' Of power I could tell you much One must seize the moment & strike' Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin He's the scion of an honourable & revered family A dedicated soldier & distinguished legislator Loyal proponent of the Republic & trusted ally of the Jedi Order Groomed by the ruthless politician & Sith Lord who would be Emperor Governor Wilhuff Tarkin rises through the Imperial ranks enforcing his authority ever more mercilesslyand zealously pursuing his destiny as the architect of absolute dominion Rule through the fear of force rather than force itself he advises the Emperor Under Tarkin's guidance an ultimate weapon of unparalleled destruction moves ever closer to becoming a terrifying reality When the so-called Death Star is completed Tarkin is confident that the galaxy's lingering pockets of Separatist rebellion will be brought to heel
- by intimidation or annihilation Until then insurgency remains a genuine threat Escalating guerrilla attacks by resistance forces & new-found evidence of a growing Separatist conspiracy are an immediate danger the Empire must meet with swift & brutal action & to bring down a band of elusive freedom fighters the Emperor turns to his most formidable agents Darth Vader the fearsome new Sith enforcer as remorseless as he is mysterious & Tarkin
- whose tactical cunning & cold-blooded efficiency will pave the way for the Empire's supremacyand its enemies' extinction