Sano Sauro

Sano Sauro was a prosecutor of the Senate and later the senator of Eeropha for a number of decades near the end of the Old Republic who had a number of political confrontations with the Jedi, particularly Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was originally from Telos.

Biography
In 42 BBY Sauro served as the prosecutor for Vox Chun, the father of Jedi hopeful, Bruck Chun. Bruck, who had aided the Dark Jedi Xanatos in infiltrating the Jedi Temple was accidentally killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Jedi Temple. He interrogated Obi-Wan and fellow Jedi Bant Eerin (who was almost drowned intentionally by Bruck) and tried to find them guilty exaggerating and twisted the truth. However the Jedi were proven innocent.

Over the next few decades, Sauro moved to Eeropha and became its Senator. During this time he discovered a young Granta Omega and sponsored him so that he could attend the All Sciences Research Academy on Yerphonia.

A few years before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi discovered that Senator Sauro had ties to Omega; ties that Sauro denies and makes sure that Kenobi cannot prove. He, in fact, was the head of a committee that sponsored a scientific expedition to Haariden, which was part of a secret plot with Omega to obtain titanite.

A year later, Sauro helped his friend Omega again (as well as himself), this time politically. He and newly elected Senator Bog Divinian, began to make anti-Jedi accusations in order to dissolve the Galactic Senate’s support of the Jedi Order. A vote was to be held in the Senate over whether or not the Jedi should be involved in Senate activities. This was all part of Omega and Sauro’s master scheme. By leaking Jenna Zan Arbor’s drug called the Zone of Self-Containment into the ventilation shafts of the Senate, as well as assassinate Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Sauro’s supporters could easily garner him a seat as the new Supreme Chancellor of the Republic. This would also give Omega unlimited power in destroying the Jedi. However thanks to the courageous actions of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Siri Tachi, and Ferus Olin, this plot was thwarted. When the actual Senate vote came, Sauro turned his back on Bog Divinian, and against banning funding to the Jedi Order. His reasons for doing this were because he was offered to become Deputy Chancellor by Palpatine himself, which tempted him with more power. Palpatines true motives for this were to keep a closer eye on Sauro’s actions.

Appearances

 * Jedi Apprentice Special Edition 
 * Jedi Quest 
 * Jedi Quest