Cylo-IV

"Who is this, Master?" "No one you need to know."

- Darth Vader and Darth Sidious

During the Galactic Civil War, this agent of the Galactic Empire worked for the Emperor, Darth Sidious, for reasons that the Emperor kept secret. This arrangement raised the suspicions of Sidious' apprentice, Darth Vader, who hired bounty hunter Black Krrsantan to capture the agent.

Biography
In the aftermath of the Battle of Yavin, Darth Sidious&mdash;the Emperor of the Galactic Empire&mdash;worked with this Imperial agent on undisclosed work. The agent was present in the Imperial Palace on Coruscant when the Emperor berated his apprentice, Darth Vader, for his failure to stop the Rebel Alliance from destroying the Death Star, as well as Weapons Factory Alpha on Cymoon 1. When Vader questioned who the Emperor's agent was, Sidious refused to answer. This raised Vader's suspicions, and the Dark Lord of the Sith hired a bounty hunter, the Wookiee Black Krrsantan, in order to capture the agent so Vader could find out why he was working for the Emperor.

Personality and traits
The Imperial agent appeared to be Human but had green, scaly Rodian skin and black eye in place of his right eye. The rest of his skin was light, and he had brown hair and a black goatee. The agent wore a cybernetic device on his head.

Behind the scenes
"I cannot tell you anything about that dude, except that he's important, and he definitely has a Rodian's eye."

- Kieron Gillen, author of Star Wars: Darth Vader

The Imperial agent first appeared in Star Wars: Darth Vader 1: Vader, released on February 11, 2015. The comic was written by Kieron Gillen with art by Salvador Larroca. The fact that he has a Rodian's eye and cybernetics is meant to imply "the sort of things this guy might get up to," according to Gillen, who also said that finding out who the character is will be "one of the core elements" of the Star Wars: Darth Vader series. Gillen further stated that the creative team went back and forth on which type of alien look to use for the character's right eye, before finally settling on a Rodian.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 1: Vader