Emperor ' s Retreat The Emperor ' s Retreat was Emperor Palpatine ' s private sanctuary on his homeworld Naboo . West of the city of Moenia , the retreat was a luxurious marble edifice nestled in the Naboo hills , overlooking a lake . Palpatine attended his retreat with much of his court , including his Sith apprentice Darth Vader , Head Chamberlain Kaja Or ' Zee , Grand Inquisitor Ja ' ce Yiaso , Chief Inquisitor and head of security Loam Redge , Procurator of Justice Hethrir , and many others among the Empire ' s Dark Side Adepts and military . Under Redge ' s watch , the facility ' s security included a perimeter of guard towers , several All Terrain Scout Transports and All Terrain Armored Transports , and many stormtroopers and other soldiers , including storm commando s and dark trooper s . Loam Redge oversaw construction of the site ; upon the retreat ' s establishment , the Rebel Alliance practically disappeared from Naboo and Palpatine had little trouble with them . However , this changed by 1 ABY , when a number of incidents occurred near the retreat , including an assassination attempt on Moff Grayed Wintozzen , a counterfeit operation , and an Imperial captain being shot down in his shuttle . Palpatine reacted by creating a demonstration of the Empire ' s force , but problems still continued , when a traitor to the Empire started a campaign of sabotage that was only ended with his death . Description . Emperor Palpatine ' s retreat was located on his homeworld Naboo , west of the city of Moenia . The structure sat among the hills of Naboo , overlooking a tranquil lake . Palpatine visited the retreat when he wished to contemplate the future of the Empire . The Emperor also held summits with personnel from the highest levels of the Galactic Empire there , and met with some of his most powerful advisors . Palpatine ' s personal shuttle was granted a landing pad to remain docked while the Emperor was there , with pilots standing by . The retreat was a multi - story structure , styled with domed roofs like many Naboo buildings . Guard towers surrounded the facility , and security patrols kept watch outside . A wide stone concourse lined the backside of the building , with a balcony overlooking the lake . The retreat ' s front was outfitted with a veranda . Leading to the retreat was a long and wide road , large enough to accommodate the Empire ' s All Terrain Armored Transports . The retreat ' s interior was decorated luxuriously . The walls were made of a mottled pink and tan marble , while the floors of its many hallways were covered with thick , gold - lined maroon carpeting . Computer terminals were scattered throughout the facility . Palpatine ' s inner sanctum was accessible by elevator , the entrance to which was guarded constantly by the Emperor ' s Royal Guards . The antechamber to his room was festooned with maroon - and - gold banners and lit with cylindrical gold lamps suspended from the ceiling . Within , Palpatine held audience from his dais . Occupants . The principal inhabitant of the Emperor ' s Retreat was Palpatine , Dark Lord of the Sith and Emperor of the Galactic Empire . Commanding from a dais in his sanctum , Palpatine held audience with those who were granted permission to see him . Access to the retreat , and ultimately to Palpatine , was controlled by the Emperor ' s Head Chamberlain , Kaja Or ' Zee . Those who wished to see Palpatine had to prove themselves worthy of an audience with him . Or ' Zee attended to Palpatine , and saw that the business of the retreat ran smoothly . Along with Palpatine , his Sith apprentice Darth Vader had his own chambers in the retreat . Vader saw to those who the Emperor had no personal use for , but could still be useful to the Empire . Officials of the Empire ' s highest ranks and those close to Palpatine took up residence at the retreat as well . Many high - level members of the Inquisitorius could be found within its walls , including Grand Inquisitor Ja ' ce Yiaso , Chief Inquisitor Loam Redge , Inquisitor Fa ' Zoll , and Inquisitor Vrke . Another member of the Empire ' s Dark Side Adepts that visited the retreat was Lord Hethrir , Imperial Procurator of Justice . Several ranking members of the Imperial Military were sometimes stationed at the retreat , including the Chiss Captain Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo and Colonel Maximilian Veers . Officers as low as the rank of major were assigned their own offices . Security for the site was charged to Loam Redge . The retreat was heavily guarded : a plethora of soldiers were stationed there , including stormtroopers , storm commando s , snipers , and even dark trooper s . Every stormtrooper at the retreat was kept on high alert . Palpatine ' s sanctum was guarded by two Royal Guards at the elevator to the sanctum , whose job was to prevent assassins from getting in or the Emperor from being disturbed , while two more served the Emperor from aside his dais . Darth Vader had an escort of two stormtrooper riflemen outside his own chambers . The entire facility was protected by a patrol of All Terrain Scout Transports and the more heavy - duty All Terrain Armored Transports , and had an air patrol of TIE / Advanced starfighter s . Aside from the Core Worlds , Naboo was the most heavily guarded planet in the galaxy . The Emperor ' s Retreat , like many installations in the Empire , was filled with MSE - 6 mouse droids ; among the diminutive droids ' duties was handling the retreat ' s housecleaning . RA - 7 protocol droids could be found on the grounds of the retreat as well . History . When Palpatine elected to build a private retreat , he chose his homeworld of Naboo , not because he felt any loyalty to the planet , but because his world ' s landscape — and the location of the retreat in particular — made for a soothing view . Palpatine assigned construction of the facility to Inquisitor Loam Redge . The Emperor faced little trouble on Naboo after the retreat ' s establishment , and the Alliance to Restore the Republic ' s presence on the planet made itself practically invisible to the Empire . However , the year 1 ABY saw a good deal of Rebel activity in the retreat ' s vicinity . Palpatine and his court took up residence in the retreat , spending time in it between the middle of that year and the beginning of the next . In 1 . 