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The Imperial Court

The true rulers of the Empire, the Imperial Court consists of Emperor Palpatine's closest advisors. At the top of the hierarchy sits the Emperor, Darth Vader, and the Imperial Ruling Council, while below them are dozens of bureaucrats responsible for overseeing the Empire's vast military, political, and economic operations.

Imperial Leadership

Sheev Palpatine

Emperor Sheev Palpatine (Darth Sidious)

See his separate page.

Darth Vader

See his separate page.

Imperial Ruling Council

In General

Ascended Extra: The six advisors who join the Emperor on the second Death Star have only a few seconds of screentime between them, but have all received names and personalities in other works.
Canon Immigrant: Originally a part of the Legends Expanded Universe, Council Members Sate Pestage, Janus Greejatus, Ars Dangor, and Kren Blista-Vanee were brought back into the mainstream canon in Tarkin. However, Sage's origins in particular go back to some of the earliest drafts of The Empire Strikes Back.
Character Death: Ars Dangor, Janus Greejatus, Kren Blista-Vanee, Sate Pestage, Pebimarus Xorn, and Sim Aloo accompany the Emperor to the second Death Star and are all stated to have died in its destruction.
Deadly Decadent Court: Palpatine's advisors are portrayed as Smug Snake Hate Sinks who get on each other's nerves and spend more time plotting and rambling than they do accomplishing anything.
Hat of Authority: All of Palpatine's advisors wear fancy hats to denote their high status. Thrawn reveals that the general populace even calls them "the fancy hats."
Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: Judging by Tarkin, the Imperial Ruling Council spends a lot of time arguing with other high-ranking Imperials while the Emperor watches on, highly amused by their bickering.

Mas Amedda

Grand Vizier Mas Amedda

"We all do our part for the Empire."

Species: Chagrian

Homeworld: Champala

Portrayed by: Jerome Blake (The Phantom Menace, Revenge of the Sith), David Bowers (Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith)

Voiced by: Stephen Stanton

"Order! We shall have order!"

The Vice Chair of the Galactic Republic to both Valorum and Palpatine. One of the few who knew of the double life Palpatine led as Darth Sidious, Amedda conspired with the Sith Lord to overthrow the Republic from within. After the establishment of the Empire, he became Grand Vizier and head of the Imperial Ruling Council.

Adaptational Karma: In Legends continuity, the last that is heard of Mas Amedda after the Empire's formation in which he was a direct accomplice is him being demoted but taking delight in collecting Sith knowledge for the Empire. In Disney's continuity, the Aftermath Trilogy and Lost Stars show that after Palpatine's downfall, Mas is driven to despair and becomes suicidal as his influence wanes and the Rebels refuse his surrender, and whilst he is pardoned of his war crimes, he's consigned to be nothing more than a puppet ruler for the rest of his days and is remembered by history as a weak-willed, sycophant of Darth Sidious.
Ascended Extra: In post-Republic set works, Amedda has had a lot more presence in Canon than he did in Legends, with him even becoming the Empire's Grand Vizier, a position which granted him substantially more power and importance than the Sith artifact collector he was demoted to in Legends.
Authority in Name Only: After the Emperor's death, Amedda is technically in charge of Coruscant but the Imperial Security Bureau (ISB) holds true control, as it is their ships and troops that protect the former capital. Leia and Mon Mothma won't even accept his surrender to them as it gains them nothing, since Amedda has no power to deliver Coruscant to them.
Co-Dragons: Technically speaking, he is Palpatine's dragon in political matters and therefore a co-dragon with Dooku, Grievous, and Vader. Practically, he usually only serves this role in the political episodes of The Clone Wars. There, he usually pursues his master's political goals more aggressively than Palpatine himself, so that Palpatine doesn't have to compromise his kindly image. By the time of the original trilogy, he effectively runs the Empire, leaving his master free to pursue other interests.
Composite Character: Takes Sate Pestage's role as Grand Vizier in Legends and has a similar role post-Endor.
Corrupt Politician: He's one of the bureaucrats who keep Chancellor Valorum from acting on his best judgment against the Trade Federation during the Naboo crisis, and is believed to actually be accepting bribes from the Federation. Amedda also assists Palpatine in overthrowing the Republic and establishing the Empire.
Driven to Suicide: Plans on killing himself after Palpatine dies and Leia and Mon Mothma refuse his surrender since he has absolutely no power in what remains of the Empire, and he wants to at least have control over how he dies. Rae Sloane coming to strike a deal with him changes that plan.
Dragon Ascendant: Following the death of the Emperor and Darth Vader, Amedda is left in charge of the loyalist Imperial forces who still answer to the Imperial Ruling Council. He desperately tries to hold the Empire together from Coruscant, but a growing New Republic, defecting Imperials, and rogue Moffs and officers becoming warlords or declaring themselves Emperor has severely limited his resources and resulted in Coruscant becoming a battleground against New Republic supported insurgents. Ends up being completely subverted when the ISB quickly usurps all his real authority and barely ever even bothers to trot him out for public appearances.
Even Evil Has Standards: Downplayed, but he is momentarily taken aback by Palpatine's suggestion to kill the seemingly defenseless Zillo Beast and asks him if he is sure he wants to do that, though he later defends this decision to Padmé as a course of action demanded by "the greater good."
Horned Humanoid: Has four long horns, two of which are draped over his shoulders.
Karma Houdini Warranty: The Rebellion used him to surrender for the Empire and in exchange, he was pardoned for his crimes. While he faces no retribution as a result of this, he's subsequently left in a humiliating position where he loses any of the power that he had and is little more than a puppet ruler.
Locked Out of the Loop: He was unaware of Operation: Cinder, so when he heard about the Emperor being alive and using droids as messengers with the order to attack certain planets, he dismissed it as nothing more than rumors.
Mouth of Sauron: After becoming Grand Vizier of the Empire, he meets with government and military officials in Palpatine's stead, such as Orson Krennic and Admiral Rampart, whenever the Emperor is not available (which is always) and oversees the Empire's daily affairs so that Palpatine can focus his time on Sith experiments and business.
Number Two: He's the Vice Chair and Speaker of the Senate for both Valorum and Chancellor Palpatine.
Overly-Long Tongue: A deleted scene in Attack of the Clones, as well as Catalyst reveals him to have a long forked tongue.
Pet the Dog: He agrees with Bail Organa about tabling any emergency bill until whether or not the Banking Clan can be deregulated and even thanks the Anklebiter Brigade for rescuing him from captivity in the Imperial Palace.
Rubber-Forehead Alien: He's a Chagrian with blue skin and long horns.
Secret-Keeper: According to Word of God, he is aware that Chancellor Palpatine is secretly Darth Sidious. This makes sense considering how he refers to him as "my master" and not "my lord" in Revenge of the Sith.
Smug Snake: Tarkin reveals that Amedda is incredibly smug and demeaning, and that he enjoys playing the games of power within the upper echelons of the Empire by trolling other high-ranking Imperials. When Sly Moore, who has worked with him for decades, gets demoted, Amedda delights in mocking her.
So Proud of You: He's impressed with Krennic's successful test firing of a prototype of the Death Star's superlaser, that he throws his support behind him.
Staff of Authority: He is nearly always seen in the senate with a large staff that he bangs on the ground to restore order with. He continues to use one in his role as Grand Vizier, starting and ending meetings of high ranking Imperials by pounding the staff on the ground and quieting arguments with it.
Sycophantic Servant: Mas Amedda lacks any real charisma, sucking up to whoever has more charisma in the hopes of getting a piece of their power. After Palpatine dies, he futilely tries to hold what's left of the Empire together and ISB takes away what little power he had already.
Token Minority: He is the only non-human on the Imperial Ruling Council.
Troll: Shows signs of this in Tarkin when he asks the titular character to return to Coruscant, with Tarkin initially refusing until Amedda says he will let the Emperor know that Tarkin refused his request. When an irritated Tarkin asks why Amedda did not just say that the Emperor was the one who wanted him to come in the first place, Amedda admits that it was because It Amused Me.
Villainous Breakdown: Undergoes one post-Endor, as serving as the Emperor's top lackey and running the Empire for him was all he lived for. Amedda never once considered his boss could be killed, leaving him at a total loss at what to do without him and any authority on an ISB-run Coruscant. Sloane offering him the chance to have his old job as Grand Vizier once she secures her hold on the Empire pulls him out of his breakdown.
Weak-Willed: Turns out to be vulnerable to mind-tricks, as Sly Moore makes him forget all about discovering her studying Darth Vader's armor schematics just moments after he boasts that it would not affect him.

Sate Pestage

Species: Human

Portrayed by: ???

Appearances: Catalyst | Tarkin | Kernels and Husks | Return of the Jedi

A senior advisor to Emperor Palpatine and member of the Imperial Ruling Council.

Adaptational Job Change: In Legends, he was Grand Vizier, making him third in command of the Empire behind Palpatine and Vader. In canon, Mas Amedda holds this role and Pestage is merely one of the Ruling Council members.
Bald of Evil: His head is completely shaved.
Beard of Evil: He has a small beard on his chin.
Continuity Cameo: Shows up to confirm he's still around in canon.
Death by Adaptation: In canon he accompanies the Emperor to the second Death Star and perishes there, unlike in Legends where he was not present and survived several years after the Battle of Endor.
Demoted to Extra: He's nowhere as prominent as his Legends counterpart, as Mas Amedda takes on both his job and the role he played in the post-Endor Empire.
Scary Teeth: Sim notes that amongst Pestage's disturbing features are his teeth that have yellowed from both age and years of neglect.
Schrödinger's Canon: In Legends, Pestage might have been the closest thing Palpatine had to a friend and had an amiable lifelong history with the man, being privy to his secrets like being a Sith Lord. In canon, practically nothing is known about him and why he holds such a high position in Palpatine's council.

Janus Greejatus

Species: Human

Portrayed by: Michael Josephs

Appearances: Catalyst | Tarkin | Kernels and Husks | Return of the Jedi

An advisor to Emperor Palpatine and member of the Imperial Ruling Council.

Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: Grand Moff Tarkin notes that Janus's dark undershadowed eyes and sunken face give him an ominous look.
Fantastic Racism: Despises non-humans, to the point he advocates expelling them all from the Core and Colonies regions of the galaxy to live on "reserves" in the Outer Rim. Even the rest of Palpatine's advisors balk at that, as while they too despise non-humans they remain pragmatic and realistic on what they can do.
Narcissist: His position within Palpatine's inner circle makes him think highly of himself, to the point its noted Janus walks around on his homeworld as if he were a god amongst them.
Stupid Evil: Is clearly regarded as this by the other advisors, who he manages to unite despite their constant bickering in their mocking of his proposal to expel non-humans from the Core.

Ars Dangor

Species: Human

Portrayed by: Francis Batsoni

Appearances: Catalyst | Tarkin | Kernels and Husks | Return of the Jedi

An advisor to Emperor Palpatine and member of the Imperial Ruling Council.

Death by Adaptation: In canon he accompanies the Emperor to the second Death Star and perishes there, unlike in Legends where he was not present and survived after the Battle of Endor.
Fantastic Racism: Is openly contemptful of Geonosians when visiting their homeworld and expresses concern about being eaten by them, despite there being no indications that Geonosians eat other species.
Good Hair, Evil Hair: He has a long drooping braided mustache at the time of Tarkin.

Kren Blista-Vanee

Species: Human

Portrayed By: ???

Appearances: Tarkin | Kernels and Husks | Return of the Jedi

A senior advisor to Emperor Palpatine and member of the Imperial Ruling Council.

Ascended Extra: Originally just one of the figures that arrive to the second Death Star with Palpatine.
Bold Explorer: One of his main assets to the Emperor is his exploration and knowledge of new hyperspace routes into the Deep Core star systems, which helped establish the Deep Core Security Zone.
Hat of Authority: He and Palpatine's other advisors all wear fancy hats to denote their high status, although Blista-Vanee's fondness for flamboyant hats stands out in particular.
Wicked Cultured: Palpatine notes that Blista-Vanee is fond of going to the opera.

