Galactic Senate Chamber Holding Office

The Supreme Chancellor's holding office, also known as the Chancellor's working office, was a private sanctum located in the Chancellery Secretariat of Coruscant's Senate Building. The holding office was positioned directly beneath the Galactic Senate Chamber.

Unlike the Chancellor's formal office in the Republic Executive Building, the holding office was a minimal affair, with a single door leading into the circular room, and a simple desk to the right. The center of the chamber was dominated by the Chancellor's Podium. At the start of Senate sessions, the ceiling of the office would iris open, and the Podium, containing the Chancellor and his aides, rose up into the center of the Senate Chamber.

Following the formation of the Galactic Empire, the former Chancellor Palpatine retreated to his holding office to receive a report from Darth Vader on Mustafar. Palpatine was confronted in his office by Grand Master Yoda, who knocked the Emperor's guards out before challenging the Dark Lord himself. The epic lightsaber duel that followed progressed into the Chancellor's Podium, which rose up into the Senate chamber. The fight ended in the main chamber when Yoda was beaten and sent falling to the floor.