Who's Who of Death Star I
A guide to Who's Who of the first Death Star.
Imperial Officers
Lt. Shann Childsen
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Malcom Tierney
Extra: officer who oversaw operations at Detention Block AA-23.
Officer Evax (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: Imperial Intelligence officer. Character not shown onscreen. Image created for Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game (CCG) A New Hope Limited expansion. Has the rank of Commodore according to this.
Cpt. Edmos Khurgee
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Christopher Muncke
Extra: served as a model for an Imperial recruitment poster. Officer that led the inspection team for the captured Millennium Falcon.
Lt. Pol Treidum
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Peter Sumner
Extra: gantry officer in charge of security and maintaining the magnetic field of Docking Bay 327.
Conference/Briefing Room
Gen. Moradmin Bast
Homeworld: Dura-Kahn (Legends)
Status: KIA
Actor: Leslie Schofield
Seating location: next to General Tagge.
Extra: aid to Tarkin and chief manager of the Death Star.
Maj. Siward Cass
Homeworld: Patriim system (Legends)
Status: KIA?
Actor: Patrick Jordan
Seating location: to the right of Colonel Yularen.
Extra: aid to Grand Moff Tarkin. Also went by the rank of chief.
Gen. Trech Molock
Homeworld: Corulag (Legends)
Status: unknown
Actor: Charlie Grey
Seating location: near the entrance of the briefing room.
Extra: Imperial Army operations chief.
Adm. Conan Antonio Motti
Homeworld: Seswenna
Status: KIA
Actor: Richard LeParmentier
Seating location: to the left of Colonel Yularen.
Extra: Chief and Admiral of the Imperial Navy. Leader of naval operations on the Death Star.
Gen. Hurst Romodi
Homeworld: Virujansi, Matacorn (Legends)
Status: Survived
Actor: Ian Selby, Andy de la Tour (Rogue One)
Seating location: next to the entrance of the briefing room.
Extra: Tarkin's aid aboard the Death Star. General of Battle Station Operations.
Gen. Cassio Tagge
Homeworld: Tepasi
Status: Survived, later killed
Actor: Don Henderson
Seating location: next to General Bast.
Extra: Chief of the Imperial Army. Promoted to Grand General after the Battle of Yavin for a short time before his death by Vader.
Grand Moff Tarkin
Homeworld: Eriadu
Status: KIA
Actor: Peter Cushing, Wayne Pygram (Revenge of the Sith), Guy Henry (Rogue One)
Seating location: end of the table, next to Vader (standing).
Extra: Commander of the first Death Star. First Grand Moff in the Empire. Regional governor of the Outer Rim. Former Admiral in the Republic Navy.
Col. Wullf Yularen
Homeworld: Coruscant (raised on Anaxes)
Status: KIA
Actor/Voice Actor: Robert Clarke, Tom Kane (Clone Wars, Rebels), Malcolm Sinclair (Andor)
Seating location: next to Admiral Motti.
Extra: Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence. Also served in the Imperial Security Bureau (ISB). Former Admiral in the Republic Navy.
Personnel
Devin Cant (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Colin Skeaping
Extra: Death Star trooper who guarded Detention Block AA-23, where Princess Leia was imprisoned.
Tajis Durmin (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Cy Town
Extra: Death Star trooper who guarded the Death Star conference room.
SGM Enfield (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Ron Conrad
Extra: Death Star trooper. In charge of security of the detention block under Lt. Shann Childsen.
Tenn Graneet (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: Master chief, Death Star gunner. In Legends, he served in the Clone Wars as a gunner.
CPL Grenwick (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Harry Fielder
Extra: Death Star trooper who guarded Detention Block AA-23. Tactical advisor for SGM Enfield.
KE-829 (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: Stormtrooper on guard duty near Tractor Beam 12. He conversed with another trooper while Obi-Wan shut down the tractor beam. In Legends, he was a clone stormtrooper.
CPL Prescott (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Peter Diamond
Extra: Death Star trooper who guarded Detention Block AA-23. He volunteered for the position.
SGT Nova Stihl (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: Death Star trooper who guarded the conference room full of high-ranking officers, including Grand Moff Tarkin. In Legends, he also was one of the stormtroopers who chased Han and Chewbacca down a Death Star hallway.
CPL Ansin Thobel
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: Death Star trooper who was assigned to sentry duty in the Death Star's command sector during the events of the Rogue One movie.
TD-110 (Wanten)
Homeworld: Parsh
Status: KIA
Actors: Anthony Forrest (Tatooine), Michael Leader (Death Star)
Extra: Stormtrooper officer. Also had the designation DSS-0956. Served as a sandtrooper commander that led Foot Patrol 7 in Mos Eisley on Tatooine. Was mind tricked by Obi-Wan at a city checkpoint. Later reinforced other units during the escape of the Millennium Falcon. Wanten was later assigned to the Death Star, where he bumped his head on a doorway and was incapacitated. He received disciplinary action and was removed from his post on the Death Star by a superior. Years later, he was a First Order commander during the Battle of Starkiller Base and was killed by the Resistance.
