Kyp Trasidar was a human male snowtrooper serving in the Galactic Empire's elite Blizzard Force. Considered to be a prodigy, Kyp attended the Bastion Military Academy and graduated at the rank of lieutenant. He was loyal Imperial and supported the New Order, but was against some of the things Emperor Palpatine did. Kyp also liked the position of snowtrooper, declining a request to the Emperor's Royal Guard academy on the planet of Yinchorr. He himself came from a world valued by Palpatine, Wayland, due to the Mount Tantiss complex which was built there. His most notable appearance was the Battle of Hoth. Kyp survived the Galactic Civil War and fought for Thrawn's Confederacy after the deaths of Palpatine and Vader, seeing how the Grand Admiral seemed to be coming close to brining the Empir