Alec Pradeux Alec Pradeux was a privy advisor to Emperor Palpatine . Biography . Imperial advisor . Alec Pradeux was an advisor to Emperor Palpatine during the Galactic Civil War . A charismatic man who knew how to deal with the media , he was one of Palpatine ' s closest advisors , and was reputed to have had the Emperor ' s ear . He wielded as much power as many a Grand Moff , including Vilim Disra , and was considered a political powerhouse , and was very well known . Pradeux was Palpatine ' s official liaison with the newsnet , often providing the media with propagandized information that put the Empire in a better light and dispelling rumors and inaccuracies with regular statements . Pradeux also carried out various other roles for the Emperor . The Candorian plague . In 1 ABY , the people of the Imperial - controlled world of Dentaal ousted the Empire from their homeworld and declared themselves independent . Crix Madine and the newly - founded Imperial storm commando s surreptitiously released the deadly Candorian plague on the world in retaliation . The plague , which had once engulfed almost the entire galaxy , over a thousand years prior , had not been seen in dozens of years , but the Empire had kept samples of it for such use . Airborne , quick - spreading , and extremely contagious , no cure was known for it , and within a matter of weeks Dentaal had become an uninhabited , desolate wasteland , over ten billion people having died of the disease . Pradeux was tasked with leading a faux investigation into the outbreak and informing the media of his supposed findings . Some weeks later , Pradeux made a statement to Imperial HoloVision on the affair . The Empire had conceived a story blaming the outbreak on the Alliance to Restore the Republic , and Pradeux duly delivered it to Imperial citizens , spreading lies that the Rebels had engineered the disease in their labs on Alderaan . According to Pradeux ' s report , the Emperor had made efforts to terminate the Rebels ' samples of the disease , but he had not been quick enough to act before some quantities of it had been smuggled offworld . Pradeux alleged that the samples , contained in small canisters , had found their way to Dentaal , but that that was not their intended target ; he stated that the Rebels had accidentally released the deadly disease , with galactic capital Coruscant their intended target . While Pradeux maintained that the events on Dentaal were a tragedy , he told viewers to be aware of how close the Rebels had come to killing off the population of Coruscant , and told them that more canisters containing samples of the Candorian plague might still exist elsewhere . Praduex ' s statement discredited and vilified the Rebel Alliance , and kept the Imperial citizens in fear , and thus easier to rule , according to the Imperial Doctrine of Fear . New allies . In the following months , Pradeux became one of numerous Imperial advisors to join the emerging Imperial court faction of Grand Admiral Rufaan Tigellinus , who had decided to try his hand at court politics . Tigellinus ' alliance with Pradeux was a key aspect of his rise to power , and one that was well documented by the media . The two would stay allies for a number of years . During the New Year Fete Week of 3 ABY , Pradeux was once again in the media spotlight . Palpatine was unable to attend the festivals for the second year in a row , and Pradeux was the one to deliver the message to the masses . He informed the public that Palpatine was in good health and spirit , but would be unable to attend celebrations because he was conducting official Imperial business in the Deep Core ; Pradeux also implied that the Emperor was finalizing plans to wipe out the Rebel Alliance . Addressing the issue that many other notable Imperials , such as Pradeux ' s ally , Tigellinus , and Darth Vader , had not deigned to attend either , the newsnet liaison stated that the Empire required constant and careful supervision to ensure that everything ran efficiently and order was maintained . In Palpatine ' s stead , Pradeux and fellow advisors Kren Blista - Vanee , Sate Pestage and Bregius Golthan presided over the majority of the Fete Week celebrations . Palpatine returned to Coruscant approximately three weeks later , and one of his first acts was to meet with Imperial advisor Bregius Golthan . Immediately thereafter , Golthan was made Imperial Minister of Security and dispatched to the Core Worlds . His promotion was not made public , but Pradeux informed news reporters of it around a week later , during a press conference . He made a statement , ostensibly to dispel persistent rumors that Golthan was ill , and to inform the public of his appointment ; he made it clear that Golthan ' s role with the military was purely an advisory one . Later activities . Pradeux ' s ally Tigellinus — now a Grand Moff — was once again in the news a number of months later , though not for the usual reasons . He had been appointed to oversee investigations into the financial activities of Brentaal IV Governor Jerrod Maclain , which surprised court observers , who did not expect to see such a high - flying and prominent Imperial — and a member of the prestigious , exclusive Order of the Canted Circle relegated to such mundane duties . Pradeux made a statement on the matter , stating that the Emperor ' s choice was final , and pointing out that Tigellinus ' appointment merely highlighted the severity of the matter . He allied himself with Tigellinus after the Battle of Endor .