Durpin Durpin was an Imperial officer who commanded the Blockade of Kashyyyk , and patrolled the Emperor Palpatine Museum and Echo Base on Hoth with his fellow comrade Plumestriker . Biography . Blockade on Kashyyyk . Durpin was a Lieutenant Commander following the Battle of Hoth . He had an aide named Plumestriker , who was determined to serve the Galactic Empire . Lieutenant Commander Durpin commanded the Imperial blockade above Kashyyyk . The Empire ' s Trandoshan proxies maintained order on the planet and subjugated the Wookiee s . To ensure compliance with the Wookiee Chief Attabura , the Trandoshans took his son Tantarra hostage and imprisoned him in an island fortress . When the scavenging family known as the Freemakers sneaked past the Imperial blockade in the freighter " StarScavenger " , Durpin and Plumestriker gave their men orders to pretend the incursion never happened while they traveled to Kashyyyk to deal with the intruders . Upon landing at the iron fortress , Durpin and Plumestriker asked the Trandoshans if they had seen anything suspicious . When the Trandoshans reported that a group of humans had delivered a wroshyr wood panel , Durpin sounded the alarm . However , the Freemakers managed to free Tantarra and steal the third Kyber Saber crystal . The Wookies then attacked and overwhelmed the Trandoshan forces . Later , Durpin and Plumestriker managed to corner Zander and Rowan Freemaker at the " StarScavenger " . When Plumestriker complimented Durpin for saying that finding the ship would led to the rebels , Durpin denied saying that . Durpin was about to make a speech about what the Imperials would do with their prisoners when Kordi Freemaker sneaked up behind them and knocked out the two officers with her newly - acquired wroshyr wood panel . Later , Durpin and Plumestriker reported the rebel incursion to Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader . Durpin was reprimanded by the two Sith Lord s for his incompetence . When he tried to deflect some of the blame onto his aide Plumestriker , the Emperor instead blamed the Trandoshans . He then promoted Durpin to General and gave him more men and resources . While Durpin was despondent , Plumestriker was jubilant . Stunt on Naboo . Following his promotion , General Durpin and the - now Commander Plumestriker were posted to a plush posting at the Emperor Palpatine Museum in Theed , Naboo ' s capital . The Museum had once been the Theed Royal Palace but had now been repurposed as a museum dedicated to glorifying Palpatine . The two officers were assigned with guarding the Museum ' s exhibits . While chatting about the Museum ' s impregnability , the two passed a disguised Zander who was wheeling the B1 battle droid Roger , who was disguised as an exhibit . The two failed to recognize Zander due to his mustache . Later that night , the two Generals settled down to play a game of holochess . Unknown to them , Roger took the opportunity to break out of his exhibit and let the Freemakers inside . While Plumestriker was alarmed by the sound of broken glass , Durpin was too engrossed with the game to bother . However , the two were stirred out of their complacency when Rowan accidentally triggered a chain reaction that caused a N - 1 starfighter exhibit to collapse . While Durpin was dismissive of the problem , Plumestriker alerted the stormtrooper s and ordered them to search for intruders . The two Generals and their stormtroopers soon cornered Zander , Roger , and Kordi at the Theed Hangar . While Durpin wanted to let off the intruders as mischievous kids , Plumestriker recognized them from their earlier encounter on Kashyyyk . In deference to Durpin , they decided to skip through the paperwork and execute the intruders on the spot . However , they were stopped by Rowan , who had disguised himself as Emperor Palpatine . Rowan chastised the Generals for harming his " generous " donors . Durpin begged for forgiveness and offered to be demoted to Ensign , an offer which the fake Emperor accepted . After Durpin , Plumestriker , and their men had left , the Freemakers discovered the sixth Kyber Saber crystal but were attacked by the Sith agent Naare and the bounty hunter Dengar . During the ensuing duel , Naare stole the sixth crystal but the Freemakers escaped by toppling the N - 1 starfighter , which triggered an explosion that demolish the Museum . Durpin and Plumestriker survived the devastation . Durpin tried to dismiss the damage but ended up slipping among the debris . Exile on Hoth . Following the debacle at the Emperor Palpatine Museum , Durpin and Plumestriker were demoted to Ensign and Sub - Ensign respectively . The two were reassigned to the former rebel base Echo Base on the frozen planet Hoth . While Plumestriker regarded this as a hardship posting and sought to regain the Empire ' s favor , Durpin regarded the reassignment as a refuge from the galaxy ' s problems . When the Freemakers arrived on an improvised snowspeeder sledge seeking refuge , Durpin tried to drive them away but the Freemakers rode their sledge inside . While Plumestriker wanted to alert Imperial High Command to the presence of the intruders , Durpin was