Roan Fel ' s double A Human male served as the double of Roan Fel , Galactic Emperor of the Fel Empire , in 130 ABY . He was with Fel on the galactic capital of Coruscant in that year several days after the Empire defeated the Galactic Alliance in the Sith – Imperial War and won control of the galaxy . When Fel learned that his Sith allies were planning to kill him and usurp his throne , he arranged for his double to appear at a meeting of the Council of Moffs in order to trick the Sith and allow Fel to flee into exile . Four Imperial Knight s flanked the double at the meeting , which was interrupted by the Sith Lord Darth Krayt . Krayt demanded the life of the Emperor and struck down all four Imperial Knights before killing the double and seizing the throne . Biography . A Human male served the Fel Empire in 130 ABY as a security double of Galactic Emperor Roan Fel . His appearance was nearly identical to that of the Emperor . In that year , the Empire defeated the Galactic Alliance in the Sith – Imperial War and gained control of the galaxy . Fel moved his headquarters from the planet Bastion to the galactic capital of Coruscant , and his double was with him on the capital world several days later . The Emperor learned that his Sith allies planned to betray him and usurp his throne , and he accordingly arranged for his double to appear at a scheduled meeting of the Council of Moffs later in the day . He hoped the ruse would allow him to escape the planet , and his cousin , the Imperial Knight Mohrgan Fel , volunteered to lead three other Knights and stand by the double ' s side at the meeting in an effort to promote the deception . The double dressed in the Emperor ' s robes and sat on his throne in the New Imperial Palace . He was flanked by his four Imperial Knight bodyguards as the six Imperial Moffs of the council appeared before him . After Grand Moff Morlish Veed proclaimed that the galaxy now belonged to the Empire , Darth Krayt , the Dark Lord of the Sith , arrived with three of his fellow Sith Lords . The double thanked them for their assistance in the war and asked Krayt what reward he desired — the Dark Lord named the Emperor ' s life . Mohrgan called on his Imperial Knights to defend their " Emperor , " but Krayt drew two lightsabers and quickly slew them all despite their attempts at a defense . He then struck down Fel ' s double , demanded the allegiance of the Moffs , and declared himself the Emperor of a new Empire . As the Emperor was himself a fully - trained Imperial Knight , the double ' s failure to defend himself tipped Krayt off that he was an impostor . However , the Dark Lord ' s epiphany came too late ; the double ' s sacrifice allowed Fel to flee into exile . The Emperor was able to secure forces loyal to him and form a new Empire , and he launched guerrilla strikes on Krayt ' s Imperial fleets for seven years . In 137 ABY , Fel retook Bastion and became a serious threat to Krayt ' s galactic rule . Personality and traits . The double of Roan Fel served the Emperor as a nearly identical lookalike for security reasons . He attended a meeting of the Council of Moffs in the Emperor ' s stead after it was discovered that Darth Krayt would attempt to kill Fel , and he was unable to defend himself from Krayt ' s attack . Behind the scenes . The double of Roan Fel was created by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema for the comic series " " . He first appeared and subsequently died in the series ' , released in June 2006 . Fel himself had been pictured and given a brief biography in the preview issue " " , released earlier in the month . Dark Horse Comics ' solicitation for the first issue stated that " An Emperor is betrayed , " and the comic did not clearly indicate that the man killed by Krayt was not in fact Fel until its penultimate page . The events surrounding the double ' s death were retold from different perspectives in " Legacy " ( 2007 ) , which also showed Roan and Mohrgan Fel devising the deception beforehand . Since then , the double has been mentioned in Roan Fel ' s entry in 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " and in 2009 ' s " Legacy Era Campaign Guide " . Despite the double ' s failure to defend himself from Darth Krayt , Randy Stradley , Dark Horse ' s Vice President of Publishing , has speculated that the character could possibly be an Imperial Knight .