Paltr Carvin

"Oh, General Carvin, I think you will find you will become all manner of things when you reach the Lusankya facility."

- Ysanne Isard

General Paltr Carvin was an Imperial military commander and briefly the ruler of the Empire.

Carvin was a member of the Imperial Ruling Council by 4 ABY and secured power in the months that followed Palpatine's defeat at Endor. Alongside the other Council members, Carvin allowed Ysanne Isard to weave her web, unaware of the danger she posed.



Although doubtful of Isard's claims about Sate Pestage's traitorous actions, Carvin was overruled by the rest of the Council, and Pestage was translated to Ciutric. But he did heed Isard's warning that the Councillors needed to act, and seized power with civilian Advisors Challer and Plumba, together forming a troika known as the Tribunal. As the senior Tribune, Carvin was de facto Emperor for a brief period, until he was imprisoned at Lusankya by Isard. His subsequent fate is unknown.

Even when sitting on the Council, Carvin typically wore the long-cuffed gauntlets of a pilot, hinting that he had forged his military career as a starfighter leader or armored cavalry commander. Before seizing power, he wore the typical rank badge of an Imperial General, with four red tabs above four blue on his tunic plaque, but after he became the head of the Tribunal, this was replaced by a badge bearing six red tabs above six blue, analogous to the insignia of a Fleet Admiral.

Appearances

 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Mandatory Retirement