Nile Owen His Excellency Moff Nile Owen was an ambitious and talented Imperial officer who served as Governor of the Rayter sector early in the Galactic Civil War . He liked to use furred cloaks with his Imperial uniform . Threatening , intelligent and cultured , Owen also enraged easily and executed anyone failing him for either betrayal or ineptitude . As such , he killed his assistant Nak Farool when he discovered Farool was conspiring to oust him . He also killed a company of mercenaries when they failed to bring him live prisoners to question . Biography . Joining the military forces of the Galactic Empire , Nile Owen served aboard several older " Victory " - class Star Destroyers . His distinguished service , coupled with his skill at making influential friends , led him to rapid , regular promotion . During his advance , Owen also fathered one daughter . Eventually becoming the Moff , or sector governor , of the Rayter sector , in charge of its stability , Owen still worked hard : He wanted to win control of another , more important sector . Soon after the Battle of Yavin , the Alliance to Restore the Republic began diplomatic talks with the Shashay species , hoping to convince the Shashay to join the Alliance and to allow a Rebel base in their hidden planet Crytal Nest . This was opposite to the interests of the Empire . The Empire also discovered that Crying Dawn Singer , a Shashay cultural hero who was to perform for Owen in the opening of the Sector Performing Arts Center , had a Rebel undercover agent in his entourage . Owen ' s Special Assistant Nak Farool convinced the Moff to approve a mission : The Empire would secretly hire a criminal to kidnap Crying Dawn Singer in an operation that would lead to the discovery of the spy and , hopefully , of a Rebel base . Later , the criminal would publicly make unacceptable ransom demands while falsely claiming to be a leader of the Alliance . This would hamper the Alliance ' s advances and cause the Shashay to turn to the Empire . Hesitantly accepting , Owen did not know that Farool planned to betray him : Farool would not only broadcast the ransom demand , but also other transmission claiming that Owen was uninterested in the abduction . This would undermine Owen ' s popularity . Besides , when Farool hired the pirate Yearo Seville to do the dirty job , he told Seville to deliver the hostage not to Owen , but to Farool ' s brother Braig , Governor of the planet Narg . Braig Farool would later forge a rescue operation and " recover " Crying Dawn Singer , gaining prestige . Following the conspiracy , Owen would be forced to resign and Braig Farool would replace him as Moff . Seville abducted Crying Dawn Singer and his entourage , and took them to an abandoned Imperial base on the planet Najarka . There , COMPNOR discovered that the secret agent was the Shashay ' s droid KL - 6TLF7V / T . Owen was informed about this and he set off for Najarka aboard his flagship , the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Impending Doom " , as he wanted to recover the droid . Owen ' s staff intended to analyze the droid ' s memory . Seville left with the Shashay for the subspace relay station at Laim , where he would broadcast the ransom demands , leaving the droid behind as ordered . However , once Owen reached Najarka , he was surprised to discover a team of Rebel agents trying to leave with KL - 6TLF7V / T . The Moff was unable to prevent their scape , even if he deployed a Telgorn personal carrier with stormtroopers and four TIE fighters . Seville broadcast his ransom notice from Laim , and the Shashay believed his lies . Shashay navigators in Rebel starships hijacked their vehicles and threatened to ask Owen for help if Crying Dawn Singer was not returned quickly . Owen went to Laim in the " Impeding Doom " . Investigating with his subordinate Admiral Sahreel , the Moff discovered a recorded message of Nak Farool vilifying Owen . Furious , he ordered Farool arrested and personally executed him in the ship ' s bridge , while at the same time ordered the relay station destroyed . Owen followed Farool ' s track to Narg and sent the Imperial Cruiser " Kana ' s Steel " , under Captain Williar Barrog , to take control of the local spaceport . The " Impending Doom " followed shortly afterward . When Owen arrived to Narg , the Rebel team he had seen on Najarka was already there , trying to rescue Crying Dawn Singer from Braig Farool ' s clutches . Owen intended to personally recover Crying Dawn Singer , restoring his damaged reputation . However , even if he sent a battalion of stormtroopers against Farool ' s corporate guards , Owen failed : The Rebel agents escaped with Crying Dawn Singer aboard the CRX - Tug " Worthless Fool " . Owen replaced Nak Farool with a new personal assistant . This new aide later decided to desert and join the Alliance with the help of Rebel officer Airen Cracken . During this time , Owen ' s daughter was preparing her wedding , which would include influential guests from twenty different sectors . The Rebel saboteur Aimi Loto had reprogrammed the protocol droids of these visitors to malfunction and even attack sentients during the event — a task that took Loto several years . Cracken met with Loto and she advised him to avoid protocol droids during the ceremony . In fact , the wedding ceremony was a havoc of exploding , hostile and otherwise fallible droids . Months before the Battle of Endor , Moff Owen sent a company of mercenaries from the First Sun Mobile Regiment to take over a Rebel outpost and provide him with prisoners for questioning . Instead , the soldiers of fortune killed all the Rebel soldiers . Enraged , Owen executed his subordinates . This outraged the First Sun leaders , who began to distance themselves from the Empire for the very first time since the Regiment ' s inception . Captain Zgorth ' sth of the New Republic ' s Department of Threat Assessment wrote about this event in 11 ABY . Personality and traits . A very thin , middle - aged Human male , Moff Owen appeared to be threatening because of his smile and of the look in his eyes . A cultured man who excelled in management , he was commonly seen with the uniform of an Imperial officer . Owen added a furred cloak to the tradition clothes , as he was fond of this complement . His subordinates styled him " His Excellency . " Owen was known to be intelligent , determined and cunning , driven only by his desire to serve the New Order and to ambitiously advance his own career . Albeit he intended to keep a firm control on Rayter sector , Owen was prone to outbursts of anger , during which he might literally kill anyone showing ineptitude or defiance , as shown when he killed Nak Farool or the First Sun mercenaries . Behind the scenes . Nile Owen first appeared in " The Abduction " ( 1992 ) , a roleplaying adventure written by Chuck Truett for West End Games ' " . " Allen Nunis drew several illustrations depicting Owen . Following his role - playing stats , Owen was knowledgeable in law enforcement and had been trained to use a blaster , but not to pilot or to repair a starship . Alternate endings . If the player characters of " The Abduction " leave KL - 6TLF7V / T in Najarka , then Owen recovers it and his men access the droid ' s memory . This leads to Owen discovering the secret Rebel base at Berrol ' s Donn , and sending a fleet to obliterate it . If they can ' t escape Narg with Crying Dawn Singer , then Owen arrests the Shashay and tries to make him reveal the secret galactic coordinates of Crytal Nest . Owen resorts to torture , eventually killing Crying Dawn Singer . This outrages the Shashay leaders , who then refuse to help the Alliance . Losing such a powerful ally , the Alliance is unable to keep unity in the sector and fragments — something that cements Owen ' s power over Rayter .