Nahdonnis Praji

Nahdonnis Praji was a decorated Imperial commander and honored graduate of the Imperial Academy on Carida.

The Death Star plans are not in the main computer" Praji speaking to Darth Vader ==Biography== Praji's father was Griff Praji, a brother of the wealthy banker and the First Minister of the Coruscant Ministry of Ingress Tannon Praji. Nahdonnis himself had at least one child, a daughter named Tyla.

A quick ascendant of the Imperial hierarchy, Praji was promoted to serve as Darth Vader's aide aboard the Devastator. After failing to recover the plans to the first Death Star from the Tantive IV, Praji "personally" led a detachment of stormtroopers to Tatooine in search of the escape pod used by R2-D2 and C-3PO. In reality, he sent his subordinate, Captain Kosh, to lead the detachment.

Upon the failure of that mission, Praji took full responsibility for the loss, and stood dignified to apologize to Darth Vader. Impressed by Praji's businesslike professionalism, Vader spared the commander's life, as the Dark Lord of the Sith had come to respect him.

Praji's family donated a genetic template for the Imperial stormtrooper development program.

In 10 ABY, Praji led the Imperial forces that conquered Kaikielius prior to the push towards Coruscant at the onset of Operation Shadow Hand. The cloned Emperor Palpatine then made him the Governor-General of the world, re-establishing the old connection between Kaikielius and the Praji family.

Personality and traits
Nahdonnis Praji chose to wear the prominent sideburns that were popular among the Imperial officer class at the time. Other serving Imperial officers who wore their hair in this fashion included Cassio Tagge, Conan Antonio Motti, Moradmin Bast, and Pol Treidum.

Behind the scenes
Commander Nahdonnis Praji was played by actor George Roubicek in A New Hope. The one sequence in which he is seen was shot over three days in July 1976 at the virtual end of principal photography, on the Tantive IV main corridor set erected on Stage 9 at Elstree Studios, just north of London.

In May 2007, during Celebration IV, Roubicek took part in a round-table discussion chaired by Scott Chernoff, in which he reminisced about his role as Praji. His fellow participants, all of whom portrayed Imperial characters, were actors Kenneth Colley (Admiral Firmus Piett), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Barrie Holland (Lieutenant Renz), Richard Le Parmentier (Admiral Conan Antonio Motti), and Julian Glover (General Maximilian Veers). The conversation was later published in Star Wars Insider 89. From the interview:

At the conclusion of the discussion, all the participating actors were asked: If any of you had an opportunity to write your own lines for your characters, what would you say? Roubicek responded thus:

When the character of Tannon Praji was created, he was intended to be the uncle of Commander Praji. However, this information was not published until Nathan O'Keefe's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji, which established Nahdonnis as the son of Tannon's brother Griff, as well as naming many other members of the Praji family.

Appearances

 * Death Star
 * Star Wars radio drama
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
 * Tag & Bink Are Dead
 * The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader