Diet of Imperial Planetary Governors

The Diet of Imperial Planetary Governors was an Imperial governmental body, a pseudo-representative parliamentary body intended to put a positive interpretation, or "spin," on Imperial edicts. It was used to foster the ongoing illusion of representative democracy within the Galactic Empire, as a way to muffle the spirit of disaffection that could lead to potential uprisings. Though there is no evidence of the Diet's existence during the height of the New Order, it was without question up and running as of 11 ABY, long after the Empire had entered a period of decline, and its representative at the time, Tann Starpyre, was included on the Imperial Interim Ruling Council specifically to add to their sense of legitimacy.