Endicott

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Endicott, a Human male lieutenant, served aboard the second Death Star as a docking bay technician by 4 ABY, a position he received after graduating third in his class from the prestigious Imperial Academy of Carida. Endicott oversaw the unexpected arrival of Darth Vader's personal shuttle aboard the Death Star shortly before the Battle of Endor.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Personality and traits 3 Behind the scenes 4 Appearances 5 Sources 6 Notes and references

[edit] Biography

The Human male Endicott was an orphan who attended the prestigious Academy of Carida,^[2] the toughest Imperial training facility in the galaxy.^[3] After graduating third in his class from the academy, Endicott was offered a docking bay officer position on the second Death Star, in construction over the remote Forest Moon of Endor.^[4]

In early 4 ABY, Endicott, a lieutenant,^[2] oversaw the arrival of Darth Vader's personal shuttle aboard one of the Death Star's hangars. Vader's visit came completely unannounced in an effort to remedy the Death Star's lagging construction schedule. Once Endicott realized that an approaching shuttle bearing a class-one priority ranking and requesting for the Death Star to deactivate its deflector shield was carrying the Dark Lord, he ordered a docking bay shield controller to notify Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod, the Death Star's commander, of their distinguished guest's arrival.^[5]

Endicott later served aboard the Death Star under Jerjerrod's command during the Battle of Endor. He was present in the Death Star's Superlaser Fire Control Room when the Emperor gave the order for the battlestation to first fire its superlaser upon the Alliance Fleet, revealing the Death Star's operational status.^[1]

[edit] Personality and traits

Endicott, a docking bay technician,^[2] displayed a certain shock of recognition, exclaiming Vader's name aloud to himself, upon realizing that the Dark Lord had suddenly and unexpectedly arrived aboard the Death Star.^[5] Unlike many Imperial officers,^[6][7][1] Endicott did not speak with a Coruscanti accent.^[1]

[edit] Behind the scenes

The Endicott character appears briefly, without name, in the opening scene of the 1983 film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi as the docking bay control officer who orders a subordinate to inform Moff Jerjerrod of Darth Vader's arrival aboard the Death Star. The character appears again, fleetingly, in the background of the battlestation's fire control room as the Death Star first fires its superlaser during the Battle of Endor.^[1]

He was first identified by name and provided a brief back story on the "Lieutenant Endicott" card as part of the July 2000 Death Star II Limited expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game.^[2] The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, published in 2008, later designated an individual entry for the Endicott character based on the original SWCCG information.^[4]

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novelization (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

[edit] Sources

• The Art of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
• Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays
• Star Wars: Behind the Magic
• Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: Lieutenant Endicott) (First identified as Endicott)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

[edit] Notes and references