Ghorin Ghorin was a Human male who served as Imperial overlord of the Greater Plooriod Cluster during the early Galactic Civil War . His territory contained several agricultural worlds , and he was a major food supplier to the Empire . After the Battle of Yavin , Ghorin presented himself as sympathetic to the Alliance to Restore the Republic and offered to supply them with food . However , this was only part of a scheme intended to poison Rebel forces with tainted grain . The Rebels soon discovered Ghorin ' s plot and responded with a plan designed to discredit the overlord in the eyes of the Emperor . The operation was a success and Ghorin was assumed to be a traitor to the Empire . He was personally executed by Darth Vader in his castle on Plooriod III . Biography . Imperial overlord . A Human male who lived during the reign of Emperor Palpatine , Ghorin was a strong supporter of the Galactic Empire , and , by 0 ABY , had become the Imperial ruler of the Greater Plooriod Cluster , an area of the galaxy containing several agricultural worlds that served as major suppliers of grain to the Empire . Holding the title of overlord , Ghorin ruled over his territory from a vast castle overlooking the ocean on Plooriod III . He soon earned a reputation as a ruthless and cunning ruler . The tainted grain . Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , in which the Alliance to Restore the Republic destroyed the Death Star , an Imperial battlestation with the power to destroy a planet , the Rebels were forced to abandon their base on Yavin 4 . However , losses during the escape from Yavin left them critically low on food supplies . In search of a new source of food , the Rebels launched a series of operations around the Ploo sector . Learning of the Alliance ' s need , Ghorin devised a plan to poison many Rebels by supplying them with poisoned grain . Claiming to have grown sympathetic to the Rebellion , Ghorin entered negotiations with the Rebels to supply them with grain and to potentially become a member of the Alliance . Though his reputation made the Rebels suspicious of him , their growing desperation left Ordnance and Supply Command with little choice other than to consider his offer . An initial shipment was arranged to be delivered at a transfer point near the edge of the Greater Plooriod Cluster , and Ghorin dispatched three BFF - 1 bulk freighter s from " Transmor " group to deliver the tainted grain to the Rebels . Rebel revenge . The Rebels , however , remained suspicious of Ghorin ' s motives and conducted thorough tests of the grain before distributing it to their forces . When the tests revealed that Ghorin had double - crossed them , Alliance High Command devised a plan to get revenge on the overlord , codenamed Operation Grain Snatch . The CR90 corvette " Halifax " was delivering Ghorin ' s payment for a recent shipment of grain to the Empire , under escort from six of his BTL Y - wing starfighter s . Alliance starfighters and shuttles were sent to intercept the convoy — Rebel Y - wings disabled the " Halifax " and its escorts , allowing the shuttles to board and capture Ghorin ' s Y - wings and to take his payment as compensation . Having captured some of Ghorin ' s Y - wings , the Rebels planned to use them in a series of operations designed to discredit the overlord by convincing the Empire that Ghorin had betrayed them and not the Alliance . They first used the Y - wings to destroy grain supplies at an Imperial storage area in the Hollan D1 sector . This was followed by a strike on a convoy of CR90 corvettes delivering food to the Geedon system . Finally , the Rebels intercepted a convoy delivering grain from Ghorin to the Empire . After disabling the convoy craft , Rebel ships boarded them and replaced the crews . Furthermore , the convoy ' s cargo of grain was replaced with the tainted grain that Ghorin had previously supplied to the Alliance . The entire operation was timed to be concluded before the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Badi Dea " arrived , at which point the Rebels aboard the convoy craft completed the delivery of the tainted grain to the Empire . The operation was a success and , after the poisoned grain was distributed to Imperial forces , Ghorin was presumed to be a traitor to the Empire . Upon hearing of Ghorin ' s apparent betrayal , Emperor Palpatine dispatched the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader to Plooriod III to confront him . Ghorin , unaware that he had been framed by the Rebels , greeted Vader in his throne room , but the Dark Lord wasted no time on explanations and promptly executed the overlord . Personality and traits . Ghorin was a corpulent individual who ruled over the Greater Plooriod Cluster from a vast castle on Plooriod III . He made the most of his opulent surroundings and would sit in a throne while he was fanned by servant droids . As a high ranking official of the Empire , Ghorin wore a purple dress uniform , complete with epaulets . The overlord had a reputation as a heavy - handed ruler and was likened by some to Emperor Palpatine . It was this reputation that led the Alliance to be suspicious of him and to ultimately discover his deception . Behind the scenes . Ghorin was created for " " , the first expansion pack to the 1993 LucasArts video game " " . The character is mentioned in several briefings and appears during a single cut scene depicting his death . " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in 2008 , had an entry for Ghorin which refers to his castle on Plooriod IV . This contradicts the " Imperial Pursuit " cut scene , which shows the castle on Plooriod III .