Tol dosLla Tol dosLla was a Human native of the planet Ukio . The eldest son of Gol dosLa , the Ukian Overliege , dosLla served as the spokesman for the government . A capable and renowned politician , dosLla was expected to succeed his father . In 9 ABY , Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn waged a military campaign against the New Republic . Late in his campaign , Thrawn targeted Ukio , intent on capturing it and acquiring its food production and processing facilities for his military forces . Following a brief engagement against the planet — where Thrawn effectively employed cloaking technology to fool the Ukians into believing that he possessed a superweapon capable of firing through a planetary shield — dosLla negotiated Ukio ' s surrender to Thrawn . Despite being overmatched , dosLla was able to successfully demand guarantees of safety for the Ukian people and their land during the Imperial occupation . Biography . Tol dosLla was a Human native of the planet Ukio , an agricultural world in the Abrion sector of the Outer Rim Territories . DosLla was the eldest son of the Ukian Overliege , Gol dosLa , and by 9 ABY , he served as the spokesman for him . A capable politician , dosLla was considered to be the next in line for the position of Overliege . In 9 ABY , during the military campaign propagated by Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn against the New Republic , Ukio was one of the targets selected by Thrawn . The Grand Admiral wanted Ukio ' s extensive agricultural production and processing facilities to supply his military forces , and devised a strategy to render Ukio defenseless . Staging feints against a number of other worlds , Thrawn stretched the local New Republic forces thinly across the region . With the New Republic engaging Imperial forces in multiple systems , Ukio was left defenseless . Leading a task force into the system headed by his flagship , the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Chimaera " , Thrawn demanded that Ukio surrender to the Empire . Initially , the Ukians did not respond to Thrawn ' s ultimatum , issuing a distress call to the New Republic base at Ord Pardron , which provided for their local defense . Due to Thrawn ' s feints , however , Ord Pardron was unable to respond . Despite this , the Ukians felt secure , as they had a planetary shield that surrounded their world . Thrawn expected this , and had already tasked a pair of freighters with civilian registries to insert several cloaked cruisers below the planetary shield by guiding them in under tow . Using careful positioning and calculated timing — along with the Force powers of the clone Dark Jedi Joruus C ' baoth — Thrawn created a ruse that made it appear that turbolaser fire from the " Chimaera " was penetrating the planetary shield and striking at targets on the surface . In reality , the " Chimaera " fire was dissipating harmlessly on the shield , and the cloaked cruisers — positioned directly in line with the " Chimaera " turbolaser fire — were firing the devastating shots from within the atmosphere . With the destruction of two Ukian military air bases , dosLla contacted Thrawn on behalf of the Overliege to request a cessation to the orbital bombardment and to discuss their terms of surrender . Thrawn , wishing to take the planet with its defenses intact , ordered dosLla to recall all military forces , lower the planetary shield and allow his forces to take control of the shield generators and all ground - to - space weapons . Despite these changes , as long as the Ukian people behaved , Thrawn assured them that their societal and political structure would remain untouched . Suspicious , dosLla inquired about forced conscription and war - level taxation . Since Thrawn had attained cloning facilities on the planet Wayland , he had no need for conscripts and assured dosLla that Ukio ' s young people would not be called upon . He also told dosLla that , instead of war - level taxation , Ukio ' s contribution to the war effort would come from supplying Imperial forces with food from their extensive agriculture industry . Despite knowing that Thrawn ' s changes were the first steps in transforming Ukio into a supply depot for the Empire , dosLla knew that he had no alternative but to comply with the Grand Admiral ' s demands , since failure to do so would lead to the destruction of Ukio and its society . Defeated but defiant , dosLla informed Thrawn that they were lowering the planetary shields as a gesture of good faith , but before the shield generators and weapons were turned over , he wanted guarantees regarding the safety of the Ukian people under Imperial rule . Thrawn , knowing that allowing the Ukian people to surrender with dignity would stall the inevitable resistance to their control , informed dosLla that a representative would be dispatched to discuss terms from the Overliege . With no objections , dosLla ordered the shield lowered so that Imperial forces could take up preliminary defensive positions . Personality and traits . Well known as a capable and effective politician , Tol dosLla was respected across Ukio . He possessed an agreeable nature , and was very soft spoken . However , he was not afraid to speak his mind , and used his gentle nature to talk individuals around to his way of thinking ; this was a strategy that dosLla used on several occasions during his career . DosLla was chosen as the representative of the Overliege to negotiate Ukio ' s surrender to Imperial forces led by Grand Admiral Thrawn in 9 ABY . Despite facing overwhelming firepower — and the belief that Thrawn had somehow developed turbolaser capabilities that were able to fire through an intact planetary shield — dosLla was strong enough in his negotiations to demand assurances regarding the safety of the Ukian people and their land . Skills and abilities . DosLla was knowledgeable about the Ukian bureaucracy , and had an understanding of other alien species and languages . He was very knowledgeable about the business of agriculture , and was experienced in valuing the price of foodstuffs and obtaining the best price for them . Equipment . DosLla always carried a datapad that contained the harvest production schedules . Behind the scenes . Tol dosLla first appeared in " The Last Command " , the third book of the " " , written by Timothy Zahn . He subsequently appeared in the first issue of the comic book adaptation of the " The Last Command " . DosLla also gained a small capsule entry in the " The Last Command Sourcebook " , published by West End Games , which was reprinted in " The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook " . Despite Ukians being described in " The Last Command Sourcebook " as hairless , green - skinned and red - eyed , the depiction of dosLla in " The Last Command 1 " portrayed him as a Human with light skin , brown hair and a beard . As other Humans , such as the Rebel scout Janse and the Imperial scout trooper Oberk , are known to have been born on Ukio , this article assumes that dosLla is a Human of Ukian nationality . DosLla ' s name has also been misspelled in various sources ; both his first appearance in " The Last Command " and the comic issue " The Last Command 1 " spelled his name as " Tol dosLla . " However , the name was spelled as " dosLa , " without the second " l , " in " The Last Command Sourcebook " . This spelling extended to the name of Gol dosLa , the character ' s father . " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in 2009 , used the double " l " spelling , effectively canon izing that name as the correct spelling . Since no mention was made of his father in the " Encyclopedia " , his father still retains the dosLa surname .