Admiral Griss
Member of First Order High Command and the Supreme Council Mass murder
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Allegiant General Pryde's aide and right-hand man
Commanding Officer of theSteadfast Battlegroup
Officer of the Final OrderPowers / Skills
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Crimes against the galaxyType of Villain
He is a high-ranking officer within the navy of theFirst Order who holds the rank of Admiral and serves as the right-hand man and aide ofAllegiant General Pryde, even when the latter eventually becomes the de-facto Supreme Leader of the First Order itself followingKylo Ren's desertion and redemption.
He was portrayed byGeff Francis in his first villainous role.
History[]
Frantis Griss is a senior military leader in the First Order, holding the rank of Admiral and apparently subordinate toAllegiant General Pryde, who he mostly appears alongside. Following the First Order's rise to power, he works as Pryde's aide to equip the First Order'stroops with technology such as hyperspace trackers to track and destroy the Resistance.
In the film's expanded edition novel, Griss first appears alongsideSupreme Leader Kylo Ren, presenting a captured Resistance member named Boolio. He informs Ren that Boolio is a traitor before watching as Ren immediately decapitates Boolio with his lightsaber.
In the film itself, Griss first appears at a meeting of the First Order Supreme Council, where Boolio's severed head is presented. He is informed of the Order's alliance with the revivedEmperor Palpatine and theSith Eternal, and that there is a traitor in their ranks. The Admiral also witnesses fellow council member General Domaric Quinn being killed by Ren after dismissing the Sith Eternal as a "cult", implicitly questioning Ren's judgement.
Shortly afterwards, Griss is present whenGeneral Hux tells Pryde he had been injured trying to prevent Resistance members from escaping after a raid on theResurgent-class Star DestroyerSteadfast. He shows visible surprise when Pryde coldly executes Hux, who he has deduced to be the spy inside the First Order who gave Boolio information.
Following Ren's change of heart and Pryde subsequently assuming control of the First Order, Griss accompanies his superior onboard theSteadfast to command the Sith Eternal's fleet, the Final Order, during the final battle against the Resistance. The two of them observe as the tiny force that the Resistance was able to muster is overwhelmed by the Sith Eternal forces. However, at the last minute,Lando Calrissian leads reinforcements out into battle, appalling Pryde who comments that the Resistance have no navy. Griss responds that they aren't a navy; they're just people.
Although Palpatine is briefly able to hold back the Resistance with Force lightning, he is soon killed by his granddaughter Rey and the remaining Sith forces are overwhelmed. A turbolaser cannon onboard theSteadfast is hotwired by Finn and Jannah (two former Stormtroopers of the First Order) and used to open fire on the ship's bridge, killing Pryde and Griss along with the rest of the First Order personnel.
