Berooken, a Mon Calamari politician, served as the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic during the latter days of the Great Galactic War between the Republic and the reconstituted Sith Empire. Berooken was in office in 3,653 BBY, when the Empire's Dark Council proposed that the two governments convene to discuss the possibility of a peace agreement. The Galactic Senate agreed to the call for peace, and the Chancellor sent Cerean Senator Paran Am-Ris to represent the Republic in a peace summit on Alderaan.

The summit ultimately turned out to be nothing more than a diversion crafted by the Sith in order to draw attention away from their true target—the Republic's capital world of Coruscant. While the delegates from the two galactic superpowers began their deliberations on Alderaan, the Empire attacked the capital in a massive invasion that came to be known as the Sacking of Coruscant. During the attack, the leader of the Sith force, Darth Angral, breached the Senate Tower and killed the Supreme Chancellor Berooken. As a result of the Sacking of Coruscant and Berooken's death, Senator Am-Ris was forced to agree to the Sith-authored Treaty of Coruscant, which firmly placed the Republic as the war's loser.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Personality and traits 3 Behind the scenes 4 Appearances 5 Sources 6 Notes and references 6.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

In 3,681 BBY, the reconstituted Sith Empire emerged from hiding in the Unknown Regions and launched a interstellar conflict of unrivaled proportions that spread across the galaxy.^[3] This Great Galactic War between the Empire and the preeminent galactic government, the Republic, dragged on for twenty-eight years and crippled the Republic both politically and economically.^[4] In the latter stages of the war, Berooken, a Mon Calamari politician, was elected to the position of Supreme Chancellor, the leader of the Republic's Galactic Senate. During Berooken's reign,^[1] the Senate was presented with a proposal for peace from the Empire's Dark Council. Although the Senate was reluctant to accept the offer and was advised by the Jedi Order to approach with caution, it eventually accepted, and plans were made for a peace summit to be held on the Core World of Alderaan.^[4]

To represent the Republic on Alderaan, Chancellor Berooken selected Cerean Senator Paran Am-Ris, who was accompanied to the planet by a delegation from the Jedi Order, consisting of Jedi Master Dar'Nala and Jedi Knight Satele Shan. While the Republic and Imperial delegations convened to discuss a possible cessation of hostilities, Berooken presided over a session of the Galactic Senate. During the session, the congress heard the testimonies of Jedi Master Orgus Din and Republic Special Forces Lieutenant Harron Tavus regarding the Sith withdrawal from the Minos Cluster. The Chancellor Berooken was encouraged by their reports, stating that the end of the Empire's offensive in the Cluster was a positive sign that peace between the two superpowers was possible.^[1]

In truth, the Sith were wholly uninterested in a ceasefire with the Republic; the Empire sought victory, and used the conference on Alderaan as a diversion from its true goal—the Republic capital of Coruscant. As the Senate session came to a close, Imperial battle cruisers entered the planet's atmosphere and began bombarding the Senate District. The leader of the Sith assault, Darth Angral, disembarked his ship and led a contingent of Imperial soldiers in a raid outside the Senate Tower. The Supreme Chancellor was able to leave the Senate Chamber and make it to his office, where he contacted Senator Am-Ris to warn him of the Empire's deception^[1] while his office staff fled the building.^[2] As Berooken demanded that the Cerean break off the peace talks, Angral broke through the wall of his office and killed him. His death was witnessed by the Republic and Jedi delegation on Alderaan, sparking a short duel between Satele Shan and Lord Baras, the Sith delegate.^[1] As the Sith forces settled in to begin an occupation of the Coruscant, Angral adopted the Chancellor's office as his own while overseeing the operation.^[2]

