The title of Surface Marshal, or Surface Marshall, and alternatively named as Army Sector Commander, and simply Marshall, was used by the commander of a sector army; the Imperial Army forces within a Sector Group. Usually, it was merely another titled bestowed onto the Moff or Grand Moff who commanded the Sector Group.[1] During the Imperial Era, Marshall VeNiste served as the Army Sector Commander of the Trans-Nebular sector, and dispatched a communique to Imperial forces on Goroth Prime that TIE/LN starfighters were subordinate to General Anderton Kloff when stationed planetside, an order Admiral Val DeGoort ordered his forces to obey.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
The title of Surface Marshal was introduced in the Imperial Sourcebook; the same publication shows a rank plaque for a Priority Sector High Commander, which corresponds to the badge worn by Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, except for a lack of code cylinders. This may have been the insignia of the Surface Marshal/High Admiral of an Oversector.
Appearances[]
- Riders of the Maelstrom (reprinted in Classic Adventures: Volume Three) (as Marshall)
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (Identified as Surface Marshall) (First appearance)
Sources[]
- Imperial Sourcebook (First mentioned)
- Goroth: Slave of the Empire (as Marshal)
Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Galactic Hunters Card: Imperial Surface Marshal (backup link)