determined to let nothing disturb their quiet exile . He attempted to drive out the Freemakers with his blaster but was bitten by a baby wampa they had befriended . After sending a distress transmission , Plumestriker tried to help Durpin by shooting at the wampa . However , this angered the mother wampa who attacked and chased the two Imperial officers out . Later , a fleeing Durpin and Plumestriker ran over Naare while fleeing from the wampas . Manning the blockade . Following the incident on Hoth the two were promoted to Commander and Lieutenant respectively , and stationed aboard a " Gozanti " - class cruiser blockading a planet where the rebel agents Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca were stranded . Since their ship , the " Millennium Falcon " lacked a fuel intermixer , they were unable to travel . The Imperial cruiser soon intercepted the Freemakers ' starship " StarScavenger " . After the Imperials boarded the ship , the Freemakers pretended to be dying from the Gamorrean flu . Durpin fell for their ruse but Plumestriker realized that humans could not contract the Gamorrean flu . Plumestriker had the Freemakers thrown into a brig . However , Durpin began to feel sick and asked Plumestriker to check if he was having a fever . While Durpin was preoccupied , the Freemakers escaped with the help of Roger , stole the cruiser ' s fuel intermixer , and escaped aboard the " StarScavenger " . Instead of giving chase , Durpin fretted about accidentally contracting the Gamorrean flu and insisted that Plumestriker check his glands . With the Imperials preoccupied , the Freemakers managed to rendezvous with Lando and Chewbacca and repair the " Millennium Falcon " . Chasing Kyber Crystals . Hoping to make up for the Gamorrean Flu incident , the two were dispatched on a Gozanti - class Cruiser by Lord Vader , inorder to steal enough Kyber Crystals from a Lurmen Village on Qalydon , for the Second Death Star . When they stole the necklaces made of those crystals they attempted to make their get - away , but their TIE Fighter escorts were shot down and their cruiser was damaged by the Freemakers . Now being stranded on Qalydon , when two Imperial Mechanics ( Kordi and Zander in disguise ) arrived to them and offered to fix their ship , which they planned to stall them while Rowan and the daughter of the Lurmen Chief , sneak on board to steal back the Kyber Crystal Necklaces . Following Rowan ' s encounter with M - OC , Durpin and Plumestriker spotted Rowan but where temporarily stopped by Kordi and Zander . However , Plumestriker nabbed all of the crystal necklaces and they made their get away into hyperspace ( because Zander accidentally repaired their hyperdrive ) , however they were stopped because Rowan used The Force to track the crystals . Following that , Rowan and his family along with the daughter of the Lurmen Chief stole the crystals back . The failure of Durpin and Plumestriker , led to Lord Vader demoting them to Sub - Ensign Durpin , and Ensign Plumestriker respectively . Encounter on Jakku . They were soon assigned to Jakku under the command of Ensign Plumestriker due to Durpin ' s failure as Commander , when they were patrolling the dust ball Durpin tried to order Plumestriker to give up but since the ensign outranked the sub - ensign they had to do it Plumestriker ' s way when a power converter from the crashed Arrowhead knocked the ensign off of his creature . When Zander Freemaker and Roger tried to foolishly reclaim the converter the two successfully captured Zander and the battle droid . However , Kordi and Lieutenant Valeria managed to rescue the their captured companions . However , Plumestriker wouldn ' t give up and along with Durpin they boarded an AT - ST in hot pursuit against the rebels . However , Rowan managed to finish building the Arrowhead when hey returned all of the parts to attack the AT - ST . When Plumestriker questioned what type of ship is that , Zander and Rowan piloting the Arrowhead used the Embersteel Blade of the ship to slice their walker in half . When Durpin rushed to see if his friend is okay , Plumestriker questioned why did he fail , and took Durpin ' s warning to not to get involved all the time . Personality and traits . Durpin was a complacent and disillusioned Imperial officer who was tired of pomp and ceremony . Durpin often tried to hide his incompetence by making up lies or trying to shift responsibility . He had little interest in his duties as an Imperial officer and was more interested in recreational activities like playing holochess . On one occasion , he was prepared to execute the Freemakers without carrying out paperwork . Durpin was fooled by Rowan Freemaker ' s disguise as Emperor Palpatine . Despite the cold and barrenness of Hoth , he regarded it as a refuge from the galaxy ' s problems . Durpin was also gullible and fell for the Freemakers ' ruse that they had contracted the Gamorrean flu . He panicked and believed that he had also contracted the disease . This prevented him from responding to the Freemakers ' escape . Behind the scenes . Durpin was voiced by Richard Kind in the 2016 Disney XD animated television series " " .