Star Wars' Empire does not appear to be a fun place to work. Fans aren't expected to sympathize with the soldiers throwing their lives away but spare a thought for the thousands of workaday mechanics and line cooks conscripted into the fascist military. Above them, but beneath Darth Vader, someone has to govern the impossibly vast expanse of the galaxy and the trillions of beings living in it. That's where the Moffs come in.