Separatist Council/Legends

"The Confederacy certainly won't be lacking in credits." "Except for greed."

- Siri Tachi and Adi Gallia

The Separatist Council, also known as the Council of Separatists or the Leadership Council, was the ruling body of the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. The members of the Council were as follows:


 * Nute Gunray&mdash;Trade Federation
 * Wat Tambor&mdash;Techno Union
 * San Hill&mdash;InterGalactic Banking Clan
 * Poggle the Lesser&mdash;Geonosian Industries
 * Passel Argente&mdash;Corporate Alliance
 * Shu Mai&mdash;Commerce Guild
 * Po Nudo&mdash;Hyper-Communications Cartel
 * Tikkes&mdash;Quarren Isolation League

After the deaths of Count Dooku and General Grievous, the Council assumed sole leadership of the Confederacy (albeit still under the guidance of Darth Sidious). At this point Viceroy Nute Gunray assumed the role of spokesperson for the group.

Before Grievous' death, Sidious ordered him to send the Council to Mustafar, supposedly to keep them safe from the Republic. The Council was sent to the volcanic planet, as Sidious tasked his new Sith apprentice, Darth Vader, with travelling to Mustafar and assassinating all seven Council members. The Council was brutally massacred by Vader and, with their deaths, the Clone Wars officially came to an end, bringing about the age of the Galactic Empire. However, for at least two months following the war's end, Palpatine maintained that the Councilors' final fates were unknown, using the possible threat of their return to justify his military expansion.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * CIS Shadowfeed Year's Start Fete Day Edition - Dooku's Address to the Confederacy
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Reversal of Fortune
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith