Unidentified Geonosian archduke

After Archduke Poggle the Lesser was killed on the Outer Rim planet Mustafar by the Sith Lord Darth Vader in 19 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas a new Geonosian archduke was appointed by the Stalgasin hive queen by 18 BBY.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the founding of the Galactic Empire to 19 BBY. As Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel establishes that Poggle the Lesser's successor was appointed during the early months of the Empire, the new archduke must have been appointed by 18 BBY. As Catalyst depicts Orson Callan Krennic and Wilhuff Tarkin's conversation occurring during the same time frame, it must have also occurred by 18 BBY. The Geonosian served as the public leaderThe Star Wars Book of the Geonosian homeworld of Geonosis and was tasked with overseeing their soldiers and worker drones.
However, as the Galactic Empire's Lieutenant Commander Orson Callan Krennic informed Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin aboard the latter's Imperial-class Star Destroyer by 18 BBY, designating a new archduke was little more than a placatory gesture. The entire Geonosian species had effectively fallen under the control of the Empire, which used them as a labor force to build the DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station.
==Behind the scenes==
The archduke was mentioned in the 2016 novel Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel, written by James Luceno.
==Appearances==
*Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel 
==Notes and references==
Category:Geonosian archdukes
Category:Individuals with unspecified pronouns
Category:Unidentified Galactic Empire personnel
Category:Unidentified political figures