Arno D ' Vox Arno D ' Vox was a commander in the Imperial Military . He was in command of Bannistar Station during the Galactic Civil War . Biography . Nine months after the Battle of Yavin the battle - damaged " Rebel One " appeared at Bannistar Station , trying to hide between the civilian refueling queue . Despite using falsified registration codes , Rishyk , the head of security , ran an extra check and informed D ' Vox that the ship actually was one of the Rebel Alliance ' s flagships . D ' vox opened communications with the ship to warn them that they were to be boarded and had to move out of the refueling queue . He ordered a Nebulon - B escort frigate and three TIE / LN starfighter s to approach the ship . When it appeared the ship was fleeing , D ' Vox ordered his TIE fighter pilots to disable the engines . This had been part of the rebels ' plans , their destruction would allow a few rebels to infiltrate and destroy Bannistar Station . Commander D ' Vox saw through the rebels ' ploy , however , and ordered his troops to hang back to see how far the rebels would be able to infiltrate . When the rebels started planting their detonators , the stormtroopers moved in and confronted the rebels , following D ' vox ' s orders that everyone but Skywalker and Senator Organa were expandable . Six rebels , among which Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa , were captured and transported to the command center of Bannistar Station . D ' Vox realized how badly the Emperor wanted the two rebel leaders captured and saw this as his opportunity to get off Bannistar Station and get command over a Star Destroyer . He did not report their capture immediately however . First , he ordered Rishyk to find one rebel that eluded capture , Deena Shan . After this order he informed the Emperor of the captured rebels and was ordered to sent them to the Emperor with the Star Destroyer " Certainty " when it had finished refueling . D ' Vox then gloated about this to Leia Organa and also informed her that Rishyk had found Deena and the she probably was already dead . He was not aware , however , that shortly after this Deena Shan managed to escape Rishyk ' s capture and made her way to a walkway refueling a Star Destroyer . So when she managed to take out part of the station and the ship by throwing a detonator down the fuel line of one of the fuel tanks he was taken off guard and was not alert to Abel ' s escape attempt . While Bannistar Station exploded around them Abel managed to take out the stormtroopers guarding the control room and captured commander D ' Vox . Rather dying than letting the rebels escape D ' Vox grabbed one of the dead stormtroopers ' rifles , but before he could fire Luke Skywalker used his lightsaber to disarm him , losing both his hands and part of his underarms in the process . While the rebels made their way off the station , D ' Vox ordered the fleet to destroy the rebels ' stolen shuttle . Nonetheless the rebels managed to escape with the help of Dagger Squadron and D ' Vox swore to hunt down Luke and make him suffer . Personality and traits . D ' Vox was an intelligent and confident middle - aged man . He was able to see through the fact that the " Rebel One " ' s destruction merely served as a distraction to allow rebels to infiltrate Bannistar Station . He was sure that his troops would be able to overpower the rebels right before they would destroy the station . He also did not much care for unreasonable demands from Imperial Center and was not afraid to voice this opinion . D ' Vox was not satisfied with his position as commander of Bannistar Station , instead he wanted command over a Star Destroyer . By capturing and handing over Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa to the Emperor he hoped to accomplish this . He also was not as strong follower of Imperial discipline . He himself would walk around , in front of his troops , with his uniform out of order and he allowed his head of security , Rishyk , to keep his hair uncut . After Luke Skywalker cut off part of his arms , D ' Vox sole purpose became to hunt down and make Luke Skywalker suffer .