Conan Antonio Motti/Legends

"I find your lack of faith disturbing."

- Darth Vader

Motti was an Imperial Admiral that was in charge of station operations aboard the first Death Star. Motti was related to Grand Moff Tarkin by marriage: Tarkin had married Motti's relative, Lady Tarkin, making him Motti's in-law.

Biography
An arrogant man, Admiral Motti openly insulted Darth Vader's belief in the Force because he did not believe in his "sad devotion to that ancient religion". Vader was quick to prove to Motti that the Force indeed existed, using its powers to telekinetically strangle him. Luckily for Motti, Tarkin intervened, and the jaded admiral was spared. He ultimately perished when the Death Star was destroyed by Luke Skywalker during the Battle of Yavin.

Behind the scenes
Motti was played by Richard LeParmentier and was credited as "General Motti".

Early scripts of A New Hope shuffled the names of Admiral Motti and General Tagge. He is curiously absent from the Death Star meeting scene in the novelization of A New Hope, and there it's General Tagge who's the victim of Vader's telekinetic stranglehold while Motti himself is replaced by a new Imperial officer named Romodi.

Appearances

 * Tag and Bink are Dead
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope