Judicial Department/Legends

The Judicial Department (sometimes called the Judiciary or the Judiciary Department) was a branch of the Office of the Supreme Chancellor. It was headquartered at the Judicial Arcology. It existed as far back as the Indecta Era, when it developed assassin droid technology. The members of this body were known as Judicials and wore tight fitted blue uniforms.

Following the Ruusan Reformation, the Jedi Order was, at least technically, a subdivision of the Department. Non-Jedi members of the Judicial Department were referred to as Judicials. The Department is presumably headed by an Attorney General. Judicial activities throughout the galaxy were headed by Sector Coordinators.

The duties of the Judicial Department were:


 * Providing legal advice to the Supreme Chancellor, Galactic Senate, or individual Senators or government beings who needed such help.
 * Providing government defenders or prosecutors in court cases involving the Republic or a Republic official.
 * Investigating criminal activities, suspect beings or organizations, and other illegal behavior occurring within Republic space or involving a Republic citizen.
 * Patrolling the Republic's borders, policing the Republic's space, apprehending wanted beings, and providing other law-enforcement services within Republic space.
 * Coordinating activities with the Jedi Council.
 * Maintaining a Judicial Starfleet

History
Following the disastrous Eriadu Trade Summit, the Senate passed restrictions on the Judicial Department, limiting the cases in which the Chancellor could use it without first gaining explicit approval from the Senate. These restrictions were presumably lifted sometime during the administration/reign of Palpatine.

During the Dorvalla incident in 33 BBY, the Judicial Department requested a meeting with Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum and later informed him of the hostilities that emerged between the Trade Federation and the Nebula Front. They were later deployed to deal with the crisis before it escalated. In 21.5 BBY, the Judicial Department was involved in an ongoing investigation of the Haruun Kal government in order to determine their treatment of the native Korun. However, the planet instead decided to escape any persecution by joining hands with the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars.

The Judiciary was later involved in questioning rogue Givin saboteur Gavrilonnis Tejere before he could complete his work on Coruscant. After being processed, Grand Master Yoda revealed to the HoloNet that Tejere had no connection to the Separatists. Judicial Forces did not reveal their questioning of the suspect after he was brought into custody by Jedi master Yoda and Mace Windu. The investigation of the Givin saboteur was later a joint venture between the Judiciary and Senate Bureau of Intelligence agents as well as overseen by Jedi Knight Qu Rhan.

Appearances

 * Darth Bane: Rule of Two
 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons
 * Jedi Council: Acts of War
 * Cloak of Deception
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace junior novel
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars Republic: Emissaries to Malastare
 * Star Wars Republic: The Hunt for Aurra Sing
 * Star Wars Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War
 * Outbound Flight
 * Star Wars Republic: Honor and Duty
 * The Approaching Storm
 * Shatterpoint
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * The Approaching Storm
 * Shatterpoint
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Shatterpoint
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Shatterpoint
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Shatterpoint
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Shatterpoint
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Shatterpoint
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Labyrinth of Evil