Enric Pryde

As I served you in the old wars, I serve you now.Enric Pryde, to Darth Sidious

Enric Pryde, also known by the callsign Steadfast, was a human male officer who held the military rank of Allegiant General in the First Order during the First Order-Resistance War. In the last days of the conflict, Pryde was appointed as the commanding officer of the Final Order—a massive fleet of Xyston-class Star Destroyers—by the reborn Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious. Occupying a position of power and privilege, Pryde was a high-ranking First Order officer who wielded authority over the ground and naval forces of the First Order military. Pryde's flagship, the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Steadfast, was named in honor of the vessel he commanded during his time in the Imperial Navy.

A native of the planet Alsakan, Pryde was born during the twilight of the Galactic Republic and was raised under the reign of the Galactic Empire. Pryde personally witnessed Darth Vader in action as a young fleet officer, and eventually became a captain of a battlegroup. As such, his ideology was shaped by the principles of the New Order, and he became a veteran of the Imperial Military. After the Galactic Civil War, Pryde joined an exodus of Imperial officers, nobles and technologists into the Unknown Regions to flee the New Republic, eventually joining a remnant led by Grand Admiral Rae Sloane that sought to rebuild the Empire.

Pryde eventually became a High Colonel in the remnant, which maintained a covert but close relationship with the Corporate Sector Authority, who in turn provided them with secret funding. At one point, Pryde was assigned the code-named Steadfast, to work with the CSA. The Sith Eternal, a Sith cult that resided on the dark desert planet of Exegol, trusted Pryde, and instructed the Jedi hunter Ochi of Bestoon to seek out Steadfast during the hunt for Dathan, Miramir, and their daughter Rey. Using his authority in the CSA, Pryde provided Ochi with a contingent of CSA troopers and put a tracker beacon on his ship when the family fled in it. Pryde then became part of the First Order and became a secret agent within it for the resurrected Darth Sidious, where his consciousness was thrust into a cloned body of himself and trusted with the news of his rebirth to Pryde. As part of a second wave of leadership that Supreme Leader Snoke kept in reserve after the unveiling of Starkiller Base, Pryde was to serve in this. After Snoke's death, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren supported Pryde's career at the expense of their rival, General Armitage Hux.

While the mysticism of Snoke and Ren were foreign to him, Pryde was more than willing to follow Sidious's new command as an Imperial veteran himself. As a member of the First Order Supreme Council, he supported Ren's alliance with the Sith Eternal, and personally executed Hux for committing espionage for the Resistance. When Ren's mission to Kef Bir led to his renunciation of the dark side, Pryde assumed command over the First Order with the support of the Emperor, who summoned Pryde to Exegol, where he was given command of the Final Order fleet. Pryde, however, perished when his command ship was destroyed by Resistance forces during the Battle of Exegol. Without the Steadfast, the Sith warships were unable to leave Exegol, resulting in the Sith fleet's destruction by the Resistance navy and Citizens' Fleet.

Early life

Enric Pryde was born on the Core World of Alsakan in 27 BBY.^[2] From a young age, Pryde began to formulate a plan that would result in him gaining power and control over others, as well as his own destiny. Part of his plan involved staying as far away as possible from the frontlines of any war, but while he thought an Imperial desk job on Coruscant or another Imperial base would be the safest option, he believed such a posting to be beneath him. He would continue to adapt his plan throughout his career within the Empire.^[4] By 11 BBY,^[8] Pryde had achieved advanced placement in the Alsakan Academy.^[1]

Imperial service

Entering the Empire

During the Imperial Era, Enric Pryde served in the Imperial Navy of the Galactic Empire.^[1] He gave up his use of death sticks to fit his mental image of an Imperial officer.^[6] He was posted on the Star Destroyer Steadfast from 6 BBY. Pryde was friends with fellow Imperial officer Brendol Hux, and his wife, Maratelle. Through them, he also was familiar with Hux's son Armitage. As a young fleet officer, Pryde personally witnessed Darth Vader in action.^[1]

Pryde ranked as Captain of the Steadfast when a new Commodore, Scaanos, was assigned to the ship following his predecessor's death at the Battle of Ponolapo. Despite Scaanos being Pryde's superior, the two consistently clashed, with Pryde believing Scaano stretched the boundaries of command in ways he felt were deeply and deliberately antagonistic. Pryde felt further dislike for the Commodore as he had conjured a long and complicated plan, beginning from his time in the Alsakan Academy, that would end with him taking charge of the ship and Scaanos' presence had put the plan in jeopardy. He would make his feelings known about his superior through official Imperial channels, though he later admitted he could have worked around the rules more smartly rather than adhering to them.^[4]

Impervious service, hardly impervious to rebels

At some point between 3 ABY and 4 ABY, Lieutenant Commander^[9] Pryde was temporarily billeted to the Star Destroyer Impervious in order to accomplish inspection duty on Zee-Nine City Seven. Over the course of his inspection, Pryde reported several times to Grand Vizier Mas Amedda. In one of his recorded reports, he reported having discovered that the local Imperial Garrison was woefully understaffed and underfunded, therefore making it a target for rebels. He also noted that since his previous report, he had discovered three additional security breaches and captured a dozen insurgents. As he reiterated his request for more troops and supplies, the garrison came under attack by Rebel forces, causing him to fall to his feet. While ordering an assisting protocol droid to contact the Impervious, the droid noted that it was attempting to do so, but it did not believe it would be able to answer, just as Pryde finally noticed the Star Destroyer crashing from the sky, with Pryde loudly expressing his disbelief.^[10]

He quickly ordered his troops to form up and prepare for an attack and threatened to kill his prisoners but was stopped by the M.A.R. Corps who captured him and locked him in a cage. Twelve hours later, Lord Vader arrived and freed him after getting information on the Rebel cyborgs. As Vader exited to confront the Corps, Pryde warned him that he was walking into a trap, to which the Sith Lord agreed. Pryde attempted to assist Vader in his fight with the Rebels but was pushed out of the way, with Vader telling him not to interfere with what he failed to comprehend. After Vader captured the rebels, Pryde volunteered his services but was rebuffed by the Sith Lord's droid assistant, ZED-6-7, who told him he was entirely unequipped for what would be coming next.^[10]

The Battle of Endor

Before the Battle of Endor began, Pryde was ordered to join the ground forces on Endor by Scaanos, much to his disdain. On the forest moon, he led a regiment of stormtroopers, including FS-451. As the battle intensified on the ground and in orbit above the moon, Pryde hunkered into a hollow with FS-451 and TK-111, a stormtrooper from another battalion, and during this time, he witnessed the destruction of the second Death Star in the skies above him. Pryde remained hidden as rebel X-wings flew celebratory arcs above, and later, as the fighters scoured the forest for Imperial survivors. Following the shock and awe of witnessing the demise of the Imperial fleet, Pryde could not provide answers to the two stormtroopers who looked to him for guidance. To provide relief from their situation, FS-451 offered Pryde a death stick, which he took without hesitation. Following his consumption of the illicit substance, Pryde succumbed to exhaustion and fell asleep.^[4]

When he awoke early the next morning, the effects of the death sticks lingered long enough to fill him with a feeling of celebration and pride as he believed the Empire had won a great victory. After the initial effects quickly wore off, Pryde realized the Empire had lost the battle. FS-451 offered him another death stick and he quickly refused, and instead thought of how the rebels might have taken care of Scaanos for him during the battle. Attempting to compose himself, Pryde could not feel his face or lips and his head had gone numb from the previous night's overindulgence. Fighting back the feeling of nausea in his stomach, he told himself he would bring up FS-451's behavior and lack of decorum at a later time. Pryde knew they would not be rescued from their situation, so he began to formulate a plan to escape the planet. After scolding FS-451 for being unable to start a fire to keep them warm, TK-111 informed Pryde that she had found something that would interest him.^[4]

TK-111 led Pryde and FS-451 through the forest and eventually stopped behind the hulk of a fallen tree. In the distance was a funeral pyre that was still emanating heat despite the fire having died out. When TK-111 informed him that Darth Vader had died and his body burnt on the pyre, Pryde believed it made no sense as he knew Vader was not on the moon and, having witnessed Vader in action, knew the rebel soldiers did not have the capability to capture him. After the stormtrooper insisted she had seen Vader atop the pyre, Pryde looked closer and agreed that it was a pyre but could not confirm that Vader had been on it. He believed that the pyre instead belonged to a high-ranking member of the Rebel Alliance and began to think of how he could spin it to work in his favor with the Emperor as he knew there were many gaps to be filled in Imperial ranks following the battle.

Ordering TK-111 to remain with FS-451, Pryde made his way to the funeral pyre to identify the corpse and salvage a souvenir. After moving a section of the pyre, Pryde’s throat clenched in horror and his limbs felt like deadweights as he found the melted remains of Darth Vader's armor in the center of the pile. Pryde could not comprehend how Vader could have died and believed the situation he was looking at to be impossible. As he stood up to return to the stormtroopers, Pryde's shock made way for a joyous sense of calm as he began to piece together the opportunities that had arisen in the aftermath of the battle and with Lord Vader's death.

Hurriedly, Pryde ordered TK-111 to assist him in finding Vader's lightsaber as he intended to use it as a totem to demonstrate the shifting of power from the Sith Lord to himself. He became overwhelmed with giddiness at the potential of the situation and was forcefully brought back to the present by TK-111 as the sounds of Ewok drumming and activity grew louder around them. Realizing they had to leave the area before they risked being discovered, Pryde reluctantly gave up his search for the lightsaber. He instructed TK-111 to eliminate FS-451 as collateral damage due to him having consumed further death sticks. He allowed himself to look into the sky above at the ragged glowing patch where the second Death Star had once been and murmured to himself that the old order was giving way to a new one. When TK-111 confirmed she had killed FS-451, Pryde smiled and told her they were going to find a way off the moon.^[4]

At some point, he acquired the pelts of a family of Ewoks and was able to make a fur coat from them. He regarded it as one of the finest pieces of tailoring he had ever owned and believed it fitting for an officer of the rank of High Colonel.^[6]

The Battle of Jakku

Pryde later served as the captain of a battlegroup during the Battle of Jakku, the Empire's last gasp of defiance against the New Republic in 5 ABY. The Steadfast was destroyed in the battle, and Pryde fled into the Unknown Regions^[1] as other Imperial officers had done after the New Republic defeated the Empire on Jakku.^[11]

Aiding the CSA

Go to Basta Core. There you will meet an agent. Steadfast. He will assist.A Sith Eternal cultist, to Ochi

Pryde was a captain in his battlegroup at the time of the Battle of Jakku. With the deaths of his superior officers, Pryde asserted his authority over the remaining members of his battlegroup as their new commander and self-appointed high colonel.^[6] Now a veteran of the Imperial Military,^[1] he still held the rank of high colonel^[6] by 21 ABY,^[12] at which point he worked toward the goal of reuniting the disparate remnants of the old Galactic Empire, believing that what the galaxy needed most was order and stability. Falling under the emerging command structure from the Unknown Regions, the Imperial remnant that Pryde served maintained a covert relationship with the Corporate Sector Authority.^[6]

Pryde used the code name "Steadfast" while working with the CSA to conceal the remnant's connection to the company. He also came to the attention of the Sith Eternal cult, which operated under the authority of the reborn Palpatine, and the cult came to view "Steadfast" as an agent they could trust. During a CSA mission on Basta Core, "Steadfast" was sought out by Ochi of Bestoon, a Jedi hunter who looked to the Imperial veteran for assistance in the hunt for Dathan and Miramir, and their daughter Rey. Pryde granted Ochi three platoons—a full company of CSA troopers—and a transport, despite Viceprex Coromun's objections, though they were overruled by the high colonel. Later, however, Pryde rejected Ochi's demands for another detachment of CSA troops, and warned the hunter to stay away from the Corporate Sector.^[6]

Joining the First Order

Enric Pryde joined the First Order,^[1] a military junta^[13] established by former Imperial officers, nobles, technologists,^[14] and warlords after the Empire's defeat on Jakku.^[15] Eventually many former leaders, like Pryde, gave way for the rise of a new leader, in the form of Supreme Leader Snoke. While the mysticism of his powers were alien to him, Pryde knew more about the Supreme Leader's machinations than many of his peers and used his power and insights to cement his own power. However, Pryde eventually came to suspect that Supreme Leader Snoke himself was subservient to an unknown force.^[1] Pryde's suspicions of Snoke would eventually prove correct when he was recruited to become a contact for the Supreme Leader's secret master, the former Galactic Emperor, Sith Lord Darth Sidious, who trusted Pryde with the news of his survival, becoming an agent for the former Emperor within the First Order.^[3]

