- "It is only I, Governor, a humble servant of the Emperor, Captain-Supervisor Grammel. I am in charge of the secret mining colony on Circarpous V."
- ―Grammel, to Governor Essada
The Imperial Department of Resources,[2] also known as Imperial Mining,[3] was a bureau within the Galactic Empire. It supervised the development and/or exploitation of star systems, usually for the purposes of mineral extraction and colonization.[1] A represtative of the Imperial Department of Resources, Captain-Supervisor Grammel[2] was commander of the Imperial Military garrison[2] and energy mining operation[4] on the planet Mimban[2] in the year 2 ABY.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
The Imperial Department of Resources was originally created for Splinter of the Mind's Eye, a Star Wars Legends novel written by Alan Dean Foster[2] and released on February 12, 1978.[6]
Appearances[]
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye (First appearance)
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye 2
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye 4
Sources[]
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
"Mini-Mimban" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (First identified as Imperial Mining)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Splinter of the Mind's Eye
- ↑ "Mini-Mimban" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑
Grammel, Captain-Supervisor in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion
- ↑
Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) on Twitter: "On this day, 40 years ago, Del Rey Books published Splinter of the Mind's Eye, written by Alan Dean Foster." (screenshot)
