Orman Tagge Baron Orman Tagge was the head of the House of Tagge from 21 BBY until his death in 0 ABY , and elder brother to Cassio , Silas , Ulric , and Domina Tagge . Tagge was also the head of the Tagge Company , a massive conglomerate that encompassed many of the galaxy ' s most successful franchises . Following the rise of the Galactic Empire , Tagge allied him with the new galactic government and suggested to its leader , Emperor Palpatine that he would be a more suitable choice of assistant for Palpatine than the Emperor ' s current right - hand man , the Sith Lord Darth Vader . However , Vader learned of Tagge ' s proposition and the Dark Lord used his lightsaber to blind the baron . Forced to wear cyber - vision goggles , Tagge vowed have revenge and began training himself in the art of lightsaber combat , hoping to one day be a proficient enough swordsman to strike Vader down . Over the years , Tagge became famous and his likeness was used as the logo for the fast food chain Biscuit Baron . Once the Empire was firmly in control of the galaxy , Tagge proposed the formation of the Corporate Sector Authority , a large conglomerate that would take control of the Corporate Sector , a region of the Outer Rim Territories that was under corporate control . Palpatine acquiesced and agreed to allow the establishment of the company , and Tagge eventually became the CSA ' s leader . During the Galactic Civil War , Tagge plotted to further himself in the eyes of the Emperor by attacking a Rebel Alliance base on the moon Yavin 4 , but his plans were thwarted by the Alliance agent Luke Skywalker . The baron later aided his brother Silas in the development of the Omega Frost , a superweapon that the baron hoped to use to defeat the Alliance and make himself seem a greater asset to Palpatine than Vader was . Skywalker again foiled Tagge ' s plans and the baron ' s starship was destroyed , rendering Tagge unconscious . He was saved by spies of Darth Vader and subsequently taken to the planet Monastery , where he awoke and was killed by Luke Skywalker . Biography . The Republic . Orman Tagge , a Human male , grew up with his siblings , Silas , Cassio , Ulric , and Domina . From the time of his birth , on the planet Tepasi in 38 BBY , Tagge was groomed to be the next baron of the House of Tagge , with Domina and Ulric holding him in awe . Tagge would clash with Silas on occasion , since the latter thought logically , which clashed with the former ' s romantic ideals . The only person that Tagge truly loved was his sister , Domina , who he was very close to . Tagge had a knack for machinery at an early age , and in his teenage years , he had already become a technical mastermind . At some point , he had dealings with the Trade Federation , a powerful galactic mega - corporation , but he split from them shortly before the Federation ' s invasion of the planet Naboo in 32 BBY . Just prior to the Clone Wars , Tagge began designing the L8 - L9 combat droid , meant to battle forces such as those employed on Naboo by the Trade Federation , in the name of the Republic . When the Clone Wars broke out in 22 BBY , Tagge rushed his design into production . He modeled the droid partly on the clone troopers fighting for the Republic , and intended to sell them as substitute for the warriors , for use in extreme conditions . In truth , he hoped that they would completely replace the clone troopers in the long run . Requiring immediate testing , the young man entered his droid in a free - for - all tournament on Rattatak , where it was pitted against a variety of warriors from across the galaxy . There , it was destroyed by Asajj Ventress , a Force Adept . As a result , the L8 - L9 project was abandoned , but not forgotten . At the age of seventeen , in 21 BBY , Tagge ascended to the position of baron of the House of Tagge , and head of the Tagge Company . A month later , he was contacted by Senate Bureau of Intelligence Director Armand Isard . Tagge was enlisted , along with the foremost technical minds in the Galactic Republic , to chair a specialized technology - based committee within the Analysis Bureau of Republic Intelligence . The Techno Union was giving the Separatist Confederacy of Independent Systems the technological edge in the Clone Wars , and Isard sought to bridge the gap by assembling the Republic ' s own technological geniuses . It was Tagge ' s job to oversee the development of new initiatives that would match , or surpass those of the Confederacy . He made news with the appointment , making a public statement from the city of Unlos Tagge . He also began expanding his enterprises into the Corporate Sector — a region of the Outer Rim Territories in which a number of large corporations operated — much to the exasperation of smaller companies who had interests there . He helped to form the Galactic Corporate Policy League — a cabal of plutocrats with strong ties to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , and had broad visions for the future of the Corporate Sector . They resented the outlawing of slavery and the like , which inhibited their productivity , and so set about expanding and developing the Corporate Sector . In addition , he began diversifying the Tagge Company , allowing the company to cover several areas of manufacturing , rather than specializing in certain fields as his contemporaries had done . Blinded . Following the conclusion of the Clone Wars , Palpatine made himself Galactic Emperor , and transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire . By this stage , all of the baron ' s siblings had become involved in either military or Tagge Company affairs , except for Domina . Ulric chose to join the Imperial Military , and Cassio would follow that path shortly afterward . Silas was content to be a doctor and a scientist , and not have to worry about running the House of Tagge . He later incurred Tagge ' s wrath by suggesting that Domina marry into an Imperial family , prompting the baron to lash out at his rapidly balding brother . Enraged , Tagge swore that his sister would live her life uncorrupted , and had her sent to join the Order of the Sacred Circle on Monastery . Despite the conflict within his family , the rise of Palpatine ' s Empire was not without its advantages . Tagge saw it as an opportunity to further his enterprises , and put the Tagge Company into a partnership with the new Empire . Meeting with Palpatine personally , Tagge suggested that he would be more suitable to be the Emperor ' s right - hand man than the Sith Lord Darth Vader . In Tagge ' s eyes , Vader was adept at intimidation , but not adequately qualified to run more complex operations such as commerce . Palpatine understood Tagge entirely , but chose to delay such potential reassignments to a later date . Despite the rebuke , Tagge was pleased with the meeting , believing that Palpatine ' s Empire would spend on a far greater level than that of the Republic . Even more pleasing to Tagge was that his company was in a prime position to reap the benefits of such spending . He was also completely unconcerned by the stories about Palpatine and Vader ' s rumored powers . Shortly after the meeting , Tagge ' s brother , Cassio , left the Tagge homeworld of Tepasi to join the Imperial military , despite the Baron ' s protests . Before departing , Cassio warned Tagge about the Emperor and Vader ' s mystical powers , advising that they were not to be underestimated . The baron , ever confident , was not fazed . Little did Tagge know that a recording of his meeting with Palpatine had fallen into the hands of Prince Xizor , a member of the Black Sun crime syndicate . Like Tagge , Xizor sought to usurp Vader ' s position at the Emperor ' s side , but he decided to do so by pitting his greatest rival for the role against Vader himself . Through Inquisitor Antinnis Tremayne , he had made sure that the recording had made its way to Vader who , naturally , was displeased . While Tagge was overseeing a problem with one of the Bonadan Heavy Industries conveyors in a factory near the House of Tagge Headquarters , he was visited by Vader himself . Vader , accompanied by his Noghri guards and the captive Jedi Padawan Drake Lo ' gaan , was far from pleased . Though at first Tagge attempted to placate Vader , he grew confident , and began openly questioning the Dark Lord ' s usefulness . Vader did not take kindly to the insults , and began choking the baron with the Force . Warning Tagge to be less ambitious in his gambits , Vader took his lightsaber to the baron ' s eyes , blinding him permanently . Immediately afterward , a firefight broke out between Vader ' s men and Lo ' gaan ' s companion , the Padawan Ekria , but Tagge simply called out for his assistant , Zenfrei . He dispatched Zenfrei to bring medics and security guards , and urged the assistant that he not get killed in the firefight . Aid did not come for a long time , as Vader had the room sealed while he dueled with and apparently killed Lo ' gaan . Before departing , the Dark Lord warned Tagge that if their paths met again , he would likely not survive the encounter . The baron was not dissuaded however , and resolved to avenge himself on the Dark Lord . To his distaste , he was forced to don a pair of cyber - vision goggles , which allowed him to see , before commissioning the construction of his own lightsaber and continually practicing with it . It was Tagge ' s hope that one day , he could rival Vader as a swordsman and strike the Dark Lord down in combat . Over the years , Tagge became so famous that his visage , even with the cyber - goggles , became the logo for the Biscuit Baron foodchain . He also made the acquaintance of military man Rom Mohc , a kindred spirit who took interest in the idea of droid soldiers . Mohc would later work with the Tagge Company to develop the Z - X3 experimental droid trooper , which like L8 - L9 , would fail as a product . Continued enterprising . With the New Order firmly in place as the controlling power in the galaxy , Tagge and the Galactic Corporate Policy League continued with their work in the Corporate Sector . The baron proposed the formation of the Corporate Sector Authority , a massive conglomerate that would handle all military , government and corporate elements of the area . At Tagge ' s suggestion , all Separatist - aligned companies in the sector were disappropriated of their assets and all existing facilities owned by other companies were absorbed by CSA , in exchange for shares . The Sector itself expanded in size , with Tagge including 30 , 000 unclaimed stars in its new borders . All profits from the new enterprise were split amongst the shareholding companies proportionally , while the Authority progressively continued to research , promote , and sell products in their sector . To help sell the idea to Palpatine , Tagge imposed a tax which , while smaller than that of Imperial member worlds , would go directly to the Empire itself , instead of having to be split up amongst sector , local , and planetary governments . Furthermore , Palpatine did not have to invest in the Sector at all , since the CSA ran the area independently . Essentially , the Corporate Sector would be of great profit to the Empire for virtually no input . After Palpatine had agreed to the proposal in a private audience with Tagge , the Baron met with his League colleagues on the planet Aargau , to obtain their agreement to the proposal and to draw up a Corporate Sector charter . In a refinement to his original idea , the group decided to create a special non - interference region in the Sector where Imperial materials restrictions , normally invoked within the Empire , could be ignored to the benefit of their patrons . Tagge would eventually serve as head of the Corporate Sector Authority . Around this time , Darth Vader began harassing Prince Tavin Korden , the leader of the firm Korden Outfitting and Surveying and a close friend of Tagge . Korden developed a loathing for Vader and , united by their shared hatred of the Sith Lord , Tagge and Korden began working together to develop a number of underhand schemes that opposed Vader ' s operations . Power play . When Darth Vader and Wilhuff Tarkin failed to destroy the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Battle of Yavin , Tagge saw an opportunity to further himself in the eyes of Palpatine . Cassio had perished during the battle , leaving Ulric as the baron ' s only contact in the military . With some manipulation and dealing , Tagge secured generalship for his brother , and gave him command of a small flotilla of Tagge Company warships . The Empire had , in retaliation for the loss of the Death Star and Tarkin at Yavin , blockaded the Gordian Reach and began attacking the Rebel base there . Due to the interference caused by the storms of Yavin Prime , it was next to impossible to launch long - range attacks on the fourth moon , where the Rebels were located . Tagge however , saw a way around the problem . Silas had designed a high - powered turbine , which Tagge spent millions of credits on to make it a reality . He named it the Achtnak Turbine Station , after a native predator from Tepasi . Using the technology at the Tagge Company ' s disposal and the aid of Ulric , the baron had the turbine installed within the gaseous clouds of Yavin Prime . He then modified a fleet of TIE / LN starfighter s , outfitting them with a device that would transmit at a very high - frequency when activated . This would allow the pilots of the fighters to alert those manning the turbine to the their location . The turbine would then create its own controlled whirlwind within Yavin ' s clouds , effectively creating a safe tunnel in the eye of the storm through which the fighters could pass . With that system in place , Tagge would be able to strike at the Rebel base far more effectively than the Imperials had . Placed in charge of the Yavin operation , Tagge had his fighters continually raid the Alliance base . He personally sought to oversee the attacks , and so set off , with his military aide Shanks , to the Yavin system . To keep his movements secret and confuse any Rebel spies , Tagge used a Mining Explorer as his command ship . Setting off from Centares , Tagge spent the time in transit honing his lightsaber skills with Shanks as his practice opponent . However , the baron ' s ship was followed through hyperspace by a blockade runner . Fearing that the crew of the ship might discover his plans , he had the mining explorer lay space mine s , though their pursuer was able to make it through the field unscathed . Tagge and his crew did not learn of the ship ' s survival , as they were more concerned with reaching the turbine space station . Before entering Yavin Prime , Tagge launched his fighters , to make yet another raid on Yavin 4 . Meanwhile , the Mining Explorer made its way to the turbine , and docked with it . The fighters did not return , to Tagge ' s surprise , and he suspected that the Rebels might have discovered his plans . He resolved to take the Mining Explorer