Mas Amedda/Legends

"Order! We shall have order!"

- Mas Amedda

Mas Amedda was Vice Chairman of the Galactic Senate during the administrations of Supreme Chancellors Finis Valorum and Palpatine. Amedda served during the Clone Wars and continued to serve under the self-proclaimed Emperor Palpatine.

Biography
In the years prior to the invasion of Naboo, Mas Amedda served as a senator in the Galactic Senate, representing his homeworld of Champala.

Amedda was a member of the Rim faction lead by Orn Free Taa, and as such, was successfully nominated by Taa to be elected to the position of Vice Chair in 33 BBY. His main duties were to provide Taa's faction with a means of control over Chancellor Valorum, who had been weakened by a debacle at Eriadu and a scandal involving money laundering. The support of Valorum's policies in the Senate degenerated, which effectively paralyzed the Chancellor's government.

In this situation, the following year Mas Amedda presided over the motion of a Vote of No Confidence in Valorum's leadership, as requested by Queen Amidala of Naboo following Senate inaction in response to the invasion of Naboo. Then-Senator Palpatine claimed to Queen Amidala that Mas Amedda was under the payroll of the Trade Federation; this remains unconfirmed.



Following Palpatine's election, Amedda continued to serve as Vice Chair for the duration of Palpatine's term as Chancellor. During the Separatist Crisis, the Military Creation Act was highly debated by the senate. The discovery of a droid army on Geonosis, a clear threat from the Separatists, meant that action needed to be taken. Amedda was the first to suggest that Palpatine be granted emergency power&mdash;a suggestion taken into consideration by Representative Jar Jar Binks.

Amedda continued to serve during the Clone Wars, remaining in office even after the declaration of the Galactic Empire, acting as Palpatine's representative to the Senate. He was responsible for taking care of Palpatine's collection of Sith statues and decorations, having a fondness for antiques, and following the Empire's formation he became one of the first members of the Inner Circle. Mace Windu suspected he might be Darth Sidious, but discovered his folly when the real Darth Sidious&mdash;none other than Palpatine himself&mdash;revealed himself and killed the Jedi Master.

Behind the scenes

 * Mas Amedda was played by Jerome Blake in The Phantom Menace, David Bowers in Attack of the Clones, and by both Blake and Bowers in Revenge of the Sith.

Appearances

 * Cloak of Deception
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Jedi Quest: The School of Fear


 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Republic 61: Dead Ends
 * Star Wars Republic 64: Bloodlines
 * Jedi: Yoda
 * Jedi Trial
 * Star Wars: Obsession
 * Reversal of Fortune
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars Dark Times: The Path to Nowhere
 * The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web
 * Star Wars Dark Times 1: The Path to Nowhere, Part 1