Event
Senatorial arrests
Canon Legends version → Linked from 23 articles
One day after the formation of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY, Imperial Intelligence arrested sixty-three Imperial senators on charges of conspiracy and treason. All those arrested were members of the Delegation of 2,000, a group of senators who made a failed bid to limit the growing executive powers of Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine during the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Among those arrested were Senators Bail Organa and Mon Mothma; though the former escaped unscathed, the latter was detained in much less pleasant conditions. The arrests were reported on by the state-sanctioned HoloNet News, which declared the event a "dramatic victory over the Jedi rebellion." Most senators were released after pledging loyalty to the new regime, though some remained incarcerated.
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Facts
- Prev
- Proclamation of the New Order
- Mission to Mustafar
- Conc
- Great Jedi Purge
- Next
- Investigation into the framing of the Jedi
- Date
- 19 BBY
- 1 day AFE
- Place
- Imperial City, Coruscant
- Outcome
- 63 senators arrested on charges of conspiracy and treason
- Keyparties
- Galactic Empire
- Delegation of 2,000
- Imperial Intelligence
- Judicial Forces
- Participants
- Nee Alavar
- Tanner Cadaman
- Ivor Drake
- Mon Mothma
- Bail Organa
- Shea Sadashassa
- Streamdrinker
- Fang Zar
Appearances
2 works, in story order
- Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (mentioned only)
- Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel (mentioned only)
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