Lushros Dofine

"What's the situation, Captain?"
"Two Jedi have landed on the hangar bay. We're tracking them."

―General Grievous and Lushros Dofine during the Battle of Coruscant —

Lushros Dofine was a Neimoidian male who served as the captain of the Providence-class Dreadnought Invisible Hand during the Battle of Coruscant.^[1]

Biography[]

"Magnetize! Magnetize!"

―The captain ordering the droids on his ship to magnetize.^[1]

LushrosDofineFire-ROTS — The captain on the bridge of the *Invisible Hand*.

Captain Lushros Dofine^[3] and other members of the bridge crew originally served the Trade Federation onboard the Invisible Hand when the dreadnought was owned by Viceroy Nute Gunray. After General Grievous demanded command of the ship, the bridge crew, including Dofine, were allowed to stay, though they were now assisted by droids. Under Grievous's command, the Invisible Hand served as the flagship of the Confederacy navy and fought in many battles during the Clone Wars.^[2] In 19 BBY,^[4] the captain was still in command of the Invisible Hand during the Battle of Coruscant.^[1]

After Grievous kidnapped the head of the Galactic Republic, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi boarded the ship to rescue him. Grievous entered the bridge and requested a status update from the caption, who informed Grievous they were tracking the Jedi as the two made their way down the halls. As a Venator-class Star Destroyer, the Guarlara came alongside the Invisible Hand, Dofine ordered all batteries to open fire on the Republic ship. As the two ships shot at each other, the artificial gravity of the Invisible Hand was damaged and the ship began falling towards Coruscant. As the ship fell, Dofine ordered the battle droids to magnetize in order to prevent them from flying around. The Invisible Hand eventually stopped falling, leveling itself out, and repaired its artificial gravity.^[1]

TheBridgeCrewEscapes — The captain and the rest of the bridge crew escaping.

When Kenobi and Skywalker rescued Palpatine, the three of them were trapped in a ray shield and, along with their astromech droid R2-D2, were brought before Grievous on the bridge. The captain watched as Grievous and the Jedi exchanged insults, before R2-D2 broke the handcuffs restricting Skywalker's arms, who in turn freed Kenobi. Grievous ordered his MagnaGuards to kill the Jedi, but they were able to easily defeat them. As the two confronted Grievous, the General broke a front window with an Electrostaff, letting himself be sucked out of it to escape. As the window's safety shutter covered broken Transparisteel, the captain, along with other neimoidian crew members fled the bridge to the Escape pods.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

Lushros Dofine first appeared as an unnamed character in the opening scenes of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.^[1] Within the Star Wars Legends continuity the character was first identified in the StarWars.com Databank.^[5]