Broyles
| Broyles | |
|---|---|
| Descriptive Information: | |
| Species: | Human |
| Gender: | Male |
Broyles was an Imperial Supervisor and bureaucrat active during the Galactic Civil War.[1] He was part of the Imperial detachment sent to occupy Tatooine after the capture of the Tantive IV.
Biography
Broyles had a wife, who served as chair for the organization Mothers Against Plastered Piloting. At her urging, he used his bureaucratic pull to convince the Empire to fund HoloNet public service announcements against piloting while under the influence.[1]
Broyles was part of the Imperial occupation force sent to Tatooine to track the missing Death Star plans in the aftermath of Darth Vader's capture of Tantive IV.[1] He was still in the Tatoo system during the Life Day season of 1.5 ABY, when the Empire instated a system-wide curfew.[2]
Broyles had been tracking the movements of Ket Maliss since the Dashade arrived at Mos Eisley spaceport.[1] However, he did not believe Maliss when the latter explained the nature of his business on Tatooine, dismissing it as "a good [story for a] holofilm."[1]
Life on Tatooine and subsequent holofilms
Once an aspiring holofilm director, Broyles served as a producer on the Imperial holodocumentary Life on Tatooine, which was filmed live at Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina.[1][2] The film ended with a musical number in which all the patrons were ousted from the cantina[2]; several were later arrested for violating curfew and brought before Broyles on charges of public intoxication. Broyles sentenced these beings to community service, and set them to building the set for and participating in a PSA concerning the dangers of drunken speeder piloting.[1] The advert was released on the Imperial HoloNet and often broadcast alongside reruns of Life on Tatooine.
Personality and traits
Broyles stood approximately two meters tall and lanky, with sunken eyes, sharp cheekbones, and a crooked nose.[1] Ket Maliss opined that Broyles was so tall and skinny that he had "the look of stretched Dacwater taffy."[1] He wore a thick, lamproid mustache that he kept well-waxed.[1]
He was considered to be eccentric by other Imperials.[1] Broyles once aspired to be a holofilm director, but enlisted in the bureaucracy to have a stable, well-paying job. His wife, the chair of the anti-alcohol advocacy group MAPP, encouraged his passions and convinced him to put his skills to use making public service announcements for the Imperial HoloNet.[1]
During his assignment to the Tatoo system, Broyles began to practice sobriety. He claimed to be "twenty-six days sober" the day after Life on Tatooine was filmed.[1]
Behind the scenes
Broyles was named after Kathie Broyles, who worked with Suzy Rice—creator of the Star Wars logo—to design the logo of Black Falcon Ltd, a short-lived subsidiary of Lucasfilm Ltd centered around merchandising.[3] The "Star Friends" PSA on drunk driving, upon which the plot of "Waning Shadow" was based, was published under the Black Falcon name.[4]