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Galactic Senate

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The Galactic Senate, also referred to as the Galactic Congress, the Congress of the Republic, or the Republic Senate, was the legislative assembly of the Galactic Republic. It was composed of senators from various worlds and star systems across the galaxy, and was presided by a Supreme Chancellor, the highest office-holder of the democratic union 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. In addition, the Jedi Order vowed an allegiance of service to the Galactic Senate.

Upon the fall of the Jedi and the rise of the Galactic Empire, the Galactic Senate was transformed into the Imperial Senate, a formal advisory body, which was discouraged from disagreeing with the policies of Emperor Sheev Palpatine. Immediately before the Battle of Yavin, Palpatine officially dissolved the Imperial Senate.

After their victory at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance was reorganized into the New Republic, which reconvened the former Galactic Senate as the New Republic Senate after twenty-two years. As the capital of the Republic rotated among its member worlds, so did the New Republic Senate.

Text and facts from the “Galactic Senate” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Leaders
Supreme Chancellor
Vice Chair
Subgroup
Antislavery committee
Chair of the Senate
Committee for transportation of construction materials
Core Faction
Core Worlds educational reform committee
Delegation of 2,000
Ethics Committee
Finance Committee
Inner Rim Coalition
Intelligence and Armed Services Committee
Jedi Order
Judiciary Committee
Internal Activities Committee
Lothal Senate
Loyalist
Militarists
Loyalist Committee
Military Oversight Committee
Naval Subcommittee
Procurement Panel
Pacifist faction
Council of Neutral Systems
Secessionist Faction
Penal Oversight Committee
Republic Security Council
Rim Faction
Senate Action Committees
Senate Budgetary Committee
Senate Guard committee
Senate Guard
Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee
Senate Bureau of Intelligence
Senate Rotunda Preservation Committee
Senatorial committee for RDC actions
Transportation committee
Headquarters
Senate Building, Federal District, Galactic City, Coruscant
Founded
c. 1032 BBY
Fragmented
Separatist Senate, during the Clone Wars
Reorganized
19 BBY, as the Imperial Senate
Restored
4 ABY, as the New Republic Senate
Affiliations
Galactic Republic

