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Something Wicked This Way Comes: President of the Galactic Republic
In the third picture in the series, the Supreme Chancellor — by now ensconced in power as the official ‘Dictator of the Free Galaxy’ courtesy of a
constitutional amendment and an emergency powers resolution — is in full presidential mode, consulting with his military and political advisors while
conducting the largest war the galaxy has ever seen.
At the bottom far left is (1.) Senator Garm Bel Iblis (Corellia), a powerful mercantilist and gifted tactician who would go on to become one of the ‘Big
Three’ leading the early rebel Alliance to Restore the Republic, as he appears in “Corellia Closes Borders” (HoloNet News Vol. 531, No. 47), standing
just beneath (2.) a Red Guardsman, from Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. The Guardsman is keeping an eye on a conversation between (3.)
Senator Terr Taneel (The Senex), a noblewoman of ancient heritage, and (4.) Senator Malé-Dee (Uyter), who replaced the late Senator Lexi Dio (Uyter)
after her assassination, both as they appear in Revenge of the Sith (both were to join with the Delegation of 2,000 in an attempt to force Palpatine from
power). Just to the right of Taneel and Malé-Dee is (5.) Senator Tundra Dowmeia (Dac), from Revenge of the Sith, eavesdropping on a conversation
between his colleague and co-ambassador (6.) Senator Meena Tills (Dac), from Revenge of the Sith, (7.) Raith Sienar, brilliant engineer and managing
director of Republic Sienar Systems, from The New Essential Guide to Characters, and (8.) Senator Orn Free Taa (Ryloth), as he appears in The
Phantom Menace. Both Dowmeia and Meena Tills would eventually join the Delegation of 2,000.
At the far right, also eavesdropping, is (9.) Ottegru Grey, a ‘special agent’ of Bank of the Core and an operative of Palpatine’s, from Revenge of the Sith.
Grey’s patron, (10.) Tannon Praji, First Minister of Ingress of Coruscant, stands nearby, from Revenge of the Sith; Praji’s family holdings in Bank of the
Core establish a link — of which he was never aware — between him and Palpatine, via BotC’s membership in the Galactic Corporate Policy League, a
business consortium with secret and illegal connections to Palpatine. Having their own conversation nearby are two of the wealthiest and most powerful
sapients in the galaxy, (11.) Orman, Baron Tagge, the nobleman and chairman of the vast conglomerate the Tagge Company from “New Tagge Baron
Leads Tech Initiative” (Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 15:2:22, Star Wars Insider No. 74), and (12.) Onara of Kuat, managing director of Kuat
Drive Yards, from Revenge of the Sith; like Praji’s Bank of the Core, both TaggeCo. and KDY were in Palpatine’s back pocket, via the GCPL. To Kuat’s
right is (13.) Master Jedi Yoda, Grand Master of the Jedi Order and Military Attaché to the Supreme Chancellor, as he appears in The Phantom Menace,
Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.
To Yoda’s left is yet another conversation, this one taking place between (14.) Senator Prince Bail Prestor of Organa, Prince Consort of Alderaan
(Alderaan), from Revenge of the Sith, (15.) Senator Seti Ashgad, the so-called “Golden Tempter,” from The Essential Chronology, (16.) Senator Padmé
Naberrie, Lady Amidala (Naboo), from Revenge of the Sith, and (17.) Senator Giddean Danu (Kuat), a thorn in Onara of Kuat’s side, as he appears in
Revenge of the Sith. All four would come to be enemies of Palpatine, with Danu and Lady Amidala joining the Delegation of 2,000 and Prince Bail going
on to become one of the Alliance to Restore the Republic’s ‘Big Three’; for his part, Ashgad, a brilliant engineer and orator generally regarded as a serious
rival for Palpatine’s power, would be kidnapped and exiled to Nam Chorios after he spoke out against the Supreme Chancellor’s security measures one
time too many.
Over Danu’s shoulder is (18.) General (Retired) Jar Jar Binks, member of the Galactic Representative Commission for Naboo, from Attack of the Clones,
(19.) Master Jedi Tholme, the Jedi Order’s spymaster, from “Trackdown” (Republic Nos. 72 - 73), and (20.) Senator Mon Mothma (Chandrila),
Palpatine’s fiercest enemy who would go on to become the last and most important of the ‘Big Three’ of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, from
Revenge of the Sith. Just over her shoulder is (21.) Captain Jace Dallin, late of the Rendili Home Defense Force, from “The Dreadnaughts of Rendili”
(Republic Nos. 69 - 71), wearing the uniform of the Republican Navy, and the holograms of (22.) Captain Jan Dodonna, from “The Dreadnaughts of
Rendili,” and renowned starfighter tactician (23.) Adar Tallon, from Rebellion (wearing the uniform of the Republican Navy). Just beyond the holograms
is (24.) Speaker of the Senate Mas Amedda, from Revenge of the Sith, speaking to (25.) Janus Greejatus, one of Palpatine’s closest advisors, wearing the
advisor’s garb from “Reversal of Fortune.”
Seated in front of Greejatus is (25.) Admiral Terrinald Screed, Palpatine’s military right hand and Commander Coruscant Planetary Defense Force, as he
appears in “Point/Counterpoint: Military Creation Act” (HoloNet News Vol. 531, No. 47). Just behind Screed is (26.) Sim Aloo, Palpatine’s senior
political advisor, from Return of the Jedi. To their left is (27.) Palpatine of Naboo, Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, as he appears in Attack
of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Barely visible behind him is (28.) Sly Moore, Assistant to the Supreme Chancellor and Chief of Staff, standing next
to his two oldest lieutenants, (29.) Ars Dangor and (30.) Sate Pestage, both wearing the advisor’s garb from “Reversal of Fortune.” Pestage is writing
down a note while (31.) Armand Isard, Director, Senate Bureau of Intelligence, from “Reversal of Fortune” (colors approximated), looks on. To Isard’s
left is (32.) Senator Fema Baab, from Revenge of the Sith, along with (33.) Senator Jannie Ha’Nook (Glithnos), a senior member of the Security and
Intelligence Council, from “Reversal of Fortune” (colors approximated), (34.) Senator Nee Alavar (Lorrd), who would join the Delegation of 2,000, from
Revenge of the Sith, and (35.) Senator Silya Shessaun (Thesme), from Revenge of the Sith. Standing nearby them is (36.) Master Jedi Mace Windu, leader
of the Jedi High Council, from Revenge of the Sith and (37.) Senator Ask Aaak (Malastare), successor to the late Senator Aks Moe, from Revenge of the
Sith.
The line work was done in pencil, then inked with a Pentel extra fine superball pen and colored with Crayola colored pencils. It was first published on 30
October 2006 to Mr. Michael Wong’s StarDestroyer.Net message board. It was republished to this site on 15 May 2007.
In the third picture in the series, the Supreme Chancellor — by now ensconced in power as the official ‘Dictator of the Free Galaxy’ courtesy of a
constitutional amendment and an emergency powers resolution — is in full presidential mode, consulting with his military and political advisors while
conducting the largest war the galaxy has ever seen.
At the bottom far left is (1.) Senator Garm Bel Iblis (Corellia), a powerful mercantilist and gifted tactician who would go on to become one of the ‘Big
Three’ leading the early rebel Alliance to Restore the Republic, as he appears in “Corellia Closes Borders” (HoloNet News Vol. 531, No. 47), standing
just beneath (2.) a Red Guardsman, from Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. The Guardsman is keeping an eye on a conversation between (3.)
Senator Terr Taneel (The Senex), a noblewoman of ancient heritage, and (4.) Senator Malé-Dee (Uyter), who replaced the late Senator Lexi Dio (Uyter)
after her assassination, both as they appear in Revenge of the Sith (both were to join with the Delegation of 2,000 in an attempt to force Palpatine from
power). Just to the right of Taneel and Malé-Dee is (5.) Senator Tundra Dowmeia (Dac), from Revenge of the Sith, eavesdropping on a conversation
between his colleague and co-ambassador (6.) Senator Meena Tills (Dac), from Revenge of the Sith, (7.) Raith Sienar, brilliant engineer and managing
director of Republic Sienar Systems, from The New Essential Guide to Characters, and (8.) Senator Orn Free Taa (Ryloth), as he appears in The
Phantom Menace. Both Dowmeia and Meena Tills would eventually join the Delegation of 2,000.
At the far right, also eavesdropping, is (9.) Ottegru Grey, a ‘special agent’ of Bank of the Core and an operative of Palpatine’s, from Revenge of the Sith.
