- "And that's Grand General Tagge, Vader."
- ―Cassio Tagge, to Darth Vader
Grand General was a senior rank within the Imperial Army of the Galactic Empire. Following the Battle of Yavin, General Cassio Tagge was promoted to the position by Emperor Sheev Palpatine, given overall command of the Imperial Military, and authority over the Sith Lord Darth Vader.[1] In the aftermath of Doctor Cylo's attempted hijacking of the Executor, Tagge was demoted back down to a standard general. All of his authority was granted to Vader, who Force choked the Imperial officer.[3]
Also during the Imperial Era, the Imperial officer Ormeddon had the rank of Grand General.[4] In the tail end of the Galactic Civil War, Kenner Loring held the rank, though Grand Admiral Rae Sloane was among several who always had wondered why Loring was made grand general instead of Hodnar Borrum.[2] A Grand General had the authority to issue the status of a most wanted bounty.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
The rank of Grand General first appeared in Star Wars: Force Commander, a 2000 Star Wars Legends video game.[6] It became canon when it appeared in Darth Vader (2015) 2, a comic book written by Kieron Gillen and published in 2015.[1] Holocron continuity database keeper Leland Chee was the one who came up with giving the Grand General rank to Cassio Tagge in Gillen's comic.[7]
Appearances[]
- Darth Vader (2015) 2 (First appearance)
- Darth Vader (2015) 3 (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- Darth Vader (2015) 7 (Mentioned only)
- Darth Vader (2015) 8
- Darth Vader (2015) 12
- Darth Vader (2015) 16 (Mentioned only)
- Darth Vader (2015) 17 (Appears in hologram)
- Darth Vader (2015) 22
- Darth Vader (2015) 23
- Darth Vader (2015) 25
- Doctor Aphra (2016) 4 (Indirect mention only)
- Alphabet Squadron (Mentioned only)
- Alphabet Squadron audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Aftermath: Life Debt (Mentioned only)
- Aftermath: Life Debt audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 29 (Weapons & Uniforms: Imperial Fleet)
- Darth Vader: Sith Lord
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 52 (Databank A-Z: Hera Syndulla–Ahsoka Tano)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor
- Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- "Darth Vader" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "Din Djarin and Other Characters of the Underworld" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- General Tagge in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Darth Vader (2015) 2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Aftermath: Life Debt
- ↑ Darth Vader (2015) 25
- ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor
- ↑ Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
- ↑ Star Wars: Force Commander
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo and Leland Chee Interview with StarWars.com | Star Wars Celebration Anaheim on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)