Pello Scrambas Pello Scrambas was a lieutenant in the service of the Royal House of Alderaan . Scrambas ' s father was Tash Scrambas , the captain of the " Qel - Droma " , who served Jedi Master Jorus C ' baoth during the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention . On the last day of the Contention , the younger Scrambas joined the Alderaanian armed forces . Rising to the rank of sergeant , his peers believed that Alderaan would be insulated from the pan - galactic Clone Wars , but Scrambas knew better . He saw combat frequently in the conflict , as General Grievous made his move toward the Core Worlds . After serving in several tours of duty , Scrambas was transferred to Senator Bail Organa ' s personal guard . Despite his new role as a guard , Scrambas still saw plenty of action during the remainder of the war , on planets as diverse as Metalorn , Qalydon , and Boz Pity . When the war came to a close in 19 BBY , Scrambas stayed on with Organa , having formed a close and personal friendship with the senator . Nearly twenty years later , Scrambas came to serve Organa ' s daughter , Princess Leia Organa , who had succeeded her father in the Imperial Senate and had ties to the Alliance to Restore the Republic . It was those ties that attracted the attention of Lord Darth Vader , whose forces boarded the " Tantive IV " in 0 BBY . During the boarding , Scrambas was wounded and captured by Imperial stormtroopers , and was killed shortly afterward , sacrificing himself for the daughter of his trusted friend . Biography . Early career and the Clone Wars . Pello Scrambas was sired by Captain Tash Scrambas of the " Qel - Droma " in either 47 or 43 BBY , during the Republic Classic era . The elder Scrambas took part in the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention , the conflict over what Alderaanian noble house would assume the Viceroyship of Alderaan , serving Jedi moderator Jorus C ' baoth during the crisis , as he did not wish to side with the House of Organa or the House of Antilles . On the day that C ' baoth ended the contention , Pello Scrambas joined Alderaan ' s armed forces , aged fifteen . By 22 BBY , Scrambas held the rank of sergeant , and when the Clone Wars broke out , he was told to expect " limited action " in the coming conflict , as it was thought that the Galactic Republic ' s clone troopers would be able to adequately suppress the Confederacy of Independent Systems . From the perspective of those in the Core Worlds , the conflict was seen as a " brush war , " and one that the Core would be insulated from . Scrambas was not satisfied with the assessment , however , and he was vindicated in his thinking when the Clone Wars spread across the galaxy . Alderaan itself was threatened by the Confederate advance many times , and during Operation Durge ' s Lance , the planet Duro fell to the Confederate General Grievous , making Scrambas ' s homeworld particularly vulnerable . He found himself constantly fighting on the front lines against the Confederacy , and after several tours of duty , he was transferred to the personal guard of Senator Bail Prestor Organa . The Organas . Despite the fact that he was now guarding a senator , Scrambas still found himself actively fighting the Confederacy . Organa participated in the war frequently , witnessing the battles in the Outer Rim Territories , particularly Boz Pity , rescuing waylaid Jedi Knights such as Shaak Ti on Metalorn , and visiting fronts such as Qalydon . During those particular adventures and conflicts , Scrambas and Organa became close friends . In 19 BBY , the war came to a close with the deaths of General Grievous , Confederate leader Count Dooku , and the Separatist Council . In the wake of the war ' s conclusion , former - Supreme Chancellor Palpatine replaced the Republic with the Galactic Empire . After many years of service , Organa was succeeded as senator by his daughter , Princess Leia Organa , and Scrambas , now a lieutenant , came to regard the young woman as he would his own daughter . In 0 BBY , approximately twenty years after first serving Bail Organa directly , Scrambas was aboard the princess ' s CR90 corvette " Tantive IV " when she received a transmission from spies belonging to the Alliance to Restore the Republic containing plans to the Empire ' s new Death Star battlestation . However , Organa ' s corvette was pursued from Toprawa to Tatooine by Darth Vader ' s " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer " Devastator " , and was eventually disabled over the latter world . Scrambas volunteered to lead a detachment to repel potential boarders , so he and his fellow guards were deployed to fight the Imperial teams that stormed the ship . He was hit by blaster fire , Hennessy ' s entry also conflicted with an earlier source , the 1998 " Star Wars Encyclopedia " , which claimed that Scrambas was captured when the Imperial forces attacked the " Tantive IV " , and was never seen again . Despite this , the Databank does not explicitly state that Scrambas perished during the sortie seen at the start of " A New Hope " . Scrambas was also featured and identified in StarWars . com ' s short - lived Visual Guides feature . The character was shown in " Chapter 3 " of the feature .