Tarvyn Lareka

Tarvyn Lareka, designated TK-4601, was a human male who, after graduating from the Imperial Academy, served aboard the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator as a junior member of the Sith Lord Darth Vader's personal stormtrooper legion, Vader's Fist. In 1 BBY, the legion boarded the Rebel Alliance CR90 corvette Tantive IV, where he witnessed the death of the corvette's captain, Raymus Antilles at the hands of the Vader. While sweeping corridors as a part of a patrol group, Lareka stunned princess Leia Organa after she shot his commander. He then requested for two replacement stormtroopers and cut off from his patrol group as they escorted Organa to Vader.

Following the Battle of Yavin Lareka served as a lieutenant TIE fighter pilot in the Imperial Starfighter Corps aboard the Star Destroyer Determination. He developed a crush for another pilot named Iden Versio and became suspicious when she began acting differently. When the lieutenant discussed this issue with her at a bar, she claimed that the Empire only knew violence and expressed her support for the extremist rebel cell the Partisans. Lareka subsequently reported her to Commander Udrai, but a stormtrooper squad arrived first to arrest Versio, with one asking the lieutenant to go with him.

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