10 Major Star Wars Characters Who Didn’t Really Do Anything

6. Grand Moff Tarkin

Star Wars - Tarkin Apart from looking like a high-ranking member of the Third Reich and eloquently discussing how simple it would be to destroy the Rebel Alliance before it€™s even begun, Tarkin€™s contribution towards that particular goal makes for very depressing reading. He makes a lot of idle threats that basically equate to a lot of frowning, seemingly oblivious to the fact he has the most awesome intergalactic weapon ever conceived at his disposal yet only uses the thing, what, once? Idiot. He doesn€™t appear to accomplish anything apart from blow up a planet that was completely irrelevant to the plot of the film as well as stubbornly refuse to acknowledge that the Death Star is probably going to get turned over by a bunch of rebellious vigilantes in garish orange jump suits. He displays a tactical naivety that would make even Jar Jar Binks point and laugh. Yet Grand Moff Tarkin was one of the uber-Fuhrers of the Galactic Empire. It€™s no wonder the Rebels totally did a number on them.
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