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By the time of Star Wars: A New Hope, why was Leia familiar with Tarkin?
Leia has known about Tarkin from early childhood, and encountered him before she became a Senator.
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The very first thing Leia’s father had ever told her about Grand Moff
Wilhuff Tarkin was that ...
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By the time of Star Wars: A New Hope, why was Leia familiar with Tarkin?
He is a regional Governor of “numerous outlying Imperial territories”1. They are politicians who have served in the same government, more or less.
I suspect it’s similar to a federal legislator ...
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