Moff Panaka?

This is really wierd but in the Star Wars Complete Locations on the Emperor's Lair page 168, there is a sculpture and what it says is," Gift from Longtime ally and follower, Moff Panaka." Was Panaka in leauge with Darth Sidious? THis has to be the same one. Also in the RoTs visual dictionary on page 20 in the Data File it says, "Captian Panaka, former Head of Security for Queen Amidala, gave Palpatine information regarding Anakin and Padme's secret marriage." There has to be a connection here. Was Panaka Palpatines ally all along, even during Episode 1. Maybe that is also why he is not in Episode 2, or 3? The point is, is that it isnt part of his bio on Star Wars.com. Any thoughts on this?Maybe there is an Expanded Universe book that talks about this?

This was discussed somewhere before.. i dont know if it was here tho.. and I remember that the two Panaka's werent related persay... or at least they werent the same guy I dont believe

Really? Panaka is not a common name. How were they different? It seems like Panaka could have been secretly working for Palpatine.

In all honesty I dont think it has been discussed by LFL or anything.. but we all just agreed to disagree that they werent the same guy.. but could be related..

Maybe someone else can shed more light than I on this?

The other day I was with my cousin, and we were listening to Star Wars music. The song was Panaka and the Queens Protection. But it was an iPod and the screen was to small to fit the whole thing, so it said...... Panaka and the Queer.

Haaa. What does this have to do with the topic?
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Originally posted by DucLangur
Haaa. What does this have to do with the topic?
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I was thinking the same.. are you saying Captain Panaka is gay and thus cant be Moff Panaka.. due to the fact the Empire discriminates against Homosexuals??? Bc that is just wrong... 😛

Captain Panaka went on to become Moff Panaka. They are one and the same.

Panaka was a good friend of Palpatine's from the start of his term as Naboo's Senator, and it went on from there. When Palpatine became Emperor, he assigned Panaka to be the Moff of the Chommell Sector, including the Naboo System.

During the days of the Empire, Naboo was loyal to the Empire publically once Kylantha was instated as Queen and Panaka as Moff. The prior Queen, Apailana, was slaughtered by the 501st for her harboring of Jedi and sympathizing of the Rebellion. Kylantha sympathized the Rebellion, but did little to provide aid.

So...Panaka pretty much just said "Hey, look, I can make a bid for power!" and went for it.

Where did you get this information?

Most likely from Wookieepedia.

I trust the information, but I'd love to know where you got it from too Rex. Might be some other interesting information. 😖hifty:

it's the same panaka. Check wookiepedia if you want sources. Panaka is also the guy who ratted out anakin's wedding to palpatine.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
it's the same panaka. Check wookiepedia if you want sources. Panaka is also the guy who ratted out anakin's wedding to palpatine.

I said that. Yeah he told Palps about the wedding of Anakin and PADME. So it gave Palpatine an advantage to his plan to turn Anakin to the darkside.

Yeah, Wookieepedia...which got it from the Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy book from DK.

That book is also called the Complete Locations book right? It's the same one?

Yeah, it's a shame, but Panaka went Tarkin on us

Hey... don't insult Tarkin like that.

In fairness, Panaka was in Highlander! Though I supposed Tarkin being Van Helsing overrules that

I liked Panaka, but I was always skeptical because of his trust in the Jedi, remember him saying, " I do not agree with the jedi on this", when they fly to Tatooine, and he was also alittle too happy when Palpatine was nominated as Surpreme Chancellor. ❌