Dennis Rommel

Everett Rommel (son)

Ada Rommel (daughter)

* KSK

Terran Alliance

* Anti-Sith Assault Team

Colonel Dennis Rommel, a human male, is a former member of the German Army's KSK special ops unit, and a current member of the Anti-Sith Assault Team. He is also the great-nephew of General Erwin Rommel, the famous German general of WWII. He took part in Operation Thunderstrike, led the defense of Berlin during the Battle of Germany, and participated in multiple battles during the Clone Wars. He became one of the most famous members of the ASAT team among the Republic. AT the end of the Clone Wars, Rommel accompanied Jedi Master Yoda on his mission to kill Emperor Palpatine, but failed, although both survived.

Following the Clone Wars, Rommel continued to serve in the ASAT team. In 2001, Rommel took part in the 9/11 attacks when the airliner he was flying on that day, United Airlines Flight 93, was hijacked. Rommel led a revolt by the passengers and crew and retook the plane from the hijackers. For his actions, he was the first person awarded the Jedi Cross.

Rommel continued to serve after 9/11. After several years, he finally retired from the ASAT team and took a job within the command structure of the German Army. By the start of the Galactic Civil War, Rommel had been appointed to the Terran Joint Command. Rommel proved a very valuable tactician and strategist during the war. Near the end of the war, impressed by his record and his grasp of tactics, President Barack Obama removed him from the Joint Command and ordered him to take control of all Terran ground forces in the war, promoting him to the rank of Grand General. Rommel commanded the Terran ground forces in the last few battles of the war, and oversaw the signing of the Galactic Concordance. Rommel retired from active duty soon after the end of the war.

Dennis Rommel was perhaps the most famous member of the ASAT team, with only Samuel Adams challenging him for that distinction. Rommel was also the most decorated member of the German armed forces in history. He was awarded the Cross of Honor for Valor four different times during the Clone Wars and fifth one during the War on Terror, as well as his Jedi Cross he earned on 9/11. He was also one of only a few Terran officers to receive a six star rank. Many considered him an even better military officer than his great uncle Erwin Rommel, and some even considered him one of the greatest military leaders of the modern era

## Biography

### Early Life

Dennis Rommel was born on February 2, 1961 in Stuttgart, West Germany. He was the great-nephew of General Erwin Rommel the famous "Desert Fox".

Throughout his childhood and teenage years, Rommel was a good and smart student, and a skilled soccer player. In 1979, at the age of 18, he was accepted to study abroad at Stanford University in the United States, where he studied Business Management, and played soccer for four years.

After graduating from Stanford in 1983, Rommel returned to West Germany and joined the West German Army as an officer. He was assigned to the 21st Panzer Brigade. He became known as a great fighter and brilliant tactician.

In 1984, he met Erika Schneider. They began dating two months after their first meeting, and were married in 1987 after three years of dating. Their first son, Everett Rommel, was born in January 1989.

In late 1989, shortly before the reunification of Germany, Rommel was selected for training with the KSK. He completed his final training in early 1991.

### Anti-Sith Assault Team

#### Induction and training

Soon after the Republic arrived on Terra in late 1991, the Anti-Sith Assault Team was formed as a Terran defense against the threat of the Sith. Rommel was one of the 12 men from across the world chosen for the team's first roster.

On December 5, 1991, the ASAT team began it's training under Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker. During their first meeting, Rommel chose a blue bladed lightsaber as his weapon.

Rommel quickly became one of the most dedicated students of the entire team. He also became known for spending less time on perfecting his technique and more time on perfecting specific battle tactics and strategies.

#### Operation Thunderstrike

Rommel first saw combat as a member of the ASAT team during Operation Thunderstrike. He and his teammate, Lieutenant John White, were chosen to accompany Obi-Wan Kenobi to capture Muammar Gaddafi. Rommel, White, and Kenobi, accompanied by ARC troopers, SAS, and KSK commandos, attacked Gaddafi's residence in Tripoli and captured not only Gaddafi, but a number of his government officials.

Soon after returning to the base they launched from, Rommel was ordered back to Germany to prepare for the inevitable onslaught of the Separatists.

