Gherant/Legends

Gherant was a commander of the Imperial Navy during the height of the Galactic Civil War. By 3 ABY, Gherant had been hand-picked by then-Captain Firmus Piett to an assignment aboard Darth Vader's personal flagship, the Star Dreadnought Executor, where he was responsible for overseeing authorized access of the Super Star Destroyer's sensitive areas.
During the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, Gherant served aboard the Executor bridge, under the command of the since-promoted Admiral Piett, as the fleet commander of the giant Imperial armada assembled to protect the unfinished second Death Star from Rebel Alliance attack. Gherant died during the battle along with Piett when a wayward Rebel RZ-1 A-wing interceptor crashed into the Executor bridge tower, destroying the Super Star Destroyer shortly thereafter.
==Biography==
Gherant was a commander of the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War, serving aboard Darth Vader's personal flagship, the Super Star Destroyer Executor, attached to the Imperial Death Squadron, by 3 ABY. is set around the time of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 3 ABY. Prior to the Battle of Hoth, shows Captain Firmus Piett being promoted to admiral right before the Battle of Hoth. As specifically identified Gherant as being chosen by Captain Piett for service aboard the Super Star Destroyer Executor, this must have also occurred before the aforementioned battle. then-Captain Firmus Piett personally selected Gherant as a deck officer to Vader's command ship. Gherant was responsible for preventing unauthorized access to sensitive areas of the Executor.
Gherant's service aboard the Executor continued into 4 ABY, while Piett himself ascended to the rank of admiral in charge of Vader's flagship. During the Battle of Endor of that year, Gherant served aboard the Executor bridge alongside Piett as the fleet commander in charge of the massive Imperial Star Destroyer armada assembled in the Endor system to both protect the incomplete second Death Star and to ambush the imminently-arriving Alliance Fleet, which had come to destroy the battle station.Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
As the Imperial Fleet under Piett's command reached attack position at the beginning of the battle, Gherant was left flabbergasted by Piett's order for the Executor to refrain from engaging the Alliance Fleet. Piett explained that his orders came down from the highest authority—Emperor Palpatine himself had instructed the Executor and the remainder of the Imperial Fleet to simply hold the Rebel capital ships at bay to give the Death Star's secretly operational superlaser the opportunity pick them off one by one.
Gherant and Piett both died at the apex of the battle when the wayward A-wing starfighter of Rebel pilot Arvel Crynyd crashed into the Executor unprotected command tower after the Super Star Destroyer's main bridge deflector shields had been knocked out. Although Gherant had seen the starfighter barreling out of control toward the bridge, there was little he could do to escape. With primary bridge control lost, the Executor plummeted into the Death Star's gravity well, obliterating upon impact.
==Personality and traits==
During the Battle of Endor, the Human Gherant was surprised to learn that the Executor would not enter the fray after reaching attack position. Gherant had brown hair, blue eyes, and light skin.
==Equipment==
Commander Gherant wore the standard-issue Imperial officer's uniform with a cap that included an Imperial officer's disc, a rank insignia plaque with three red and three blue squares, and a code cylinder during the Battle of Endor.
==Behind the scenes==
===Notable appearances===
Gherant first appeared in theStar Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novelization May 12, 1983 novelization of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, just prior to the film's theatrical release on the 25th of the same month. Actor Pip Miller portrayed the character in the film and is credited as "Stardestroyer Captain #1." Miller was dubbed by a United States actor post-production, and his scenes on the Executor were filmed on February 8, 1982 in England's Elstree Studios.The Making of Return of the Jedi
The character was first named on the "Commander Gherant" card as part of the 1997 Dagobah Limited expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game. However, while the character is included in the Dagobah Limited set, which primarily includes characters seen in the 1980 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Gherant's character does not actually appear in that film.
===Inconsistencies===
The Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi PhotoComic, which retells the film's story through live-action stills and accompanying speech bubbles with dialogue from the film, credits the line, "Sir, we've lost our bridge deflector shield!", to Gherant rather than the Executor bridge officer who speaks this line in the film. The PhotoComic also mistakenly credits Gherant's subsequent line, "Too late!," to Firmus Piett, and additionally incorrectly cites the line as "It's too late!"Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Cine-Manga
Due to a costuming error during Return of the Jedi production, all Imperial officers in the film, including Gherant, wore identical uniform insignia regardless of rank.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Return of the Jedi novelization 
*Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi junior novelization
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*Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Cine-Manga
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays 
*Star Wars: Behind the Magic
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*Star Wars: The Official Figurine Collection 48 
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*Star Wars Character Encyclopedia 
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*Star Wars in 100 Scenes
==Notes and references==
Category:Death Squadron personnel
Category:Humans
Category:Imperial Navy officers of the Galactic Empire
Category:Individuals of unspecified gender
Category:Individuals with he/him pronouns