out with the next raiding party , hoping to raze the Rebel base with one final attack . To pass the time , the baron tested his lightsaber skills against training remote s . Eventually , a lone TIE fighter returned , but it began attacking the turbine with proton charges . Realizing that the station would be destroyed , Tagge gave the order for the Mining Explorer to cast off , and follow the lone TIE Fighter through the Yavin clouds . Following the turbine ' s destruction and the Fighter ' s escape , Tagge ' s crewmembers intercepted a transmission from the craft . It had been piloted by an Alliance agent named Luke Skywalker , who had been able to acquire Tagge ' s signal technology from a downed fighter . In a fit of rage , the baron began destroying one of his ship ' s consoles with his lightsaber , vowing to inflict grievous bodily harm on Skywalker . Penance . With the failure of the his Yavin turbine project , Tagge ' s operations earned the doubt of Palpatine . The Emperor , now unsure of the baron ' s competency , forced Tagge to personally oversee each of his projects against the Alliance : starting with a weapons detection system installed on the factory world of Metalorn . Meeting with Governor Corwyth , the baron was shown how his system integrated with the governor ' s own information control program , apparently ensuring total security on the world . Corwyth claimed that the suppression of rebellion of Metalorn had been a total success , with the Alliance not even allowed to exist as a rumor . As the governor boasted about the effectiveness of his system in conjunction with Tagge ' s , the baron warned that unarmed spies would be able to slip through security undetected . Corwyth ' s boast had barely left his lips before a security breach was reported : Tagge ' s system had detected that a stormtrooper rifle was no longer in authorized hands . At Post 994 - 203 , a subdued trooper was found , who reported that a female had attacked him and stolen his weapon . While Corwyth had his troops search for the assailant , Tagge checked the trooper ' s recording unit , and obtained a voice print . The print matched with that of Princess Leia Organa , an Alliance leader filed under " known enemies " in the Imperial network . Curious as to what Organa was doing on the planet , the baron searched through Metalorn ' s population lists to discover that Arn Horada , a former teacher of the princess , was residing on the planet . The efforts of Corwyth ' s troops proved to be fruitless , but Tagge had already made his way down to a cafeteria , where Horada was having a meal . As per the baron ' s prediction , Organa made her way there to contact her old teacher . Tagge then revealed himself , holding the princess at lightsaber - point while producing a set of energy shackles , in order to arrest the Alliance leader . While the baron gloated , Organa acted , throwing a tray of victuals at Tagge . Now blinded , the baron slashed wildly around the room in a rage , hitting a nearby table with his lightsaber . Horada intervened , kicking a stool underneath the baron ' s feet , while Organa shackled his ankle to the table . The waylaid Tagge urged the citizenry to aid him in his arrest , but was met with responses that claimed that the Empire had no enemies , and that only stormtroopers were to deal with matters of disobedience . Exasperated , Tagge cleaved the shackles in two with his lightsaber , and hurried towards the nearest exit in pursuit of Organa . Unbeknownst to the baron , Organa had hidden herself by having a child obscure her face , allowing Tagge to run straight past . As Tagge returned to the governor ' s headquarters , he was met with accusations of failure from Corwyth , but the baron calmly returned them in kind . He advised that the governor keep quiet about the whole affair and not execute Horada , since any retaliation would be tantamount to an admission of open rebellion . With that , Tagge departed Metalorn . Omega Frost . Tagge had not forgotten his earlier humiliation by Skywalker . Silas had begun to develop a new weapon for use against the Alliance , dubbed Omega Frost . The technology , comprising two conductor tower s , could freeze anything in its range with a base amount of moisture . Contacting Ulric , who was now a General in the Empire , the baron ensured that the project would be safeguarded by the Imperial military . Ulric was now in charge of the Yavin blockade , and was confident that the Empire strike at the Alliance with great success , but Tagge was more skeptical . Furthermore , he was particularly displeased with the idea of Vader taking full credit for the final destruction of the Alliance , and so sought once again to upstage the Sith Lord . It was the baron ' s hope that Omega Frost would prove instrumental in the defeat of the Alliance , thereby making the House of Tagge a more valuable asset than Vader in Palpatine ' s eyes . The operation was top secret , with much of the Tagge Company ' s resources being poured into it . Tagge chose Tatooine to be the testing ground for the new weapon , since Skywalker had originally hailed from the desert world . Setting up a base in the Jundland Wastes where Silas could work on the new technology , the baron patiently waited for Skywalker to investigate . The baron suspected that the young Rebel ' s involvement would be inevitable due to his prior connection to the world , but Silas strongly disapproved of Tagge ' s " second " vendetta , insisting that having a Dark Lord of the Sith as an enemy was already more than enough . Tagge shook off the advice however , convinced that he would he able to exact revenge for the humiliation at Yavin . In preparation , the House of Tagge began purchasing various moisture farms to use as testing grounds for the Omega Frost . One experiment went awry when a bantha , being used as a test subject , escaped the main Tagge compound . The subject was eventually found and destroyed , but to Silas ' surprise , Tagge handled the mishap calmly , as he was focusing on preparing for Skywalker ' s arrival . Sure enough , shortly before the testing of the Omega Frost , one of the pylons detected a nearby Rebel presence . The test itself went off smoothly , and the baron inspected it personally with Silas . Adequately pleased with the results , Tagge had his troops surround the enemies , and boarded a Reconnaissance Troop Transporter , hoping to oversee the attack himself . The transporter opened fire on the Rebels , who were hiding behind a now - frozen sand dune . Tagge advised his troops to only warn the intruders , as he was sure that one of them was Skywalker . The transporter cautiously approached the sand dune , and was met with the sight of a rapidly advancing Jawa Sandcrawler . To avoid a fatal collision , Tagge had the transporter take evasive action , only to have it flip on its side and eject its passengers . Panicking as he watched his quarry escape in the Jawa vehicle , Tagge had the rest of his troops give chase to the lumbering machine . The Rebels were able to evade their pursuers , however . Returning to his Mining Explorer in orbit over Tatooine , the baron flew into a rage , hacking away at machinery with his lightsaber . Silas , unimpressed , insisted that the Tatooine operation had been a success , since Omega Frost had proved effective in freezing a vast amount of territory on an essentially barren and arid world . While the baron conceded that point , he was displeased with the fact that Skywalker had escaped his grasp . Junction . Nevertheless , Tagge prepared to move on with his master plan to foil the Alliance and politically outmaneuver Vader . The Feriae system , home to a Rebel supply world known as Feriae Junction , would be the location of the Omega Frost ' s operation . The Feswe Corridor , too treacherous to be patrolled by Imperial bulk cruisers , was being used by the Alliance to ferry goods from Junction to the besieged Yavin IV . Tagge and Silas planned to place Omega Frost conductor towers on asteroids at opposite ends of the corridor , which would allow them to freeze any enemy ships attempting to traverse it . Assured that Skywalker would follow his Mining Explorer to Junction , Tagge had Ulric meet him in the system to arrange a falsified " transfer " of Omega Frost equipment to the general ' s Star Destroyer . It was Tagge ' s hope that Skywalker would investigate the transfer personally and warn the Alliance that the Empire planned to use the new technology against Junction itself , which would then hopefully prompt the Rebels to send a large fleet to save the planet . Skywalker played into Tagge ' s hands exactly as expected , captured by the baron ' s men while his transport , the " Millennium Falcon " , hurried off to warn the Rebels about the " attack " on Junction . Leaving Silas in charge of the Omega Frost operation , Tagge intended to test his lightsaber skills against Skywalker , who also wielded one of the rare weapons , wielded originally by his father . Holding his new captive at lightsaber - point , Tagge began to monologue , revealing his entire plan to Skywalker . As he had hoped , the baron ' s taunts caused Skywalker to lunge at him in a rage , and the young Rebel wrested control of his father ' s lightsaber from Tagge . As Skywalker ran off into the corridors of the Mining Explorer , Tagge contacted the guards on his ship , ordering them to not confront the Rebel if they were to encounter him . Tagge intercepted Skywalker in the Mining Explorer ' s docking bay , and challenged him to a duel . The Rebel was given little choice but to accept as the baron lunged at him , putting his opponent on the defensive . At first , Tagge easily overpowered his opponent , but the tide suddenly turned , with Skywalker deftly slicing at the baron ' s tunic . Tagge immediately understood that Skywalker was not so much a talented amateur , but a duelist to be reckoned with . The pair fenced for a while , but Tagge began to give ground . He realized that Skywalker had command over the Force