Agrippa Aldrete/Legends

Agrippa Aldrete was a Human male hailing from the peaceful planet of Alderaan. In the last decades of the Galactic Republic, Aldrete served as Senator of the his sector to the Galactic Senate, under the reign of Queen Mazicia of Alderaan. Aldrete was succeeded by his compatriot Bail Antilles, to whom he eventually became a senatorial aide. By 32 BBY, Agrippa Aldrete was still serving in the Senate, and he witnessed the political turmoil that resulted from the invasion of the small planet Naboo by the Trade Federation.

Biography
Agrippa Aldrete was a male Human born in the waning decades of the Galactic Republic on Alderaan, a very old planet with green landscape and a peaceful aura. Agrippa shared his surname with other Alderaanians of note, the noblewoman Alya Aldrete and the bureaucrat Celana Aldrete. He built himself a career as a politician, ascending to the position of Senator, with the duty to represent Alderaan's sector in the Galactic Senate. During his mandate, the reigning Queen of Alderaan was Mazicia Organa. Organa ordered the construction of the Star of Alderaan, a blockade runner CR90 corvette the use of which was reserved for Senator Aldrete.

At some point before 33 BBY, Senator Aldrete stepped down from office, making way for his fellow Alderaanian Bail Antilles &mdash;who was a prince of blood on their planet. Former senator Aldrete eventually returned to the Senate as an aide to his successor, a position he shared with the female diplomat Liana Merian. In 32 BBY, Agrippa Aldrete was still a member of the Senate when the Trade Federation, a complex organization of trade officials and associated bureaucrats, invaded the remote world of Naboo. Following the crisis, the Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum was removed from office and replaced by Senator Palpatine of Naboo.

Personality and traits
Agrippa Aldrete was light-skinned male Human with blue eyes and a slim build. At the time of the Naboo Crisis, he was an older gentleman sporting short gray hair, darker bushy eyebrows and a pointy goatee. Following a tradition of the Alderaanian ambassadorial community, he wore an all-white tunic parting down the middle, with a high collar and ornated with sober stripes of embroideries.

Behind the scenes
Agrippa Aldrete was amongst the many characters that were ultimately cut from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which was released in May, 1999. He was portrayed by an unidentified actor and featured in a scene where Bail Prestor Organa&mdash;played by the Irish actor Adrian Dunbar&mdash;seconded the motion for a Vote of No Confidence in the leadership of Chancellor Valorum. Aldrete was present in Bail Organa's repulsorpod along with Liana Merian and another draped senator.

Although this scene was ultimately excised from the final movie, Adrian Dunbar's likeness was later reused as Bail Antilles, and Agrippa Aldrete was referenced in various sources that brought him back into canon. Pictures of him appeared in the reference book Star Wars Episode I: The Visual Dictionary and in Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide, an interactive CD-ROM&mdash;both of which were put on the market the same year as the movie. In the video game adapation of the film, a character working at the Tourist Center on Coruscant resembled Aldrete, both in clothing and physical traits. Years later, in October 2006, an article from the Refresher Reading feature of the Star Wars Insider magazine established a link between Aldrete, Mazicia Organa and the Star of Alderaan.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace