In the Galactic Empire, the rank of Grand Admiral was higher than all other political
and military ranks, including Moffs and Grand Moffs.
By law there could be no more than twelve Grand Admirals at any given time, and they
were known as the Circle of Twelve.
We’ll start with the original twelve, but this video will list every Grand Admiral that
served in the Imperial Fleet in Legends material.
Demetrius Zaarin was the developer of the TIE Advanced and TIE Defender.
As a Grand Admiral, he grew overly ambitious and plotted to overthrow Palpatine.
His plot was thwarted by Vice Admiral Thrawn.
He retreated into the Unknown Regions, where he died.
Grand Admiral Thrawn was Zaarin’s replacement, although it was rumored his promotion had
already taken place in secret.
He commanded the Imperial Forces five years after the Battle of Endor and ran a very successful
campaign against the New Republic until he was betrayed and assassinated by his own bodyguard.
Martio Batch was a confusing choice to many as a Grand Admiral.
He was not a military leader, but was more well known for his research in weapons technology.
He developed the TIE Phantom, but his entire production was discovered by the Rebel Alliance
and his base was destroyed.
He fled to the Outer Rim where his crew mutinied and assassinated him.
Nial Declann caught the attention of Emperor Palpatine because of his Force-sensitivity.
He received some training in the dark side.
He was present at the Battle of Endor, using the Force power of battle meditation.
Despite his abilities, the Death Star was destroyed, and he died with it.
Danetta Pitta, although outwardly appearing human was actually of alien ancestry.
He kept this fact a secret and zealously promoted the Empire’s Human High Culture.
He was killed one year after the Battle of Endor by another Grand Admiral, Josef Grunger.
Grunger was a respected military strategist.
After the Battle of Endor he declared himself as a warlord and new Emperor.
He gathered a formidable fleet which he commanded from the super star destroyer Aggressor.
He was defeated by Grand Admiral Pitta, but Grunger rammed his former ally’s ship, killing
them both.
Miltin Takel was known as a brilliant military commander due to his limited abilities in
telepathy.
Unfortunately he only had those abilities because of his addiction to spice.
Before his death, Grunger stole Takel’s forces.
Miltin attempted an alliance with a slavelord, who quickly grew tired of the Grand Admiral,
and had him executed.
Afsheen Makati escaped the destruction of the second Death Star and retreated to Coruscant.
He spent the following year hunting down the false Prophets of the church of the dark side,
and died of unknown causes.
Peccati Syn was a spiritual man who joined the church of the dark side after the Battle
of Endor.
Eight months after the death of the Emperor, he was killed in a battle against Admiral
Ackbar.
Osvald Teshik was badly wounded two years after his promotion to Grand Admiral.
His body was seventy five percent cybernetic.
He was present at the Battle of Endor and continued fighting after the destruction of
the second Death Star rather than retreat.
He was captured by the New Republic and executed for war crimes.
Rufaan Tigellinus was both a Grand Admiral and Grand Moff.
After the Emperor’s death he attempted to gain favor with the Central Committee of Grand
Moffs.
They offered him a demeaning position, which he refused.
The Committee then executed him for disloyalty, which was their intent all along.
Isin-Il-Raz was promoted to Grand Admiral for his political anti-alien beliefs.
He felt eternally grateful towards the Emperor.
After Palpatine’s death, Il-Raz grew distraught and flew his star destroyer into a nova, killing
himself and his crew.
Octavian Grant was part of a noble line, and he saw himself as superior to the other Grand
Admirals.
After the death of the Emperor, he defected to the New Republic and traded Imperial secrets
for immunity.
Gilad Pellaeon was promoted to Grand Admiral at some point around the Yuuzhan Vong War.
Grand Admirals exist in the canon as well, but currently only two are known.
Thrawn is of course returning to the canon, but Rae Sloane also held the title after the
Battle of Endor.
And that’s all of them!
Every Grand Admiral in the Imperial Navy.
Hopefully we’ll see more in the canon soon.
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