Military Creation Act
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- "It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling. I love democracy… I love the Republic. The power you give me I will lay down when this crisis has abated."
- ―Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to the Galactic Senate[src]
- "I haven't worked for a year to defeat the Military Creation Act to not be here when its fate is decided."
"Sometimes we must let go of our pride and do what is requested of us." - ―Senator Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker[src]
The Military Creation Act was a bill proposed in the Galactic Senate ten years after the Battle of Naboo.
[edit] History
Written in response to the growing number of worlds seceding from the Galactic Republic, and the rise of political hostility to the central authority on Coruscant, the act was meant to reestablish a formal military within the structure of the Republic, which had been scaled down considerably after the New Sith Wars. Prior to the act, the security of the Republic was maintained through local police, the operation of the Jedi Order and their coordinating activities with the Judicial Department, a branch of the Office of the Supreme Chancellor. For two years the Senate debated on whether or not to vote, but Supreme Chancellor Palpatine finally ordered a vote two months before the start of the Clone Wars.
It remains unknown which Senator originally proposed the act, though it drew much support from Militarist senators such as Orn Free Taa of Ryloth, Aks Moe of Malastare, Onaconda Farr of Rodia, and Jollin Resbin of Sneeve. Opposition was led by Padmé Amidala of Naboo, Tendau Bendon of Ithor, Eeshrin Ot'Hyne of Caamas, and Yudrish Sedran of Chalacta. Palpatine was publicly neutral, but in private conversations, he revealed to the Jedi Council that he was trying to delay the vote as long as he could. The contents of the bill were never made public beyond the Senate.
However, the bill was never officially brought to a vote, as the discovery of a Separatist military on Geonosis spurred the remaining Loyalist Senators to grant Chancellor Palpatine emergency powers, which he used to create a Grand Army of the Republic based on the clone troopers of Kamino.
Passage of the Act was backed by such groups as the Stark Veteran Assembly and the Academy of Carida. When a mock version of the Act was voted on by the Legislative Youth Program, it passed with 52% in support and 48% opposed.
[edit] Appearances
Ando, Sy Myrth Secede—HoloNet News Vol. 531 45 (First mentioned)
- Palpatine Sets Army Vote Date—HoloNet News Vol. 531 46
- Corellia Closes Borders—HoloNet News Vol. 531 47
- Point/Counterpoint: Military Creation Act—HoloNet News Vol. 531 47
- Palpatine to Separatists: Let's Talk—HoloNet News Vol. 531 48
- Senator Horox Ryyder Retires—HoloNet News Vol. 531 48
- Palpatine forms Loyalist Committee—HoloNet News Vol. 531 49
- Legislative Youth Program Role-Plays Vote—HoloNet News Vol. 531 50
- Carida Backs Military Creation Act—HoloNet News Vol. 531 52
- Palpatine Health Rumors Denied—HoloNet News Vol. 531 52
- Rodian Campaigning Mixes Drama & Politics—HoloNet News Vol. 531 52 (Mentioned only)
- Campaigning Reports from the Mid Rim—HoloNet News Vol. 531 55
- Anti-War Rally Dispersed by Senate Guard—HoloNet News Vol. 531 55
- BREAKING NEWS: Amidala Alive—HoloNet News Vol. 531 56
- Loyalist Committee Split on Vote—HoloNet News Vol. 531 56
- Palpatine Confident in Negotiations—HoloNet News Vol. 531 56
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
- Labyrinth of Evil (Mentioned only)
