Laryn Kre ' fey Laryn Kre ' fey was a white Bothan who served as an officer in the Alliance and New Republic Armies . Although the most celebrated Bothan military leader of his time , he rose in large part due to Bothan politics rather than his abilities . Kre ' fey hoped to position himself as the leader of the liberation effort on Coruscant . However , his poor planning and intelligence during the First Battle of Borleias had disastrous results for the New Republic , and resulted in his own death . Biography . Bothan political influence . Kre ' fey ' s tactical and strategic prowess was feeble at best , but he was nevertheless revered as an Alliance and New Republic military officer . He held his position due to the political maneuvering of Bothans . He was rumored to be distantly related to Borsk Fey ' lya , the influential Bothan who sat on the Provisional Council . The Bothans hoped to use the momentum from their spies uncovering the plans for the Second Death Star to propel a Bothan to a high - level military position . For his own part , Laryn hoped to achieve a rank that would rival or surpass the Mon Calamari Admiral Ackbar in power and prestige . Coruscant liberation ambitions . After the evacuation of Ciutric , General Laryn Kre ' fey used the " Emancipator " as his flagship in a bid to retake Ciutric from Prince - Admiral Krennel . Two years after the Battle of Endor , the Provisional Council of the New Republic decided it was time to focus on the goal of taking Coruscant . Kre ' fey planned an invasion of the planet Borleias , codenamed Blackmoon , as a first step in the process , hoping a success would allow him to take command of the Coruscant operation . Borleias was close to the Galactic Core , and the Council decided to approve the plan . Several officers , including Commander Wedge Antilles , General Horton Salm and Admiral Ackbar expressed serious misgivings about the plan , especially the inadequate preparation time and the lack of intelligence about the planet . Wedge also felt the plan depended too heavily on bombardment from space , rather than the more effective ground attack option , like the Imperials used during the Battle of Hoth . Despite these misgivings , Kre ' fey ' s plan was allowed to go ahead . Failure at Borleias . The first attempt to take Borleias turned out to be a disaster for New Republic . The planet ' s Imperial installation commander , General Evir Derricote , had hidden reserves on hand that he kept hidden from both the New Republic and his superiors in the Empire , and therefore he was able to easily fend off the attack . Kre ' fey made several additional tactical errors during the battle . He did not utilize the Star Destroyer " Emancipator " to fire upon TIE - launching facilities because he did not want to damage the base he hoped to capture . He also ordered Wedge ' s Rogue Squadron to escort assault shuttles carrying New Republic infantry troops to the planet instead of Salm ' s Defender Wing Y - wing bomber squadron , which was better equipped for the role , because he thought waiting for Defender Wing would cause an " unnecessary delay . " Kre ' fey accompanied his forces in one of those assault shuttles and was killed when it was hit by an ion beam and crashed into a shield , making him one of the first casualties of the ill - fated battle .