Bureaucrat

"Enter the bureaucrats―the true rulers of the Republic."

- Senator Palpatine

A bureaucrat was any individual with an official position in a government. The term was also used pejoratively to describe someone in a position of power who was more devoted to the details of administrative procedures than with people's needs. During a conversation with the then queen Padmé Amidala, Senator Sheev Palpatine attributed the decline of the Galactic Republic to the rise of selfish and persnickety bureaucrats. Although Palpatine was actually a Sith Master in disguise who planned to take over the galaxy, the Republic had indeed been damaged beyond repair by the rampant corruption of its bureaucracy.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
 * William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
 * Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks
 * Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice