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Sodarra

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this Imperial Captain was in command of a team of highly-skilled stormtroopers shortly after the Battle of Yavin. Sodarra and his team were dispatched to Ord Mantell by the Emperor himself, when it was learned that Darth Vader's TIE Advanced cockpit had been located there - with the Dark Lord himself inside and unconscious. They managed to recover the cockpit before Governor Vellam, and fled Ord Mantell in a CR90 corvette. Vellam dispatched the Eradicator to intercept them, and they were shot down over Mon Torri. There, they encountered Han Solo and Chewbacca, who were flying the Millennium Falcon to Tatooine to intercept Alfreda Goot. Both ships were damaged, although Alfreda provided the necessary parts to repair the MillenniumFalcon. Sodarra then tricked Han Solo into believing that the cargo he and his men were carrying was a prototype cloaking device that he and his men had stolen from Governor Vellam, shortly after they defected from Imperial service. Sodarra claimed that they had planned to sell the prototype to Ploovo Two-for-One, but the crimelord doublecrossed them and they were on the run. Han, meanwhile, was racing against Alfredo Goot, in an effort to recover Leia Organa. Han believed Sodarra's story, and agreed to help the "ex-Imperials" get to Shador, where they would drop off the cargo. On Shador, they were double-crossed by Lieutenant Birdloe, who was actually a spy for Governor Vellam, but they managed to flee the planet and reach Tatooine. There, Han discovered the true nature of Sodarra's cargo shortly before he rescued Leia. Han and Sodarra reached a "gentlemen's agreement" that allowed both parties to walk away from the situation. Sodarra and his men then arranged for passage to Coruscant with Vader's body.