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|name= Sate Pestage
|planet=[[Naboo]]
|position=Grand Vizier
|species=[[Humans (Star Wars)|Human]]
|gender=[[Male]]
|height=1.75 [[meter]]s
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|affiliation=[[Galactic Republic]], [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]], [[Imperial Senate]]
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'''Sate Pestage''' (died 11 [[After the Battle of Yavin|ABY]]) is a fictional character from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[fictional universe|universe]].

Pestage was a long-time advisor of [[Palpatine]] and one of the few people who truly knew him.  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 himself and [[Darth Vader]].  After Palpatine was killed at the [[Battle of Endor]], as the highest surviving member of the Imperial hierarchy, Prestage assumed control of [[Coruscant]]. He would allow the [[Rebel Alliance]] 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 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. 

Sate Pestage is mentioned in the novelization of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' as one of Palpatine's advisors whom the Jedi suspected to be [[Darth Sidious]], influencing the Supreme Chancellor.
[[Mas Amedda]] and  [[Sly Moore]] were also among the suspects.

[[Category:Fictional politicians|Pestage, Sate]]
[[category:Star Wars Imperial characters|Pestage, Sate]]

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