In 28 ABY,^[16] Snoke gave Pryde command of a Resurgent-class Star Destroyer, which was named the "Steadfast" by Pryde in honor of the Star Destroyer he served aboard during the days of the Empire. Pryde was part of a second wave of leadership in the First Order kept in reserve by Supreme Leader Snoke during the unveiling of Starkiller Base,^[17] which Pryde would later come to regard as an error due to the loss of resources and men.^[5]

Kylo Ren's reign

Promotion to Allegiant General

After the death of Snoke, his former apprentice Kylo Ren, who had secretly assassinated Snoke himself but instead had implicated Rey as Snoke's murderer, became the new Supreme Leader of the First Order, coercing his and Pryde's rival, General Armitage Hux into following him. Pryde,^[1] an admiral,^[18] was left as one of the most senior officers in the First Order High Command and commanded reserve forces. While rebuilding his command, Ren discovered the reserve forces under Pryde's leadership and brought Pryde to the fore, eventually making him a member of the First Order Supreme Council he formed. Pryde knew far more about the machinations of Supreme Leader Snoke and the late Sidious than his cohorts, which he used towards his advantage to cement his power.^[1]

One of Ren's acts as Supreme Leader was to award the rank of Allegiant General to Pryde, granting the Imperial veteran command over both services of the First Order military. General Hux considered the promotion of Pryde as a public slight against his person, given his past rivalry with Ren.^[7]

A transmission from the unknown

He's gone mad. Flames of rebellion burn across the galaxy, and Ren chases a ghost."
"No. Someone was behind that transmission. And Leader Ren will answer to no one.Armitage Hux and Enric Pryde

In the year after the Battle of Crait, a mysterious broadcast with the voice of the late Emperor Palpatine, the public identity of Darth Sidious, swept out across the galaxy. Deeming the Emperor's return as a potential threat to his rule, Ren diverted his attention from the Resistance and sought ways to track down the Emperor's whereabouts. The Supreme Leader became aware that he required a Sith wayfinder to do so, leading Ren to go, accompanied by Pryde and Hux, to the volcanic planet of Mustafar, once ruled by Vader from his personal stronghold, Fortress Vader. Upon arriving there, Ren and a stormtrooper squad engaged in a fight with the Alazmec of Winsit, a tenacious sect of Sith cultists devoted to protecting Corvax Fen and who venerated Vader as a deity of the dark side, while Pryde and Hux watched from a safe distance. As the fight ensued, Pryde asked Hux if he didn't like to see Ren fighting. When Hux expressed his opinion that Ren had gone mad due prioritizing a ghost's chase over the burning rebellion flames across the galaxy, Pryde reminded Hux that there was someone behind the message and that Ren would answer to no one due to the sacrifices he made to gain his power.^[3]

Alliance with the Sith Eternal

They've conjured legions of Star Destroyers. The Sith fleet will increase our resources ten-thousandfold! Such range in power will correct the error of Starkiller Base.Enric Pryde, to the Supreme Council, regarding the Sith Eternal's fleet, the Final Order

Ren eventually made his way to Fortress Vader and recovered his grandfather's wayfinder, which he used to track down the Emperor. After discovering that Darth Sidious had brought himself back to life, his followers in the Sith Eternal, and their built-up forces on Exegol, and learning that there was a spy within the First Order who had sent a message to the Resistance, Kylo Ren presented the head of Boolio before Pryde and the rest of the Supreme Council and informed them of his findings during a meeting on the Steadfast. General Domaric Quinn expressed skepticism of the cult, dismissing them as soothsayers and conjurers, but Pryde supported the First Order's alliance with the Sith Eternal, and scoldingly told the former technologist Imperial junior officer that the Final Order would increase their resources ten thousandfold before snidely remarking that it would "correct the error" of Starkiller Base while glaring at General Hux.^[5]

After discovering that the Resistance was operating on Pasaana, Leader Ren ordered Allegiant General Pryde to prepare his ship and notify their local forces on Pasaana of the Resistance's presence. General Hux later discussed the mission to Pasaana with Allegiant General Pryde, noting that the First Order had experienced considerable losses under the command of the Knights of Ren. Hux presented their captured prisoner, Chewbacca, to Pryde, who ordered he be locked up in the detention block.^[5]

