History YMMV / StarWarsTarkin

* MemeticMutation: Palpatine's name being Sheev really took off with how odd it is and further adds to his status as a FountainOfMemes.

* TearJerker: [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood Somewhat about Tarkin:]] he wasn't born evil, but his family and training shaped him as a villain.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Palpatine having a first name, and said first name being '''Sheev''', drew ire from some fans. Particularly odd in that [[Literature/DarthPlagueis one of James Luceno's previous novels]] (which now technically belongs to [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends a different canon]] but has other details referenced here) implied that Palpatine's first name was Cosinga (he refused to use his first name to spite his father Cosinga Palpatine, so it might be that he was given the same name). An alternate explanation is that [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Cosinga named him Sheev, and so he doesn't use his given name to spite Daddy]].

* CompleteMonster: [[VillainProtagonist Wilhuff Tarkin]] repeatedly demonstrates his cruelties as a high-ranking officer: boiling SpacePirate [[PirateGirl Q'anah]] and her crew to death from the [[HurlItIntoTheSun heat of a star]] and ordering the destruction of any ships that tried to rescue them; punishing the populace of Antar-4 with no regard to which members of the populace had been loyal to the Republic, causing many innocent deaths; and, upon his promotion to Grand Moff, taxing the subjects of the Outer Rim to starvation.

* CompleteMonster: [[VillainProtagonist Wilhuff Tarkin]] repeatedly demonstrates his cruelties as a high-ranking officer: boiling SpacePirate [[PirateGirl Q'anah]] and her crew to death from the [[HurlItIntoTheSun heat of a star]] and ordering the destruction of any ships that tried to rescue them(to be fair she was a bloodthirsty pirate who had it coming); punishing the populace of Antar-4 with no regard to which members of the populace had been loyal to the Republic, causing many innocent deaths; and, upon his promotion to Grand Moff, taxing the subjects of the Outer Rim to starvation.

* CompleteMonster: [[VillainProtagonist Wilhuff Tarkin]] repeatedly demonstrates his cruelties as a high-ranking officer: boiling SpacePirate [[PirateGirl Q'anah]] and her crew to death from the [[HurlItIntoTheSun heat of a star]] and ordering the destruction of any ships that tried to rescue them; punishing the populace of Antar-4 with no regard to which members of the populace had been loyal to the Republic, causing many innocent deaths; and, upon his promotion to Grand Moff, taxing the subjects of the Outer Rim to starvation.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Palpatine having a first name, and said first name being '''Sheev''', drew ire from some fans. Particularly odd in that [[Literature/DarthPlagueis one of James Luceno's previous novels]] (which now technically belongs to [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends a different canon]] but has other details referenced here) implied that Palpatine's first name was Cosinga (he refused to use his first name to spite his father Cosinga Palpatine, so it might be that he was given the same name). An alternate explanation is that Cosinga named him Sheev, and so he doesn't use his given name to spite Daddy.

* CompleteMonster: [[VillainProtagonist Wilhuff Tarkin]] is shown here as a psychopathic KnightTemplar who is willing to go to horrifying lengths to ensure "order" even before the Republic became the Empire. As just a lieutenant in the local judicial forces, he sealed [[SpacePirate Q'anah]] and [[PirateGirl her]] entire crew inside a cargo container, which was then [[HurlItIntoTheSun set on a course for a star]], causing them to slowly roast to death while their screams are broadcast throughout the sector. Tarkin compounds this atrocity by ordering the destruction of any ships that tried to aid Q'anah and her crew. One of his first actions as an Imperial officer is to commit the Antar Atrocity, in which brutally "punished" the populace of Antar-4 without regard to whether they had been loyal to the Republic or not during the Clone Wars, causing the deaths of many beings who had served the Republic as spies or soldiers. After his promotion to Grand Moff, Tarkin, now governor of the Outer Rim, brutally taxed his subjects to the brink of poverty.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Palpatine having a first name, and said first name being '''Sheev''', drew ire from some fans. Particularly odd in that [[Literature/DarthPlagueis one of James Luceno's previous novels]] (which now technically belongs to [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse a different canon]] but has other details referenced here) implied that Palpatine's first name was Cosinga (he refused to use his first name to spite his father Cosinga Palpatine, so it might be that he was given the same name). An alternate explanation is that Cosinga named him Sheev, and so he doesn't use his given name to spite Daddy.

* MoralEventHorizon: Tarkin's Antar Atrocity. See CompleteMonster above.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Palpatine having a first name, and said first name being '''Sheev''', drew ire from some fans. Particularly odd in that [[Literature/DarthPlagueis one of James Luceno's previous novels]] implied that Palpatine's first name was Cosinga (he refused to use his first name to spite his father Cosinga Palpatine, so it might be that he was given the same name). An alternate explanation is that Cosinga named him Sheev, and so he doesn't use his given name to spite Daddy.

** The Antar Atrocity, too. How many people were actually innocent and didn't support Separatists. And even they did support, they don't deserve torture and death by Tarkin.

** The Antar Atrocity, too. How many people were actually innocent and support Separatists. And even they support, they don't deserve torture and death by Tarkin.

* TearJerker: Somewhat about Tarkin: he wasn't born evil, but his family and training shaped him as a villain.

* CompleteMonster: [[VillainProtagonist Wilhuff Tarkin]] is shown here as a psychopathic KnightTemplar who is willing to go to horrifying lengths to ensure "order". After the Republic became the Empire, Tarkin was promoted to Moff, and during his time at this rank, he sealed [[SpacePirate Q'anah]] and [[PirateGirl her]] entire crew inside a cargo container, which was then [[HurlItIntoTheSun set on a course for a star]], causing them to slowly roast to death while their screams are broadcast throughout the sector. Tarkin compounds this atrocity by ordering the destruction of any ships that tried to aid Q'anah and her crew. After his promotion to Grand Moff, Tarkin, now governor of the Outer Rim, brutally taxed his subjects to the brink of poverty.

* CompleteMonster: After the Republic became the Empire, Tarkin was promoted to Moff, and during his time at this rank, he sealed [[SpacePirate Q'anah]] and [[PirateGirl her]] entire crew inside a cargo container, which was then [[HurlItIntoTheSun set on a course for a star]], causing them to slowly roast to death while their screams are broadcast throughout the sector. Tarkin compounds this atrocity by ordering the destruction of any ships that tried to aid Q'anah and her crew. After his promotion to Grand Moff, Tarkin, now governor of the Outer Rim, brutally taxed his subjects to the brink of poverty.

** And Wilhuff is any better...?
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Palpatine having a first name, and said first name being '''Sheev''', drew ire from some fans. Particularly odd in that [[Literature/DarthPlagueis one of James Luceno's previous novels]] implied that Palpatine's first name was Cosinga (he refused to use his first name to spite his father Cosinga Palpatine, so it might be that he was given the same name).
** An alternate explanation is that Cosinga named him Sheev, and so he doesn't use his given name to spite Daddy.

* And Wilhuff is any better...?

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Palpatine having a first name, and said first name being '''Sheev''', drew ire from some fans. Particularly odd in that [[Literature/DarthPlagueis one of James Luceno's previous novels]] implied that Palpatine's first name was Cosinga (named after his father; he refused to use it to spite him).

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Palpatine having a first name, and said first name being '''Sheev''', drew ire from some fans. Particularly odd in that [[Literature/DarthPlagueis one of James Luceno's previous novels]] implied that Palpatine's first name was Cosinga.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Palpatine having a first name, and said first name being '''Sheev''', drew ire from some fans. Particularly odd in that one of James Luceno's previous novels implied that Palpatine's first name was Cosinga.

* InternetBackdraft: [[spoiler:'''Sheev''' Palpatine]]. That is all.