Unidentified Imperial Advisor ( tall hat ) A Human male Imperial Advisor was a member of the Ruling Council of the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War . He was one of only a few hundred Advisors who were genuinely loyal to Galactic Emperor Palpatine , and , as a high - ranking bureaucrat , the Advisor wore lavish light blue robes and a tall , dark blue hat . In 4 ABY , the tall - hatted Advisor accompanied the Emperor to the Endor system and arrived aboard the second Death Star , an Imperial battlestation that was undergoing construction . Alongside five other members of the Ruling Council , the tall - hatted Advisor followed the Emperor as he disembarked his private shuttle and was greeted by a large gathering of Imperial officers and stormtroopers . However , the station was destroyed by the Rebel Alliance a few days later , and all six Advisors were killed . Biography . A Human male with pale skin and brown eyebrows served the Galactic Empire as an Imperial Advisor during the Galactic Civil War . Of the several thousand Advisors who ran Galactic Emperor Palpatine ' s bureaucracy , he was one of only a few hundred who demonstrated genuine loyalty to the Emperor and his New Order . Those individuals were consequently appointed to the Imperial Ruling Council , also known as the Emperor ' s Inner Circle . Based on the galactic capital world of Coruscant , the members of the Ruling Council were permitted private audience with the Emperor . Their duties were to manage the Empire and carry out the Emperor ' s will . Palpatine encouraged competition between his Advisors , tasking them with overseeing not only their home systems , but those of rival Advisors as well . He thus kept them loyal to him while discouraging internal cooperation and alliances between them . High - ranking advisors often wore lavish robes indicative of their status , and the Human male complemented his light blue attire with a piece of tall , dark blue headwear . To further promote suspicion between his Advisors , the Emperor doted on only a select few at any given time . In 4 ABY , the tall - hatted Advisor was one of six Inner Circle members who accompanied Palpatine to the second Death Star , a massive Imperial battlestation under construction in the Endor system . The group arrived aboard the station in the Emperor ' s private shuttle and , flanked by Palpatine ' s Royal Guard , disembarked into a hangar crowded with a welcoming assembly of Imperial officers and stormtroopers . The Emperor was greeted by his Sith apprentice , Darth Vader , and , as the two departed the hangar , the tall - hatted Advisor and his fellows silently followed in their wake . A short time later , the station was destroyed during an attack by the Rebel Alliance fleet , and all six Advisors — as well as both Vader and the Emperor — were killed . Behind the scenes . The tall - hatted Advisor was one of six who followed the Emperor onto the second Death Star in Richard Marquand ' s 1983 film , . He was played by an uncredited extra . The tall - hatted Advisor ' s outfit was inspired by , whom the film ' s assistant art director , Nilo Rodis - Jamero , looked to when designing the robes and elaborate headgear of all of the Advisors . In concept art of the arrival scene by artist Ralph McQuarrie , tall hats are worn by two different Imperial digitaries , neither of whom are dressed in blue . Prior to " Return of the Jedi " release , the arrival scene was described in James Kahn ' s of the film , in which Kahn refers to the group as " the Emperor ' s courtiers . " Pictures of the group have since appeared in several " Star Wars " reference works , some of which have established them as being members of the Imperial Ruling Council . The character ' s death aboard the Death Star was not revealed until the 2013 " " card set . In 2003 , a production photo of five of the Advisors seen in " Return of the Jedi " was included in an article published on StarWars . com , accompanied by text that read " Among the members of Palpatine ' s Inner Circle are : Sate Pestage , Janus Greejatus , Sim Aloo , Ars Dangor , and Kren Blista - Vanee . " At that time , three of the Advisors in the photo had already been identified in the Expanded Universe as Greejatus , Aloo , and Blista - Vanee . Neither the tall - hatted Advisor nor the fifth Advisor had been named , but Sate Pestage had been visually depicted in " Star Wars " canon sporting headwear similar to that worn by the fifth Advisor . As such , the article led to some fan confusion and conflation of Dangor with the tall - hatted Advisor . However , an illustration of Dangor from 1997 ' s " Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook , Special Edition " does not resemble the tall - hatted Advisor nor any of the Advisors seen in the photo . Additionally , several sources have established Dangor as living past the Battle of Endor .