Unidentified Republic diplomat

"Why can't the Selkath see what the Sith are really like? They should ban them all from this planet."

- The Republic diplomat expressing his frustration at the Sith on Manaan.

This Republic diplomat was a male Human present on the Selkath homeworld of Manaan during the Jedi Civil War in 3,956 BBY, when Jedi Padawan Revan visited the planet. The diplomat represented a group of Republic soldiers, who were involved in a brawl with a group of Sith soldiers, during a hearing in the Ahto High Court. Both sides were found to be at fault and were fined by the Ahto City Civil Authority.

Biography
"If it weren't for the Republic, Manaan would already be under Sith control. But we haven't had one word of thanks from the Selkath!"

- The Republic diplomat is clearly frustrated with the Selkath

The Human male Republic diplomat was stationed on Manaan during the Jedi Civil War in 3,956 BBY. He was in the middle of a hearing when Revan, a Jedi Padawan, entered the Ahto High Court. The hearing was the result of a violent brawl between several Republic and Sith soldiers. Manaan's neutrality laws forbade open aggression between the two sides on Manaan during the war, and so they were brought to trial for the incident.

The Republic diplomat began the hearing by ensuring the court that the Republic respected the peace on Ahto City, and he claimed the Sith were a violent people who left only violence in their wake. He explained that he had three soldiers in the infirmary because of the incident. The diplomat representing the Sith rebuked him, claiming if the Republic soldiers were more capable, they wouldn't have been injured so severly. He questioned whether or not his soldiers were to be punished for winning a fair fight. The Republic diplomat responded hastily that six against three was hardly a fair fight. He called the Sith cowards who only engage an enemy when they have numbers on their side. The judge's were aware of the Republic's indignation, but were quick to remind everyone in the court that witnesses claimed that the Republic soldiers were just as willing to fight as the Sith. The Republic diplomat responded that they were provoked, that the Sith goaded them into a fight.

However, the judges were not convinced, saying that taunts and threats were not sufficient provocation and that words could be forgotten, which is what should have happened. They found both sides equally to blame for the breach of peace, but instead of imprisoning both parties, they fined them 10,000 credits since no Selkath citizens were harmed in the incident. As a final warning, the judges told the diplomats that further incidents would not be viewed with such leniency.

Behind the scenes
This Republic diplomat appears in the PC and Xbox role-playing game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic when the player visits Manaan and enters the Selkath courtroom in Ahto City for the first time. Once the hearing is concluded, the player can talk to the diplomat, to which he will spout several anti-Sith phrases like the two above.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic