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He lost that rank when he joined Rogue Squadron, but it may be assumed that he got it back, and more, in the Empire of the Hand after Thrawn had him kidnapped and brought there. His badassery is unquestionable after Vader's death, Baron Soontir Fel was perceived as the best pilot in the Empire, bar none (and without Vader around, rumors started spreading that Vader's only edge was in his expensive custom starfighters).

Before he defected to the Rebel Alliance, Soontir Fel was a Baron-Colonel.

When Wedge's wingmate Tycho Celchu took command of Rogue Squadron, he took this rank. He also was a captain for a while, which is roughly equivalent to a colonel. But 'Commander' is part of the rank, so he gets a mention here.

Hand of Thrawn: Supreme Commander Gilad Pellaeon: 'Supreme Commander' is actually the highest military rank in the Empire, so this properly belongs in Four-Star Badass.

Sometime after the events of Outbound Flight he was exiled and wound up in Imperial service, where he very quickly rose through the ranks until becoming one of the thirteen secret Grand Admirals. He was the youngest ever Force Commander in the Expansionary Fleet, using brilliant and undeniably effective but underhanded tactics, often involving preemptive strikes, that were seen as morally bankrupt to his people.

Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo: A member of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet, Thrawn was born a commoner and gained status through military service, becoming a merit adoptive of the Eight Ruling Family and further becoming a trial-born.

(Weirdly, he was never a colonel, even though, depending on the source, colonel is a half-notch above commander.) Then he finally accepted promotion to General. Instrumental in the retaking of Coruscant from the Empire, the negotiating of a cure for the Krytos disease, the taking of Thyferra, the capture of a Super Star Destroyer, the death of Ysanne Isard (twice!), and the campaign against Warlord Zsinj.

Commander Wedge Antilles: A fighter pilot who flew against both Death Stars and rose to become the leader of Rogue Squadron, the Alliance's best fighter squadron.

There are few colonels in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, but several Commanders.

While not technically a colonel, Sharpe often fulfills a Colonel's duties as his regiment tends to go through colonels like disposable cups.

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Much of the conflict in the series is driven by various Upper-Class Twit officers.

Mostly inverted in the Sharpe series, except when Sharpe himself attains the rank.

'Lizard' Tirelli (from The War Against the Chtorr sci-fi series by David Gerrold) is so badass she single-handedly flies jet-assisted helicopter gunships in her spare time. in the infantry and a classmate of his Drill Sergeant Nasty, Sergeant Zim. He taught the main character's History and Moral Philosophy class, and the character was startled that the old man had been both a Lt.Col. Du Bois in Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. Technically, Temeraire himself also counts in book 5. Jane casually breaks swords in people's chests, wins massive air battles on the back of her acid-spitting dragon and generally impresses everyone she meets.

Admiral Jane Roland and eventually Laurence himself after his promotion to admiral in the final book in Temeraire.Tolstoy devotes most of a page describing why people like Dokhturov are never considered heroes despite the fact that battles would be lost without them. Calm, methodical, the perfect man to have fighting for you. Of course, her backstory - that she attained her command by default, being the most senior member of her regiment who was not eaten by Tyranids - attests to impressive badass credentials all by itself. In fact, during The Traitor's Hand, she's positively glad to have a chance to get stuck in, potting traitors with her bolt pistol as they storm her headquarters. Regina Kasteen of the Valhallan 597th is more noteworthy for her strategic and tactical skill than her record at personal combat, but she's no slouch at the latter. I suspect, however, you will take much longer to die.' The story ends with him telling his former master 'They will cut my throat like some common animal. He's kidnapped and enslaved by a kabal of dark eldar, kills an eldar wych in one-on-one close combat, kills his torturer with his own weapons, then organises a break out which dooms the entire kabal to be defeated by a rival faction. Let the Galaxy Burn: Commisar von Klas.

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