Zinn Paulness

Zinn Paulness
Descriptive information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Skin color	Fair
Chronological and political information
Affiliation(s)	Galactic Republic Council of Neutral Systems

"What are we waiting for?"

―Zinn Paulness, in response to a cry to vote on a bill

Zinn Paulness was a human male senator who served in the Galactic Senate during the Clone Wars. During the war, Paulness was part of the Council of Neutral Systems, an outlier political wing of the Pacifist faction in the senate.

Biography

"They attack, and now they want peace?"

―Zinn Paulness after the bombing of the central power grid

Zinn Paulness was a senator in the Republic's Galactic Senate during the time of the Clone Wars. He was one of several senators who were taken hostage by bounty hunter Cad Bane and his associates during the Senate hostage crisis. Later, as Senator Padmé Amidala advanced the Confederate–Republic peace initiative, Paulness was present for the Senate's final deliberations when the bombing of Coruscant's central power distribution grid occurred, sending numerous districts into blackout. Like many of his fellow senators, Paulness was outraged voted against attempting to make peace with the Confederacy of Independent Systems and instead passed the Republic military enhancement bill as well as the Republic financial reform bill, which deregulated the InterGalactic Banking Clan to pay for the new troops. He was enraged by the Senate's lack of action towards Separatist advances, and believed it to be too bureaucratic.

Later in the war, Paulness was present at the Festival of Light on the planet Naboo, an event which was interrupted by an attempt, albeit a failed one, to kidnap Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine. Paulness continued to serve in the Senate as the Republic entered more trouble regarding the Banking Clan after they were betrayed by Rush Clovis.

Appearances

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Senate Spy"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Lightsaber Lost" (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Mandalore Plot" (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Duchess of Mandalore"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Corruption" (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Sphere of Influence"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Hostage Crisis" (First appearance)
• "Hostage Crisis" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Hunt for Ziro" (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Heroes on Both Sides"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Pursuit of Peace"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Senate Murders"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis on Naboo"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Rise of Clovis"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis at the Heart"

Sources

• The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Hostage Crisis on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (First identified as Zinn Paulness)
• The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Heroes on Both Sides on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "The Rise of Clovis" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• "Hostage Crisis" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "The Clone Wars Begin" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Picture only)
• Coruscant in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
• Galactic Senate in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)

Notes and references

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