Sim Aloo

Species: Human

Homeworld: Noomis Riga

Portrayed by: Anthony Lang

Appearances: Kernels and Husks | Return of the Jedi

An advisor to Emperor Palpatine and member of the Imperial Ruling Council. His family is quite wealthy, with Sim's daughter Alinka handling most of the family business while Sim carries out his courtly duties.

A Day in the Limelight: He is the POV character of the short story Kernels and Husks in FACPOV: Return of the Jedi.
Ambition Is Evil: His desire for social advancement led to him selling out his homeworld to the Empire, eventually expelling all its inhabitants to make it an agriworld only populated by massive harvester droids.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Loves his daughter Alinka, and his ambitions for her are the reason for much of his plotting, as he hopes to position Alinka as a potential heir to the Imperial throne since Palpatine has no children.
Hypocrite: Amongst the reasons he hates his fellow advisors is "the nakedness and obviousness of their ambition". Considering Sim's own obvious ambitions, he has no grounds to judge them.
Lean and Mean: Has been described as skeletal in appearance and is among the more cunning and ruthless members of the Imperial court.
Murder Is the Best Solution: He is a firm believer in this, keeping a mental list of people he needs to kill just because they annoy him or are in his way in some manner. Sim took control of agriculture on his homeworld by murdering most of its other farmowners and then purchasing their land.
Purple Is Powerful: Wears a very distinct purple robe when visiting the second Death Star.
Social Climber: He methodically worked his way up through Imperial society, which included divorcing his first wife and marrying a new woman on Coruscant who was more socially beneficial and acceptable.
Wicked Cultured: Among his family's assets are warehouses full of antique books, art, and other items of cultural significance that Sim has purchased or stolen from across the galaxy.

Pebimarius Xorn

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Species: Human

Portrayed by: ???

Appearances: Kernels and Husks | Return of the Jedi

Another advisor and member of the Ruling Council who accompanied the Emperor to the second Death Star.

Lean and Mean: Like Sim Aloo, he is described as being cadaverous with skeletal fingers.
Pragmatic Villainy: Opposes Greejatus' idea of placing all non-human species in reserves in the Rim due to viewing them as a good source of industrial labor that droids cannot replace.

Verge

Prelate Verge

Species: Human

Appearances: Twilight Company

A young official who was raised to serve as a member of the Advisory Council, Verge is tasked shortly before the Battle of Hoth with hunting down former emissary and governor Everi Chalis after she defects to the Rebel Alliance.

Alas, Poor Villain: After Seitaron shoots and kills Verge, he feels saddened and nothing but pity for him, noting that Verge's madness was inflicted upon him by his father, who raised him to do nothing but serve Palpatine.
Loony Fan: Very much so for Palpatine. It was said he even tries to mutilate his face to make it look more like Palpatine.
Psychopathic Manchild: He is in his very early twenties, and having grown up under the Empire's reign he worships Palpatine, and some characters note he has almost a childlike look to him despite his disturbing actions. His belief in the Empire has given Verge some very odd ideas about how to instill loyalty and show dedication to the Empire, which includes torturing subordinates who fail in even the most minor ways as a way to redeem them of their momentary "treason".
Villainous Breakdown: Suffers one after Chalis messes with his ship.
You Have Failed Me: He interprets failure as being akin to treason, so he punishes failure with torture and other punishments usually reserved for actual treason. This is also why Verge is so scared about failing to capture or kill Chalis, as he believes that doing so would be betraying the Emperor, and thus his only deserved fate should be death. This is ultimately what forces Seitaron to kill him, as Verge decides that Chalis has caused too much havoc before they captured her, and that the only solution is to crash the Herald into the rebel forces on Sullust instead of escaping back into the atmosphere.

Rersey

Advisor Rersey

Species: Human

Appearances: Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #5

A petty and spiteful member of Palpatine's inner circle sent to Mustafar to express the Emperor's displeasure with the Sith Lord's performance.

Driven to Madness: After witnessing how Vader deals with the Mustafarian witch by using the Force to command her own zombies to drag her to her death in the lava.
Even Evil Has Standards: He may be a personal advisor to probably the most evil man in the Galaxy, but even Rersey is horrified by how Vader resolves the zombie problem by having the undead Mustafarians and Stormtroopers drag the witch into the boiling lava.
Evil Old Folks: An evil, elderly man serving as an advisor to Emperor Palpatine.
Icy Blue Eyes: Has cold blue pupils with black sclera.
Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Tends to spout off at length about subjects he really has no expertise in.
Madness Mantra: "They dragged her into the lava!"
Scary Teeth: Has long, thin crooked teeth with gums that have receded almost to the roots.
Small Name, Big Ego: Although he's just one of many personal advisors to the Emperor, Rersey thinks very highly of himself and frequently tries to pull rank on Vader in the events leading up to the lava zombie crisis. Vader ignores him.

The Royal Guard

Imperial Royal Guard

Emperor Palpatine's elite bodyguards. They wear red robes that conceal their formidable red armor and a large amount of weaponry. Also known as the Red Guard.