#### Terran Campaign

When the Separatists arrived in the solar system, and the Terran campaign began, Rommel was stationed in Berlin, and was one of the field commanders assigned to lead the defending forces in the event of a Separatist attack on the city.

When the Separatists attacked Berlin, Rommel led an ambush against droid forces beginning to enter the capital. Rommel and his men successfully held off the droids for quite a while and destroyed several thousand of them, but were eventually forced into a retreat further into Berlin due to attacks by Vulture droids.

Rommel attempted to rally the German troops, however they were continually forced back by unrelenting droid attacks. However, hours into the battle, the Polish Air Force and Polish Army arrived to reinforce the Germans, and Rommel, with Polish assistance, led a powerful counterattack that broke the droid's southern flank and caused the droids to retreat.

Soon after the Terran campaign ended, and the Separatists retreated from the solar system, Rommel was promoted to the rank of Colonel by executive order of the newly formed Terran Joint Command.

#### Early service in the Clone Wars

Soon after his promotion Rommel was deployed to the Andromeda Galaxy, accompanying Mace Windu to Dantooine. Rommel commanded a regiment of British troops alongside Windu and his clone forces, and he and Windu were able to secure a victory. Rommel remained on Dantooine for almost a month after the battle ended.

A few months later, in late May, Rommel was asked to lead 2,000 men of the German 21st Panzer Brigade alongside Anakin Skywalker and the 3rd Legion to assist the pro-Republic government on the planet Balith, who had requested aid in the civil war taking place on their planet. Rommel remained on the planet long after Skywalker had departed, and only left Balith in early July.

In August, Rommel briefly returned tow Terra for two months to allow him some rest and some time with his wife and son. In October, he returned to Coruscant. Only a month and a half later, he learned his wife was pregnant again.

In February 1993, Rommel took part in the planning for the rescue mission to the prison known as the Citadel. However, he did not go on the mission. Instead, the ASAT team leader, Captain Samuel Adams, accompanied the rescue team on the mission.

#### Battle of Umbara

Two months after the mission on Lola Sayu, Rommel and his comrade, Colonel Daniel Mofaz, were selected to lead Terran forces to support the Republic invasion of Umbara. Rommel was assigned to lead the The Royal Canadian Regiment.

Rommel was assigned to work together with Anakin Skywalker and the 501st Legion. After an attack by clones on AT-RTs, supported by strafing attacks from SA-10 strike fighters, LAATs landed the clones of the 501st and men of The Royal Canadian Regiment, as well as Skywalker and Rommel.

Rommel and Skywalker led their troops onto a ridge, but were faced with a surprise counter attack within minutes. Rommel called in an air strike, and he and Skywalker led their men off the ridge to clear the target area of friendlies. Within a minute of them leaving the ridge, an SB-1B Lancer bomber carpet bombed the ridge and cleared out the Umbaran resistance.

Almost immediately after the airstrike, Jedi General Pong Krell arrived, informing Skywalker that he had been ordered back to Coruscant immediately, and he (Krell) would be taking temporary command of the 501st.

After Skywalker left, Krell began giving his orders to the clones, while also introducing himself to Rommel. Given his attitude, Rommel immediately began to dislike Krell, but kept his dislike hidden and followed along with Krell.

Hours into their march, clone Captain Rex approached Krell and asked for him to allow the men to rest. Krell attempted to say that they didn't have time to allow for rest, but Rommel argued on the men's behalf and convinced Krell to allow the men to rest for five minutes. After Rex left them, Krell attempted to remind Rommel of the difference in their rank, but Rommel pointed out he did not technically fall under Krell's command, and he only answered to Obi-Wan Kenobi, the overall commander of the campaign. Krell conceded Rommel's point, and asked that Rommel show him the respect he wished, and that he would return the same respect.

When Krell ordered Rex and some of his platoons to advance along the main road to the Umbaran capital, Rommel attempted to argue, but Krell insisted the clones follow his orders. Rommel gave in, but took 100 of his Canadian troops to accompany them.

When the Umbarans ambushed the clones and Canadians, Rommel ordered them to retreat and draw the Umbarans out of hiding. Once they had drawn out the Umbarans, and more clones came to assist them, Rommel ordered them to stop and fight. They killed many of the Umbarans and drove off the rest.

Krell, angry at the retreat, blamed Rex for the retreat. When Fives attempted to argue Rex's case, Krell pulled his lightsaber on Fives and threatened him to stand down. Rommel prepared to drive his lightsaber, and informed Krell the order to retreat was his, and pointed out that his maneuver had been effective. Krell gave in, and passed no further judgement on Rex and Rommel.

The Umbarans quickly counterattacked, and Rommel led the forces in fighting back. The battle lasted for several hours before, on orders from Kenobi, Krell and Rommel led their forces away from the battle and towards an Umbaran air base that needed to be captured.

Nearing the base, Rommel and Krell realized that the only way to the base was through a narrow gorge. Krell insisted they advance immediately, but Rommel insisted they request air support first. He contacted Admiral Yularen, but the Admiral said he could not guarantee their would be any support soon.

Krell ordered Rex to lead his platoons down the gorge, while ordering that the Canadians remain to guard the entrance to the gorge. Rommel insisted that a platoon of Canadians accompany the clones, and Krell grudgingly agreed.

Rommel waited with the rest of the Canadian troops at the entrance of the gorge, watching as the clones and Canadians sent into the gorge took out several tanks, and then as two SF-15s took out a pair of Umbaran mobile heavy cannons.

After the SF-15 pilots took out the two UMHCs, they contacted Rommel and the Canadians to let them know two more UMHCs were approaching from further down the gorge. Rex requested reinforcements from Krell, who refused, saying the rest of the clones and Canadians were needed to hold the entrance to the gorge. Rommel, angry with Krell at his seeming indifference, hurried into the gorge, bringing 5 platoons of Canadian troops with him. At the same time, he contacted Rex, and told him to send some men to the airbase to capture Umbaran starfighters.

Rommel caught up with Rex's force shortly before the UMHCs arrived. Together, their forces held off the two tanks until Fives and Hardcase returned in captured starfighters and successfully destroyed the two UMHCs.

Once the two tanks were destroyed, Rommel led the clones and Canadians in the gorge ahead to the airbase and successfully took it.

As clones and Canadians began fortifying the airbase and defending against attacks from insurgents, Rommel and Krell received a message from Kenobi, who informed them that the capital was now being resupplied from a supply ship in orbit. Krell said that they would have to push on to the capital, regardless of the missiles the Umbarans were using.

Rommel, aghast, tried to argue with Krell, but Krell was insistent on his strategy, and ordered Rommel to have the Canadian troops ready to move out with the clones whenever he gave the order. Rommel, tired of Krell's indifference and arrogance, refused, saying that neither he nor the troops under his command would have anything to do with Krell's suicide mission. Krell was furious with Rommel, but realized he could do nothing to force Rommel to go along with him, and so told Rommel if he would not go along with him, then he would have to guard the airbase when the clones made their attack.

Still angry with Krell, Rommel went down to a hangar where Rex and a number of other clones were gathered. Entering the hangar, he overheard them discussing the possibility of using captured Umbaran starfighters to destroy the supply ship that was resupplying the capital. Rommel broke into the conversation, telling Rex he approved of the plan, and took him to Krell to propose the plan. However, Krell instantly shot the plan down, despite Rommel's arguments in its favor.

Angry with Krell again, Rommel decided to spend some time practicing with his lightsaber to calm down. During his practice, Hardcase accidentally blew a hole in the door of a hangar while trying to figure out how to properly operate an Umbaran starfighter. Rommel, amused, made his way over to the hangar, right as Krell was leaving the hangar. Rommel informed the clones that he still approved of the plan, and all but ordered them to fly the mission.

Fives, Echo, and a Canadian officer, Lieutenant Travis Doyle, were chosen to fly the starfighters. Rommel and Rex lied to Krell about the real purpose of the flight, claiming it was for reconnaissance.

After the starfighters returned, Krell ordered Fives and Echo arrested and court martialed. He attempted to do the same with Lieutenant Doyle, which further angered Rommel as Doyle was not under Krell's command.

