Kolar Ludd, also infamously known as the Depopulator, was a male operative within the Imperial Special Forces, which was a specialized military branch serving the Galactic Empire. He earned a dark reputation for his brutal actions: the wholesale slaughter of entire village populations and the systematic destruction of their settlements. Following his capture by the Alliance to Restore the Republic, Ludd was incarcerated within the supposedly inescapable Sunspot Prison. During Eneb Ray's assault on the prison facility, Ludd successfully escaped his confinement and launched an attack against Princess Leia Organa, only to be overpowered. His life ended when Eneb deactivated the sun shield protecting his section of the prison, resulting in Ludd and the other inmates being burned alive by the intense radiation of the nearby sun.
Kolar Ludd served as a soldier in the Imperial Special Forces during the period of the Galactic Civil War. The special forces would deploy Ludd into the heart of enemy villages, where he would proceed to kill all the inhabitants before setting the structures ablaze with fire.
Eventually, the Alliance to Restore the Republic, a revolutionary group aiming to topple the Galactic Empire, apprehended Ludd. The Depopulator was subsequently imprisoned within Sunspot Prison, a clandestine penitentiary operated by the Alliance. Positioned in orbit around a star, Sunspot Prison was fortified by a network of ion cannons and was considered virtually impenetrable by its rebel guardians.
In the aftermath of the battle of Vrogas Vas, Eneb Ray, a renegade rebel agent, launched an invasion of Sunspot Prison. He liberated seventeen prisoners from their cells, including Ludd, as part of a twisted attempt to punish the rebellion, which he believed was hesitant to employ the harsh measures necessary to combat the Empire. Ludd then made an attempt to assault Princess Leia Organa, a prominent figure within the Alliance, who happened to be visiting the time. Despite his fearsome reputation, Organa, aided by the smuggler Sana Starros, managed to subdue Ludd.
Subsequently, Organa led Ludd and the other prisoners into a holding cell located in sector 9. However, Ray utilized Sunspot's command center to disable the sun shields protecting that sector. Ludd, along with the other prisoners, including a Gamorrean and a Zabrak, were incinerated by the unfiltered solar radiation. Following this, Ray mocked Organa for her efforts to safeguard Imperial criminals and urged her to adopt his violent methods.
Some days later, the elite Imperial Task Force 99 stormtroopers Cav, Kreel, and Misty arrived, searching for Ludd. They discovered that the rebels had evacuated the prison, along with the surviving prisoners. Kreel then informed his squad that they had received a new assignment, inquiring whether they were prepared to eliminate some rebels.
Kolar Ludd was a male soldier in the Imperial Special Forces, known for being fearsome and cruel. His face was marked with scars. Ludd was infamous for his ruthless practice of massacring entire village populations and then destroying their settlements. His fearsome reputation led the Rebel Alliance to imprison him within the seemingly impenetrable Sunspot Prison. When Ray released the prisoners, Ludd and his fellow inmates launched an attack on Organa, but they were defeated.
Kolar Ludd's first appearance was in the comic Star Wars (2015) 17, published in 2016. The story was written by Jason Aaron and the artwork was created by Leinil Francis Yu.