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Kraym, Thorne

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this man was one of the military leaders who supported the Jabiimi Nationalists, during the Imperial occupation of Jabiim. Years earlier, he was among the military officers who were supporting the Separatist forces during the Clone Wars, and nearly died when Orliss Gillmunn and his guerrillas boxed his detachment into High Rock Canyon. However, Thorne and his forces used a specially-designed virus to wipe out the Loyalists and escape, with Thorne taking Gillmunn's life himself during their escape. Thorne confronted Gillmunn's son, Nolan, some twenty years later, when the Imperial forces on Jabiim raided the Loyalist headquarters. He claimed to have finally ousted the Empire and reclaimed complete mining rights to the planet without firing a single shot, by giving in to two conditions: a large portion of the Jabiimite population was to be shipped off-planet as indentured workers, and Gillmunn had to turn over Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa as prisoners. Gillmunn refused on both counts, and although Leia was allowed to escape, Thorne was more than pleased to learn that Luke was the son of Anakin Skywalker. His pleasure at confronting the son of the man who doomed Jabiim's Loyalists to subjugation by the Empire was short-lived, however, when it was learned that Darth Vader himself was on his way to Jabiim to take Luke into custody. In a final attempt to break the will of the rebels, Thorne tried to execute Nolan and his Loyalist leaders. The exeuction was cut short when Vader ordered the bombardment of Jabiim from space, sending the stormtroopers scurrying for cover. In the ensuing chaos, Thorne tried to kill Luke, but was instead fatally shot by Nolan Gillmunn. With his dying breath, he railed against the Loyalists, but ultimately died from his wounds.