Xandel Carivus Xandel Carivus was a Human male from Ord Cantrell . He came from a wealthy family which had the long ties to the Galactic Empire — so when Xandel was old enough he became a bureaucrat to serve the Imperial cause . He was one of the several high ranking Imperials to help fund the work of Carnor Jax , therefore guaranteeing that the clone bodies of Emperor Palpatine would die prematurely . Jax would assume the throne of the Emperor , but would eventually be killed by Kir Kanos . It was following this that Nom Anor manipulated events so that Xandel Carivus would be elected by the Interim Ruling Council to become the Empire ' s new ruler . Carivus was eventually caught by Kanos and was quickly executed for his part in the death of Palpatine ' s clones . Xandel was the last Imperial ruler to claim the title of Emperor until Jagged Fel . Biography . Carivus and Nom Anor . Xandel Carivus was a pompous bureaucrat who was part of a wealthy family from the planet Ord Cantrell , located deep within Imperial territory . When Nom Anor came from Yuuzhan Vong space , he recognized Carivus as the perfect person to complete his aims of weakening the galaxy at large . Frightening Carivus into servitude , Anor advised Xandel to invest a large portion of his wealth into Carnor Jax ' s cause . With the money of Carivus and several other Imperial higher - ups , Jax bribed Emperor Palpatine ' s personal physician into sabotaging Palpatine ' s clones , thus leading to an early death for the Emperor . On the Interim Ruling Council . With Palpatine out of the way , Jax was quick to move in on the throne — Jax placed everyone that had financed his plan into the Interim Ruling Council with himself at the head . Now serving as a part of the head of the Empire , Xandel decided to relax , earning the disgust of many people on the council . During this time , presumably under the advice of Anor , he formed his own private guard for his personal protection . However , mere months after Jax had established himself as the new Emperor , he was killed by Kir Kanos in a duel on Yinchorr . From reports by Imperials at the time , the council knew that Kanos had killed Jax for his role in the death of the Emperor , and that he had vowed to kill everyone that had supported Jax ' s plan . This threw the Council into an uproar ; few on the council believed that one man would be able to do such a feat , but many members believed that they would not be able to hold power after the death of Jax . The council established Burr Nolyds as their head and looked for a place to temporarily convene . At the behest of Nom Anor , Carivus offered his estate as an acting place for the council to meet . Nom Anor knew that the rest of the council despised Carivus as an idiot and a coward . If he could make them believe that the position of head of the council was a dangerous one , they would most likely place the most hated person there . Using an explosive that carried the crest of Kanos from his days as a Royal Guardsmen , Anor killed Nolyds . Anor ' s plan went perfectly — knowing that the head of the council was now a target , Carivus was voted resoundingly as the Empire ' s new leader . As head of the Council . Carivus believed that Anor wanted to rule the Empire with his people replacing the council as the new leaders . However , Anor ' s plan was far more sinister — He hoped to cause a civil war between Human and alien species within the Empire . To this end Nom Anor killed two more Human members on the council , Admiral Banjeer and General Immodet , to increase tension between the Human and alien members of the council . One of the Human members of the council , Feena D ' Asta , who feared for her own safety , called for a vote of no - confidence in Carivus after these assassinations . Although the vote failed miserably ( no one else wanted to put themselves in any more danger than they already were ) , Carivus held a lasting grudge against Feena . Following these assassinations , and on the orders of Anor , Carivus arrested every nonhuman member on the council . However , Carivus also had Feena D ' Asta arrested on his own initiative for her role in trying to remove him from power . Clone conspiracy . Days after expelling the nonhuman members from the council , there was an assassination attempt on Carivus . The attempt was put down , however Imperial troops discovered that a clone of Carivus had been with the assassins . Unbeknownst to Carivus , the Feena D ' Asta that he had arrested had been a clone under the power of the criminal organization Black Sun . When he arrested her , Black Sun was blind to the council ' s dealings and had planned to replace Carivus with a clone which they could then control . After the assassination attempt , Carivus began to believe that he was more important than Anor had initially made him believe . Under his own initiative , Carivus disbanded the rest of the council and declared himself Emperor . Nom Anor leaves . The abolition of the Interim Council did not fit in with Anor ' s plan at all . Instead of the aliens holding a grudge against the Humans , they blamed Carivus exclusively for the problems that had persisted . Carivus had inadvertently made himself the scapegoat for the misdealings of the Empire and had actually united the rest of the Empire against him . Confronting Carivus , Anor showed his outrage at Carivus ' s actions by telling him that his masters had made new plans — ones that no longer included him . In his final statement , Anor warned Carivus that Kir Kanos was in the building and was coming to kill him . Secretly , Anor had also poisoned Carivus as a back - up plan should Kanos fail in his mission . Carivus ' s death . Imprisoning Feena proved to be Carivus ' s biggest mistake . Baron Ragez D ' Asta , who was enraged by Carivus appointing himself Emperor and imprisoning his daughter , arrived at Ord Cantrell to rescue Feena . Using his entire fleet , Ragez broke through Carivus ' s defenses and demanded an immediate audience with Carivus . Secretly Kanos was within the Baron ' s landing party with the intention of killing Carivus , but with Nom Anor ' s warning , Carivus knew that Kanos was probably in the Baron ' s entourage . He ordered his personal Guards to kill everyone in the Baron ' s landing party . Trying to make a hasty retreat out of a back entrance , Carivus was caught by Kanos and quickly executed for his part in the death of Emperor Palpatine . Ramifications . Carivus was the last person to attempt to claim the title of Emperor before Jagged Fel ; as such , his death could be considered the dividing line between the Galactic Empire proper and the Galactic Empire referred to as the Imperial Remnant .