the fate of his sister , Dhara Leonis , who was a cadet herself who had been identified by the Empire as a Force - sensitive and taken as part of Project Harvester . Following the execution of Commandant Cumberlayne Aresko and Taskmaster Myles Grint , there was a shakeup in the ruling structure of the Academy for Young Imperials . Roddance was placed in temporary command of the Academy and Chiron was transferred to the Arkanis Academy by Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin to investigate a confidential matter . He wished for Chiron to investigate the Commandant ' s Cadets , a secret society created by the Arkanis Academy ' s head , Commandant Brendol Hux . There , he was reunited with Leonis who was subsequently exposed for treason . Chiron ' s end came when he was unable to break his loyalty to the Empire even when confronted with direct evidence that everything he had suspected about the Empire ' s corruption was true . During Zare Leonis ' s rescue of his sister , he came face - to - face with Dhara Leonis . Zare Leonis pleaded with him , telling him that what had happened to his sister was proof of everything he had said . Chiron , however , insisted that he surrender , adamant that he would receive a fair hearing . When Zare still refused , Chiron said that he would do his duty , but Dhara would not allow things to continue . She drew upon the power of the Force to summon chunks of rocks and metal , which buried Chiron and his accompanying stormtrooper s . Before escaping , Zare closed Chiron ' s lifeless eye s . Biography . Moving to Lothal . Chiron served as a lieutenant in the Imperial Military during the Age of the Empire . Several years before the Battle of Yavin , Chiron and another Imperial officer Sergeant Currahee transferred from the planet Marleyvane to the Outer Rim planet of Lothal where they took up position at the Academy for Young Imperials , a one - year junior academy that prepared adolescents for further training at the Empire ' s specialized military academies offworld . His arrival coincided with a growing rebel insurgency on Lothal . During his time at the Academy for Young Imperials , Chiron was regarded as an enthusiastic officer who would often lead the cadets in song during morning runs . His cheerful and approachable demeanor contrasted with the harsh and abrasive persona of Sergeant Currahee , who was feared among the cadets for her fiery temper . Enter Zare Leonis . During the orientation period , Chiron befriended a cadet named Zare Leonis , a secret rebel sympathizer who had infiltrated the Academy to find his missing sister Dhara . Chiron ' s first encounter with Leonis took place when he intervened to stop a scrap between Leonis and Nazhros Oleg , a bully who had been picking on a weaker cadet named Pandak Symes . Chiron issued Oleg with two demerits before summoning Leonis for a private meeting in his office . While Chiron understood that Leonis had intended to protect Symes from Oleg , he explained that the Academy ' s orientation program was designed to instill the importance of avoiding failure among the cadets . When Leonis explained that Symes wanted to live up to parental expectations and suggested that the Empire find a place for such a " dedicated " cadet , Chiron regretted that this was not the Empire that they served . Chiron then turned his attention to a different topic : Leonis ' motives for joining the Academy . Having read Leonis ' file , Chiron was aware that Leonis was the younger sister of Dhara , a star cadet who had allegedly run away from the Academy the previous year . Taking a genuine interest in Leonis ' difficult family circumstances , Chiron privately expressed his doubts that a promising cadet like Dhara would have simply abandoned the Academy . Leonis admitted that he and his parents shared Chiron ' s doubts but placed his hopes in the Imperial authorities ' efforts to rescue his sister . Chiron then made a promise to make a few inquiries into Dhara ' s disappearance at Imperial headquarters . While Leonis did not doubt the lieutenant ' s sincerity , he feared that Chiron might discover his and his girlfriend Merei Spanjaf ' s own secret efforts to find Dhara . Near the end of the orientation period , Chiron and Currahee continued guiding the cadets through their training . When Oleg complained through his helmet about having to learn ballistics , he lectured the cadet for forgetting that the speakers in his helmet had no volume setting before issuing a demerit . Chiron and Currahee were later present when the cadets embarked on a grueling field exercise which involved them being deployed from a " Sentinel " - class landing craft into a lake and then advancing forward on land to a prearranged rendezvous point . This exercise marked the finale of the orientation period and was designed to " winnow the unworthy " out of the cadet population . After Symes suffered a nervous breakdown during the field exercise , he decided to exit his Academy training . Following the exercise , Leonis discussed his experiences during the exercise with Chiron , who had become his mentor . While Leonis had been " killed " during the exercise , Chiron commended the cadet for showing initiative , encouraging teamwork , and improvising when things went wrong . He regarded these as essential hallmarks of good leadership . When Leonis queried about Symes , Chiron gently explained that a soldier could not quit under fire . Knowing that Leonis had been a grav - ball player , Chiron likened that situation to a fullback not performing his role properly during a grav - ball match . Training and mentoring . After the orientation period , Lieutenant Chiron and Sergeant Currahee continued supervising the cadets as they embarked on a series of training assessments in the Well , a purpose - built chamber that was designed to simulate a wide variety of obstacle courses and challenges . In the meantime , Chiron used his position at the Imperial Academy to make inquiries into Dhara ' s disappearance at Imperial headquarters in Lothal ' s Capital City . However , these efforts drew the attention of Captain Piers Roddance , who visited both Leonis and Chiron to warn them to stay out of the Empire ' s official investigation efforts . While Chiron took it as a sign that the Empire was finally taking Dhara ' s case seriously , Leonis rightfully suspected that the Empire was covering up the true reason for her disappearance . Following a particularly bruising exercise in the Well , Leonis confided his doubts to Chiron . Leonis was concerned that the Academy training program was sending conflicting messages to the cadets . While cadets were taught the value of teamwork , the training assessments seemed to be encouraging cadets to adopt a selfish streak . Leonis cited the case of his fellow Unit Aurek member Oleg , who had not only abandoned his unit but also shoved another cadet named Uzall to win a place in the top three winners . In response , Chiron explained that the assessment phase was designed to simulate the conflicting priorities that an Imperial officer would have to face in the field . He also added that goals often changed during missions and welcomed Leonis ' questions as a sign that he had the potential to become an Imperial Military officer . Later during the term , a young rebel named Ezra Bridger infiltrated the Imperial Academy disguised as a transfer cadet from Pretor Flats Academy named " Dev Morgan . " Unknown to Chiron and his colleagues , Morgan and Leonis established a secret alliance to steal a decoder from the Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus ' office at Imperial headquarters . Morgan ' s rebel associates needed it to access the coordinates of an Imperial kyber crystal shipment while Leonis ' girlfriend Merei needed it to hack into the Imperial data network on Lothal to assist Leonis ' quest to find his sister . After learning that the Grand Inquisitor had taken an interest in Morgan and another cadet named Jai Kell , the two rebellious cadets staged a breakout . Believing that the Inquisitor was the same person who had kindapped Dhara , Leonis and Morgan were unwilling to let Kell endure the same fate . While Morgan and Kell fled into hiding , Leonis stayed behind to find his sister . Zare Leonis managed to hide his involvement with Morgan by pretending to open fire on the fleeing rebels ' landspeeder . Following the rebel attack , the Academy for Young Imperials was placed on lockdown for several hours . During that period , Chiron was ordered to " babysit " Leonis , who was regarded as a hero by the Imperial authorities for taking on the rebels despite being outnumbered . The lieutenant praised Leonis for his bravery and assured him that he should not blame himself for what had happened . Chiron also accepted Leonis ' story that Morgan and Kell had been traitors and that he had tried to stop them . Shortly later , Leonis was summoned for a meeting with the Academy ' s head Commandant Cumberlayne Aresko , Agent Kallus , and the Grand Inquisitor himself . The Imperial crackdown . Following the rebel attack on the Imperial Academy , Leonis learned from his girlfriend Merei that Dhara had not run away . Instead , she had been kidnapped and forcibly inducted into a secret Imperial program known as Project Harvester , which was based at a secret facility connected to the Imperial Academy on the planet Arkanis . Since they had accessed the information through illicit means , Leonis did not disclose this information to Lieutenant Chiron . While he regarded Chiron as a good and trustworthy person , Leonis knew that the lieutenant was still loyal to the Empire and bound to uphold the law . During a routine morning run , Lieutenant Chiron and Sergeant Currahee took the cadets past a building site that had been designated as BlasTech ' s new weapons lab on Lothal . Chiron informed the cadets that the Emperor had chosen Lotal for another key defense facility that would open in the following spring . Later , Chiron and Currahee directed the cadets to a training exercise that was being supervised by Captain Roddance . This was a live - fire exercise that involved using decommissioned droids as " high - priority targets " . In response to the rebel attack on the Academy , the Imperial authorities began interviewing cadets to investigate any signs of disloyalty or illegal activities . Lieutenant Chiron was originally assigned to interrogate Zare Leonis and regarded the interrogation program as political nonsense that wasted valuable training time . Nonetheless , he complied with his orders and politely questioned Leonis about his involvement or knowledge of any act of treason against the Empire . Before he could finish the interview , Chiron was interrupted by Captain Roddance , who took over the