Tiaan Jerjerrod / Legends Tiaan Jerjerrod ( ) was a Human male Imperial officer who hailed from a wealthy family from the Core World of Tinnel IV . Considered unambitious yet efficient by his peers , Jerjerrod worked as a desk general in Logistics and Supply before becoming Moff of the Quanta sector by 1 ABY . His sector operations were based in a family estate in Val Denn , the capital city of Tinnel IV . By 3 ABY , Jerjerrod had been assigned to oversee the construction of the second Death Star above the forest moon of Endor , appointed to that position by Emperor Palpatine himself . To hide the existence of the new Death Star , records claimed Jerjerrod had been made Director of Imperial Energy Systems and assigned to oversee the construction of large - scale power generators . Jerjerrod frequently had to brief the Emperor ' s enforcer , the Sith Lord Darth Vader , on the station ' s construction ; on one occasion , the Moff traveled to the Star Dreadnought " Executor " during the Galactic Empire ' s occupation of Bespin to report to Vader . Whereas the first Death Star had taken around nineteen years to complete , the construction of the much - larger second Death Star had moved into its final stage of assembly by 4 ABY , after approximately two to four years . However , the construction crews had fallen behind schedule ; Vader ventured to the battlestation to inform Jerjerrod that the issue needed to be rectified . Vader announced that the Emperor would be arriving to personally oversee the last stage of the Death Star ' s construction . Jerjerrod informed Vader that his men would double their efforts , as he was afraid of reporting his failure directly to the Emperor . Jerjerrod was among those assembled to greet Palpatine when he arrived . The Rebel Alliance had learned of the second Death Star ' s construction and the Emperor ' s presence aboard it via the Bothan Spynet , and they launched an attack based on false information released by the Emperor himself . When the Alliance Fleet arrived , they discovered that the planetary shield protecting the Death Star was still activated and that the Imperial Navy was situated to prevent the Rebels from escaping . Palpatine had ordered Admiral Firmus Piett not to directly engage the Rebel capital ships , a move that confused personnel on both sides . The reason behind this became clear when the Emperor ordered Jerjerrod to fire the Death Star ' s operational superlaser at the Alliance Fleet ; many Rebel capital ships were obliterated . When the Alliance gained the upper hand in the conflict , Palpatine commanded the Moff to fire on the forest moon . Before he could complete his final order , Jerjerrod perished when the Death Star was destroyed . Biography . Moff of the Quanta sector . Tiaan Jerjerrod was a Force - attuned Human male who hailed from a wealthy family native to the Core World of Tinnel IV . His grandfather had served as an admiral in the navy of the Galactic Republic ; Admiral Jerjerrod ' s connections with then - Supreme Chancellor Palpatine greatly benefited his family . Tiaan Jerjerrod started his Imperial career in Logistics and Supply as a desk officer , and he eventually rose to the rank of general . Because he was not ambitious and took great pride in destroying his enemies , he became a Moff by 1 ABY , commanding his home sector , the Quanta sector , from a family estate in Val Denn on his homeworld of Tinnel IV . His estate included a vault of artwork , several pieces of which were stolen by the master thief " Tombat . " The thefts were investigated by an Imperial investigator named Cammel Atarul . Around 1 ABY , Jerjerrod dispatched an encoded transmission stating that a Rebel operative had intercepted encrypted documents related to the research initiative known as Project Dead Eye . The Moff authorized the recipients of the message to eliminate any Rebels involved in the theft , adding that security was being increased for the project and its leader , Doctor Vacca . Jerjerrod concluded his transmission with a personal note , stressing the importance of Project Dead Eye and the need for absolute secrecy — and that should anything go wrong , the Sith Lord Darth Vader would have the Moff ' s head . At one point , Jerjerrod was featured in an advertisement for Kuat Drive Yards ' s All Terrain Scout Transport , giving the corporation a thumb ' s - up . The second Death Star . As early as 0 ABY , the Empire had been in the process of constructing a second Death Star battlestation to replace the one lost in the Battle of Yavin . In selecting a lone commander for the new battlestation , Emperor Palpatine looked for someone weak and unambitious , not wanting the new Death Star to be commanded by a triumvirate of ambitious men like Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin , Admiral Conan Antonio Motti , and High General Cassio Tagge aboard the first . Palpatine chose Jerjerrod for the position . Within the throne room of the Imperial Palace on the Imperial capital of Coruscant , the Emperor informed Jerjerrod that he would be transferred from Logistics