Separatist Council
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- "The Confederacy certainly won't be lacking in credits."
"Except for greed." - ―Siri Tachi and Adi Gallia
The Separatist Council, also known as the Council of Separatists, the Separatist Union, or the Leadership Council, was the legislative branch of the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. It was headed by a Head of State-Count Dooku. Should the Head of State be assassinated, the Supreme Commander would take control.
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[edit] History
The Separatist Council was created as the ruling body for Confederacy of Independent Systems under Count Dooku. After the deaths of Dooku and General Grievous, the Council assumed sole leadership of the Confederacy (yet still under the guidance of Darth Sidious). At this point, Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray assumed the role of spokesperson for the group.
In the final stages of the Clone Wars, the Council was to hide in the Outer Rim on General Grievous's orders, due to Republic victories at Separatist strongholds in major CIS systems. Originally, the Council was to be relocated to Belderone, but the Republic intercepted this information due to the recovery of Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray's mechno chair. A quick change of plan was made, and the Council was moved to Utapau. Before Grievous's death, Sidious ordered him to send the Council from Utapau to Mustafar, supposedly to keep them safe from the Republic. The Council established their makeshift headquarters in Klegger Corp Mining Facility. Upon Grievous's death at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Council became directly in control of the Confederacy, and began by monitoring the sieges in the Outer Rim, which they were mostly losing. Sidious then tasked his new Sith apprentice, Darth Vader, with the assassination of all nine Council members, as well as their aides. The Council was brutally massacred by Vader and, with their deaths, the Clone Wars officially came to an end, bringing about the age of the Galactic Empire.
For at least two months following the war's end, Palpatine maintained that the council members' final fates were unknown, using the possible threat of their return to justify his military expansion. However, it is known that the entire council was not present on Mustafar when the rest of their comrades were killed, as Rogwa Wodrata and Tikkes were confirmed to have not been there.
[edit] Powers
The Separatist Council was the governing body of the Confederacy. The Council leaders held equal voting power, but should both the Head of State and Supreme Commander be incapacitated, the Council member with the largest economic investment to the war would become acting head—namely, Nute Gunray.
[edit] Composition
It was comprised of representatives of Separatist-allied worlds and quasi-government entities. It was chaired by a Head of State.
The members of the Council were as follows:
- Count Dooku Head of State of the Confederacy of Independent Systems
- General Grevious Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies
- Nute Gunray—Viceroy of the Trade Federation
- Wat Tambor—Foreman of the Techno Union
- San Hill—Chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan
- Poggle the Lesser—Head of Geonosian Industries, Archduke of Geonosis
- Shu Mai—Presidente of the Commerce Guild
- Passel Argente—Magistrate of the Corporate Alliance, Senator of the Fakir Sector
- Po Nudo—Head of the Hyper-Communications Cartel, Senator of the Dufilvian Sector
- Tikkes—Head of the Quarren Isolation League, Senator of the Calamari Sector
- Rogwa Wodrata—Senator of the Mahka Sector
[edit] Aides
- Rune Haako (Nute Gunray)
- Rute Gunnay (Nute Gunray)
- Gilramos Libkath (Nute Gunray)
- Cat Miin (Shu Mai)
- Shu Mai's aide (Shu Mai)
- Denaria Kee (Passel Argente)
- Sun Fac (Poggle the Lesser)
- Poggle the Lesser's aides (Poggle the Lesser)
- Aqualish senatorial aides (Po Nudo)
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns (First identified as Separatist Union)
- CIS Shadowfeed Year's Start Fete Day Edition: Dooku's Address to the Confederacy (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: General Grievous (Mentioned only)
- Labyrinth of Evil
- Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comic
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (Mentioned only)
- The Last of the Jedi: Master of Deception (Mentioned only)
[edit] Sources
- Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
- Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
- Star Wars Insider 86
- Holocron continuity database questions 1
- Holocron continuity database questions 2
