Belkor Dray Belkor Dray was a human male who served as an Imperial colonel on the planet Ryloth . Belkor , seeking advancement , secretly supported the anti - Empire Free Ryloth movement in order undermine his superior , Moff Delian Mors , for years committing treason against the Galactic Empire . After the Free Ryloth leader Cham Syndulla received intelligence that Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader would be visiting Ryloth , Belkor was coerced into assisting with the assassination attempt . Belkor managed to convince Cham to send his resistance fighters to assassinate Moff Mors during the confusion of the attack . During the Free Ryloth movement ' s attack on Vader ' s Imperial Star Destroyer " Perilous " , Belkor maintained his cover by leading the Imperial rescue efforts while secretly leaking information to the rebels . Despite their efforts , the Emperor , Lord Vader , and Mors survived the attacks and managed to retreat to Ryloth . While flying a recon craft , Belkor helped the Free Ryloth movement in their efforts to hunt down the Emperor and the Sith Lords . Belkor also tried to cover his tracks by telling his men that Mors was a traitor . However , Moff Mors managed to reassert her control over the Imperial forces . She located Belkor and executed him for his treason against the Empire . Biography . Background . Belkor Dray was a Colonel in the Imperial Military who was stationed on the Outer Rim planet Ryloth during the Age of the Empire . When Moff Delian Mors became lax with carrying out her duties on Ryloth , choosing to spend her time doing various illegal activities , she placed Belkor Dray in charge of maintaining the Imperial forces on the planet . For years afterwards , Dray supplied information to Cham Syndulla ' s Free Ryloth movement in an effort to discredit and remove Mors from office . Chafing under Moff Mors . After Darth Vader personally neutralized a group of Free Ryloth hijackers who had hijacked an Imperial weapons shipment above Yaga Minor , Belkor visited Moff Mors at her luxury palace on Ryloth ' s largest moon to deliver his quarterly report . Upon arriving , Belkor found Mors entertaining Nashi the Hutt , an emissary of Jabba . In Nashi ' s presence , Mors joked about Belkor ' s tall , lanky frame and his habit of speaking in serifs . After Mors had left , the Colonel briefed her about staff levels , troop movements , spice shipments , and other matters on Ryloth . When Mors questioned Belkor about the Free Ryloth movement ' s activities , Belkor claimed that he had his best assets handling the case . He reported that things had been quiet on the planet and that it had been over a month since the last attack . Mors then informed him about the " terrorist " attempt to hijack a weapons shipment . Hiding his dealings with the rebels , Belkor vowed to redouble their efforts and to have the movement back on its heels . Since the Free Ryloth movement blended in with the civilian population , Belkor argued that killing innocents would antagonize neutral Twi ' leks sympathetic to the resistance . Moff Mors then informed them that Ryloth ' s Senator Orn Free Taa would be returning to Ryloth in ten days . When Belkor asked why the senator was returning so soon , Mors speculated that the Emperor had ordered him back to publicize the terrorists ' failed hijacking and to rally support for the occupation . Belkor added that Taa had come to reassure the non - militants that the terrorists were doomed to fail . Belkor volunteered to handle the preparations for Taa ' s homecoming visit . Double Agent . Following the meeting with Moff Mors , Belkor decided to get Cham ' s rebels to assassinate Senator Orn Free Taa in order to discredit Moff Mors . Upon returning to his quarters on Ryloth , Belkor used his portable personal comm to send an encrypted message to Cham telling him they needed to meet immediately . Cham promptly replied since he had learned that the Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader would be secretly visiting Ryloth under the cover of Taa ' s state visit . Cham and his lieutenant Isval had wanted to meet with Dray to check that the Emperor and Lord Vader ' s visit was not an Imperial trap . Belkor himself was unaware that the two Sith Lord s would be accompanying Senator Orn Free Taa aboard the Imperial Star Destroyer " Perilous " . Five hours after nightfall , Belkor donned civilian clothes and traveled out of Ryloth ' s capital Lessu in an airspeeder to meet with Cham in his secret cave hideout . Cham ' s lieutenant Isval led him inside the cave . After exchanging pleasantries about Ryloth ' s history , Belkor tried to reassert his authority over Cham in the relationship by claiming that Cham was working for him , and not the other way round . Cham reminded him that they had come to talk about Senator Taa ' s upcoming visit to Ryloth and retorted that Belkor was naive to think that he had been dancing to his song the whole time . During the meeting , Belkor threatened to end his relationship with Cham by releasing a data disk of all the movement ' s bases , and leadership in the event of his death . However , Cham outmaneuvered Belkor by threatening to disclose recordings of their previous meetings to the Empire , thus exposing him as a traitor to the Empire . After Cham had reasserted his authority over Belkor , he told the Colonel that they could both reach a win - win solution in their relationship if Belkor was prepared to show him more commitment and collaboration . Belkor tried to protest but Cham emphasized that he had no choice . Cham then asked Belkor to disclose everything he knew about Taa ' s trip aboard the " Perilous " . Unaware of the Emperor and Vader ' s presence , Belkor told Cham that only Senator Taa was coming . Having ascertained that Belkor was telling the truth , Cham warned that he would expose his collusion with the rebels should their plan go awry . Belkor responded that he was prepared to give him the assistance that he needed but could not guarantee Cham ' s success . Cham responded that he was trying to guarantee his best efforts and told the Colonel that he was involved in the plan regardless of whether he wanted to or not . Before leaving , Cham reminded Belkor about the consequences of failure . However , he promised Belkor that if they both succeeded in killing Taa , Mors would be disgraced and that he would arrange for Belkor to look the hero . This appealed to Belkor , who coveted Mors ' position . When Belkor contended that he would still be in Syndulla ' s pocket , Cham responded that he would be alive and a Moff . After returning to his aircar , Belkor reflected on the gravity of his situation . Entangled with Cham , Belkor began pounding the instrument panel with his fist until it bled . After some contemplation , Belkor decided to continue with aiding Cham ' s plan to assassinate Senator Taa . A desperate gamble . Belkor aided Cham Syndulla ' s ambush of the Ryloth by diverting patrols and flight clearance paths away from the margins of the Ryloth system . To cover his tracks , Belkor used Mors ' s authorization code . This allowed the Free Ryloth movement to sow the surrounding space with space mine s . Cham also had a large number of Vulture droids and Droid tri - fighter s based in Ryloth ' s third moon . As planned , Darth Vader ' s Imperial Star Destroyer " Perilous " exited hyperspace in the middle of the mind field . While special mines drained the Star Destroyer ' s deflector shield s , Vulture droids attacked the ship . Colonel Belkor was at his personal quarters when he received news of the attack . Upon arriving at the Imperial communications center , Belkor feigned shock . He also received orders from Cham to put out a call for all available repair ships including non - Imperial ships to offer aid to the " Perilous " . This was part of Cham ' s ploy to infiltrate several Free Ryloth operatives aboard the " Perilous " When a furious Moff Mors contacted Belkor and demanded to know how the Free Ryloth movement had been able to form an entire fleet at the edge of the system , Belkor claimed that Imperial resources were limited . Belkor promised to investigate and convinced Moff Mors to authorize an order to send all available repair ships to assist the " Perilous " . Belkor was further startled to learn that the Emperor and Lord Vader had been aboard the " Perilous " . Angered that Cham had concealed this information for him , Belkor destroyed the station ' s holoprojector in a moment of rage . After instructing the lieutenant colonel to send fighters to escort the repair ships , Belkor headed to the officers - only restroom and contacted Cham by comlink . When Belkor expressed anger that Cham had concealed this information from him , Cham responded that he had no choice but to help him because the attack had already happened . Cham reassured Belkor that Vader , the Emperor , and Taa would die today and instructed Belkor to do nothing more than supervise the repair and rescue operations . Meanwhile , a team of Free Ryloth infiltrators led by Isval succeeded in planting explosives in the " Perilous " hyperdrive chamber , causing an explosion that destroyed the ship . However , the Emperor and Vader both managed to escape the Star Destroyer in a small shuttle . Cham then contacted Belkor and ordered him to supply them with the shuttle ' s identification so it could be found and destroyed in orbit . Realizing that Moff Mors , who was also en route to Ryloth on her own shuttle , would have to be killed for his own safety , Dray sent Syndulla both shuttles ' identifications and falsely claimed he did not know which shuttle the Emperor and Vader were on . Belkor also agreed to delay sending V - wings until after Cham ' s forces had managed to shoot down one of the shuttles . Covering his tracks . Belkor diverted Moff Mors ' shuttle into the path of Isval ' s escort boat under the pretext of evacuating VIPs in escape pod s . While both shuttles were critically damaged , none of the three targets were killed . Mors ' pilot Breehld was killed but she managed to regain control of the craft . Meanwhile , Vader and the Emperor escaped an encounter with Isval ' s escort boat and Lord Vader managed to crash - land his stricken shuttle in Ryloth ' s equatorial forest . However , the Imperial communications center lost contact with both Mors ' and Vader ' s shuttle . Belkor dispatched Imperial rescuers to pick up escape pods , which were landing all over Ryloth ' s western hemisphere . Belkor then began concocting a believable cover story to conceal his involvement in Cham ' s conspiracy . Later , Belkor was contacted by Cham , who ordered him to send the Free Ryloth movement a false clearance to enter the Equatorial Communications Hub , allowing them to sabotage it and cause a planet - wide communications blackout . In return for helping Cham to knock out the communications network , Belkor got Cham to give him the trajectory for Moff Mors ' ship so that he could check that she was indeed dead . Belkor ' s actions enabled Isval ' s escort boat to bomb the Communication Hub ' s satellite dishes , creating a communications black - out . As Syndulla and his men landed in the search zone to track down the Emperor and Vader , Dray gathered six Imperial V - wing pilot s who were loyal to him , fabricated a story claiming that Mors was a traitor , and led them on a mission to find and kill the Moff . For that mission , Belkor traveled in a recon craft that was piloted by Ophim , who accepted Belkor ' s claim that Mors was conspiring with the Free Ryloth movement to assassinate the Emperor and Lord Vader . After seeing the damaged Equatorial Communications Hub , Dray contacted the base ' s acting officer Captain Narrin and learned that Mors and Major Steen Borkas were now leading two ships and a force of stormtrooper s to rescue the Emperor . Based on what Narrin told him , Dray deduced that Mors had figured out his betrayal . While flying over Ryloth ' s equatorial forest , Belkor ' s recon ship ' s scanner picked up three grounded ships , which turned out to be Syndulla ' s team . After confirming that those ships did indeed belong to Cham ' s forces , Belkor contacted the Free Ryloth leader and pretended to order him to surrender . Belkor then tricked Ophim into letting him take control of the ship . While Ophim was distracted , Belkor shot him in the back of the head . Belkor then asked if Cham ' s forces had located the Emperor ' s shuttle . Cham confirmed they had found the shuttle but that Vader and the Emperor were still at large . After some arguing , Belkor agreed to help Cham ' s forces get to Vader and the Emperor . Cham instructed Belkor to order his V - wings to hunt for both Mors and the Sith Lords . Cham also told Belkor that he would give him the Emperor and Vader ' s coordinates so that he could transmit them to his V - wing pilots . Belkor was ordered to use his V - wings to bomb the Emperor and Vader . In return , Cham agreed to help Belkor to hunt down and kill Moff Mors . Throughout the night , Belkor trailed Cham ' s forces in his recon craft . As he aided