The Rebellion of Trachta

The greatest internal coup in the history of the Galactic Empire occurred when the disgruntled Grand Moff Trachta, commander of the Imperial Oversector which included Coruscant and other major Core Worlds of Star Wars, launched a major effort to assassinate Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader. Previous plots and conspiracies against the Sith rulers of the Empire had taken place, but these had been minor and were crushed quickly. Trachta's, on the other hand, was of a more intensive nature. Believing that the Empire should not be ruled by a two-man cult, and regarding the Sith as archaic, Trachta plotted to overthrow them and install himself as the new Emperor. With the assistance of his allies, including Grand Moff Bartram of the Comedy Oversector, Commander and Imperial Assasin Gauer, Moff Kadir (commander of the security forces on Coruscant), General Skosef, and Second Officer Dezsetes, Trachta created a batch of altered stormtroopers, programmed to only obey him, designed to overthrow the Emperor and Vader. Their plot however, was destined to failure from the beginning. Vader easily disposed of Dezsetes, who had been assigned to his flagship. Trachta then turned on Bartram, whom he believed to be conspiring against him, and had him assassinated. Moff Kadir, ambitious and eager to become Emperor himself, then had Gauer assasinate Trachta. General Skosef in the meantime, was murdered by Kadir. Kadir and Gauer then brought their stormtroopers against the Emperor, believing they could overwhelm him. However, they were no match for the powerful Emperor, whose Red Guards and his own blast of lightning made quick work of the stormtroopers. The Emperor then tortured Gauer and Kadir to death with Force lightning, although he commended them for "weeding out the traitors against the Empire". With the last two rebel conspirators dead, the Trachta plot had collapsed.