Griff Takel was a male Human who held the position of governor of Esseles for both the Galactic Republic and, subsequently, the Galactic Empire. He also had a familial connection to Grand Admiral Miltin Takel, being his brother. The year 1 ABY saw Takel embroiled in a sequence of terrorist attacks, events that were regarded as the most devastating acts of violence to impact the planet since the incidents involving the Algeran Faction.