Bodyguarding a Badass: They may be elite soldiers, but the two people they're sworn to defend are both Sith Lords vastly more powerful than them.
Charles Atlas Superpower: They are barely affected by a Force Push from Ezra Bridger despite not being Force users themselves.
Elite Mooks: The Royal Guard is chosen from among the best and most loyal soldiers in the Empire.
Interservice Rivalry: With Vader. They absolutely hate each other, both because they are some of the only Imperials that have no obligation to answer to Vader, and because Palpatine uses them as a means to control Vader, having a few in his general vicinity at all times, even during very private things like his Bacta baths, making any sort of planning to overthrow Palpatine impossible without him being quickly notified of it.
Mage Killer: In Rebels they're shown with some anti-Force User capabilities, including the ability to resist a Force Push and tractor beams built into their staffs that can immobilize a Jedi.
Malevolent Masked Men: They're certainly intimidating, especially since they usually stand completely motionless, not to mention their robe/mask combo, where the only distinguishable feature is the pitch-black slit they have for eyeholes. Padme even notes they were more intimidating than the Republic Senate Guard for a Chancellor's security force.
Mook Mobile: Hidden Empire has their TIE Interceptors brought back from Legends, accompanying Palpatine, Vader, and a squadron of Death Troopers in their "Lamda"-class Shuttle to Amaxine Station to stop Crimson Dawn and Qi'ra from awakening a Sith Lord trapped in the Fermata Cage.
One-Steve Limit: Averted. The Bad Batch shows a group of Clone Commandos named the Imperial Royal Guard, first seen escorting Nala Se to the cloning facility on Mount Tantiss.
Palette Swap: Star Wars The Card Game's A Wretched Hive shows the Imperial Senate Guard, which were Republic Senate Guards who were loyal to Palpatine and the Empire even before it was formed at the end of the Clone Wars. Overlaps with Canon Immigrant, since they were originally from The Force Unleased.
Praetorian Guard: A detachment accompanies the Emperor everywhere he goes. Darth Vader, as the head of the armed forces of the Empire, has his own contingent of Red Guards at his castle on Mustafar.
Retcon: In Legends, it was established that some of them were Force-sensitives trained in the Dark Side. In the Canon, they are merely fanatically loyal regular humans. Crimson Reign even shows a group of them getting dressed for duty before their untimely death.
Samus Is a Girl: Due to their robes, it's hard to tell what their genders are and Star Wars: Lando reveals that there's at least one female Imperial Guard who is implied to have a history with Lando.
- Subverted in Crimson Reign, where a few women are seen getting into their robes.
Secret-Keeper: They are among the few beings in the galaxy who know the true nature of the Emperor and his powers. They likely also know of Darth Vader's former identity, considering how the Emperor often mentions Vader's past in front of them. They know better than to ever discuss any of this with anyone, including amongst each other.
Undying Loyalty: They are utterly loyal to only the Emperor, and will not even heed the orders of Darth Vader without approval from him.
Walking Armory: Underneath their robes, the Royal Guard have a ton of weapons, including stun poles, heavy blaster pistols, vibroblades, grenades, and many other weapons.

Erstin Deez

Sergeant Erstin Deez

Species: Human

Appearances: Lords of the Sith | Crimson Reign

A member of the Royal Guard who protected the Emperor on a mission to Ryloth a few years after the Clone Wars.

Back for the Dead: Even though he survives the Ryloth mission, he and his fellow Guards are murdered by Oochi as part of Qi'ra's plan to destroy the Sith.
Facial Markings: His face is covered in numerous tattoos. Vader thinks that if Deez had been a clone his nickname would have been Ink.
Rank Up: By the time of his death in Crimson Reign, he's been promoted to an Imperial Officer and Major, while still being part of the Royal Guard.
Sole Survivor: He is the only member of his Royal Guard detachment to live through the Ryloth mission.

Tauk

Species: Human

Appearances: Return of the Jedi | The Emperor's Red Guards

One of the two Royal Guards present on board the Death Star II alongside the Emperor.

Et Tu, Brute?: Tauk is killed by his fellow Guard, who betrayed the Empire after Palpatine's death by Anakin/Vader to save his son Luke.

Other members of the Imperial Court

Sly Moore

Administrator Sly Moore

Species: Umbaran

Homeworld: Umbara

Portrayed by: Sandi Finlay

Appearances: Attack of the Clones | Catalyst | Revenge of the Sith | Darth Vader (2020) | War of the Bounty Hunters

"Oh, I'm too small for games, Lord Vader. The only way through all this for me is the truth."

Sly Moore was an Umbaran female that served as the Senior Administrative Aide to Chancellor Palpatine and became an powerful figure in the Empire. She was rumored to have the ability to influence the minds of senators.

Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In Legends, Moore maintained more favor with the Emperor, still staying within his inner circle and eventually being given the important job of converting Padawans and Jedi Service Corp members to the Dark Side. There were also rumors that she and Palpatine were in a romantic relationship and that she would eventually give birth to his alleged son Triclops. In Canon, it's made clear she isn't very important in Palpatine's eyes and he demotes or promotes her based on his current whims.
Bald of Evil: She lacks a hair on her head due to being an Umbaran and is Palpatine's Secretary of Evil.
Corrupt Bureaucrat: She is not an elected official, but rather part of Palpatine's administrative staff, since she blackmailed Sei Taria into giving up her post despite Taria wanting to join Palpatine, and aids him in corrupting the Republic and turning it into the Empire for her own gain.
Death Glare: Do not be on the receiving end of her glare.
High Collar of Doom: Many of her outfits have large collars.
Human Alien: She looks human, except for her pale skin.
Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: After months of being used as nothing but a pawn in the Emperor's tests of Darth Vader, which resulted in her demotion, repeated threats to her life, and realization of how little she actually matters in the Imperial power structure, Moore decides to turn on Palpatine and seek his death to end his capricious rule.
Not Worth Killing: At the end of War of the Bounty Hunters, Vader is preparing to execute her for interfering in his plans when the Emperor contacts them. When the conversation is over Vader leaves without finishing her off and Mas Amedda mocks her by noting that ultimately she was so unimportant that even Vader forgot to kill her while Palpatine had never even acknowledged her presence.
Properly Paranoid: Sly's plotting against Vader may be treasonous, but she's concerned that Vader will fully turn against Palpatine, which eventually does come to pass in Return of the Jedi.
Psychic Powers: She is a Force-adept and capable of using it to influence the minds of others. During the auction of Han Solo's carbonite block by Crimson Dawn, she used it to stop other bidders from beating the Empire's bid, but Jabba and his fellow Hutts were immune to it.
Secretary of Evil: As Palpatine's senior administrator, Moore is responsible for ensuring many of the day-to-day aspects of the Empire's highest levels of power function properly.
Secret-Keeper: Fully aware of Palpatine's status as a Sith Lord and was complicit in his plot to overthrow the Republic.
Start My Own: By the time of the 41st issue of the Darth Vader 2020 comics, she's the leader of the Schism Imperial, a rouge faction that opposes her master's rule.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: A variation, as Sly Moore was created first, predating Asajj Ventress by one year. However, it was Ventress who first made her mark as the pale, bald Dark Action Girl working under the Sith during the time of the Clone Wars. But by the time of the Darth Vader comics, many years after Asajj's death, Sly Moore has come to fill a similar niche, being a pale, bald Force-sensitive Dark Action Girl who's working directly under the Sith Lord and going on missions for him. The only major difference between them is that Palpatine decides to simply demote Moore rather than order her death like he tried with Ventress.
Token Minority: Like Mas Amedda, she is one of the few non-humans who are part of the Empire's leadership thanks to being one of Palpatine's conspirators in the last days of the Republic.
Undying Loyalty: Despite her home planet turning to the Separatists after the murder of Senator Mee Deechi, she remains loyal to the Republic and Palpatine. Years later, even after being demoted to sub-administrator for failing a task that the Emperor knew she had no chance of success at, Moore is still completely loyal to him and plots against Vader because she is convinced he will turn against Palpatine. She even helps Luke escape being killed by Vader due to Palpatine wanting him alive. However, that loyalty is eroded by the constant games the Emperor plays, and after being toyed with and used as an expendable pawn for months, Moore forms the Schism Imperial to end Palpatine's reign.
What Happened to the Mouse?: She was one of Palpatine's closest aides and it remains unknown what happened to her after the formation of the Empire in canon. Eventually, she finally makes an appearance overseeing Vader's punishment on Mustafar, revealing she is complicit in Palpatine's Sith activities and knows he is a Sith Lord like in Legends.
You Have Failed Me: Expects to be executed after failing Palpatine's task of stopping Darth Vader from reaching Exegol. The Emperor merely laughs and notes he never expected her to succeed. However, when she tries to follow him back the Imperial Palace, Mas Amedda stops her and reveals that Moore has been demoted to sub-administrator and exiled to the metaphorical basement of the Empire's halls of power.

11-4D

Appearances: Tarkin

A droid formerly in service to Darth Plagueis, 11-4D now serves Darth Sidious as his personal assistant.

Battle Trophy: Assuming his origin remains the same as in Legends, he was originally Plagueis' assistant and was taken by Sidious as part of his victory over his master.
Canon Immigrant: Originally a part of the Legends Expanded Universe (specifically, the Darth Plagueis novel), he was brought back into the mainstream canon in Tarkin^note.
Multi-Armed Multitasking: He has two regular protocol droid arms, but Sidious has upgraded him with several appendages designed for specific tasks, like interfacing with a computer.
Robot Buddy: He functions as Sidious' confidant and primary aide.
Satellite Character: He served as this to Darth Plagueis. In fact, his appearance is more-or-less a confirmation that certain events of the Legends novel Darth Plagueis occurred in Broad Strokes.
Secret-Keeper: He is the only being allowed into the ancient Sith shrine below the Jedi Temple, which even Darth Vader does not know about, where he helps Sidious with his research into the Dark Side.

Denetrius Vidian

Count Denetrius Vidian

Species: Human (cyborg)

Homeworld: Corellia

Appearances: Bottleneck | A New Dawn

The Empire's leading efficiency expert eight years after the Empire took power. A ruthless cyborg who believes in efficiency over safety, he arrives on Gorse to boost thorilide production, although he may have some ulterior motives.

