Tol Cressa

Tol Cressa was a male who served as the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic during the Mandalorian Wars. The Chancellor worked to restore the Republic from the devastation that was brought by the Great Sith War and Jedi Civil War. Cressa was still in office by 3,946 BBY, when he organized a successful liberation of a sector that had seceded from the Republic under the leadership of rogue G0-T0 infrastructure planning system droids.

Biography
Tol Cressa, a male, eventually rose to the office of the Galactic Republic's Supreme Chancellor during the era of the Old Sith Wars. In 3,963 BBY, Cressa had commissioned the Jedi Master Raana Tey to a special assignment. After the death of Admiral Jimas Veltraa during the First Battle of Taris, the Chancellor overruled renaming the Interdictor-class cruiser after Veltraa. During the last stages of that battle, Cressa began an investigation into how the planet Taris gained such a quick entry into the Republic. During the Mandalorian occupation of Taris, Cressa assigned Tey to the planet's senator, Goravvus.

Following the Battle of Duro in 3,962 BBY, Cressa, relenting to Republic citizens' feelings, named the Jedi Knight Revan &mdash;whose Jedi faction was operating with the Republic's forces under the guise of a mercy corps, &mdash;as the commander of the Republic's military forces. In 3,955 BBY, one year after the end of the Jedi Civil War, Cressa commissioned the Telosian Restoration Project, which was an effort to restore the planet Telos IV from its destruction during the Jedi Civil War.

During the Dark Wars, a series of conflicts that included the Sith Triumvirate's assassination campaign against the Jedi Order, Cressa also authorized the G0-T0 infrastructure planning system droid project in order to aid in the rebuilding of other worlds and infrastructures that were devastated during the Great Sith War&mdash;which was between the Galactic Republic and Sith Lord Exar Kun's Sith Empire &mdash;and the Jedi Civil War. The G0-T0 droids controlling the 400100500260026 territory, which consisted of sixteen planets ruled by the droids, seceded from the Republic, cut off HoloNet communications, and blocked traffic in and out of the Gordian Reach sector. In 3,946 BBY, Cressa organized a successful recapture of those planets which were under the control of the G0-T0 droids.

Personality and traits
During the Mandalorian Wars, Tol Cressa was willing to promote the Jedi Knight Revan to the rank of commander of the Republic's military due to the desire of the Republic's citizens. He also wished to express his disgruntlement with the Jedi High Council, who had taken a stance of inaction in the Mandalorian Wars. In the time period after the Jedi Civil War's end, Cressa was regarded as being a legendary Chancellor.

Behind the scenes
The character of Tol Cressa was first mentioned in the twelth issue of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comic series, although he was not identified until the release of the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide, which mentioned him by his surname. Cressa was given the first name "Tol" in The Essential Guide to Warfare. The character was later given an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia. His background was slightly expanded on in The New Essential Guide to Droids and The Essential Guide to Warfare.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 12: Reunion, Part 2
 * "The Admiral's List: Jimas Veltraa Memorial Edition"&mdash;Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 13: Days of Fear, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 16: Nights of Anger, Part 1
 * "The Taris Holofeed: Invasion Edition"&mdash;Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 18: Nights of Anger, Part 3
 * "The Taris Holofeed Special Proclamation"&mdash;Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 21: Daze of Hate, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 22: Knights of Suffering, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 23: Knights of Suffering, Part 2
 * "Galactic Republic Defense Ministry Daily Brief KD0092"&mdash;Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 24: Knights of Suffering, Part 3
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic