Kale Longo Kale Longo , known in the Imperial system as Inmate ICN 544450 , was a prisoner onboard the Imperial prison barge " Purge " alongside his brother , Trig Longo . The barge broke down during its mission to transport a shipment of prisoners to a detention moon . Kale and his brother were two of six survivors on the " Purge " after a recon team contracted and spread a deadly disease from a nearby derelict Star Destroyer . Biography . " Purge " . Kale was captured along with his brother , Trig , and father , Von , during a routine sweep made by an Imperial patrol . Accused of smuggling , the three were placed aboard the " Purge " , which would transport them and 500 other inmates to an outlying penal moon . During the voyage , Von managed to establish an uneasy relationship with the leader of the Delphanian Face Gang , Sixtus Cleft . The gang agreed to leave Von and his family alone , provided Von would be able to supply the group with stolen weapons and equipment . After Von ' s death , Kale attempted to continue dealings . Upon meeting with the gang , Kale learned that Sixtus had been killed , with his right - hand man , Aur Myss , taking his place . The Delphanian betrayed them and ordered his men to kill the brothers . Kale grabbed and forcibly removed several piercings in Myss ' face , wounding him and supplying them with enough time to escape to the upper levels of the " Purge " . In retaliation , Myss placed a ten thousand credit bounty for the death of Trig and Kale . Myss also bribed a guard and was transferred to a cell adjacent to Kale and Trig ' s . When the plague eventually reached the " Purge " , the brothers were unaffected . Hearing screams and smelling the dead bodies in the cells around them as other inmates and the barge ' s guards fell victim to the virus . During this time , Kale wrote an unfinished and unsigned letter to his father and hid it under his mattress , though Trig found the letter and added content to it without his brother ' s knowledge . Upon being released by Wembly , a guard familiar with the Longo brothers , Kale and Trig were almost immediately attacked by Aur Myss . Kale thrust a knife through Myss ' s skull , killing him instantly . The two brothers made their way to an escape pod , but encountered Jareth Sartoris . The prison guard left in the pod , leaving Kale and Trig behind . They made their way to the escape pod on the other side of the " Purge " , but were unable to expedite its use without the relevant launch codes . The brothers journeyed to the barge ' s command center , fleeing the dead who had arisen due to the plague . While attempting to escape the barge , Kale was injured by the reanimated body of his father . He escaped and they boarded the " Vector " , along with Zahara Cody , Han Solo , and Chewbacca . " Vector " . Kale was unable to walk due to the bite and so stayed behind with Cody while Han , Chewbacca , and Trig went to the command center to disable the tractor beam to effect an escape . The bite from his dead father was affecting Kale , and soon a large chunk of flesh was gone from his leg . It began spreading up his body , but Cody cut into his abdomen and removed the fluid that was killing him . However , the zombies , now carrying blasters , made their way to Cody and Kale and began firing at them . Kale told her to leave him , but she refused . Kale was killed by a bolt that struck him in the head , Zahara relized that he took the bolt because it was going to hit her . The entire right side of his face was gone forcing Cody to leave him . Death and zombies . Kale ' s body was re - infected with the plague , and it arose from the dead . Trig came across Kale , and only seeing half his face , did not yet realize his older brother was dead . Trig followed Kale into a room full of dead bodies piled on top of one another nearly to the ceiling , but couldn ' t find Kale anywhere . Horrified at the sight , Trig was unable to make a sound until finally letting out a combination of " help " and " Kale . " As if on cue , Kale burrowed out of the pile and started towards Trig ; however , due to the fact that he was wearing a stormtrooper helmet , Trig only saw him as another of the infected . Trig climbed up the pile of bodies and escaped through a ventilation shaft , but was followed . Eventually , the creature caught up to Trig , and the helmet fell off , revealing to a shocked Trig that the thing following him was his brother . Kale dropped on top of Trig and tried to bite him . Realizing his brother was dead and there was nothing to change the fact , Trig pushed Kale out of the vent , his body plunging hundreds of meters down into the abyss surrounding the engine turbine .