Rush Clovis

Rush Clovis was a human male politician and baron from Scipio who became the leader of the InterGalactic Banking Clan during the final year of the Clone Wars. Once a member of the Galactic Republic, Clovis had represented the Banking Clan as a senator in the Galactic Senate. Though noble and sincere in his desire to maintain the honesty of the banks, he became intertwined with corporate interests during the Clone Wars and betrayed the Republic to fund weapons development for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Clovis was disgraced and removed from the Senate for his betrayal but later sought out the Republic to aid his efforts to reform the Banking Clan. Although it seemed like he would free the Banking Clan of corruption, Clovis, unable to escape his past, was made a pawn for other powers.

Raised in part as the adopted son of an influential Muun family on Scipio, Rush Clovis began his political career by joining the Galactic Senate. Initially dismissed as a corporate senator, Clovis garnered a reputation as a lackluster politician. He became enamored with Senator Padmé Amidala of the Chommell sector, who was in the same group of incoming senators. The two worked together during their early tenures, culminating in their proposal of the Mid Rim Cooperation Motion in response to a crisis on Bromlarch. After the legislation passed, Amidala rejected Clovis's advances and made their relationship strictly professional, but the two fell out soon afterward. Clovis became increasingly involved with business factions of the Senate and, like his peers, faced a conflict of interest when the Republic entered war with the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Like other commerce groups in the Senate, the InterGalactic Banking Clan declared itself a neutral entity in the Clone Wars, granting funds to both governments. As the war progressed, Clovis and Trade Federation representative Lott Dod partnered to fund a new Confederate droid foundry on Geonosis. Suspecting Clovis of treason, the Jedi High Council authorized Senator Amidala to spy on him and learn of his dealings. Clovis, believing that she wanted to reignite their former relationship, invited her to join him on Cato Neimoidia, where he was to finalize his deal with Dod in secret. Amidala discovered Clovis's investment in the droid foundry, but Dod poisoned her before she could report her findings, hoping to use her as leverage over Clovis in their financial agreement. Disregarding his deal with Dod, Clovis managed to secure an antidote for Amidala but, in doing so, allowed her to leave with information of his treason.

Removed from the Senate and replaced by Nix Card, Clovis became an adjudicator for the Banking Clan, which by the final year of the war faced financial collapse due to its divided funds. Wanting to solve these issues and return the banks to their former state, Clovis worked alongside Amidala to expose the full extent of the Banking Clan's economic troubles and corruption. Despite his change of heart, Clovis struck a deal with Confederate Head of State Dooku in secret to help him replace the leadership of the Banking Clan. Though he attempted to legitimize his office after assuming it, Clovis was made Dooku's pawn and forced to raise interest rates on the Republic. His deal backfired further when the Confederacy invaded Scipio to take control of the banks, leaving Clovis and a hostage Amidala trapped on the planet. The Republic invaded in kind, and in the ensuing battle, a conflicted and remorseful Clovis committed suicide in order to save Padmé.

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