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Darth VaderandGrand Moff Tarkinwere the two original villain ofStar Wars , as they play the dual part of the main opponent in A New Hope . But , even though they were on the same side , Tarkin dead hat Vader with a passion . However , the level of hatred Tarkin held for Vader is nothing compared to what it could have been - what it should have been . Indeed , if Tarkin screw one major closed book , he would n’t merely have hated Darth Vader , he would have done anything to kill him .
In theLegendscomic miniseriesStar war : Darth Vader and the Lost Commandby Haden Blackman and Rick Leonardi , readers are thrown into the early days of the Empire , back whenDarth Vader was still hunting Jedialong with any other citizens of the freshly former Empire who stand against the new regime . One of these ‘ rebels ’ ( before the official rise of the Rebel Alliance ) was someone who should have been a loyal follower of the Empire , but who , instead , decide to wrench against it : Wilhuff Tarkin ’s son , Garoche Tarkin .
At first , Darth Vader was sent but to rule and even rescue Garoche Tarkin and his crew , as he was an Admiral in the Imperial Navy who was on a missionary station to crush an insurgence on the planet Atoa . However , when Vader found him , it was unveil that Garoche had defected to the Atoan insurgency , as he resent the Empire for all the acts of barbarousness he had committed as an Imperial Admiral . As if Garoche was any other individual who stood against the Empire , Darth Vader hit him .
Darth Vader Did More Than Just Murder Tarkin’s Son
Darth Vader & Emperor Palpatine Manipulated Tarkin Into Being a Better Soldier
Not only did Darth Vader kill Grand Moff Tarkin ’s only son , but he also covered up the nature of his death and even used it to manipulate Tarkin into being an even good , moreruthless soldier of the Empire . Since Garoche went to Atoa to smash an insurgence , it only made sentience for Vader ( after getting the ‘ O.K. ’ from Palpatine ) to report back to Tarkin that his boy was murdered by the Atoan people . Darth Vader never say Tarkin that his son defect , covering up that truth with a prevarication that created even more death and demolition .
To add abuse to injury , Darth Vader was always planning to hit Garoche Tarkin whether he defected or not to achieve the same closing upshot with Grand Moff Tarkin .
Grand Moff Tarkin believed the prevarication about his son ’s death , and it drove him to commit planetary genocide against the intact population of Atoa . This experience also strengthened Tarkin ’s commitment to the Empire , as he came to subconsciously view any who abide against the Empire as the same the great unwashed who killed his son . It ’s that notion that let Tarkin to destroy Alderaan inA New Hopewithout blinking , in effect mold him into theheinous villainStar Warsfans met inEpisode IV .
Maybe Tarkin would have seen things from his son ’s stop of view after learning that he had defect , and that Darth Vader - the ‘ fist ’ of the Empire - was the one who killed him . But , without question , the first thing Tarkin would have done is stamp out Vader out of arrant , double-dyed payback . After that , it ’s a toss - up as to how Tarkin would have lived his life . Maybe he ’d still believe in the mission of the Empire , and exclusively pick Vader for his son ’s death . Maybe not . Either way , it ’s readable that Vader would know Tarkin ’s ira , just as Atoa and Alderaan came to know it .
Like Father, Like Daughter: Leia Organa Also Robbed Tarkin of His ‘Heir’
Leia Organa Defeated Grand Moff Tarkin’s Protégé: Ellian Zahra
Interestingly enough , Leia Organa did something similar to Tarkin like her father , Darth Vader . InStar Wars ’ canon comics , during the Original Trilogy era , Leia ’s arch foeman is an Imperial Commander mention Ellian Zahra , who was actually the protégé of Grand Moff Tarkin . Zahra was prime to succeed Tarkin upon the Grand Moff ’s retreat , but those plan came to a screeching hitch when Tarkin was killed on the Death Star . While that was more Luke ’s doing than Leia ’s ( though that item could be reason ) , it was Leia who see that Zahra never became like Tarkin by unceasingly defeating her whenever they meet on the battlefield .
One Star Wars character has always been a strong warrior , but after kill a top - level Sith Lord , they test they ’re right smart stronger than fans thought .
Leia robbed Tarkin of his heir just like Darth Vader did , though with Vader , there was far more to it than just that . Darth Vader killed Tarkin ’s Word , lied to the Grand Moff about it , and used his son ’s destruction to manipulate Tarkin into being an even well soldier for the Empire , leading to Tarkin becoming ruthless enough to pass over out all life on multiple major planet . Therefore , it ’s average to say that - whileGrand Moff Tarkinnever likedDarth VaderinStar Wars- he would have done anything to kill him if he knew the truth .
