Dessard Dessard was a commandant who served the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War . He was stationed at a Wookiee child slave labor camp during the liberation of Kashyyyk . After the Wookiee slave Lumpawaroo escaped , Dessard and his men gave chase . However , they stumbled into a group of adult Wookiees and New Republic soldier s . Dessard ' s men were killed and the Commandant himself was taken prisoner by Waroo ' s father Chewbacca . Biography . Dessard was the Imperial commandant of a Wookiee child slave labor camp on the slopes of Mount Arayakyak on the planet Kashyyyk in 5 ABY . He ruled the enslaved Wookiee children with an iron fist . Prior to the liberation of Kashyyyk , Dessard used inhibitor chips to keep the enslaved Wookiees in line . These inhibitor chips put the Wookiees in extreme pain if they disobeyed orders or tried to escape . The Wookiee charges including Lumpawaroo referred to Dessard and his men as rrraugrah or " milk - skins " . After a team of New Republic operatives and Wookiee rebels led by Han Solo and Chewbacca disabled the inhibitors and ended Grand Moff Lozen Tolruck ' s rule , Dessard ' s camp became one of the Imperial holdouts on Kashyyyk . Dessard and his men briefly managed to reassert control over the Wookiee children by using chains , collars , shock - lance s , and blaster s . However , Dessard and his comrades were demoralized by the news of the Imperial defeat . They often fought among themselves and ceased to clean themselves . One day , Lumpawaroo managed to escape before Dessard could close the pylon - gate . Unwilling to let any of the slaves or his men leave the camp , Dessard and his troops gave chase . Waroo swung through the dying trees of Mount Arayakyak but fell after he came into contact with a spore - pod . Dessard and his men surrounded Waroo . Determined to set an example , Dessard ordered his men to kill the Wookiee slave . However , Dessard ' s men were then gunned down by several adult Wookiee and New Republic soldier s . With the tables turned , Dessard crawled on his hands and knees and knelt before Waroo . One of the Wookiees , Chewbacca , who was Waroo ' s father , then forced Dessard to the ground with a tree - trunk leg . While New Republic soldiers arrested Dessard , Waroo reunited with his father . Personality and traits . Dessard was a vicious little human man with a greasy peak of dark hair . He wore a filthy gray officer ' s uniform following the Liberation of Kashyyyk . Dessard was known to be cruel to the Wookiee child slaves in his care and used various implements including inhibitor chips , chains , collars , shock - lances , and blasters to keep them under control . Dessard and his men were demoralized by news of the liberation of Kashyyyk . Unwilling to concede defeat , Dessard refused to let any of his men or the Wookiee slaves escape his camp and was willing to kill them . When outnumbered and outgunned , Dessard wisely surrendered to Wookiee and New Republic forces . Behind the scenes . Dessard is a minor antagonist in Chuck Wendig ' s 2017 novel " " , the last installment in . He appears in the short interlude chapter Kashyyyk , told through the point of view of Chewbacca ' s son Lumpawaroo .