Edcel Bar Gane/Legends

Edcel Bar Gane was the Senator of Roona, representing his planet in the Galactic Senate during the last decades of the Galactic Republic.

Biography


Bar Gane was a Roonan, a green-skinned humanoid species similar in appearance to a Neimoidian save for his large, blue-silver oval eyes. He was assisted by an aide of the same species.

Bar Gane was surprisingly intolerant of other species, especially in his private business sector on Coruscant. He spoke with a sibilant voice in the Senate Rotunda. Bar Gane seconded the motion for a Vote of No Confidence in the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum prior to the Battle of Naboo. Bar Gane had voiced concerns about Valorum's actions and their impact on the stability of the Republic as much as a year before the Naboo incident. During this time, Bar Gane allied himself with the influential yet corrupt Senators Orn Free Taa and Toonbuck Toora, and was a supporter of Palpatine. Bar Gane would later continue to serve as senator to Roona at the dawn of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY.

Behind the scenes
The name "Edcel Bar Gane" comes from Nick Dudman, the Live Action Animatronics Effects Supervisor on The Phantom Menace. He remarked that "an Edsel was a bargain at some point", knowing that George Lucas, having a passion towards old cars, would understand what it meant.

This character has been errenously called "Edcel Bar Gan" in some sources.

Appearances

 * Cloak of Deception
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace