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Tarkin family

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"A Tarkin looks their enemy in the eye and puts their blade in their throat."
―Wilhuff Tarkin[11]

The Tarkin family, also known as Tarkin clan or Tarkins, 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.[12] The family owned the planet Eadu, which Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin later gave to the Galactic Empire.[3] The Espirion Saan claimed that Wilhuff had a brother named Gideon, whom Wilhuff left for dead during a survey on Eadu.[13]

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Family tree

Jova Tarkin's parentsJova Tarkin's aunt/uncle
Wilhuff Tarkin's grandfather[1] ♂Jova Tarkin[1] ♂Zellit[1] ♂
Wilhuff Tarkin's aunt/uncleWilhuff Tarkin's father[1] ♂Wilhuff Tarkin's mother[1] ♀Unidentified
Imperial governor[1]
Ranulph Tarkin[1] ♂Wilhuff Tarkin[1] ♂Gideon (alleged)[13] ♂

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The High Republic Adventures (2023) 10
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
  4. ↑ The High Republic Adventures (2023) 9
  5. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Citadel"
  6. ↑ Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
  7. ↑ Dawn of Rebellion
  8. ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  9. ↑ Lost Stars webcomic
  10. ↑ Darth Vader (2015) 3
  11. ↑ Star Wars (2020) 7
  12. ↑ "Imperial Officers and Agents" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "The Haunting of Grand Moff Tarkin" — Tales from the Death Star