Kensaric Kensaric was a Human male soldier in the Alliance to Restore the Republic ' s Special Forces . In 3 ABY , he served as a scout and field tracker at the Alliance ' s Echo Base under the command of Major Bren Derlin during the Battle of Hoth . One year later , Kensaric , by then a corporal , participated in the Battle of Endor . He was a member of a strike team sent to the Sanctuary Moon of Endor to destroy the SLD - 26 planetary shield generator protecting the Galactic Empire ' s second Death Star battlestation in orbit of the moon . During the battle , Kensaric was a scout responsible for covering the strike team ' s tracks . The strike team was able to successfully destroy the shield generator , allowing the Alliance Fleet to destroy the unprotected Death Star . Biography . Battle of Hoth . The Human male Kensaric served as a soldier in the Special Forces of the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War . In the year 3 ABY , Kensaric was stationed in Echo Base , the Alliance High Command ' s headquarters on the planet Hoth , where he served as a scout and a field tracker under the command of Major Bren Derlin . That year , Kensaric participated in the Battle of Hoth , during which the Galactic Empire discovered and initiated a ground assault on the Rebel base , ultimately forcing the Alliance to abandon the planet . Kensaric was able to survive the Alliance ' s staggering defeat . Service on Endor . Following the evacuation , Kensaric was stationed with the Alliance Fleet until 4 ABY . By that time , he had become a corporal . That year , the Alliance discovered that the Empire was constructing a second Death Star battlestation in orbit over the Sanctuary Moon of Endor . A strike team led by General Han Solo was organized to infiltrate the moon and destroy the SLD - 26 planetary shield generator protecting the Death Star . The strike team , made up of volunteers , was chosen from men who had previously served at Hoth . Solo contacted Derlin , and the strike team was shortly afterward assembled . Kensaric was a member of the strike team , serving as a scout responsible for covering the team ' s tracks . Kensaric and the rest of the strike team traveled to the Endor system aboard the stolen Imperial " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttle " Tydirium " , flown by Solo and his co - pilot , the Wookiee Chewbacca . Although they were queried by the " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought " Executor " , the use of a stolen Imperial clearance code gave the shuttle clearance to land at their destination . Upon landing on Endor , the strike team began scouting the area . They eventually spotted a scout trooper patrol consisting of Corporal Avarik and Sergeant Elsek , and Solo ' s failed attempt to stealthily ambush the pair caused a skirmish that alerted more scout troopers to the strike team ' s presence . Their position compromised , two other members of the strike team ' s command crew , Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa , mounted Avarik ' s 74 - Z speeder bike and gave chase to the remaining scouts . The strike team waited until only Skywalker returned . Upon realizing that Organa was missing , having been separated from Skywalker during the speeder bike chase , Solo led the rest of the command crew to search for her , giving the strike team orders to continue on their path until a rendezvous at the deflector shield generator at 0300 hours . Led by Derlin , Kensaric and the rest of the squad made its way toward the shield generator . Although the squad managed to hide from several encounters with Imperial patrols , Corporal Delevar , the team ' s medic , almost compromised their position by preparing to take a potshot at a speeder bike , to which Derlin subsequently reprimanded him . Kensaric and the squad set up camp in a camouflaged shallow ravine at nightfall , posting two sentries and setting up a blanket grid with their scanning equipment . Shortly after their first sleeping shift , the scanners picked up an All Terrain Scout Transport walker coming towards their location . When it became clear that the walker would not pass them by , Corporal Dansra Beezer jammed its transmissions . Lieutenant Greeve destroyed both spotlights with his A280 blaster rifle , and the squad circled the walker to keep it off balance . When the AT - ST began firing randomly into the trees and foliage , Delevar fired a smoke canister into its cockpit . The resulting explosion forced the walker pilots to abandon the vehicle and surrender to the strike team . The squad captured the pilots and , holding them at blasterpoint , forced them to make a comm check - in . As the squad continued on to the rendezvous point , they forced the pilot to make several more check - ins on the way to explain the walker ' s absence . By the time of the reunion , Solo and his companions had befriended the moon ' s Ewok tribe of Bright Tree Village . The Ewoks showed the strike team a route to the Endor shield generator bunker ' s backdoor . Four scout troopers guarded the entrance ; however , one of the Ewok scouts , Paploo , stole one of the scouts ' speeder bikes , prompting three of them to give chase . Solo lured the remaining scout to the waiting strike team , who took him captive and made their way into the bunker , intending to destroy it with 7 - PrG proton grenade s . However , they were soon ambushed by Tempest Force , the Imperial Army legion stationed on Endor , and led outside the bunker . The strike team ' s capture was short - lived , as the Ewoks launched a counterattack on the Imperial troops , turning the tide of the battle in favor of the Alliance . Eventually , Chewbacca hijacked one of the AT - ST walkers , Tempest Scout 2 . Solo decided to mount the walker , and , donning an AT - ST driver ' s helmet , used the walker ' s communication system to give a fake Imperial victory message to the bunker , once more getting the doors opened . Regaining access to the bunker , the strike team managed to successfully destroy the shield generator with their proton grenade s , allowing the Alliance Fleet ' s starfighters to enter the unprotected Death Star and destroy its reactor core . Personality and traits . Kensaric was fair - skinned with brown hair . He was chosen for Han Solo ' s strike team after serving at Echo Base , where Solo witnessed his loyalty , dedication , resourcefulness , and ability to devise creative situations . The defeat at Hoth turned Kensaric into a hardened veteran , eager for revenge against the Empire . When Solo explained the risks involved with serving on the strike team , Kensaric willingly and eagerly accepted them . Kensaric was a master at small - squad tactics , sabotage and night - time combat . Behind the scenes . Kensaric appeared in promotional photos for 1983 ' s , although he did not appear in the final film . The photos , which appear in 1998 ' s " " CD - ROM , show Kensaric standing in the second Death Star ' s corridors alongside Luke Skywalker and Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader . Although not credited , he was portrayed by Paul Weston . Kensaric was first identified by name and given a brief backstory on a card for the June 1999 " Endor Limited " expansion set of the Decipher , Inc . " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game . According to a " Star Wars CCG " fan site , Kensaric was named as an anagram of Decipher employee John Sarnecki .