Kardan Ecressys

## Biography

### Early life

Kardan Ecressys was born into a wealthy family on Velcar in the Mid Rim sometime around 39 BBY. Early in his teenage years, he joined an Imperial academy in the Core and became an officer. By 3 BBY, he was a general in the Imperial army and that same year he was promoted to governor of his native Velcar sector.

During his career as a general, Kardan amassed a fortune of jewels and items of worth from world's his forces invaded.

### *Halcyon* Heist

In 1 ABY, Kardan was aboard the *Halcyon* starcruiser to purchase the Crown Jewewls of Alderaan for 80,000 Imperial credits from pirates Maz Kanata and Hondo Ohnaka. In reality, the two pirates did not possess the jewels and were plotting a heist to steal various artifacts in Kardan's possession, among them a box previously belonging to Maz.

Kardan met with Maz and transfered the credits to her in exchange for the jewels which, in reality, were fakes. A pair of stormtroopers aboard the ship informed Kardan that the pirate Hondo Ohnaka was causing trouble, and he asked that the problem be dealt with. Kardan put the fake jewels in his safe and left to handle the pirate problem. While Kardan and the stormtroopers were distracted, Maz's ally and friend, Lando Calrissian, disguised as a *Halcyon* crew member, offered assistance in transferring the contents of Kardan's safe to his personal shuttle. Once in possession of the artifacts, Lando and the pirates made their escape. Once gone, Maz anonymously tipped off the Imperial Security Bureau to Kardan's thieving activities.

### Fall of the Empire

With the ISB alerted to his activities, Kardan retreated back to the Velcar sector and kept a low profile lest he be caught stealing again. Over the next few years, Kardan would complain routinely about the lack of support for his rule from the Empire in the Core Worlds. This in addition to their previous tip left the ISB incredibly suspicious Kardan may be disloyal.

However, in 4 ABY, above Endor, Emperor Palpatine was killed and soon word had reached the Kardan that the Empire had no leader. In a bid to maintain power, Kardan formed his own remannt and spread word that the Emperor had survived, closely controlling all communication in the sector to ensure his lie stayed hidden. During the following year, Kardan would plunder the treasures of the worlds he ruled. When the New Republic began their invasion in early 5 ABY, Kardan took his vast riches and fled.

### Capture

Having been placed on the New Republic's wanted list as a missing Imperial warlord, and having no army to protect him, Kardan spent much of his wealth on bounty hunters and mercenaries to aid him.

By 7 ABY, Kardan was in the city of Canto Bight on the Outer Rim planet Cantonica. In deperate need of money to help keep the New Republic off his scent, Kardan found himself gambling in the city. Unfortunately for the former governor, the New Republic was monitoring the casino and apprehended him quickly.

### Correctional Facility Breakout

In 13 ABY, the First Order sent a stealth mission to a New Republic correctional facility to release high-value Imperial prisoners to join their ranks. Among those released during the breakout were Fleet Admiral Gaen Drommel, General Hodnar Borrum and Admiral Ektol Traz. During the breakout, Kardan pleaded with Sceth Rein to release him, but he was deemed to not hold value as a military asset and was left behind.

## Sources

* The Star Wars Book of Headcanon Changes
* Star Wars: Timelines

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 *The Star Wars Book of Headcanon Changes*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Star Wars: Timelines*