TK-119 (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Peter Diamond
Extra: Stormtrooper who, part of a group of stormtroopers, opened fire on Luke and Leia trapped on an overhang. In Legends, he was referred to as a clone stormtrooper.
TK-421
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Stephen Bayley
Extra: Stormtrooper that guarded the Millennium Falcon in Docking Bay 327. Worked in maintenance, and was later promoted to station security. In Legends, he was a clone stormtrooper.
TK-622 (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: N/A
Extra: sergeant in the Stormtrooper Corps. Participated in military campaigns on Malastare and Ralltiir, before transferring to the Death Star. After his commanding officer was assassinated by a droid on the Death Star, he enlisted help from a droid tech that later revealed himself as the killer. The rebel saboteur was killed by stray fire and TK-622 later watched as the rebels fired a torpedo in the thermal exhaust port of the Death Star.
TK-710
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: Stormtrooper that guarded the entry ramp of the Millennium Falcon in Docking Bay 327 along with TK-421. In Legends, he was referred to as TK-422 and a clone stormtrooper.
TK-875 (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: Stormtrooper, along with TK-119, that exchanged blaster fire with Luke and Leia on an overhang overlooking a chasm. In Legends, he was a clone stormtrooper.
SGT Derek Torent (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: Death Star trooper, senior watch trooper. Stationed at the Death Star Overbridge, where he monitored external sensor data. Wears a gray officer's tunic.
Pilots
DS-61-2 "Mauler" Mithel
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: specially trained TIE Pilot. Flew the TIE fighter "Black 2". Darth Vader's left wingman during the Battle of Yavin.
DS-61-3 "Backstabber"
Homeworld: Corellia
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: specially trained TIE Pilot. Flew the TIE fighter "Black 3". Darth Vader's right wingman during the Battle of Yavin.
DS-61-4 "Dark Curse" (Legends)
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: TIE Pilot. Flew the TIE fighter "Black 4". Shot at Luke's X-wing during the Battle of Yavin. He was later shot down by Wedge Antilles.
Iden Versio
Homeworld: Vardos
Status: KIA
Actor: Janina Gavankar
Extra: TIE Pilot and Special Forces Commando. Graduated from the Imperial Academy on Coruscant. Assigned to the Death Star during the destruction of Jedha City. Was present for the Battle of Scarif. Later participated at the Battle of Yavin, as TIE Sigma Three. Her TIE was hit by debris from the destroyed Death Star and she crashed on Yavin IV. Later becoming a commando, under the newly-formed Inferno Squad, she went on various missions for the Empire. Participated in the Battle of Endor and saw its destruction from the moon of Endor. Later defected to the New Republic after a mission to Vardos during Operation Cinder. Years later, she was killed during a confrontation with one of her former comrades of Inferno Squad on board a First Order Star Destroyer.
Unnamed officers
Unidentified Officer 1
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Malcolm Weaver
Extra: officer and aid to Lt. Treidum overseeing Docking Bay 327. Could be a low ranking lieutenant.
Unidentified Officer 2*
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Mike Havord
Extra: officer who accompanies Vader to Docking Bay 327. High-ranking security or naval officer.
Seen in the movie from afar, but never closeup.
Unidentified Officer 3
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Syd Wragg
Extra: first seen walking past the turbolift when Han and Luke (in disguise), and Chewie wait to go up to rescue Princess Leia. Later seen with Tarkin. Could be a high-ranking operations officer.
Wears a light grey tunic not seen in any other movie.
Unidentified Officer 4
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: seen walking past the turbolift when Han and Luke (in disguise), and Chewie wait to go up to rescue Princess Leia. Could be an off-duty officer or research officer.
Unidentified Officer 5
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: seen walking past the turbolift when Han and Luke (in disguise), and Chewie wait to go up to rescue Princess Leia. Could be a high-ranking off-duty officer or research officer.
Unidentified Officer 6
Homeworld: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: unknown
Extra: seen walking past the turbolift when Han and Luke (in disguise), and Chewie wait to go up to rescue Princess Leia. Has the rank of Commodore.
Unnamed officers, with no rank shown.
Unidentified Scanning Crewmen
Homeworlds: unknown
Status: KIA
Actor: Jerry Baker (on the left), unknown (on the right)
Extra: known as Scanning crew BT-445. Sent to scan the Millennium Falcon.
Sources
Actors (website)
Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (novel, 2017)
"Born in the Storm" and "Bump" — From a Certain Point of View (2017)
Death Star (novel, Legends, 2007)
Join the Resistance (junior novels, 2017)
Star Wars Battlefront II (story mode, video game, 2017)
Star Wars: Empire 13: What Sin Loyalty? (comic, Legends, 2003)
Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide (2016)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Premiere Limited (Legends, 1995)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — A New Hope Limited (Legends, 1996)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Special Edition Limited (Legends, 1998)
Star Wars Trading Card Game — A New Hope (Legends, 2002)
Star Wars Trading Card Game — Battle of Yavin (Legends, 2003)
Wookieepedia (info)
*credit to RPF Costume and Prop site
Last modified: 11/2023 (minor info, new sources, and new images)