Erikstormtrooper said:

I think Tarkin should have been in the PT more. Regardless of the quality of the makeup, it would have bridged the trilogies better. Does anyone complain about Obi-Wan's character because he didn't look enough like Alec Guiness?

Tarkin could have saved Anakin from the lava. Or been a close adviser to Palpatine. Tarkin's a cold calculating bastard, and they could have had a lot of fun getting him in the PT.

I'm not sure about Tarkin, the way I see it The Clone Wars (which killed billions) could be seen by the reactionary element of the military as the fault of the Jedi and flaky democracy.

I always thought that people like Tarkin were legitimately concerned with restoring and maintaining order, they just went around it in a tyrannical and undemocratic way.

Proof that the ends do not always justify the means.

Palpatine is truly evil but Tarkin came across to me as someone who would enforce peace in a ruthless fashion.