(b.
18 BBY -) is a character from the fictional
Star Wars Expanded Universe . Corran was a security officer with
Corellian Security Force (CorSec) who eventually joined the Rebellion and learned of his powerful
Jedi heritage.
For most of his life, Corran grew up believing that he was the grandson of
Rostek Horn , and the son of
Valin "Hal" Horn . Corran followed their footsteps by joining
CorSec and dedicating himself to law enforcement. Corran had always had hunches and instincts; these turned out to be early manifestations of Corran's latent Force abilities. He and his father worked together for most of Corran's career, including a major case on Corellia assisting an Imperial-hired bounty hunter,
Jodo Kast (really
Grand Admiral Thrawn in disguise) and some Rebel smugglers not long before the ambush at
Derra IV . They worked together until the
Trandoshan Bounty Hunter Bossk murdered Hal Horn.
Knowing that
Kirtan Loor —the
Imperial Liaison officer—was planning to have them arrested on trumped up charges Corran, his mentor
Gil Bastra , his partner
Iella Wessiri , and Iella's husband
Diric Wessiri , made plans to escape. Corran was lucky to escape as Loor was planning on having him murdered. Corran left with a CorSec
X-wing and Whistler—his R2
Astromech Droid . He then wandered around the Rimworlds, ending up on Garqi about two years after the battle of Endor.
Diric and Iella Wessiri escaped to
Coruscant . Corran Horn spent the next two years on the run before joining the
New Republic . Gil Bastra made sure that he was easy for Loor to track him down, this allowed his comrades to escape. Bastra was eventually killed by Loor during a botched interrogation.
About two years after leaving
Corellia , Corran Horn joined
Rogue Squadron . He did well enough during training that he was promoted to
Lieutenant and given command of the squadron's Three Flight. Corran's callsign was Rogue Nine. He excelled in a number of early missions. He was instrumental in the taking of the planet
Borleias , which opened the way for the invasion of Coruscant.
During an early Rogue Squadron mission, Corran encountered
Mirax Terrik , the daughter of smuggler
Booster Terrik . Because Hal Horn had once arrested Booster and sent him to
Kessel for five years, early animosity existed between the Horns and the Terriks. However, over time, Corran and Mirax became close friends.
Corran participated in a scouting mission to determine the best way for the New Republic to take Coruscant. He traveled with fellow squad mate
Erisi Dlarit , and made a number of observations on the planet's security setup.
During the time on Coruscant, Corran was reunited with
Iella Wessiri . Diric had disappeared about one year ago, so Iella joined the
Rebellion .
Corran became convinced during this time that
Tycho Celchu —the
Executive Officer for the squadron—was an
Imperial sleeper agent because of Celchu's time at the Imperial prison known as ''
Lusankya ''. Corran was convinced that he saw Celchu and
Kirtan Loor meeting together at a bar called The Headquarters. He told Celchu that he was going to conduct a thorough investigation after the completion of the Coruscant mission—Celchu was not worried about this investigation.
Corran then participated in activities to bring down Coruscant's shields, which allowed for the successful invasion of the planet with a minimum number of casualties.
Right after bringing the shields down, a remote control link was made to the
Z-95 Headhunter Corran was flying. This caused the Headhunter to crash. Corran blacked out from inertia. When he came to, he found himself as the prisoner of
Ysanne Isard —the director of Imperial Intelligence. He found that he was on the way to ''Lusankya''. The prison specialized in using drugs and psychological conditioning to turn people into sleeper agents that would activate and perform acts of terrorism against the
Empire 's enemies.
Despite attempts to use both psychological conditioning and drugs to turn Corran into an
Imperial agent, Corran was able to successfully resist Isard. Corran was placed into a holding unit where Isard intended him to remain for the rest of his life. Corran made friends with a number of other prisoners, including
Jan Dodonna , the General who planned the first
Death Star attack. Corran was able to escape from the prison. He made his way to a library room to which no prisoner would have access and found a datapad. It was there that he learned that not only did he successfully resist Isard, but that Tycho Celchu had also resisted her. Corran learned that he had been in captivity for six weeks.
From there, Corran Horn was able to take a shuttle to a back room of the
Galactic Museum . Once he arrived at the museum he learned he had never left Coruscant; the ''
Lusankya '' was buried under the planet's surface. He found a
Lightsaber that belonged to
Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon. Corran also found a holographic image of Nejaa, and a young boy who looked a lot like Hal Horn. Corran used the lightsaber to defend himself when locals tried to kill him.
Corran took the skywalk over to the Justice Court where Tycho Celchu was being tried for Corran's murder and treason. He was bringing
Admiral Ackbar and the rest of the court up to date on his experiences, when disaster struck.
