Wilhuff Tarkin
Wilhuff Tarkin is a male film character who features in Star Wars.
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Biography
Wilhuff Tarkin was a male human who was born a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Originally, he was a citizen of the Galactic Republic where he served as an Admiral by the time of the Clone Wars.
Arriving on Kamino, he looked to re-evaluate the Clone Trooper program as he found the initiative to be needlessly expensive and not efficient. This stemmed from Tarkin's own distrust of the clones where he looked to shutdown the project and have the Empire field its own soldiers.
Admiral Rampart later reported to Tarkin that all needed supplies were removed from Kamino which included its scientists thus securing the cloning technology for the Empire. With the objective secure, the order was given to fire on Tipoca City which was destroyed by the fleet in low orbit.
Governor of the Outer Rim Territories and a native of Eriadu, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin was one of Emperor Palpatine's most loyal administrators, a true adherent to the philosophy behind the Imperial doctrine. Shortly after the fall of the Old Republic and the rise of the Empire, a young Captain Tarkin oversaw the construction of the first Death Star with Palpatine and Darth Vader.
Being a man with an almost unquenchable thirst for power, Tarkin was promoted to the rank of Grand Moff and placed in charge of the Death Star by the Emperor himself when the battle station was finally completed years later, and carried such political clout and favor with Palpatine that he was above even Darth Vader himself. Tarkin is the man responsible for the destruction of Princess Leia Organa's homeworld of Alderaan when he used it to test the battle station's destructive capabilities. He ultimately perished aboard the Death Star when it was destroyed by Luke Skywalker at the Battle of Yavin, after he foolishly ignored warnings that the Rebel Alliance had detected a weakness in the battle station.
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Personality and attributes
He was shown as being an ambitious and ruthless proponent of military power.
Such was his confidence at victory that he refused to even consider the possibility of retreat. It was this trait that ultimately led to his death on the Death Star as he did not evacuate the station as Rebel fighters fired at the exhaust port on the superweapon which destroyed it.
Powers and abilities
As Grand Moff, he held considerable power in the Imperial military structure and came to personally head the Death Star.
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Appearances
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope:
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith:
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars:
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story:
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch:
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