San Hill/Legends

"Mercy I beg you, I am merely a banker."

- San Hill to Obi-Wan Kenobi

San Hill was the Muun Chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan during the time of the Clone Wars.

Biography
"The Banking Clan will sign your treaty."

- San Hill to Dooku

In the economic turbulence that accompanied the Confederacy of Independent Systems, InterGalactic Banking Clan executives profited handsomely from numerous worlds minting their own independent currencies. He was an acquaintance of both Techno Union Foreman Wat Tambor and Commerce Guild Presidente Shu Mai. Hill's Banking Clan was the second largest financial contributors to the Confederacy, behind prime supporter Viceroy Nute Gunray's Trade Federation.



Hill attended a meeting on Geonosis with Mai, Tambor, Gunray, and other future Separatist Council members while being a guest of Archduke Poggle the Lesser. It was at this meeting that he agreed to supply Hailfire droid tanks to the Separatist Droid Army.

When the Grand Army of the Republic attacked Geonosis, Hill attempted to flee the planet on his personal Hardcell-class interstellar transport, which he had received from Tambor. However, Hill's vessel suffered a serious engine malfunction, preventing it from taking off into hyperspace.

Without any thruster power, Hill's Hardcell transport was left stranded in the E'Y-Akh Desert for several weeks. However, the Muun managed to evade Republic capture and prosecution. It is speculated that Hill may have been aided by Separatist sympathizers within the Republic.

In the early weeks of the Clone Wars, San Hill went to the banking world of Aargau to raise money for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Navigating the labyrinthine interiors of Aargau's commerce centers, he struck bargains with the criminal underworld to supplement the riches of the Separatists.



He and Wat Tambor also made Po Nudo head of the Hyper-Communications Cartel, the Confederate version of the Republic's HoloNet that used secret Banking Clan codes to spread CIS propaganda, as a reward for bringing resource-rich Ando into the Separatist fold. This communications system was used to link the holotranceivers used by many Separatist leaders.

During the Battle of Muunilinst, San Hill commanded the Confederacy forces from a war room atop a large command tower. Hill hid behind the protection of legions of IG lancer droids and the merciless bounty hunter Durge, but the Republic was able to infiltrate his headquarters and bring him to trial. However, San Hill was allowed to escape.

San Hill was present on Mustafar with the rest of the Separatist Council, who had been sent there by Grievous under the orders of Darth Sidious. There Hill met the same fate as the other Separatist leaders when the new Sith apprentice, Darth Vader, arrived at Mustafar and, under orders by Darth Sidious, executed the council. He died around the same time as Poggle the Lesser when Vader slit his throat.

Behind the scenes



 * He was voiced by Chris Truswell in Attack of the Clones and by Corey Burton in the Clone Wars cartoon.
 * In the Revenge of the Sith novelization, San Hill rushed over to Vader and said "On behalf of the CIS leadership, I would like to be the first to..." Vader then used the Force to shut the blast doors, and replied, "Very well. You can be first". He then threw back his hood. San Hill exclaimed, "You're Anakin Skywalker!" before Vader pierced his chest with his lightsaber, charring all three of his hearts. Vader then replied that "the resemblance is deceptive".
 * Some fans believe that San Hill survived because he is not seen being killed, and his body is not visible afterwards. These also don't take into account him being killed in the comic, novel, or script, since they differ so much from the film. Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader says that Darth Vader killed half a dozen Separatist Council members on Mustafar. There are nine known members, two of those members didn't go to Mustafar. San Hill may be the ninth member that survived, but the number of members killed could be an error of the author's.

Appearances

 * The Eyes of Revolution


 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * "Chapter 4"
 * "Chapter 9"
 * "Chapter 20"
 * Reversal of Fortune
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith