Referred to in the script as the "Empire's Top Brass", Tarkin's council includes Hurst Romodi (originally seen in Star Wars: A New Hope), Barton Coburn (originally seen in Star Wars: The Clone Wars), and Orson Krennic (originally seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Early drafts also included Cassio Tagge, Conan Antonio Motti, and Trech Molock (all from A New Hope), but it was decided that not all of these officers would be so high ranking this early in the Empire's existence.
