Heol Girdun Heol Girdun was a male Human Galactic Alliance Guard officer at the time of the Second Galactic Civil War , a galactic conflict between the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances and the Corellia - led Confederation . Having served in New Republic Intelligence and later the Galactic Alliance Intelligence Service , Girdun was hand - picked to join the Guard by Galactic Alliance Colonel Jacen Solo . While in the Guard , he helped manage the Galactic Alliance intelligence division during the fight against Corellian terrorists on the Galactic Alliance capital of Coruscant . As such , he took part in interrogating prisoners , including bounty hunter Ailyn Habuur . After the death of Galactic Alliance Chief of State Cal Omas and the subsequent placing of Galactic Alliance Intelligence under control of the GAG , Girdun was put in command of the intelligence organization . Biography . Early life . Heol Girdun was , before the establishment of the Galactic Alliance , an officer in New Republic Intelligence , where he specialized in the interrogation of captured suspects . He also served as a captain in the Coruscant Security Force after the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War in 29 ABY . Later on , Girdun joined the Galactic Alliance ' s intelligence division , Galactic Alliance Intelligence . Counter - terrorist work . In 40 ABY , tensions between the Galactic Alliance and one of its member worlds , Corellia , began to spiral towards an armed confrontation . War finally broke out once Corellian forces actively began trying to remove Galactic Alliance presence from their sector in the Battle of Tralus , bringing many Corellians on the Galactic Alliance capital of Coruscant together under a nationalist banner . Some time after the battle , the Elite Hotel of Coruscant ' s Galactic City was bombed , an attack credited to Corellian terrorist groups active on Coruscant . Realizing the need for action , Galactic Alliance Chief of State Cal Omas established a secret police force to counter the terrorist threat . Leadership of the force was first offered to Jedi Master Mara Jade Skywalker , who refused . Omas ' second choice was Jedi Knight and Galactic Alliance Defense Force colonel Jacen Solo , who accepted the job . The new organization was named the Galactic Alliance Guard , with its members hand - picked by Solo . Girdun , then an officer in the Galactic Alliance Intelligence , was one of those selected by Solo . The Guard quickly went to work , arresting , detaining , and interrogating Corellian terrorist suspects . One such suspect was Ailyn Habuur , a bounty hunter who was arrested by a Guard unit on suspicion of planning an assassination , and was repeatedly tortured by the GAG . Girdun got into a heated argument with Guard captain Lon Shevu over the torture methods utilized by the Galactic Alliance Guard . Girdun , used to using more violent means of interrogating subjects , did not agree with the more passive treatment advocated by Shevu , and the two got into a confrontation . Shevu stood firm , and Girdun eventually walked away , frustrated with Shevu ' s stubbornness . Shevu left the interrogation of Habuur to Girdun , a move that bewildered Jedi apprentice Ben Skywalker , who believed that he was too cruel to be trusted with Habuur ' s treatment . Girdun ' s time in charge of Ailyn Habuur ' s interrogation was not long , as Jacen Solo personally relieved him of that duty citing unacceptably poor results . Solo took over her interrogation himself , and ended up killing her unintentionally . Girdun and Shevu tried to treat her medically to no avail , and she was pronounced dead at the scene . Girdun , having previously interrogated a Corellian agent arrested along with Habuur , was assigned to question three other Corellians who had been detained along with the bounty hunter . It was hoped that he could obtain more information about Habuur ' s target . However , before he could get to work , Skywalker identified Habuur ' s target as Solo ' s father Han Solo due to surveillance images on Habuur ' s datapad , eliminating the need for Girdun to interrogate the other Corellians . Assisting Ben Skywalker . As the war raged on , the removal of Corellian president Dur Gejjen was deemed necessary to the Galactic Alliance war effort . Jacen Solo assigned Ben Skywalker to assassinate Gejjen , and Girdun soon began teaching the boy to track his future target . While teaching Skywalker how to use the surveillance equipment , he was alerted to a recorded conversation between Gejjen and Galactic Alliance Chief of State Cal Omas , picked up about four hours earlier . The conversation was a cease - fire negotiation between Corellia and the Alliance , but Gejjen wanted Solo and Galactic Alliance Defense Force Admiral Cha Niathal removed from office . Girdun , knowing that Gejjen now had to be stopped due to his desires to remove Solo and Niathal , quickly reported this conversation to Solo . Because of his dealings with Gejjen , Cal Omas was quickly removed from the office of Chief of State of the Galactic Alliance , replaced by Cha Niathal . Once Omas had officially been removed from office , Heol Girdun , Lon Shevu and fellow GAG officer Jori Lekauf immediately began training Skywalker to assassinate Dur Gejjen when the time came . Skywalker soon went to the Deep Core planet Vulpter to kill Gejjen after a negotiation with the Alliance . Skywalker successfully assassinated Dur Gejjen , although Jori Lekauf lost his life following a fight with security . Intelligence leader . With Dur Gejjen eliminated , Solo soon turned his attention toward Chief of State Cal Omas , having him eventually imprisoned , where Omas committed suicide . Around the same time as the Chief of State ' s death , Jacen Solo and Cha Niathal rose to power to govern the Galactic Alliance as a duumvirate . After the change in power , the Galactic Alliance Intelligence organization was placed under the command of the GAG . Due to his experience with the intelligence agency , Girdun was appointed the new commander of Galactic Alliance Intelligence . After the assassination of Gejjen , Jacen Solo , having taken up the Sith mantle of Darth Caedus , dueled and killed Jedi Master Mara Jade Skywalker on the planet Kavan , in the Hapes Cluster . Skywalker ' s killer was left unknown to most , and Skywalker ' s son , Ben Skywalker , and Lon Shevu undertook an investigation of their own . The duo decided that they needed to examine Skywalker ' s starfighter , which was stored in the GAG hangar under Girdun ' s watch . While the two tried to inspect Skywalker ' s StealthX , they were happened upon by Girdun . However , he didn ' t suspect a thing , and allowed Shevu and Skywalker to get away . Personality and traits . Because of his long history in intelligence , specializing in interrogating prisoners , Girdun was accustomed to using harsher methods on prisoners . To Ben Skywalker , he seemed callous and cruel to the prisoners , and when Ailyn Habuur was tortured to death in front of him , he was only dismayed , not upset , over the death of the prisoner . Although higher - ranked Galactic Alliance officers were disappointed in Girdun ' s service to the GAG , his long history of work in various intelligence services made him invaluable , eventually fueling his rise to commander of Galactic Alliance Intelligence . As Jacen Solo ' s power in the Alliance military grew , Girdun began to wonder about Solo ' s motivations , openly raising questions about the Jedi ' s actions . Despite his skepticism of Solo , Girdun harbored a slight fear of him after hearing some of the stories told about his brutality . Solo , along with most of the GAG , generally considered Girdun a weaker leader than his colleague , Lon Shevu , and he was generally disliked among the GAG officers . Among the leaders of the GAG , Girdun was seen as overly ambitious , and desperate for a promotion within the military . Behind the scenes . Girdun was first introduced in author Karen Traviss ' novel " " , the second book in the nine - part " Legacy of the Force " series . He later appeared in Traviss ' other two " Legacy of the Force " novels , " " and " " . In " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , Girdun is stated as having served in the Coruscant Security Force ; however , " Bloodlines " originally had him as working in New Republic Intelligence before the war . This article has treated the two former roles as complimentary .