and Supply to his new assignment . The Moff was somewhat upset with the news , and though he did not voice his opinion , the Emperor read his mind and informed him that his talents would not go to waste with his new assignment . To hide the existence of the new battlestation and create a plausible reason for the Moff ' s reassignment , Imperial records were doctored to indicate that Jerjerrod had been promoted to Director of Imperial Energy Systems , a branch of the Imperial Ministry of Energy . IES was a manufacturer of large - scale power generators that , officially , were used to provide a source of power for refugees ; unofficially , the generators were built for use aboard the second Death Star . As Jerjerrod departed the Emperor ' s throne room after being given his assignment , he was confronted by Imperial advisors Bregius Golthan , Alec Pradeux , and Kren Blista - Vanee , all of whom believed that Jerjerrod was a Moff of little importance , too insignificant to earn the attention of the Emperor . The Moff responded by giving the fabricated story for his reassignment , informing the advisors of his new position as head of Imperial Energy Systems . As the trio taunted the Moff about his apparent demotion , Jerjerrod silently told himself that he had essentially been entrusted with overseeing the destruction of the Rebel Alliance . As overseer of the new Death Star , Jerjerrod — now simply addressed as " Commander " — was stationed at the battlestation ' s construction site in the Endor system of the Outer Rim ' s Moddell sector . He had been given the overall responsibility of organizing the defense of the Death Star ' s planetary shield and its control bunker on the Forest Moon of Endor . In this role , he worked worked closely with Colonel Dyer in planning the defenses and assigning personnel . Jerjerrod also charged the V - series supervisor droid AV - 6R7 with overseeing the various labor droids that aided in the construction of the battlestation . In 3 ABY , Jerjerrod traveled to the Star Dreadnought " Executor " — at the time present in the Bespin system during the Empire ' s occupation of the planet Bespin — to report to Darth Vader on the ongoing construction of the second Death Star . After Vader dueled with his son , the Rebel commander and aspiring Jedi Luke Skywalker , on Bespin , Jerjerrod greeted the Dark Lord of the Sith when his shuttle landed in the Star Dreadnought ' s hangar bay . Construction setbacks . By 4 ABY , the crews responsible for the construction of the second Death Star had become lax in their work . Because his crews were behind schedule , Jerjerrod had no time to inspect a new computer core that had arrived for installation aboard the Death Star , instead cursing Supervisor Gurdun for not accompanying the unit to the battlestation as planned . Unbeknownst to the Moff , the rogue assassin droid and bounty hunter IG - 88A had uploaded his consciousness into a duplicate computer core as part of his plot to use the second Death Star as a makeshift " body " from which to initiate his Droid Revolution . In truth , Gurdun had accompanied the computer core until IG - 88A killed him and replaced his stormtrooper escorts with droid replicas , but Jerjerrod preferred not having the supervisor there to complicate the already delicate matter of bringing the Death Star ' s construction back on schedule . As the stormtrooper droids unloaded the core , the Moff noted that they moved with near - mechanical precision and silently wished that all his men would be like them . However , when one of the stormtrooper droids was damaged by a falling cargo crane and activated its self - destruct , the resulting explosion took out an entire construction crew , much to Jerjerrod ' s chagrin . The Emperor had become displeased with the slow progression of the Death Star project , and he sent his apprentice , Darth Vader , to order Jerjerrod to speed up the construction . Upon the Sith Lord ' s arrival aboard the incomplete Death Star , Jerjerrod made his way to the hangar where Vader ' s shuttle had landed , waiting patiently at the bottom of the shuttle ' s ramp for Vader to disembark . Vader was quick to inform Jerjerrod of the Emperor ' s displeasure with the lack of progress in the battlestation ' s construction , brushing aside the Moff ' s concerns that the project was an impossible , under - crewed effort . When the Sith Lord revealed that the Emperor was en route to personally oversee the final stage of construction , Jerjerrod announced that his men would increase their work twofold . Although Jerjerrod found conversations with Vader to have a certain quality of motivation , he had no intention of finding out if Vader was speaking the truth when the Sith Lord announced that he was more forgiving than the Emperor . When the Emperor ' s shuttle landed aboard the Death Star , Vader and Jerjerrod were among the scores of Imperials present to greet Palpatine in a brief ceremony limited to the docking bay . When the Emperor and his cadre of advisors and Royal Guards disembarked , Vader informed his master that