Editing Zill Kartay

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**[[Trade Federation Occupation Council]]<ref name="SWI" />
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'''Zill Kartay''' was a [[Gender/Legends|male]] [[Neimoidian/Legends|Neimoidian]] [[Consul/Legends|consul]] of the [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]]. In [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]], when the Federation successfully [[Invasion of Naboo/Legends|invaded]] the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]], he was appointed to the [[Trade Federation Occupation Council|Occupation Council]] overseeing the planet and took up residence in the planetary [[Capital/Legends|capital]] of [[Theed/Legends|Theed]]. Following the liberation of Naboo by its [[Human/Legends|Human]] and [[Gungan/Legends|Gungan]] inhabitants, Kartay and the remainder of the council were arrested and sent to [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]], the seat of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]], to face justice.

==Biography==
[[File:Hiding_Neimoidian_councillors.png|thumb|left|Kartay and his fellow councilors hiding in the Theed palace throne room]]
Zill Kartay was a [[Gender/Legends|male]] of the [[Neimoidian/Legends|Neimoidian]] [[Species/Legends|species]] who lived during the rule of [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Finis Valorum/Legends|Finis Valorum]] in the last [[Standard decade/Legends|decades]] of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]. He worked in the [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]],<ref name="SWI" /> a labyrinthine organization of trade officials and associated bureaucrats.<ref name="TPMV">''[[Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary]]''</ref> As a Federation [[Consul/Legends|consul]],<ref name="SWI" /> he was entrusted with [[Ambassador/Legends|ambassadorial]] duties on one of the Federation's member [[Planet/Legends|worlds]] or territories.<ref name="FB">{{FacebookCite|author=Star Wars Sourcebooks|date=Jan 19, 2014|description=Creating & Naming 'The Devious Neimoidians'|url=notes/star-wars-sourcebooks/creating-naming-the-devious-neimoidians/676129629103814|archivefile=File:NeimoidiansFacebook.pdf}}</ref> In [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]],<ref name="TNEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref> the Trade Federation [[Invasion of Naboo/Legends|invaded]] the backwater planet of [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]] by order of [[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]], a mysterious [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]].<ref name="TPM">{{Film|I}}</ref> On that occasion, Consul Kartay accompanied the [[Trade Federation Viceroy|Viceroy]] [[Nute Gunray/Legends|Nute Gunray]] to Naboo's [[Capital/Legends|capital]] [[City/Legends|city]] of [[Theed/Legends|Theed]], where he took a seat in the so-called [[Trade Federation Occupation Council|Occupation Council]]. In addition to Gunray and his [[Aide/Legends|aide]], the [[Settlement Officer/Legends|Settlement Officer]] [[Rune Haako/Legends|Rune Haako]], Kartay's colleagues on the council were [[Magistrate/Legends|Magistrate]] [[Kund Ekorr]], [[Treasurer]] [[Hap Brehg]] and [[Chronicler]] [[Viff Almay]].<ref name="SWI" />

While the Occupation Council discussed their options in the [[Theed Royal Palace/Legends|Theed Royal Palace]], the [[Human/Legends|Human]] and [[Gungan/Legends|Gungan]] inhabitants of Naboo decided to set aside their quarrels and to work together to take their planet back. When a battle was expected to take place in the neighboring [[Great Grass Plains/Legends|Great Grass Plains]], Kartay and the other councilors remained in the relative seclusion of the Theed [[palace]] [[Throne room (Theed Royal Palace)/Legends|throne room]], believing they would be safe there. After a fierce [[Battle of Naboo/Legends|struggle]] both on the [[Ground warfare|ground]] and [[Space warfare|in space]], the revolting locals destroyed the Federation's [[Trade Federation Droid Army/Legends|droid army]], while an elite group led by [[Monarch of Naboo/Legends|Queen]] [[Padmé Amidala/Legends|Amidala]], the legitimate sovereign of Naboo, infiltrated the palace to capture the Neimoidian dignitaries.<ref name="TPM" /> In the wake of the battle, Kartay was arrested by [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Quarsh Panaka/Legends|Panaka]] of the [[Royal Naboo Security Forces/Legends|Royal Naboo Security Forces]], alongside his fellow councilors Ekorr and Brehg.<ref name="SWI" /> Subsequently, he and his colleagues were all [[Starship/Legends|shipped]] as [[Prisoner/Legends|prisoners]] to the Republic capital of [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] to await trial.<ref name="TPMn">[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'' novelization]]</ref>

