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FLEET COMMANDER, JEDI HUNTER, DEADLY STRATEGIST. CHECK OUT SOME OF THE AMBITIOUS IMPERIAL’S GREATEST HITS.
Few characters have had as much of an impact on Star Wars canon as Imperial officer Rae Sloane. With a career spanning the original trilogy and beyond, she’s one of the pins that hold the story together. After first appearing in the novel A New Dawn, Sloane has proved a formidable opponent for Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus and impacted the lives of a score of other characters. Now, Sloane is one of the few Imperials to gain the prestigious rank of Grand Admiral. Along with the mysterious fleet admiral, she’ll be working to hold a bickering Empire together in Aftermath: Life Debt. Here are five moments that define her.
1. Hold the Course
Early on in her career as an Imperial soldier, Rae Sloane was a cadet aboard a Star Destroyer in the Denon system. On board, the Emperor and Darth Vader ready themselves for a mission to quell the Twi’lek insurgency. Although she hasn’t even finished her training, Sloane notices that something isn’t right about the course which the ship’s captain has set. She’s brave enough to approach Darth Vader and tell him that she thinks something isn’t right. Vader deals with the captain himself, in true Vader fashion. As for her, Sloane has begun her career by making the right call in front of one of the most powerful people in the galaxy.
Not knowing what’s next for Sloane, the warship’s captain mocks her with some ironic words: “Now we know who our next admiral will be.”
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