Editing Grand Moff Tarkin (section)

===''Legends''===
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In ''Legends'', Tarkin appears in several novels, including ''[[Death Star (novel)|Death Star]], [[Cloak of Deception]], [[Rogue Planet (novel)|Rogue Planet]]'' and ''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]''. The original Marvel [[Star Wars (1977 comic book)|''Star Wars'' comic series]] features a powerful superweapon called "The Tarkin" after the late Grand Moff. His protegee and lover, Natasi Daala, is later featured as a frequent antagonist in novels set after his death.

[[West End Games]]' roleplaying material describes the "Tarkin Doctrine", which emphasizes ruling "through the fear of force, rather than force itself", and has been mentioned various other times in the ''Star Wars'' canon. He is also mentioned during the ''[[New Jedi Order]]'' novel series as having been present on [[Zonama Sekot]] with Anakin Skywalker. In the comics series ''Darth Vader and the Lost Command'', Tarkin is seen telling Vader of a missing convoy of Imperial craft and adds that his own son was in command of the convoy and is also missing.