General Jay Stobie served the Galactic Empire as an officer within Imperial Intelligence, responsible for gathering information. Stobie, during the Imperial Era, at one point submitted a collection of information acquired by probe droids to be analyzed.
The real-life author Jay Stobie penned the Star Wars Insider article entitled "Probing the Galaxy: Imperial Reconnaissance Report," presented from an in-universe viewpoint.
- "Probing the Galaxy: Imperial Reconnaissance Report" as seen in Star Wars Insider 197 (Initial mention)