Shu Mai/Legends

"Impatience is a potentially fatal disease."

- Shu Mai

Shu Mai was a Gossam from the planet Castell and the Presidente of the Commerce Guild prior to and during the Clone Wars.

Biography


Shu Mai was the Chief of Property Resources for the Commerce Guild when she used an economic depression on her own homeworld Castell to further her position in the guild. She saved the Gossam by rescuing them from the guild's servitude. Instead, she repurchased Castell only to raise the rent and demand more tribute from her own people. Impressed, the Commerce Guild promoted her to the office of Presidente.

Later, Shu Mai stirred up secession on Ansion in the hopes that the resulting separation would further the Commerce Guild's profit. However, the Jedi were able to stop the secession and keep Ansion loyal to the Republic. Shu Mai remained undetected thanks to her position.

She would later be approached by Count Dooku and convinced to secretly aid the Separatists during the Separatist Crisis. Her support of the Separatists would contribute to her run in with InterGalactic Banking Clan Chairman San Hill, as he was also in league with the Separatists, helping them spread anti-Republic propaganda.



Shu Mai was present during a secret Separatist conference on Geonosis, where she pledged her droid and security forces to the Confederacy. During the Battle of Geonosis, her OG-9 homing spider droids and DSD1 dwarf spider droids were mobilized as part of the Confederacy's defense. Shu Mai escaped Geonosis and prepared her armies for war.

Shu Mai later returned to her headquarters on Felucia. When the Republic attacked, she attempted to poison the natives by having a chemical put into the interconnecting waterways of Felucia in attempt to cover her escape. She succeeded in escaping, but the Republic had managed to foil her attempt at poisoning the population of Felucia.

Death
"We were promised a reward&mdash;a handsome reward&hellip;" "I am your reward; you don't find me handsome?"

- Shu Mai and Darth Vader, before killing Mai

Mai was later relocated, along with the rest of the Separatist Council, to Utapau. After General Grievous returned from the defeat at Coruscant, Grievous, acting upon Darth Sidious's order, relocated the council again, this time to Mustafar. Shu Mai was killed on Mustafar, along with her aide, when Sidious's new apprentice, Darth Vader, cut off her head with his lightsaber after she jumped onto a table in a desperate attempt to flee Vader.

Behind the scenes

 * She was voiced in Attack of the Clones by Chris Truswell.


 * Shu Mai was known as the "space granny" by ILM animators.


 * The New Essential Chronology incorrectly names her as the Corporate Alliance Magistrate on page 80.


 * Her name may be a reference to the manga and anime series Dragonball, where an incompetent villain (Pilaf) has two equally incompetent sidekicks, named Shu and Mai.


 * The pronunciation of "Shu Mai" is very close to the Chinese word "shōu mǎi", which means "buy off" or "buy over". In addition, its pronunciation is also close to the name of a Chinese dumpling, "shāo mài".


 * Shu Mai may be related to the scientist B'Zun Mai.

Appearances

 * The Approaching Storm
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
 * CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 14:3:10 Edition
 * CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 15:3:21 Edition
 * Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel