Pete Mitchell

Admiral Pete Mitchell is the current TIE Corps Commander.

Early Life

Pete Mitchell was born into an Imperial family. His father, Mike, was a highly esteemed pilot for the Empire. When Pete was 10, his father left to test pilot the TIE Defender project. Because of this, Pete saw very little of his father, except when he came home on leave. Pete instead grew close to his mother as well as his life-long friend, Treb Helfest. He and Treb did everything together. They often took their modified Z-95s (paid for by stolen goods) on fast joy rides through lower Coruscant.

Joining the Empire

When Pete was 14, he and his mother received a letter from the Imperial Navy stating that Mike had died defending the Empire at the Battle of Endor. Later that year, the Rebels attacked Coruscant, trapping Pete and his mother there. When they invaded their apartment building, they shot his mother as she was trying to run. Pete and Treb, however, managed to make it up to the 95th story docking bay and escape in their Z-95s. They pushed through the Rebel blockade and escaped to the Outer Rim with only their lives, barely. They then used the money from selling the Z-95s to start a starship repair facility. After a few years of that, Pete overheard a conversation about Treb's father that was captured when the Rebels attacked Coruscant. They spent the next year and a half searching for his father, but to no avail. They then decided that joining the Empire was the best way to get back at the Rebels for the loss of their family.