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Toonbuck Toora

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Toonbuck Toora

Biographical information
Homeworld	Sy Myrth^[1]
Physical description
Species	Sy Myrthian
Gender	Female^[1]
Hair color	Gray
Eye color	Red
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era
Affiliation	Galactic Republic^[1] Confederacy of Independent Systems

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Toonbuck Toora was the senator of Sy Myrth in the Senate of the Galactic Republic. She was known to be a political opponent of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.

1 Biography
2 Personality and traits
3 Behind the scenes
4 Appearances
5 Sources
6 Notes and references
7 External links
- 7.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

Toora was once an idealist and entered the Senate with the goal of weeding out corruption. As her task stretched on and on, Toora's idealism left her until, jaded and cynical, she embraced the culture of greed that so many others did. She became one of the most corrupt Republic politicians.

Toora became one of the supporters of the Trade Federation, mostly because she profited from this.^[2]

While most of the Senate was divided, belonging either to the Core faction or to the Rim faction, Toora was autonomous and still influential, being a political ally of figures such as Orn Free Taa of Ryloth, Edcel Bar Gane of Roona and Passel Argente, the Magistrate of the Corporate Alliance. This group was a partidary of Senator Palpatine of Naboo, a relative newcomer to the political scene of Coruscant who, nevertheless, had managed to grasp Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum's attention.^[2]

Noticing that Valorum favored Palpatine, Toora questioned Palpatine about the advice he had been giving to the Chancellor. The Naboo was noncommittal, suggesting that he had only helped the Chancellor to grasp the bigger picture. By saying this, he surprised the Sy Myrthian and catched her attention, but he excused himself before answering any further inquiry.^[2]

In 33 BBY, Chancellor Valorum proposed the taxation of the until then free trade zones. Senator Palpatine of Naboo then suggested that a part of the collected money could be invested in the growth of planetary systems in the affected areas. While senators of that region supported the idea, Toora and other delegates (including Po Nudo and Wat Tambor) openly opposed to it. She was in luck when Palpatine proposed that the matter be resolved at a Trade Summit on Eriadu and, once the Eriadu delegate accepted the idea, Toora was quick to second the motion.^[2]

During the crisis on Naboo, Toora sided with the Trade Federation, at this time, aided by her consort.

She was known as a vocal critic of the Republic's attempts to regulate the Commerce Guild's operations in the Outer Rim Territories.

Later, Toora seceded Sy Myrth from the Republic prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars, joining Count Dooku's Separatist movement.

Personality and traitsEdit

A wide-mouthed Sy Myrthian with small eyes, Toonbuck Toora had three different bears in her chin. Her portly snout squeezed onto the ridge of bones in the top of her squat head.^[2]

Toonbuck Toora was corrupt, very rich and prone to luxury. She was also said to enjoy conspiracy.^[2]

During her time on Coruscant, Toora visited the Coruscant Opera House, like many other politicians of the time. Toora was known to have assisted to a representation of The Brief Reign of Future Wraiths, performed by a Bith company, and shared balcony with her political allies.^[2]

Behind the scenesEdit

Toonbuck Toora was performed by Howard Swindell in The Phantom Menace and by special effects artist Hilton Howson in Attack of the Clones.

Toora was supposed to be in the Separatist war room scene on Geonosis in Attack of the Clones, but was digitally replaced by Rogwa Wodrata because George Lucas was unsatisfied with Toora's mask.^[3] She is still present in the novelization and the comic of Attack of the Clones.

The novelization of Attack of the Clones misspelled her name as "Toonebuck Toora".

The name is a variation of Tombuctú (tombuc-tu ra), Spanish translation of Timbuktu, a city near the Niger River in the west African country of Mali.

According to Leland Chee's "Ask Lobot" article in Star Wars Insider 101, "There has been some suggestion that the Toonbuck Toora we see on Geonosis was actually a Shi'ido shape-shifter involved in a duplicitous ploy to bring Sy Myrth to the Confederacy. In that scenario, the plot is ultimately foiled, leaving the planet firmly loyal to the Republic."