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Grand Moff Tarkin interrogates the princess, wanting to know the Rebel Alliance's headquarters location. He threatens to open fire on Alderaan, where Leia Organa grew up. She tells him that the Rebel base is on Dantooine. Despite this, Tarkin orders the planet's destruction before her eyes. [18] [23] [24]
Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He was introduced in the original 1977 Star Wars film [j] as one of the two main antagonists, alongside Darth Vader, and the commander of the Death Star, a gigantic spherical space station built by the Galactic Empire, equipped with an immensely powerful superlaser capable of obliterating entire planets.
Early drafts of the Star Wars story include references to at least two planets which later evolved into the concept of Alderaan.Star Wars author George Lucas included a planet called Alderaan in early treatments; in The Star Wars (1973), Alderaan is a city-planet and the capital planet of the galaxy (prefiguring the planet Coruscant which later featured in the films).
To mark the Death Star being fully operational, Tarkin orders the Death Star to destroy Leia's home world of Alderaan in an attempt to press her into giving him the location of the secret Rebel headquarters; she gives them the location of Dantooine, which housed a now-deserted Rebel base, but Tarkin has Alderaan destroyed anyway as a ...
Played a pivotal role in securing Alderaan's support for the Rebel Alliance as its primary galactic advocate. Killed during Episode IV: A New Hope, when the Death Star destroys Alderaan. Wedge Antilles – Commander of Rogue Squadron. Raymus Antilles – Captain of the famous Alderaanian cruiser Tantive IV.
Leia is imprisoned on the Death Star, where commanding officer Grand Moff Tarkin has Alderaan destroyed. The Millennium Falcon exits hyperspace and is captured by the Death Star's tractor beam and brought into its hangar bay. Disguising themselves as stormtroopers, Han and Luke along with Chewbacca set off to rescue the captive Princess while ...
Tarkin, the station's commander, demonstrates that power in A New Hope when he destroys Alderaan as a show of force. [23] In the film's climactic scene , however, the station is attacked by Rebel starfighters who have come into possession of the station's blueprints.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards.The screenplay was written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy inspired by a story idea from John Knoll and developed by Gary Whitta.