Krane
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- Rookie One: "Copy that. Should be just like back home."
- Krane: "Don't be getting cocky on me kid, you're doing okay, but aren't in a fancy X-wing fighter anymore."
- ―Rookie One and Krane before the TIE Fighter training[src]
Admiral Krane was a tough Rebel Alliance officer, and he was best known for the harsh way he treated people.
Hardened by military experience, he despised the Galactic Empire and believed it could only be defeated with a well-honed, precision fighting force. Consequently, he was known for giving little leeway to pilots under his command.
Krane personally trained Rookie One to fly with a TIE fighter, due to the importance of his mission to capture the TIE Phantom. Later, he personally, along with Darnell Reggs, escorted Rookie One on his way to Imdaar for the mission in Y-wings. On their way, they encountered some squadrons of TIE Interceptors and Rookie One could safely proceed to Ceti 597 on his way to Imdaar—Krane and Darnell could accompany him no further since a single ship would be more likely to infiltrate Imdaar's defenses.
On the pilot's return to the Rebel base, Krane, being the superior, congratulated and awarded the Rebel.
[edit] Behind the scenes
Krane was created for the LucasArts video game Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire, in which he was portrayed by Craig C. Lewis. Project leader Vincent Lee's storyboards and scripts document for Rebel Assault II, dated November 16, 1994, included a brief description of Krane, much of which was included in a short biography of the character on the LucasArts website. However, the character's age of "late forties" was not mentioned in the game, its manual or online and was only reprinted in Rob Smith's Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts. Lee also made notes on the people he thought symbolized each character in the game, selecting Tommy Lee Jones to represent Krane. Both Lee's notes and the LucasArts website biography refer to him as "Commander Krane", though the character is called "Admiral Krane" in the game itself.
The way Krane congratulates Rookie One depends on the difficulty level of the game chosen in the beginning by the player: At the end of the Beginner level gaming, Krane just handshakes Rookie One. In the Most Difficult level, Krane places a medallion with the Rebellion insignia around his neck.
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[edit] Sources
Rebel Assault II - Original Story on LucasArts.com (archived at Internet Archive)
- Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts
