Vune Willic Vune Willic was a Human male native to the world of Carida who became an Imperial Intelligence agent during the Galactic Civil War . He was assigned to Imperial Center , where he worked under Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard . His first mission was to assassinate his grandfather , Korval Willic , accused of being a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Willic carried out his mission without hesitation . Willic was later accused of attempting to assassinate Emperor Palpatine at the opening of the Galactic Games , though was in truth nothing more than a scapegoat used to cover up an Imperial security embarrassment . Willic was interrogated , and when faced with falsified images of himself committing various crimes , he confessed to his charges . His execution was shown live on the HoloNet several days later , and his time on Coruscant was ultimately made into an exhibit at the Imperial Heritage Museum . Biography . Assassin . Vune Willic was brought up on the world of Carida , in the Colonies region of the galaxy , though his family had ancestral ties to Coruscant . At a young age , he joined the Academy of Carida , becoming an expert at engineering and architecture ; he also led the academy sharpshooting team . Eventually he left his parents behind on Carida and joined Imperial Intelligence as an engineer . Willic was assigned to Imperial Center ; the letter he wrote to his parents " en route " to the planet was the last time he ever communicated with them . He was awed by the sheer scale of Coruscant ' s architecture and found himself comparing it to that of his homeworld . When he finally reached what passed for Coruscant ' s surface , he met with Kirtan Loor , one of his superior officers . Loor allowed Willic several hours to get settled on his new planet of residence before he was given his first assignment ; Willic spent the time with his grandfather , Korval Willic , who lived nearby . Less than a week into his time on Imperial Center he met with Ysanne Isard , the Director of Imperial Intelligence . He quickly realized that his skills as a sniper , rather than his knowledge of engineering and architecture , were what Imperial Intelligence saw in him . His first assignment was to assassinate a Rebel saboteur who lived in the area near Willic ' s grandfather . Isard had deduced that his grandfather ' s balcony would be an ideal vantage point for sniping the Rebel traitor in his home ; armed with a disruptor rifle , which was fitted with a targeting scope that would set off an alarm when Willic was aiming at the specified target , he broke into his grandfather ' s home . As he prepared his sniper rifle , however , he was interrupted by the arrival of Korval . When he pointed the weapon in his grandfather ' s direction , the rifle began to whine , which implied that his grandfather was the Rebel agent who Willic had been sent to kill . Willic discerned that his grandfather was his target , and fired at him from a point blank range without hesitation . Willic killed his grandfather , and received a commendation , as well as another assignment from Isard . Downfall . Several days later , Willic was accused of attempting to assassinate Emperor Palpatine . According to Imperial Intelligence , Willic fitted scan - shielded thermal detonators onto Palpatine ' s speaking platform at the opening of the Galactic Games on Imperial Center . They claimed that he killed Brot Gorrell and took his place as one of the engineers who constructed the platform so that he could bypass security and fit the charges . Palpatine ' s Imperial Guardsmen were able to discover the charges and disabled all of them bar one , which exploded just meters from the Emperor , though he somehow escaped unscathed . A HoloNet News report claimed that eye - witnesses , who refused to give up their names , saw Palpatine using the Force to apprehend a fleeing Willic . Willic was innocent and was being used as a scapegoat to cover up an attempt by several high - ranking Imperials to have Palpatine killed . The Empire wished to blame the attempt on the Rebels and wanted to tone down its seriousness for the public . Villic was taken into custody by the Royal Guardsmen and Imperial Intelligence operatives and was publicly tried for treason two days later . He was interrogated by a new interrogation droid model , the YI - 5 Surveillance / Interrogation droid , which showed him falsified video records of the attempted assassination . After being tortured , the man from Carida confessed to the crimes , believing the false videos to be real , and was sentenced to death in an Imperial court of law . According to falsified Imperial documents , Palpatine believed Willic to be simply confused and requested that he simply receive life behind bars , though Isard was adamant that he be executed . His execution by firing squad was broadcast live on the HoloNet in order to discourage other Rebel activity . Meanwhile , Isard had the true conspirators killed in private . Willic ' s life story was later made into an exhibit at the Imperial Heritage Museum , named " " . After liberating Coruscant , the New Republic altered the exhibit , adding real documents to the forged Imperial ones ; included in these was a journal entry of Willic ' s . Personality and traits . Vune Willic was loyal to the Empire , and never shirked duty , even when he wanted to . He completed his first mission — to kill his own grandfather — without indecision . Ultimately , however , his bravery was not repaid in kind ; he was used and discarded by Isard despite having committed no crimes . Willic was a talented sniper , an expert on munitions and explosives , a budding engineer and architect , and an able slicer . Behind the scenes . Vune Willic was created by Cory J . Herndon for an article named " " , part of the " Planet Hoppers " series on the Wizards of the Coast website . It is his only appearance to date .