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 police inspector in the Coruscant Security Force, attaining the rank of lieutenant during the Clone Wars. His rigid, by-the-book, pompous attitude allowed him to climb in the CSF hierarchy though his actual success rate in solving crime was low. Divo was assigned to several notable cases including the kidnapping of the daughters of Pantoran Chairman Papanoida. Though Divo made assuarances of his ultimate sucess in the investigation, in a scan of the apartment, the police droids had missed blood on the bottom of Papanoida's Icon of the Moon Goddess. This prevented Divo from recieving a vital clue in the identity of the kinappers and the case from Divo's perspective went cold. Divo was also called to investigate the murder of Senator Onaconda Farr and later the related murder of Senator Mee Deechi. Though Divo had made headway in the investiagation, his dismal of information from Senator Padmé Amidala led her to pursue the investigation on her own with the assistance of Senator Bail Organa. After an attempt on the lives of Amidala and Organa at the Coruscant docks, the body of Senator Deechi was discovered; Deechi was killed with a poison from Kamino. This led Divo to arrest Kamino Senator Halle Burtoni however through the intervention of Senator Amidala, the killer was revealed to be Lolo Purs, Senator Farr's assistant.

Kidnapping case
"We are in complete control of the situation."

- Tan Divo to Chairman Papanoida

Tan Divo was born on Coruscant and entered the field of law enforcement as a police officer with the Coruscant Security Force. Divo's confidence and by-the-book handling of cases allowed him to reach the rank of lieutenant by the time the Clone Wars erupted in 22 BBY. When the daughters of Pantoran Chairman Papanoida were kidnapped, Divo was sent as the investigating inspector. He arrived at Papnoida's apartment with several police droids but they were unable to find any clues that would lead them to the kidnappers. Though Divo made assurances of a continued investigation, the case largely became cold with no evidence. Unknown to the CSF, an Icon of the Moon Goddess had been moved from its original position and it was noticed by Papanoida. Under the icon was a small sample of blood left by one of the kidnappers, Greedo. This eventually led to the rescue of one of his daughters while the other was found by Senator Riyo Chuchi and Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano who assisted Papnoida with the case.

Homicide case
"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 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 LEP droid came to the Coruscant 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 lectured her that he firmly believed in rules as without them, there would be chaos; 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 she discovered when entering his office that he was also 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, but Lolo Purs decided to refuse protection. 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 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, Divo's investigation revealed that a Kaminoan-made poison had been used to kill Senator Farr. Because of this, Divo was prepared to take Burtoni into custody. Before he could do so, Purs was revealed by Amidala to be the culprit and the Rodian was instead arrested.

Personality and traits
"After all, I'm the inspector, you're the senator, so I'll handle the inspecting, and you can stick to the&hellip; the senating."

- Tan Divo to Padmé Amidala

A dedicated, by-the-book law officer, Divo believed that without rules order could not exist. His confidence in knowing what was right and wrong and his strong belief in rules, blinded him to suggestions that did come about in a methodical manner. Divo subscribed to an old-school of thought in police investigations. Consequently his ideas on means, motives, and opportunities had to fit within the basic explanations he sought otherwise he disregarded them. Divo's methodology allowed him to rise through the ranks, however, he was also very self-important, pompous and over-confident which sometimes prevented him from the seeing the truth that was in right in front of him.

Behind the scenes
Lieutenant Divo was created for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series. Divo initially appeared in the episode Senate Murders and was voiced by actor Tom Kenny. Divo was described in the episode commentary as an old school detective who thought that rules were very important. Later, Divo briefly appeared in the episode Sphere of Influence. Divo received an entry in Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia.