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- "I will not let this Republic that has stood for a thousand years be split in two."
- ―Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
The Military Creation Act was an act that was proposed by the Galactic Senate that would have allowed the Galactic Republic to form an army to combat the Confederacy of Independent Systems, a group of star systems that had broken away from the Republic. The legislation was opposed by Senator Padmé Amidala and other senators who had formed the Loyalist Committee. As the threat of the Separatists grew more pronounced to the Senate, Junior Representative Jar Jar Binks proposed that Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine be given emergency powers to raise an army on his own. The motion passed, and the Republic adopted the clone troopers created on Kamino as the Grand Army of the Republic, leading to the Clone Wars and, eventually, the rise of the Galactic Empire.[1]
Honor Salima, the commander of the Coruscant Home Defense Fleet, was given access to upgraded technology made available to her through the act.[2]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First mentioned)
- Tarkin (Mentioned only)
- Darth Vader 3 (Indirect mention only)
Sources[edit | edit source]
Jar Jar Binks in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (Indirect mention only)- Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Jar Jar Binks - Galactic Senate - Base Series 1) (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Cordé - Royal Decoy - Base Series 1)
- Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
- Princess Leia: Royal Rebel
- Entertainment Weekly's Ultimate Guide to Rogue One
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 1 (Databank A-Z: Ask Aak–Stass Allie)
- Star Wars: On the Front Lines
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 71 (Databank A-Z: Zam Wesell–Wexley) (Indirect mention only)
- Collapse of the Republic
- Jar Jar Binks in the Databank (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- Padmé Amidala Biography Gallery in the Databank (backup link); image #8 (of 29)
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