5 ABY , Governor Grayed Wintozzen , Moff of a system near Naboo , visited the retreat to meet with other officials . A local Rebel group plotted to hire an assassin to murder Wintozzen , but after overhearing one of their conversations the Empire , with the help of a visiting Imperial loyalist , was able to take them out first , and the assassin and all conspirators were killed . Kaja Or ' Zee wrote a letter of recommendation for the Empire ' s new ally , promising to put in a good word with the Emperor himself . The Imperials at the retreat saw many more victories over local Rebel movements that year . Chief Inquisitor Loam Redge had a group of Rebel sympathizers hauled in for questioning . Lord Hethrir found a counterfeiter in league with the Rebels , and had him , his Rebel contact , and even the contact ' s father killed . The Rebels made trouble of their own , though . On approach to the retreat , Captain Dolmen was shot down in his shuttle , and Captain Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo had to send out a party to escort him to safety . Thrawn , as he was known , had the shuttle ' s transponder retrieved , and the Empire ' s analyst Geg Winthazen was able to use it to find the Rebels ' weapon site . On Thrawn ' s orders , the Rebel installation was wiped out . Maximilian Veers was in charge of cleaning up after Thrawn , eliminating any survivors of the destroyed cell . After finding a shipment of guns that had been stolen off the shuttle , Veers had the mastermind of the attacks , a Twi ' lek named Borvo , killed , sending AT - ATs to his base to finish the job . The plans for the retreat fell into the Rebel ' s hands that year as well . Disguised as the poetry of a Rebel contact named Nura Tinall , the plans were delivered to Ebenn Q3 Baobab of Naboo . Baobab hired an intermediary in Moenia to pass the plans to Tinall , under the guise of returning her poetry , and Tinall in turn intended to deliver them to Rebel leader Leia Organa . Desiring to make a point of the Empire ' s commitment to destroying the Rebellion , Palpatine hired a band of mercenaries to attack the summer home of Kylantha , Queen of Naboo , in the guise of Rebels . After meeting with Kylantha at the retreat , the Emperor ordered the mock - Rebels crushed as a demonstration of what it meant to defy the Empire and Queen , then had his message delivered directly to Naboo ' s Parliament . The Emperor ' s Hand Mara Jade later visited the retreat to pass off information to Vader ; the Dark Lord was busy investigating the connection between Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi and the pilot who destroyed the Death Star , Luke Skywalker , a quest he would continue to be consumed with . At the retreat , Vader also met with an agent of the Empire , Finn Darktrin , after the latter failed to retrieve a data holocron containing a list of high ranking Rebel sympathizers . The Empire ' s problems did not abate after the Emperor ' s demonstration . Palpatine suspected Kylantha was harboring a Rebel general ; an investigation was launched that proved the Emperor correct , and the man , Jacen Nire , was located and killed . Meanwhile , Kaja Or ' Zee launched an investigation into Rebel infiltration of the retreat . The facility ' s guard towers had been entered without authorization , an AT - ST had been found with a jamming device on it , and even the landing gear of the Emperor ' s shuttle had been tampered with . The culprit was eventually fingered as Major Barret Herand , and the major and his associates were killed for his treason . After sending a fake message from the retreat , supposedly from Herand calling for extraction , the Imperials were able to take out Herand ' s Rebel handlers as well . Behind the scenes . The Emperor ' s Retreat first appeared as a location in the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game " Star Wars Galaxies " . It serves as the starting point for a number of interconnected quests , collectively termed the " Imperial Theme Park . " Many of the characters mentioned in this article , including Palpatine , Vader , Thrawn , Veers , and the Inquisitors , are ( NPCs ) in " Galaxies " who assign the quests . Until September 14 , 2007 , the Imperial Theme Park consisted of different quests , all of them with endpoints much physically closer to the retreat . This changed with one of " Galaxies " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > updates . An NPC named Wurson Harro appeared in the retreat as well ; his sole purpose was to reset the Theme Park — done by speaking to him — for those players who had completed the old version . As it has not been indicated that previous versions of " Galaxies " have been rendered non - canon , both old and new versions of the Theme Park are included in this article . The " Champions of the Force " installment of " Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game " shows a rather different rendition of the retreat than " Galaxies " . By precedent with works like " " , it is likely " Galaxies " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > simplified rendition is a matter of game mechanics , and the canon version is more like " Champions of the Force " .