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Atha Prime, genetics master and ruler of the dark worlds, was an arbiter of the Clone Wars and a co-conspirator of Grand Moff Trachta's. He was exiled to the fringes of the galaxy by Palpatine, although the Emperor's death in 4 ABY allowed Prime to return to the galaxy and begin a campaign of conquest. With his Clone Warriors at his side and the double-decker Star Destroyer Annihilator at his command, Prime waged war with the Rebel Alliance, doing battle with its heroes, such as Luke Skywalker and Han Solo.

Atha Prime was the main villain in a concept developed by Kenner in 1985 to further the story of Star Wars beyond Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Concept art, based on that of the Emperor's Royal Guard, was developed for the character, as well as a framing story and a set of vehicles for Prime to "use," but the concept was ultimately scrapped by Lucasfilm Ltd. Attempts were made in the 2000s by Abel G. Peña to re-introduce the character of Prime, but the references were either cut or went unpublished. In 2008, however, Peña was able to canonize Prime to some degree with the creation of an unnamed "genetics terrorist" in the article Aliens in the Empire, which was co-written by Rich Handley.