Jander Graffe Jander Graffe was the Imperial Moff of Darpa sector . Biography . Jander Graffe was a male Moff who served the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War . Prior to 0 BBY , Graffe was assigned to control a sector in the Outer Rim Territories where he established a reputation for imposing the Emperor ' s will with an iron fist and direct applications of fear and aggression . Around 0 BBY , Graffe was personally assigned to control the Darpa sector in the Core , which was one of the sectors comprising the Ringali Shell , by Emperor Palpatine . The Emperor was concerned that several planets in the sector — Ralltiir in particular — were showing signs of Rebel sympathies , and knew that Graffe was capable of handling any problems that arose . Graffe immediately ordered an Imperial force to invade and blockade Ralltiir to cleanse the world of Rebels . The leader of the occupation , Lord Tion , turned the planet over to Governor Dennix Graeber , a protégé of Graffe ' s who has been transferred to Ralltiir at the Moff ' s request . Graffe and Graeber shared a desire to oppress their populations and enforce harsh laws . Unlike Graffe , who was bound by the needs to keep his sector running smoothly , Graeber was able to apply force to the Ralltiiri population . Based on Esseles , Moff Graffe lived in the official Moff ' s residence , Esprix Estate . Graffe ' s new position in a Core World sector forced the Moff to moderate his approach . He clashed with several local governors about his methods , but they dared not confront him directly . In 0 ABY , Graffe was busy replacing the bureaucracy on Esseles established by Senator Gabrial Atanna due to the dissolution of the Imperial Senate . Members of the Esselian New Order Party worked closely with the offices of Moff Graffe and Governor Griff Takel to coordinate pro - Imperial events on Esseles . During his tenure , Graffe attempted to persuade Governor Phadreas Kole of Rhinnal to bring his world more into the Empire , but did not make much headway . Since the Governor ' s inactivity did nothing to threaten the Empire , he was left alone . In 1 ABY , Rebel forces on Esseles shut down the Calamar Power Plant in Calamar , which threw the city into chaos . Moff Graffe urged Governor Takel to investigate the matter immediately . During the Galactic Civil War , Emperor Palpatine issued secret orders to his Core World Moffs . To raise taxes in their sectors , Moffs were ordered to instigate alien - led " riots " , which could then be used as the justification for a new security tax . Graffe convened a meeting of government officials and pro - Imperial supporters to plan the acts on Esseles . Local NewsNet reporter and Alliance spy Deena Mipps learned of the meeting , and led a group of Rebel agents to secretly record the conference . After bypassing security and the Moff ' s two Chiba DR - 10 protocol droid s , they recorded the discussion about harming alien residents on Esseles , and later broadcast the holovid to embarrass the Moff . With support for the Rebellion growing , Graffe intended to commit a series of atrocities , and blame them on the Alliance . He contacted Garthus Hal , an Outer Rim criminal that Graffe had met earlier in his career on a backwater posting . Hal ' s targets included bombing a monorail station and blaming it on an alien power , destroying a concert hall in the name of Alderaan , and killing several popular Podracers at the Togatto Speedway . The citizenry called for protection , and the Alliance was forced to send a team after the bombers to stop them from doing any more damage . Graffe protected the bombers , making it hard for the Alliance team to find them . However , they switched their attention from the bombers to the Moff himself , following Graffe to a meeting with Hal in New Calamar . The Alliance team then neutralized the threat once the bombers had been located and identified . Personality and traits . Jander Graffe was totally loyal to the Empire , and was eager to employ its edicts and decrees against the populations he was assigned to rule . Although allowed a freer hand in the Outer Rim , he had to rein himself in to keep the Darpa sector under control by using more political methods . Graffe was considered to be a dark and twisted individual . Behind the scenes . In " Galaxywide NewsNets " in " Star Wars Adventure Journal 3 " , his name is spelled " Jander Graff " .