Heron Sorren

Heron is a Quellian who fought in the Clone Wars and, later on, the Galactic Civil War.

Pre-Clone Wars
Heron Sorren was born in 35 BBY to a poor family on the planet Quellia. He was found by a Jedi Knight in 31 BBY and was brought to Coruscant to become a Padawan, after being discovered to be a Force-sensitive child. Heron studied hard under this Jedi knight, who became his master. Heron and the Jedi Council were at odds on numerous occasions, where the padawan believed that if the council were more aggressive on prominent issues such as the invasion of Naboo, then the galaxy would be not in such a great crisis. Prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Heron and his master were on a mission to investigate rumors of an underground rebellion on the planet Lindor. They found the rebel group and had to resort to aggressive negotiations to end the rebellion, later found out to be Confederate supporters. Luckily, this mission prevented Heron from participating in the Battle of Geonosis, where he, most likely, would have perished.

The Clone Wars
Although he was still a padawan, Heron was given command of a small group of clone troopers specialized in covert operations. His master was killed in one of the many battles of the war, and Heron was distraught by it, which probably is where his path towards the edge of the Dark Side truly began. As the war continued, Heron grew more skilled in the use of the Force and swordsmanship, which eventually led to Heron’s Knighthood. After two years of fighting, Heron began losing hope that the war would end any time soon, when the order came.

‘’’“Execute Order 66.”’’’

When Sidious sent this message, Heron and his clones were gathering intelligence on a Confederate communication station. The clones attempted to kill him with their explosives, but Heron, with his innate ability to detect actions of those close to him, manages to kill his clone division. He soon figures out the druids that inhabited the station were deactivated, and tried to use the comm station to contact any Jedi survivors. Moments after Heron gave up, this message came on the frequency.

“Emergency code 913, this is Obi-Wan Kenobi.”

Heron heard the call, and tried to contact Kenobi, but incoming clones jammed the communication relay and the jedi knight was forced to flee, eventually finding a Confederate star fighter with a built in hyperdrive, and escaped to Naboo.

Post-Clone Wars
On Naboo, the Queen greeted Heron. He remained on Naboo until gaining intelligence that the Empire is planning to invade the planet. Although he warned the queen, she was determined to remain on the planet. The majority of the other jedi also on the planet agreed to remain behind. Heron and a handful of other Jedi fled the planet. Those who remained, Heron never saw again. Returning to Quellia, Heron was reunited with his family, where he remained until the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War.

Galactic Civil War
Upon hearing that there is a rebel organization formed to oppose the Galactic Empire, Heron quickly left his home on Quellia and stopped at Alderaan, where he met Bail Organa. He was quick to pledge his allegiance to the rebel force and left to Yavin IV, where Heron stayed through the Battle of Yavin. He aided the Rebels in their evacuation after the destruction of the Death Star, and traveled with them throughout their continuous flight. Heron fought in the Battle of Hoth as an airspeeder pilot, managing to take down an AT-AT before the evacuation code signal was given. He left on one of the last transports.

Heron also fought in the Battle of Endor as an A-Wing pilot. After flying his ship into the Death Star II, he split up with Red Leader and Gold Leader to ward off some of the TIE fighters. He assisted in the destruction of the ‘’Executor’’ by destroying the Super Star Destroyer’s bridge deflector shields.