Grand Moff Tarkin started out as an Imperial Governor on the outer rim
system governing the systems of the Seswenna Sector.
Tarkin deviced the philosophy of :
"Rule by fear of the force rather then the force itself".
The Emperor recognized Tarkins abilities and bestowed on him the title
of Grand Moff. Tarkin came up with the idea of an armoured spacestation
with so much firepower that even the most rebelious system could be
forced into submission. His work lead to the building of the first Death Star.
Unknown to Tarkin the rebels had aquired a copy of the Death Star
schematics and had found a weak point in the system.
The rebels attacked the Death star and managed to destroy it
and thus killing Tarkin in the proccess.