Crispin Hoedaack had initially served as a governor within the New Galactic Empire. However, nearing the start of the Aquilae Campaign, Hoedaack was promoted to the rank of by the reigning Emperor Cos Dashit, an arrangement that Dashit and Hoedaack had agreed to in private earlier. Before the speech, Hoedaack informed Dashit that the crowds had been awaiting at the Plaza of the Daders all morning. Secretly, however, he alongside Darth Vader and Vantos Coll plotted to usurp Dashit's authority. Eventually, Hoedaack perished when his space fortress was destroyed by Wookiee pilots and Luke Skywalker in orbit around Aquilae.
He was a young man with angular features and gray eyes, as well as blond hair and fair skin. Due to his status as a member of the cabal that replaced the Great Families, which formerly made up the Supreme Tribunal, he was also extremely ambitious. Hoedaack hoped to gain the directorship with the assistance of his allies, Darth Vader and Vantos Coll.
He wore a black and red military uniform with gold shoulder pauldrons at the time of his promotion.
Hoedaack's surname was slightly modified and assigned to Montross Holdaack in the first draft. He is the precursor of Wilhuff Tarkin. The name Tarkin was assigned to a religious figure on Aquilae in the rough draft.