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- "A Tarkin looks their enemy in the eye and puts their blade in their throat."
- ―Wilhuff Tarkin
The Tarkin family, or Tarkin clan, was a human family that hailed from Eriadu, a planet located in the Outer Rim Territories of the galaxy. Among Eriadu's first pioneers, the Tarkins led the colonists, helping them fight back the planet's wilderness. Progressively, the Tarkin militias evolved into a proper sector military, which became the Outland Regions Security Force in which many Tarkins served. By the last decades of the Galactic Republic, the Tarkin family was immensely wealthy and influential.[1] The Tarkins adopted a martial tradition when the militias were reorganized.[10] The family owned the planet Eadu, which Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin later gave to the Galactic Empire.[2] The Espirion Saan claimed that Wilhuff had a brother named Gideon, whom Wilhuff left for dead during a survey on Eadu.[11]
Family tree[]
| Jova Tarkin's parents | Jova Tarkin's aunt/uncle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilhuff Tarkin's grandfather[1] | Jova Tarkin[1] | Zellit[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilhuff Tarkin's aunt/uncle | Wilhuff Tarkin's father[1] | Wilhuff Tarkin's mother[1] | Unidentified Imperial governor[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ranulph Tarkin[1] | Wilhuff Tarkin[1] | Gideon (alleged)[11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return of the Kyber Saber" (Mentioned only)
LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Mission to Mos Eisley" (In flashback(s))
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
Star Wars Helmet Collection 53 (Databank A-Z: Tantive IV–Tatooine)- The Star Wars Book (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
"Imperial Officers and Agents" — Star Wars Encyclopedia- Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
Grand Moff Tarkin in the Databank (backup link)- Tech in the Databank (backup link)
- Wrecker in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Tarkin
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Citadel"
- ↑ Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
- ↑ Dawn of Rebellion
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ Lost Stars webcomic
- ↑ Darth Vader (2015) 3
- ↑ Star Wars (2020) 7
- ↑ "Imperial Officers and Agents" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "The Haunting of Grand Moff Tarkin" — Tales from the Death Star