Talk:Galactic Senate/Legends

Why does Senate redirect here? Beyond the Bakuran Senate, there is the New Republic Senate and Imperial Senate, and I'm sure EU mention of a few others. --SparqMan 05:04, 11 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * I'm guessing because A) at the time this page was made, none of the other entries were up; B) this is the most important Senate, and the one most often referred to. Kuralyov 05:42, 11 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Sector or Planet?
Okay, I have been coming across a lot of references which challenges the Senator Sector precedent. For example, the Senator's of Naboo. It is said that they also represented the entire Chommel Sector, yet the Sovereign of Naboo choses the Senator. Wouldn't a democratic culture like Naboo let the other planets in the sector have a say? Also, Valorum addressed the Naboo delegation as the Sovereign System of Naboo, not the Senator from the Chommel Sector. That may have been worded as a sign of support for Naboo during the Blockade, but what about Ryloth? It was in the Orus Sector, and not very close to the Corellian Trade Spine. And Ryloth is a relatively low tech planet. You would think a Sector Capital would have access to more technology. So I ask, did Senators represent Planets, or Sectors? -- SFH 01:17, 19 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Is there a Cabinet?
The executive branch of the Senate - Supreme Chancellor's Office - there must be a Cabinet if the Galactic Senate is indeed a parliamentary system or in fact a Congressional one (the latter not so much.
 * Need a source. Admiral J. Nebulax 20:48, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * In fact, my friend, I read possible evidence for a Cabinet in the Kinman Doriana page. There is a link at the bottom of the page going to a HoloNet article on the Loyalist Committee being seen as a Shadow Cabinet of sorts. In fact this would make perfect sense if it was a Shadow Cabinet. The Senate is quite obviously a parliamentary body. In a Parliament there would be an Official Opposition (the Conservative Party in the UK); perhaps by a quirky way of fate the Opposition is in league with the exeuctive?
 * Hmm, interesting. Admiral J. Nebulax 13:12, 11 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Problem with # of senators...
This article states there were 1,024 senators in the Galactic Senate - and I've heard this from other sources, as well. However, how can this possible be true, if in Revenge of the Sith, there was a delegation of 2,000 senators (Delegation of 2000) who made a stand against Palpatine. This also implies there were -a lot- more than 2,000, as this 2,000 number was still considered a minority in the Senate by the members of the delegation (at least compared to Palpatine's supermajority). So what's up? -Danik Kreldin 04:51, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Wow, that's a major problem indeed. I don't think the number of Senators would increase during the Clone Wars, either. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 13:17, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Indeed, what with the Separtists. So what do you guys think...? Say there were at least 2,000 by the time of the Clone Wars? --Danik Kreldin 18:00, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Perhaps. As for the 1,024 Senators figure, where has that figure popped up? Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 20:13, 13 March 2006 (UTC)