History Fanfic / WilhuffTarkinHeroOfTheRebellion

** Nearly the entire population of the galaxy, including [[FantasticRacism human supremacists]] and [[EvilOverlord Palpatine]], are appalled at the Pius Dea cult and how [[FinalSolution they systematically dispossessed aliens and committed genocide]] for being impure while they ruled the Republic to the point that everyone is horrified at their motto "The Goddess Wills It", to the point that proud Imperials openly denounce them millennia later, comparing them unfavorably to the [[TheDon Hutts]] and declaring their rule as the DarkestHour of the Republic (during the [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic Galactic Wars]] and the New Sith Wars the Republic fought a desperate war for survival against evil, but under the Pius Dea it ''was'' evil). [[spoiler: [[MagnificentBastard Tarkin covertly pointing out to the population a series of parallels between the Pius Dea and the Empire's methods]] starts causing {{Heel Realization}}s among ''[[{{Mooks}} Stormtroopers]]'']].

** The Base Delta Zero OrbitalBombardment protocol reduces a planet to a lifeless husk by wiping out all biological lifeforms, vaporizing every trace of liquid water, pulverizing the atmosphere, and melting down the crust... yet even TheEmpire considers it a last resort in case the situation on a planet has gone ''that'' bad. Tarkin cites an incident where a planet was being overran by a horde of {{Kaiju}} as a case where it was ordered and called off at the last moment when it was discovered a certain chemical would kill it. It's finally ordered when Tarkin discovers the existence of [[Literature/GalaxyOfFear D'vouran]], a literal people-eating ''planet'' capable of hyperspace travel.
** During a conversation with Tarkin, Thrawn claims that the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Death Star]] is not ''that'' urgent, but when Tarkin asks what Thrawn would consider worth of the Death Star, the Grand Admiral reveals the existence of the [[EldritchAbomination Mnggal-Mnggal]], a spreading monstrosity from the Unknown Regions that is considered so horrible that [[EnemyMine a sighting interrupts any battle in the area until the infestation has been dealt with]] and has consumed an entire planet surrounded by a Mnggal-Mnggal-controlled fleet, that he would use it against

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Tarkin reacts to the existence of [[Literature/GalaxyOfFear Project Starscream]] with measures ranging from having Cornelius Evazan executed ''twelve times'' to inflicting a planet with [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 Base Delta Zero]] OrbitalBombardment. All of it is warranted for ''very good reasons'' (Cornelius Evazan having been sentenced to death on twelve different systems - for ''different crimes'' than his involvement in Project Starscream - and the planet ''ate people'').

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tarkin gains a reputation as this in the Outer Rim with his strict but fair rule and his efforts to reduce crime in the area

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified: Tarkin makes sure the Rebellion will not have any blemishes on its honor by taking on more unsavory cells

* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: The Empire's use of T-7 ion disruptors against the Lasat population is flat-out declared this as disruptors are "anti-materiel weapons to be used exclusively on vehicles, barricades, and buildings"... And a general ordered them used on ''individual soldiers and unarmed civilians''. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Palpatine found this excessive]], if nothing else because [[PragmaticVillain it's stupidly expensive]].
** In another chapter, Rivoche uses a DLT-19D blaster rifle at full power against single Tuskens. For reference, a shot from a DLT-19D can leave a half-meter ''crater'' in any ferrocrete wall, and against people, it ''disintegrates them''. {{Justified|Trope}} in that the whole point was to terrify the Tusken's banthas by exploding the Tuskens and cause a stampede.
*** In the same chapter, A'sharad Hett is first ''set on fire'' and then shot ''three times'' with the DLT-19D. {{Justified|Trope}} in that he was [[MadeOfIron just that tough]] and had supposedly been already killed by an artillery barrage

** The Base Delta Zero OrbitalBombardment protocol reduces a planet to a lifeless husk, as it continues until all life forms have been wiped out, all liquid water has been vaporized, the atmosphere has been blasted into space, and the crust has been melted down... And even TheEmpire considers it a last resort in case the situation on a planet has gone ''that'' bad, with Tarkin citing an incident where a planet was being overran by a horde of {{Kaiju}} as a case where it was ordered and called off at the last moment when it was discovered a certain chemical would kill it. It's finally ordered when Tarkin discovers the existence of [[Literature/GalaxyOfFear D'vouran]], a literal people-eating ''planet'' capable of hyperspace travel.
** During a conversation with Tarkin, Thrawn claims that the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Death Star]] is not ''that'' urgent... And when Tarkin asks what Thrawn would consider worth of the Death Star, the Grand Admiral reveals the existence of the [[EldritchAbomination Mnggal-Mnggal]], a spreading monstrosity that in the Unknown Regions is considered so horrible that [[EnemyMine a sighting interrupts any battle in the area until the infestation has been dealt with]] and that it has consumed an entire planet surrounded by a Mnggal-Mnggal-controlled fleet, and it's ''that'' that Thrawn would want to use the Death Star against.

* PragmaticHero[=/=]SociopathicHero: Tarkin in a nutshell. Ferren Barr plays the latter trope straight to the point that the Hyperonian is selected as his master to keep him in check

* AmazonChaser: The Tarkin line is known for their choice of deadly marriage partners, with Wilhuff's wife being the prime example

*** ''Before'' the Clone Wars he's shown to be a [[FantasticRacism human-centric speciesist]], but doesn't care if his crew members are aliens as long as they do their job, and holds a special hatred for slavers ''and'' thinking his speciesism would make him leave them alone if they only targeted aliens. He also holds bribery and corruption into contempt.
** ''The Emperor himself'' is appalled by the Lasat genocide, not for being committed but because it was done with ion disruptors that waste immense quantities of tibanna gas (and are in fact supposed to be anti-''tank'' weapons) and torture people to death, both of which even ''he'' finds excessive when applied on planetary scale.
*** Also, he's ''not'' a paedophile. According to Tarkin it's because [[CompensatingForSomething such actions are actually an attempt to stem conscious or unconscious doubts about oneself by dominating someone]], and ''that'' is one character flaw Palpatine doesn't have.
*** {{Downplayed}} regarding [[FantasticRacism human supremacism]]: he considers it a folly that [[DivideAndConquer is only good as a tool to better rule the galaxy by putting potential enemies against each other]]... Because [[ItsAllAboutMe everyone in the galaxy is already inferior to him until proven otherwise]].
** Jabba is appalled at himself when he finds out he tried to steal water from the son of Anakin Skywalker, who in the past saved ''his'' son's life.
** Darth Vader has no patience for the Empire's demands that the Stormtroopers [[YouAreNumberSix renounce their names for their identification numbers]] and lose their personalities, and allows the ones of the two units under his direct command, the First Legion and the 501st Legion, to act as they please when off-duty as long as they do their job. He also has no tolerance for people trying to make unsafe vehicles for the troops, as shown when he Force-choked Admiral Octavian Grant into leaving the ejection seat in the [=TIE/LN=]. Keep in mind, all of this was before Tarkin started to slowly manipulate him back to the light side.

** Nearly the entire population of the galaxy, including [[FantasticRacism human supremacists]] and [[EvilOverlord Palpatine]], are appalled at the Pius Dea cult and how [[FinalSolution they systematically dispossessed aliens and committed genocide]] for being impure while they ruled the Republic to the point that everyone is horrified at their motto "The Goddess Wills It" and proud Imperials openly denounce them thousands of years later, comparing them unfavorably to the [[TheDon Hutts]] and declaring their rule as the DarkestHour of the Republic (during the [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic Galactic Wars]] and the New Sith Wars the Republic fought a desperate war for survival against evil, but under the Pius Dea it ''was'' evil). [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard Tarkin covertly pointing out to the population a series of parallels between the Pius Dea and the Empire's methods]] starts causing {{Heel Realization}}s among ''[[{{Mook}} Stormtroopers]]'']].

--> '''Tarkin''': To the Right Honorable, the Senator of the Calamari Sector, Tikkes. My dear Senator, it is my great pleasure to inform you that you are, in fact, correct. The slave fortress in the Greater Seswenna does not exist.

** ''The Emperor'' is appalled by the Lasat genocide, not for being committed but because it was done with ion disruptors, that waste immense quantities of tibanna gas (and are in fact supposed to be anti-''tank'' weapons) and torture people to death, both of which even ''he'' finds excessive when applied on planetary scale.

** Darth Vader has no patience for the Empire's demands that the Stormtroopers [[YouAreNumberSix renounce their names for their identification numbers]] and lose their personalities, and allows the ones of the two units under his direct command, the First Legion and the 501st Legion, to act as they please when off-duty as long as they do their job. He also has no tolerance for people trying to make unsafe vehicles for the troops, as shown when he Force Choked admiral Octavian Grant into leaving the ejection seat in the [=TIE/LN=]. All of this was before Tarkin started to slowly manipulate him back to the light side.
** Raith Sienar may be a morally challenged individual, but does things by common sense and has no patience for basic safety violations. He's introduced in the middle of a nervous breakdown because Navy Procurement decided to not only put in production the [[MookMobile TIE/LN]] exactly as in the FlawedPrototype without letting him refine it into a proper fleet-based fighter, but even tried to remove the ejection seat.
** Nearly the entire population of the galaxy, including [[FantasticRacism human supremacists]] and [[EvilOverlord Palpatine]], are appalled at the Pius Dea cult and how, when they ruled the galaxy, [[FinalSolution they systematically dispossessed aliens and committed genocide]] for being impure, to the point that, millennia later, everyone is horrified at their motto "The Goddess Wills It" and proud Imperials openly calling them evil, comparing them unfavorably to the [[TheDon Hutt]] and declaring their rule as the DarkestHour of the Republic (during the [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic Galactic Wars]] and the New Sith Wars the Republic fought a desperate war for survival against evil, but under the Pius Dea it ''was'' evil). [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard Tarkin covertly pointing out to the population a series of parallels between the Pius Dea and the Empire's methods]] starts causing {{Heel Realization}}s among ''Stormtroopers'']].

* EveryoneHasStandards: Tarkin and the others are none too pleased about the inhibitor chip that the Kaminoans implanted into the clones, with Tarkin even hoping that it would help justify the Empire invading Kamino
** Bal Jaset makes the mistake of ordering the use of T-7 ion disruptors during the siege of Lasat, earning himself Tarkin's wrath for the sheer wastefulness and pointless cruelty of such a decision
** [[MadScientist Rath Sienar]] joins Tarkin's plan to overthrow Palpantine after Tarkin informs him of Palpantine's megalomania
** Even the most die-hard human supremacists hate the Pius Dea with a passion, something that Tarkin is quick to capitalize on by distributing propaganda posters that draw parallels between the current path of the Empire and that period of time

** Agent Kallus does not take part in the Lasat genocide thanks to Tarkin's intervention, though he still retains his rep as a sadistic, genocidal maniac as a cover for his work

** Bal Jaset makes the mistake of ordering the use of T-7 ion disruptors during the siege of Lasat, earning himself Tarkin's wrath for the sheer wasteful overkill and pointless cruelty of such a decision

* PragmaticHero[=/=]SociopathicHero: Tarkin in a nutshell. Ferren Barr plays the latter trope straighter though

* PragmaticHero[=/=]SociopathicHero: Tarkin in a nutshell

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tarkin gains a reputation as this in the Outer Rim with his efficient administration and his efforts to reduce crime in the area

* TeenGenius: Rivoche, as per ''Legends''

''Wilhuff Tarkin, Hero of the Rebellion'' is a ''Franchise/StarWars'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1418529/lord-Martiya lord Martiya]] on Website/FanfictionDotNet and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn. It can be accessed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13545968/1/Wilhuff-Tarkin-Hero-of-the-Rebellion here]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23542978/chapters/56470114 there]]

''Wilhuff Tarkin, Hero of the Rebellion'' is a ''Franchise/StarWars'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1418529/lord-Martiya lord Martiya]] on Website/FFDotNet and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn. It can be accessed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13545968/1/Wilhuff-Tarkin-Hero-of-the-Rebellion here]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23542978/chapters/56470114 there]]