- "Following a speeder crash on Ringo Vinda, Governor Harkell sentenced the perpetrators to six months imprisonment for careless driving plus an additional ten years because the crash had damaged a bust of Emperor Palpatine, which he considered to be a serious crime against the Empire"
- ―Beaumont Kin, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
Harkell was a governor of the Galactic Empire who controlled Ringo Vinda,[1] a planet in the Mid Rim.[2] When a speeder crashed on the planet and damaged a bust of Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine, Harkell sentenced those responsible to six months of imprisonment for their careless driving, but as he considered the damage to the bust a serious crime against the Empire, he added an additional ten years. A file titled "Speeder accident #5744182" was created on the incident and stored in the "Criminal Sentencing" section of the Ringo Vinda Archives. The historian Beaumont Kin cited this file when mentioning Harkell in[1] his[3] book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire[1] in 35 ABY.[4]
Behind the scenes
Harkell was mentioned in the 2024 reference book Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, which was written by Dr. Chris Kempshall.[1]
Sources
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
- ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire states that thirty years have passed since the end of the Galactic Civil War and months have passed since the Battle of Exegol. As Star Wars: Timelines dates the end of the war to 5 ABY and the Battle of Exegol to 35 ABY, the in-universe The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire must have been published in 35 ABY.