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Erich S. Datoo

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Erich S. Datoo

Biographical information

Died

34 ABY,^[1]Ilum^[2]

Descriptive information

Species

Human^[3]

Gender

Male^[4]

Pronouns

He/him^[4]

Hair color

Gray^[3]

Eye color

Green^[3]

Skin color

Fair^[3]

Chronological & political information

Affiliation(s)

First Order^[3]
- First Order Army^[5]

"Lieutenant! Get back to your station!"
"Just look! We won't survive! Even Hux is gone!"

―Colonel Erich S. Datoo and Lieutenant Rodinon^[6]

Erich S. Datoo^[7] was ahuman male military officer who held therank ofcolonel in theFirst Order.^[3] In34 ABY,^[8] Datoo was in charge of the primary fire control room on the First Order'sStarkiller Base superweapon.^[3] Under orders fromSupreme Leader Snoke, he oversaw the weapon as itdestroyed theHosnian system, the location of theNew Republic Galactic Senate. The weapon then began preparing to fire on theIleenium system, where theResistance headquarters was located; however,Resistance forces thenattacked the superweapon. As it became clear the base was going to be destroyed, Datoo was shocked to seeLieutenant Rodinon trying to leave the control room, and questioned where he was going, although the latter talked back and bluntly pointed out that they needed to evacuate or else they won't survive, citing that even the base's commander, Hux, had already evacuated. Starkiller Base then exploded,^[6] killing Datoo along with it.^[2]

Personality and traits[]

Datoo was a methodicalofficer who believed that the destructive power of Starkiller Base should command respect from all members of the First Order. He wore ateal First Order Army uniform with acrested command cap and a band on the left arm written inAurebesh that commemorated theImperial Warlord Kaplan.^[3]

Behind the scenes[]

Erich S. Datoo was portrayed byRocky Marshall inStar Wars: Episode VIIThe Force Awakens, which was released in2015. The character was not identified in the film, but was named inStar Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary, which was written byPablo Hidalgo and released the same day as the film. The character is also identified by name in the subtitles on the film's home video release.^[6] The character's first name was created byAdam Bray for the2019 reference bookUltimate Star Wars, New Edition, who named him afterDel Rey editorErich Schoeneweiss.^[9]