During the Resistance's mission to Kijimi, Hux had helped Commander Poe Dameron and Finn return to the Millennium Falcon and escape the Steadfast, while Pryde spotted the Bestoon Legacy,^[5] the very same ship Ochi had used^[6] and was suddenly being used by the Resistance, much to his surprise. Hux reported to Pryde that the Resistance fighters had forced him to help them escape. However, Pryde saw through Hux's lie and, having realized that Hux was the spy, executed him on the spot before having the Supreme Leader informed of Hux's betrayal and espionage. Pryde also told Ren that the Sith dagger, upon which there was an inscription of the location of one of the Sith wayfinders, now in the Resistance's possession, had been scanned during the captivity of the Wookiee, allowing Ren to track Rey to Kef Bir, where the Jedi aspirant hoped to uncover a Sith wayfinder that would lead her straight to the Emperor.^[5]

Leading the First Order

Destruction of Kijimi

Send a ship to a world they know. Let it burn.Darth Sidious, to Allegiant General Enric Pryde

Abandoning the First Order,^[19] Kylo Ren renounced the dark side after his mother, Princess Leia Organa, sacrificed herself to reach out to him during a duel with Rey on Kef Bir, assuming his identity as Ben Solo once more.^[5] Without Ren present in affairs, Pryde was suddenly able to take orders directly from Sidious^[19] as the new leader of the First Order. Indeed, Sidious discussed this turn of events with Pryde over a hologram. The Emperor ordered the Allegiant General to come to him on Exegol, and Pryde pledged himself to Sidious, reminding the Sith Lord that he served him during the^[5] Old Wars,^[3] and now would do so again. Pryde's declaration thus^[5] cemented the alliance between the First Order and the Sith cultists.^[20]

The Emperor then informed the Allegiant General that he was sending him a Xyston-class Star Destroyer and ordered him to send it to a planet with ties to the Resistance. General Pryde had the Star Destroyer sent to Kijimi, which it subsequently destroyed,^[5] after he instructed the garrison to enact Protocol 13.^[1] To his joy, the Emperor shared the way to Exegol with him and showed him a hologram of the vast Sith fleet which he became in charge of while Sidious gained direct control over the First Order.^[3]

Downfall over Exegol

They're targeting the navigation tower so the fleet can't deploy!"
"Then we won't use that tower. Switch out the source of the navigation signal to this ship. We will guide the fleet out ourselves.A First Order officer and Enric Pryde, during the Battle of Exegol

Allegiant General Pryde arrived on Exegol sometime before the Battle of Exegol, where the Steadfast acted as the command ship of the Sith fleet. A Resistance attack was launched in the hopes to prevent the Sith Star Destroyers from sowing chaos across the galaxy. After learning from a fellow officer that the Resistance was targeting the navigation tower on Exegol, Pryde had the source of the navigation signal needed for the Sith fleet to deploy from Exegol switched to the Steadfast, declaring that they would guide the fleet out themselves. However, Resistance General Finn realized that the signal had been transferred to the Steadfast, and the Resistance's ground team concocted a daring plan to land on the hull of the Steadfast. Pryde had legions of Sith troopers and Sith Jetpack Troopers deployed to repel any boarders and also ordered a bridge technician to jam the Resistance speeders, only to be informed that they were not using speeders; rather, to Pryde's astonishment, the Resistance mounted a cavalry charge on orbaks against the Sith troopers, causing a battle to break out on the ship's hull.^[5]

Pryde was further baffled when another fleet comprised of thousands of ships arrived to reinforce the Resistance, wanting to know where such a vast amount of ships had come from, given that the Resistance had no navy. Admiral Griss, also in attendance, shocked Pryde by remarking that it wasn't a navy, but the ordinary people of the galaxy, rising up and coming together to turn back the darkness that threatened them.^[5]

When Finn and Jannah were successful in shutting down the transmitter, the Resistance prepared to depart the ship, having beaten back a multitude of Sith troopers. However, the First Order officer merely gave the order to reset the Steadfast's systems, which Finn caught on to. He and Jannah chose to stay on the ship to destroy it while the rest of the ground team escaped.^[5]

Holding back the Sith troopers, Finn and Jannah successfully destroyed the Steadfast by turning its turbolasers against the ship itself, corresponding with the final demise of Darth Sidious at the hands of Rey. As the Steadfast began to crumble under its own firepower, Pryde ran towards the front of the bridge and stared out at the Sith fleet as it was overwhelmed and destroyed by the allied fleet. Pryde did not have long to despair, however, as a massive explosion consumed the bridge of the Steadfast, killing all present on it and hurling Pryde's lifeless body through the viewport.^[5]

