Wilhuff Tarkin was an ambitious man and a captain in the republic navy and had more than one brush with his later boss; Anakin, including a brief stint in busting out Jedi Even Piell from jail. He quickly took the eye of Palpatine, who saw his devious potential and enlisted him as the 1st Moff and soon after and even higher position, that of Grand Moff.
He was given the large task of overseeing the Empire's latest weapon; the 'Death Star' and although it took longer than they thought, the Death Star was finally completed under Wilhuff's rule.
When Princess Leia was kidnapped by Vader, she was taken aboard the Death Star and interrogated and when asked where her rebel base was. She said 'Dantooine', but it didn't matter what she said, Tarkin was intent on showing the Death Stars superlaser and delighted in upsetting Leia by destroying her homeworld of Alderaan. Soon, the rebels arrived to save her, but they went one step further and with a lucky shot, the Death Star was destroyed from the inside out. Tarkin was on board when it blew up, but Palpatine quickly got over Tarkin's death, insisting on the building of another Death Star.
Homeworld: EriaduSpecies: Human
Factions: Republic, Empire
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