Despite this, Pandion swiftly abandoned the Malastare communications station he had previously been responsible for when it was attacked by the New Republic who sought to assassinate him for war crimes.Ī member of the Imperial Future Council, Pandion attended a secret summit on the Outer Rim planet of Akiva to determine the future of the Empire.
He advocated strength and aggression when it came to politics, freely labelling others weak and cowardly. This self-important hypocrite awarded himself the title of Grand Moff after the deaths of the Emperor and Darth Vader, betraying his thirst for power. So, wasting no more time, let’s dive directly into Moff canon… Grand Moff Valco Pandion Grand Moff Pandion was thoroughly unpleasant. But we’ll remain open-minded – we’ve forgiven others in Star Wars for worse. Certainly, that he sanctioned the tragic slaying of super-nice Ugnaught Kuiil is a pretty damning mark against him. Set up as the series’ villain and teased as having a greater role in Season 2 than he had in the first season, Gideon promises imminent revelations when the series returns on October 30 – not least whether he’s good, bad, or something in between. It’s Gideon’s enigmatic nature and prominence in The Mandalorian that has prompted this examination of the galaxy’s other Moffs, in an attempt to determine how much pure evil goes hand-in-hand with the Imperial rank. Some went on to become warlords and were ultimately hunted by shock troopers like The Mandalorian’s Cara Dune.
After the Empire fell following the Battle of Endor, the serving Moffs were left without official roles.
A Grand Moff commanded an Oversector, or group of sectors. This led to the creation of the superior Grand Moff position, the first of which was filled by the notorious Wilhuff Tarkin. During the fifth year of Emperor Palpatine’s rule, there were a set number of twenty Moffs. Okay, we’ll stop listing cute critters in Star Wars now, because it’s cruel, quite frankly, when what follows is a rundown of some of the franchise’s most despicable characters.īut first, what is a Moff? A role established during the reign of the First Galactic Empire, Moffs governed designated sectors. Beating out porgs, fish nuns, Rotta the Hutt, and even Babu Frik. After all, it would take a special kind of evil to threaten the wellbeing of Baby Yoda, who is, by contrast, the sweetest and most adorable being in George Lucas’s space-opera universe since Return of the Jedi’s baby Ewok. While his motives are yet to be revealed, Gideon has been set up as one of the most evil Moffs to sully the Star Wars galaxy. Giancarlo Esposito’s Moff Gideon is the latest Moff to join Star Wars canon, in Season 1 of The Mandalorian.
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