Gaege Xarran A military man , Gaege Xarran served in the Imperial Army , first as a member of the Emperor ' s Royal Guard , and later as a general . Dedicated to the armed forces , Xarran was placed in command of an Imperial garrison on the planet Vryssa during the height of the Galactic Empire . With his base on the planet protected by advanced technology , as well as a complement of troops and starfighters in which Xarran had total confidence , the Imperial general offered asylum to his wayward brother , Rivo Xarran , who had crossed the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure and was fleeing bounty hunters . Upon Rivo ' s arrival , however , it soon emerged that General Xarran ' s garrison had come in the way of Boba Fett , who was pursuing the bounty on Xarran ' s brother . Xarran ' s prideful statement that the garrison on Vryssa could withstand any intruder was taken as a challenge by Fett , who set to work on eliminating or evading the base ' s many troops and defenses . After Xarran saw two of his military detachments destroyed at the hands of the bounty hunter , and his starfighters thwarted by a diversion , the general grew frenzied , putting the lives of his subordinates at risk in unsuccessful attempts to rid himself of his opponent . Eventually , Xarran evacuated his base , took up arms , and went after Fett alone , ambushing and injuring the bounty hunter deep within the garrison . During the short confrontation that ensued , the former Royal Guardsman was killed by his quarry . Biography . Early life and military service . Gaege Xarran grew up alongside his younger brother , Rivo Xarran , and proved himself the favorite in the eyes of his parents . Obedient , successful and possessing a spotless record , Xarran was opposite to his brother in every way , as his parents often proclaimed . The two brothers diverged once again when Rivo was thrown in jail for a minor theft , and Xarran entered the Imperial Academy . Rivo subsequently ran away from home , earning a living as a criminal and a slicer . Xarran rarely heard from his brother over the years , except when his younger sibling needed something . Xarran excelled in the military , serving first in the Imperial Army before he went on to enter the elite Imperial Royal Guard . Xarran ' s brief time as a Guardsman left him well - trained in close - quarters battle . He returned to the regular army , rising through the ranks rapidly and soon becoming a general . As a general , Xarran was placed in command of an Imperial garrison on the forested planet Vryssa . The garrison complex was well - defended , not only by an electric " death fence , " as Xarran liked to refer to it , but also by shielding , tractor beams , watchtowers , sensors , and droids . To complement the passive defenses , Xarran also had forty TIE / LN starfighter s , several All Terrain Armored Transports and their All Terrain Scout Transport counterparts , and the requisite squads of stormtroopers . With this array of firepower at his disposal , Xarran grew confident of the abilities of himself and those who served under him . Assault on the Vryssa garrison . When Xarran ' s brother found himself in trouble once more , the Imperial general was again contacted by Rivo , who petitioned for aid . The slicer had stolen over 150 , 000 credits from Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure , and had thus been marked for capture and subsequent execution before Jabba . Aware that his brother was at risk of death , Xarran offered Rivo asylum on Vryssa , certain in the fact that even if the slicer ' s location was discovered , the garrison could protect him from any intrusion . Rivo arrived by shuttle at the base ' s landing platform , whereupon Xarran and an honor guard of stormtroopers received him . When Xarran saw his brother was a nervous wreck , the disciplined general grew disgusted , and berated Rivo in front of his men . Xarran struck his brother out of anger , and was shocked as Rivo responded by drawing a hold - out blaster . Once the general had comforted his brother and disarmed him , he encouraged Rivo , claiming that even if a bounty hunter had tracked the slicer to Vryssa , the garrison would provide protection against any foe . Xarran then led his brother into the garrison complex . Unbeknownst to Xarran , a bounty hunter had indeed tracked Rivo to Vryssa — Boba Fett , an infamous professional who listened in on the general ' s conversation and took Xarran ' s statement on his garrison ' s supposed impregnability as a challenge . In the command center of the base , shortly after his brother ' s arrival , Xarran was alerted by Commander Tyrix that a patrol had failed to report in . The general , despite his sibling ' s immediate panic , failed to acknowledge that anything was amiss . When Tyrix reported that all four members of the patrol had been found killed , without having fired a single shot to defend themselves , Xarran could no longer deny the facts . He dispatched two detachments — Alpha and Delta Group , each composed of one AT - AT , three AT - STs and several squads of stormtroopers — out into the forests to find the bounty hunter , who Rivo proclaimed was Boba Fett . Remaining confident in the overwhelming strength of his force in comparison to one man , Xarran ordered the intruder brought before him , preferably alive . The general watched proudly as the search was coordinated . Then , without warning , the base ' s entire communications network went down , preventing Xarran and his subordinates in the command center from contacting the detachments . For little under an hour , the communications black - out remained , driving Xarran into a rage as he ordered Tyrix to remedy the situation . Once Fett ' s jamming device had run its course , communications were restored , and Xarran had Tyrix set up a link with Alpha and Delta groups . With no response forthcoming from either unit , Xarran himself began to panic ; at first blaming Tyrix for not fixing the communications network , he then struck his brother when Rivo announced that Fett had doubtlessly destroyed both detachments . After Xarran had apologized to his brother , Tyrix reported that a lone AT - AT had returned . The image of the walker was brought up on the tactical screen but , as with earlier attempts , the general received no response when he tried to open communications . In front of the control room staff , including the Xarran brothers , the AT - AT then blew up , destroyed by a thermal detonator , as a message for the garrison ' s occupants . Disgusted , Xarran retreated to his office , where he was joined by Rivo . The general decided on a change of strategy , ordering a total