Zuke " Zuke " was the nickname of an Special Commando Advanced Recon trooper in Task Force 99 , a squad within the Galactic Empire ' s Stormtrooper Corps . Zuke served as the squad ' s specialist in heavy weapons and explosives . Zuke participated in Task Force 99 ' s mission to the Ghost Moon in order to exterminate a group of Rebels hiding there . Biography . Skirmish on the Ghost Moon . Zuke served in Task Force 99 for years , growing close with his fellow Stormtrooper specialists . After the death of the Task Force ' s previous sergeant , the team was reassigned under the command of Sergeant Kreel . Early into Kreel ' s tenure with the team , an Alliance to Restore the Republic shuttle was shot down over the Ghost Moon , and Kreel and his team were sent in to learn what its crew were doing in such a remote area . Zuke deployed with the rest of his squad , and utilized his skill with heavy weapons to destroy a Rebel Sniper nest . When the Rebels fielded a Armored Assault Tank , Zuke claimed that his rocket wouldn ' t pierce the tanks armor , leading the new Sergeant to order a retreat into the sewers below . While Zuke was opposed to the retreat order and voiced his displeasure , he begrudgingly followed the order nonetheless . In the sewers , when Kreel was attacked by a Dianoga , Zuke prevented the rest of his squad from helping their new leader , allowing him his first opportunity to prove himself a worthy successor to the previous commander . When the SCAR squad detonated an explosive trap and knocked the tank into the sewers , Zuke was as surprised as the rest of his allies when their new leader drew a Lightsaber to finally disable it , allowing the Task Force to capture its valuable crew - Admiral Verette for interrogation . From their victory on the Ghost Moon , Zuke and the rest of Task Force 99 learned of a covert Rebel operation to hijack the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Harbinger " . The mission was planned jointly by Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker , and Admiral Verette was on the way to meet them and take command of the Star Destroyer ' s helm when he was captured by the SCAR squad . After revealing this information , the squad informed Darth Vader , who sent them to retake the stolen ship . The " Harbinger " . The Task Force scouted out The Harbinger for several days before finally making their assault . First , they strapped the captive Admiral Verette to the outside of his own shuttle and launched it at the ship as a distraction . While Luke Skywalker and Sana Starros investigated the approaching shuttle , Zuke and his team covertly flew a " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttle into one of the many unguarded holes in the Star Destroy - confident that with more than half the vessel ' s scanners down , and the Rebels being forced to run a skeleton crew , they would enter undetected . Once inside , Zuke made his way to secure the engine room and stop the Rebels from reaching their destination . He first blindly fired a rocket into the room , hoping to take anyone inside unaware , but only succeeding in alerting Chewbacca to his incoming presence and giving the Wookiee the opportunity to hide . When Zuke informed the rest of his squad that the engine room seemed clear aside from C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , Chewbacca assaulted him from the ceiling above , knocking his weapon from his hand . Thanks to his massive size and strength , however , Zuke was able to fight the Wookiee in hand - to - hand on even terms , but Chewbacca ultimately gained the upper hand and threw Zuke across the room , knocking him into the reactor controls and triggering an electric surge that both repowered the reactor and left Zuke scorched and unresponsive on the floor . Despite his injuries , Zuke was able to escape , capturing C - 3PO along the way . While Darth Vader chided Kreel and his team for failing to stop the Rebels , they were able to avoid his wrath by presenting the captured Protocol droid as proof that the SCAR team " never comes home empty handed " .