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Wilhuff Tarkin
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| Wilhuff Tarkin | |
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| Organization: | Galactic Empire |
| Role: | Grand Moff |
| Location: | Death Star |
Wilhuff "Grand Moff" Tarkin was "one of the most important personalities of the Galactic Empire." He was a military officer for the Galactic Republic and, later, the Galactic Empire. He was in charge of the construction of the Death Star, which was described as the "ultimate power in the universe" and by Darth Vader as a "technological terror."[1][2][3]
Career
Grand Moff Tarkin met Chancellor Palpatine, later Emperor Palpatine, when he was a pilot for the Republic's Outland Regions Security Force. Palpatine became a mentor and helped him join the Judicial Academy; he eventually became Governor of Eriadu, a planet on the Outer Rim of the galaxy. During the Clone Wars began, Tarkin served in the military and went on covert missions under Palpatine's direction.[1][2]
Once Palpatine became emperor, Tarkin was promoted to Grand Moff following his leadership during pacification efforts against Separatist forces in the Clone Wars.[1][4]
Under the newly formed empire, Tarkin was responsible for the governance of the Outer Rim planets and the secret construction of the Death Star, "a moon-sized space station with the ability to destroy an entire planet," during the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and the empire. Tarkin used the Death Star to destroy Bail Organa's home planet of Alderaan as a display of the empire's might. When Luke Skywalker fired the proton torpedo that destroyed the space station, Tarkin was killed in the explosion.[1][5]
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See also
- Star Wars influencers
- Bail Organa
- Garindan
- Jabba the Hutt
- Jango Fett
- Nute Gunray
- Padme Amidala
- Satine Kryze
- Yoda
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars.com, "Grand Moff Tarkin," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Comic Vine, "Grand Moff Tarkin," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ Internet Movie Database, "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope," accessed December 16, 2015
- ↑ Star Wars.com, "Ahsoka Tano," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ Star Wars.com, "Death Star," accessed December 15, 2015
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