And I Must Scream: He was bedridden in a hospital for two years while Shilmer's syndrome ate away his body and trapped in his own mind. He threatens to do the same to Kanan and Hera, and for even longer for experimentation purposes.
Count Vidian: Can you imagine what it is to live without senses, without any means of interacting with your environment?
Kanan Jarrus: After a few drinks.
Count Vidian: The mind is a dynamo in the dark, an engine endlessly running, powering nothing. It thrashes in the night, seeking daylight, inventing its own. Controlling nothing. Consider that! The youngling and the aged experience it — the struggle with ineffectuallity. Controlling nothing is the true death.
Artificial Limbs: All four of his limbs are artificial, and he essentially has super strength that allows him to beat beings much stronger than a human to death and jump great distances.
Attack Reflector: His body can deflect blaster shots thanks to a cortosis graft. Zaluna learned this the hard way.
Axe-Crazy: He may claim not to enjoy beating people to death, but he sure seems to do it an awful lot in the name of "efficiency".
Badass Transplant: His cybernetics make him incredibly deadly in a fistfight.
Big Brother Is Watching: His Electronic Eyes can receive information from the security cameras and computers systems of whatever facility he is in so he can always know what his workers are up to.
Body Horror: He lost the majority of his body to a flesh-eating disease called Shilmer's syndrome, which came as a result of too much exposure to toxins and other chemical agents in the industries he explored.
Catchphrase: "Forget the old way."
Corrupt Corporate Executive: His ideas for increasing work efficiency includes killing "inefficient" workers and neglecting health and worker safety. Ironically, he used to be a safety inspector for the Interstellar Thorilide Guild — and not a military whistleblower as claimed by his official biography — when he was Lemuel Tharsa, and it was because of other Corrupt Corporate Executives that he decided to stop playing by the rules.
Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: Several characters note that there is nothing seemingly human about Vidian anymore aside from his face, both on the physical and spiritual level. As described from Kanan's perspective, he looks like "a war droid playing a human at a masquerade party."
Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Sloane was uncertain whether Kanan's accusations that Vidian's plan would destroy most of the thorilide were true and is convinced to look into the matter further by the way that Vidian's attempts to get her on his side were so blatantly a bribe for her silence.
Dramatic Irony: It's mentioned early in A New Dawn that he never believed in the Force. Apart from working for a Sith Lord, there are two occasions in the book where Kanan nearly uses the Force on him.
Establishing Character Moment: He casually orders the destruction of a damaged freighter, with the crew still abroad, because it's faster to get a replacement ship than it would be to repair the damaged one.
Evil Sounds Deep: His voice is noted to be quite deep several times throughout A New Dawn. He chose it based on research to sound authoritative.
Facial Horror: During the final battle aboard the Forager, his synth-skin face is melted off to reveal a metallic face underneath.
Faux Affably Evil: A seemingly charismatic businessman who's actually a temperamental sociopath underneath.
Flat-Earth Atheist: He doesn't think the Force exists despite having grown up in a galaxy with a famous order of Force users.
Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: It's because of other Corrupt Corporate Executives, spending two years bedridden due to a flesh-eating disease and feeling "useless" at that time that he strives for efficiency at all costs. However, as far as Kanan and Hera are concerned, this does nothing to justify working people to death, murdering them, or cutting safety regulations.
From Nobody to Nightmare: He went from being a simple safety inspector to a sociopathic business tycoon so obsessed with work efficiency that he eschews safety regulations.
Full-Conversion Cyborg: He contracted a disease that robbed him of his limbs and ate away his flesh, which resulted in him getting cybernetic limbs. He also lost his eyes, and had them replaced with cybernetic ones that he can use to play back anything he saw that day, receive feeds from security cameras and computers, and receive electronic communications privately. His voicebox is also in his throat, so his lips do not move when he speaks. He specifically selected the baritone of the voice based on research regarding the most authoritative and inspiring voice tone. Near the end of the story, it's revealed that even the face under his synth-skin is robotic. And there are several aides that he made like himself as well.
Go Mad from the Isolation: He spent two years bedridden from a flesh-eating disease, unable to communicate with anyone for the majority of that time. This likely explains some of his... less pleasant traits.
Hair-Trigger Temper: He gets set off very easily, and ends up killing at least one person simply for being there when he got annoying news. Commander Chamas notes that his stateroom was completely trashed.
Insane Troll Logic: His idea of boosting production efficiency is "removing all barriers". However, due to a combination of an extreme aversion to uselessness, an excessive amount of cybernetic modifications and a Lack of Empathy, he's come to the conclusion that pure organics would be more efficient workers if they didn't have breaks, health and safety regulations. In actuality, all it does is make the workers feel overworked and unsafe after being protected by these regulations for years, make work slower by making them cautious for their own lives and generate mob protests.
Karmic Death: He gets killed by Skelly, the same guy whom he got the idea to destroy Cynda from and gave several fatal internal injuries to.
Lack of Empathy: If he ever had it before, he lost it along with most of his body. He's willing to murder and neglect organic needs for the sake of efficiency. At the beginning of A New Dawn, he orders the destruction of a damaged freighter just because it would be faster to replace than to repair it.
Made of Iron: Thanks to his excessive cybernetics, he is difficult to kill, to the point that he survived a mine collapse on Cynda. He also has cortosis grafts in his skin that can conduct the energy dissipated from blaster bolts (even though it isn't shown in A New Dawn, it also gives him lightsaber-resistance). He dies for real when Skelly blows up the Expedient with both of them onboard.
No OSHA Compliance: It's more accurate to say if an industry has any safety regulations, chances are that Vidian will remove some of them for his idea of efficiency if he takes control of it. Ironically, he used to be a safety inspector himself.
Pragmatic Villainy:
- In Bottleneck, he is shown to disagree with Tarkin's endorsement of collective punishment, only executing the ringleader of the Ithorian strikers on Gilvaanen after they were halting the production of stormtrooper armor. He gives the other workers a second chance, but not without warning them that they would be killed if they failed to meet the production quotas.
- He suspends his beating of Okadiah when Kanan points out that while the man is older and less productive than other workers, his long experience and instruction of the other miners makes the whole crew more efficient.
Shout-Out: His name, in combination with the disease that destroyed much of his flesh and organs and required them to be replaced, is a clear reference to the Vidian alien race from Star Trek.
Smug Snake: He's very overconfident and thinks he can gain the loyalty of anyone serving under him, such as promising Captain Sloane a position as the youngest Admiral in the Imperial Navy when he really finds the idea laughable. He also tries to sabotage his rival, Lero Danthe, by falsifying a report on the half-life of exposed thorilide. It comes as a shock to him when Sloane tries to have him arrested. That said, he's still dangerous in a fight and it still takes a lot to kill him. Even when Sloane orders his arrest, he just curb-stomps the stormtroopers carrying out the order. The only two times he's been successfully put down was when Skelly drugged him and, later, blew him up (and killed him for real) on the Expedient.
Social Darwinist: He sees any worker who isn't at their potential or "ordinary" as useless, and will see fit to dispose of them. For example, he tried to kill Okadiah just because he was too old for physical labor. Kanan counters his idea by pointing that his knowledge is what still makes him useful.
The Sociopath: He's in charge of part of the Empire's production and business division, but he has very little to no regard for the lives of workers for the sake of "efficiency" and shows very little emotion aside from anger and cold satisfaction. As a lot of characters note, there's barely anything human about him anymore, and not just because of the excessive cybernetics.
That Man Is Dead: Subverted. After he became Count Vidian, he treated Lemuel Tharsa as a separate entity and used the name to validate his own plans.
Uncanny Valley: The only part of him that looks human is a synth-skin face (and underneath that is a metallic skull). However, it barely even moves and he doesn't even move his lips to talk (that's done with a vocoder on his neck). The most human-like thing he even does is breathe. As Kanan describes him, he looks like a droid wearing a human-like rubber mask instead of a run-of-the-mill cyborg.
Villainous Breakdown: He loses his cool almost any time Baron Danthe reports the Emperor's demands for unrealistic production increases. He has another when Captain Sloane tries to have him arrested for treason against the Emperor.
Walking Shirtless Scene: He has one during his brawl with Kanan and Hera in his operating room on Calcoraan. His torso is shown artificial as well.
Workaholic: Vidian is both a deconstruction and an example of what happens when a workaholic is a boss in a fascist regime. His business mantra of "Keep moving, destroy barriers, see everything" sums up his philosophy of business efficiency. Unfortunately, this philosophy partially stems from his trauma of being bedridden and trapped in his mind for two years, which developed into an extreme aversion to ineffectuality. In addition to that incident, Vidian is so nearly purged of his humanity (both physically and spiritually) he's come to see basic organic labor needs such as breaks, health and safety regulations as undesirable inconveniences. Once the Emperor starts raising his already unrealistic production expectations, Vidian starts seeing those inconveniences as barriers and gets rid of them to meet the Emperor's quotas. However, Vidian is easily enraged by not only the increasing quotas, but also being confronted with whatever sounds like a barrier to meeting them, and he will try to destroy that barrier (often in the literal sense).
Would Harm a Senior: He tried to kill Okadiah Garson just because he was elderly and not as fit for physical labor as the younger miners.

