Tan Divo

"Time, time, there's no time for time. A murderer's on the loose and it's my job to find him."

- Tan Divo

Tan Divo was a Lieutenant in the Coruscant Security Force during the Clone Wars. He believed in and enforced the letter of the law.

Biography
"What makes you think it was murder?''" "''Poison, of course. The politicians' preferred method. Found a chemical in his bloodstream, killed him right away. It's an obvious case. Politicians always have something to hide, and it always comes back to haunt them, am I right? Oh, look who I'm asking. Room full of politicians."

- Padmé Amidala and Tan Divo

Divo was summoned to the Galactic Senate after the apparent natural death of Senator Onaconda Farr. He later called the Rodian Senator's political allies to the Supreme Chancellor's office in order to reveal that his findings indicated that Farr had in fact been murdered by use of a poison. Initially, Divo questioned Senators Padmé Amidala, Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and Lolo Purs on whether Farr had any enemies. Divo was rather dismissive of the senators and told them to stay out of the investigation.

Later, Divo and his droid came to the docks after an apparent assassination attempt on the life of Amidala and Organa when they attempted to use their resources to look into Farr's murder. The Inspector expressed his annoyance at Amidala's actions, as he believed that she had made his job much more difficult by alerting the killer to the investigation. Furthermore, the Lieutenant told them that they had generated a great deal of paper work for him to file. He also showed that he firmly believed in rules, as without them, there would be chaos, and thus they were essential to the maintenance of order. Senator Amidala came to believe that her rival Senator Mee Deechi was responsible on the attempt on her life and tried to confront him on the matter but discovered that he was murdered. Divo's comments on the matter was that the death of Deechi was another thing he had to report on.

In order to secure the life of the other senators, Divo told them to stay within the Senate under heavy security, although Lolo Purs decided to depart. During the chain of events, Inspector Divo tried to locate Senator Halle Burtoni, but she was nowhere to be found. Later, Purs returned and claimed that Burtoni had attacked her, which later led to the police droid's arrest of Burtoni. Initial questioning led Burtoni to deny any involvement in both Farr's murder and the attack on Purs. However, Lieutenant Divo's investigation revealed that a Kaminoan-made poison had been used to kill Senator Farr. Although Divo prepared to take Burtoni into custody, Purs was revealed to be the culprit, and the Rodian was instead arrested.

Behind the Scenes
Tan Divo's appearance somewhat resembles that of the late actor Peter Lorre. Divo was voiced by Tom Kenny, who has also voiced Nute Gunray in the series.

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