Syndulla in tracking the Emperor , Dray became increasingly erratic , even questioning his own sanity at one point , and began conversing with the pilot ' s corpse . The conspiracy falls apart . Eventually , he discovered the Emperor , Lord Vader , and dozens of Twi ' lek s gathered in a village , with Syndulla spy ing on it from nearby . Wanting to rid himself of them all , he ordered the V - wing pilots to bomb both targets . However , Mors had already come in contact with the pilots ' Wing Leader Arim Meensa and had convinced them that Dray was the real traitor . Still believing that the pilots were under his command , Belkor transmitted the coordinates of the Twi ' lek village to Meensa . While pretending to obey Belkor ' s orders , Meesa secretly transmitted the coordinates of the Twi ' lek village to Moff Mors . Instead of strafing the village , the V - wings flew a circle over it long enough for Moff Mors to arrive with two ships . Belkor contacted the ships and was greeted by Moff Mors . Mors confronted Belkor his treason and condemned him for killing hundreds of his own comrades . Belkor tried to protest his innocence but Mors saw through his facade . When Belkor chastised Mors for her negligent leadership , laziness , and corruption , Mors pointed out that he was covered in blood . Belkor realized that she was right both literally and figuratively . As the V - wings arrived to escort Mors and her men , Dray briefly communicated with Mors , stating that she was the one that had been betraying the Empire through neglect for years . However , Mors retorted that he had the blood of hundreds of Imperials on his hands . When Belkor asked if she was going to turn him over to the Imperial Security Bureau or Lord Vader , Mors informed him that was not the case . Seeking to cover up her own wrongdoings , Mors ordered one of the V - wings to move into attack position . As the V - wing moved into weapons lock , a guilt - ridden Belkor apologized to Ophim ' s corpse and closed his eyes as the V - wing destroyed the craft with him in it . Belkor ' s death deprived Cham of using the V - wings to bomb the Twi ' lek village , forcing him to launch a ground assault . Mors ' forces then attacked and scattered the Free Ryloth movement . Personality and traits . Belkor Dray was a Human man . Nashi the Hutt regarded him as " straight and rigid " as trees . Belkor was an ambitious young Imperial Colonel who resented his superior Moff Delian Mors ' hedonistic and indolent lifestyle . Seeking to boost his own political career , Belkor became a spy for Cham Syndulla , the leader of the Free Ryloth movement . Belkor also installed several Imperial units with commanders who were loyal to him over the Empire and Mors . He was known to enter fits of rage when things did not go his way . On on occasion , he destroyed a holo - projector in a fit of rage . Belkor found himself an unwilling participant in Cham ' s plot to assassinate the Emperor and Darth Vader . Cham was able to blackmail Belkor into assisting with the conspiracy by threatening to expose his dealings with the Free Ryloth movement . Since Belkor valued his status within the Empire , he was unable to break his relationship with Cham . Just as Cham exploited him , Belkor sought to use Cham to fulfill his own ambitions by discrediting and later trying to assassinate Moff Mors . However , Moff Mors saw through his treachery . Belkor was stricken with guilt after he murdered his pilot Ophim in order to conceal his involvement with the Free Ryloth movement . As an opportunist , Dray did not share the Free Ryloth movement ' s goals but merely sought to advance his own ambitions . Due to his desire for power and hatred for Mors , Belkor was willing to endanger the lives of hundreds of his own Imperial comrades . Moff Mors regarded Belkor Dray as a dishonorable self - serving man who had blood on his hands . Skills and abilities . As a Colonel , Belkor Dray was familiar with the Imperial military hierarchy and communications systems . He used this knowledge to help the Free Ryloth movement launch raids on Imperial facilities and personnel on Lothal . Belkor also knew how to operate an airspeeder and a recon craft . Equipment . Belkor Dray wore the uniform of a Colonel in the Imperial Military which included a cap . He owned a belt blaster , which he kept for ceremonial rather than practical reasons .