Grey’s patron, (10.) Tannon Praji, First Minister of Ingress of Coruscant, stands nearby, from Revenge of the Sith; Praji’s family holdings in Bank of the
Core establish a link — of which he was never aware — between him and Palpatine, via BotC’s membership in the Galactic Corporate Policy League, a
business consortium with secret and illegal connections to Palpatine. Having their own conversation nearby are two of the wealthiest and most powerful
sapients in the galaxy, (11.) Orman, Baron Tagge, the nobleman and chairman of the vast conglomerate the Tagge Company from “New Tagge Baron
Leads Tech Initiative” (Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 15:2:22, Star Wars Insider No. 74), and (12.) Onara of Kuat, managing director of Kuat
Drive Yards, from Revenge of the Sith; like Praji’s Bank of the Core, both TaggeCo. and KDY were in Palpatine’s back pocket, via the GCPL. To Kuat’s
right is (13.) Master Jedi Yoda, Grand Master of the Jedi Order and Military Attaché to the Supreme Chancellor, as he appears in The Phantom Menace,
Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.
To Yoda’s left is yet another conversation, this one taking place between (14.) Senator Prince Bail Prestor of Organa, Prince Consort of Alderaan
(Alderaan), from Revenge of the Sith, (15.) Senator Seti Ashgad, the so-called “Golden Tempter,” from The Essential Chronology, (16.) Senator Padmé
Naberrie, Lady Amidala (Naboo), from Revenge of the Sith, and (17.) Senator Giddean Danu (Kuat), a thorn in Onara of Kuat’s side, as he appears in
Revenge of the Sith. All four would come to be enemies of Palpatine, with Danu and Lady Amidala joining the Delegation of 2,000 and Prince Bail going
on to become one of the Alliance to Restore the Republic’s ‘Big Three’; for his part, Ashgad, a brilliant engineer and orator generally regarded as a serious
rival for Palpatine’s power, would be kidnapped and exiled to Nam Chorios after he spoke out against the Supreme Chancellor’s security measures one
time too many.
Over Danu’s shoulder is (18.) General (Retired) Jar Jar Binks, member of the Galactic Representative Commission for Naboo, from Attack of the Clones,
(19.) Master Jedi Tholme, the Jedi Order’s spymaster, from “Trackdown” (Republic Nos. 72 - 73), and (20.) Senator Mon Mothma (Chandrila),
Palpatine’s fiercest enemy who would go on to become the last and most important of the ‘Big Three’ of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, from
Revenge of the Sith. Just over her shoulder is (21.) Captain Jace Dallin, late of the Rendili Home Defense Force, from “The Dreadnaughts of Rendili”
(Republic Nos. 69 - 71), wearing the uniform of the Republican Navy, and the holograms of (22.) Captain Jan Dodonna, from “The Dreadnaughts of
Rendili,” and renowned starfighter tactician (23.) Adar Tallon, from Rebellion (wearing the uniform of the Republican Navy). Just beyond the holograms
is (24.) Speaker of the Senate Mas Amedda, from Revenge of the Sith, speaking to (25.) Janus Greejatus, one of Palpatine’s closest advisors, wearing the
advisor’s garb from “Reversal of Fortune.”
Seated in front of Greejatus is (25.) Admiral Terrinald Screed, Palpatine’s military right hand and Commander Coruscant Planetary Defense Force, as he
appears in “Point/Counterpoint: Military Creation Act” (HoloNet News Vol. 531, No. 47). Just behind Screed is (26.) Sim Aloo, Palpatine’s senior
political advisor, from Return of the Jedi. To their left is (27.) Palpatine of Naboo, Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, as he appears in Attack
of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Barely visible behind him is (28.) Sly Moore, Assistant to the Supreme Chancellor and Chief of Staff, standing next
to his two oldest lieutenants, (29.) Ars Dangor and (30.) Sate Pestage, both wearing the advisor’s garb from “Reversal of Fortune.” Pestage is writing
down a note while (31.) Armand Isard, Director, Senate Bureau of Intelligence, from “Reversal of Fortune” (colors approximated), looks on. To Isard’s
left is (32.) Senator Fema Baab, from Revenge of the Sith, along with (33.) Senator Jannie Ha’Nook (Glithnos), a senior member of the Security and
Intelligence Council, from “Reversal of Fortune” (colors approximated), (34.) Senator Nee Alavar (Lorrd), who would join the Delegation of 2,000, from
Revenge of the Sith, and (35.) Senator Silya Shessaun (Thesme), from Revenge of the Sith. Standing nearby them is (36.) Master Jedi Mace Windu, leader
of the Jedi High Council, from Revenge of the Sith and (37.) Senator Ask Aaak (Malastare), successor to the late Senator Aks Moe, from Revenge of the
Sith.
The line work was done in pencil, then inked with a Pentel extra fine superball pen and colored with Crayola colored pencils. It was first published on 30
October 2006 to Mr. Michael Wong’s StarDestroyer.Net message board. It was republished to this site on 15 May 2007.
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