* The Imperial Governor Tarkin, the very first Grand Moff, was an austere and cold-blooded official whose most important assignment was overseeing the development and final testing of the Death Star. Arrogantly confident, he demonstrated his fully-functional battle station's firepower to a captive Princess Leia, annihilating her home world of Alderaan. It wasn't long, however, before Governor Tarkin himself was killed when the Rebels managed to counterattack and destroy the Death Star. *Source: Back of Card.