Jan Dodonna

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Biography

Loyalist

At a young age, Dodonna joined the Judicial Forces, where he began his military career fighting pirates and criminals throughout the Republic in the decades before the Invasion of Naboo.

Throughout his long period of service, Dodonna showed a strong grasp of tactics and strategy, and along with his old friend Adar Tallon, Dodonna revolutionized the tactics of space combat. He was one of the first captains of a Star Destroyer in the days of the Galactic Republic, having served in both the Stark Hyperspace War and the Clone Wars.

During the former conflict, Dodonna served as lieutenant on the cruiser Ardent IV. Decades later during the Clone Wars, Dodonna, along with Terrinald Screed, commanded the first fleet of Victory I-class Star Destroyers during the Siege of Foerost in a campaign to decide control of the Core Worlds. He was also, along with Plo Koon, a member of the Republic negotiating team during the Battle of Rendili. Several months later he commanded the Republic fleet at the First Battle of Cato Neimoidia, at which he had apparently temporarily been given the rank of commander.

Sometime during the war, he served alongside Nejaa Halcyon and his father Ken Dodonna. He also convinced his old friend, Sagoro Autem, to quit his mercenary ways and join the Navy.

As the Republic became the Galactic Empire, Dodonna served loyally for a time, even advising Autem to keep quiet about his feelings on the alleged "Jedi Rebellion."

Rebel

Eventually, Dodonna left on ideological grounds, at first refusing to join the Alliance to Restore the Republic, an act he considered treasonous. He retired to Commenor's moon Brelor to raise his son Vrad. The Emperor felt leaving him alive was too dangerous, however, and ordered his assassination. Dodonna escaped with nothing but his nightclothes, helped by a Rebel team led by General Roons Sewell which had been sent to warn him of the plot.

Dodonna joined the Rebellion and was immediately commissioned to general by Alliance officials, and placed under the command of General Sewell. His first major victory was at the Silken Asteroids, where he successfully coordinated the defense of a small Rebel base against Imperial incursion.

After the untimely death of General Sewell, Dodonna was placed in command of all Rebel starfighter operations by Mon Mothma. With the help of Walex Blissex, designer of the Victory-class Star Destroyer, Dodonna modified the R-22 Spearhead into the fast, nimble A-wing starfighter, and he created the Battle Analysis Computer that would later see use at the Battle of Bakura. His son Vrad also joined the Alliance and become a starfighter pilot.

During his time in the Alliance High Command on Dantooine, Dodonna performed different field missions alongside tactics prodige Risiev Credal, who was his protegée (shared with Colonel Beryl Chiffonage).

With plans brought to him by Princess Leia Organa and downloaded from R2-D2, Dodonna helped plan the Battle of Yavin on the Death Star. The data showed that the defenses of the Death Star were built around large-scale attacks, but he found that a small thermal exhaust port on the station would be vulnerable to attack, and designed the starfighter attack that was successful in destroying the battle station. Shortly afterwards he was called in to deal with the short-lived super-vaporator project on Tatooine, though this soon fell through.