Rommel and Rex attempted to plead Fives and Echo's case to Krell, but Krell instead decided to have them executed. This caused a serious argument between Krell and Rommel, in which Rommel warned Krell that he was almost out of patience, and advised Krell against angering him further.

After the scheduled execution of Fives and Echo, in which the clone firing squad refused to go through with it, Rommel discussed the situation with a number of the Canadian troops, most of whom believed that Krell was no longer fit for command and should be removed from command. Rommel said he was not quite to the point of trying to remove Krell from command immediately, but insisted he would be speaking to the Jedi Council about Krell once the campaign was over.

As the discussion continued, Rex approached Rommel, informing him that Krell was sending him and the clones of the 501st to deal with Umbarans that had apparently captured clone uniforms and intended to use them to trick the Republic forces, but had also insisted Canadian troops not accompany the clones. Rex left, and Rommel immediately felt suspicious. Within minutes, he ordered 2 platoons of Canadian troops to follow him as he followed the clones.

Rommel and the Canadians came upon the 501st and clones of the 212th Attack Battalion fighting with each other, with each side believing the other was disguised Umbarans. The Canadians were able to show each side the truth, horrifying the clones. One of the clones of the 212th, Waxer, confirmed that it was because of Krell that his unit attacked the 501st.

Rommel, now furious, informed the clones of both units that Krell was relieved of command, and he was now assuming command of the clones. He declared that Krell had commited treason, and issued orders that Krell be arrested.

Rommel led the clones and Canadians back to the airbase, and led a small team up into the tower to confront Krell. However, Krell turned on them, killing three clones before escaping out of the window and onto the flight line, where he killed more clones and Canadians before escaping into the surrounding forest.

Rommel led a number of troops into the forest in pursuit of Krell. In the forest, Krell attempted to ambush Rex and a number of clones. Rommel, only yards away, ignited his lightsaber and charged to attack Krell. The two began dueling, with Rommel managing to stay alive despite Krell's size, strength, and two double bladed lightsabers.

The duel between Krell and Rommel lasted only a minute before Rommel blocked one of Krell's blows, then drew a blaster pistol with his free hand and firing a stun ray into Krell's stomach, stunning him, and allowing Tup and Hardcase to cuff Krell.

Krell was taken back to the airbase and thrown in the brig. Rommel and Rex interrogated Krell, who revealed he had done everything he had in hope of impressing Count Dooku in order to get the Sith Lord to take Krell as his new apprentice.

Rommel left Krell in his cell and went to coordinate the defense of the airbase, only to hear that most of the Umbaran forces had retreated from the capital after Kenobi attacked and were headed for the airbase. Rommel and several clones together decided that the risk of having Krell fall into enemy hands was too great, and that Krell was to be executed. Rommel, Rex, and several clones returned to the brig, where Rommel finally killed Krell by shooting three times in the back with his P226 pistol.

Rommel then prepared to lead a defense of the airbase. But reinforcements and attacks from SA-10s prevented the expected attack from ever taking place. Rommel left Umbara as other forces were pulled out, and received the Bundeswehr Cross of Honor for Valour, the highest medal of the German Army.

#### Back Home

A week after the Battle of Umbara, Rommel was ordered back to Terra, in part so he could be present for the birth of his second child.

On May 2, 1993, his second child was born, a daughter named Ada. Rommel was overjoyed at her birth, as well as being told he would be given at least 6 months on Terra before heading back to the Andromeda Galaxy.

Late in 1993, the Terran Joint Command formed a brand new special ops unit, the Zulu Force, a unit of elite commandos drawn from across the world who wore captured Mandalorian armor. Rommel, along with Colonel Vasily Stasevich, Colonel Shaul Peretz and Major Alexei Ivankov, were asked to train the new unit how to survive in a fight against someone wielding a lightsaber. Rommel also worked with the unit on creating battle strategies, given how good he was at doing so.

#### Black Hawk Down

By February 1994, Rommel had returned to the Andromeda Galaxy and was stationed on Coruscant. On February 22, a UH-60 Black Hawk carrying his teammate Colonel Cheng Han and a number of other men was shot down on Skako Minor. After persuasion from Senator Padme Amidala and Senator Bail Organa, the Senate voted to send a rescue team.

Captain Adams elected to join the rescue, and called in four other ASAT commandos to join him on the rescue, with Rommel being one of them.

Upon arriving at Skako Minor, Rommel and the other ASAT commandos made their way down to the planet on a gunship, and located the area where Han's team was pinned down by battle droids. Rommel and the other ASAT commandos jumped down from the gunship and, along with Han, destroyed the remaining battle droids and two AAT droid tanks. Rommel then helped get Han's team off the planet.

After the rescue task force retreated from Skako Minor, Rommel traveled to Anaxes and took Han's place on the planet. During the final Republic/Terran offensive, Rommel journeyed to one of the few battlefronts the Republic was already winning and helped lead the clones present to victory over the Separatists.

#### Battle of Coruscant

Rommel returned to Coruscant not long after fighting on Anaxes ended. On May 22, Samuel Adams arrived on Coruscant for a brief stay. He brought with him a suit of Mandalorian armor that was a gift from Bo-Katan Kryze, and gave it Rommel. He also informed Rommel that he would be the acting leader of the ASAT team while Adams was occupied with the Siege of Mandalore.

The following day, the Separatist Navy launched a massive attack on Coruscant. Rommel took effective command of soldiers of the French Foreign Legion and led them in a counterattack against Separatist forces landed near the Senate building. Rommel, through his battle strategies, led the French soldiers very successfully, destroying several tens of thousands of droids while sustaining minimum casualties.

Following the battle, Rommel and the French troops remained on guard surrounding the Senate building for a full day before the French troops began to be taken off Coruscant to be taken to a battlefield in the Outer Rim. Rommel remained on Coruscant.

#### Killing Grievous

Rommel remained on Coruscant for the next several months. During this time, he was briefly deployed to Saleucami to assist the Republic in capturing the planet. After the planet was captured, and Quinlan Vos began preparing to move his troops to Boz Pity, he returned to Coruscant.

On July 18, Rommel was selected by Obi Wan Kenobi to join him on a mission to investigate a report that General Grievous was hiding on the planet Utapau. He took with him the suit of Mandalorian armor given to him by Adams, as well as an SF-15 Space Eagle, lent to him by the 69th Fighter Squadron.

Rommel and Kenobi left the task force they were given several systems away from Utapau. Rommel flew the SF-15, with Kenobi in the back seat. They made the jump through hyperspace to Utapau, and Rommel flew down into the sinkhole where they suspected Grievous was hiding out.

Upon landing, they were met by the Port Administrator, Tion Medon. Rommel told Medon they were looking for Grievous, and Medon told them he was there and where to find him. Rommel and Kenobi then had the astromech in the SF-15 take the fighter back to the task force to throw off the Separatists, while they themselves hid until the fighter was gone.

Rommel and Kenobi then were able to get a native to give them a varactyl, Boga, to ride. Rommel used his jetpack to get up to the Separatist HQ, where he found Grievous speaking to the Separatist Council.

Rommel remained out of sight until Kenobi arrived on Boga. Once the Separatist Council had left, they jumped down and got Grievous' attention. Grievous attempted to have his Magnaguards kill them, but Kenobi destroyed three of them by using the Force to bring a piece of machinery down on them, and causing the fourth to stumble. Rommel then destroyed the fourth by crushing its head under his boot.

Grievous then decided to take care of them himself, separating his arms and igniting four lightsabers. Rommel ignited his lightsaber, and he and Kenobi engaged in a duel with Grievous. Within a minute or so, Kenobi cut off one of Grievous' hands, and Rommel soon cut off another. Within moments of Rommel cutting off Grievous' hand, clones of the 212th Attack Battalion arrived and distracted the battle droids surrounding them.

Kenobi then used the Force to throw Grievous into the ceiling, causing him to drop his remaining lightsabers. Grievous then attempted to escape on his wheel bike, and Kenobi and Rommel pursued him on Boga.

As they pursued Grievous, they were able to get close enough for Rommel to attempt to engage with his lightsaber. Grievous attempted to fight back with an electrostaff, but Kenobi took it from him. Kenobi attempted to damage the bike with it, and when that failed, attempted to attack Grievous directly. Grievous, angered, attempted to pull the electrostaff away from Kenobi, and ended up pulling Kenobi off the bike completely. Rommel took Boga's reigns and continued pursuing Grievous.

Upon reaching the landing platform where Grievous has stowed his personal starfighter, Rommel got off Boga's back and raced onto the platform. Seeing Grievous holding the electrostaff, Rommel drew his lightsaber and attacked Grievous. They exchanged several blows before Grievous managed to disarm Rommel. Without hesitation, he activated his jetpack and flew up above Grievous. He then fired a grappling cable around Grievous' neck and yanking it hard enough to pull Grievous off his feet and sending him right into the side of his starfighter.

Rommel then dropped back to the ground and picked up the electrostaff, stabbing it down into Grievous' stomach several times before Grievous smacked Rommel away, sending him almost off the platform. Kenobi moved to attack Grievous himself, but Grievous quickly knocked him flying with a powerful blow. He then attempted to attack Kenobi using the electrostaff, but Rommel had pulled himself back onto the platform at that point. He used his jetpack to fly right at Grievous and drive his lightsaber into Grievous' back, killing him.

#### Rise of the Empire

After killing Grievous, Rommel, as well as Kenobi, made their way back to the clones of the 212th. Upon arriving, Commander Cody informed Rommel they had brought down his SF-15. Rommel immediately made his way over to the Space Eagle, so he could begin providing air support.

As Rommel was strapping into his fighter and preparing to take off, he witnessed Commander Cody order an AT-TE to fire on Kenobi. After expressing his shock, Cody ordered his men to fire on Rommel. Rommel fired his laser cannons at the clones before closing his canopy and lifting his fighter off the landing pad.

ARC-170s dived into the sinkhole to attack Rommel, but Rommel successfully shot them down before taking the SF-15 out of the sinkhole. Rommel fought his way through marauding ARC-170s to make it out of the atmosphere to make a random hyperspace jump in order to escape.

Rommel emerged from hyperspace over the Dagobah system. Soon after, he received a transmission from Senator Bail Organa, requesting that Rommel rendezvous with him. Rommel made another hyperspace jump to meet up with Organa.

Upon finding Organa's ship, Rommel briefed Organa and Yoda on what had happened on Utapau. Shortly after, Kenobi rendezvoused with Organa's ship as well. He, along with the other three, discussed the unfolding situation, and decided to return to the Jedi Temple to disable a beacon summoning surviving Jedi back to the Temple.

Upon arriving on Coruscant, Rommel accompanied Kenobi and Yoda to the Jedi Temple. Upon reaching the Temple, they discovered a Terran strike force of 200 special ops soldiers, led by Colonel Hall, attacking the clones that had taken the Temple. Once all the clones outside the Temple had been killed, Rommel and the two Jedi revealed themselves. Rommel and Hall shared a hug in reunion, and Rommel, Kenobi, and Yoda joined Hall's strike force.

Rommel, Hall, Kenobi, and Yoda began to search the Temple for any survivors, but only found bodies of those killed. During their search, they were contacted by a SEAL named Lieutenant Pratt, requesting them to come to the security room. The group made their way to the security room, where Pratt showed a security recording that revealed that Anakin Skywalker had led the attack on the Temple, and killed many Jedi himself.

Rommel was shocked that Skywalker had turned, but quickly formulated a plan. He suggested that Hall and several commandos accompany Kenobi to find and kill Skywalker, while he himself and several commandos would accompany Yoda to kill Palpatine.

A day after the retaking of the Temple, and at the same time Kenobi and Hall caught Skywalker on Mustafar, Rommel, Yoda, and three SEALs made their attempt on Palpatine's life. They successfully made it into the office, but once inside, Palpatine hit Rommel and Yoda with Force lightning and knocked them flying. Before Rommel could regain his feet, Palpatine had already killed two of the three SEALs.

Rommel regained his feet and stopped Palpatine from torturing the third SEAL with Force lightning. Rommel and Yoda then ignited their lightsabers and engaged Palpatine in a duel, trying to split up and engage Palpatine from two different directions.

