967 Commando The 967 Commando was a company of elite soldiers who served in the Galactic Alliance Guard , the secret police organization of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . In 40 ABY the galactic capital world of Coruscant was targeted by terrorists who supported the secessionist movement of Corellia and its allies . As a result Chief of State Cal Omas authorized the formation of the Guard , its membership consisting of operatives and soldiers from various organizations such as the Coruscant Security Force , the Galactic Alliance Intelligence Service , the former New Republic Intelligence Service , and the Galactic Alliance Special Forces . Colonel Jacen Solo , a Jedi Knight and leader of the Guard , assumed direct command of the 967 Commando GAG troopers with his cousin , Lieutenant Ben Skywalker , at his side . The 967 Commando conducted a series of raids in the Corellian - inhabited areas of the Coruscant ecumenopolis under the leadership of their Jedi officers , resulting in mass arrests and the detainment of Galactic City ' s Corellian residents . Their actions were met with the disapproval of the New Jedi Order , who objected to members of Grand Master Luke Skywalker ' s family leading GAG raids . However , some Coruscanti supported the measures taken by Solo and the 967 Commando to prevent further acts of terrorism against their homeworld . During the Second Galactic Civil War , the 967 Commando — along with the Galactic Alliance Guard as a whole — took a more active role in the galaxy - wide conflict between the Galactic Alliance and the newly - formed Confederation . By then , Solo had assumed the mantle of Darth Caedus , Dark Lord of the Sith , with Tahiri Veila as his apprentice . History . When the increasing threat of Corellian terrorism on Coruscant necessitated the creation of a secret police task force , its leadership was offered to the Jedi Mara Jade Skywalker . Although she felt that a hardline stance against terrorists was a natural and necessary course of action , Jade Skywalker declined to accept the commission . In her eyes , no member of the Jedi Order should participate in the mass arrests and internment of civilians of Corellian descent . Nevertheless , Chief of State Cal Omas and Senator G ' vli G ' Sil found a far more supportive Jedi in Jacen Solo , the son of Leia Organa Solo and the nephew of Grand Master Luke Skywalker . By this time , however , Solo had begun a process of becoming a Sith Lord , much like his grandfather before him . As a result , the formation of the Galactic Alliance Guard ( GAG ) was realized and placed under the direct command of the newly commissioned Colonel Jacen Solo . At the colonel ' s behest , the GAG ' s personnel had to be composed of a variety of individuals with different specialties , such as agents and spies of the Intelligence Service , police officers of the Coruscant Security Force ( CSF ) , and elite shock troopers from the Special Forces of the Galactic Alliance . The 967 Commando was among the many units within the GAG that was comprised of members with various skill sets , all of whom were personally selected by Colonel Solo . The soldiers within 967 Commando were regarded as the most superb assets to the Galactic Alliance Guard . The 967 ' s reputation for loyalty , efficiency and dependability resulted in its shock troopers being placed under the direct leadership of Colonel Jacen Solo and Lieutenant Ben Skywalker . Solo was especially careful to recruit soldiers who could be counted on for efficiency in combat and loyalty to the Galactic Alliance . All members of the GAG — as well as 967 — were Human , born and raised on Coruscant , with no ties to Corellia or its secessionist movement . Like the rest of the secret police , the GAG troopers of 967 Commando wore distinctive black plastoid armor and military fatigues ; their faces were obscured by the fully concealing visor of their helmets . Much like their Imperial stormtrooper counterparts , GAG shock troopers were nearly indistinguishable from each other , with the exception of the name tags on their chest plates and their variations in build and height . Officers were aesthetically separated from the rank - and - file shock troopers by ranking marks . A captain had a single gold star on his helmet ; sergeants had three thin gold stripes ; corporals had two . Although their gear was suitable for their role as soldiers , many critics — both civilians and CSF officers — were quick to draw comparisons between GAG troopers and the stormtroopers of the former Galactic Empire . Solo was also well aware of the similarities between 967 Commando and his grandfather ' s 501st Legion . But unlike the detractors who asserted that