Appearances

152 works, in story order
  1. The Queen's Bloom (mentioned only)
  2. The High Republic: Convergence (mentioned only)
  3. The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha (mentioned only)
  4. The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha script (mentioned only)
  5. The High Republic: Into the Dark (mentioned only)
  6. The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (mentioned only)
  7. The High Republic: A Test of Courage (mentioned only)
  8. Starlight: First Duty (mentioned only)
  9. A Coruscant Solstice (mentioned only)
  10. The High Republic: The Rising Storm (mentioned only)
  11. The High Republic: Out of the Shadows
  12. The High Republic: Tempest Runner (mentioned only)
  13. Starlight: Shadows Remain (mentioned only)
  14. The High Republic: The Fallen Star (mentioned only)
  15. The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1 (mentioned only)
  16. The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness
  17. The High Republic Adventures: Crash Landing (mentioned only)
  18. Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Family Ties (mentioned only)
  19. The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (mentioned only)
  20. The High Republic (2023) 1 (mentioned only)
  21. The High Republic: Beware the Nameless (mentioned only)
  22. The High Republic: Tempest Breaker (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  23. The High Republic: Tempest Breaker script (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  24. The High Republic: Into the Light (mentioned only)
  25. The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi (mentioned only)
  26. The High Republic: A Valiant Vow (mentioned only)
  27. The Vow of Silver Dawn (mentioned only)
  28. The Acolyte: Wayseeker (mentioned only)
  29. The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown (mentioned only)
  30. Day (mentioned only)
  31. The Acolyte (mentioned only)
  32. Justice (mentioned only)
  33. Choices (mentioned only)
  34. Jedi Knights 1 (mentioned only)
  35. Jedi Knights 3
  36. Jedi Knights 4 (mentioned only)
  37. Jedi Knights 8
  38. Age of Republic - Qui-Gon Jinn 1 (indirect mention)
  39. The Living Force (mentioned only)
  40. Queen's Peril
  41. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (first appearance)
  42. The Phantom Menace Read-Along Storybook and CD
  43. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Graphic Novel Adaptation
  44. Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace
  45. Star Wars Battlefront II (mentioned only)
  46. The Sith Lord (mentioned only)
  47. Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss (mentioned only)
  48. Obi-Wan and Anakin 1 (mentioned only)
  49. Obi-Wan and Anakin 2 (mentioned only)
  50. Obi-Wan and Anakin 3 (mentioned only)
  51. Obi-Wan and Anakin 4 (in a flashback)
  52. Queen's Shadow
  53. Dooku: Jedi Lost (in a flashback)
  54. Dooku: Jedi Lost script (in a flashback)
  55. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
  56. Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (mentioned only)
  57. Queen's Hope (mentioned only)
  58. Jar Jar 1 (mentioned only)
  59. Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu 5
  60. Star Wars: My First Comic Reader 1
  61. Brotherhood
  62. The Failing of the Light (mentioned only)
  63. Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales 3 (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  64. Galactic Tales: From The Shadows Come The Kran (mentioned only)
  65. Star Wars: The Clone Wars film (first identified)
  66. Supply Lines (mentioned only)
  67. Ambush
  68. Shadow of Malevolence (mentioned only)
  69. Destroy Malevolence (mentioned only)
  70. Bombad Jedi (mentioned only, first identified)
  71. Cloak of Darkness
  72. Lair of Grievous (mentioned only)
  73. Dooku Captured (mentioned only)
  74. The Gungan General (mentioned only)
  75. Dooku Captured (mentioned only)
  76. Trespass (mentioned only)
  77. Blue Shadow Virus (mentioned only)
  78. Storm Over Ryloth (mentioned only)
  79. Liberty on Ryloth (mentioned only)
  80. The Zillo Beast (in a flashback)
  81. The Zillo Beast Strikes Back
  82. Senate Spy
  83. Lightsaber Lost (in a flashback)
  84. The Mandalore Plot (mentioned only)
  85. Voyage of Temptation (mentioned only)
  86. Duchess of Mandalore
  87. Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel (mentioned only)
  88. Corruption (mentioned only)
  89. Sphere of Influence
  90. Evil Plans (mentioned only)
  91. Hostage Crisis
  92. Hostage Crisis
  93. Intermission, Part 1 (mentioned only)
  94. Intermission, Part 2 (mentioned only)
  95. Hunt for Ziro (mentioned only)
  96. Heroes on Both Sides
  97. Pursuit of Peace
  98. Pursuit of Peace
  99. Senate Murders
  100. Nomad Droids (indirect mention)
  101. Slaves of the Republic (mentioned only)
  102. A Friend in Need
  103. A War on Two Fronts (mentioned only)
  104. Revival (mentioned only)
  105. The Lawless (mentioned only)
  106. Kenobi's Shadow (mentioned only)
  107. Sabotage (mentioned only)
  108. The Jedi Who Knew Too Much (mentioned only)
  109. To Catch a Jedi (mentioned only)
  110. The Wrong Jedi
  111. The Rise of Clovis
  112. Crisis at the Heart
  113. The Disappeared, Part I
  114. Voices (in a flashback)
  115. Age of Republic - Padmé Amidala 1 (mentioned only)
  116. A Distant Echo (mentioned only)
  117. On the Wings of Keeradaks (mentioned only)
  118. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  119. The Phantom Apprentice (mentioned only)
  120. Shattered (mentioned only)
  121. Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (mentioned only)
  122. Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel (mentioned only)
  123. Darth Vader (2017) 16 (in a flashback)
  124. Ahsoka (mentioned only)
  125. So Much More
  126. Thrawn (mentioned only)
  127. Orientation (mentioned only)
  128. Tarkin (mentioned only)
  129. Lost Stars (mentioned only)
  130. Leia, Princess of Alderaan (mentioned only)
  131. Thrawn: Alliances (mentioned only)
  132. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Graphic Novel Adaptation (mentioned only)
  133. Battlefront: Twilight Company (mentioned only)
  134. Yoda 4 (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  135. Darth Vader (2020) 19 (indirect mention, in a flashback)
  136. TIE Fighter 4 (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  137. Luke vs. Emperor Palpatine - Rise to Evil (in a flashback)
  138. The Princess and the Scoundrel (mentioned only)
  139. Shattered Empire 2 (indirect mention)
  140. Aftermath (mentioned only)
  141. Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle 1 (mentioned only)
  142. Star Wars (2020) 50 (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  143. Bloodline (mentioned only)
  144. The Legends of Luke Skywalker (mentioned only)
  145. Eyes Like Stars (mentioned only)
  146. Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (mentioned only)
  147. Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (mentioned only)
  148. Legacy of Vader 4 (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  149. Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (mentioned only)
  150. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (mentioned only)
  151. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (mentioned only)
  152. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (mentioned only)
Non-canon appearances: 4
  1. William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
  2. Escape from Coruscant (as a hologram)
  3. Fortnite Battle Royale (mentioned only)
  4. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

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