Ars Dangor / Legends Ars Dangor was a male Human who served as one of Palpatine ' s first aides during the waning days of the Republic , and went on to serve the Galactic Empire through the Declaration of a New Order until well after the Battle of Endor . A gifted orator and talented politician in his own right , he followed Palpatine throughout the Naboo man ' s career as a Senator and during his terms as Supreme Chancellor with a fanatical loyalty , and was forever content to serve his master . When Palpatine dissolved the Republic and formed the first Galactic Empire , Dangor became an Imperial Advisor , though unlike many other advisors , who wore elaborate dress and doted over the Emperor ' s every word , Dangor was considered cunning and ruthless , and served by the Emperor ' s side . When the threat of the Rebel Alliance emerged — which Dangor thought doomed to fail — Palpatine handed all public addresses and the day - to - day running of his Empire to Dangor . When the Emperor dissolved the Imperial Senate in 0 BBY , Dangor prepared the public announcement , as well as a private message to the Empire ' s Moffs and Grand Moffs . After Palpatine ' s death in 4 ABY , Dangor became the head of the Emperor ' s Ruling Council , which vied for control of Imperial Center with Grand Vizier Sate Pestage , though Tribune Paltr Carvin was the public leader . Eventually , in 5 ABY , Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard took control of the Empire , assassinating much of the Ruling Council in the process , though Dangor survived her purge . He continued to be an important leader of the Empire until after the Thrawn campaign , watching as his master ' s Empire slowly died . However , after recapturing Coruscant from the New Republic , Dangor and his peers were vocal proponents for a new Emperor to be elected from their ranks , though they backed out when the regional governors demanded that the number of votes held by each voter be proportionate to the number of planets they controlled . Eventually , the Empire erupted into full scale civil war , until Palpatine returned in a cloned body . Biography . Aide and advisor . Ars Dangor was a Human male with a plain physical appearance . From before 32 BBY , he served as an aide to Palpatine ; a native of Naboo and the Chommell sector ' s representative in the Republic Senate , Palpatine had designs on taking over the galaxy , and the assignments he gave his aides differed greatly , from simple administration to espionage . Palpatine had great trust in Dangor , who , like the Naboo Senator , was a talented and charismatic public speaker . Although he was a man of great ambition , Dangor knew his role was at Palpatine ' s side and not in his place , so he was content to always be the servant , something shown by few of Palpatine ' s minions . Dangor was thought to be highly ruthless , and he cared little for the lives of his subordinates — those who failed him only did so once . Dangor continued to serve as Palpatine ' s aide when the Naboo man replaced Finis Valorum as Supreme Chancellor in 32 BBY . In 19 BBY , Chancellor Palpatine dissolved the Republic , proclaiming himself head of the first Galactic Empire . Ars Dangor became one of his advisors on the Imperial Ruling Council , becoming an influential figure . While Palpatine was the Emperor , the advisory council wielded more power collectively than any other Imperial sub - organizations . Dangor consulted directly with the Emperor on matters of galactic security , as well as many others , and he was a firm believer in the New Order — without the Empire , he believed , the galaxy would fall into a state of chaos ; without the Empire , there would be no order . Unlike many of his peers , Dangor did not dote upon the Emperor ' s every word , and he wore simple black garbs reminiscent of those worn by his master as opposed to the flamboyant attire of most Imperial advisors . Dissolution of the Senate . In 0 ABY , Palpatine decided to dissolve the Imperial Senate as means of stopping the spread of the Alliance to Restore the Republic , giving control of star systems directly to the Moffs and Grand Moffs of each sector and oversector , for the duration of the crisis with the Rebellion . Dangor was tasked with giving two holomessages conveying this message , one to the citizens of the Empire and another to the Moffs themselves . In his public address , Dangor informed viewers that they were living in dangerous times , and that the Rebels ' attacks on the Empire were threatening to boil over into an all - out civil war . Desperate times , according to Dangor , called for desperate measures ; his short message concluded with Dangor expressing his confidence that the citizens of the galaxy would do everything in their power to assist the Empires in such harsh times . In his message to the Moffs who would benefit from Palpatine ' s new ruling , Dangor told them that the last remnants of the Old Republic had been " swept away " — a phrase that Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin would later repeat to other Imperials aboard the Death Star superweapon . He informed them that , although the Senate ' s dissolution was not a permanent measure , the Emperor had no qualms about maintaining it for however long was necessary , and if the " emergency " lasted forever , then so would the suspension . Dangor told the Moffs in no uncertain terms that , with their new powers , they were to lay down the law on any worlds supporting rebel activity with an iron fist . Fear was to be used to keep local populations in line , of both the vast Imperial Navy and the newly - constructed Death Star , a superweapon capable of destroying planets . The Empire strikes back . However , shortly after the dissolution of the Senate , the Rebels destroyed the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin , taking Tarkin and hordes of high - ranking Imperials with it . Palpatine ' s enforcer and fellow Sith Darth Vader took his recently - finished Star Dreadnought " Executor " to Yavin 4 and razed the Rebel base , but by then the Rebels had already evacuated the moon and eventually relocated to a new , hidden base , in the far reaches of the Empire . However , despite the setbacks , the Emperor was determined to continue with the doctrine of fear ; in another holomessage to the military hierarchy and Grand Moffs of the Empire , he told them to intensify their efforts at forcing submission through might and suppression . Death Squadron , a newly created Imperial fleet headed by Vader and the " Executor " , had been formed to locate and destroy the new Rebel base , and Dangor ordered all Imperials to place Vader ' s orders on the same level as the Emperor ' s , and submit to his every whim . Post - Endor . After the disastrous Battle of Endor of 4 ABY , in which both the Emperor and Darth Vader perished and the Star Dreadnought " Executor " was destroyed , the Empire was thrown into disarray . Palpatine had not specified who should succeed him , and many sought to claim the throne for themselves . While Grand Vizier Sate Pestage took the reins soon after Endor , the Emperor ' s Ruling Circle was formed , with Dangor at its head ; however , Tribune Paltr Carvin was the Circle ' s public leader . Pestage and the former Imperial advisors vied for power , with Ysanne Isard , the Director of Imperial Intelligence , acting as a neutral intermediary between the two factions , though she had surreptitious designs on leading the Empire herself . Dangor and his peers recalled Imperial forces from across the galaxy to converge at the Circle ' s location on Coruscant , from where they would be sent to defend various fortress worlds of Dangor and his peers . Some , including a number of Grand Admirals , heeded and obeyed the call , but many ignored it and turned warlord . Among these was Admiral Zsinj of the Quelii sector , who , along with his massive task force and Super Star Destroyer " Iron Fist " , founded his own mini - Empire , which encompassed over a third of the galaxy at its height . After the Battle of Brentaal IV , which saw the purse world of Brentaal IV fall to the fledgling New Republic , Sate Pestage fled Coruscant with the intention of defecting to the New Republic , and the Ruling Circle took control of the remnants of the Empire , with Carvin remaining the public leader . However , the entire affair had been orchestrated by Ysanne Isard , who wiped out the Ruling Circle with a series of assassinations and kidnappings , installing herself in Carvin ' s place . Dangor survived this purge , however , and continued to serve as an Imperial advisor , becoming an important and influential figure during Isard ' s reign . In exile . After Isard ' s fall and the loss of Coruscant to the New Republic in 7 ABY , the Empire became but a shadow of its former self , with various factions squabbling amongst themselves . Dangor and what remained of the Advisors resurrected the Ruling Council on Orinda , a planet in the New Territories that was the new capital of Imperial Space . However , the Ruling Council ' s control was weak , with Grand Moff Ardus Kaine ' s Pentastar Alignment remaining resolutely isolationist , and Warlord Zsinj pursuing his own ambitions at the expense of Imperial power . After Grand Admiral Thrawn returned to the known galaxy in 9 ABY , Dangor sanctioned his campaign against the New Republic , though he had few military assets to offer him . Thrawn , however , achieved astonishing results in an extremely short time , nearly defeating the New Republic before he was assassinated by his Noghri bodyguard Rukh and his fleet was subsequently defeated at the Battle of Bilbringi . Inspired by Thrawn ' s example ( and perhaps at the order of the resurrected Emperor Palpatine ) , in 10 ABY the various warlords and factions , including Dangor and his fellow advisors , banded together and retook Coruscant by force . The rapid campaign drove the New Republic from the Core Worlds and recovered many former centers of Imperial power . Although they had been successful , Dangor and his fellow Imperials soon reached a predicament ; despite their newfound power , they had no one to rule the Empire . Dangor suggested that a new ruler be chosen from their ranks via an election , a suggestion that received much praise by the other Imperial advisors . Whoever was chosen would rule over a body comprised of the advisors . Dangor ' s plan was supported by the Moffs and Grand Moffs , but only on the condition that they , too be given seats on the legislative body ; they also suggested that each member would have as many