interrogation . Unlike Chiron , Roddance rightfully believed that Leonis was involved in illegal activities based on circumstance evidence linking him to known rebels like Dev Morgan , Jai Kell , and Beck Ollet . However , Roddance ' s efforts to dig dirt on Leonis proved unsuccessful and he was forced to release him . Following a rebel attack on the Empire Day festivities in Capital City , Governor Arihnda Pryce launched a planetwide crackdown on crime and seditious activities . Under the orders of Captain Roddance , all field exercises were suspended and Imperial cadets were to be used to assist law enforcement operations in Capital City . Lieutenant Chiron and Sergeant Currahee assisted the crackdown by assigning different pairs of cadets to scan each grid of city blocks for illegal activities . In an effort to provoke Leonis into committing a crime , Captain Roddance arranged for him to be paired up with Oleg ; knowing that the two cadets did not get on well . On the first day of the crackdown , Oleg used coercive tactics to bully local residents into revealing a long list of petty violations and unsubstantiated treasonous rumors within their allocated grid . While Oleg ' s bullying tactics won him the praise of Captain Roddance , Lieutenant Chiron expressed concerns about the cadet ' s heavy - handedness . He pointed out that many Lothalian citizens were still unfamiliar with the new policy of custom duties and suggested educating the public rather than issuing fines or making arrests . In response , the Captain accused Chiron of condoning evasion . When Chiron responded that he was merely asking Roddance to clarify to the cadets which violations were serious enough to warrant their attention , the Captain responded that every violation was important since they were an attack on the social order . When Leonis questioned the scope of the Empire ' s crackdown , Captain Roddance reiterated that disloyalty was a threat to the Empire ; emphasizing that disloyal thoughts led to disloyal statements and disloyal actions . Captain Roddance then warned the cadets that he would be investigating their backgrounds before dismissing the assembly . Protecting Leonis . In response to Captain Roddance ' s efforts to break Leonis , Chiron embarked on a plan to protect the cadet . With the support of Currahee and Commandant Aresko , the Lieutenant recommended that Leonis be transferred to the Arkanis Academy for officer training the next Fall . However , he ran into opposition from Captain Roddance . On the second day of the crackdown , Leonis was forced to participate in an operation to place the children of fugitives into " protective custody . " Despite his ethical unease , Leonis did his best to carry out his duty in a humane manner . Later that evening , he confided his misgivings to Chiron . Knowing that the Empire was spying on its own officers , Chiron continued his conversation with Leonis outside the room under the pretext of conducting a lesson on troop transport maintenance . While Chiron was personally outraged that the Empire was seizing children , he conceded that they had to comply with Agent Kallus ' " specific orders . " He also assured Leonis that the children were being well - cared for . During their conversation , Chiron warned Leonis that Roddance was looking for every opportunity to get him expelled from the Academy . He then disclosed his ongoing efforts to get Leonis transferred to the Arkanis Academy the following autumn and hoped that the cadet would become an exemplary Imperial officer . In the meantime , he advised Leonis to " hold on a little longer . " As the crackdown escalated , Oleg and Leonis were picked to lead a stormtrooper raid on a group of smuggler s operating from a warehouse in the outskirts of Capital City . When Oleg discovered that two of the smugglers were his uncles , he tried to shield them from prosecution by ordering his men to release them and to seal their contraband . In response , Leonis took charge of the situation and ordered his men to arrest the smugglers while relieving Oleg of his duties . Following the incident , the Grand Inquisitor , who was investigating Leonis ' links to Morgan ' s rebel cell , fast - tracked Leonis ' Arkanis transfer to a matter of days under the pretext of rewarding the young cadet for his loyalty to the Empire . Prior to Leonis ' departure , Lieutenant Chiron encountered Leonis , who was corresponding with an astromech droid . Unknown to Chiron , this particular astromech droid was Chopper , a member of the crew of the " Ghost " and one of Morgan ' s rebel comrades . Chopper had passed a secret query from Ezra regarding a planned Imperial operation at the Lothal City Capitol Building . When Chiron asked what the droid wanted , Leonis lied that the droid had spotted him dropping his code cylinder . Chiron spotted black paint on Leonis ' trousers and thought that the droid must have received a recent touch - up at a repair shop . Chiron congratulated Leonis for his successful transfer and shook hands with the cadet . He also complimented Leonis for persevering despite the strains placed by his sister Dhara ' s disappearance , the rebel attack on the Academy , and the recent security crackdown . Unaware of the Grand Inquisitor ' s investigation , he took Leonis ' fast - tracked transfer to Arkanis as a sign that his colleagues had finally realized Leonis ' potential . As a sign of good will to his former student , Chiron cleared Leonis ' duties for the following day so that he could return home to farewell his parents . Despite departing on good terms , Leonis felt bad about having to deceive Chiron in order to fulfill his mission . Assignment to Arkanis . Following the execution of Commandant Aresko and Taskmaster Grint under the orders of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin , there was a shake - up at the Academy for Young Imperials . Captain Roddance was temporarily placed in charge of the Academy . Major Cass , Governor Tarkin ' s aide , also assigned Lieutenant Chiron to investigate a confidential matter at the Arkanis Academy . Tarkin had heard rumors that the local Commandant Brendol Hux had created a secret society within the Arkanis Academy known as the Commandant ' s Cadets , which consisted of handpicked cadets . Since Hux ' s actions constituted a threat to the official Imperial chain of command , Cass had dispatched Chiron to investigate the matter . For this mission , Chiron was equipped with a code cylinder that gave him access to Area Null , a secretive tower in the Academy that housed several Imperial programs including Project Unity and Project Harvester . After landing on Arkanis , Chiron sent a message to Zare Leonis , telling the cadet to report to his new office during the first free period in the morning . After exchanging pleasantries , Chiron revealed the purpose behind his recent transfer to Arkanis . While Leonis was aware about the existence of the Commandant ' s Cadets , he feigned ignorance of the matter since he feared that Chiron ' s suspicions might jeopardize his own plans to infiltrate Area Null where he hoped to find his missing sister Dhara . Instead , Leonis asked why Grand Moff Tarkin would take an interest in events at the Arkanis Academy . Chiron replied that Commandant Hux was a man that inspired " strong loyalties " independent of the official Imperial chain of command . He assured Leonis that he was only there to investigate . Out of respect for his mentor , Leonis reluctantly agreed to assist Chiron and told him to wait a day or two . Chiron accepted Leonis ' offer and praised the cadet for his reliability . When Leonis questioned Chiron about the Grand Inquisitor , the lieutenant revealed that the Inquisitor had perished during a skirmish with the Spectres . Unaware of Leonis ' rebel sympathies , Chiron then reassured the Cadet that it was an isolated incident which did not pose a danger to his parents or anyone on Lothal . Shortly later , Leonis received an invitation to join the Commandant ' s Cadets . To pass the test , he had to kill a fellow cadet named Penn Zarang while making it look like an accident . The Cadets even supplied him with an E - 11 blaster rifle that had been set to fire full - intensity bolts . Unwilling to murder a fellow cadet , Zare promptly informed Lieutenant Chiron who devised a plan to fake Zarang ' s death . Chiron vowed to stop the Commandant ' s Cadets and planned to cross - reference the names of the Cadets with training accidents and other suspicious incidents . As part of the plan , Zare brought Cadet Zarang two hours after lights out to the diplopod pen near the edge of the woods . To distract the Commandant ' s droid DeeDee , he gave the droid a special assignment that would avoid her encountering Leonis and Zarang . After rousing Penn from his sleep , Leonis led him to the diplopod pen where they were joined by Lieutenant Chiron , who was wearing a dark cloak . Under Chiron ' s instructions , the three Imperials dug a pit and buried a large bag containing a side of nerf . Chiron ' s plan was to use the rotting nerf meat to pass for Zarang ' s body . Chiron reassured Penn that he was here to protect him so that he could fulfill his ambition of becoming an Imperial officer . In the meantime , Chiron instructed Zarang to lie low until his investigation had finished . The lieutenant also promised that he would arrange for Zarang to be transferred to another Academy . Zare then reassured Penn that they could trust Chiron . After burying the rotting nerf meat , Leonis told the Commandant ' s Cadets that he had personally killed Zarang during the night . When the Cadets inspected the grave , they found a cadet ' s jacket . Before they could dig further , they were overcome by the stench of the dead nerf , which they assumed was Zarang ' s corpse . Having passed the test , Leonis was formally invited to join the Commandant ' s Cadets . Before Leonis could be formally inducted into the secret society , he was exposed as a traitor by Beck Ollet , his former classmate from Lothal . Ollet had been inducted into an Imperial rehabilitation program known as Project Unity , which involved extensive drugging and brainwashing . Confronting the Truth . Lieutenant Chiron was devastated by the news that his friend and former student , Zare Leonis , had been exposed as a traitor and rebel . He attended Leonis ' trial at the ceremonial chamber within Area Null . Commandant Hux and his favored Cadets also attended the proceedings , which were presided by Colonel Julyan . During the trial , Leonis pleaded guilty to several charges including fraudulent enlistment , disobeying lawful orders , conduct unbecoming a cadet , dereliction of duty , aiding the Empire ' s enemies , espionage , sedition , and treason . Chiron was