General Veers

General Maximilian Veers is a major antagonist in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. He appears in some comics and books, but is most famous for his short appearances in the film.
He was portrayed by .
==What Makes Him an Ensemble Dark Horse?==
*He is considered by his fans as being one of the most competent and successful Imperial officers in the Star Wars franchise. He got that reputation for his minute long screentime in the chronological fifth movie of the Skywalker Saga, where he successfully secures a win for the Empire by destroying the rebel shield generator, at the cost of his own life supposedly.
*Fans wished for more characters like him, as he was seen as a smart general that didn't catch Vader's ire and used his resources to actually succeed in his ground assault.
*Julian Glover's acting is considered a high point with the character. They view his acting as being very realistic of a general in the Empire's forces, and in large part they cite his acting as helping them feel engaged with, saying his acting had them watching this general they view as very composed and competent.
*In a novelization version of the movie, written by Donald F. Glut, Veers is confirmed dead when a snowspeeder crashes into him, which is based on a deleted scene from the film. Many fans would prefer to believe he's alive, and his fate is ambiguous in the Disney canon so that certainly helps them believe in that. You can find fans that truly hope he comes back, or at least want him confirmed to be alive. Overall his ambiguous fate in canon helped him feel mysterious to the fans and got people wondering what happened to him.
==Trivia==
*In the book Ultimate Star Wars it was confirmed that Veers was taken after the battle to receive medical treatment. According to the in-universe character Beaumont Kin, who wrote the in-universe book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, Veers nearly disappeared from any Imperial logs after he was hospitalized. Veers' fate is overall unknown considering that, and if he ever returned it could affect his status as an Ensemble Dark Horse.
==External Links==
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*General Veers on the Wookieepedia
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