Within a minute, Yoda and Palpatine's dueling carried over to the Chancellor's Podium, which began to rise up into the Senate chamber. Rommel followed them up into the Senate chamber using his jetpack, firing his blasters and jets of flame from his vambraces as Yoda engaged with his lightsaber.

Palpatine soon shifted tactics and leaped onto a repulsorpod and began using the Force to throw repulsorpods at Yoda and Rommel. Rommel decided to attack Palpatine directly. However, Palpatine managed to cut Rommel with his lightsaber before Rommel forced Palpatine's saber out of his hand. Palpatine immediately attacked Rommel with Force lightning, sending him into extreme agony before throwing him over the edge of the pod. Rommel fell to the ground, where the surviving SEAL helped him back to his feet and helped him fight his way out of the Senate building, where the two of them stole a shuttle and used it to escape Coruscant.

The two made their way to Polis Massa, where Rommel received medical treatment for his injuries. Rommel was present for the birth of Luke and Leia Skywalker, and the death of Padmé Amidala. After the birth of the Skywalker twins, Rommel took part in a meeting to decide what should be done with them.

Shortly after, Rommel joined the rest of the Terran Alliance in retreating back to Terra, where he returned to his home in Germany. A month after returning to Terra, he joined the rest of the ASAT team at the Terran Jedi Temple construction site in West Virginia for the first meeting of the entire ASAT team since the end of 1991, where the team swore an oath to see the destruction of the Empire and the Sith.

#### Inter Galactic Cold War

Following the end of the Clone Wars and the beginning of the Intergalactic Cold War, Rommel continued to train with the rest of the ASAT team, preparing for war with the Empire. Rommel also conducted several tours around the planet to speak about his experiences in the Clone Wars.

Rommel also served as a combat instructor for special forces unit across the globe. Over the years following the Clone Wars, he trained special forces troops from 47 different special forces units from 44 countries.

In 2001, Rommel traveled to the United States to help begin training young members of the Terran Jedi Order in lightsaber combat. A few months after arriving in the US, on September 11, Rommel boarded United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark to San Francisco.

46 minutes into the flight, the flight was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists as part of the September 11 attacks. When it became clear what was going on, Rommel began to rally his fellow passengers. The terrorists failed to recognize Rommel, due to Rommel having grown a beard and mustache over the previous few months, and having gained a scar on his face in a minor car crash two months earlier. Rommel also had his lightsaber on him, as Jedi and members of the ASAT team were permitted by Alliance law to carry their sabers on flights. Rommel rallied the passengers, and when the moment was right, he led the passengers in an attempt to take back the aircraft. He attacked one of the hijackers, Ahmed al-Haznawi, who was using what he claimed was a bomb (determined to be fake) and killed him with his bare hands. He then rushed to the front with other passengers, and two passengers, Tom Burnett and Jeremy Glick, restrained the hijacker guarding the cockpit, Ahmed al-Nami. Rommel then used his lightsaber to cut the door to the cockpit open. He then killed the two hijackers in the cockpit, Saeed al-Ghamdi and Ziad Jarrah, with two quick strokes of his lightsaber. Once their bodies were removed from the cockpit, Rommel took over the controls. After establishing contact with air traffic control, Rommel flew the plane to Pittsburgh, where he safely landed it, making United 93 the only hijacked flight to not hit its target. Rommel was awarded with the Jedi Cross, the highest award in the Terran Alliance Armed Forces, for his actions, and the passengers aboard were all awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Following his actions aboard United 93, Rommel was assigned to help lead forces of the United States and its allies in the War on Terror. Rommel spent much of the three years following 9/11 in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran fighting al-Qaeda and its allies. As he grew older, he began to spend more time at home and less in the Middle East beginning in 2005.

In 2008, Samuel Adams retired from the ASAT team, and Rommel, by now a Lieutenant General, was appointed to take his place as the leader of the ASAT team. Rommel led the team for 2 years before, in 2010, at the age of 49, Rommel left the ASAT team. He was promoted to the rank of General and appointed to the Terran Joint Command.

## Appearances

* *Rise of the Terran Alliance (first appearances)*
* *The Terran Alliance: A Changing World*