ferris209

Tarkin was actually a Grand Moff over the Moffs of many sectors. He held a higher power than any regional governor could imagine. I would imagine that Moff tarkin also held some extra power aside from that of a Grand Moff since he was the Chief Officer of the Death Star.

Tarkin was a Grand Moff and Regional Governor. The Grand Moff dignity might have indicated some extra-regional authority, but it does seem strange that he brags one moment that Coruscant has given control to regional governors then the next blows up some other regional governor's planet.



Why would anyone in the Rebel headquarters be discussing tactics? As Patton said, no one above battalion level should be discussing tactics. Definitely not echelons above God. Why would they even need to meet in one place to discuss tactics anything? Vader teleconferenced with his commands; he only met them in person when he wanted to kill someone, and sometimes not even then. The Jedi Council teleconferenced in the prequels. Why didn't the Rebels work this way? What is this "War Room of the United States"? If you mean the White House Situation Room, there's a good description of its workings here. Why didn't they meet on a ship, like Mon Mothma had the brains to do in RotJ?

Hoth was hard on their equipment, and hard on their reconnaissance -- they had to ride pack animals around just to see what was happening right outside their base. It wasn't defensible, because those huge plains practically invited an armored assault, and putting their power generator above ground where anyone can shoot it wasn't too bright. Freezing all the time and frequent cases of frostbite, snow blindness, and hypothermia couldn't have been good for morale.

Echo is probably just the successor to the Yavin cell -- a few X-wings and an Alderaanian tart with money.

I would imagine that Han and Lando could be given Field Officer Commissions much like the United States Military can during times of war.

Originally posted by: Scruffy
A catch-all topic for stupid Star Wars questions....
Who reigns over the Alderaanian people?

There is not much around anywhere to explain in detail of this. what I do know is that after Alderaan was destroyed, there was a planet in the Outer Rim called New Alderaan which was colonized by the displaced Alderaanians. It was led by a political group called the "Alderaan Alliance" which continued to represent the Alderaanians in the Senate after the New Republic was established. Again, I can't remember anything being said of the monarchy, so I guess it just died with Bail Organa.



Echo Base was the rebellions headquarters. It is where many Rebel leaders met and discussed tactics. Basically imagine it being like the only talked about, but never seen War Room of the United States, which supposedly sits under the White House. Luke Skywalker recommended the location of the icy planet of Hoth to the Rebel leaders because it was so remote, had little resources the Empire would want, and was simply a difficult planet for the Empire to search. Remember how Echo Base was almost quickly dismissed by Imperial officers before Vader walked up and declared it to be the base. If Vader had never seen the image, maybe the Battle of Hoth would never have taken place.

Originally posted by: Scruffy
A catch-all topic for stupid Star Wars questions....
How did Han and Lando get general officer commissions?

Originally posted by: bad_karma24
I think that the Geonosians were just storing the DS plans, since Dooku had made it his home base for the time being.