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Berrus was a captain in service to the Galactic Empire in 0 BBY. He was dispatched by Emperor Palpatine to assist Starkiller—the Emperor's newest Sith apprentice—during a mission to search for the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, whom the Rebel Alliance had tasked with safeguarding the stolen plans for the Empire's new planet-destroying superweapon, the Death Star. Starkiller's hunt for the droids led him to the Outer Rim world of Tatooine. As the apprentice commenced his mission, Berrus contacted him at various times, offering the apprentice advice on completing his mission. The apprentice ultimately fulfilled his assignment—with little help from the captain—when he located the two droids in the city of Mos Eisley and placed a tracking device on the starship aboard which they escaped.

Biography[]

In 0 BBY, Berrus served as a captain in the Galactic Empire when Emperor Palpatine assigned his Sith apprentice, Starkiller, the task of locating the droids C-3PO and R2-D2, who had been charged by Rebel agents with the plans to the Empire's planet-destroying superweapon known as the Death Star. Likewise, Berrus was personally tasked by the Emperor to assist Starkiller.^[1]

Starkiller's search led him to the Outer Rim world of Tatooine. When the droids could not be located, the Emperor instructed the apprentice to visit Jabba Desilijic Tiure at the Hutt's Tatooine palace and use the crime lord's spy network to locate the droids. As he began his journey, Starkiller was contacted by Berrus via comlink. The captain informed Starkiller of his duty to offer assistance should the Sith apprentice require it. After the apprentice dealt with a group of Jawas, Berrus noted that an immobile sandcrawler was blocking the quickest path to Jabba's palace. Starkiller had no difficulty in removing the obstacle, Force-pushing it out of his way down into the desert below.^[1]

After reaching the palace and defeating several Gamorrean guards, Starkiller was permitted to come before Jabba. Although the Hutt claimed that his spies would be unable to find two droids among the numerous others on the world, his protocol droid blurted out that a pair of droids matching the specifications of the ones that Starkiller was searching for had been located in the city of Mos Eisley. Before the apprentice could respond, Jabba dropped him down into the rancor pit beneath his throne room. Starkiller fought his way past the rancor and additional guards before Berrus contacted him again. The captain stated that a squadron of stormtroopers would be dispatched to capture the droids in Mos Eisley, but Starkiller immediately dismissed the idea, preferring to handle the task himself.^[1]

The Sith apprentice continued his escape from Jabba's palace, and as he approached the hangar bay containing Jabba's sail barge and desert skiffs, Berrus tried to warn Starkiller that their communications were being jammed. However, his transmission only partially came through, the rest being static. Starkiller left the palace on a skiff to Mos Eisley, where he found the two droids escaping onboard the starship Millennium Falcon and placed a tracking device on the Falcon before it fled.^[1]

Personality and traits[]

While initially contacting Starkiller, Captain Berrus revealed his disgust for the native Jawas. When Starkiller countermanded the officer's plan to dispatch a squadron of troopers to capture the droids in Mos Eisley, he nervously affirmed the apprentice's order.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

Captain Berrus appeared by voice in the non-canon Tatooine mission level of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition, in which he was voiced by Christopher Neme.^[1]

Appearances[]

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game — Ultimate Sith Edition (First appearance) (Voice only) (Non-canonical appearance)

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