visibly upset when Leonis pleaded guilty to all the charges and delivered a speech condemning the wrongs committed by the Empire . However , Leonis omitted to mention the true purpose for Chiron ' s presence on Arkanis out of respect for his former mentor . At the end of the proceedings , Colonel Julyan formally expelled Leonis from Imperial service and sentenced him to death . Later that night , Chiron visited Zare Leonis ' cell and asked the former cadet why he had not told him about his involvement in the rebellion . Chiron reiterated that he had done everything he could to help Leonis including finding his sister . When pressed by Leonis , Chiron acknowledged that the Empire had committed errors but insisted that they were abuses committed by a " misguided few . " Zare disagreed and responded that Chiron was misguided for believing that the Empire was a force for good . When Chiron offered to get Zare ' s sentence commuted to enrollment in Project Unity , Leonis rejected the offer since he did not want to end up in the same drugged and brainwashed state as his former friend Ollet . Chiron then managed to convince Leonis to talk with Beck in the hope of changing his mind . Beck visited Leonis but failed to sway the former cadet , who refused to accept the Empire ' s rationale for justifying atrocities like the massacre of farmers in Lothal ' s Westhills . Following the meeting , Chiron conceded that it was impossible to " reason " with Zare and asked him what he wanted for his last meal in the morning . When Zare joked that he wanted a properly prepared nerf steak brought by a pirate captain with a fast ship , Chiron politely declined the offer and asked if he could have the privilege of bring Leonis ' last meal before his execution . Leonis then requested that his former friend Beck bring his last meal , which consisted of two blossoming jogan fruit s . Unknown to Chiron , this request was merely a ploy by Zare to break out of his cell . Using the jogan fruit blossoms , he succeeded in breaking Beck ' s brainwashing and enlisted his support to rescue his sister Dhara . After overpowering their stormtrooper captors , Zare and Beck were joined by several other rebels including Zare ' s girlfriend Merei Spanjaf , her mother Jessa , and three rebels from the Lothalian rebel cell known as the Spectres . Following a gunfight in Area Null , Leonis and his rebel allies succeeded in freeing Dhara from her cell . Before they could escape the tower , Lieutenant Chiron arrived in the cell bay with four stormtroopers and cornered his former student Zare along with Dhara and Merei . Armed with a blaster , Chiron ordered Zare and his companions to surrender and pleaded with him not to force him to kill them . In response , Zare introduced his newly - freed sister Dhara to Chiron as evidence of one of the Empire ' s long list of wrongdoings . Chiron tried to reason with Leonis , telling him to drop his gun for the sake of his sister . Zare responded that the Empire that Chiron believed in was a lie that only existed in his head . Chiron was visibly distressed when he realized that Leonis was telling the truth about the Empire . However , he was unwilling to turn against the Empire that he cherished . Instead , the lieutenant promised that he would investigate every wrongdoing and see that justice was served . However , he reiterated that he would still do his duty . Before anybody could react , Dhara used her Force powers to summon down blocks of rock and metal over Chiron and his men , crushing them to death . Prior to departing , Zare knelt beside Chiron and closed his eye s out of respect for the man who had been his former friend and mentor . Personality and traits . Chiron was a physically fit Imperial officer who enjoyed singing during the morning runs . Several cadets including Zare Leonis and Jai Kell noted that he did not tire easily . He was also known for his pleasant and approachable demeanor . He struck a friendship with Leonis and became an informal mentor to the young cadet , whom he viewed as a worthy prospective Imperial officer . Chiron did his best to address Leonis ' questions about the training program at the Academy for Young Imperials . He also took a genuine interest in the plight of Leonis ' missing sister Dhara and made inquiries into Imperial efforts to rescue her . While Chiron was loyal to the Galactic Empire , he was not completely blind to the Empire ' s increasingly heavy - handed policies towards the inhabitants of Lothal . On one occasion , he suggested that the Imperial authorities focus on educating Lothalians about the new taxation policies rather than fining or jailing them . On another occasion , Chiron was outraged that his colleagues had embarked on a policy of detaining the children of fugitives in order to force their parents to surrender . Despite his unease and disquiet about certain Imperial policies , Chiron still regarded the Empire as a force for good in the galaxy . Behind the scenes . Lieutenant Chiron first appeared in " " . He was named after the wise , a character from the who trained such heroes as , , and . Chiron was created early in the series as " the good Imperial , " a character that author Jason Fry knew early would become part of the endgame for the series . Fry also had the manner of Chiron ' s death in mind from the beginning of the series , but struggled with the logistics of the scene .