Lero Danthe

Baron Lero Danthe

Species: Human

Homeworld: Corulag

Appearances: A New Dawn

Count Vidian's underling and main political rival in the Imperial Court, Danthe is constantly attempting to sabotage his superior's work by manipulating large increases in the demand of resources Vidian needs to acquire.

Aristocrats Are Evil: Unlike Count Vidian, Danthe is an actual aristocrat, born into a powerful droid-manufacturing dynasty from Corulag.
Smug Snake: Every scene with him has him smugly assuring Vidian that he is sure he can meet the new material quotas, all while plotting the Count's downfall.
The Starscream: He is plotting to discredit Vidian and take his position. To this end, he convinced Commander Nibiru Chamas to serve as his spy on the Ultimatium and gather information on Vidian.

Everi Chalis

Species: Human

Appearances: Twilight Company

A skilled artist from a colonial backwater, Chalis' talents caught the attention of Count Denetrius Vidian, who recruited her as his protégé. She rose to become one the Empire's top efficiency experts and was named an emissary to the Imperial Ruling Council. Following the destruction of the Death Star, Chalis was caught in the purge of officials connected to the disaster and was reassigned as governor of Haidoral Prime. Knowing her days were numbered, she took the opportunity to defect to the Rebel Alliance after they invaded the planet, offering her knowledge of the Imperial military's infrastructure to the rebellion's Sixty-First Mobile Infantry.

Almighty Janitor: She is a fairly high-ranking Imperial bureaucrat, but she's still just another cog in the machine. She's so indistinguishable from anyone else that the Imperials essentially didn't care that she defected, sending only a single Star Destroyer commanded by Verge, the joke of the Imperial Ruling Council, after her. However, she's such a logistics expert that she and Twilight Company are able to plan a complex Batman Gambit against the Empire that could potentially put a significant dent into their manufacturing capabilities.
British Accents: Her affected Coruscanti accent (Which is apparently the Star Wars equivalent of a British accent) is especially notable, as it's described as "Exaggerated schoolgirl Coruscanti" - enough to fool people from the Rim, but always marking her as an outsider to other Imperials such as Tabor Seitaron.
Karma Houdini: Most of Twilight Company regards her as one, particularly the recruits from Haidoral Prime who lived under her rule. Although she does help save Twilight Company, Chalis ends up abandoning the Rebellion and decides to adopt a new identity to pursue her art, and thus never truly pays for or redeems herself for all the crimes she committed under the Empire.
Not in This for Your Revolution: Holds no loyalty to the Rebellion and only defects because she knows that eventually the Empire will find some petty excuse to execute her. Chalis' only desire is to secure a Rebel pardon and bring down the Empire so she can live safely.
Reassigned to Antarctica: She was sent to Haidoral Prime to be its governor for her role in the Death Star's destruction. Chalis notes she was spared from execution due to her limited role in the project, which she had disapproved of.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After Namir abandons the plan to attack Kuat in favor of freeing Sullust, Chalis steals a shuttle in the middle of the battle to kill Verge and disable his Star Destroyer in order to get him to stop chasing her and allow the rebels to win and ensure that the Empire has more important things to worry about than her. Chalis then promptly heads off in her shuttle to parts unknown, uncertain about what to do with herself but positive that she is completely done with both the Rebellion and the Empire.
Small Name, Big Ego: She is a logistical genius that was the protégé of one of the Emperor's advisors, claiming that she was sent to Haidoral Prime for her role in the destruction of the Death Star. Come Hoth, when she comes face-to-face with Darth Vader himself, she is prepared to Face Death with Dignity... only for Vader to not even care who she is, instead demanding to know where Luke Skywalker is. This turns out to be a rather big blow to her ego, though she attempts to not let it show. Learning that Verge was the one sent after her is another blow to her ego.
Token Evil Teammate: For Twilight Company. She holds little regard for civilians who may be hurt or killed by the units actions and tries to manipulate them into going along with her schemes.
Wicked Pretentious: While she may be a talented artist and skilled logistician who can fake a Core accent with the best of them, the rest of the Empire's elite never forgot or let Chalis forget her origins and inability to truly fit in amongst them no matter how hard she tried. The realization of this drives her further into a spiral of revenge.
Woman Scorned: Namir starts to think that the Kuat mission is in truth a complicated revenge scheme by Chalis against the Empire for never showing appreciation for her talents.

Veris Hydan

Minister Veris Hydan

"I would never consider myself an artist, but more a critic, perhaps."

Species: Human

Homeworld: Ossus

Portrayed by: Malcolm McDowell

Appearances: Rebels

An advisor to Emperor Palpatine and Imperial minister who investigated the archives at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, and led the excavation of the Jedi Temple located on Lothal on Palpatine's orders.

