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- "I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee!"
- ―Queen Amidala, to the Galactic Senate
The Galactic Senate Chamber,[1] also known as the Grand Convocation Chamber,[3] the Senate Rotunda,[4] or simply as the Senate Chamber[2] was a large, open area contained within the Senate Building on the planet Coruscant. The chamber was the meeting hall for the Galactic Senate of the Galactic Republic[1] and the center of political activity.[5] It was lined with 1,024 repulsorpods for the senators and representatives from the various political delegations,[1] with some delegations, such as the Naboo delegation, having their own pod, while other representatives had to share.[5] The platforms could detach from the walls of the chamber which was equipped with voice-amplifying microphones, translators, and hovercams that recorded the various proceedings. At the center of the chamber was the Chancellor's podium,[1] itself extended from the "working office" of the Chancellery Secretariat,[6] where the Supreme Chancellor and the Vice Chair would preside over meetings of the Senate. It was in the Galactic Senate Chamber that Chancellor Sheev Palpatine proclaimed the formation of the Galactic Empire with himself as emperor in front of the newly christened Imperial Senate.[1] Many of the repulsorpods were later damaged when Sidious and Jedi Master Yoda threw them at each other while dueling.[7] The Chamber held 1,024 delegations from the worlds of the Republic.[8]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
Non-canon appearances[edit | edit source]
LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Crisis on Coruscant" (Appears in flashback(s))
Sources[edit | edit source]
Galactic Senate in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (as Senate rotunda)
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Darth Sidious - Sith Master - Base Series 1) (First identified as Galactic Senate Chamber)
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Sly Moore - Chancellor's Aide - Base Series 1) (First identified as Senate Chamber)
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Yoda - Jedi Master (ROTS) - Base Series 1)
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
Star Wars Helmet Collection 2 (Databank A-Z: Alzoc III–Antilles) (Picture only)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 10 (Highlights of the Saga: Birth of an Empire) (Picture only)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 15 (Highlights of the Saga: Palpatine Unmasked) (First identified as Senate Rotunda)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 16 (Weapons & Uniforms: Citizens of Coruscant)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 22 (Weapons & Uniforms: The Supreme Chancellor of the Republic) (Picture only)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 26 (Databank A-Z: Imperial Future Council–Inquisitorius) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
Star Wars Helmet Collection 27 (Databank A-Z: InterGalactic Banking Clan–Jakku) (Picture only)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 38 (Helmets: Commander Thire)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 39 (Databank A-Z: Kwazel Maw–Sly Moore) (Picture only)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 40 (Databank A-Z: Moraband–Muftak) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Lightsabers: A Guide to Weapons of the Force
- The Star Wars Book
Bail Organa in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Galactic Senate in the Databank (backup link)
Yoda in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Sly Moore - Chancellor's Aide - Base Series 1)
- ↑ The Legends of Luke Skywalker
- ↑
Star Wars Helmet Collection 15 (Highlights of the Saga: Palpatine Unmasked)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas