Grand Moff Tarkin
Governor Wilhuff Tarkin or Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, appearing as a main antagonist of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, played by British actor Peter Cushing. A younger version of the character makes a brief cameo in the prequel film Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, where he was portrayed by Wayne Pygram. He was also portrayed by Keene Curtis in the Star Wars radio drama. Recently, the young Captain Tarkin was voiced by Stephen Stanton in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Tarkin has been called "one of the most formidable villains in Star Wars history".
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“Ancient of days! august Athena! where,
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Gone—glimmering through the dream of things that were.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)