Unidentified Imperial Advisor (black robe)

A Human male Imperial Advisor was one of only a few hundred advisors who were genuinely loyal to Emperor Palpatine and the Emperor's New Order, and was therefore appointed as a member of the Imperial Ruling Council during the Galactic Civil War. In 4 ABY, the advisor was one of six who accompanied Emperor Palpatine to the Death Star II battlestation, shortly before the Battle of Endor, in which he was killed when the Death Star was attacked and destroyed by the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Biography
A Human male served the Galactic Empire as an Imperial Advisor during the Galactic Civil War, a conflict between the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic. For being one of the few hundred advisors who were genuinely loyal to Emperor Palpatine and his New Order, the advisor was appointed to the Imperial Ruling Council, which was also known as the Emperor's Inner Circle. The Imperial Ruling Council was based on the galactic capital planet Coruscant, and allowed private audience with the Emperor. As Palpatine ruled the galaxy, the advisors managed the Emperor and carried out his will.

The Imperial Advisors' duties consisted of overseeing both their home systems and those of rival advisors, and administrative duties that included appointing Imperial Governors and Moffs. Imperial Advisors would wear lavish robes as an indication of their status, and the advisor wore a robe that was red and black in color. In the year 4 ABY, the red-and-black-robed advisor was one of six advisors who accompanied Emperor Palpatine to the Imperial Death Star II battlestation, in construction over the forest moon of Endor. The group arrived aboard the Death Star in Palpatine's private shuttle, and landed in one of the Death Star's hangar bays, where they were greeted by an assembly of Imperial personnel and by Palpatine's Sith apprentice, Darth Vader. The advisors accompanied Palpatine and Vader as the pair departed the hangar. A short time afterward, the Death Star was attacked by the Alliance during the Battle of Endor, and the red-and-black-robed advisor was killed in the station's destruction.

Personality and traits
The red-and-black-robed advisor's position in the Imperial Ruling Council was a testament to his loyalty to Palpatine and the New Order. He had pale skin and brown eyebrows.

Behind the scenes
"The Emperor's Inner Circle, or Palpatine's creepy advisors, depending on your point-of-view&hellip;"

- Keeper of the Holocron Leland Chee, describing a promotional picture of the red-and-black-robed advisor and four other advisors from Return of the Jedi

The red-and-black-robed Imperial Advisor was first mentioned, as one of "the Emperor's courtiers," in the 1983 novelization of the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, before appearing as an uncredited extra in the film itself later the same year. The Imperial Advisors' outfits were designed by Nilo Rodis-Jamero, who was inspired by the outfits of Catholic bishops. Other sources have since established the advisors as being part of the Imperial Ruling Circle.

In 2003, a production photo of the red-and-black-robed advisor and four others from Return of the Jedi was included in an article published on StarWars.com, with text that read "Among the members of Palpatine's Inner Circle are: Sate Pestage, Janus Greejatus, Sim Aloo, Ars Dangor, and Kren Blista-Vanee." Greejatus, Aloo and Blista-Vanee were all previously identified in the Expanded Universe, while the red-and-black-robed advisor and another tall-hatted advisor remained unnamed, and thus led to some fan confusion of the red-and-black-robed advisor and the tall-hatted advisor as Pestage and Dangor, respectively. However, the 2013 Star Wars: Galactic Files Series 2 card set reveals the red-and-black-robed advisor was killed during the Battle of Endor, thus establishing he cannot be Pestage, who was established to have lived past the Battle of Endor.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novelization
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
 * Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 2: The Emperor Commands