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Galactic Senate
"There is no civility, only politics."
—Sheev Palpatine
The Galactic Senate was the governing body of the Galactic Republic. It consisted of hundreds of senators who represented the many worlds of the galaxy and was led by a Supreme Chancellor that was elected by and from the representatives. Its primary concern was mediating disputes between varying worlds and dictating the laws and regulations necessary to maintain the Republic. By the time of the Trade Federation's Invasion of Naboo, the senate had descended into an ineffective organization of squabbling members whose greed often outweighs their concern for their constituents. When Palpatine declared the end of the Republic and the start of the Empire, the Galactic Senate became the Imperial Senate and was stripped of much of its power.
Office of the Chancellor
Chancellorship of Finis Valorum
Finis Valorum
Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum
Species: Human (Coruscanti)
Homeworld: Coruscant
Portrayed by: Terence Stamp
Voiced by: Ian Ruskin
Appearances: The Living Force | The Phantom Menace | The Clone Wars | Tarkin
"Will you defer your motion to allow a commission to explore the validity of your accusation?"
Finis Valorum was a politician from House Valorum who served as the penultimate Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic prior to being succeeded by Senator Sheev Palpatine of Naboo. Though well-meaning, Valorum was not necessarily well-liked and, despite his best efforts to resolve the Trade Federation blockade on Naboo, he was quickly voted out of office in light of his ineffectual leadership.
- The Alleged Boss: Valorum tries to get things done, but, despite the power his position theoretically has, he is stymied at every turn by assorted political factions as well as the closet Sith Lord that he mistakenly believes is one of his supporters and who has arranged to keep him on the defensive over baseless allegations of corruption. Even the Jedi, while publicly respecting his office, tend to make decisions within their own Council and do not consult him.
- The Bus Came Back: After being absent since The Phantom Menace, Valorum makes his return in The Clone Wars.
- Et Tu, Brute?: He considers Palpatine among one of his closest political allies. The same Palpatine who arranges for the vote that ends his rule.
- Head-in-the-Sand Management:
- The most he does to help during the Invasion of Naboo is send two Jedi to scare the Trade Federation straight. Unfortunately for him, the bureaucrats of the Senate have him on such a tight leash that he can't really do much else. Queen Amidala calls him out on this before voting him out of office:Queen Amidala: I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee!
- However, during the Clone Wars, he admits to Yoda that he sent Master Sifo-Dyas to stop the Pyke Syndicate in secret so those same bureaucrats wouldn't try to stop him, shortly before he was removed from office.
- He also manages to accidentally throw a spanner in the works of Palpatine's usually unshakeable plans by dispatching Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi as ambassadors to Naboo.
- The most he does to help during the Invasion of Naboo is send two Jedi to scare the Trade Federation straight. Unfortunately for him, the bureaucrats of the Senate have him on such a tight leash that he can't really do much else. Queen Amidala calls him out on this before voting him out of office:
- Heroic BSoD: All he can do is slump down into his seat in shock when faced with a no-confidence vote that virtually the entire Senate immediately approves.
- Legally Ousted Leader: Removed by the Senate following an overwhelming vote of no-confidence in his ability to lead the Republic.
- Meaningful Name: "Finis Valorum" is Latin for, roughly, "End of virtues". Chancellor Valorum represents the end of the final remnant of the Old Republic's virtues before the ascension of Palpatine and his regime.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: George Lucas considers Valorum to be Star Wars' answer to Bill Clinton: a good man, but a beleaguered politician that ultimately couldn't unite the senate.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Given the Star Wars Universe's parallels to The Roman Republic and The Roman Empire, it's not surprising he also resembles another famous politician, even more than Clinton – Marcus Tullius Cicero. Both Valorum and Cicero come from a juridicial background, sought dialogue, were pacifists, and were sidelined for being too idealistic and in the way of those seeking power. In Legends, they even share a manner of death – murdered on their way to exile after attacking those in power verbally.
- Our Presidents Are Different: He is generally portrayed as President Personable. In The Phantom Menace, he comes off more as President Focus Group. Although in fairness, this is more due to Palpatine's scheming and the Senate's squabbling than his own personality.
- Puppet King: Despite his good intentions, Valorum's administration is under the complete control of bureaucrats and corrupt politicians. Palpatine tells Wilhuff Tarkin shortly after Valorum's reelection that he was specifically chosen for this purpose due to being so easy to manipulate.Palpatine: Valorum didn't win the election; he was merely allowed to win. The Senate's special-interest groups require a chancellor who can be easily entangled in bureaucratic doubletalk and arcane procedure. That is how loopholes are maintained and illegalities overlooked.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: He gets points for trying to be this via secretly dispatching Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi to reason with the Trade Federation behind the Senate's back (which likely would've worked if not for Darth Sidious' involvement), but it does too little good in keeping him in office. He also tried to put an end to the Pyke Syndicate before the Invasion of Naboo.
- Resigned in Disgrace: The end result of the No-Confidence vote; with confidence in his administration totally undermined, he has no choice but to leave office.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: He decided to have Sifo-Dyas deal with the Pyke Syndicate on Oba Diah secretly so he wouldn't face opposition from the very same corrupt and obstructive Bureaucrats that will keep him from effectively taking action against the Trade Federation invasion of Naboo. It's possible to interpret this action as Valorum finally being fed up with the bureaucrats and deciding to do something helpful for the people with what little time he had left as Chancellor. Unfortunately, Sifo-Dyas died and the Pykes were still active many years later.
- Silver Fox: Played by Terrence Stamp.
- Spared by the Adaptation: In Legends, he was killed in a terrorist attack in the first year of the Clone Wars. Just one month before the Legends decision, this was made non-canon by his appearance in The Clone Wars episode "The Lost One" (which takes place during the final year of the Clone Wars).
- Supporting Leader: He leads the major political body of the galaxy and is the one to send Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan on their journey in The Phantom Menace.
- Vindicated by History: In-Universe, after the rise of the Empire, people look back on his time as Chancellor more fondly.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: His fate following the Clone Wars as well as the rise of the Empire is currently unknown in canon, despite people looking back at his time as Chancellor more fondly.
Sei Taria
Sei Taria
Species: Human
Portrayed by: Kamay Lau
Appearances: The Phantom Menace
Sei was an aide to Chancellor Valorum during the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo. Silman
Silman
Species: Human (Coruscanti)
Homeworld: Coruscant
Voiced by: Brian George
Appearances: The Clone Wars
Silman was an aide to Chancellor Valorum who accompanied Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas on a peacekeeping mission to Felucia, which resulted in him being captured by the Pyke Syndicate and witnessing Count Dooku taking on Sifo-Dyas' identity.
- Force-Choke: Count Dooku kills him this way.
- Go Mad from the Isolation: He was kept alone in a cell by the Pykes, with no one but maggots for company.
- He Knows Too Much: When Darth Sidious and Count Dooku realize that Silman is still alive and could tell the Jedi that Dooku was Darth Tyranus and responsible for killing Sifo-Dyas and ordering the creation of the clone army, Count Dooku is sent to kill him before the Jedi arrive. While he succeeds in eliminating Silman, Obi-Wan and Anakin are already there and figure out that Count Dooku is Tyranus and must have murdered Sifo-Dyas, leading them to suspect the whole truth.
- Sanity Slippage: He is clearly insane when Obi-Wan and Anakin find him babbling nonsense and asking for food to feed not himself, but the maggots in his cell.
Chancellorship of Sheev Palpatine
Sheev Palpatine
Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine
See his separate page.
Mas Amedda
Mas Amedda
See his entry on the Imperial Court page.
Sly Moore
Sly Moore
See her entry on the Imperial Court page.
Galactic Senate
Sector or planet they represent in parenthesis
Padmé Amidala (Naboo sector)
Senator Padmé Amidala
- See her separate character page.
Jar Jar Binks (Naboo sector, Junior representative)
Representative Jar Jar Binks
Species: Gungan (Otolla)
Homeworld: Naboo
Voiced by (Latin American Spanish dub): Javier Rivero
Voiced by (Japanese dub): Isamu Tanonaka (films), Yūji Mitsuya (The Clone Wars)
Appearances: The Phantom Menace | Attack of the Clones | Queen's Hope | Age of Republic | The Clone Wars | Revenge of the Sith | Empire's End
"Mesa called Jar Jar Binks! Mesa your humble servant!"
Jar Jar Binks was a clumsy, well-meaning Gungan outcast whom Qui-Gon inadvertently rescues during the invasion of Naboo. Banished from his home after one foul-up too many, Jar Jar assisted the Naboo in reclaiming their planet from the Trade Federation, for better or worse. Ten years later, he's put his awkward past behind him and become a representative of the Gungan people in the Galactic Senate, only to be forcibly removed when the Empire slowly comes into power. After the Battle of Endor, he was again exiled by his people for letting Palpatine rise in power. By the time of the Battle of Jakku, he has returned to Naboo as a street performer.
- All of the Other Reindeer: His quirky personality wasn't the only reason in The Phantom Menace that he was shunned by other Gungans; he was a clumsy fool who caused accidents, no matter how easy his task. Boss Nass finally exiled him when he crashed his heyblibber submarine.
- Amusing Alien: Jar Jar features in many slapstick-based scenes and has a way of backwards speaking.
- The Atoner: For helping Palpatine's rise to power, he had to let go of his past and felt the need to become a street performer.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Jar Jar is infamous for getting easily distracted and making careless mistakes that always got into trouble.
- The Beastmaster: He is able to befriend and thus seek assistance from various beasts, most notably the giant water-slug on Rodia.
- Beware the Silly Ones: An annoyingly silly, clumsy, and goofball he may be, but his chaotic side is quite dangerous and in a way formidable, especially in The Clone Wars.
- Broken Bird: He's definitely hit with this in the wake of Padmé's death, and is completely forlorn at her funeral procession. Even more so after his disastrous stint in the Senate, where his part in aiding Palpatine's rise to power eventually forced him back into exile on Naboo, where he has tried to cobble together a more modest living.
- The Bus Came Back: He was completely absent from any new canonical material following the Disney acquisition until Empire's End, where it's revealed that following the Clone Wars, he's been shunned once again from his home planet due to his part in helping Palpatine's rise to power.
- Butt-Monkey: Both In-Universe and out as a result of fan backlash. Even when The Clone Wars throws him some bones and he manages to stop being so clumsy, he's still looked down upon by numerous characters, including the Jedi Council and his so-called friends. The only people in the galaxy that have much faith in him are from Bardotta (mainly because he's innocent in comparison to both the Republic and the Jedi Order). By the end of the Battle of Endor, he has become a social pariah for his part in the rise of the Empire and is now a street clown for children. In meta-sense, when the franchise was celebrating its 40th anniversary at Star Wars Celebration 2017, Jar Jar didn't even receive an acknowledgement in its retrospective despite being a major character back in The Phantom Menace.
- Character Catchphrase: "How wude!"note
- Character Development: Jar Jar originally functions as a pathetic but fun-loving and energetic character catering to the kids, only to serve as a naïve politician manipulated by the Big Bad in later films. He also shows a braver and more stronger side to him during the Clone Wars.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Even by Gungan standards. He also is more of a socially awkward and klutzy buffoon that gets hardly any respect.C-3PO: You know, I find that Jar-Jar creature to be a little odd.
- Coincidental Accidental Disguise: Subverted. In "Bombad Jedi", he did put on a cloak for the purpose of avoiding being arrested by Separatist droids, but he didn't expect the cloak would make them confuse him for a Jedi.
- Confusion Fu: It's much more blatant in The Clone Wars than in the films (where he's more The Fool), but his seemingly random bumbling in combat cuts down seasoned fighters and droids alike. It's somewhat ambiguous how intentional this strategy is on his part, but he's confident enough in his abilities to charge into battle alongside clones and Jedi over and over and somehow always holds his own.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Despite being a cowardly klutz, Jar Jar occasionally proves to be an efficient warrior in The Phantom Menace and The Clone Wars. In the Age of Republic Special, Jar Jar takes the lightsaber off a fallen Jedi (who was assigned to protect him) during the Battle of Mimban and fights off the Separatist droid army to save Captain Rex from dying in a Last Stand.
- Cowardly Lion: He is a rather clumsy, childish and dim-witted coward, but as the Battle of Naboo shows, he also has quite a bit of a kill count.
- Demoted to Extra: He was reduced from being a clear replacement of Chewbacca for the Prequel Trilogy in The Phantom Menace to a cursory nod in Attack of the Clones (where he admittedly does something incredibly important to the plot of the Star Wars saga by putting Palpatine in power), then further demoted into a nearly silent appearance in a few short appearances in Revenge of the Sith. This was no doubt a result of fan backlash against the character. However, he occasionally does appear in the first season of The Clone Wars and has a few episodes of focus in the series' later seasons (even so, he usually just serves the role as a foil to the main character of the episodes that feature him).
- The Ditz: Easily the dumbest and most incompetent character in the franchise, this scatter-brained and impulsive gungan always gets in ridiculous situations.
- The Drag-Along: Jar Jar gets pulled along the adventure in The Phantom Menace while contributing next to nothing, besides leading the Jedi to Boss Nass. Somewhat lampshaded when he first meets Padmé and is asked how he ended up on their ship.Jar Jar: My no know, misa day starting pitty okeyday with a brisky mornin munchen, den BOOM!
- Easily Forgiven: By Boss Nass in The Phantom Menace when he brings the people of Naboo into an alliance with the Gungans. Not so much after the events of Revenge of the Sith.
- The Exile:
- His overall clumsiness results in his exile when he crashed Boss Nass's heyblibber submarine.
- After the Battle of Endor, Jar Jar goes back into exile on Naboo for his role in the Empire's rise to power.
- Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job: By the time the Empire collapses, Jar Jar has been reduced to a street performer in Theed for his critical role in allowing the Empire to come to power.
- Fluffy Tamer: In The Clone Wars, he somehow manages to befriend a giant Rodian water-slug creature that saved him, Padmé, and C-3PO in addition to enabling them to capture Gunray.
- The Fool: This is showcased in the Battle of Naboo when he manages to take out dozens of battle droids in his path completely by accident. This has led to a fan theory that he's Force-sensitive: no one in the Star Wars canon could pull off such a high death count due to sheer dumb luck. This trait becomes much more prominent in The Clone Wars, where a few episodes have him save the day or solve an important clue through random bumbling (often backed by straight-up audacity).
- Foot Popping: In "The Disappeared, Part I", he lifted one of his legs (and his ears) when Queen Julia kissed him.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Downplayed as there is no one who truly detests him. But almost every character he has been put on a team with has expressed their dismay about his quirks. The sole exceptions are a few other Gungans, the Bardottans who trust and respect him, Queen Julia who's been completely wooed by his — as Master Yoda put it — "innocence of a child", and later the children who he entertains once he becomes a street performer. Other characters like Padmé, Obi-Wan and Anakin may usually show uncertainty and skepticism about his competence, but also treat him kindly and also usually they are impressed by his bravery and helpfulness which earns him more respect from them.
- Friend to All Children: After being ousted from his people once more, Jar Jar returned to Naboo to entertain children as a street performer. It surprisingly works out for him.
- Friend to All Living Things: Reinforcing the fanon of his Force-sensitivity, he befriends a giant underwater predator on Rhodia while on a diplomatic mission with Padme in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, leading it on a devastating attack against Separatist forces, saving her and C-3PO.
- Graceful in Their Element: He's a Lethal Klutz on land, but is a very graceful swimmer when underwater.
- Hated by All: By the time of the Battle of Jakku, he's scorned by almost everyone he comes across, not just for his quirks, but for inadvertently helping a dictatorship come into play which left pain and suffering across the galaxy. His status as an outcast though is ultimately what bonds him with Mapo, a young burn victim and orphan who's equally been isolated for his appearance.
- Heroic BSoD:
- In The Phantom Menace, he's visibly devastated while attending Qui-Gon's funeral in Theed.
- He goes into a state of catatonia during Padmé's funeral at the end of Revenge of the Sith.
- His exile after the Battle of Endor also did quite a number on his emotions.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: Despite winning a major victory in the Battle of Naboo and partly serving in the Clone Wars, he gets exiled by the Gungans for inadvertently causing Palpatine's rise to power and isn't viewed in a positive light by the adults on Naboo.
- Hidden Depths: Plenty to consider:
- Despite his odd accent, Jar Jar's speech calling for Palpatine to gain emergency powers gets him a standing ovation from the entire Senate, proving that he's actually a really good public speaker and justifying his unexpected position as the political ambassador for the Gungans.
- There are some suggestions that he might be Force-sensitive instead of extremely lucky in spite of his supposed incompetence.
- In "Supply Lines", though he does intentionally make a mess gathering the kitchenware, he actually juggles it all very well and with considerable skill, even managing to dramatically flip it all into a sculpture-like pile when he ends the juggling, doing so with such skill that one of Lott Dod's aides starts clapping despite himself. Consider what a klutz he normally is...
- When he has to impersonate Boss Lyonie in "Shadow Warrior", he actually does a pretty good job of it, so much so that the real Boss Lyonie compliments him on his efforts at the episode's end.
- He's also fully aware of what some characters think of him. An example includes him being visibly upset when Rex and a clone soldier snark about his clumsiness behind his back in the Age of Republic Special, prior to Jar Jar saving him.
- Interspecies Romance: He's in love with Queen Julia of Bardotta.
- Invincible Incompetent: In The Phantom Menace, he almost singlehandedly wins the Battle of Naboo for the Gungans due to his bumbling antics accidentally dealing serious damage to the droid army over and over again. He clearly has no idea what he's doing for the entire battle, but he is somehow alive, unscathed, and victorious in the end despite it.
- I Owe You My Life: He sticks by the heroes throughout The Phantom Menace because Qui-Gon saved him from getting trampled by a Federation tank.
- It's All My Fault: He is completely devastated about granting emergency powers to Palpatine once the Republic became the Empire.
- Kicked Upstairs: For all his foolishness and ineptitude this has happened quite often, being promoted to general of the Gungan Army and then their full-time representative in the Senate due to the astounding level of faith his few friends seem to have in him in spite of his bizarre ways. Chalk this up to them simply giving him the benefit of the doubt, which unfortunately for everyone proved badly misplaced.
- Kid-Appeal Character: Jar Jar was first intended to be this. Being out of place in the story of The Phantom Menace, however, caused the attempt to backfire miserably, and as such his role was greatly reduced in the Prequel Trilogy's subsequent films. He retroactively had slightly better luck in The Clone Wars, though.
- Large Ham: Jar Jar's an extremely over-the-top, energetic and excitable Manchild that gets distracted easily which makes him an annoying presence.
- Lethal Klutz: The whole reason he was exiled from his home is because he was very clumsy. Boss Nass uses this to good effect when he makes Jar Jar a general of the Gungan army; no Federation battle droid is able to stand when he comes across it.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: The only time on-screen that Jar Jar is ever shown going into a fight completely seriously is during the final portion of "The Disappeared, Part II". It's also the only time that Jar Jar is involved in a Curb-Stomp Battle in his favor.
- The Navigator: Qui-Gon agrees to take him with them so he can guide them through the watery core of Naboo. It's more an Informed Attribute than anything, really.
- Nice Guy: While Jar Jar is very childish, irritating, and inept, he's also a loyal and kindhearted being who would never intentionally harm others.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He is the most profound example in all of the Star Wars canon. His actions in Attack Of The Clones ensured that Palpatine would be granted absolute authority, which he later uses to kill all the Jedi and to establish the Empire.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: In "Supply Lines", he parades as a juggler with kitchen-ware he takes from the guests before they finish their dinner, throwing the contents to the table and to the floor. It's all a ploy to keep Lott Dod and his aide distracted until the supply ships to Ryloth are deployed.
- Overly-Long Tongue: Gungans being amphibioids, Jar Jar has a long and sticky tongue similar to a frog's, with which he can bring food to his mouth.
- Persona Non Grata: By the time of The Phantom Menace, Jar Jar had already been banished from Otoh Gunga because of his clumsiness. Once the Gungans and Naboo citizens put aside their differences, however, Jar Jar is promoted to General of the Gungan Army.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Practically every scene focusing on him is done for the slapstick.
- Proud Warrior Race Guy: Subverted; the Gungans do have a warrior culture (which he IS proud of speaking fondly of the Grand Army), but Jar Jar wants no part of it. Oddly enough, he's probably their best warrior anyway; when they make him a general for political reasons, he takes apart a significant percentage of the enemy army single-handedly without a scratch.
- Resolved Noodle Incident: It wasn't clear why he was banished from his homeland in the first place until the release of the reference guide Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, which confirmed that he was banished because he crashed Boss Nass' heyblibbler submarine.
- Sad Clown: After the Clone Wars, Jar Jar has again become an outcast and feels guilty for putting Palpatine in power. Around the time after Palpatine's death, he now spends his time as a street performer and clown trying to bring joy to refugee children at Naboo orphanages.
- Serkis Folk: Jar Jar is one of the first live-action characters to be portrayed completely using computer-generated imagery (CGI) and motion capture technology, which allowed Jar Jar to be depicted performing feats of acrobatics and clumsiness difficult for a real person in a costume to achieve. As a result, Jar Jar had a wider range of facial expressions than someone in a mask.
- Shoo Out the New Guy: Jar Jar is an infamous failed attempt at appealing to kids in The Phantom Menace. George Lucas took the hint and severely reduced his screen time in the subsequent films in the Prequel Trilogy.
- Small Role, Big Impact: After the backlash against him that he had back in The Phantom Menace, his role was reduced substantially. Nonetheless, he's responsible for suggesting that Chancellor Palpatine should be granted emergency power - which the Senate grants to him - along with everything that followed.
- Spanner in the Works: As a pirate in Hondo's gang said it best:He's no representative, he's a plague!
- Speaks Fluent Animal: He's actually able to communicate with the flora and fauna of Rodia when he visits during the Clone Wars, though initially it's played for laughs when all it gets him when he shows it off is a barrage of thrown fruit and the swamp laughing at him.
- Throw the Dog a Bone:
- In The Clone Wars, he has a girlfriend and there is a planet that actually reveres him.
- In the Age of Republic Special, he gets to show off his lightsaber skills, save Captain Rex's life, and turn the Battle of Mimban in the Republic's favor.
- In Empire's End, his reputation amongst children in Theed and striking a friendship with Mapo who also becomes his own apprentice.
- Took a Level in Badass: In The Clone Wars, he is retroactively a more brave and effective character than he is in the Prequel Trilogy. It's helped by putting a greater emphasis on his acrobatic abilities (he even gets mistaken for a Jedi at one point) and affinity with wildlife. In the Age of Republic Special (which takes place before The Clone Wars via being set in the Battle of Mimban), he picks up a lightsaber, fights off battle droids, prevents Rex from dying in a Last Stand, and helps turn the Battle of Mimban in the Republic's favor.
- Uncle Tomfoolery: Jar Jar Binks is accused of resembling black caricatures in minstrel shows and early American cinema, highlighting his Jamaican-like accent, clumsiness, naivety and shuffling gait, and being cowardly all typical traits of minstrel characters. It does not help physically, he has large nostrils and his "lips" make up half of his face, both traits commonly exaggerated in black caricatures also his large floppy ears have been compared to dreadlocks. Jar-Jar's first lines in the series, "Mee-sa your humble servant," call slavery and domestic servitude to mind.
- Unfit for Greatness: He may be a loyal and kind-hearted friend, but he has an unfortunate tendency to be given positions of authority that require far more competence than he has. He lucks his way through his brief stint as a general, and his time as a politician sees him manipulated into giving Palpatine unlimited authority as part of his efforts to turn the Republic into a fascist Empire.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His most notable action in the Prequel Trilogy is to pass a motion that grants Palpatine emergency powers, thus leading to the end of the Galactic Republic. In his defense, Palpatine was a Manipulative Bastard who played into his naïvety.
- Unwitting Pawn: With Senator Amidala absent, it only takes a few choice words from Palpatine for Jar Jar to seal the fate of the Republic in the Chancellor's favor.
- Walking Disaster Area: His clumsiness is all but stated to be the reason behind his exile from Otoh Gunga. This is shown during the final battle of The Phantom Menace when every droid and enemy transport he encounters is reduced to wreckage in his wake.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: Deconstructed; his earnest disposition in a senate fraught with corruption makes him an easy target for scheming politicians, including Palpatine, who gets himself granted emergency powers by playing to Jar Jar's idealism and naïvety.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: After serving as a representative of Naboo in the Clone Wars, he is exiled from Naboo once again due to being responsible for Palpatine gaining the emergency powers and eventually becoming the emperor.
Bail Organa (Alderaan)
Senator Bail Organa
See his entry on the Rebel Alliance page.
Mon Mothma (Chandrila)
Senator Mon Mothma
See her entry on the New Republic Senate page.
Orn Free Taa (Ryloth)
Senator Orn Free Taa
See his entry on the Imperial Senate page.
Lott Dod (Trade Federation)
Senator Lott Dod
See his entry on the Trade Federation page.
Onaconda Farr (Rodia)
Senator Onaconda Farr
"I am just trying to do what is right. I only wish I had tried doing that a long time ago."
Species: Rodian
Homeworld: Rodia
Portrayed by: Zuraya Hamilton
Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker
Appearances: The Phantom Menace | Queen's Shadow | Attack of the Clones | Queen's Hope | The Clone Wars
"And we are all aware that Onaconda was a flawed man. He knew better than anyone of his own mistakes, but he never compromised his principles, and what he did, he did for his people. Their needs always came first."
—Silood, in a eulogy at Onaconda Farr's Funeral
Onaconda Farr was the senator of Rodia and a longtime friend of Padmé Amidala.
- Affectionate Nickname: Padmé calls him "Uncle Ono". Several other characters close to him call him Ono as well.
- Ascended Extra: He receives a fleshed out expanded role in The Clone Wars after being featured as a background character in Attack of the Clones.
- The Atoner: After realizing making a deal with the Separatists was a bad idea, he does everything he can to put things right, including making efforts to stop more clone troopers from being made in the hopes of pursuing a diplomatic solution to the war.
- Character Death: He is murdered by his aide Lolo Purs in "Senate Murders".
- Connected All Along: The Clone Wars reveals that he is an old family friend to Padmé and the Naberries, close enough to be considered extended family by Padmé.
- Determinator: Even when he gets mugged by two bounty hunters who are similarly intimidating other senators into voting for a banking deregulation bill, getting a broken arm as a result, he doesn't change his stance on voting against the bill.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: He collapses and dies in Padmé's arms after being poisoned.
- Easily Forgiven: Deconstructed in "Senate Murders". After briefly joining Rodia with the Separatists in "Bombad Jedi", he rejoins the Republic and is forgiven after helping capture Nute Gunray and, a year later, he regrets making that mistake. However, his aide, Lolo Purs, felt that he was a Karma Houdini for joining the Separatists in the first place and murdered him for it.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Downplayed. He is betrayed and murdered by his own aide, Lolo, but he never found out she was the one who did him in.
- Evil Uncle: A downplayed and subverted one to his honorary niece, Padmé. He betrays her trust to hand her over to the Separatists as part of a deal he made with Nute Gunray, although he is deeply regretful about this and only did it out of desperation to help his people. When he learns that Gunray is going to kill Padmé, though, he turns on him and helps save her. Padmé forgives him for this and a year later one can barely tell there was ever any discord between them.
- Genre Blind: In "Hostage Crisis", when he, Anakin, and the other captive senators are surrounded by a grid of trip-wire bombs, he suggests that they follow Cad Bane's terms and stay where they are. Anakin, however (having dealt with Bane before), knows better.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: He joined the Separatists some time before the beginning of "Bombad Jedi" in order to get supplies for Rodia and then rejoins the Republic at the end of the episode when he realizes the Separatists could not be trusted.
- Honorary Uncle: He was this to Padmé.
- Horrible Judge of Character: He chooses to trust Nute Gunray, of all people. Admittedly, he was desperate, but he already knew what a slimy, unscrupulous bastard Gunray was as he had invaded the homeworld of his best friend and honorary niece. It takes him a while to realize that Padmé is right about Gunray bringing him nothing but trouble.
- Humanoid Alien: He's a Rodian, who have human-like bodies and reptilian heads.
- I Did What I Had to Do: He says he only did what he had to in order to save his people when it's revealed he had made a deal with Nute Gunray.
- Intergenerational Friendship: With Padmé. They've known each other since she was a little girl and he was one of her father's greatest allies in the Senate. Padmé thinks of him as an uncle while he clearly cares for her a great deal too to the point of turning on the Separatists when he realizes they want to kill her.
- Interspecies Friendship: With Ruwee Naberrie, a human from Naboo. He was an important ally to Ruwee in the Senate and they're close enough that Ruwee's daughter, Padmé, considers him an uncle.
- My God, What Have I Done?: His reaction upon learning that Nute Gunray intends to execute Padmé.
- Plot-Triggering Death: His death in "Senate Murders". He is killed early on and solving his murder (and the resultant crimes) forms the main plot of the episode.
- Purple Is Powerful: He is the senator of Rodia and is always seen wearing a purple robe.
- Regretful Traitor: He's genuinely remorseful about betraying Padmé. He later does what he can to make it up to her, including saving her life.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He only made a deal with Nute Gunray out of desperation to save his people from starvation, after the Senate failed to send emergency supplies following an attack made by pirates.
Lolo Purs (Rodia, aide)
Representative Lolo Purs
Species: Rodian
Homeworld: Rodia
Voiced by: Jennifer Hale
Appearances: The Clone Wars
Lolo Purs was an aide to Senator Onaconda Farr. She murdered Farr and Umbaran senator Mee Deechi, but was exposed by Padmé Amidala.
- Greater-Scope Villain: She indirectly serves the role as this for the Umbara arc. Her murder of Senator Deechi in "Senate Murders" led to Umbara withdrawing from the Republic and joining the Separatists, triggering the brutal campaign to retake the planet.
- Motive Rant: She gives one after Padmé exposes her as the murderer of Onaconda Farr and Mee Deechi.Purs: He was weak. We needed someone with strength to stand against this war. I tried to scare him at the docks but he wouldn't go away, so I removed him. And when I heard Deechi knew about that meeting, he had to go too.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Her murder of Farr resulted in the Galactic Senate passing the clone trooper production increase bill, allowing the Clone Wars to continue (and further paving the way for the rise of the Galactic Empire). In addition, her murder of Mee Deechi to cover up Farr's murder resulted in Umbara (formerly a solidly loyal world) joining the Separatists, triggering a deadly and brutal campaign to subdue it and return it to the Republic.
- Number Two: To Farr and she takes his position as the senator of Rodia after his death.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Her murders in the Senate only encompasses one episode, but her actions turned Umbara to the Separatists, sparking the Umbara campaign.
- The Starscream: She believed that Farr was too weak and tainted by his brief collaboration with the Separatists to be an effective leader, so she murdered him to become senator herself.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Her murder of Senator Deechi leads to his people leaving the Republic, which triggers the Umbara campaign which had several clones killed by Pong Krell. Not to mention making Rex question the point of the whole war, which would have ramifications for the future Galactic Empire.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: She believed Farr was a Karma Houdini for putting Rodia at risk by briefly siding with the Separatists and only murdered him after he refused to resign so she could take over as senator and provided the strength needed to oppose the war.
Aks Moe (Malastare)
Senator Aks Moe
Species: Gran
Homeworld: Malastare
Portrayed by: Mark Coulier
Voiced by: Marc Silk
Appears in: The Phantom Menace | Queen's Shadow
"The Congress of Malastare concurs with the honorable delegate from the Trade Federation. A commission must be appointed."
A male Gran who represented the Congress of Malastare during the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo.
- Corrupt Politician: Utilized his connections and wealth to exert influence over the Republic's bureaucracy and had a large number of other politicians, judges, and lobbyists on his payroll. He notably used his influence to halt Tan Divo's efforts to root out crime and corruption on Coruscant, which Moe was profiting off of.
- Extra Eyes: Grans have three eyes.
- Humanoid Alien: Has the basic human body shape, but has a distinctly alien appearance.
- Killed Offscreen: He was assassinated before the events of Attack of the Clones and was replaced by Ask Aak.
- Only in It for the Money: Will typically only vote in favor of legislation if it profits him or the Congress of Malastare in some manner. He ends up supporting Padmé's Mid Rim Cooperation Motion after realizing how many credits it could make for Malastare.
Ask Aak (Malastare)
Senator Ask Aak
Species: Gran
Homeworld: Malastare
Portrayed by: Steven Boyle (Attack of the Clones), Paul Spence (Revenge of the Sith)
Appears in: Attack of the Clones | Revenge of the Sith
"The debate is over. Now we need that clone army."
A male Gran senator representing Malastare during the Separatist Crisis. Ask Aak was a political ally of Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine and was part of his Loyalist Committee.
- Alliterative Name: Ask Aak.
- Ambiguously Evil: Unlike his predecessor, Aak isn't known to be corrupt, but is a close ally of Palpatine and doesn't turn against him like many on the Loyalist Committee do during the Clone Wars.note
- Extra Eyes: Grans have three eyes.
- Humanoid Alien: Has the basic human body shape, but has a distinctly alien appearance.
- War Hawk: He was one of the strongest proponents of creating a Republic Military in order to take action against the Separatists when they threatened to secede from the Republic.
Meena Tills (Mon Cala)
Senator Meena Tills
Species: Mon Calamari
Homeworld: Mon Cala
Portrayed by: ???
Voiced by: Anna Graves
Appearances: The Clone Wars | Revenge of the Sith
Meena Tills was the senator for Mon Cala during the Clone Wars. She was an ally of Padmé Amidala and was part of the Delegation of 2,000 who opposed Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine's growing power.
- Ascended Extra: She receives an expanded role in The Clone Wars after appearing in the background of several scenes in Revenge of the Sith.
- Collared by Fashion: Most of her outfits have this.
- Fish People: She is a Mon Calamari.
- Humanoid Alien: She is this as a result of being a Mon Calamari.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She offers solid advice throughout the war on Mon Cala and later works with like-minded senators in an attempt to curb the growing tyranny of Palpatine.
- Schrödinger's Canon: According to the Star Tours in Tokyo, she was arrested around the same time Mon Cala began to face persecution, but sometime before the Battle of Yavin, she had escaped and had a bounty on her head.
- Tuckerization: She is named after Lucasfilm employee Tina Mills.
Giddean Danu (Unknown)
Senator Giddean Danu
Species: Human
Portrayed by: Christopher Kirby
Appearances: Revenge of the Sith
"The constitution is in shreds. Amendment after amendment."
Giddean Danu was a senator who was opposed to Chancellor Palpatine's increasing powers.
- All There in the Manual: His only scenes in Revenge of the Sith were deleted, but are still considered canon according to the Star Wars Databank.
- Benevolent Conspiracy: He is one of the senators who works with Bail Organa and Mon Mothma to help establish the beginnings of the Rebel Alliance near the end of the Clone Wars.
- Knight in Sour Armor: Danu displays righteous anger and logic while talking about how Palpatine's amendments are destroying their constitution and is determined to oppose Palpatine on the senate floor.
- Schrödinger's Canon:
- In response to his opposition to Palpatine's growing emergency powers and militarization of the war (as well as being a supporter of the Jedi), as he was from Kuat & represented it in the Senate, the people of Kuat were frustrated with him as the war would mean a greater demand for ships from Kuat Drive Yards, leading to him almost being voted/kicked out of office twice.
- He's The Stoic and a bit of a cynic.
Fang Zar (Sern Prime)
Senator Fang Zar
Species: Human
Homeworld: Sern Prime
Portrayed by: Warren Owens
Appears in: The Clone Wars | Revenge of the Sith
Fang Zar was an elderly senator who is an ally of Padmé Amidala and opposed Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's increasing power.
- All There in the Manual: His only scenes in Revenge of the Sith were deleted, but are still considered canon according to the Star Wars Databank.
- Benevolent Conspiracy: He is one of the senators who works with Bail Organa and Mon Mothma to help establish the beginnings of the Rebel Alliance near the end of the Clone Wars.
- The Cameo: He appears in two senate scenes in some episodes of The Clone Wars.
- Stroke the Beard: He is the oldest senator present at the meetings discussing opposition to Palpatine and rubs his long beard when his associates first propose taking action.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He was one of the 63 Senators from the Delegation of 2,000 who was arrested one day after the establishment of the Empire and his story currently stops there in canon. In Legends, he was eventually released but became a fugitive and was later killed.
Riyo Chuchi (Pantora and Orto Plutonia)
Senator Riyo Chuchi
Species: Pantoran
Homeworld: Pantora
Voiced by: Jennifer Hale
Appearances: The Clone Wars | The Bad Batch
"To die for one's people is a great sacrifice. To live for one's people, an even greater sacrifice. I choose to live for my people. What do you choose?"
Riyo Chuchi was a female Pantoran politician from the moon of Pantora which orbited the planet Orto Plutonia. Chuchi served as a senator and represented her people in the Galactic Senate of the Republic during the Clone Wars. Towards the end of the Clone Wars, Chi Eekway Papanoida took her place as senator, but Chuchi was soon once again a member of the newly renamed Imperial Senate.
- Action Survivor: She's a Non Action Girl but she's nobody's fool. She manages to survive being hunted down by Rampart's assassin, Clone X, long enough for Rex to come to the rescue.
- The Bus Came Back: Absent for Revenge of the Sith, but back for The Bad Batch.
- Clones Are People, Too: She advocates for clone rights in the Imperial Senate when it becomes clear they're on the verge of being replaced by conscripted Stormtroopers.
- Damsel in Distress: She was among the senators held hostage by Cad Bane in "Hostage Crisis".
- Improbable Age: At the beginning of her political career, she's fourteen years old. Not, mind you, that that's unheard of in the Star Wars Canon — just look at Padmé Amidala.
- Extreme Doormat: She does practically nothing to stop Chairman Chi Cho's aggressive actions towards the Talz on Orto Plutonia, being too intimidated by him to risk his wrath, until she Took a Level in Badass.
- Facial Markings: Just like most Pantorans, Chuchi has yellow markings on her face.
- Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: In the early days of the Empire, she innocently believes that there is still democracy and that the government will still be able to produce a good, happy ending. Exposing Rampart only for Palpatine to push through the Imperial Defense Recruitment Bill anyway is what finally convinces Chuchi that there is no democracy left, only Palpatine’s fascism.
- Green-Skinned Space Babe: She's an attractive female Pantoran who has blue colored skin just like the fellow members of her species.
- Rebel Leader: Becomes one of the earliest leaders of a resistance movement against the Empire after connecting with Captain Rex and helping him build a network that aids clones in escaping from the Empire.
- Schrödinger's Canon: In Legends, the Separatists once sent an assassin after her, but she was saved by the combined efforts of Anakin and Kit Fisto.
- Took a Level in Badass: At the end of "Trespass" (her first appearance); after spending the episode being easily cowed by the Jerkass chairman, Riyo finds the courage, after the chairman is killed, to personally negotiate peace with the Talz, giving a speech that convinces their leader to end hostilities. In "Sphere of Influence" (her next major appearance), she wasn't afraid to blackmail the captain of the Trade Federation ship, on which they found Chairman Papanoida's daughter held hostage.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: She is nowhere to be seen in Revenge of the Sith, but Chi Eekway Papanoida has taken her place, implying that either her term was over or something bad happened to her. However, she is then back in the Senate in the The Bad Batch, perfectly healthy.
Chi Eekway Papanoida (Pantora, late Clone Wars)
Senator Chi Eekway Papanoida
See her entry on the Sujimis Sector page.
Mee Deechi (Umbara)
Senator Mee Deechi
Species: Umbaran
Homeworld: Umbara
Voiced by: Gideon Emery
Appearances: The Clone Wars
"You shouldn't make speeches like that. It's unpatriotic."
Mee Deechi was the senator of Umbara. He supported an escalation of the Clone Wars, which put him at odds with Senator Padmé Amidala. He was murdered by Lolo Purs to cover up her murder of Onaconda Farr.
- Avenging the Villain: Somewhat. While he is a Well-Intentioned Extremist at best, he never would murder Onaconda Farr and wanted to see the Republic defeat the Seps, but was murdered by Lolo once he learned of the meeting at the docks. Thus, the Republic had to bring his homeworld back to their side after they defected to the Separatists.
- Chair Reveal: When Padmé and the police go to confront him on the attempt on her life at the docks in "Senate Murders", they turn his chair around to find a dagger in his chest.
- Human Alien: As an Umbaran, he just looks like a very pale human.
- Irony: For how much he supported the Republic's war effort, his own people joined the Separatists after he was murdered, forcing the Republic to (indirectly) avenge him.
- Red Herring: He was set up to appear to be a suspect in Onaconda's murder and the attempt on Padmé and Bail Organa's life as they investigated it, since he was a political opponent of Onaconda and was the one who sent Padmé and Bail to the docks. He was innocent and ended up being killed by the real murderer, Lolo Purs.
- War Hawk: He supports the continued production of clone troopers, believing that the only way to end the Clone Wars is through military victory, not a negotiated peace.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He is a patriot and sincerely believes that more clone troopers and an escalation in the war is necessary, although his opponents suspected he was really motivated by War for Fun and Profit.
- Worthy Opponent: He regarded Onaconda as one, and respected him greatly. He still hired people to follow him though.Mee Deechi: Ono had a secret meeting at the docks under the derrick major the night before he died.
Padmé: And you just happen to know about this meeting how?
Mee Deechi: Oh, I was having Ono followed. Just because I respected Ono, doesn't mean I wasn't trying to get dirt on him.
Halle Burtoni (Kamino)
Senator Halle Burtoni
Species: Kaminoan
Homeworld: Kamino
Voiced by: Jameelah McMillan
Halle Burtoni was the senator of Kamino. She acquired the position by successfully leveraging the production of clone troopers by the Kamino cloners for membership in the Republic.
- The Bus Came Back: Returns in season 2 of The Bad Batch, showing what she's gotten up to since the end of the war and the fall of Kamino.
- Corrupt Politician: The only thing she cares about is profit.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: A rare version of this trope occurs at the end of "Senate Murders", after Lolo Purs is arrested and Halle is cleared of suspicion. Soon after, when Palpatine announces that the 5 million Clone Trooper bill is saved by the votes favoring it, Halle smirks at Mon Mothma, as if to say, "Ha. Clones beat peace mongering diplomacy again, bitch!"
- Even Evil Has Standards: She’s a greedy war profiteer but she recognizes the evil of the Empire and is disgusted by it as well as Rampart’s actions. She’s rallied by Chuchi and Omega into helping try to take Rampart down.
- Evil Old Folks: She is the oldest Kaminoian in the canon, and needs a cane to walk around. Her age doesn't make her war profiteering and general jerkassery any more tolerable though.
- Frame-Up: Lolo Purs tries to frame her as the culprit in the murder of Onaconda Farr and Mee Deechi, and nearly gets away with it.
- Jerkass: She is rude and tries to cast suspicion on the Senators who want peace as being possible Separatist sympathizers. After Onaconda Farr is murdered in "Senate Murders", the only reason she is upset is because she considered him a useful idiot.Halle Burtoni: Every time Ono opened up his befuddled mouth, it gave us another quote to use in our fundraising. Why would we kill our best source of income?
- Jerkass Has a Point:
- While Halle's comments about diplomacy failing the Republic are insensitive, she is correct, given that the Separatists have no desire to negotiate peace talks and previous attempts to open them failed.
- She recognizes that even if Rampart is exposed as the one who destroyed Kamino, he’s just a cog in the Imperial machine and can be easily replaced. The end of "Truth and Consequences" proves her right when it is strongly implied Palpatine allowed events to play out so that Rampart would be exposed and then used as the fall guy for Kamino’s destruction, allowing him to continue pushing the Imperial Defense Recruitment Bill through unimpeded. The heroes take this to heart, with Chuchi all but deserting the Empire after finally realizing that democracy has truly died, and the Bad Batch later try to impart this lesson to Saw Gerrera during their infiltration of Raven's Peak.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: After the war ended and the Empire immediately began reconsidering their contracts with Kamino, Burtoni sensed the inevitable was coming and made sure to stay the hell away from the planet without looking back. Sure enough, she ends up one of the few known survivors of Rampart’s genocide.
- Lack of Empathy: She is not remotely concerned for the fact Kamino was forcibly emptied of its occupants and her people scattered across the Galaxy. Granted, this seems to be a bit of a species-wide trait but it still comes off as unsettling.
- A Lighter Shade of Grey: Unlike some other senators who want the war to continue, like Lott Dodd, Gume Saam, and Nix Card, she is not a secret Separatist and is loyal to the Republic.
- Sole Survivor: Downplayed. She’s not the only survivor of the genocide of Kamino, but she’s one of the few known survivors and the only one we know of who wasn’t explicitly spared from execution like Nala Se, by virtue of her having chosen to live off-world.
- Speak Ill of the Dead:
- After Onaconda's murder she continues to insult him, and after her ally Mee Deechi notes that he did respect Onaconda, Burtoni wants it noted for the record that she did not feel the same.
- She displays no empathy for the Kaminoans who died in the destruction of her homeworld, content that she is still alive and well.
- Take That!: Her name, in conjunction with her corrupt views, may be one to the real-world oil company, Halliburton.
- War for Fun and Profit: She wants to keep the war going as long as possible and push through legislation in the senate that would authorize the creation of more clone troopers, which would result in a hefty profit for Kamino, while potentially ending the Clone Wars quicker.
Kharrus (Kinyen)
Senator Kharrus
Species: Gran
Homeworld: Kinyen
Voiced by: Corey Burton
Appearances: The Clone Wars
"The last time I went on one of these ransom missions, I spent three weeks in a dungeon."
Kharrus was a Gran male politician who served as a senator of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars in addition to being an ally of Chancellor Palpatine. He was killed by pirates on a mission to exchange one million credits of spice to the Hondo Ohnaka for Count Dooku.
- Due to the Dead: Jar Jar and the clone troopers accompanying them bury Kharrus' body under a pile of rocks, which Jar Jar marks with the senator's staff.Jar Jar: Yousa find rest, Senator. Thosen with good in their heart always passen too soon. We be missing you, Senator.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: When their shuttle begins to crash, Kharrus gets out of his seat to assist Jar Jar and secures him safely, but when he gets back into his own seat and tries to secure himself, it malfunctions. He gets tossed around the shuttle when it crashes, which ends up killing him.
- Noodle Incident: Whatever mission he went on that got him locked up for three weeks in a dungeon.
- Shout-Out: The topper of his staff is the Staff of Ra from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He appeared in the background of a few episodes before dying in "The Gungan General" after only a couple minutes of screentime.
Garm Bel Iblis (Corellia)
Senator Garm Bel Iblis
Species: Human
Homeworld: Corellia
Appearances: The Star Wars Encyclopedia
Corellian Senator who was an early ally of Bail Organa and Mon Mothma.
- Canon Immigrant: Originally introduced by Timothy Zahn in The Thrawn Trilogy.
- Demoted to Extra: One of the key founding members of the Rebellion alongside Bail Organa and Mon Mothma in Legends, he's only briefly mentioned to exist.
- Schrödinger's Canon:
- Bel Iblis was a major opponent of Palpatine's policies
- He enacted the ancient clause of Contemplanys Hermi during the build up to the Clone Wars to keep Corellia out of the conflict.
- Bel Iblis was close friends with Fang Zar and signed the Petition of the 2000
- Bel Iblis continued to serve in the Imperial Senate after the formation of the Empire, continually opposing Palpatine
- His wife Arrianya and children were killed by an Imperial assassin's bomb intended for him, forcing him into open rebellion
- Had a falling out with Mon Mothma after Bail Organa's death and split from the main Rebel Alliance.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: His fate in current canon is unknown.
Danry Ledwellow (Er'Kit)
Senator Danry Ledwellow
Homeworld: Er'Kit
Appearances: Commander
Danry Ledwellow was the representative of Er'Kit in the Galactic Senate. Shortly before the Clone Wars, he took bribes from Thalassian slavers to allow them to operate without disruption on his homeworld in exchange for a private army of Separatist hailfire droids. Eventually, his collaboration with the slavers was discovered by Republic officials and he was arrested on a charge of corruption, also losing his position as senator. His private army fell into the hands of Blood Dawn slavers on Er'Kit, which would be demolished by Saponza's Gang during the Galactic Civil War.
- Canon Immigrant: He first appeared in the original HoloNet News broadcast issues that were building up to the release of Attack of the Clones.
- Corrupt Politician: He took bribes to let slavers to their work on his homeworld all so that he could get a private army made up of droids from the enemy government.
Zinn Paulness (Unknown)
Senator Zinn Paulness
Species: Human
Appearances: The Clone Wars
Zinn Paulness was a senator in the Galactic Republic representing an unknown world. He participated in many senatorial decisions during the Clone Wars, including supporting the deregulation of the banks in order to increase clone trooper production and rejecting the proposed peace treaty with the Separatist Parliament after an attack on the Coruscant power generator by Separatist Demolition droids.
- Distressed Dude: He is one of the senators taken hostage by Cad Bane in "Hostage Crisis".
- Mythology Gag: His design is based off of concept art for an Alderaanian aide in Revenge of the Sith.
- Recurring Extra: He appears in several episodes of The Clone Wars, but only has a handful of speaking lines in two episodes in which he serves as a minor political opponent of Padmé.
- Tuckerization: Of Paul Zinnes, the digital asset supervisor of The Clone Wars.
Kin Robb (Taris)
Senator Kin Robb
Species: Human
Homeworld: Taris
Voiced by: Anna Graves
Appearances: The Clone Wars
Kin Robb was a senator who represented Taris. She is acquainted and often allied with Padmé Amidala and Duchess Satine Kryze. She was present at a number of significant events throughout the Clone Wars, including the attacks by Cad Bane and Death Watch, the Zillo Beast incident, and the trial of Ahsoka Tano (where she was a member of the jury). She was also part of the Council of Neutral Systems. By the end of the Clone Wars, Tynnra Pamlo had succeeded her and represented Taris in the newly-formed Imperial Senate.
- Collared by Fashion: Her outfit includes a high collar.
- Damsel in Distress: She is one of the senators taken hostage by Cad Bane in "Hostage Crisis" and is also attacked by assassin probe droids aboard the Coronet.
- I Warned You: She was very distrustful of Rush Clovis' intentions in putting himself forward as the new leader of the Banking Clan and shouts this to Palpatine when Clovis seemingly favors the Separatists once in office.
- Large and in Charge: She's a senator and stands at a height of 6'6, which is very unusual for a human woman.
- Purple Is Powerful: She's a politician who is always seen wearing purple. Interestingly, purple is said to be the color of administration on Taris, which she was senator of in Legends.
- The Voiceless: Robb's appearances throughout the show were relegated to silent cameos until she was given a Suddenly Speaking role in Crisis At The Heart, voiced by Anna Graves.
- War Hawk: Usually inverted, except for one notable instance. Senator Robb is closely acquainted with Padmé Amidala, who prefers diplomatic approaches, and appears to support many of her campaigns and ideals, in particular Padmé's successful appeal to decrease military spending. However, when she learns that the Separatists have taken control of the Banking Clans, she is one of the first to declare that the Republic invade Scipio to take them back.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Robb disappears after the Clone Wars are over and the Republic Senate becomes the Imperial Senate, with Taris represented by Tynnra Pamlo instead.
Dagonet (Unknown)
Senator Dagonet
Species: Human
Homeworld: Unknown
Voiced by: Mark Rolston
Appearances: Tales Of The Jedi
A cruel and self-centered senator whose corrupt political ambitions resulted in his people suffering horribly. When they retaliate against him by kidnapping his son, he seeks a brutal reprisal, bringing him into conflict with a young Count Dooku and Qui-Gon Jinn.
- 0% Approval Rating: Owing to his policies which range from inept to actively harmful and dismissiveness towards his subjects, Dagonet is pretty much hated by everyone. Even his own son is appalled by him when he learns of how the people of their planet are struggling, to the point of agreeing with his kidnappers.
- Ambition Is Evil: The reason for his people's suffering is that he would rather further his own political career at their expense then actually do his job.
- Arc Villain: Of "Justice". Although the kidnappers instigated the conflict, it's revealed that they were pushed to that point by Dagonet's corrupt policies, and Dooku and Qui-Gon end up having to protect the villagers from his retaliation.
- Beard of Evil: A Corrupt Politician with a full beard.
- Bullying a Dragon: Shows no hesitation in trying to order around two Jedi, opens fire on them when they refuse and taunts them over what he's going to do to the innocents they're protecting. It nearly gets him Force-choked to death by Dooku.
- Corrupt Politician: He's a crooked, selfish dirtbag who cares more about his personal ambitions then his people, resulting in his homeworld suffering horribly under his reign as Senator. In general, he serves as a walking symbol of how corrupt and decadent the Republic has become by the time of the prequels, which the Sith take advantage of to seize control and build a genocidal Empire.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: For all his flaws, Dagonet genuinely loves his son and will move heaven and earth to protect him. It's perhaps his one positive quality.
- Evil Is Petty: It's not enough that he rescue his son from kidnappers (kidnappers who only acted against him because of his awful policies). He also feels need to burn their homes down and destroy them utterly, just to punish them for daring to stand up to him. It's this petty cruelty that enrages Dooku to the point of nearly killing Dagonet.
- Foil: To fellow Republic Senator Larik. Both are corrupt politicians that represent the corruption in the Republic that can only be killed by Palpatine's Empire and radicalize Dooku, while enacting policies that make their people suffer. However, while Larik is a coward who sells his planet out to corporations like the Trade Federation and is a hostage to his own guards, Dagonet neglects and abuses his people, even taking action himself when his son is kidnapped by the very citizens he let suffer.
- Jerkass: A complete asshole on top of being a corrupt politician.
- Pet the Dog: After being brutalized by Dooku and confronted for his crimes by his beloved son, Dagonet has a very reluctant change of heart — for the time being at least — and arranges for the towns he's been neglecting to get some measure of aid. Dooku, however, questions if it will make any meaningful difference in the long run, as the core root of the problem is not Dagonet himself but the corrupt system that lets men like him easily get power.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: It's all but explicitly stated that his reasons for neglecting and abusing his people ultimately boil down to simple classism; he just doesn't see them as mattering in the grand scheme of things because they're peasants and he's a senator.
- Too Dumb to Live: Provoking two Jedi alone isn't a good idea, but actively trying to shoot them with deadly force is especially foolish.
- Ultimate Job Security: When Qui-Gon questions why the people of his planet don't just vote him out of office if he's such a terrible senator, he's told "if only it were so easy"; while Dagonet is terrible at his job, he's good at being corrupt and manages to hold onto his position through backroom deals, bribery, and probable outright cheating in elections.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His cruelty towards his people ends up being one of the big radicalizing moments for Count Dooku that pushes him into becoming a supporter of the Separatist movement and eventually joining Palpatine's conspiracy to seize control of the Republic.
Larik (Raxus)
Senator Larik
Species: Human
Homeworld: Raxus Secundus
Voiced by: Theo Rossi
Appearances: Tales Of The Jedi
The senator of Raxus years prior to the Blockade of Naboo. Corrupt and cowardly, his policies bring great harm to Raxus and eventually cause his own Praetorian Guard to try and stage a coup by turning him into a Puppet King. After his death, the consequences of his actions reverberate for years and eventually lead to Raxus seceding from the Republic as one of the key member states of the Separatist movement.
- Asshole Victim: Subverted. He's a crooked politician who arguably brings his fate upon himself, but it's hard to say he deserves being held captive and then murdered by his guards. This gets lampshaded by Dooku, who notes that while Larik's guards were certainly justified in hating him, he had hardly done enough to deserve what they did to him.
- Bad Liar: He does an absolutely terrible job dissuading Windu and Dooku from investigating the circumstances of Master Katri's death. Justified, as he's scared witless because of his life being under threat and is lying unwillingly.
- Character Death: Shot dead by his own guards after their scheme is exposed.
- Corrupt Politician: His policies mostly consisted of selling out Raxus to the highest bidder, letting offworld corporations like the Trade Federation strip the planet of its natural resources while its people suffer. Unsurprisingly, he ends up a victim of a coup as a result.
- Foil: To fellow Republic Senator Dagonet. Both are corrupt Senators that represent the gradual decay in the Republic and enact policies that make their people suffer, which radicalize Dooku's thoughts. However, while Dagonet has the loyalty of his guards and takes action himself when his son is kidnapped by the people he let suffer, Larik is a coward whose guards want to force him to be a puppet so their own agenda can be put forth.
- In the Back: After his guards are exposed, a terrified Larik runs for safety only to be shot in the back and killed by them.
- Puppet King: What his guards intended to turn him into; holding his life hostage, they would force him to have a sudden "change of heart" politically and begin putting forth their own agenda, one more beneficial to Raxus.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears in one episode of Tales, dies in that one episode, and doesn't really do a lot in it. But his actions are the big reason why Raxus ends up being the capital of the CIS during the Clone Wars. He also plays a big part in Dooku's Start of Darkness, both as yet another example of the Republic's corruption and because of what happens as a result of Dooku uncovering the coup against him.
Sweitt Concorkill (Sembla)
Senator Sweitt Concorkill
Species: Vurk
Homeworld: Semblea
Portrayed by: ?
Appears in: Revenge of the Sith | Dawn Of The Rebellion The Visual Guide
A prominent senator with some common goals with Bail and Padme.
- Ambadassador: According to Dawn of the Rebellion: The Visual Guide, Sweitt has traveled into various dangerous conflicts as a diplomat and resolved them.
- Go-Karting with Bowser: He is part of the Delegation of 2,000, who oppose Palpatine's grasping policies, but attends the opera along with Palpatine (with All There in the Manual sources saying he mistakenly thinks he can be a moderating voice to Palpatine).
- Minor Major Character: He has no dialogue and is only seen briefly, but is a prominent politician who Palpatine's Advisory Council seems to treat as a peer.
- Schrödinger's Canon: In Legends, he is arrested soon after the formation of the Empire, with it being unknown if that happens here.
Bana Breemu (Humbarine)
Senator Bana Breemu
Species: Human
Portrayed by: Bai Ling
Appears in: Revenge of the Sith | Dawn Of The Rebellion The Visual Guide
A political ally of Padme and her bloc seen in deleted scenes of Revenge of the Sith.
- Alliterative Name: Both her names begin with a B.
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple: She is a polite, honest politician who is tired of war and wears an elegant purple gown.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: She opposes getting Anakin involved with the Petition of 2000 because she doesn't want the Jedi involved with a political debate when Anakin's loyalty to Palpatine would have made approaching him risky for entirely different reasons.
- You Can't Go Home Again: She represents the Humbarine sector and her home planet was bombed by General Grievous, killing or driving off all of its residents.
Terr Taneel (Neelanon)
Senator Terr Taneel
Species: Human
Portrayed by: Amanda Lucas
Appears in: Revenge of the Sith | Dawn Of The Rebellion The Visual Guide
A political ally of Padme and her bloc seen in deleted scenes of Revenge of the Sith.
- Alliterative Name: Both her names begin with a T.
- Never Bareheaded: She is always shown wearing either an ornamental hat or a pair of accessories that look like a cross between earrings and headphones.
- Pragmatic Hero: She wants to limit Palpatine's dictatorial powers, but has enough grasp of Realpolitik to know that doing so too quickly and overtly in the middle of a war will seem unpatriotic and just get the delegation members voted out of office.
- Schrödinger's Canon: In Legends, she comes from a system of decadent nobility and ample scheming and normally strives to stay above all of that and provide an honest and reasonable voice for her people, although she has some Not So Above It All moments of spying on allies who show signs of being courted by the opposition.
Nee Alavar (Lorrd)
Senator Nee Alavar
Species: Human
Portrayed by: Rena Owen
Appears in: Revenge of the Sith | Dawn Of The Rebellion The Visual Guide
A leader of the bloc opposing Palpatine's increasingly dictatorial actions.
- Badass Long Robe: She is one of the first senators to commit to challenging Palpatine and wears robes that cover all of her body besides her hands and face.
- Schrödinger's Canon: In Legends she is from the planet Lorrd, where people can tell everything about a person from body language, and she wears long robes to obscure her own body language.
- Spared by the Adaptation: In Legends She is the first and possibly only senator to sign the Delegation of 2,000 who is executed by Palpatine, as a twisted indication of how serious of a threat he sees her as, with her family being sent to a labor camp. In canon, she is just arrested for being a member of the Delegation of 2,000, but is released sometime after and completely disappears from all records.
Ivor Drake (Kestos Minor)
Species Human
Homeworld Kestos Minor
- Appearences Revenge of the Sith | Dawn Of The Rebellion The Visual Guide
- Death by Adaptation: She is arrested for opposing Palpatine in both continuities but only the new canon mentions that she eventually dies in jail (during a failed jailbreak).
- Silk Hiding Steel: She is a poised, well-dressed senator who spends nineteen years being interrogated over the names of other Rebel-sympathizing politicians but never cooperates with her interrogators.
