- "Two years after the Empire had been declared, the Barabel Senator Sanver was found to have secreted three fugitive Padawans in his private quarters."
- ―Beaumont Kin, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
Sanver was a Barabel Imperial senator who hid three fugitive Jedi in his private quarters during the Great Jedi Purge. When this was discovered in 17 BBY, Sanver and the three Jedi were executed by the Inquisitorius.
Biography[]
- "When this deception was discovered, Sanver and the three Knights were swiftly executed by the Inquisitorius, but Palpatine seized on this event to detach all anti-Jedi operations from the political wing of his Empire."
- ―Beaumont Kin, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
Sanver was a Barabel (pictured).
Sanver was a Barabel senator in the Imperial Senate of the Galactic Empire. For a long time, Barabel culture revered the Jedi Order, and during the Empire's Great Jedi Purge, the senator secreted three fugitive Jedi Padawans that had survived Order 66 within his private quarters. By the time this deception was discovered[2] in 17 BBY,[1] the three fugitives were Jedi Knights, but Sanver and all three of the Jedi were swiftly executed by the Empire's Inquisitorius, a group of Jedi-hunters.[2]
Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine used the event to detach his ongoing anti-Jedi operations from the political wing of the Empire, allowing the Inquistorius to act anywhere in the galaxy with only authorization from its own leadership. Sanver's involvement also further brought into question the loyalty of non-humans to the Empire. A file on Sanver was stored in "The Inquisitorius" section of the Imperial Archives and the historian Beaumont Kin cited it while mentioning Sanver in[2] his[3] book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire[2] in 35 ABY.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
Sanver was mentioned in the 2024 reference book Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, which was written by Dr. Chris Kempshall.[2]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire dates Sanver's death to two years after the formation of the Galactic Empire, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 19 BBY. The senator's death must therefore have occured in 17 BBY.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire states that thirty years have passed since the end of the Galactic Civil War and months have passed since the Battle of Exegol. As Star Wars: Timelines dates the end of the war to 5 ABY and the Battle of Exegol to 35 ABY, the in-universe The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire must have been published in 35 ABY.