Janus Greejatus/Legends

Janus Greejatus was a male Human Dark Side Adept, and an advisor to Galactic Emperor Palpatine. From an early age, while growing up on his homeworld of Chommell Minor, Greejatus bore unbridled hatred towards non-Humans, since they had damaged his family's finances severely in years prior. Entering Chommell Minor politics, he earned the notice of his sector's representative, Senator Palpatine of Naboo. When Palpatine became Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, Greejatus succeeded him as senator, but was soon drummed out of the office by influential politicians on Naboo, who disagreed with his closed-border policies.

Palpatine offered Greejatus a new role: that of advisor to the Supreme Chancellor. The Chommell Minor native accepted, and continued to serve Palpatine in that role when the Supreme Chancellor made himself Galactic Emperor, and transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire. Under the new regime, Greejatus became a member of the Imperial Ruling Council, helped shape the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, and was trained in the ways of the dark side of the Force, becoming a Dark Side Adept. He also founded the Imperial Department of Redesign?mdash;a secretive team dedicated to the suppression and elimination of non-Human species. Greejatus later attempted to convince Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin to seize power, and was found out by Palpatine. The Emperor subsequently decided to keep Greejatus on a tighter leash, bringing him to the Death Star II in 4 ABY. The Chommell Minor native was believed to have perished when the station was destroyed at the Battle of Endor.

Early life
Janus Greejatus was born to a family that once enjoyed prominence and fortune on his homeworld of Chommell Minor. That fortune had been effectively lost due to the actions of non-Human workers, to the bitterness of Greejatus' father. He instructed his son to never let non-Humans get the better of him in life, and this spurred Greejatus on to rise through the ranks of Chommell Minor's political community. He maintained his ingrained views towards non-Humans, but was careful to mask them with more demure language. Nevertheless, he did make some polarizing statements, but was still able to build himself a strong political standing on Chommell Minor.

Senator of the Chommell sector
Such was Greejatus' prominence on his homeworld that he garnered the attention of his sector's representative in the Galactic Senate, Senator Palpatine of Naboo. The relationship Greejatus had with Palpatine was one of friendship&mdash;or so the Chommell Minor native was lead to believe. The senator was careful, however, not to echo the most controversial of Greejatus' statements, at least not in public. Greejatus proved constantly to Palpatine that he had an aptitude for politics, and so when the senator became the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic in 32 BBY, Greejatus succeeded him as senator of the Chommell sector.

His succession of Palpatine, however, was not a particular amongst the influential politicians of Naboo, which was the foremost world of the Chommell sector. In lieu of the Invasion of Naboo, and the treaty the Human Queen Amidala had struck with Boss Rugor Nass of the Gungans, the Naboo possessed a distinctly more multicultural mindset than their new representative in the Senate, who was working with a closed-borders policy. After just two years of service, in 30 BBY, Greejatus was ousted from his office, and replaced by Horace Vancil, a native of Naboo. The rest of the Chommell sector's representatives in the Senate until its dissolution would all hail from Naboo.

Advisor
Now out of a job, Greejatus was not totally without options, as Palpatine still found him valuable, and, as such, the Chommell Minor native was enlisted as an advisor to the Supreme Chancellor. In 19 BBY, Greejatus, along with fellow advisor Sim Aloo, Director of Republic Intelligence Armand Isard, Senator Jannie Ha'Nook of Glithnos, and Vice Chair Mas Amedda attended a meeting in Palpatine's office. Later that year, Palpatine seized unlimited power for himself, replacing the Galactic Republic with a Galactic Empire, with him as Galactic Emperor. In the wake of the Declaration of a New Order, Greejatus was appointed to the new Imperial Ruling Council. Simultaneously, he helped shape the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, alongside Crueya Vandron and Ishin-Il-Raz. Being Force-sensitive, he was made a Dark Side Adept, alongside fellow advisor Sim Aloo. He and Aloo, as well as Palpatine's other advisors, were commonly dismissed as Palpatine's yes-men, but in fact they were being groomed to replace the Empire's moffs and governors, so the Emperor could control the galaxy with more ease.

Utilizing his newfound power, Greejatus also founded the Imperial Department of Redesign&mdash;an obscure agency dedicated to the suppression and liquidation of non-Human species. Among its most secretive projects was "The Heart of Steel", overseen by Grand Moff 4-8C. The aim of the project was to create a way to control any computer in the galaxy at will, and it was so closely guarded that not even Imperial Intelligence or Imperial High Command knew of its existence. Over time, Greejatus realized that he could develop his own projects without Palpatine's permission or observation, and his ambition grew as a result.

Ambition
When Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin completed his planet-destroying superweapon, the Death Star, Greejatus served as an advisor on the battlestation. While there, he attempted to convince Tarkin to seize power with the battlestation, but both the Death Star and Tarkin were later destroyed at the Battle of Yavin, but Palpatine learned of Greejatus' encouragement of Tarkin, and decided to keep Chommell Minor native close at hand. At some stage, Greejatus and Aloo featured in advertisement for the latest BlasTech Industries blaster. Four years later, Palpatine brought Greejatus along with him to the Death Star II, which was being constructed over the forest moon of Endor.

Joined by Aloo, Kren Blista-Vanee, and other advisors, Greejatus accompanied Palpatine as he was given a large reception in one of the Death Star II's docking bays. Along with Aloo, he later sat in on a meeting between Palpatine, Lord Darth Vader, and Moff Jerjerrod, in which the Emperor ordered Vader to send the Imperial fleet amassed at Endor to the far side of the moon, where it would remain until ordered to move by Palpatine. Vader was concerned about the reports of an Alliance to Restore the Republic fleet amassing at Sullust for a strike against the battle station, but the Emperor was not worried in the slightest, as he intended to trap the attackers with the soon-to-be-hidden fleet, and summarily destroy his enemies with the station's operational superlaser. Sure enough, the station was attacked by the Alliance to Restore the Republic, in a pivotal battle of the Galactic Civil War. Contrary to Palpatine's expectations, General Lando Calrissian succeeded in destroying the station during the battle, and Greejatus was believed to have perished in the ensuing explosion.

Behind the scenes
The backstory of Janus Greejatus was developed by Star Wars Hyperspace member Timothy S. Maddocks, a.k.a. "vader_of_bast", through the "What's the Story?" feature on StarWars.com

Appearances

 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 2: The Emperor Commands

Non-canon appearances

 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition