Commission for the Preservation of the New Order

Commission for the Preservationof the New Order
General information
Organization type	Government agency
Leader(s)	Chairman Armand Isard (14 BBY—) Select Committee
Sub-group(s)	Coalition for Improvements Coalition for Progress CompForce Imperial Office of Customs Imperial Security Bureau
Headquarters	COMPNOR arcology, Federal District, Imperial City, Coruscant
Historical information
Formed from	Commission for the Protection of the Republic
Date founded	19 BBY
Date reorganized	5 ABY, as the Office of Imperial Promotion, Galactic Truth, and Fact Correction
Date dissolved	5 ABY
Other information
Affiliation	Galactic Empire

The Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR) was a government agency responsible for the promotion of the Galactic Empire's New Order ideology. It was originally formed as the Commission for the Protection of the Republic (COMPOR), a populist movement that supported the Galactic Republic until Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine became the Galactic Emperor by the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY.

Over the course of Palpatine's reign, COMPNOR served as a political tool for the dissemination of state-sponsored propaganda throughout the Empire. In addition, COMPNOR was also an umbrella organization that consisted of multiple sub-divisions, such as the Coalition for Progress and the Sub-Adult Group (SAGroup).

Following the Emperor's death at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, COMPNOR was reorganized into the Office of Imperial Promotion, Galactic Truth, and Fact Correction, in an effort to countermand the influence of the New Republic.

History

Background

"Yes, Count Dooku succeeded in using the HoloNet for Separatist propaganda purposes, but Republic forces were quick to shut down those Shadowfeeds. If memory serves, COMPOR itself was established as a result of the navy's actions at the time."

―Dodd Rancit

COMPOR used propaganda to support the Galactic Republic in the Clone Wars.

The Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR) started as the Commission for the Protection of the Republic (COMPOR), a populist movement composed of loyalists during the Clone Wars.

Establishment

When in 19 BBY, Sheev Palpatine, then Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, proclaimed himself Emperor of the First Galactic Empire, one of Palpatine's first acts was to reshuffle the political apparatus, reforming the Republic-era COMPOR into COMPNOR. This new division of government was wielded as a political tool for newly appointed Imperial advisors with a gift for shaping public sentiment.

Imperial Era

COMPNOR recruitment poster COMPNOR Recruitment by Dasita Lyros.

In the first few years of the Galactic Empire, civic pride boomed. COMPNOR capitalized on the successful propaganda campaigns of the Galactic Republic to accelerate the vast military expansion decreed by the Emperor. A series of sub-commissions began blueprinting the image of the ideal Imperial citizen and what role he or she would play in the greater glory of the Empire. Various propaganda posters and patriotic ploys were designed to achieve these ends.

By 14 BBY, COMPNOR was on the rise in the Imperial hegemony. That year, Armand Isard was made director of the agency.

Dissolution

In 5 ABY, months after the Battle of Endor, the ashes of COMPNOR were reorganized into the Office of Imperial Promotion, Galactic Truth, and Fact Correction. This new propaganda service role was to countermand the growing influence of the New Republic in the months following the Battle of Endor.

Ideology

COMPNOR was the largest entity of the Imperial bureaucracy, and influenced many aspects of Imperial life, including the arts, sciences, youth education, law enforcement, and even Imperial Military functions. COMPNOR supported the state-sponsored political religion of the New Order, a set of ideals embodied within Imperial society dedicated to order, control, and the rule of law. COMPNOR supported civic pride, militarism, and unyielding patriotism to the Empire. It criticized the Galactic Republic as lachrymose, corrupt, and ignorant to the demands of its populace, flaws with which it purported the Empire had resolved. As such, the Empire represented the pinnacle of a thousand years of galactic culture and sophistication, refined and molded into a simpler, yet purer form.

COMPNOR supported the state-sponsored xenophobia and humanocentric policies rampant within the Empire. This was justified by COMPNOR as a natural extension of the human right to rule, exemplified by COMPNOR's teachings of human accomplishments throughout galactic history while minimizing the influences of alien species. To the Empire, aliens were "foreign" and "strange," and were portrayed as dangerous animals who were willing to lie, cheat, and manipulate others to get their way. Anti-alien xenophobia was so strong that even near-human species exhibited inherent distrust of their alien neighbors.

Organization

COMPNOR was led by a chairman and a vice chairman. Each organization underneath the arm of COMPNOR had its own directors, who either reported to each other's agencies or branches of the Imperial Military.

As the Imperial Military underwent considerable growth, the civilian trunk of government followed the carefully crafted template of COMPNOR. All divisions of the Commission were housed in the COMPNOR arcology, a massive building located in the Federal District of Coruscant, in the vicinity of the Imperial Palace and the Naval Intelligence headquarters.

Structure

Coalition for Progress

Sub-bureau of COMPNOR, responsible for monitoring the cultural achievements of the Empire and overseeing the operations of its numerous sub-divisions.

Imperial Security Bureau

Imperial internal intelligence-gathering, enforcement, and anti-insurrectionist division tasked with ensuring morale, loyalty, and adherence to the New Order.

It had several sub-divisions including Surveillance, Interrogation, Re-Education, Enforcement, Investigations, Internal Affairs, and Special Operations. It was also responsible for the secrecy of the Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research agency.

Appearances

• Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
• Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel audiobook
• Tarkin (First appearance, simultaneous with audiobook)
• Tarkin audiobook
• HoloNet News Special Report: Controversial Statue Finally Destroyed (article) (content now obsolete; backup link) (First mentioned)
• "The Final Order" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (Mentioned only)
• "The Final Order" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook (Mentioned only)
• Aftermath: Life Debt (Mentioned only)
• Aftermath: Life Debt audiobook (Mentioned only)

Sources

• Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
• HoloNet News promotional pin
• HoloNet News promotional posters
• Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
• Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
• Star Wars: The Rebel Files
• Dawn of Rebellion
• Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
• TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
• The Star Wars Book
• "General Equipment (I)" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
• "Assassin, Security, and Other Droids of War" — Star Wars Encyclopedia

Notes and references

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