Sidrona

Sidrona was a sentient male who served as Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. He was a firm supporter of the Jedi, and a friend of Jedi Master Vodo-Siosk Baas and Minister of Defense Netus. In 3996 BBY, the Republic fell prey to a group of unidentified terrorists, who plundered and looted many shipyards for a number of months, avoiding detection and apprehension by the Republic Navy. Rumors abounded that a rogue Jedi Knight was responsible, though Sidrona dismissed them; he and the Senate refused the Jedi Order clearance to intervene and deal with the supposed rogue Jedi itself.

The Order sent Vodo-Siosk Baas to meet with Sidrona and the Senate and persuade them to overturn their decision, though as they rendezvoused, Sith Lord Ulic Qel-Droma—a former Jedi, who had been responsible for the terrorist strikes—launched an attack on Coruscant, capital world of the Republic. The Republic was able to fend his forces off, though, and captured Qel-Droma; the Chancellor decreed that he would be put on trial, held accountable for his crimes, and punished with death. Qel-Droma refused to show regret for his actions at the trial, but before Sidrona and his fellow Senate members could order his execution, Qel-Droma's master, Dark Lord of the Sith Ulic Qel-Droma Exar Kun forced entry into the Senate Hall. He used the Force to subdue the audience and approached the pulpit on which Sidrona stood. Sidrona attempted to attack Kun with his staff; the Sith Lord was too powerful, though, using the dark side to force Sidrona into telling the congregation that the Senate was a meaningless institution. With that, Kun killed the Chancellor.

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