Moff

"Meet Moff Tarkin, crime lord. Sector governor of Greater Seswenna and more."

- Darth Vader, to a Sugi crime lord

Moff was a rank held by sector governors of the First Galactic Empire. In the sixth year of Emperor Palpatine's reign, there was a fixed number of twenty Moffs, who answered to the Imperial Ruling Council. That year, the senior rank of Grand Moff was created and awarded to Wilhuff Tarkin.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope