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A Rebel Alliance commodore
- "Commodore, eh? Does that come with a hat?"
- ―Han Solo
The term commodore typically denoted senior Navy officers commanding groups of ships rather than individual vessels, but it was used in a number of different ways by various military hierarchies.
Most typically, the title "commodore" was associated with a distinct rank between captain and Rear Admiral; officers of this rank might serve as senior captains of important ships, or else could command flotillas, squadrons, or task forces, usually under superior flag officers.
This rank was in use in the Imperial Navy of the reconstituted Sith Empire during the Sith Wars.[2]
This usage of the term was established in the Rebel Alliance rank hierarchies. In the Confederacy of Independent Systems the commodore was the commander of a "Squadron", leading 12-64 vessels.[3] Yat-De Viedas was a Rebel commodore during the early years of the Alliance; later, the New Republic and Galactic Alliance used this title. For example, during the Swarm War (35-36 ABY), Gavin Darklighter commanded a task force in the Fifth Fleet with the rank of commodore. However, the New Republic also accorded a separate title of "commodore" to some very high-ranking officers, such as General Han Solo, who was so styled when he was appointed as commander of the entire Fifth Fleet in 17 ABY.
Under the Galactic Empire, in contrast, the rank between Line Captain and Rear Admiral had been commander, and the term "commodore" was used instead as an alternate title for a Systems Admiral, a mid-ranking command officer within the Navy hierarchy of a Sector Group, or an admiral for a standard fleet.
Other military forces used the term "commodore" in different ways; for instance, the Utapau Skyforce had a rank of Air Commodore, the Home Guard Commodore commanded the Sullustan Home Guard, and the head of the BloodScar pirates took the title.
Appearances
- The Old Republic, Blood of the Empire Act 1: Shades of the Sith
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught
"Picutorion Viewed From the Top" — Imperial Sourcebook (reprinted in Second Edition)- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II novelization (and audiobook)
- Allegiance (and audiobook)
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- The Lost City of the Jedi (First appearance)
- Shield of Lies
- The New Jedi Order: Ylesia
- Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
Sources
- Imperial Sourcebook (First mentioned)
- Dark Empire Sourcebook
- Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
- Pirates & Privateers
- Stock Ships
- Cracken's Threat Dossier
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- Galaxy at War
- Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
- Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
- Strongholds of Resistance
