Tarkin was without a doubt evil, no questions asked. But Tarkin never hunted, killed or tortured his enemies personally. He also never killed his subordinates for slightest mistakes. Vader did both things.
After the fall of the Republic and the subsequent rise of the Galactic Empire, Darth Vader became the most feared entity in the cosmos for those who were aware of his insidious existence, though Star Wars recently confirmed that, in one way, Grand Moff Tarkin was actually more dangerous than Vader could ever hope to be ...
While Vader might dramatically physically outclass Tarkin, both of them are tactical geniuses in their own right. Moments like this prove why Tarkin deserved his place in the highest echelons of the Empire and show why Vader would take orders from him.
Tarkin was the embodiment of Palpatine's desire to rule by fear and was put in charge of the Death Star project. In many ways, Tarkin was more ruthless than Palpatine.
Trivia. Only the Canon version of Grand Moff Tarkin can be considered Pure Evil, while his Legends version can't due to him failing the in-story's Heinous Standards with similar or fewer resources when compared to General Grievous and Lumiya, and for genuinely loving both his son and Natasi Daala.
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Did Tarkin know Vader was a Sith?
In terms of Palps, Tarkin knows Vader is Sith, they talk about using the force in ANH, when Vader chokes Tagge. Also, Vader is always waving his red saber around.
As a Grand Moff, Tarkin held government authority as well as military power. Thrawn was a military leader only. Let's not forget that in the Imperial chain of command, only Emperor Palpatine outrank him. Even Darth Vader obeyed his orders.
The Sith, Darth Vader and Darth Sidious, lead the Empire, thus they outrank everyone else. In terms of the Military Rank, Vader, Tarkin and Thrawn (Possibly the other Grand Admirals and Grand Moffs as well) were all Supreme Commanders, the highest rank. Palpatine was the only one who could override their orders.
Having learned about Tarkin's past as a hunter on Eriadu, Vader had asked him to hunt him in order to test whether he could still be challenged. Initially unwilling to accept defeat, Vader Force chokes Tarkin but relents after considering the fact that he still answers to Emperor Palpatine.
Obi-Wan Kenobi soundly defeated Vader in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and is easily one of the most powerful Jedi Vader ever faced. Vader and Obi-Wan were similar in swordsmanship and Force-sensitivity, but Vader's hatred of Obi-Wan often caused him to fight irrationally.
Originally Answered: Who was considered more evil, Palpatine or Anakin/Vader (who was not on the light side but not a Sith)? Palpatine. Vader committed murder.
before serving the Galactic Empire? will of Tarkin and Anakin met during the Clone Wars. captain Tarkin came to respect the Jedi Knight. as the 2 found common ground in their shared belief.
Although Tarkin had a good working relationship with Vader, whom he found efficient, and considered an ally in the Imperial hierarchy, he was also unsettled by Vader's supernatural powers, and mysterious nature, and disliked it when Palpatine used Vader as a check on Tarkin himself, although Tarkin respected Vader, he ...
Legends-era Grand Admirals outranked Grand Moffs, but were outranked by the Grand Vizier (Sate Pestage), the Supreme Commander and Executor (both ranks held by Darth Vader), and the Emperor himself.
He staunchly opposed the Jedi Order's role as leaders in the Grand Army of the Republic, believing that peacekeepers should not direct the Republic war effort. A favorite of Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, Tarkin served on the Strategic Advisory Cell and was promoted to the military rank of Admiral.
R2-D2 was present when Padmé gave birth to Leia and Luke, so he knew Luke was Anakin's son – but what he didn't know was that Anakin became Darth Vader. In addition to that, Anakin's fall was surely a painful event in R2-D2's life, one that he definitely wouldn't like to remember or even talk about.
At first, Ahsoka has no idea that Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader are one and the same. She discovers the truth in Star Wars Rebels when she encounters the Sith Lord in a space battle. What she senses is so shocking to her that she passes out.
Vader Outranked only by Sidious - CON: The only thing I can find that says Tarkin outranked Vader is a quote by David Filoni in 2015 during an interview about Rebels. He actually says that Tarkin outranks Vader.
In 14 BBY following the Berch Teller campaign, Governor Wilhuff Tarkin repaid a debt to the Sith Lord Darth Vader by having himself and nineteen other men hunt Vader on the planet Chandar's Folly. Vader had asked Tarkin to hunt him as he had learned of Tarkin's past hunting on Eriadu.
