Ziz said:

xhonzi said:

SilverWook said:

If none of the other characters comment on the "foul stench", I will be very surprised!

Is it your understanding that Tarkin actually has an odd smell?

I was gonna say...I don't think B.O. is one of Tarkin's character traits. That was just Leia trying to take him down a few pegs.

In one old Carrie Fisher interview she discussed her "motivation" for delivering that famous line. In her mind, Tarkin did have a smell. ;)

And if he really did smell, who's going to risk summary execution by telling him?