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name= Sate Pestage|
planet=Unknown|
position=Grand Vizier|
species=[[Humans (Star Wars)|Human]]|
gender=[[Male]]|
height=1.75 [[meter]]s|
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affiliation=[[Galactic Republic]] [[Galactic Senate|Senate]], [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]]|
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'''Sate Pestage''' is a fictional character from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe.

Pestage was a long-time advisor of [[Palpatine]] and one of the few people who truly knew him, and was an ally working on behalf of Palpatine well before he even became Supreme Chancellor.  When Palpatine became Emperor, Pestage was appointed his [[Grand Vizier]]. His daily tasks ranged from managing Palpatine's [[schedule]] to tasting his food to see if it was [[poison]]ed. Sate Pestage was also a member of Emperor Palpatine's Inner Circle. The other members of the Inner Circle were [[Janus Greejatus]], [[Sim Aloo]], [[Ars Dangor]] and [[Kren Blista-Vanee]]. He was so influential, and trusted, that by the [[Battle of Hoth]] Pestage was the [[Head of Government]] of the Empire. The only two people more powerful in the Imperial hierarchy were the Emperor and [[Darth Vader]].  After Palpatine was killed at the [[Battle of Endor]], as the highest surviving member of the Imperial hierarchy, he assumed control of [[Coruscant|Imperial Center]]. He would allow the Rebellion to take Coruscant without a fight if he had ten worlds and his friend have fifteen. [[Ysanne Isard]] betrayed him by revealing Pestage would allow Coruscant to be captured by the [[New Republic (Star Wars)|New Republic]] in return for immunity.  His credibility gone, he fled to his private holdings, the Cuitric Hegemony. Isard sent Admiral Delak Krennel to arrest him; Krennel killed Pestage, seized the hegemony, and declared himself a warlord.

This Pestage, however, was a (somewhat defective) clone created by Emperor's Hand Sarcev Quest.  The real Pestage had fled to [[Byss]] when he left Coruscant and helped Emperor Palpatine return to life.  It is unknown if he was killed when the [[Galaxy Gun]] destroyed the planet. 

==Trivia==
The character of Sate Pestage (originally called Sate Molock) was meant to appear in the film ''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|The Empire Strikes Back]]''. Pestage was to be in scene 286 as a "shimmering holographic image" who warns Darth Vader of the Emperor's foul mood. According to the film's shooting schedule, this scene was shot on [[June 18]], [[1979]], but never made it into the movie's final cut. [[Kenner]] toys even produced a [[Star Destroyer]] playset featuring a toy hologram apparently intended to be Sate Pestage. An enclosed instruction sheet reads, "Darth talks to the Grand Vizier with the pretend viewing screen."

In a Q&A session, [http://www.starwars.com starwars.com] stated Sate Pestage is among the robed Imperial dignitaries accompanying the Emperor in several scenes during ''[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]'', though neither the script nor the credits identify him. 

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|title = [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Emperor]]
|years = [[Dates in Star Wars#SW6|4]]-7 [[ABY]]
|before = [[Palpatine|Palpatine/Darth Sidious]]
|after = [[Ysanne Isard]]}}
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  | title = [[Galactic Emperor]]
  | years = 10 [[ABY]]
  | before = resurrected [[Palpatine|Palpatine/Darth Sidious]]
  | after = [[Xandel Carivus]]|}}
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