A producing planet
Thyferra .
It was then that Rogue Squadron leader
Wedge Antilles informed Ackbar that
Erisi Dlarit was an Imperial mole when she flew to the ''Lusankya''. Corran was able to confirm this, and when they worked back through the events of the past several months her guilt became obvious. General Cracken of Alliance Intelligence confirmed that he knew of Celchu's innocence all along. He had allowed the trial to go ahead to make it easier to tag Dlarit as the spy. All charges against Tycho were dismissed, and Alliance Intelligence made it publicly clear that this was a counter-intelligence operation that Tycho was a willing participant of, and Celchu's public image was fully restored. After this, Corran and Celchu both rejoined Rogue Squadron. They participated in a number of actions against Imperial terrorists working on Coruscant.
At a reception on Coruscant, Corran met
Luke Skywalker for the first time. After examining the museum, Luke learned that Corran was actually the grandson of Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon. Luke told Corran that Nejaa died after the
Clone Wars , and that
Rostek Horn married his grandmother and adopted Hal to protect them from the
Empire 's
Jedi hunters. Luke invited Corran to become a
Jedi Knight , though Corran felt his duty was with Rogue Squadron in apprehending
Ysanne Isard —and rescuing the prisoners still aboard the ''
Lusankya ''. When
Borsk Fey'lya made it clear that this would not be allowed, Corran and his fellow pilots left the New Republic to wage a personal war with Isard, becoming a truly "rogue" squadron.
The squadron moved to a base in orbit around
Yag'Dhul . Over the next several months, in what came to be known as the
Bacta War , they fought a war against Ysanne Isard and the
Xucphra corporation. Eventually they were able to eliminate the Imperial military defenses over Thyferra. Corran shot down
Erisi Dlarit in a dogfight over Thyferra's moon, exacting vengeance for her treacheries. The ''Lusankya'' was captured in the process, and Isard was thought to have died.
Iella Wessiri —whose husband Diric died when Isard activated his programming—and
Elscol Loro helped stage an uprising that helped free the planet. The prisoners on the ''Lusankya'' were not found; they had been shipped out several months ago. Corran and the rest of the squadron rejoined the New Republic, and Corran and
Mirax Terrik married.
Over the next few years, Corran and Mirax continued to battle the
Imperial Remnant . Corran fought against
Grand Admiral Thrawn 's fleet at several engagements. He then was finally able to fulfill his promise, and free the remaining prisoners of Lusankya. Ysanne Isard had used a clone to stage her own death over Thyferra, though Iella Wessiri killed Iceheart for good.
Corran and Mirax had a home on Coruscant. When the resurrected Emperor
Palpatine returned to helm the Empire, Coruscant became a battlefield. Debris from the conflicts above devastated vast swaths of the city, including the Horn family home. Luckily, none of the family were in residence at the time.
When '', when Vader blocked
Han Solo 's blaster fire and then used the absorbed energy to pull the blaster from Solo's hand.)
Corran and Luke initially had differences over the training methods Luke used. Corran was convinced that skills to succeed.
Corran and Mirax had a son,
Valin Horn . They also had a daughter,
Jysella . Corran continued his activities with the Jedi, and eventually became a member of the restored Jedi Order. Corran fought with
Yuuzhan Vong Commander
Shedao Shai with the fate of the planet
Ithor in the balance. Corran won, but Shedao Shai's aide destroyed the planet anyway. With public sentiment against him, Corran returned to
Corellia and went into seclusion.
Eventually, Corran Horn came out of hiding, and began to assume a more active role in fighting the Yuuzhan Vong. He helped
Nen Yim escape the Vong-formed Coruscant, and accompanied her,
Tahiri Veila ,
Harrar and
Yu'Shaa to
Zonama Sekot , a living world. There, Nen Yim learned of the connection between Sekot and the Yuuzhan Vong, though Yu'Shaa—
Nom Anor in disguise—killed her before she could impart her secrets. Corran attempted to stop Nom Anor, though the former
Executor fled the planet.
In the following battle for supremacy of Coruscant, Corran flew a Sekotan
Jedi Starfighter into battle against the Yuuzhan Vong, though all ships were grounded on Zonama Sekot as the living world attempted to bring about peace between the
Galactic Alliance and the Yuuzhan Vong.
According to ''The Joiner King'' and ''The Unseen Queen'', Corran was promoted to a Jedi Master as a result of his actions during the war with the .
- The short novel "Side Trip" by Michael Stackpole and Timothy Zahn in '' Tales From The Empire ''
- In a cutscene in the ''
