Aron Harcourt Aron Harcourt was a disgraced former captain of the Imperial Navy , who served administratively on a remote outpost in 0 ABY . Harcourt was once renowned as a hero of the Galactic Empire , commanding the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Anya Karu - " but the " Anya Karu " was destroyed by Rebel saboteurs by 3 BBY and he was forced to abandon ship , leaving it derelict on a desolate planet . He was blamed for the loss of the " Anya Karu " in the subsequent inquiry and removed from the command structure of the Imperial Navy . By 0 ABY , Harcourt decided to have a holograph ic recording of his late wife , Janelle , recovered from the " Anya Karu , " before the wreck was scuttled . Lacking the requisite finances , Harcourt nonetheless enlisted the bounty hunter Boba Fett to recover the hologram . Although the recording was retrieved and Harcourt was able to view it once more , his inability to pay the bounty hunter resulted in Fett terminating his life . Biography . Aron Harcourt was a Human male who began a naval career during the Great Peace of the Republic . While studying at an academy , he met a woman named Janelle , whom he later married . Harcourt ultimately served in the Imperial Navy and was given the captaincy of the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Anya Karu " . He gained a reputation as a hero of the Galactic Empire and was bequeathed a RHTC - 560 Hunter Trainer droid and RHTC - 560 HT Drone s by a Rodian warlord . With nothing for the droids to hunt , Harcourt put them to use as his personal bodyguards , which normally would have been against naval regulation but was allowed due to his renown . By 3 BBY , Alliance to Restore the Republic saboteurs attacked the " Anya Karu " . As a result , Harcourt was forced to give the order to abandon ship . The " Anya Kuro " crashed on a desolate planet as a result of the sabotage , leaving Harcourt subject to an inquiry . Despite his years of service , Harcourt was blamed for the loss of the ship — the captain speculated , however , that the decision was a political attempt to cover up the fact that the Alliance had been able to sabotage an Imperial capital ship . At some later point following the " Anya Karu " wreckage and by 3 BBY , Janelle died , leaving only a brief holograph ic recording of herself to be remembered by . Harcourt treasured the recording and kept it in his personal quarters on the " Anya Karu " . Ultimately Harcourt was removed from the Imperial Navy command structure and placed in charge of a remote outpost . In 0 ABY , he decided to have his hologram of Janelle recovered . The " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer " Adjudicator " had been dispatched to the barren world to scuttle what was left of the wreckage of the " Anya Karu " , if it was destroyed , he would never see his wife again . Harcourt ' s only hope was to enlist the services of the bounty hunter Boba Fett , despite only having enough money to pay for half of Fett ' s fee . Using deceit , the former captain made a deal to pay half of the fee before retrieval of the hologram and another half later . In truth , however , he paid Fett all the money he had up front . The bounty hunter made his way to the wreck of the " Anya Karu " , braving TIE / LN starfighter patrols and Harcourt ' s " bodyguards " before successfully finding the recording of Janelle and bringing it back to the outpost . When Fett presented him with the holorecording , Harcourt immediately began watching the short loop of his wife and reminisced about their first meeting . The former captain was pleased with the bounty hunter ' s work , but when Fett demanded payment , Harcourt was forced to admit that he had nothing with which to pay the bounty hunter . He suggested that he would not tell anyone else if Fett overlooked the shortfall , so as to preserve the bounty hunter ' s reputation , but Harcourt soon realized that Fett was not interested in such a bargain and intended to kill him for the transgression . Reflecting on the holorecording of his wife once more , Harcourt conceded that he had lived a good life , albeit a lonely one in the wake of Janelle ' s death and the loss of his command . He admitted to Fett that he had only wanted to see his wife ' s visage and hear her say his name once more . As Harcourt professed his love for his wife one more time , Fett shot him in the back of the head , ending the former captain ' s life as the holorecording repeated its short loop . Personality and traits . Harcourt was an officer of great distinction , hailed in his own time as a " hero of the Empire . " His position afforded him privileges above and beyond those of a normal Star Destroyer captain , although he could not save himself from being held accountable as a scapegoat for his ship succumbing to Alliance sabotage . Harcourt was critical of the Empire in that instance , musing on the fact that his three decades of dedicated service were not even a consideration during the " Anya Karu " inquiry . Nevertheless , the captain took great pride in his ship even after it had been lost , keeping a model of it on his desk after being reassigned . Harcourt loved his wife dearly , and the feeling was reciprocated by Janelle . After her death , he valued his brief recording of her , to such a degree that he was willing to have his life ended just to see and hear the recording again . He had brown hair , which was graying at the temples , blue eyes , and light skin . Equipment . Harcourt wore the standard olive - green uniform of an Imperial officer while administrating his remote outpost . Behind the scenes . Aron Harcourt first appeared in " " ( 2004 ) , written by Ron Marz and penciled by Adriana Melo . The character was later referenced in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " ( 2008 ) .