Populist

Populist was term that could be used to describe politicians who appealed to the common people of the galaxy.

Count Dooku relied on populist messaging during the Separatist Crisis. The Commission for the Protection of the Republic was a populist organization within the Galactic Republic that operated during the Clone Wars and, afterward, was transformed into the Galactic Empire's Commission for the Preservation of the New Order. In 19 BBY, Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine was described as a populist due how his policies were perceived.

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