Marsen Marsen was a male lieutenant in service to the Galactic Empire in 3 ABY . He was present during the Battle of Hoth in which he was acting as a lieutenant with the Imperial ground battle group . When Lord Starkiller killed Captain Keenah , Marsen was assigned to Starkiller as his new liaison for the rest of the battle . During the rest of Starkiller ' s mission , Marsen provided him with technical details about the Rebels ' technology . When Starkiller found Luke Skywalker , they had a brief encounter in which Skywalker escaped . Marsen then contacted Starkiller and passed on Emperor Palpatine ' s orders that the young Jedi had to be taken alive , if possible . Biography . Early career . In 3 ABY , Marsen served as a lieutenant in the Galactic Empire . When the Galactic Empire acknowledged that the planet Hoth had a Rebel presence during that yea , an Imperial armada was sent to the planet to wipe out the Rebel presence . The Empire dispatched Starkiller with the Imperial force , knowing that the young Rebel Jedi who destroyed the Death Star , Luke Skywalker was present with them . During the the ensuing battle , Marsen was directing the Imperial ' s ground group assault against the Rebel ' s Echo Base . During the battle , Starkiller killed his personal liaison , Captain Keenah , leaving that position " vacant " . When Marsen discovered this , he assigned himself as Starkiller ' s new liaison during the rest of the battle . At some point during the mission , Starkiller encountered a power shield generator , which prevented him from contnuing forward . Marsen contacted Starkiller , indicating how to disable the shields and get past the Rebels ' doors . Battle of Hoth . After Starkiller penetrated the shield barriers , he arrived in the center of Echo Base , where he quickly dispatched the Rebels present there . Marsen then informed Starkiller that their forces had destroyed the shield generator that protected the base and that their troops would be arriving in moments . After Starkiller dispatched more Rebels , Marsen informed him that they were more Rebels ahead of him and that they might have a commander with them . When Starkiller arrived thre , he discovered Luke Skywalker , and after a small briefing they began to fight with each other . When Starkiller was about to capture Skywalker , the young Jedi escaped , leaving Starkiller with three wampas . Then Lieutenant Marsen spoke to him informing that the Emperor wanted Skywalker alive if possible . After Starkiller reached another Rebel command center , the 501st troops arrived to help Starkiller repel the Rebel forces ahead . This allowed Starkiller to travel faster across Echo Base and repel remaining Rebels and wampas . After Marsen informed Starkiller of more 501st troops arriving , he told him how to reach the principal Rebel hangar , where Starkiller fought against Luke Skywalker again . Starkiller made Skywalker fall to the dark side of the Force by telling him that he killed his father Darth Vader . Then Starkiller fought with Skywalker a second time , but this time , Skywalker was using the dark side because of Starkiller ' s comment . After the short duel , Starkiller managed to defeat Skywalker again , cutting off his right arm with his lightsaber . However , before Starkiller could kill him , the Millennium Falcon flew over Starkiller , who knew that Skywalker ' s friends were onboard . He held the ship with the Force and threatened to kill Skywalker ' s friends unless Skywalker used his anger to kill him . Skywalker then released red Force lightning against Starkiller , distracting him from the ship , but Starkiller deflected Skywalker ' s rays back on him . Skywalker managed to save his friends at the cost of becoming Starkiller ' s Sith apprentice . Personality and traits . Marsen , a lieutenant serving in the Imperial Military , was assigned to assist the Empire as a ground troops lieutenant during the Battle of Hoth . Although he knew that Starkiller killed his liaison in less than three minutes , he auto - assigned himself as Starkiller ' s new personal liaison putting his life in risk . Marsen demonstrated his knowledge about mechanics and shield generators during his explanation of the mission to Starkiller . He used the phrase " My lord " in his conversations with Starkiller . Behind the scenes . Lietuenant Marsen made his only appearance in the non - canon Hoth mission level of " " , in which he was the replace of Keenah , the personal captain of Lord Starkiller , who lasted just three minutes with him . The level in which Marsen did his only non - canon appearance was an exclusive level for the game , but it was later released to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Store for the general download .