Eye of Palpatine

Eye of Palpatine The Eye of Palpatine was a colossal, asteroid-shaped super dreadnought constructed by Emperor Palpatine during the second year of the Galactic Empire. This deadly warship was the Emperor's first superweapon.

It was similar to a Torpedo Sphere, but with much more firepower and built on a much larger scale. The amount of firepower it carried could basically do the work of an entire fleet by orbital bombardment.

Palpatine had intended to use the Eye of Palpatine to destroy Belsavis's Plawal rift, where many Youngling survivors of the Great Jedi Purge were sheltered by the Ho'Din Jedi Master Plett in 18 BBY. This rift was a lush, steamed-filled geothermal vent gouged into the planet's icy wastes and covered by a transparisteel dome. Since this action would have caused outrage in the Imperial Senate, he scattered the vessel's contingent of troops across the Outer Rim Territories to await pickup.

Emperor Palpatine had sent this battlemoon to Belsavis to destroy the Jedi but it failed to arrive and complete its mission thanks to sabotage by two Jedi Knights, Geith and Callista. Plett and the children were able to leave Belsavis and escape as a result of this heroic act.



The Eye would remain dormant until 12 ABY, when the Emperor's Hand Roganda Ismaren located it. She used her son Irek Ismaren&mdash;who had been implanted with a sub-electronic converter that allowed him to control any machine by thought&mdash;to "summon" the dormant ship to Belsavis. Upon activation, the Eye of Palpatine attempted to fulfill its programming by picking up its stormtrooper contingent. But, after so many years, the troops were just a distant memory.

Undaunted, the Eye went after any sentient beings found in the appropriate locations. The Eye began grabbing groups of prisoners from various species from many worlds. Soon the Eye was filled with countless species including Affytechans, Jawas, Kitonaks, Tusken Raiders, and Gamorreans. These were all brainwashed into thinking they were Imperial stormtroopers.

Later, the Eye was destroyed by Nichos Marr. Although no evidence could be found in any of the surviving Imperial records recovered by the New Republic, Qwi Xux believed that the Eye had a sister ship; that ship's mission or final fate, if it even existed, is unknown.

Appearances



 * Children of the Jedi
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin