Military Creation Act/Legends

The Military Creation Act was a bill proposed in the Galactic Senate ten years after the Battle of Naboo. Written in response to the growing amount of worlds suceeding from the Republic and the rise of political hostility to the central authority on Coruscant, the act was meant to establish a formal military within the structure of the Republic. Prior to the act, the security of the Republic was maintained through the operation of the Jedi Order and their coordinating activities with the Judicial Department, a branch of the Office of the Supreme Chancellor.

It remains unknown which Senator originally proposed the act, through it drew much support from Orn Free Taa of Ryloth and much opposition from Padmé Amidala of Naboo. However, the bill was never officially brought to a vote, as the discovery of a Separatist military on Geonosis spurred the remaining Loyalist Senators to grant Chancellor Palpatine emergency powers, which he used to create a Grand Army of the Republic based on the clone troopers of Kamino.