Alexsandr Kallus' squad

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"I remember my first unit. The boys and I were deployed to Onderon to bring peace and security to a troubled world. We were on a routine patrol and ran into one of your rebel friends, a Lasat mercenary who worked for Saw Gerrera. I was lucky, knocked out by the first blast. I came to, but found I couldn't move. And then I saw him, the Lasat, calmly walk through smoke and fire to finish my unit off, one by one. The injured never had a chance. Always wondered why he let me live."
―Alexsandr Kallus, to Garazeb Orrelios[2]

The Imperial Security Bureau agent Alexsandr Kallus commanded[2] a squad of stormtroopers[1] that was deployed to the world Onderon[2] around 18 BBY.[3] The mission was Kallus' first assignment following his graduation.[1] During a routine patrol, the squad was attacked[2] by a rebel group led by the Onderon revolutionary Saw Gerrera.[4] Kallus was rendered unconscious by the first blast, and after regaining consciousness, found himself paralyzed, unable to move as he witnessed a Lasat warrior calmly walking through the destruction, methodically killing the rest of his men. Despite this, the Lasat spared the agent's life.[2] Kallus harbored a hatred for Lasat due to the event.[4] He later recounted the demise of his squad to his long-time rebel adversary, the Lasat Garazeb Orrelios, when the two were stranded on the icy moon Bahryn[2] in 3 BBY.[3]

Behind the scenes

Dawn of Rebellion erroneously dated the squad's mission on Onderon to 7 BBY.

Dawn of Rebellion erroneously dated the squad's mission on Onderon to 7 BBY.

The squad was first mentioned in "The Honorable Ones,"[2] the seventeenth episode in the second season of the animated television series Star Wars Rebels, which premiered on February 24, 2016.[5]

The reference book Star Wars: Timelines, published on April 25, 2023,[6] states that Kallus lost his squad around 18 BBY,[3] which is contradicted by Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide, published on December 5, 2023,[7] which instead dated the mission to 7 BBY[4] within a section written by Pablo Hidalgo.[8] However, the 2019 reference book Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition,[9] as well as the 2024 reference book Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy, both establish the mission to Onderon was his first since his graduation.[1] Given that the comic story "Flight of the Falcon, Part 1: Spy Games," written by Michael Moreci and published by IDW Publishing[10] on September 26, 2018,[11] depicts Kallus on a mission[10] dated by Timelines to around 10 BBY,[12] Kallus' first mission must be prior to around that year. Therefore, this article assumes that Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide is incorrect and that Star Wars: Timelines is correct.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Rebels-mini-logo Star Wars Rebels — "The Honorable Ones"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: Timelines
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
  5. ↑ SWInsider "Star Wars Rebels: Season Two Episode Guide" — Star Wars Insider 169
  6. ↑ DK-Logo Star Wars Timelines on Dorling Kindersley's official United States website (backup link)
  7. ↑ PenguinRandomHouseComicsRetail Star Wars Dawn of Rebellion The Visual Guide on Penguin Random House's Comics Retail website (backup link)
  8. ↑ Wiki-shrinkable Wookieepedia Interviews - Emily Shkoukani & Jason Fry on the official Wookieepedia YouTube channel (backup link)
  9. ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 IDWStarWarsAdventuresLogoSmaller "Flight of the Falcon, Part 1: Spy Games" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 14
  11. ↑ PreviewsWorldLogo STAR WARS ADVENTURES #14 CVR B MURPHY on Previews World's official website (backup link)
  12. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the flashback events of "Flight of the Falcon, Part 1: Spy Games" to around 10 BBY.