Ryloth Senatorial Delegation

Ryloth Senatorial Delegation
General information
Leader(s)	Chom Frey Kaa Orn Free Taa Connus Trell
Historical information
Date dissolved	0 BBY
Other information
Affiliation	Galactic Republic Galactic Senate Rim faction Loyalist Committee Galactic Empire Imperial Senate

"And my opponents?"
"Aside from the obvious ones? The entire Ryloth group—Orn Free Taa, Connus Trell, and Chom Frey Kaa. Also Toonbuck Toora, Edcel Bar Gan [sic], Po Nudo… Do you want me to go on?"

―Chancellor Valorum and Senator Palpatine, on the former's Yinchorri embargo act

The Ryloth Senatorial Delegation was a body of diplomats who represented Ryloth and the other planets of the Gaulus sector in the Galactic Senate of the Galactic Republic. The delegation consisted of a senator and their aides, although sometimes it was led by two co-senators. In 0 BBY, the Senate was shut down by order of the Galactic Emperor Palpatine, and the Rylothean delegation was disbanded along with all the others.

Organization

The Twi'lek senator Taa with two of his female aides

The Ryloth Senatorial Delegation sat in the Galactic Senate, the legislative and executive branch of the Galactic Republic. Its members represented the planet of Ryloth and the other worlds contained within the Gaulus sector, in the Outer Rim region of the galaxy. It occupied a repulsorpod in the rotunda of the Galactic Senate, and was led by one or up to three senators, with the help of their aides and protocol droids. In the last decades of the Republic, all members of the delegation were Twi'leks, the native inhabitants of Ryloth. The heads of the delegation tended to be corpulent males and often employed female assistants who were considered attractive. This was seen as a badge of prestige and was customary within the male-dominated Twi'lek culture.

History

One of Orn Free Taa's aides around 32 BBY

"The Senate recognizes Senator Orn Free Taa of Ryloth."

―Mas Amedda

By 33 BBY, the Ryloth delegation had three Twi'lek co-senators: Orn Free Taa, Connus Trell, and Chom Frey Kaa. That year, the whole group opposed the Yinchorri embargo act proposed by Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum. At the time, Senator Taa had three consorts: a blue-skinned female named Pampy, a pallid male assistant and a red-skinned a female aide. He also had a protocol droid in his possession.

One year later, the Ryloth group endorsed the candidacy of Palpatine, head of the Naboo Senatorial Delegation, during the chancery election to replace Valorum. Shortly after the ascension of Palpatine to chancellorship, Connus Trell was killed by the bounty hunter Jango Fett, and Kaa was brought up on corruption charges and arrested in 31 BBY.

At some point during the Separatist Crisis, Senator Taa's red-skinned consort was replaced by the emerald green Supi. In the wake of the Clone Wars, the Republic was turned into the Galactic Empire, with the old congress becoming the Imperial Senate. However, nineteen years later, that new assembly was officially disbanded, and the Ryloth group disappeared along with all the other delegations.

Appearances

• Cloak of Deception
• Darth Plagueis
• Darth Plagueis audiobook
• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (Deleted scene)
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace Illustrated Screenplay

Sources

• Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays
• Star Wars Episode I Who's Who: A Pocket Guide to the Characters of The Phantom Menace
• Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary
• Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
• Taa, Orn Free in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)