Affably Evil: Though he comes off as pleasant and affable, like offering a captured Sabine tea and talking to her about art, when she refuses to cooperate his friendly demeanor mostly vanishes and he turns to physical persuasion in an attempt to get her to cooperate. However, he does make it clear that this is because she is refusing to co-operate, and he warned her earlier not to confuse his hospitality with weakness, so it is likely that the affable nature was not an act so much as he simply has limits.
All There in the Manual: His first name is only provided in episode guides and his Databank entry.
Bookworm: He studied the archives at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and is highly knowledgeable about the history of the Jedi, Sith, and the Force.
Disney Villain Death: He falls into the Jedi Temple on Lothal as it collapses.
Evil Genius: Hydan is a lot more intelligent than the average Imperial, which is probably why he's such a trusted servant of the Emperor. He's very knowledgable about the history of the Jedi and the Force and fully understands the significance of the World Between Worlds, while also being savvy enough to recognise and accept that his meagre power pales in comparison to the Emperor's, while many other more ambitious Imperials have gotten themselves killed by trying too hard to rise above their station and angering the wrong people.
Expy: Of Darth Vader's servant, Vaneé. He was orginally going to be Vaneé, but later it was decided to make him a seperate character.
Hat of Authority: Like all other Imperial advisors, Hydan wears a fancy hat, although his is decidedly smaller and less fancy than some of the other advisors' headwear.
Secret-Keeper: His high status in the Imperial Court makes him privy to many Imperial secrets, not least of which is the fact that the Emperor is a Sith Lord who desires to control the World Between Worlds.
Wicked Cultured: He is an art critic, whose job includes interpreting Jedi artwork.
Worthy Opponent: Expresses admiration for Sabine and Ezra and their success in opening the portal to the World Between Worlds, which he had failed to do.

Yupe Tashu

Advisor Yupe Tashu

Appearances: Aftermath | Life Debt | Empire's End

"You chastise the Dark Side as if it is an evil path, laughable for its malevolence. But do not confuse it with evil. And do not confuse the light as being the product of benevolence."

A historian, cultist, and advisor to Emperor Palpatine. He is fascinated by the Sith and the Dark Side. Following the Battle of Endor, Tashu attends the conference on Akiva to help determine the course of the Empire. He is also one of the secret leaders of the Acolytes of the Beyond.

Card-Carrying Villain: An advisor to Palpatine who openly worships the Dark Side of the Force and admits to enjoying torturing people pretty clearly has no issues with how others see him.
Hat of Authority: As is typical of an Imperial advisor, Tashu wears a fancy hat, which is emerald.
Human Sacrifice: Oversaw the sacrifice of beings at ceremonies held by the Acolytes of the Beyond. During the Battle of Jakku, Gallius Rax loads Tashu up with Sith artifacts and shoves him down a pit in the Observatory that leads to the planetary core. Tashu hits a rock on the way down and dies, but the dark energy in the artifacts he carries activates the Observatory and begins the destruction of the planet.
Purple Is Powerful: Wears purple robes cut in a Naboo nobleman's style, like many of Palpatine's advisors.
Sanity Slippage: His mental state, which was never in the best shape, takes a sharp dive once he is in the New Republic custody. He spends most of his day laughing madly in his cell and drooling all over himself.
Secret-Keeper: He was well aware of the Emperor's status as a Force-user and identity as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious.
Torture Technician: Apparently he learned all about Sith torture methods from Palpatine. He enjoys getting to practice them on a captive Wedge Antilles, even though he knows Wedge will not break.
Villainous Friendship: Said to have been friends with Palpatine, or at least being as close to friendship as one could get with the Emperor.

Arsin Crassus

Appearances: Aftermath

"Set up a truce with these New Republic slime-dogs, allow them to go their way, and we go ours. We're already locked in something of a cold war with those ninnymanderers, so we make it official."

Formerly of the Trade Federation, Crassus is one of the primary monetary backers of the Empire who built his fortune on the misery of others, particularly through the slave trade. Several months after the Battle of Endor, he attends the conference on Akiva.

Been There, Shaped History: He helped finalize the Separatist Council's relocation to Mustafar, which led to their deaths at the hands of Darth Vader/Anakin.
Bodyguard Babes: His personal guards are slave women who wear hardened-lacquer animal masks.
Butt-Monkey: Nobody at the conference takes any of his opinions seriously, being only interested in his money and not particularly caring if he is cooperative in letting them use it. Even Sloane threatens to kill him a couple of times.
Character Death: Dies in the crash landing of his ship into the hangar of the Vigilance.
Dirty Coward: Being a merchant instead of a warrior, Crassus is in a panic throughout most of the conference on Akiva about the New Republic potentially learning about them and attacking.
Fat Bastard: He's described as "large and round", having grown quite lazy and gluttonous off of his ill-gained wealth.
Named After Somebody Famous: His last name is quite clearly a reference to Marcus Licinius Crassus, the famous Roman who made part of his fortune off the slave trade and crushed Spartacus' rebellion.
Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: He runs quite a bit of the slave trade in the Empire, which has made him a major target for capture or elimination by the New Republic. Ackbar is noted to have a particular distaste for Crassus when talking about the Imperials on Akiva.
The Starscream: He was a minor official in the Trade Federation before selling out his bosses to the Empire so that he could plunder their fortunes and become one of the Empire's primary backers.

Characters / Star Wars – Imperial Court

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Imperial Leadership

Emperor Sheev Palpatine (Darth Sidious)

Darth Vader

Imperial Ruling Council

Grand Vizier Mas Amedda

Species: Chagrian

Homeworld: Champala

Sate Pestage

Species: Human

Janus Greejatus

Species: Human

Ars Dangor

Species: Human

Kren Blista-Vanee

Species: Human

Sim Aloo

Species: Human

Homeworld: Noomis Riga

Pebimarius Xorn

Species: Human

Prelate Verge

Species: Human

Advisor Rersey

Species: Human

The Royal Guard

Imperial Royal Guard

Sergeant Erstin Deez

Species: Human

Tauk

Species: Human

Other members of the Imperial Court

Administrator Sly Moore

Species: Umbaran

Homeworld: Umbara

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Count Denetrius Vidian

Species: Human (cyborg)

Homeworld: Corellia

Baron Lero Danthe

Species: Human

Homeworld: Corulag

Everi Chalis

Species: Human

Minister Veris Hydan

Species: Human

Homeworld: Ossus

Advisor Yupe Tashu

Arsin Crassus

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