Halmere Halmere was a High Inquisitor during the Galactic Civil War . At the conclusion of the Clone Wars , Halmere was one of the many Force - sensitive adepts held by the Galactic Empire on the Deep Core world of Byss . There , he and his fellow captives were tested by the Dark Lord of the Sith , Darth Vader , to determine whether or not they could be of use to the Empire . Halmere , along with Antinnis Tremayne , Lanu Pasiq , and Gwellib Ap - Llewff , were selected by Vader , while the rest were killed . Subsequently , the four initiates were made Inquisitors , servants of Vader and his newly - formed Inquisitorius . Trained by Vader himself , the Inquisitors were soon tasked with hunting down a rogue Jedi who was hiding on Imperial Center . Identified as Jodd Sonta , Halmere , Tremayne , and the others confronted the fugitive and his Jedi allies , Ekria and Zonder , but were foiled during the ensuing skirmish , allowing the criminals to escape . Many years later , shortly after the Dissolution of the Imperial Senate , Halmere was tasked by Emperor Palpatine with interviewing former Senator Canna Omonda of Chandrila , who was a vocal critic of the Emperor . During the ensuing interview with Halmere , Omonda admitted to high treason , and was later sentenced to death . Biography . Recruitment . A Human male Force - sensitive , Halmere was amongst a large group of Agricultural Corps members and other Force adepts who had survived the Clone Wars , imprisoned by the newly formed Galactic Empire and overseen by Sly Moore , a member of the Imperial government . They were held on the Deep Core world of Byss at the insistence of Emperor Palpatine , who hoped to have some of them made to serve the Empire . Not long after the Declaration of a New Order that had given rise to the Empire , both Palpatine and his apprentice , the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader , inspected the captives . Palpatine , before departing , released the captives ' binding , setting them on Vader as a test . Vader , who had killed many Jedi in the prior months , goaded the captives , and they rushed him with makeshift weapons . Halmere was amongst the attackers , but Vader was easily able to fend off the adepts , until one captive , Antinnis Tremayne , turned off the Dark Lord ' s breathing device . Satisfied , Vader selected Tremayne and Halmere , as well as Lanu Pasiq and Gwellib Ap - Llewff to serve him , before having the rest of the captives executed immediately . The four selected adepts became Inquisitors in the newly formed Inquisitorius . Halmere accompanied Tremayne , Pasiq , and Ap - Llewff to the Jrade District on Imperial Center , where Tremayne addressed a meeting of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order ' s Sub - Adult Group . When Tremayne finished his speech , he turned to Halmere and had him acquire the names of all those present , as he had detected a Force - sensitive in the crowd . Later , Halmere participated in a sparring session with his fellow Inquisitors , overseen by Vader . During the session , Tremayne told Vader that he had detected the presence of a Padawan at the Sub - Adult meeting , which correlated with reports from the planet ' s lower levels . Halmere , Pasiq and Ap - Llewff were all outstripped by Tremayne during the session , who managed to push Pasiq directly into Halmere . By the time Tremayne had disarmed his fellow Inquisitors and finished his report , Vader simply ordered him to rid the galaxy of the Jedi . Hunting . Tremayne was later able to divine that the Padawan was one Jodd Sonta , and that he had a Selonian Jedi companion , Zonder . The Selonian , however , was to unwittingly depart for Byss to work as a slave , and Tremayne was confident that Sonta would try and mount a rescue attempt . Tremayne boarded the slave transport alone to trap Sonta , while Halmere , Pasiq , and Ap - Llewff waited for orders . They eventually were given the command to kill Zonder , and they moved in , blasters drawn . The Inquisitors found the Selonian accompanied by another Jedi fugitive , Ekria , and a band of other non - Human slaves . Pasiq demanded that the group surrender , but they were defiant , and attacked the Inquisitors . Zonder , leaping forward , bit Halmere ' s arm , forcing the Inquisitor to drop his blaster . Pasiq and Ap - Llewff were also subdued , as Halmere was attacked by an Ithorian . Stormtroopers then entered the area , and opened fire on the Jedi and the slaves . Halmere , Pasiq , and Ap - Llewff , however , were incapacitated , and unable to give chase as their opponents retreated back into the transport . The criminals were then able to escape on a Bantha - II cargo skiff , and Sonta was able to evade Tremayne ' s grasp . As the fugitives escaped and the Inquisitors were left empty - handed , Tremayne reminded his colleagues that as Vader was off - planet , their failure was to be kept a secret . Interrogation of Canna Omonda . By 0 ABY , Halmere had risen to the rank of High Inquisitor . Shortly after the Dissolution of the Imperial Senate , former Imperial Senator Canna Omonda of Chandrila spoke out against Emperor Palpatine in the media . According to a Coruscant Daily Newsfeed report , Palpatine requested that Omonda return from Chandrila to Imperial Center for an interview with Inquisitor Halmere . Omonda complied , and was given an escort of three Imperial Star Destroyers for her journey . During the interview , Omonda reportedly began sobbing not long after the commencement of the session , and proceeded to claim that she , as an Imperial Senator of a Core World , had used her access to classified information , and passed it on to agents of the dissident Alliance to Restore the Republic , which at that time was at war with the Empire . Omonda proceeded to divulge the names and locations of her contacts , who were arrested shortly thereafter . A spokeswoman from Halmere ' s office , Gretta Spinbalio , passed on the details of the interview to the media . Subsequently , Omonda was sentenced to be executed during Fete Week for high treason . Later Career . Halmere soon advanced through the ranks of the Inquisitors and become one of the High Inquisitor s . After the vacuum caused by the death of Palpatine on Endor , he , like many of his compeers , was recruited by High Inquisitor Jerec in to the Pentastar Alignment , the splinter state set up by Grand Moff Ardus Kaine . There he became a Great InQuestor of Judgment , that regime ' s version of an Inquisitor , and inherited the title of Zenithal InQuestor of Judgment after his predecessor Jerec was struck down . Personality and traits . Halmere was prone to screaming out in pain when bitten on the arm by large Selonians . He also registered surprise when disarmed by his sparring partners . According to Coruscant Daily Newsfeed , Halmere was startled when Senator Omonda confessed her crimes to him during an interview . Powers and abilities . Halmere displayed enough aptitude with the Force to be selected from the group of captives on Byss by Darth Vader , for service in the Inquisitorius . He was , however , outmatched in combat by his fellow Inquisitor , Tremayne . Even when armed with a blaster , Halmere was unable to defeat an unarmed Jedi Padawan , demonstrated when he was confronted by the Selonian Zonder . Behind the scenes . Inquisitor Halmere was first mentioned in the " Galaxywide NewsNets " section of " Star Wars Adventure Journal 4 " , which was published in 1994 . The character went unused in the Expanded Universe for 11 years , until he made his first appearance in Paul Ens ' " " . For the comic , Thomas Hodges provided the first rendering of Halmere . The character was later given an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in 2008 . In 2013 , Halmere was referenced in the Star Wars Blog article " " , which mentioned that he had joined the Pentastar Alignment and become a Grand InQuestor of Judgment . The picture in the article identified as Halmere was originally published in " The Pentastar Alignment " , an article in " Star Wars Adventure Journal 3 " . The picture was a representation of the Grand InQuestors from the Pentastar Alignment , and the InQuestor was unidentified in the original article . The picture was republished in " The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal , Issues 1 - 4 " and colored , as a representation of Christian Gossett ' s artwork .