The Phantom Project was the codename of the Mrlsst project to develop a working cloaking device for the Galactic Empire. Developed by Rorax Falken and the Mrlssti students working for him, it was essentially a smoke-screen designed to swindle the Empire out of every credit it would pay. Funds for the project were diverted to other research under Falken's control, a fact that went unnoticed under Palpatine's reign. Following Palpatine's death at Endor, the remnants of the Empire began demanding results from Falken, who had suffered a breakdown upon learning of the use of his work in the construction of the Death Star. Gyr Keela, who succeeded Falken as President of the Academy, was unaware that the Phantom Project was fake and attempted to deal with the Empire. He decided to gain every cred