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Zaarin, Demetrius

Category: Characters
Type: Human
Affiliation: Imperial

Zaarin was an Imperial Admiral in service during the Galactic Civil War. He was placed in charge of the research and development of new TIE Fighter models, including the the TIE Advanced and TIE Defender, by Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader. In order to ensure that the Imperial fighters could operate without support, Zaarin negotiated with the Habeen to obtain TIE hyperdrive technology. While he openly supported the Emperor's plans to capture Admiral Harkov following the defection of his fleet, Zaarin was plotting to move his fleet to Coruscant to kill Palpatine. He chose to make his move shortly after the death of Prince Xizor, when Lord Vader had been dispatched to clean up the remnants of Black Sun. Using the cover of Imperial fighters, he outraced Imperial pursuit in the Glory and reached Coruscant ahead of Vader, but was unable to secure Palpatine's shuttle. Vice Admiral Thrawn arrived in the Vanguard and chased Zaarin into hyperspace, ensuring that Palpatine would be able to safely return to Coruscant. Zaarin later re-appeared, and tried to steal the prototype hibridium-based cloaking device design from Thrawn. Zaarin nearly succeeded, capturing the CR90 corvette Vorknkx, which had been equipped with a cloaking device from the research lab in the Iast System. However, Zaarin attempted to flee into hyperspace with the ship cloaked. The cloaking device had not yet been perfected for use in hyperspace, and the device exploded. The corvette and her crew, including Zaarin, were destroyed upon entering hyperspace.

Source Abbreviations Listing - TIE, RESB, SWI66, TIEP

For more information, please read or view the following material(s):

Defender of the Empire, by Lawrence Holland and Edward Kilham, copyright 1994, from LucasArts Entertainment Company

Rebellion Era Sourcebook, by Bill Slavicsek, et al., copyright 2001, from Wizards of the Coast

Star Wars Insider Magazine (issue number n follows SWI), by Various, copyright 1997, 2008, from Various

TIE Fighter, by Lawrence Holland and Edward Kilham, copyright 1994, from LucasArts Entertainment Company

TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide, by Rusel DeMaria, David Wessman, and David Maxwell, copyright 1994, from Prima Publishing

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