the Death Star would be completed upon schedule . As they processed away from the shuttle , Jerjerrod was one of the men to fall in line behind the two Sith Lords . The Moff was later present in the Emperor ' s throne room alongside the two Sith Lords and Imperial Ruling Council members Janus Greejatus and Sim Aloo , whereupon Jerjerrod received confirmation that the Emperor ' s seat of power was acceptable . At one point , the Moff and two of Palpatine ' s Royal Guards attempted to bar Vader from entering the Emperor ' s throne room ; Vader responded by Force choking Jerjerrod before sparing the man ' s life . Battle of Endor and death . The Emperor ' s arrival aboard the battlestation had been the final step of a carefully planned trap intended to destroy the Rebel Alliance . Palpatine had deliberately allowed Bothan spies to deliver the Death Star plans to the Alliance , knowing that the Rebel leadership would act upon the intelligence . With knowledge of the second Death Star ' s existence and the Emperor ' s presence aboard the station in hand , the Rebels took the bait and launched a two - phased attack on the construction site — as a strike team traveled to the Endor moon to neutralize the shield generator bunker , the Alliance Fleet would emerge from hyperspace and send its starfighters to destroy the Death Star ' s hypermatter reactor . Anticipating such a strategy , Palpatine had stationed his finest legion of stormtroopers on Endor and gathered the bulk of the Imperial Navy on the far side of the moon , ready to spring the trap . When the Rebel fleet did arrive in the Endor system , it was caught between an Imperial armada and a shielded Death Star . As the battle progressed , the Emperor opened a channel to Jerjerrod in the station ' s control room and ordered the Moff to fire the Death Star ' s superlaser at will . Though the assassin droid IG - 88A had assumed nominal command of the superlaser upon the installation of his computer core , the Imperials still maintained control over the station ' s prime weapon . Jerjerrod relayed the Emperor ' s orders to a nearby gunner , and in short time , the prime weapon destroyed the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser " Liberty " . The realization that the Death Star was fully operational despite the ongoing construction stunned the Rebel fleet , as the Alliance vessels were unprepared to deal with the bigger threat posed by the station ' s superlaser . Nevertheless , the Alliance continued the fight , engaging the Star Destroyers on the outskirts of the battlefield in an attempt to buy more time for the strike team on Endor to accomplish its objective , even as many more Rebel ships were destroyed by the battlestation ' s superlaser . As the battle progressed , the Emperor gave Jerjerrod one final order — should the shield generator be neutralized , the Moff was to turn the Death Star on Endor and obliterate the moon . Though Palpatine did not share the Moff ' s concern for the Imperial troops present on the moon , Jerjerrod acknowledged the command . Ultimately , the Alliance strike team on Endor succeeded in destroying the generating station , bringing down the deflector shield that protected the Death Star from a direct assault . Lieutenant Endicott brought word of the development to Jerjerrod , adding that contact with the bunker on Endor had been lost . Recalling the Emperor ' s edict , the Moff reluctantly gave the order for the Death Star to fire on the moon , and the station began rotating to acquire its new target . With the shield down , General Lando Calrissian , flying the light freighter " Millennium Falcon " , led several Rebel starfighters into the Death Star ' s superstructure while Rebel capital ships began firing on the station ' s hull . The bombardment thinned Jerjerrod ' s crew in the overbridge , with half of the personnel being killed , wounded , or simply frightened away . The remaining men were disorganized as chaos ensued in the control room , but the Moff made no effort to restore order . As an aide informed him that the Rebel fighters were eluding their defenses within the superstructure , a stunned Jerjerrod issued orders that made little sense , as his concentration had become focused solely on obliterating Endor . With the moon still out of range , he ordered the Death Star ' s rotation to be accelerated before being handed the superlaser ' s trigger by the fleeing aide . At sixty seconds left until firing , the Rebels had already taken out the main reactor ; even as the station crumbled around him , Jerjerrod sat calmly and gazed out of the viewscreen . When the countdown reached thirty seconds , the Death Star exploded , killing the Moff before he could execute the Emperor ' s last command . Personality and traits . Tall and thin — he stood at a height of 1 . 