Throughout his career as Supreme Chancellor and later reign as Galactic Emperor, Palpatine
amassed many fanatical supporters that beloved him and his ideals.
Though perhaps the most fanatical supporter of his, a man who pretty much outright loved
Palpatine and was borderline obsessed with him, was Grand Admiral Ishin-ll-Raz.
Before his promotion to Grand Admiral in the era of the Empire, Ishin-ll-Raz was a well
known member of the Commission for the Protection of the Republic, which was a political organization
that supported the Republic during the clone wars and was one of the biggest advocates
of the current Supreme Chancellor, frequently advocating for his need to gain power as a
means to win the war and strengthen the overall Republic.
Once the Republic transformed into the Empire, this organization was then changed into the
Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, which held the same supportive idea
but for the Empire and Emperor Palpatine, promoting the New Order’s promises of peace
and prosperity.
Ishin-ll-Raz quickly became a key leader in the organization which caught the attention
of Palpatine who noted the young man’s devotion to him.
About 17 years after the formation of the Empire, Palpatine created a new Imperial rank
known as Grand Admiral, which was to be held by only 12 men at a time.
Despite not having any military training or experience whatsoever, Ishin-ll-Raz was promoted
as one of the original 12 grand admirals.
Such a promotion received massive backlash and criticism from within the Imperial military,
calling his promotion as pure nonsense and as a textbook political appointment.
Nonetheless, Ishin-ll-Raz retained the rank Grand Admiral which he was absolutely astonished
that he was given by the Emperor, which only increased his devotion to him tenfold.
Palpatine quickly became an idol to the Grand Admiral who became obsessed with trying to
impress him.
Knowing how cruel and sadistic Palpatine really was, Ishin-ll-Raz purposely committed multiple
genocides in the most horrific ways possible in hopes of simply entertaining Palpatine
and getting on his good side.
Such actions made him quite possibly the most unpopular person within the Imperial military
not only among the public but also among his peers, who viewed him as a maniac who was
no better than a lowlife criminal.
But none of this outrage was validated by Palpatine, who was simply indifferent to the
Grand Admiral’s actions and allowed for him to remain in his position.
Then came the Battle of Endor, which saw the death of Emperor Palpatine.
When word of this reached Ishin-ll-Raz, he became immensely depressed.
Having devoted his life to the Emperor, Ishin-ll-Raz convinced himself he had no other purpose
in life to live for.
His depression grew which made him become unstable overtime.
While the empire fell around him, with most high ranking Imperials, including many of
his Grand Admiral colleagues, fighting over control for the Imperial throne, Ishin-ll-Raz
was just randomly going around in the outer rim and using his fleet to destroy random
backwater worlds.
He was pretty much left alone to do whatever he wanted in his corner of the galaxy as no
one viewed him as a threat.
So he continued to wipe out primitive planets for a while as a way to deal with his depression.
He eventually came across a fellow Grand Admiral named Peccati Syn who instantly noticed how
visibly distressed and depressed he was.
Feeling bad for him and hoping to make him feel better, Peccati Syn gave Ishin-ll-Raz
a copy of his Church of the Darkside sacred text, which was based on a mock religion created
by Imperial intelligence as a means to stabilize the Empire and prevent infighting.
One of the things the Church of the Darkside believed in was that Palpatine would one day
return to the galaxy and rain hell upon all those that betrayed him and sought the Imperial
throne.
But despite these church’s claims of his idol returning back to life one day, Ishin-ll-Raz
dismissed them, possibly believing them to be nothing more but Imperial propaganda in
a desperate attempt at reunifying the crippled empire.
Ishin-ll-Raz soon became more and more depressed, to the point where he couldn’t take it anymore.
Seeking to commit suicide, he took his star destroyer and configured it so that it would
plunged itself into a star.
While his crew desperately tried to reconfigure the star destroyer’s course to destruction,
Ishin-ll-Raz was spouting his love for Palpatine and the ideals that he devoted his life to.
The star destroyer instantly vaporized as it flew into the sun, killing Ishin-ll-Raz
along with over 3,000 crewman who were onboard.