Kendal Ozzel

"You have failed me for the last time, Admiral."

―Darth Vader


Kendal Ozzel
Aliases:	Admiral Ozzel Admiral Kendal Ozzel
Continuity:	Star Wars
Notability:	Antagonist
Type:	Military personnel
Occupation:	Admiral
Gender:	Male
Race:	Caridan ^[1]
Location:	Imperial Super Star Destroyer Executor
Associations:	First Galactic Empire Imperial Navy
Status:	Deceased
Died:	3 ABY
First:	Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Actor:	Michael Sheard

Kendal Ozzel is a fictional military officer and a minor secondary antagonist featured in the Star Wars multimedia franchise. Played by actor Michael Sheard, he appeared in the 1980 film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Biography[]

"He is as clumsy as he is stupid."

―Darth Vader

Kendal Ozzel was a male human born on the planet Carida. During the Clone Wars, he became an officer serving in the Grand Army of the Republic. When the Old Republic was re-organized under the banner of the First Galactic Empire, Ozzel became an officer in the Imperial Navy. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, he had achieved the rank of Admiral and served aboard the Imperial Super Star Destroyer Executor.

In 3 ABY, Darth Vader had tracked the leadership of the Alliance to Restore the Republic to the Hoth System and intended on staging a massive attack to wipe them out all at once. However, Admiral Ozzel brought the fleet out of lightspeed in the Hoth System too quickly, thus alerting the rebels to their presence, and giving them just enough time to prepare evacuation protocols. Vader killed Ozzel for his incompetence by Force choking him to death. Vader then promoted Captain Firmus Piett to take Ozzel's position. ^[2]

Notes & Trivia[]

The character of Kendal Ozzel was created by director Irvin Kershner and screenplay writers Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan based on concepts developed by George Lucas.