Serdif Tount Serdif Tount was the Imperial governor of the planet Rintonne . A native of Coruscant , Governor Tount was under the orders of Moff Par Lankin of the Lambda sector . After the Battle of Endor , Lankin became a warlord and Tount helped him raiding worlds affiliated to the New Republic . In turn , Lankin provided Tount with soldiers to keep control over Rintonne . Governor Tount kept the population scared to prevent any open rebellion against him . He also restricted the freedoms of the civilian population . New Republic Intelligence wanted to overthrow Tount and offered a bounty for him . Tount was a fat Human male with a moustache , and a capable bureaucrat who kept information under control . He disliked independent bounty hunters , and was believed to use the services of a former Imperial Security Bureau specialist . Biography . Serdif Tount was a Human male born in 35 BBY on the planet Coruscant . Tount became an official of the Galactic Empire and the Governor of Rintonne , a planet in the strategic Lambda sector . Governor Tount was a subordinate of Moff Par Lankin , who ruled over the whole sector . During the peak of the Empire , Lankin provided Tount with Army troops and stormtroopers that Tount used to retain power over the planet . Tount extinguished individual freedoms over the civilian population of Rintonne , began a state of martial law and monitored any incoming traffic . He kept an strict control over information : In 4 ABY , the Galactic Emperor was killed , shaking the whole Empire , and the New Republic was created ; but the population of Rintonne was unaware of this fact . Tount , on the contrary , did know of the New Republic : He helped Lankin raiding several Republic planets , succeeding in the conquest of three of those . New Republic Intelligence had Tount in its sights , offering a bounty of 35 , 000 for his capture . They also sent several undercover agents to spy him . When Victor Grieves , a former Imperial Security Bureau specialist , was seen in the Rintonne system , he was suspected to be working for Governor Tount . By 7 ABY , the Intelligence report on Tount specified that he had scared the civilian population so much that they were too afraid to rebel because they saw no chance of victory . However , Intelligence analysts believed that Tount ' s defeat could trigger a chain reaction that would free the whole Lambda sector . Soon afterward , the Lambda sector stopped being an Imperial pocket kingdom . Personality and traits . In 7 ABY , Tount was an overweight , forty - two - year - old man . He sported a moustache and carried with him a walking stick that he could use as a club . A learned man , he was an expert in bureaucracy , specialized in the government of the Lambda sector , and even more in the administration of Rintonne . He was also familiar with the Imperial legislation . He had leadership skills particularly honed to give orders to his soldiers . He also knew how to ride Niorven stable mount s . Like other Imperial bureaucrats , Tount was known to despise the independent bounty hunters , as opposed to Imperial - aligned bounty hunters or members of the Bounty Hunters ' Guild . Behind the scenes . Serdif Tount first appeared in Bill Smith ' s " Wanted by Cracken " ( 1993 ) , a roleplaying guide published by West End Games . The book included Tount ' s roleplaying stats and an image of Tount drawn by Mike Vilardi . Tount was later mentioned in the roleplaying guides " " ( 1994 ) and " Heroes & Rogues " ( 1995 ) .