Ederlathh Pallopides

Ederlathh Pallopides was the remote grand-niece of Emperor Palpatine who ended up a pawn in the struggle for Palpatine's vacant throne.

Biography
Pallopides's place of birth is unknown: As her grand-uncle was from Naboo, it is often assumed that she also hailed from the world. There are, however, no records that definitively establish this; there are simply too many unanswered questions about Palpatine's family to be certain of many things about its members.

In 7 ABY, Admiral Betl Oxtroe, an officer in the Imperial Starfleet, made overtures to the New Republic Provisional Council to negotiate an end to the war between the New Republic and the Galactic Empire. She proposed the conversion of the Empire into a constitutional monarchy, with Pallopides assuming the throne as Galactic Empress and with the Provisional Council serving in place of the Imperial advisors&mdash;as Pallopides was only eleven years old, this would have effectively made the Provisional Council the actual leadership in this new proposed Empire.

Before Oxtroe got very far in her negotiations, she was assassinated by unknown killers (a later official New Republic account implicated Grand Admiral Thrawn, but this seems to have been speculation at best; the action could equally have been ordered by Palpatine, or Nom Anor, or even the New Republic itself). Pallopides, it is presumed, was left untouched; quite possibly she was never aware of the significance of the events that had gone on in her name, or what hopes Oxtroe had placed on her. Whatever happened to her, there are no further historical records dating beyond this point that mention her at all.

Behind the scenes
Pallopides resembles a Greek surname, and perhaps inspired from the ancient Greek name Pelopidas. Furthermore, Pallopides would mean "son of Pallops".

Although the name Pallops is not an actual ancient Greek name, Pallas means "virgin" or "maiden," and "ops" means "eye;" thus, "pallops" could mean "maiden eye".