Moff Jerjerrod
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| Jerjerrod | |
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 Moff Jerjerrod is about to receive orders from Darth Vader to get the Death Star construction back on track. |
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| Position | Moff of Quanta Sector
Commander of the second Death Star |
| Homeworld | Tinnel IV |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | Unknown |
| Affiliation | Galactic Empire |
| Portrayed by | Michael Pennington |
Moff Jerjerrod is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, he was portrayed by Michael Pennington.
Jerjerrod is one of only two major Imperial officers who was never given a first name in the Expanded Universe. The other is Admiral Motti.
Jerjerrod was first introduced in Return of the Jedi as commanding officer of the second Death Star. Prior to that command, he was the governor of the Quanta sector, and suffered great indignity when his home on Tinnel IV was robbed.
In order to prevent Rebel spies from finding out about the second Death Star too early, Imperial records indicated that Jerjerrod was promoted to the director of Imperial Energy Systems, a new department formed to develop portable power stations for disaster relief. When the Death Star's shields fell, Jerjerrod, acting on orders given to him by Emperor Palpatine, ordered the Death Star to turn and fire on the sanctuary moon of Endor.
Jerjerrod was killed when the Death Star's reactor was destroyed before the station could complete its final task.
A deleted scene in Return of the Jedi has Jerjerrod suffering Darth Vader's infamous Force-choke technique at one point. In this lost scene, he and two Royal Guards refuse to let Vader in to see the Emperor, prompting Vader to use the Force to strangle (but not kill) Jerjerrod.
Moff Jerjerrod was intended to have worn the updated Moff rank badge. Due to a costume problem, however, all the Imperial characters in Return of the Jedi were shown wearing Navy Commander badges.
[edit] Behind the scenes
Jerjerrod was originally a more complex character. The novelization of Return of the Jedi implies that he was a sadist who derived an inflated sense of his own power from brutalizing the Rebel Alliance. In earlier drafts, Jerjerrod was a headstrong Grand Moff, and by far more powerful than he was in the finished movie. He was portrayed as an annoyingly smug and obnoxious bureaucrat whom Darth Vader loathed. The screenplay had Jerjerrod arriving on the Executor as the Emperor's personal emissary. Vader greeted him as "my lord" and Admiral Piett and the Star Captains kneeled before him. Vader and Jerjerrod, however, quickly got into a heated argument. Jerjerrod ridiculed Vader's failure to turn Luke Skywalker to the dark side, and proceeded to openly insult the Dark Lord. Later in the script, we learn that the Emperor and Jerjerrod had conspired to turn Luke without Vader's knowledge. Upon finding out about this plot, Vader kills Jerjerrod.