votes as planets he controlled , which would give the Moffs far more power than Dangor and his peers . With this , the plan fell through , and the Empire descending into full scale strife — the Imperial Civil War — with Dangor and the advisors , the navy , the military , the Moffs , the Inquisitorius , and COMPNOR officials all fighting each other . The Empire was divided , though it soon emerged that the Emperor was alive , in a cloned body , on Byss in the Deep Core . United with their Reborn Emperor as their leader , the Empire struck back at the New Republic , but was ultimately defeated and again splintered into warlordism until Admiral Daala emerged to reunify the Empire for good in 12 ABY . Personality and traits . A tall , thin man with the sneer of cruel amusement and the bright eyes of a fanatic , Ars Dangor was ruthless in his defense of his own position within the vicious , lawless politics of the Imperial court , but he also admired Palpatine passionately , and his ambition was ultimately directed into serving and facilitating his Emperor and the New Order he embodied . As befitted the man who served as Palpatine ' s senior spokesman for most of his reign , he was an impressive orator , whose powerful , seductive speeches were compared to those his Emperor had given during his rise to power , and whereas many of the other advisors adopted pompous costumes based on the traditional dress of their homeworld , he preferred simple cloaked garb , modeled on that of the man he served . As befitted his status as a luminary of Palpatine ' s court , Ars Dangor enjoyed civilized pursuits — he was a capable horseman , and his interest in politics extended to a deep , scholarly understanding of the long history of Galactic government ; but he was also at home among the underbelly of Galactic society , a skilled gambler and a capable street fighter , adept with bladed weapons and blasters alike . A man of undoubted political abilities , Ars Dangor was also one of the most committed supporters of Palpatine ' s brutal autocracy , entirely ruthless in eliminating his political rivals and instrumental in facilitating the brutal policy of fear and oppression . He had impressive powers of persuasion , involving other senior Imperial figures in his schemes and political strategies , and using his rhetoric to secure and retain the adherence of the New Order ' s grassroots supporters throughout the Galaxy . Ultimately , however , his influence was limited to the Council and the rabble , and he alienated the regional governors , the ideologues and uniformed paramilitaries of COMPNOR , and above all , the military , who he saw as merely a tool of central power . After Endor , Ars Dangor seems to have been blind to the disdain in which the advisors were held by other elements of the Imperial hierarchy , and his insensitivity to this discontent played a major part in bringing about the implosion of the Imperial system . " Galactic Weekly NewsStack " correspondent . The name of Ars Dangor was co - opted by the arts correspondent of the subversive magazine " Galactic Weekly NewsStack " , chronicling such cultural highlights of the Galactic Civil War as the running feud between the loyalist boy band The Emperor ' s New Clothes and their banned rivals Deeply Religious . It is likely that the byline " " Ars Dangor " ( pseudonym ) , Arts Correspondent " was intended to mock and parody the signature of " Ars Dangor , Imperial Advisor " on high - level communiqués . Behind the scenes . Some fans believe that Dangor ' s image was identified by the now defunct " Ask the Lucasfilm Jedi Council " feature on StarWars . com . In a piece on the Imperial Ruling Council , several prominent advisors were named , along with a production photo from " " , showing a group of Imperial courtiers in the shuttle bay aboard the second Death Star : it was assumed that by a process of elimination , one of these men could be identified as Ars Dangor . However , this theory is based on the assumption that the names listed are those of the individuals in the photo , rather than those of the most prominent advisors ( the three named movie extras plus Dangor and Grand Vizier Sate Pestage , the two most important Ruling Council members in the Expanded Universe ) . Moreover , Dangor is never explicitly said to have been aboard the second Death Star , as this image would imply , and his rapid consolidation of power on Coruscant after the Battle of Endor suggests that he was in Imperial City at the time , rather than accompanying Palpatine to Endor . In the end , West End Games resolved the issue when it published the " Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook , Special Edition " in 1997 , which contained a full - body illustration of Dangor that did not resemble any character in the Jedi Council photo . Additionally , the Death Star Command chart in the " Death Star Technical Companion " shows a picture of an Imperial Advisor that is intended to be Ars Dangor , but happens to be visually identical to the reported likeness of Janus Greejatus . Dangor ' s profile in the first edition of the " Death Star Technical Companion " is mistakenly titled " Dars Angor . " However , his name is spelled correctly throughout the rest of the book . This mistake was fixed in the second edition printing .