Tarkin Initiative

Tarkin Initiative
General information
Founder(s)	Wilhuff Tarkin†
Location(s)	Eadu Energy Conversion Laboratory†, Eadu Research Station 9, Endor Unidentified Tarkin Initiative base†
Historical information
Date dissolved	Between 0 BBY and 5 ABY
Other information
Affiliation	Galactic Empire Death Star project Imperial Military Imperial Intelligence Advanced Weapons Research

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The Tarkin Initiative was a secret think tank within the Advanced Weapons Research division of the Galactic Empire's Intelligence agency. Founded by Governor Wilhuff Tarkin, it gave birth to both the Death Star and the second Death Star. Officers within the Initiative, like Director Orson Krennic, were guarded by death troopers.

At some point, the Tarkin Initiative also constructed the assassin droid BT-1 in one of their bases. The droid, however, was revealed to be homicidal, wiping out everyone at the base and then self-destructing the base itself. It was at some point before the secret mission to Geonosis found by Doctor Aphra, who after adjusting the droid's behavior and activating it, put it under the service of Darth Vader.

The logo of the Tarkin Initiative was a hexagon representing a stylized faceted kyber crystal.

Appearances

• Star Wars Battlefront II
• Star Wars Rebels — "In the Name of the Rebellion"
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
• Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Graphic Novel Adaptation
• Rogue One, Part I
• Rogue One, Part II
• Rogue One, Part III
• Rogue One, Part IV
• "The Trigger" — From a Certain Point of View (Mentioned only)
• Darth Vader 2: Vader, Part II (First mentioned; albeit indirectly)
• Darth Vader 3: Vader, Part III (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
• Darth Vader 14: Vader Down, Part IV (Mentioned only)
• Darth Vader 20: End of Games, Part I (Mentioned only)
• "The Misadventures of Triple-Zero and Beetee" (Mentioned only)

Sources

• Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
• Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
• Eadu in the Databank (backup link)

Notes and references

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