Shoan Kilian Shoan Kilian was a male Human admiral of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars . He was overseeing the actions of Clone Youth Brigade aboard the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Endurance " when it was sabotaged by a young Boba Fett . Later he was captured by the bounty hunters Aurra Sing and Bossk and held hostage along with two clones . Biography . Encounter with Boba Fett . Around 21 BBY , Admiral Kilian oversaw a visit by the Clone Youth Brigade from Kamino . He did not know , however , that amongst the cadets was a young Boba Fett , who had infiltrated the Youth Brigade in an attempt to get close enough to kill the man Boba blamed for his father ' s death Jedi Master Mace Windu - also aboard the Endurance . Kilian witnessed the exceptional skills shown by Fett , who was going under the name " Lucky " , during a targeting exercise , and commented that he was a cadet to watch , not knowing the dark reality behind the young clone . When Boba Fett tried to kill Windu with a hidden explosive charge , Kilian was standing at the bridge and checked the ship for any damage caused by the explosion . He reported that the Endurance would remain in orbit over the planet Vanqor and he wouldn ' t allow the ship to become a fat and easy target for the separatists , with which he ended his transmission to the Jedi . With the cruiser slowly diving into the atmosphere of Vanqor , the Admiral felt it was his duty to send the Clone Youth Brigade to the escape pods , though he told the young clones that this was for training purposes and said that the whole event would be good for telling a story back at the base . After the cadets had left , he ordered a clone to send a distress beacon - the ship was going down . The Jedi attempted to convince Kilian to leave the Endurance , but Admiral Kilian refused to leave his vessel behind , binding himself to the old traditions of the good captain going down with his ship . The Jedi decided that they could not change the Admiral ' s mind and left to help gather the escape pods . A few clones of the command bridge crew along with Clone Commander Ponds stayed to help the admiral . Afterwards , the ship entered the atmosphere and crashed on Vanqor . At that point the communication with the cruiser , its Admiral and the clones was lost . The Jedi assumed that Kilian and all aboard were killed in the crash , but the Admiral was amongst the survivors captured by the bounty hunters who soon attacked the wreckage . Admiral Killian , along with Ponds and a clone officer , were taken hostage by Boba Fett , with the assistance of bounty hunters Aurra Sing , Bossk , and Castas . Aboard " Slave I " , the admiral tried to reason with Boba , saying he was not like Aurra Sing and the other bounty hunters . After Sing ' s broadcasting of them and Ponds ' s murder , Killian and the clone officer were taken to Florrum to wait for Windu to come . When Plo Koon and Ahsoka Tano arrived and Bossk lost communications with Sing , Bossk prepared to shoot Kilian and the clone officer . Before he could do so , however , Ahsoka arrived and subdued Bossk . Ahsoka then freed Kilian and the clone officer and Kilian held Bossk at bay with the Trandoshan ' s own gun . Personality and traits . Admiral Kilian lived by age - old spacer traditions . After Boba Fett ' s actions caused the " Endurance " ' s orbit around the planet Vanqor to disintegrate , Kilian insisted on staying with his ship until the end . He did not expect any other officers present at the time , including the Jedi , to understand this decision . Behind the scenes . Kilian first appeared in " Death Trap , " the twentieth episode of the ' . The character was named after " The Clone Wars " concept artist Kilian Plunkett . His voice was provided by Julian Holloway , a actor who gave the character a accent .