the Alliance was a new Empire , he greatly admired Darth Vader as an inspirational commander whom he increasingly sought to emulate . After 967 ' s first raid on a Corellian community , Solo discarded his Jedi robes in favor of a GAG uniform out of a desire for optimum efficiency in combat . Some of the most notable soldiers in 967 Commando included Captain Lon Shevu , a former officer in the Coruscant Security Force , who was loyal but also privately disapproved of Jacen Solo ' s methods . Heol Girdun , a former agent of the New Republic Intelligence Service , was mostly responsible for interrogating Corellian prisoners and was particularly notable for his brutal efficiency in that capacity . Corporal Jori Lekauf , a young recruit from the Galactic Alliance Army , was an optimistic soldier who proudly served as a GAG trooper in 967 . As the grandson of Erv Lekauf , an Imperial officer who faithfully served under Darth Vader ' s command , Jori was inspired to fight at the side of Vader ' s descendant . With the exception of Girdun , Ben Skywalker developed a sense of camaraderie with Shevu and Lekauf . The raids conducted by 967 Commando , including the mass arrests and internment of the Corellian population on Coruscant , was recorded and televised throughout the Galactic Alliance by HoloNet News and Entertainment ( HNE ) . The government on Corellia used 967 ' s actions as an excuse to incite further rebellion against the Alliance , but most of the loyalists , particularly the non - Corellian civilians on Coruscant , hailed Solo and 967 for the measures that they took to preserve national security and the safety of the Alliance citizenry on the galactic capital . As Solo continued to lead on the frontlines and by example , his popularity soared with the soldiers of 967 , the entire Galactic Alliance Guard and the Coruscanti civilians . During a raid in the Underlevels of Coruscant , Lieutenant Ben Skywalker and 967 Commando Bravo Company arrested a mercenary named Ailyn Vel , daughter of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Boba Fett , after a brief firefight . The fact that her accomplice was a Corellian agent implicated her for conspiracy to commit terrorist acts , and thus she was detained at the GAG headquarters in the Galactic Justice Center . When Jacen Solo decided to handle her interrogation , he accidentally killed Vel by attempting to prob her mind with the Force . Solo , more frustrated than remorseful , ordered Girdun to question Vel ' s accomplice . Shortly afterward , however , Ben Skywalker discovered that Vel ' s targets were Jacen ' s parents , Leia and Han Solo . After the Galactic Alliance ' s failure to neutralize the Corellians with a blockade of their homeworld , Corellia aligned itself with various other worlds to create the Confederation . Upon declaring itself an independent power , the galaxy was plunged into the Second Galactic Civil War as the Alliance fought to preserve its national sovereignty . But as the conflict worsened , Chief of State Cal Omas considered alternative options to bringing an end to the war , such as negotiation and appeasement . Lieutenant Ben Skywalker , under orders to assassinate Prime Minister Dur Gejjen of Corellia , discovered and recorded a secret meeting between Omas and Gejjen . Once Omas left to return to Coruscant , Skywalker completed his mission and killed Gejjen . The mission was nearly compromised , however , until Jori Lekauf sacrificed his life to protect the confidentiality of the GAG ' s involvement in Gejjen ' s death . Before succumbing to his fatal wounds , Lekauf told the enemy ' s security officers that he was a Corellian terrorist . Skywalker , along with Lon Shevu , used the distraction to escape back to the safety of Coruscant . Shortly afterward , Colonel Jacen Solo learned through the recording that Chief Omas considered removing him and Admiral Cha Niathal through assassination . Escorted by Sergeant Wirut and Trooper Limm of 967 Commando , Solo placed Omas under arrest for high treason against the Galactic Alliance . With Niathal ' s collaboration , the coup d ' état succeeded without bloodshed , as well as the cooperation of the Senate and the armed forces . Solo and Niathal both assumed the office of the Chief of State and established an emergency military government . As Joint Chief of State Number Two , Jacen Solo wielded one half of the authority of the highest executive office in the government . He was later forced to kill his aunt , Mara Jade Skywalker , in self defense after she tried to assassinate him upon learning of his impending ascendency to Sith status . With his training complete , Solo renamed himself " Darth Caedus , " the new Dark Lord of the Sith .