7 meters and weighed 79 kilograms — Jerjerrod had brown hair and green eyes . He was a competent administrator , having been a desk general , but he possessed very little military experience . He was arrogant and a self - described ambitious man , though others , particularly his superiors , considered him to be quite the opposite , believing him to lack creativity , motivation , and the audacity or vision to act on his ambition . Indeed , the Emperor saw him as only slightly ambitious , like any other Imperial officer . It was for these reasons that Palpatine assigned the Moff as the overseer of the Death Star ' s construction . The Emperor had no qualms about his selection ; Jerjerrod could get the Death Star finished in short time , but he would not mimic his predecessor Tarkin and attempt to use the superweapon for his own personal gain . Jerjerrod believed that great men such as himself never had any reason to hurry ; rather , it was his job to cause other beings to hurry . But upon learning that the slow in the second Death Star ' s assembly had displeased the Emperor , and that he would be arriving to oversee the final stage of construction , the Moff reasoned that , on certain occasions , even great men hurried . Jerjerrod did not know how he and his men could possibly complete the Death Star ' s construction on schedule , but he did not make excuses for their lack of progress — he had no intention of learning how Vader or the Emperor would respond to any such explanations . When ordered to destroy the Rebel fleet during the Battle of Endor , Jerjerrod became melancholic , for he had no wish to see the war end — ongoing war was one of his favorite things . However , he also loved the total annihilation of his enemy , and this gave him all the motivation he needed to order the gunners to fire the Death Star ' s superlaser . When the battle began turning in the Alliance ' s favor , Jerjerrod had time to reflect on the sudden turn of events . While his disorganized crew began to flee , the Moff simply sat and dwelt on his current situation , wondering how the Empire could possibly be on the brink of defeat . He could not believe that his patience , cleverness , and loyalty had not paid off , and his pride at commanding the second Death Star was no consolation . Jerjerrod ' s hatred for the Rebellion had grown as the battle progressed ; though he had once viewed the Alliance as something he could easily bully without fear of reprisal , it had matured and learned to fight back . The Moff realized that the only act that could possibly satisfy him in such a despairing time was to fulfill the Emperor ' s final order and destroy Endor , though he died before he could accomplish the feat . Equipment . During his Imperial service , Moff Jerjerrod wore the standard Imperial officer ' s uniform . He was armed with an E - 11 blaster rifle . Behind the scenes . Portrayed by Michael Pennington , Moff Jerjerrod was created for , released on May 25 , 1983 . Actor had auditioned for the role , but lost to Pennington . Though created for the film , the character of Jerjerrod first appeared in the , published prior to the film ' s release . Though his role in the film is relatively minor , the novelization includes several additional scenes in which Jerjerrod is present , many of which were shot but not included in the final version of the movie . As a result of a props " blooper " during production , Jerjerrod and all other Imperial officers wear the wrong rank badge in the film . Addressed simply as " Commander " in the film , Jerjerrod ' s name is never heard during " Return of the Jedi " , though his name is listed in the credits . In the movie ' s 1996 radio adaptation , Jerjerrod was voiced by Peter Dennis . The radio adaptation was noteworthy for providing the pronunciation of " Jerjerrod . " Archival footage of Jerjerrod greeting Vader upon his arrival on the Death Star from " Return of the Jedi " was used for the " Special Edition " release of " " , though the scene itself is from a different angle . As a result , Jerjerrod is seen greeting Vader as he lands on the " Executor " following the duel on Bespin . In 2009 , the Moff was given the first name " Tiaan " in " The Essential Atlas " . The " Imperial Sourcebook " , released in 1989 , introduced an Admiral Jerjerrod that had served the Republic ; this character was later established as being Moff Jerjerrod ' s grandfather in " " . " Coruscant and the Core Worlds " , released in 2003 , mentioned the existence of a Jerjerrod family estate in Sirpar Hills on Anaxes , but this has not been specifically tied to Moff Jerjerrod . A slight inconsistency regarding Jerjerrod ' s height exists . While the StarWars . com Databank indicated that Jerjerrod was 1 . 7 meters in height , " The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 9 " supplies the slightly taller figure of 1 . 