much like Vader , and so decided to employ a trick he had hoped to reserve for use against the Dark Lord . Smashing a lighting control in the docking bay , the entire room plunged into darkness . Tagge was allowed sight in the dark by his cyber - vision goggles , whereas Skywalker was , apparently , left to flounder wildly . Throwing a piece of cloth at the young Rebel to distract him , Tagge moved in for a killing stroke , but Skywalker rounded on him swiftly . The Rebel ' s own attack cleaved the baron ' s goggles in two , but Tagge was so shocked at his opponent ' s level of control and skill that he was left a quivering wreck . Taken to the medical bay , Tagge remained in his state of shock while Silas took over the operation . Skywalker , however , had escaped the ship , and sabotaged the Omega Frost project by damaging one of the conductor towers . Silas , in a state of panic , roused Tagge from his state , but it was far too late . The Rebel fleet that had arrived destroyed the Mining Explorer , ending the Omega Frost project . The ship ' s medical compartment however , sealed itself as the ship was destroyed , preserving it and its occupants , Tagge and Silas . Though the pair were both unconscious from the attack , they were retrieved and saved by spies of Darth Vader , who brought them to Captain Mulchive Wermis ' battlecruiser . There they remained in life support capsules , with their survival kept secret from the galaxy . In the wake of the Tagge ' s apparent death , Ulric took the title of baron . With Orman out of the way , Vader saw a way to keep the Tagge family under his control , namely , by promising the baron that he would keep his two captive patients in their comas . This would allow Ulric to retain his title . The new baron agreed , effectively putting the House of Tagge at Vader ' s disposal . Death in the Crystal Valley . Vader ' s plotting took him and Wermis ' cruiser to the planet of Monastery , where Domina still served as a member of the Order of the Sacred Circle . Vader had used Domina , telling her that Luke Skywalker had been responsible for Orman ' s death , sewing seeds of hatred in the woman ' s mind . She lured the young Rebel to Monastery , into a trap set up by Darth Vader . While events unfolded on the planet below , Wermis captured the " Millennium Falcon " , who ' s inhabitants , Han Solo , Leia Organa , Chewbacca , and C - 3PO , were in - system to aid Skywalker . While the captain dealt with his new prisoners , Tagge began to be roused from his coma . Organa eluded capture by the Imperials , and began creating havoc on the ship by lobbing about proton grenades . The explosions that rocked the craft brought Tagge into consciousness , and when he was left unattended by medics , he broke out of his life support capsule , and made his escape . As the Imperial troops dashed around the ship searching for Organa , Tagge made sure they thought he was heading for an escape pod , before doubling back and boarding the impounded " Millennium Falcon " . When the craft escaped the cruiser as he had predicted , he made his way to the ship ' s cockpit , and kept those within at blaster - point before ordering them to land on Monastery . Tagge had overheard communications between C - 3PO and his counterpart R2 - D2 , who was on the planet , that revealed that Domina was about to oversee a lightsaber duel between Vader and Skywalker in the Crystal Valley . Fearing that his sister was in danger , Tagge began threatening Captain Solo and Organa , but he was momentarily distracted when the ship made a rough landing . In the confusion , Organa wrested Tagge ' s blaster from him . The former baron was not at a disadvantage for long however , as a group of TIE Fighters began assailing the " Millennium Falcon " . During the short firefight between the new attackers and his Rebel opponents , Tagge ran away , into the Crystal Valley . Vader and Skywalker were already in the valley , hunting for one another . The valley itself was exceptionally dangerous territory — in a constant state of eruption , people attempting to traverse it could either be crushed by falling pillars of crystal or skewered by new pillars coming up through the ground . One such pillar nearly fell on Tagge , but the former baron was saved by Vader . Tagge was confused , since Vader had chosen to not follow through on his promise made almost twenty years ago . The Dark Lord explained that killing Tagge would be far too easy and unimaginative , and proceeded to inform the man that his sister was no longer sweet and incorruptible . Distraught , Tagge begged Vader to kill him there and then , but the towering Sith Lord had one final purpose for the former baron . Vader dispatched Tagge to duel Skywalker in his place , while using a Force illusion on the young Rebel . To Skywalker , Tagge appeared to be Vader himself . The pair dueled , briefly , but Tagge ' s fear that he would once again lose to Skywalker began to become evident . Skywalker landed a glancing blow on Tagge ' s chest , and