::"I was on an information raid once, back when we were trying to get data on Grand Admiral Makati out of the Boudolayz library..." -Wedge Antilles, p. 32, Vision of the Future

Grand Admiral Afsheen Makati was Star Wars Expanded Universe character, a Grand Admiral of the Imperial Starfleet. He was one of the original 12 Grand Admirals, raised to that newly-created rank by the Emperor after the Battle of Yavin.

Makati was noted for his long-running feud with the Church of the Dark Side, and especially "Supreme Prophet of the Dark Side" Kadann. Makati's hatred stemmed from an incident while assaulting the Rebel Alliance base on Thila, when he was nominally under the command of "The Secret Order", but effectively under Kadann's; Kadann had boarded Makati's flagship to personally oversee operations in his arrogant manner, and Makati's second-in-command was deeply amused by Kadann's robes- unfortunately, Kadann heard the second's mockery, and slew him with his Force Lightning.

Makati would narrowly survive the Battle Of Endor, having been aboard the Death Star with the Emperor. Unlike many of his fellow Grand Admirals who became Warlords (but like Grand Admiral Ishin-Il-Raz), Makati remained staunchly loyal to the Empire. defining the legitimate ruler as whoever possessed Imperial Center- first this was Sate Pestage, then Ysanne Isard.

Around this time (after the true Prophets of the Dark Side vanished into hiding), Imperial Intelligence, at the bidding of Isard and the Council, set up a Church of the Dark Side, buttressed by a fake order of the Prophets of the Dark Side. But this fake Kadann made a fatal move: he attempted to grab power by prophesying himself ruler of the Empire. Isard refused to countenance this, and after a request, dispatched none other then his old enemy Makati to eliminate Kadann. Makati tracked Kadann down by first using Imperial Intelligence to track down Kadann's renegade former student and personal assassin Azrakel, and forcing Azrakel to reveal the location of the Prophets of the Dark Side's space station. Kadann was not there, preoccupied as he was with the events of the Jedi Prince series. At the conclusion, Kadann barely managed to escape the City of the Jedi and make his way back to Space Station Scardia- where he discovered a welcoming committee of the dead bodies of his fellow Prophets. Makati took a moment to mock Kadann (and more specifically, his robes) over the intercom before the Station disappeared in a hail of turbolaser fire. Makati would not long survive Kadann, though the circumstances of his death are unknown.

Though never published and thus not canonical, Star Wars Insider author Daniel Wallace indicates that Makati's personal Star Destroyer was named 'Steadfast. See here. Further unpublished data, from "Grand Admirals: What Have They Got in their Pocketsses?" recounts that Makati wore a corusca gem ring. [1533]

External links

The Imperial Grand Admirals

A page on Imperial officers

References

"Who's Who: Imperial Grand Admirals". Star Wars Insider #66, 2003. Pena, Abel G. and Daniel Wallace.

The Essential Chronology, 1st edition. Kevin J. Anderson, Daniel Wallace, ISBN 034-543439-0. p. 72

Star Wars, The New Essential Guide to Characters, 1st edition, 2002. Daniel Wallace, Michael Sutfin, New York: Del Rey. ISBN 034-544900-2

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