Sakas Sakas was a Mikkian female soldier who fought for the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War . She was a member of the Pathfinders , an Alliance Special Forces unit commanded by General Han Solo , and fought alongside Sergeant Kes Dameron during the raid at the Wretch of Tayron in the weeks following the Battle of Endor . In the course of the raid , she and Dameron destroyed an All Terrain Scout Transport that , when it crashed , destroyed part of the outer wall along the Imperial Security Bureau base that the Pathfinders were assaulting . As a result , the Pathfinders were able to enter the base , where they hacked into the Imperial network and learned a number of the Empire ' s secrets — including the commencement of , a potentially devastating Imperial attack carried out against a number of planet s in the galaxy . Biography . Raid at the Wretch of Tayron . Sakas fought as a soldier in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War , the Alliance ' s struggle to overthrow the Galactic Empire . Nearly three weeks after the Battle of Endor , in which the Alliance delivered a devastating blow to the Empire by destroying its Death Star II superweapon and defeating Emperor Palpatine , Sakas served with the Pathfinders , an Alliance Special Forces unit under the command of General Han Solo , in a raid on an Imperial Security Bureau black site at the Wretch of Tayron in the Outer Rim Territories . Before the raid commenced , members of the Pathfinders took different positions throughout the area . Sakas was positioned with Sergeant Kes Dameron on a ridge overlooking the base , where they prepared to fire a missile at their target . Once all teams reported they were ready to commence with the attack , Solo gave the order to fire . Dameron fired the missile at an All Terrain Scout Transport inside the base ' s walls , which exposed an opening when the walker crashed through and destroyed a section of the wall . Sakas and Dameron , who reported to Solo that an entrance was exposed , charged through the breach and opened fire on the Imperial forces they found inside . Together , they took out several stormtrooper s , scout trooper s , and a 74 - Z speeder bike . Dameron was nearly cornered by a scout trooper , and Sakas called out to warn him of the impending attack . The sergeant was saved by the timely arrival of Chewbacca , General Solo ' s Wookiee companion . Entering the base . Solo and the rest of the Pathfinders arrived soon thereafter , and the team assembled to wait for their protocol droid , C - 3PO , whose job it was to hack into the Imperial computer s . Once the droid arrived , the Pathfinders entered the base and fought their way through Imperial forces . They confronted the base ' s commander , who attempted to flee to the base ' s computer network so he could wipe its data before the Rebel team got to it . Once confronted , however , the commanding officer offered his surrender , and the Pathfinders secured the base . Sakas was present in the base ' s command center when C - 3PO hacked into the computers and uncovered Imperial secrets , including the launch of , an Imperial contingency order that targeted a number of planet s in the galaxy as retribution for the Emperor ' s death . The actions of Sakas and the Pathfinders at the Wretch of Tayron gave the Alliance the chance to fight against Operation : Cinder and stop the Imperial attacks when they were unleashed , including on the Emperor ' s homeworld of Naboo . Personality and traits . Sakas was a pink - skinned , blue - eye d Mikkian female . Equipment . During the raid at the Wretch of Tayron , Sakas donned the standard uniform of the Pathfinders , which they wore during and after the Battle of Endor . She wielded an A280 blaster rifle during the raid . Behind the scenes . Sakas was introduced in the 2015 comic book " Shattered Empire , Part III " . The comic was written by Greg Rucka , and the art for the panels in which Sakas appeared was drawn by Marco Checchetto . In a post on his Tumblr page , dated October 15 , 2015 , Marvel Comics editor Jordan D . White confirmed that Sakas is a member of the Mikkian species .