Who Is Grand Moff Tarkin? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Grand Moff Tarkin is a Company-Licensed comic book character, the alter ego of Wilhuff Tarkin, with over 141 comic issue appearances. Grand Moff Willhuf Tarkin was one of the 12 Grand Moffs of his day, Governor and leader of the planet Eriadu and it's local systems, overseer of the first Death Stars creation and later Death Stars commander. Tarkin was considered the architect of the Empire by Sidious himself, and was one of the most important personalities of the Galactic Empire.

Who is Grand Moff Tarkin?

Origin Willhuf Tarkin was a human male, born (64 BBY) on the OuterRim's, far from the Republic's core, planet of Eriadu. Though it seems insignificant, Eriadu was a very important industrial planet and became one of the OuterRims most active and most important trade centers right after the bankruptcy of Trade Federation, due to their loses at Naboo crysis. Willhuf came from the very wealthy family of Tarkins, the rulers of Eriadu and whole Seswenna sector for centuries, crushing anyone or anything who stood on their path of absolute leadership. Following old Tarkins tradition, with the goal to temper their families children into becoming the capable survivors, cold blooded killers and excellent marksmen and pilots, Willhufs father ordered his brother, Willhuf's uncle Jova Tarkin, to take young, sixteen years old, carefree Willhuf to the wild jungles of Eriadu, where he learned how to stay alive and how to fight the wild predators, it was either kill or die, pass the test, or leave your bones in the jungle. As a child, later on, Tarkin would face the series of brutal test that would improve his skills as a warrior and as a pilot, as well as his strategy in combat, making of him a pe.

Key facts

Grand Moff Tarkin is of human origin and first appeared in "Star Wars". The character is published by Company-Licensed. With 141 recorded issue appearances, Grand Moff Tarkin ranks among the most featured characters in comics.