==Personality and traits==
Zill Kartay was a [[Color/Legends|red]]-[[Eye/Legends|eyed]] Neimoidian who stood between 1.75 and 1.91 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]] tall.<ref name="Height" /> His pale, yellowish skin was mottled,<ref name="TPMIG" /> a common trait among high-ranking Neimoidians who had an overly self-indulgent lifestyle.<ref name="TPMV" />

==Equipment==
He [[Clothing/Legends|wore]] a set of subdued purple-gray [[Robe/Legends|robes]] and a simple cap made of black material that revealed his high, [[Hair/Legends|hairless]] forehead.<ref name="TPMIG" />

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Neimoidian_Occupation_Council.jpg|thumb|Members of the Occupation Council discuss their options in the Theed Palace throne room.]]
Zill Kartay appeared as a nameless background character in the movie [[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']], which was released on [[May 19]], [[1999]].<ref name="TPM" /> However, since the members of the Occupation Council made a collective appearance in the [[Terry Brooks]]'s movie [[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|novelization]], which was published a month earlier, Kartay's actual first appearance can be dated to [[April 21]] of the same year.<ref name="TPMn" /> In [[2014]], the character's name was revealed in ''[[Rogues Gallery (Star Wars Insider)|Rogues Gallery: The Devious Neimoidians Revealed]]'', an article written by [[Tim Veekhoven]], [[Kevin Beentjes]] and [[Sander de Lange]] for the [[Star Wars Insider 147|147th issue]] of the ''[[Star Wars Insider]]'' magazine.<ref name="SWI" /> Kartay was named after the Neimoidian fan Lizzi Kartay-Dod, known as [[User:Kweh-chan|Kweh-chan]] on the online ''[[Star Wars]]'' encyclopedia [[Wookieepedia]].<ref name="FB" />

==Appearances==
*[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'' novelization]] {{1st}}
*[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (unabridged audiobook)|''Star Wars: Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'' unabridged audiobook]]
*{{Film|I}}

==Sources==
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*<!-- 1999-05-20 -->{{SWArchive|url=episode-i/fun/snapshot/1999/05/snapshot19990520.html|text=Episode I Snapshot: Political figures discuss their options on Naboo}}
*<!-- 1999-06-23 -->''[[Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide]]''
*<!-- 2002-04-23 -->''[[The New Essential Guide to Characters]]'' {{Imo}}
*<!-- 2014-01-21 -->{{InsiderCite|147|Rogues Gallery (Star Wars Insider)|Rogues Gallery: The Devious Neimoidians Revealed}} {{1stID}}
*<!-- 2014-04-25 -->{{SWE|characters|darthsidious|Darth Sidious}}
*<!-- 2014-04-25 -->{{SWE|characters|nutegunray|Nute Gunray}}
*<!-- 2014-10-14 -->{{SW|url=news/the-trade-federation-and-neimoidians-a-history|text=The Trade Federation and Neimoidians: A History|nolive=1}}

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*{{FacebookCite|author=Star Wars Sourcebooks|date=Jan 19, 2014|description=Creating & Naming 'The Devious Neimoidians'|url=notes/star-wars-sourcebooks/creating-naming-the-devious-neimoidians/676129629103814|archivefile=File:NeimoidiansFacebook.pdf}}

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