Joseph Scar

"Fear and discipline. That, Captain is how people earn other people's respect and are kept in line. It's something my father use to tell me..."

-Admiral Joesph Scar Joseph Scar was Eriadu male admiral who served the Galactic Empire during the Dark Times and was one of the many loyal second in commands of Darth Vader. [Source]

Biography
Early life (56 BBY-36 BBY)

Joesph was born on the planet Eriadu to a wealthy and powerful family. His father was a retired commander turned lawyer and his mother a doctor. Because of his father's military past Joesph was taught at a young age military tactics by his father and told him to believe in two things "fear and discipline" as he believed that is how a commander manages to earn respect and how they are kept in line. Under his father's teachings Joesph grew to admire the military and wished to serve his people.

As a young man Scar enrolled in a military academy and took a course in military teachings and history in order to study previous commanders and their successes and failures as he didn't wish to make the same mistakes they made. Driven to live up to every aspect of his father's legacy, young Joesph Scar cultivated expertise in multiple fields, establishing a reputation as an intellectual prodigy with a well-rounded mind. He displayed great aptitude as a tactician in the course of his schooling and demonstrated great talent as a poet and philosopher. A keen analyst of the political situation. Scar perceived the Galactic Republic to be a decaying institution, and envisioned a new future for the galaxy. His vision was a militant one, authoritarian and Humanocentric, and he possessed a driving ambition to rise to the ranks of power, where he could affect change.

After graduation he joined the Republic Outland Regions Security Force, a military policing force that kept the Outland Regions, a Rim area that included Eriadu, safe from piracy. Scar was a fast riser who achieved the rank of commander, and during the course of his service visited Coruscant, capital of the galaxy, several times.

Military Years: Joining the Republic Navy (22 BBY-19 BBY)
In 22 BBY, the Clone Wars broke out between the Republic and the secessionist government, the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Eriadu was a major Republic stronghold during the war, a significant forward position surrounded by heavily armed Separatist sectors. At some point in the Clone Wars, Scar was commissioned into the Republic Navy as an officer. Scar quickly made a name for himself in the army, winning many Republic battles and given promotions to higher rankings in the Navy for his efforts. During his time as a Lieutenant he was given the Republic Cross for his bravery and skill and was promoted to Captain. He served as Captain of a Venator-class  Star Destroyer under the command of Jedi General Kihach Sanjuro, a Rodian male. Later the two assisted fellow Jedi General  Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan  Commander Ahsoka Tano in liberating the planet  Rodia, home planet of Sanjuro from Separatist control. During his time serving alongside Skywalker and his Padawan Scar admitted that while Skywalker had managed to earn his trust, the rest of the Jedi Order fell short in that regard including Sanjuro. Not only did Scar find their tactics ineffective, he also felt that the Jedi Code was far too restricting in the sense that it prevented its adherents from escalating their efforts to win the war. Rather than feeling offended, Skywalker found Scar's argument enlightening and agreed that the Jedi were not doing enough to defeat the Separatists, thus providing a sense of common ground between the two. When the planet was successfuly liberated, Scar and Sanjuro returned to Coruscant with Skywalker and Tano. Beefore reporting to the Chancellor on the success of the mission, Scar congratulated Skywalker and the two shook hands, thus solidifying their new-found friendship. During his time as an officer he also earned great respect in the eyes of fellow Republic navy officer  Wilhuff Tarkin who felt the Captain had great potential in the military to be a great commander and also was pleased that they shared similar views and felt that with a little more experience and training he could someday be an equal to him.

In 19 BBY, the Clone Wars ended with the defeat of the Separatists. Palpatine declared the Jedi enemies of the Republic, accusing them of treason, and initiated a purge of the Order.