lockdown of the base and relying on his " death fence " to keep Fett out . Although Xarran criticized his brother for his actions in crossing Jabba , the former Royal Guard was still convinced that his bounty hunter opponent would ultimately fail . As night fell , his prediction appeared , to the general , to have come true . Fett ' s personal starship , " Slave I " , initiated a series of strafing runs on the base , which Xarran pronounced , from the safety of the command center , to be a desperate suicide run . When the base ' s turbolaser turrets failed to prevent the craft from inflicting heavy damage on the deflector shields , a furious Xarran ordered Tyrix to scramble the base ' s forty TIE Fighters . Testimony to his stubbornness , Xarran refused to issue an alarm , even as the starfighters proved unable to destroy the bounty hunter ' s ship . Eventually , however , as the starfighters were drawn further and further away from the base , Xarran realized that Fett was not even on the " Slave I " — he had already penetrated the " death fence " and was inside the complex . The general issued an intruder alarm . Hunt and death . When Tyrix alerted the general to the fact that someone was using an old code to access a base computer to shut down the power to the complex , Xarran ordered the intruder ' s location sealed and gassed with Chemtrox , ignoring the risk to any nearby technicians . Fett still managed to shut down all power to the base , before killing Tyrix inside the base command center . Whipped into a frenzy by Fett ' s seeming invulnerability , Xarran ordered his command crew to leave , then activated the base ' s self - destruct system and set out to ambush and kill Fett . Having equipped himself with a carbine and its attached grenade launcher , Xarran lurked near the barracks , waiting for the bounty hunter to approach . As Fett moved past the general and used explosives to destroy the barracks door , Xarran seized the moment and fired upon his quarry , wounding the bounty hunter in the side and prompting a short firefight that left both participants injured . The general gradually approached the doorway to the room into which Fett retreated , unaware that the spot - luma mounted on his carbine was giving away his location . As Xarran leaped through the entrance to the room , one of Fett ' s thermal detonators landed at his feet and exploded , instantly killing the general . Legacy . Xarran ' s self - destruct destroyed his garrison , without killing Boba Fett . The elimination of the Imperial force on Vryssa , accomplished without any outside help , reaffirmed Fett ' s reputation following a recent failure , and was later considered the most impressive feat in the bounty hunter ' s long career . Despite Fett ' s rout of his forces and evasion of his prized defenses , however , Xarran ' s mission to protect his brother was ultimately successful . Distracted by events in the garrison and the general ' s ambush , Fett was unaware of Rivo Xarran ' s escape . The slicer contacted the bounty hunter and negotiated a deal that allowed him temporary amnesty while he fled . Rivo eventually journeyed to the backwater world of Ladarra , where he lived as a storyteller . Fett finally caught up with Gaege Xarran ' s brother some years later — coincidentally at the same time as Rivo was relating the events on Vryssa to an audience of children — but did not kill the former slicer , as Jabba the Hutt had died in the interim . Personality and traits . A prideful man , Gaege Xarran did not suffer disobedience or hesitation among his subordinates . The general despised being ignored , and was prone to lecture and criticize his brother from the moral high ground he saw in an honorable military career . Nevertheless , Xarran loved Rivo , despite the flaws he saw in his criminal sibling , and offered asylum and the promise of protection . When Boba Fett threatened this , Xarran ' s pride in his garrison and himself led him to underestimate the bounty hunter several times . The general ' s anger , which he usually managed to conceal , came to the fore during Fett ' s assault , along with fear , defeatism , nervousness and stress . The general perceived a challenge in Fett ' s actions ; as his prized troops and technology failed him , Xarran first grew obsessive , risking the lives of his technicians to stop Fett ' s progress , and later became frenzied and erratic , shooting his own commander and setting up the base ' s self - destruct in an attempt to get even . In his unstable state of mind , the well - trained Xarran made mistakes , forgetting the disadvantage of the spot - luma on his rifle . Although he did die at the hands of the bounty hunter , Xarran was able to acquit himself while dueling Fett , despite being past his physical prime , as he managed to wound and trap his quarry , driving Fett to the brink of suicide . Behind the scenes . Gaege Xarran was introduced by author Paul Danner in the short story " No Disintegrations , Please " , which has remained his sole appearance to date . The majority of Danner ' s story is structured as a flashback to the events on Vryssa , related by an aged Rivo Xarran to a group of children on the planet of Ladarra . In the flashbacks , Gaege Xarran is presented as Fett ' s opponent . The Xarran brothers were depicted , along with other events from the short story , in " Star Wars Adventure Journal 14 " , a role - playing publication that included " No Disintegrations , Please " . The short story ' s tagline alluded to the tale told by Rivo Xarran in his guise as The Storyteller , and the possibility of it simply being a fabrication . Indeed , although the tale of Vryssa is related by Rivo , there exists in the story moments that the slicer could not possibly have witnessed . Its in - universe veracity , however , is confirmed when Boba Fett appears at the end and speaks with The Storyteller , referring to him as Rivo . Thus , the Vryssa episode , while related by Rivo Xarran , is simply presented to the reader as an extended flashback to the past , told from many perspectives . Along with the images of the Xarran brothers and other moments from the story , a short blurb was included in " Adventure Journal 14 " that detailed facts about Gaege Xarran ' s early life and relationship with his brother . The general was later indirectly referenced in " The New Essential Guide to Characters " , under the entry for Boba Fett . Author Daniel Wallace provided the Vryssa episode with some chronological context , placing Fett ' s destruction of the garrison — and thus the death of Gaege Xarran — between Imperial General Rom Mohc ' s downfall in 1 ABY and the Battle of Hoth two years later .