His powers may be presumed to have been conferred by the time he returned to destroy the Rebel base: by this point he had taken charge of Executor, the largest warship in the galaxy, as his command ship and Admiral Griff and the Sector Group of the Bright Jewel Oversector-one of the most important Navy commands in the Empire-were subordinated to his command. It was as Supreme Commander of the Imperial Forces that Luke Skywalker took up his father's place at the side of a reborn Palpatine, hoping to destroy the Empire from within, and for this reason, Vader can be seen as the prototype of later Supreme Commanders.ĭuring the Battle of Yavin, Lord Vader was apparently only Palpatine's observer aboard the Death Star, with operational control in the hands of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, even though Vader technically outranked him soon after, however, he was given command of the forces charged with prosecuting the war against the Rebel Alliance, and perhaps a wider commission to maintain order throughout Imperial space. Lord Vader held several different military and paramilitary titles within the Imperial hierarchy, including that of Supreme Commander.
Lord Vader occupied a personal role as Palpatine's lieutenant, with several titles and offices including Dark Lord of the Sith and warlord the specific title of Supreme Commander became more prominent in the post-Endor Empire as a position of great power, until in the era of the Imperial Remnant some nineteen years after the Battle of Yavin, the Supreme Fleet Commander assumed the duties and responsibilities of head of state of Imperial Space. In fact, specific references had Vader and Skywalker as "Supreme Commander of the Imperial Forces" and Admiral Pellaeon rather as "Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fleet" or "Supreme Fleet Commander" but all three men's ranks were sometimes abbreviated to "Supreme Commander". Although technically the Emperor, as the Head of State, Head of Government and the Commander in Chief, held absolute authority over the Imperial forces, the Supreme Commander held direct command over the segments of the Imperial Military. The title of Supreme Commander, also Supreme Commander of the Imperial Forces, Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fleet, Supreme Fleet Commander, or Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military, was borne in succession by several of the most senior officers in the Imperial Military of the Galactic Empire, including Darth Vader before the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker during the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine, and later by Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon.
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