Emperor ' s throne room The Emperor ' s throne rooms were the private command centers of Emperor Palpatine . They were located in the Imperial Palace , onboard the Death Stars , Naboo , Byss , Wayland , aboard all " Imperial " and " Super " - class Star Destroyers , as well as all of the other locations that he might be expected to visit . His favorite and primary throne room was on Coruscant , located a meter higher than the surrounding rooms and overlooking the entire planet . The Emperor ' s command centers usually had a large , circular viewport window in front of the throne to provide him with a view of the area he was visiting , commonly lined with a web - like framework . The Emperor ' s Royal Guards had a permanent company present at every throne room . Various throne rooms . Imperial Palace . The Emperor had two throne rooms within his fortress abode on Coruscant , the Imperial Palace . One throne room was designed for public matters ; it was a sunken auditorium , similar to a huge crater dug into bedrock . In the audience decks , there were flat stone benches arranged in long arcs , where visitors could come to hear pronouncements from the Emperor himself . The audience could hear everything the Emperor said and the Emperor was likewise able to hear everything said to him from the audience decks . At the pinnacle of the throne room was an angled , prismatic skylight , which poured rays of light onto the Emperor in his seat . At the bottom , around the tower of the throne , six of the Emperor ' s Royal Guards stood at attention . The second throne room was Palpatine ' s private chamber in the highest tower of the palace . This was his favorite , and most significant throne room . It was slightly elevated on a platform with a small staircase above the floor . The circular window in front of the throne , lined with the usual web - like framework , gave the Emperor a view of all of Coruscant . When staying in this primary chamber , Palpatine was usually flanked by at least two to four Royal Guards . It was here where Palpatine promoted his most trusted military commander , Thrawn , to Grand Admiral . Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center . Palpatine ' s first throne room was in an upper level of the EmPal SuRecon , built to resemble the Chancellor ' s holding office . A wide but short burnished staircase bisected the room into two levels , with the upper level replete with long permaplas windows . A pair of the Emperor ' s Royal Guards were to stand at attention at the staircase ' s foot . Behind the Guard stations was a table for Palpatine to meet with his Imperial Advisor s , and behind that table stood his large mechanized throne , integrated with the building ' s communications and computer systems . Palpatine moved most of his artwork and statuary ( such as the Massassi frieze ) from his Republic Executive Building office into this new throne room . Palpatine also had a smaller , private throne room in the center , adjacent to the operating room . Death Star I . The Emperor ' s throne room on the first Death Star was located in an observation dome at the top of a tower placed directly next to the station ' s superlaser . The platform served as Palpatine ' s watchtower in order to view the laser ' s firing demonstrations . The Emperor ' s chamber could only be reached through a massive circular doorway with a large metal beam that rotated to unlock the door . In the main chamber , the Emperor ' s throne was elevated above the floor by a short staircase and flanked by his Royal Guards and Imperial Senate Guard s . There were numerous control consoles surrounding Palpatine ' s throne , and the room was decorated with large statues made of black stone . Palpatine established this chamber during the early stages of the first Death Star ' s construction , so that he may keep a close eye on its workers and ensure its completion was brought to effective fruition . During the Battle on Death Star I , Galen Marek came to the Death Star to rescue the leaders of the newly formed Rebel Alliance , Rahm Kota , Bail Organa , Garm Bel Iblis , and Mon Mothma . Palpatine brought the Alliance leaders here in order to execute them personally ; he would interrogate and torture them to the point of death , retaliating for their " betrayal " and learning the names of their allies . He also intended to show their painful deaths to the rest of the galaxy as demonstration and to crush the resolve of further dissent . After fighting his way through the station , defeating one of the Emperor ' s Shadow Guard and his group of Royal Guards protecting the doorway , and severely injuring Darth Vader in a duel in the tower ' s carbon - freezing chamber , Galen Marek made it into the chamber and fought Darth Sidious . Sidious and Marek battled with their lightsabers and the Force . Marek won the battle , rescuing the Senators . Just as Juno Eclipse arrived in the " Rogue Shadow " , Palpatine sprung back to life and attacked Kota with Force lightning . Galen deflected the blast and allowed the rebels to escape by releasing his spirit