▁she ▁maintain s ▁this ▁view ▁that ▁El ar ▁could ▁take ▁preced ence ▁over ▁Y ugo ▁Am ary l , ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁latter ▁had ▁been ▁working ▁on ▁psych oh istory ▁the ▁longest ▁after ▁H ari ▁S eld on . ▁ ▁Cle on ▁I ▁Cle on ▁I ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁Emperor ▁of ▁the ▁Ent un ▁dynast y ▁( 1 1 , 9 8 8 ▁G E ▁– ▁ 1 2 , 0 3 8 ▁G E ▁in ▁the ▁tim eline ▁of ▁the ▁nov els ). ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁Emperor ▁of ▁the ▁Gal actic ▁Empire ▁when ▁H ari ▁S eld on ▁first ▁arrived ▁on ▁Tr ant or . ▁ ▁He ▁succeeded ▁to ▁the ▁Imperial ▁throne ▁in ▁ 1 2 , 0 1 0 ▁G E ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁twenty - two ▁following ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁father , ▁St anel ▁VI , ▁who ▁was ▁fort un ate ▁enough ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁roughly ▁one - in - two ▁ch ances ▁of ▁assass ination ▁faced ▁by ▁the ▁last ▁century ▁of ▁Gal actic ▁Em per ors . ▁ ▁As im ov ▁port ray s ▁Cle on ▁as ▁an ▁ami able ▁man , ▁no ▁longer ▁enthus i astic ▁about ▁the ▁tra ppings ▁of ▁office , ▁eager ▁to ▁treat ▁others ▁as ▁his ▁equals ▁and ▁yet ▁not ▁capable ▁of ▁convers ing ▁comfort ably — or ▁even ▁understanding ▁their ▁motiv ations . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁gen ial ▁but ▁mis gu ided ▁well - w ishing , ▁he ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Aust rian ▁em peror