Governor/Legends

A governor is the head of government for a colony, province, or other sub-national body politic. There were several usages of the word throughout the Old Republic, Galactic Empire, and New Republic.

Old Republic Governors
Governors existed in the Galactic Republic, but were rare; as it was a federal system, control of local systems and sectors were left to their own governments. It seems that the Old Republic only used governors temporarily, for systems that were unstable or for those that were newly-admitted to the Republic and lacked any capable governing system of their own.

The one known example of an Old Republic governor was the Seswenna Sector, which was ruled by a governor and a lieutenant governor from at least 33 BBY until the end of the Republic. The governor and lieutenant governor of the Sector also simultaneously served as the governor/lieutenant governor of its capital planet, Eriadu.

Presumably, Separatist planets recaptured during the Clone Wars were headed by governors.

Imperial Governors
The Empire left the self-governemnt of many planets intact, especially those that were either indifferant or supportive of the New Order (such as Naboo and Corellia). Planets that rebelled, were deemed hostile to the New Order, or newly annexed by the Empire, had governors appointed. Some, such as Bakura, retained their government with only minor changes, but also had an appointed governor.

For Imperial governors of sectors and oversectors, see moff.

New Republic Governors
The New Republic's policy on governors (termed Governor-Generals) seemed to mirror the Old Republic's. Both Corellia and Rhinnal had governor-generals, and at least Corellia's was elected by the planet's population.