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Governor Wilhuff Tarkin or Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe and is an antagonist in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He was portrayed by British actor Peter Cushing in that film. A younger Tarkin had a brief cameo in the prequel film Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, where he was portrayed by Wayne Pygram. Tarkin has been called "one of the most formidable villains in Star Wars history".
i>A New Hope, Tarkin is the Governor of the Imperial Outland Regions and commander of the Death Star.
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Governor Wilhuff Tarkin or Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe and is an antagonist in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He was portrayed by British actor Peter Cushing in that film. A younger Tarkin had a brief cameo in the prequel film Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, where he was portrayed by Wayne Pygram. Tarkin has been called "one of the most formidable villains in Star Wars history".
Depiction
In A New Hope, Tarkin is the Governor of the Imperial Outland Regions and commander of the Death Star. He is charged, along with Vader, with pursuing and destroying the Rebel Alliance. He threatens Princess Leia Organa with the destruction of her home planet of Alderaan if she does not reveal the location of the Rebels' base. When she names another planet, he has Alderaan destroyed anyway. Tarkin is indirectly killed by Luke Skywalker when the latter destroys the Death Star in the film's climatic battle scene after Tarkin refused to flee.
Tarkin also appears at the end of Revenge of the Sith.
Expanded Universe
In the Star Wars Expanded Universe, Tarkin also appears in Darth Maul: Saboteur and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader. West End Games' roleplaying material describes the "Tarkin Doctrine", which emphasizes ruling through the fear of force, rather than force itself.
Production
Clark describes Cushing's Tarkin as an "icy Imperial magistrate who cavalierly orders the murder of an entire planet" and "as menacing a villain as Darth Vader himself". Star Wars as a whole has the same ethical contrast between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire as between the Allies and the Nazis in World War II, and Tarkin is evocative of the Nazi villains of many World War II films. The parallels include the merciless demeanour and the Nazi-style uniform. Farrel describes Cushing's Tarkin as "jack-booted". However, no long shots were taken of Tarkin because Cushing refused to wear the boots that the wardobe department had provided for the character, on the grounds that they were not comfortable. Instead, he wore slippers.
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