Plorest

Plorest was a Grand Moff of the Corusca sector within the Galactic Empire who declared himself Galactic Emperor using the fake Imperial Security Code 88173.1 after the apparent death of Emperor Sheev Palpatine in 4 ABY. The Imperial Military ignored Plorest's rule and, within three days, he was murdered by one of his lovers.
==Biography==
Plorest was the Galactic Empire's Grand Moff of the Corusca sector, which contained the Empire's capital world of Coruscant. As most actual governing was done on Coruscant, Plorest was a leader in name only to all intents and purposes; however, after Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine was believed to have perished at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, the Grand Moff realized that Palpatine's Grand Vizier, Mas Amedda, was not going to work as a replacement.
Plorest then took it upon himself to contact Imperial forces across the galaxy and invoke the completely fictional Imperial Security Code 88173.1 to declare himself the new Emperor. This communication was stored in a file in the "Corusca Sector" section of the Imperial Archives with the title "Declaration of the Transfer of Imperial Power." The military ignored Plorest and, less than three days after his reign began, the former Grand Moff was murdered by one of his lovers. In 35 ABY, the historian Beaumont Kin mentioned Plorest among other self-declared Emperors in hisStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary book, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire.
==Behind the scenes==
Plorest was mentioned in the 2024 reference book Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, which was written by Dr. Chris Kempshall.
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire 
==Notes and references==
Category:Grand Moffs of the Galactic Empire
Category:Individuals of unspecified gender
Category:Individuals of unspecified species
Category:Individuals with he/him pronouns
Category:Self-Declared Galactic Emperors of the Galactic Empire