Trachta

"The Emperor plans to disband the Senate. But the shift in authority shall be greater than he expects. We shall eliminate the Sith. And save the Empire."

- Trachta

Trachta was an Imperial Grand Moff over the Imperial Center Oversector who unsuccessfully attempted to kill Palpatine and Darth Vader.

Biography


Trachta first met Palpatine around 30 BBY, although the capacity of their work together is unknown. In 11 BBY, several years after the birth of the Galactic Empire, Trachta began planning to initiate a coup against both Palpatine and Darth Vader, to control the Empire for himself.

Trachta appeared to be a Human male, although a triangular breath mask that fed into the mechanical lungs required to keep him alive obscured his face. In addition to his cybernetic respiratory system, Trachta's eyes were replaced with ocular cameras, and finally a third ocular camera was installed in the back of his head.

Trachta saw both the Jedi and the Sith as foolish, and believed that the Empire could not be ruled by a cult of only two men. Convinced that the Empire was doomed, he, along with a few other high-ranking Imperial officers, led an attempt to assassinate both Emperor Palpatine and Lord Vader in 1 BBY. He planned to seize control of the Empire, killing all of his accomplices using specially-grown clone stormtroopers.

However, although Trachta planned to betray his co-conspirators, he was not oblivious to the reality that one of his allies might plan to betray him. Trachta's suspicions were confirmed when, while working in his personal quarters, an armed droid prepared to assassinate him from behind. Trachta's rear ocular camera allowed him to sense the attack, and he destroyed his would-be assassin. Unfortunately, as Trachta went to examine the destroyed droid, he overlooked the real assassin who was standing just outside his room. Out in the hallway, the Grand Moff was shot dead by an agent of Grand Moff Bartam, one of Trachta's co-conspirators, in response to the infighting between the leaders of the coup, and never saw the conclusion of his failed plan.

Behind the scenes



 * While developing the story for Betrayal, writer Scott Allie originally intended Trachta to be the absolute leader of the plot to assassinate Vader and Palpatine. It was only later in the development process that he came up with the idea of the other conspirators becoming more independent and treacherous on their own.
 * In the scene where you see Gauer's armed droid attempting to assassinate Trachta before it is shot itself, you can see what appears to be a logo made out of the to-be-finished Death Star on Trachta's door.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Empire: Betrayal