to the Force . The resulting explosion all but destroyed the tower , leaving Vader and Palpatine as the only ones left standing . Following the skirmish , Palpatine abandoned the throne room , leaving the responsibility of monitoring the Death Star solely to Darth Vader . The Emperor never visited the station again before its destruction . Death Star II . The Emperor ' s throne room on the second Death Star was on the top of a 100 - story tower located on the north pole of the superweapon . It was his command center that had access to all systems on the station . It was also protected by several turbolaser turrets and more shielded than any other part of the station . The common circular viewport lined with the web - like framework provided an amazing view for Palpatine , while armrest controls kept him in touch with his countless minions . Barracks for a legion of Royal Guards and various living quarters for his advisors were included at the tower ' s foot . All entrances to the throne room were lined with security scanners and traps to prevent intruders from coming in , in addition to being guarded by Sidious ' loyal Royal Guards . There was also a docking rig for his personal shuttle to dock , chambers for receiving guests that bore resemblance to his quarters on Coruscant , a sleep chamber that monitored his health , and a massive holographic map of the galaxy which was also used to find out which planets or star systems are to be subjugated and / or punished . The throne room itself was in many ways similar to his throne room in the EmPal SuRecon Center . The tower was intentionally constructed to resemble the central spire on the Jedi Temple . However , while the Jedi Temple spire had four smaller supporting towers , this tower had none , serving as a visual metaphor stating that the Sith stand alone . It would become the site of his first death in 4 ABY . Imperial Sanctum . After the Battle of Endor , the throne room was apparently placed in a state of formal mourning ; the black drape placed over the throne itself was taken by Mara Jade and used by her as a cloak on her departure from Coruscant . The unavailability of the primary throne room may explain why Sate Pestage tended to use a throne room in the Imperial Sanctum instead , during his brief reign as " Interim Emperor . " This was a far more sparse environment than the more famous throne room , with the throne itself jettied out on a long , blade - like balcony in a vast empty space . The only entrance lay at the far end of the balcony , which Pestage quickly arranged to be guarded by a pair of Royal Guards . After Pestage ' s overthrow , the governed from the chamber where the Ruling Council had once sat . Subsequently , Director of Intelligence Ysanne Isard used her powers as head of the security apparatus to remove all rivals and seize control of the entire administration , making herself " de facto " Empress , but she eschewed the formal trappings of power , and her existing office took over the functions of the throne room as a control center and high - level audience chamber . Similarly , Grand Admiral Thrawn would use the secondary command room aboard the Star Destroyer " Chimaera " . Emperor ' s Citadel . The throne room within Palpatine ' s citadel on Byss appeared to be a semi - circular room with rounded walls and ceiling , with a massive area of the rounded wall occupied by a large circular display - screen , which allowed the throne room to function as a military command center . The throne , also rounded , was placed in front of the screen . Palpatine used this throne room after his resurrection as a clone in the aftermath of the Battle of Endor . During the commencement of Operation Shadowhand , he would routinely receive visual transmissions from the various battles on the display screen . It was here that he met with Luke Skywalker after forcibly transporting him to Byss with a Force storm and successfully turned the Jedi to the dark side . Fel ' s throne room . Following the Galactic Empire ' s conquest of Coruscant at the end of the Sith – Imperial War , a throne room was quickly prepared for Emperor Roan Fel . This was a broad chamber , with squat , heavy pillars along either flank , but massive skylights in the roof and vast windows in the end walls opened the space up to the sky and cityscape . In contrast to earlier throne rooms , the dais was the only large area of open flooring in this space , with steps leading down from the here and from the side walls to a sunken floor in the center of the room , which seems to have been taken up by an ornamental pool . Given that this throne room was functional within a few days of the Imperial conquest of the Jedi Temple , it may have been an existing structure taken over by the conquerors , and although it satisfied the basic architectural requirements of an Imperial throne room , the only detail to define it as such was the throne itself , which rested on repulsorlifts and was not even physically fixed in place . After Fel ' s decoy ' s death , this throne room was immediately taken over by Darth Krayt .