Admiral of The Red Skull and in the Service of Vader (19 BBy)
With the end of the Clone Wars Palpatine promoted Scar for his efforts during the war from his then rank at the time Commodore to  Admiral and assigned him to serve under his apprentice Darth Vader. Scar became a loyal servant of Vader and one of his trusted allies and commanders second that to Tarkin. He became commander of a fleet and his own Star Destroyer which he nicknamed "The Red Skull" and painted it with a black and red colour scheme with a darkened red skull on the front and it became the Admiral's signal. He later was assigned by Vader to assist him in taking down Jedi who survived the purge across the galaxy and Scar greatly accepted the offer. Scar's name quickly became feared throughout the galaxy as many planets fell under his grip and Jedi fallen under his feet "like an ant being crushed by a boot" as he put it. His skills impressed Vader and Tarkin as well as Palpatine and he was granted immense respect amongst other officers in the Imperial Navy, some fearing him more than Vader. Vader later presented Scar with a red lightsaber as a reward for his efforts in helping him hunt Jedi, despite Scar telling the Sith Lord he wasn't Force-sensitive but unbeknownst to him he was as, Vader sensed the Dark Side in him and Vader offered to train him in the ways of the Sith and Lightsaber combat and Scar accepted. After his training was completed he became quite skilled with his lightsaber and did use it in taking down Jedi he was sent to kill and never truly relied on the Force preffering the lightsaber and his military weapons such as his blastor pistol and his military tactics which he used in space battles as well as ground battles and when hunting Jedi feeling it gives them an advantage in hunting what he considered as "primitive relics of decades past." His former Jedi superior Sanjuro was never found during the purge and was assumed either dead or having found a way to keep a low profile and avoid capture from the Empire though Scar vowed to find his former Jedi superior and take care of him personally. At some point during another Jedi hunt half of his face was badly burned from a grenade that a Jedi force-pushed into his face, forcing him to receive plastic surgery that managed to repair the wounds though one horrfic scar remained and while the doctors said they could repair it though it meant Scar would be out of action for a couple more weeks. Scar refused to have it fixed feeling it didn't matter and just saw it as another mark of war and returned to his duties, the scar being another symbol of his and gave a whole new meaning to his last name.

At some point he and his troopers along with his loyal Captain Chaney arrived at a village hearing of a Jedi's wherabouts on the planet. His forces searched the homes of frightened citizens finding no trace of the Jedi until Scar decided to take charge and happened upon a frightened family hiding in a celler as Scar calmly asked them to come out and when they refused to comply signalled his troops to force them from their hiding spot and calmly once again asked the mother to tell him if she heard anything related to the Jedi and she said no. With this he signalled his troopers to kill her and her children seeing as they provided no information to him they were no longer needed. Before they could be killed the Jedi emerged revealing them to be his family and pleaded with Scar to let them go and if he wanted to kill someone then kill him. Scar complied and told his troops to let them go and they quickly ran to the Jedi for protection as he signalled them to run. The kids ran but before the mother could escape Scar grabbed her by the neck tightly and dropped her. As she struggled to breathe she then got her feet only to be shot in the chest by Scar's blastor pistol and then sliced in the back by his lightsaber, killing her while her Jedi husband and children watched in horror. The Jedi quickly told his children to leave and they ran as the Jedi took a final stand against Scar who calmly fought the Jedi in a short lightsaber duel, quickly disarming him and knocking him to the ground and shooting him two times in the chest. Scar expressed disappointment hoping the Jedi would have lasted longer but like all the other Jedi he's met he fell expressing just for once he'd like meet a Jedi who would actually be a challenge. The Jedi expressed with his last breath how the Empire won't last and the empire he helped create from the destruction of the innocent will crash and burn and him along with it but Scar points out he already has, referencing his horrific scar. With that he decapitated the Jedi with his lightsaber and left the planet ordering, forces to burn the village to the ground saying their work was finished and left the planet with his forces as he watched the village burn from the bridge of his ship and then ordered Captain Chaney to make the jump to hyperspace as they prepared to head to Vader's Star Destroyer to meet with him on the success of the mission.