"I was his hand, Skywalker. That's how I was known to his inner court: as the Emperor's Hand. I served him all over the galaxy, doing jobs the Imperial Fleet and stormtroopers couldn't handle. That was my one great talent, you see ― I could hear his call from anywhere in the Empire, and report back to him the same way. I exposed traitors for him, brought down his enemies, helped him keep the kind of control over the mindless bureaucracies that he needed. I had prestige, and power, and respect."

A new batch of Star Wars micros, this time of one of the most secretive and dangerous sects of the Galactic Empire. The Emperor's Hands, hand-selected agents of Emperor Palpatine to enforce his dark will from the shadows.

-Mara Jade

-Shira Brie

-Cronal

-Sarcev Quest

-Roganda Ismaren

-Maarek Stele

-Jeng Droga

-Sa Cuis

-Jallar Golin*

-Vess Kogo

*no offical description for him, so for my AU I opted to make him the commander of the Purge Troopers

Cronal, known by his codename Blackhole, was a mysterious individual who became Director of Imperial Intelligence. Blackhole almost never made personal appearances, preferring to project a strange image of himself instead. As a dark side user, Blackhole used the Force to help the Emperor create many strange experiments. Quite insane, Blackhole was nevertheless a master manipulator, even playing Darth Vader and Palpatine off each other, to his benefit.

Source: Rebellion Era Sourcebook (2001)

First Appearance: Gambler’s World (1979)

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l’m going to have to go total neutral on this one, anon, as I was unaware of this character until now. For anyone who is interested: Cronal

(Although, I have to admit, this passage from the Wookieepedia entry is pretty damn hilarious:)