pleaded with his opponent to relent . The former baron persisted however , attempting to make a killing stroke . Skywalker was left with little choice but to ram his own lightsaber into his assailant ' s chest , ending the duel and killing Tagge . Vader ' s illusion was stopped , though the young Rebel had realized who his opponent was just before killing him . The true Dark Lord revealed himself to Skywalker , but was too late to stop him from escaping . In the wake of Orman ' s death , Domina swore revenge on Skywalker , accusing him of not doing enough to try and save her brother . Domina ' s own vendetta would eventually result in a devastating attack on the planet of the Red Nebula , as part of a later , failed scheme to destroy Skywalker . Ulric would later retire from Imperial service to properly look after his family . Personality and traits . Baron Orman Tagge was an enterprising man , always seeking to make connections in high places , despite any possible risk . He made little effort to hide his true intent to others , and his ambition was well known . Despite this , he held others like him in that regard , such as Governor Corwyth , in disdain . He respected risk - takers , but would not hesitate to have any opponent eliminated . He was so awed by the finesse of warriors such as Luke Skywalker however , that he was sent into a state of shock by their sheer skill . Tagge was also an old - fashioned and passionate man , relying on his impulses and acting on instinct . He preferred real meat to food paste , much to Silas ' disdain , and considered the right to exact vengeance an intrinsic element of manhood . Tagge did not believe in the Force , and was constantly shocked when its power was demonstrated to him . He dismissed beliefs that the Emperor and Darth Vader possessed such powers as superstition , but would take to calling the Dark Lord a " crazy wizard " after his blinding . In order to hone his skills with a lightsaber , Tagge constantly practiced against remotes and live opponents . In moments of frustration , Tagge would slash at miscellaneous machinery with his weapon , much to the exasperation of his brother Silas . Tagge had uses for his brothers , but cared little for them , as the only thing in the galaxy that he loved was his sister , Domina . He was drawn to violence and despair when his sister was met with the prospect of corruption , and did everything in his power to ensure that she was shielded from the machinations of powerful figures . A proud man , Tagge would not let any opportunity to inform others of either his triumphs or his vendettas pass . He would constantly launch tirades about how he had been wronged by Darth Vader and how the House of Tagge would eventually outclass , outmode , and outfox the Dark Lord . He would scheme frequently , coming up with several elaborate plans to replace Vader as Palpatine ' s right hand man . Tagge held two major grudges in his lifetime , against both Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker . During the blockade of Yavin , Skywalker inadvertently saved Tagge ' s life , but the baron cared little , and began immediately baying for the young Rebel ' s blood . From then on , he would not waste any opportunity to capture or kill Skywalker , even at the expense the time and resources of his allies . Behind the scenes . Orman Tagge was created by Archie Goodwin , and first appeared in " " , an issue of the " Marvel Star Wars " comic series that was published in 1979 . Tagge went on to appear in nine subsequent issues of the series , acting as an adversary to the characters Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader . He later received mentions in a number of reference books , such as " Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook " , which established Tagge ' s role in the formation of the Corporate Sector Authority , an organization that had previously featured in " The Han Solo Adventures " novel trilogy . However , apart from such minor mentions , Tagge would go unused in the Star Wars Expanded Universe until Pablo Hidalgo wrote him into the " Star Wars Insider " feature " HoloNet News " in 2004 , twenty - four years after Tagge ' s last appearance . Tagge subsequently received mentions in the reference books " Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds " , " The New Essential Chronology " and " The New Essential Guide to Droids " , and in 2006 , Paul Ens used the baron as a major character in " " , the final installment of the " Evasive Action " webstrip series . In " End Game " , Ens also displayed the blinding of Tagge , an event that had been alluded to since the " Marvel Star Wars " series in 1979 . Tagge received further mentions in the 2007 " Star Wars Insider " articles " Comic Marvels " and " " , and in 2008 , he received an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . Tagge was later referenced in the 2009 reference book " The Essential Atlas " and the 2010 Wizards of the Coast role - playing sourcebook " Galaxy of Intrigue " .