Chi Cho

Chi Cho was a Pantoran male politician and military leader who served as the Supreme Chairman of the Pantoran Assembly and the Exalted Ruler of the moon Pantora during the final decades of the Republic Era until his death during the Clone Wars. A stalwart and hawkish leader, Cho believed that Pantora should protect its interests and safety through military force rather than diplomacy. Cho was an ally of the Galactic Republic and worked alongside its authorities during the Clone Wars, a pan-galactic conflict between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

During the war, Cho lobbied the Republic to establish an outpost on the Pantoran protectorate of Orto Plutonia, leading to the discovery of the native Talz tribes and debate over the sovereignty of the planet. Cho dismissed the rights of the Talz and asserted that Pantora still had jurisdiction over Orto Plutonia, sparking the One-Day War between his forces and the tribe of Chieftain Thi-Sen. Cho led a group of Republic soldiers into battle against Thi-Sen's warriors, but the conflict quickly turned against him and he was fatally wounded. The chairman was reprimanded for his actions by the Pantoran Assembly, which ceded Orto Plutonia to the Talz and elected Notluwiski Papanoida as his successor.

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