Saboteur / Legends A saboteur was an individual tasked with disrupting the normal operation of a physical mechanism . Both organic beings and droids were capable of performing acts of sabotage . They were skilled at subtle manipulations designed for simple operation failure or the complete destruction of a target . Saboteurs were highly skilled and often combined the talents of a slicer , mechanic and explosives expert with the skills of a spy or commando . Saboteurs were used by governments , military , corporations , and criminal elements alike . Characteristics . Saboteurs operated covertly using stealth , often infiltrating a location by posing as an individual authorized to be there . They could work individually if infiltrating a single structure or in small teams when their target was an entire complex or covering a larger area . Well trained saboteurs could damage anything from weapons and vehicles to computer systems , and the best of them could subtly manipulate machinery to appear in perfect working order until the designated moment when they would malfunction catastrophically , typically at the moment it will wreak the most havoc . The objectives of a saboteur ranged from simply disabling a particular machine , such as a shield generator or power grid , or the complete destruction of a building , complex or base . Most saboteurs were skilled in multiple fields of expertise due to the various forms and degrees of sabotage they were tasked with . They often had to be able to slice into computer systems and know their way around an engine , as well as be an explosives expert and proficient with many kinds of blasters and melee weapons . They were also required to be convincing performers as they were frequently required to play a role to infiltrate a particular target location . History . During the Clone Wars , the Confederacy of Independent Systems deployed buzz droids , a type of insect - like automaton , in swarms during battlefleet actions to wreak havoc upon starfighter squadrons that happened to fly through a formation of such deployed droids . Buzz droids were equipped with drill heads , plasma cutting torches , circular saw s , prying hooks and pincer arms for disabling their targets . Before the formation of the Rebel Alliance , ex - Clone Wars General Rahm Kota sabotaged Imperial TIE fighter production when he and his militia troops took over a TIE Fighter Construction Facility over Nar Shaddaa . He and his forces were defeated by Darth Vader ' s secret apprentice . Before becoming a Jedi Knight , Kyle Katarn worked as an agent of Alliance to Restore the Republic , often committing acts of sabotage against Imperial targets . While tracking down the origins of the Dark Trooper Project , Katarn infiltrated and destroyed a mining facility on Gromas 16 , halting the Empire ' s flow of phrikite . He later infiltrated and caused the destruction of the " Arc Hammer " , the factory ship where Dark trooper s were produced . Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , the Imperial Star Destroyer " Anya Karu " was destroyed by Rebel Alliance saboteurs . Rather than admit to a defeat by a handful of Rebels , the Empire blamed Captain Aron Harcourt for the ship ' s destruction and demoted him to desk job on Coruscant . The Empire dispatched the " Adjudicator " to destroy the wreckage of the " Anya Karu " to eliminate any evidence of the Rebels ' involvement in its downfall . The Zann Consortium made use of elite commandos , known as Defiler s , that were completely loyal to their leader , Tyber Zann . Defilers were trained to both protect and advance the Consortium ' s influence and power . They were skilled soldiers , enforcers , and saboteurs . They resorted to kidnapping , manipulations , bribery , threats , virtually any means necessary to spread the corruption of the Zann Consortium . Han Solo led a strike team to the forest moon of Endor to destroy the shield generator protecting the Death Star II . After initially being captured by Imperial forces , the strike team was able to plant explosives causing the destruction of the generator . Once the shield was deactivated , Rebel Alliance fighters , led by Lando Calrissian in the " Millennium Falcon " , were able to penetrate the Death Star superstructure and destroy the battle station , ending the dictatorial reign of Emperor Palpatine . After infiltrating Imperial City on Coruscant , Rogue Squadron was able to hijack a Construction droid to take them to the command building . There , they took remote control of one of the orbiting solar mirrors . focusing a light beam from the mirror directly onto one of the planet ' s reservoirs . The flash - boiled water caused a massive electrical storm , overloading the shield station power supply , causing the shields to collapse allowing the New Republic to liberate the planet . Wraith Squadron , a New Republic starfighter squadron , used deception and sabotage on numerous occasions during the campaign to draw Warlord Zsinj into the open . Posing as gang of pirates , they disrupted the warlord ' s supply line . Rather than destroy the " pirate gang " , Zsinj hired them to work for him , allowing the Wraiths closer contact than ever before . Their continued ploy resulted in the destruction of the Star Dreadnought " Razor ' s Kiss " , preventing it from falling into Zsinj ' s hands . Admiral Gial Ackbar ' s personal mechanic , Terpfen was an unwitting sleeper agent for Imperial Ambassador Furgan of Carida . He sabotaged Ackbar ' s personal B - wing / E2 shuttle which caused it to crash into the Cathedral of Winds on Vortex . This accident destroyed the cathedral , killing hundreds of native Vor s and nearly killing Ackbar and his passenger , Leia Organa Solo . After being imprisoned on Yuuzhan ' tar during the Yuuzhan Vong War , Jacen Solo befriended the World Brain . After escaping with Vergere , he revealed that he had left instructions for the World Brain to sabotage the ongoing terraforming in tiny and annoying ways . The Brain made small things go wrong in the process and teach the Yuuzhan Vong to compromise with other species .