Dreed Dreed was a human male who served the Galactic Empire as a commander during the Galactic Civil War . Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , Dreed was tasked with hunting down Alderaanian s who had survived the destruction of their homeworld of Alderaan . He learned from Tula , an Alderaanian member of his Star Destroyer crew , that Prince ss Leia Organa of the Rebel Alliance was on a mission to rescue Alderaanians before he could reach them . Dreed caught up with Organa on the planet Sullust , where she and her allies bested Dreed ' s stormtrooper s and escaped . However , using Tula as a hostage , Dreed forced Organa to meet with him on the planet Skaradosh . Organa exchanged herself for Tula at the meeting , but with the aid of the Sullustan smuggler Nien Nunb , the princess ' s allies then attacked the Imperials , killing Dreed and rescuing Organa and Tula . Biography . Chasing Leia Organa . Dreed served the Galactic Empire during its war against the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Shortly after the destruction of the Empire ' s Death Star battle station at the Battle of Yavin , he held the rank of commander and controlled an " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer . In 0 ABY , Dreed was tasked with tracking down the natives of the planet Alderaan who had survived their homeworld ' s destruction by the Death Star . During Dreed ' s mission , an Alderaanian member of his crew named Tula was contacted by her sister , Tace , who informed her that the Alderaanian Prince ss Leia Organa was on a mission to rescue the surviving Alderaanians from Imperial persecution . Tace was unaware of Tula ' s Imperial loyalty , and so Dreed used her as a source of information on Organa , with Tula contacting Tace every night for updates on the princess ' s location and plans . Through the sisters , he learned that Organa was planning on traveling to the planet Sullust to make contact with an Alderaan Enclave built there . Organa made planetfall on Sullust and reached the enclave , but as she tried to persuade its inhabitants to join with her , they discovered the communication between Tace and Tula and accused Organa of working with the Imperials . As Organa and her pilot companion , Evaan Verlaine , were forced to flee from their kinsmen , Dreed dispatched a " Sentinel " - class landing craft carrying a platoon of stormtrooper s to attack the enclave . The trooper s dropped down on the underground enclave from its ceiling but were defeated when Organa and Verlaine led a herd of rockrender s back into the enclave to fight them . When Dreed learned that his men were dead , he decided to let the Alderaanians escape to lead him to another world , instead of deploying more troops . A trade for Tula . However , Organa and her allies were now aware of Tula ' s deception , and the next time she contacted Tace via video transmission , Dreed realized that the charade was up . He ordered Tula to be taken away and processed for detention , as she was no longer of use to him . In order to try and save Tace ' s sister , Organa pleaded with him for an exchange . The commander demanded that the princess hand over herself , to which Organa agreed , arranging an exchange on the desert world of Skaradosh . Dreed traveled from his Star Destroyer to the planet ' s surface in a " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttle , arriving shortly before the Alderaanian party ' s T - 1 shuttle . The prisoner s were peacefully exchanged , but before Organa could be loaded onto the Imperial shuttle , the starship " Mellcrawler " swooped down and opened fire on the Imperials . The Sullustan smuggler Nien Nunb , who was aiding the Alliance as a friend of Verlaine , had sneaked the ship into the planet ' s atmosphere . To protect himself , Dreed grabbed Organa to use as a shield , but she escaped by stamping on his foot . With a clear shot , Verlaine opened fire from aboard the starship and killed Dreed . The rebels then launched a decoy vessel from Skaradosh ' s surface , which Dreed ' s Star Destroyer crew , now under the command of Captain Venk , destroyed , assuming it carried their foes . Believing they had killed Organa , the Star Destroyer ' s crew then traveled to the planet Espirion , where Organa and her assembled Alderaanian survivors joined forces to destroy the Imperial ship . Personality and traits . As an Imperial officer tasked with hunting down the survivors of Alderaan ' s destruction , Dreed held some respect for Leia Organa . He believed that she could possibly teach the Empire a thing or two about combat after she defeated his men on Sullust , but he repeatedly disregarded her sentiment that all Alderaanians were worth saving . He was impressed with how quickly Tula , his Alderaanian crewman , could so easily betray her sister but was nevertheless fully prepared for her to betray him at some point . Once he realized that the surviving Alderaanians had seen through his ploy , Dreed ordered for Tula to be taken away to detention , no longer having any use for her . During the prisoner exchange , Dreed kept his Star Destroyer in Skaradosh ' s orbit to make sure that the Alderaanians did not betray him , claiming to be more willing to honor his agreement and let the others go free if he got Organa . A human male , Dreed had fair skin , gray eye s , and black hair with a gray streak . Equipment . Dreed commanded an " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer while on his mission to hunt down the surviving Alderaanians . He wore a standard gray Imperial officer ' s uniform and did not carry a weapon while at the prisoner exchange on Skaradosh . Behind the scenes . Dreed first appeared in the third issue of the " " comic book mini - series , which was written by Mark Waid , illustrated by Terry Dodson , and released on April 29 , 2015 . He subsequently appeared in the following two issues of the series , being killed off in the final issue .