Where did they get all these fighter craft? They have no navy."
"It's not a navy, sir, it's just… people.Enric Pryde and Frantis Griss, during the battle at Exegol

Enric Pryde was a human male^[1] who had blue eyes, fair skin, and gray hair. He wore a unique First Order military officer uniform along with his appropriate rank insignia of the First Order.^[5] He also often carried a lacquered ebonwood swaggerstick, which connected to the riding traditions of the military of Alsakan, Pryde's homeworld.^[1] As a younger man, he had used death sticks but gave up the drug to fit his mental image of what an Imperial officer should be. However, dealing with Ochi and Bestoon and the CSA made him long for his old stimulant. During that time, he had taken to carrying around a flask of expensive abrax to remind him of the civilization he'd left behind to work with the CSA, growing very annoyed but also laughing heavily at the sight of Ochi gulping down much of the flask's contents.^[6]

Beyond his longing for "High Human" culture to make a comeback, Enric Pryde longed for the return of the Galactic Empire and authority to the galaxy. Pryde favorably remembered the spectacle that was the Empire Day parades. Pryde recognized that he knew more about Darth Sidious and Snoke's machinations than most of his cohorts and used it to maintain his own power.^[1] He was a pragmatist and considered the Sith fleet his life's work. While looking over it, he found that he could look across it forever.^[3]

Unlike his First Order allies, Pryde displayed a tolerance for mysticism but refused to voice his opinions. When the First Order joined forces with the Sith Eternal, he was ambitious to use their forces while most of the First Order clashed with their new allies. Pryde viewed the arcane behavior of the Sith Eternal as by-products of a thirst for power^[1] and regarded Sidious as his master, feeling a sense of near-ecstasy as their plans began to unfold.^[3] Unlike more arrogant officers, he knew not to disrespect these beliefs and respected them as he had personally seen Darth Vader in action with his own two eyes.^[1] General Hux speculated that Pryde had something about him that kept him unafraid, immune, and safe when informing Supreme Leader Kylo Ren of bad news and that it kept him from being Force choked or beheaded and was right as it was his competence that kept him alive.^[3]

As a First Order officer, Enric Pryde was a calm yet highly intelligent and ruthless general. Although Pryde served the Order faithfully, he had a disdain for the gruesome and horrible aspects of it.^[1] After the Resistance fighters escaped the Steadfast, Pryde was the first officer to identify General Hux's betrayal as the spy against the First Order and ruthlessly executed him on the spot without hesitation, showing no remorse for his actions. Pryde could see the value in the legions of Star Destroyers that had been created by the Sith Eternal, even when others dismissed it. Pryde viewed the Starkiller Base superweapon as an "error" that he held Hux responsible for, as the resources used in its construction and subsequently lost when it was blown up by the Resistance had made it difficult for the First Order to maintain a firm hold on the galaxy, and saw the offer of the Sith fleet as a means of correcting that error.^[1]

Although Pryde had ambition when it came to cementing his power,^[1] his allegiance was to Darth Sidious alone as a Galactic Civil War veteran of the Galactic Empire and gave control over the First Order to him and the Allegiant General was quite happy when it was revealed that his master returned. Pryde was able to maintain a calm composure even when bewildered, such as when an allied fleet arrived to reinforce the Resistance at the battle at Exegol,^[5] something he had no backup plan for.^[3] When facing his death, Pryde ultimately lost his cool composition, giving in to anger and fear when faced with his last defeat.^[5]

Enric Pryde is a character who first appeared in the 2019 film Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, the third and final installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. He was portrayed by Richard E. Grant.^[5] To get the role of Pryde, Grant had to audition by acting out scenes from "a forties British war film," and a few months later, he was taken to Pinewood Studios to meet director J.J. Abrams, who told him he got the role.^[21] When playing Pryde, Grant took inspiration from Peter Cushing's portrayal of Wilhuff Tarkin in the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.^[22]

Much of Pryde's backstory was later revealed in the novel Shadow of the Sith^[6] and the short story "The Steadfast Soldier,"^[4] both of which were written by Adam Christopher,^[6][4] who described Pryde as a "handsome chap" with a "bit of a chip on his shoulder"^[23] and a "loveable psychopath".^[24] Agreeing with a tweet that heralded the "chilling and calculated" Pryde as one of the Skywalker Saga's best villains, Christopher confirmed he has further ideas for the character.^[25]

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