8 meters . This article assumes that the former is correct . Script changes . Over the course of " Return of the Jedi " development , Jerjerrod ' s role expanded and contracted greatly . In earlier drafts , Jerjerrod — a Grand Moff described as a tall , confident technocrat — played a more prominent role as the Emperor ' s " secret agent , " operating behind Vader ' s back while overseeing the transformation of the Green Moon of Had Abbadon into a paradise for the citizens of the overpopulated Imperial capital . While aboard Jerjerrod ' s shuttle , Vader informed him that he had sensed a Rebel presence on the moon , but the Grand Moff saw it as an insult to his work and refused to believe it — even as a stolen Imperial transport piloted by Princess Leia and two other Rebels nearly collided with the shuttle . Upon arriving on Had Abbadon , Vader and Jerjerrod descended to the Emperor ' s throne room , which overlooked a lake of lava . Once Vader departed , having been reprimanded for not capturing Luke Skywalker , the Emperor tasked Jerjerrod with keeping an eye on Vader . Palpatine then explained that Skywalker would be replacing Vader , and that the Rebels were launching an attack on the Death Star . Jerjerrod later butted heads with General Veers , who refused to take a captive Skywalker to the Emperor on Had Abbadon and instead delivered the prisoner to Vader on the " Executor " . Furious , the Grand Moff stormed in on the Sith Lord and demanded to know why Skywalker was not delivered to the Emperor . In response , Vader grabbed Jerjerrod by the throat and killed him . In the revised rough draft , Jerjerrod ' s shuttle nearly intercepted Leia ' s captured transport when it moved to help a panicked Wedge Antilles — who was flying a captured TIE Fighter during the strike team ' s infiltration — without giving a clearance code . However , the situation was averted when Leia ' s craft was given clearance . Following the incident , Vader complained to Jerjerrod that the Emperor had not been in contact with him . Though Jerjerrod attempted to avoid an argument , he was forced to reveal that the Emperor , displeased with Vader ' s failure in capturing Luke Skywalker , had reassigned the Sith Lord to oversee the construction of the two new Death Stars . The Grand Moff explained that the Emperor doubted Vader would be able to turn young Skywalker to the dark side , a task only the Emperor could accomplish . Jerjerrod also revealed that the Emperor was aware of the impending Rebel attack , and that Luke , who was on the planet Tatooine at the time , would soon be in the hands of the Empire . Later , in the " Executor " private communications chamber , Jerjerrod conversed with the Emperor ' s holographic form , which instructed him to deliver Skywalker to him behind Vader ' s back . The Grand Moff noted that the Rebel attack would be ample to distract the Dark Lord from finding his son , allowing the Emperor to turn young Skywalker to the dark side . Because Jerjerrod had used a coded transmission and had disabled all surveillance equipment , Vader had no knowledge of the conspiracy until after Skywalker was delivered to the Emperor . Upon learning of the secret dealings , Vader killed Jerjerrod . Deleted scenes . Even after the final version of the script was established , several of Jerjerrod ' s scenes were removed . In one of these , most likely intended as a bit of on - set humor , Jerjerrod is shocked by a Royal Guard with a force pike . However , many of these deleted scenes were eventually released . In the first of these , filmed on February 18 , 1982 , according to " Star Wars Insider 24 " production timeline , Jerjerrod and two Royal Guards attempt to prevent Vader from seeing the Emperor ; in response , Vader strangles Jerjerrod using the Force but stops short of killing him . This scene was later referenced in the " Star Wars Character Encyclopedia " and included in the " " Blu - ray set . The Blu - ray set also included scenes from a subplot that involves the Moff ' s final orders . While largely present in the novelization , these scenes were ultimately cut from the film . In these clips , the Emperor tasks Jerjerrod with destroying Endor if the Rebels knock out the shield generator . Though he acknowledges the command , the Moff briefly expresses his concern for the Imperial troops still on the moon before Palpatine silences him . Later , as the battle begins to favor the Rebels , Lieutenant Endicott informs the Moff that the shield generator has been disabled , prompting Jerjerrod to reluctantly prepare the station to fire on the Forest Moon . In the last of these clips , Jerjerrod issues several orders intended to impede the Rebel starfighters that have penetrated the Death Star ' s superstructure . Once the battlestation is in position to fire on Endor , Jerjerrod hesitates momentarily before giving the order to destroy the moon . Non - canon biography . The video game " " mentions that Jerjerrod and Jabba the Hutt worked out a deal to move the latter ' s demolition games to the second Death Star . In " " , Jerjerrod appears as part of the Emperor ' s procession in the Death Star ' s docking bay , a scene inspired by the event as portrayed in " Return of the Jedi " . In addition to the Emperor , Vader , the advisors Janus Greejatus and Sim Aloo , and an Imperial officer , two from " " and Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna , disguised as Royal Guards , are part of the procession . Jerjerrod also appears , as a LEGO minifigure , in the video games " " and " " .