The attack on the capital, which came to be known as the Sacking of Coruscant, gutted both the Republic and the Jedi Order. The delegation on Alderaan was forced to submit to Imperial demands and sign the Treaty of Coruscant—a Sith-authored document that was heavily biased toward the Empire and firmly placed the Republic as the loser of the Great Galactic War. In the period that immediately followed the signing of the treaty, Am-Ris stepped in as an interim Supreme Chancellor to fill the void left in the aftermath of Chancellor Berooken's murder.^[1] When the Senate reconvened for the first time following the attack, it unanimously elected Senator Janarus of Coruscant to relieve Am-Ris of the position.^[5]

Personality and traitsEdit

Berooken had blue skin,^[1] a coloration uncommon for members of his species.^[6] Berooken decorated his offices with a number of art pieces, including bone carvings from his species' homeworld, an oil landscape painting from Alderaan, and a wooden sculpture reminiscent in design to the mythical Zillo Beasts of Malastare.^[2] On the day of his death, Chancellor Berooken garbed themself in a regal white gown with a high golden collar.^[1]

During the war, the Chancellor was grateful for the service performed by the Republic's defenders, and made a point to thank Master Din and Lieutenant Tavus for what he deemed to be "valiant service." Nonetheless, Chancellor Berooken was a proponent for peace in a time when much of the galaxy was embroiled in violent warfare.^[1] Although the idea of a ceasefire was not popular with all of his colleagues in the Senate, such as the Alderaanian delegation,^[7] the Chancellor was in agreement with a majority of Republic leaders that it was a proposition worth pursuing.^[1][4] The news that the Sith had ended their offensive in the Minos Cluster encouraged Berooken that peace was indeed a possibility. Upon discovering that the Imperials had no interest in allowing the war to end in a draw, Chancellor Berooken's first priority was to alert Senator Am-Ris on Alderaan and warn him of the Sith attack.^[1] Even as Senators and his own office staff fled the Senate Building,^[2] the Chancellor worked to appraise his delegations of the attack. Berooken's final words were a plea to break off the talks, but they were ultimately disregarded by Am-Ris, who gave in to the demands of the Sith.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

The Mon Calamari Supreme Chancellor was created for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace, a webcomic created as a prelude to the upcoming LucasArts video game Star Wars: The Old Republic. The comic was initially released exclusively online through the Star Wars: The Old Republic official website, but is currently in re-release as comic book issues published by Dark Horse. In the series, the Chancellor appears in only the first issue, Act I: Treaty of Coruscant. The Mon Calamari was mentioned in the 2011 novel Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived. In both the comic series and the novel, he goes unnamed. He was finally named in the 2011 book The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 1: Treaty of Coruscant (First appearance)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived (Mentioned only)

SourcesEdit

• The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural (real-life book)
• Supreme Chancellor Janarus on The Old Republic Holonet

Notes and referencesEdit

Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic

Old Republic (Before the Ruusan Reformation) First Chancellor · Fillorean (c. 15,500 BBY) · Pers'lya (—12,000 BBY) Contispex (12,000 BBY—) · Blotus (Rianitus Period) Fattum (c. 5,010 BBY) · Pultimo (c. 5,000 BBY) Vocatara (c. 4,800 BBY) · Sidrona Diath (4,000–3,997 BBY) Unidentified (3,997–3,996 BBY) · Unidentified (c. 3,963 BBY) Cressa (c. 3,955 BBY, c. 3,946 BBY) · Berooken (—3,653 BBY) Paran Am-Ris (3,653 BBY—) · Janarus (c. 3,643 BBY–3,641 BBY) Saresh (3,641 BBY–) · Genarra (c. 1,032 BBY) Classic era (After the Ruusan Reformation) Tarsus Valorum (1,000–992 BBY) · Unidentified (992 BBY—) Anwis Eddicus (c. 700 BBY) · Signet Mezzileen (?) Eixes Valorum (?) · Vaila Pecivas (—60 BBY) · Thoris Darus (60—52 BBY) · Frix (52—48 BBY) · Kalpana (48—40 BBY) Finis Valorum (40–32 BBY) · Palpatine (32–19 BBY)