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The Speaker's staff
The Speaker's staff was a long wooden staff wielded by the Vice Chair of the Galactic Republic Senate. It had crisscrossing carved lines running down its length, and was capped by a dull golden statuette[1] of Sistros Nevet,[2][3] one of the Four Sages of Dwartii.[4]
During the proclamation of the New Order—when Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine announced the transformation of the Republic into the First Galactic Empire—the staff was held by the current Vice Chair, a Chagrian named Mas Amedda.[5]
After he became Grand Vizier of the Galactic Empire, Amedda continued to wield a similar scepter.[6] When the Galactic Emperor held a briefing, Amedda would bang his staff on the floor as a sign that the meeting should commence.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
The Speaker's staff first appeared in the 2005 prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,[5] and was identified canonically in the 2016 reference book Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded, written by Pablo Hidalgo.[1]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tarkin
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
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