History Fanfic / WilhuffTarkinHeroOfTheRebellion

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A recurring Jedi Master is only referred to as The Hyperionian.

** After being informed about what Project Starscream is doing, Tarkin assures Borborygmus Gog that he will make sure his project receives everything it needs. Cue Tarkin thoroughly destroying every part of Project Starscream, including performing a [[OrbitalBombardment Base Delta Zero]] on the [[GeniusLoci Planet D'vouran]], bringing every major project member to justice, and having Gog's personal lab burned down, bombed with proton bombs, [[NoKillLikeOverkill struck with capital-ship scale concussion missiles, subjected to a localized Base Delta Zero]], then bulldozed and salted to rub it in. Then he strands Gog on Kiva atvtye mercy of the vengeful wraiths of a species Gog wiped out, after informing said wraiths that Gog was responsible for killing them.

* ExactWords: A gang of slavers in the Greater Seswenna region of the Outer Rim pay off Senator Tikkes to claim that their base does not exist so Tarkin does not attack them. Tarkin proceeds [[LeaveNoSurvivors to make sure]] they don't exist ''for real''.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Tarkin is this for the nascent rebellion.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Tarkin cadre of young Omwati scientists and their villages all survive.

* GodzillaThreshold: This trope is {{Discussed}} with throughout the course of the story

* HappilyMarried: Gilad Pellaeon and Barriss Offee are this, not least thanks to Gilad helping Barriss move on from her guilt over her involvement in Ahsoka's exile from the Jedi Order.

** After Tarkin shows Owen Lars the hologram of Anakin Skywalker massacring the Separatist Council, Owen bursts into laughter from the sheer number of jokes Anakin makes in the process of killing the entire council.
* AdaptationalHeroism: One can call it Adaptational Heroism: The Fanfiction for Wilhuff Tarkin.

** Ysanne Isard never becomes the psychotic Imperial she was known as in ''Legends'' thanks to her father Armand entrusting Tarkin with raising her right in his will.

** Owen Lars ends up bursting into laughter after Tarkin shows him the hologram of Anakin Skywalker massacring the Separatist Council from the sheer amount of jokes Anakin makes in the process of killing the entire council.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Tarkin and Vader regard Ferren Barr killing Tenth Brother via UnfriendlyFire from his Purge Troopers as this for its sheer ingenuity.

* AnachronicOrder: All of the chapters are not organized in chronological order but are connected to each other

* CharacterCheck: While Tarkin's best traits get emphatized, once in a while the story reminds the readers he's a high-functioning sociopath that will engage in horrifying actions if he feels it's justified. In fact he has already lined up a planet for the ''Death Star'', though he apparently went and looked for one that actually deserves it.

* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: The hologram of Vader executing the Separatist Council while he was Anakin Skywalker that Tarkin shows to Owen practically runs on this.

** As per Canon, Galen Erso had sabotaged the Death Star in revenge for his wife's death and being forcibly ''separated'' from his daughter. He ends up befriending Tarkin over this once the Grand Moff confirms his daughter is alive and points him at the right target.

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

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: As shown in canon, some rebel groups are no better than criminals, which leads to Tarkin either persuading them to pursue more noble goals or outright eliminating them if they refuse.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified: Tarkin makes sure the Rebellion will not have any blemishes on its honor by taking out more unsavory cells.

*** 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.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Barriss Offee (well, the original) is the Seventh Sister of the Inquisitorius instead of her whereabouts being unknown.

!This fanfic provides examples of:

* WrittenByTheWinners: The Empire has altered the history of the Clone Wars to make itself look better. Also, most people think that Xendor, an early Dark Jedi, had planned to attack the Republic rather than only the Jedi.

* WrittenByTheWinners: The Empire has altered the history of the Clone Wars to make itself look better. Also, most people think that Xendor, an early Dark Jedi, had planned to attack the Republic rather than only the Jedi.
* YourCheatingHeart: Already before the Clone Wars, Tarkin had a reputation for cheating on his wife out of spite at having married his own stalker and being unable to divorce her or [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident set up an accident]].

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

* WrittenByTheWinners: The Empire has altered the history of the Clone Wars to make itself look better. Also, most people think that Xendor, an early Dark Jedi, had planned to attack the Republic rather than only the Jedi.

** In his day, Grievous committed all sorts of atrocities... But even he had standards, and when presented with an unstoppable airborne flesh-eating disease he had ordered it destroyed. The lab not following his instructions ended up having serious consequences down the line.
*** To put in context the above, one of Grievous' atrocities was to have the same lab create a brainrot plague strain that targeted only humans, and he actually released it on multiple planets... Knowing it could be contained, as it eventually was.

** He reacts to the existence of [[Literature/GalaxyOfFear Project Starscream]] with measures ranging from having Cornelius Evazan executed ''twelve times'' to inflicting D'Vouran with [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 Base Delta Zero]]. When you put Evazan's hideous experiments ''before'' his involvement in Project Starscream and the fact that the planet ''ate people'' into consideration, all of these measures are ''perfectly'' reasonable responses to crimes of that magnitude - in fact, Evazan had been sentenced to death ''twelve times''.

** Then-governor Tarkin wiping out a slaver fortress through OrbitalBombardment and sending a message to a corrupt Senator that claimed it didn't exist is a homage to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egpBcDKUnS4 the Liberation of Lomboko]] in ''Film/Amistad''.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Tarkin reacts to the existence of [[Literature/GalaxyOfFear Project Starscream]] with measures ranging from having Cornelius Evazan executed ''twelve times'' to inflicting D'Vouran with [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 Base Delta Zero]]. When you put Evazan's hideous experiments ''before'' his involvement in Project Starscream and the fact that the planet ''ate people'' into consideration, all of these measures are ''perfectly'' reasonable responses to crimes of that magnitude - in fact, Evazan had been sentenced to death ''twelve times''.

* NeverLiveItDown: Anakin Skywalker was horrifically sleep deprived in the last days of the Clone Wars and took idiotic decisions because of it, and years later he's reminded of it by both Tarkin and Ahsoka.