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The Prime Senate Spire was a building on[1] the planet[2] Coruscant. It had a residential section that was two kilometers higher than most of the Galactic City.[1] Between 29 BBY[3] and 1 BBY,[4] Imperial Grand Moff[5] Wilhuff Tarkin owned an apartment high in the residential section of the building.[1] In the latter year,[4] the Grand Moff and his wife Thalassa were present in the apartment when he informed her of his new assignment aboard the Death Star[5] battle station.[6]

Behind the scenes

The Prime Senate Spire appeared in Rogue Planet, a 2000 novel by author Greg Bear.[1] It was first pictured on the trading card "Grand Moff Tarkin," published as part of the trading card subset "One Year Earlier" from the 2013 Topps Star Wars Illustrated: A New Hope series[5] on November 6, 2013.[7]

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Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Rogue Planet
  2. The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
  3. The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of Rogue Planet, which includes the appearance of Wilhuff Tarkin's apartment, to 29 BBY.
  4. 4.0 4.1 2013 Topps Star Wars Illustrated: A New Hope – One Year Earlier Card: Grand Moff Tarkin (backup link) states that all cards in the "One Year Earlier" set take place a year before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 1 BBY according to The New Essential Chronology.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 2013 Topps Star Wars Illustrated: A New Hope – One Year Earlier Card: Grand Moff Tarkin (backup link)
  6. Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  7. Star Wars Insider 145 (Advertisement)