Repulsorpod/Legends

Repulsorpods (also called Senatorial pods) were the hovering balconies of members of the Galactic Senate. When a senator had the "floor", the pod would be detached from it's docking place in the Senate Rotunda, and would take a position near the Chancellor's podium, so that senator could be in full view of the other senators. Exactly when the repulsorpods were adopted is unknown, as senators originally sat on marble benches in Senate Hall. During his duel with Master Yoda, Emperor Palpatine hurled mulitple repulsorpods as the Jedi Grand Master, in the most extreme form of Dun Moch ever recorded.

The New Republic Senate did not adopt the practice of repulsorpods, possibly feeling it was too associated with the Imperial era. The New Republic adpoted the old style marble benches used during the Great Sith War. As membership in the New Republic grew, they converted to balconies, but these were not equipped with repulsor's. There were rumors about adding them in under Borsk Fey'lya's administration, but it had not been adopted as of the Fall of Coruscant.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith