Mas Amedda / Legends Mas Amedda was a male Chagrian who served as the Vice Chancellor of the Galactic Republic during the administrations of Chancellors Finis Valorum and Palpatine . Amedda served during the Clone Wars and continued to serve under the self - proclaimed Emperor Palpatine as one of the first members of the Imperial Ruling Council . Biography . Early career . A Chagrian male hailing from Champala , Mas Amedda was appointed by the Champalan government to represent the watery world in the Galactic Republic Senate on Coruscant . As a senator , Amedda considered himself an honest politician and strove to voice the wants and needs of his people in the Senate . Addicted to procedure and a stickler for rules , Amedda ' s fellow members of the Rim faction , specifically Senator Orn Free Taa , were anxious to put him in the position of Vice Chancellor . Despite Amedda ' s allegiance to the Trade Federation , Taa and his followers successfully appointed Amedda to the seat made available by the departing Bothan Vice Chair ; the conspiring Senators hoped to bog down Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum in meaningless procedural squabbles and eventually end his career . Amedda was also working closely with Senator Palpatine of Naboo to ensure Valorum became powerless , and is one of the few who knew that the Senator of the Chommell sector was more than he appeared to be . Placed into office on the heels of the failed trade summit on Eriadu , Amedda was awarded unprecedented power over the Supreme Chancellor , capable of blocking his ability to call sessions of Congress as well as work with the Jedi Order . As the Chancellor was further weakened by a scandal involving money laundering , support of Valorum ' s policies in the Senate degenerated , which effectively paralyzed the Chancellor ' s government . Unknown to the masses of the Republic , Senator Palpatine and the infamous Muun leader of Damask Holdings , Hego Damask , were behind the problems bogging down the Chancellor . Indeed even Amedda was a puppet to Palpatine , who was in fact a Dark Lord of the Sith . While Palpatine almost had Amedda eliminated for his accelerated climb to power , the Sith Lord decided the Chagrian would better suit the Sith Grand Plan as Vice Chancellor . Brewing conflict . Per the Sith Grand Plan that clandestinely controlled every function of galactic politics , Amedda presided over the motion of a Vote of No Confidence in Valorum ' s leadership , as requested by Queen Amidala of Naboo following Senate inaction in response to the invasion of Naboo by the Neimoidian arm of the Trade Federation . While driven by ambition , Amedda was not foolhardy enough to believe that he could attain the Chancellorship ; instead the Chagrian was prepared to manipulate the future Chancellor in order to aid the galactic populace . Following Senator Palpatine ' s election to the Chancellorship Amedda continued to serve as Vice Chair , planning on manipulating the Naboo man for the betterment of the galaxy . Feeding his ideas to the Chancellor , Amedda believed that he was the true power in the Senate as the Chancellor seemed to play off of his suggestions . In an attempt to keep Palpatine content , Amedda , a connoisseur of rare art , would travel to ancient worlds and obtain precious relics for the Chancellor ' s collection . Despite Amedda ' s attempts to keep procedure his office was constantly bombarded by accusations of scandal . Believed to continuously accept bribes from organizations such as the Trade Federation , Amedda disputed the claims and retained his position without cries for a recall . When the Separatist Crisis threatened to tear the Republic asunder , Amedda continued to attempt to manipulate events in the Office of the Supreme Chancellor . As the threat of the Confederacy of Independent Systems continued to grow , the Military Creation Act was hotly debated in the Senate Chamber ; should the Senate vote to overturn the Ruusan Reformation and establish an army or should they continue attempts to negotiate ? Upon the discovery of a droid army on the dusty world of Geonosis , Amedda conspired to persuade the unwitting Representative of Naboo , Jar Jar Binks , to propose to give emergency powers to the Chancellor . Unknown to the Vice Chair , the idea was in fact the Chancellor ' s own , and Palpatine had merely planted the idea in the Chagrian ' s mind . Clone Wars . Per Amedda ' s unsubtle suggestion , Representative Binks convinced the Senate to grant Palpatine emergency powers , and the Supreme Chancellor ' s first act was to create a Grand Army of the Republic . An army of clone troopers discovered by Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi on the planet Kamino served the role , and the galaxy - spanning Clone Wars began . Retaining his post throughout the conflict , Amedda eventually came to know the truth of Chancellor Palpatine and his alter - ego , Darth Sidious . Believing that the Sith could bring order back to the galaxy , Amedda agreed to keep the secret and planned to do nothing as Palpatine drove the galaxy into turmoil and the Jedi Order in disarray . As Palpatine gauged Amedda ' s trustworthiness , the Sith Lord ordered his Vice Chair to plan the assassination of former Chancellor Valorum . During a session of the wartime Senate , Amedda presided over the chamber as the Senators debated the potential threat that the Death Watch terrorist organization posed to the people of Mandalore . Despite the protests of Mandalore ' s Duchess Satine Kryze , the Senate was prepared to vote to allow the Republic to occupy the planet in order to resist the Death Watch . Amedda placed a datacard into a holoprojector that displayed a hologram of Mandalore ' s Deputy Minister Jerec calling for Republic assistance , though the message had in fact been doctored . Kryze was later attacked , and after being granted an audience with Palpatine , was told by Amedda and the Supreme Chancellor that the assassination attempt proved that Mandalore needed the Republic ' s aid . Amedda expressed his belief that Kryze was unable to keep the Death Watch reigned in by herself . When Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo uncovered Minister Jerec ' s actual holorecording , requesting that the Republic leave Mandalore alone , Amedda and Palpatine presided over a Senate session that rescinded the Senate ' s earlier vote to occupy the planet . Kryze , Kenobi , the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker , and Amidala later discussed the outcome of the vote with Amedda and Palpatine in the Supreme Chancellor ' s office , and the latter three discussed the logistics of ratifying the Senate ' s vote . The Vice Chancellor attended Palpatine when the Supreme Chancellor welcomed Skywalker , Jedi Master Mace Windu , the astromech droid R2 - D2 , and the giant Zillo Beast of Malastare to Coruscant ; Palpatine was eager to study the beast ' s fearsome armor despite the Jedi ' s discomfort with keeping the beast on the capital . Palpatine assigned Doctor Sionver Boll to the task of study , and brought Amedda with him to check on her progress . Back in the Supreme Chancellor ' s office , Skywalker and Amidala appealed Palpatine ' s decision to kill the creature , but Amedda expressed his opinion that uncovering the secrets to its armor was for the greater good . Some time later , Amedda and Palpatine presided over a session that saw Amidala present a bill proposing the cutting of military spending , and soon after attended the funeral of Amidala ' s ally in the Senate , Onaconda Farr of Rodia , who had been poisoned by his aide Lolo Purs . Amidala ' s bill was voted down , and Amedda was present outside of the Senate Chamber when Palpatine and Amidala discussed the outcome . Later in the Clone Wars , Amedda accompanied the Supreme Chancellor to Naboo to celebrate the Festival of Light . During the festival , Palpatine was the victim of a kidnapping attempt by Count Dooku and a group of bounty hunters . At one point in 20 BBY , Amedda was summoned to Palpatine ' s office and was asked to prepare him his shuttle . Around that time , Amedda was present at a funeral for Jedi who were killed in the Jedi Temple bombing . Soon after , he served a role in the trial of the Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano . Amedda handed the jury ' s verdict to Palpatine , but before it could be read , Anakin Skywalker arrived with the true culprit , Barriss Offee . As the Clone Wars grew to a new height , Amedda came under scrutiny by the Jedi High Council . Having obtained knowledge that the mysterious Darth Sidious was tied in with the Chancellor ' s Office and in control of the entire Senate , Councilor Mace Windu came to suspect Amedda of being the " Second Sith " . Before further investigation could commence , Palpatine himself revealed his true persona to Windu and killed him , along with several other members of the High Council . Seeing the Grand Plan to fruition , Chancellor Palpatine destroyed the Jedi Order and recreated the Republic as the first Galactic Empire . Attending the declaration of a New Order , Amedda was attending to his new Emperor when Jedi Grand Master Yoda attempted to assassinate Palpatine in the Senate Chamber . Fleeing as the two Force - wielders dueled , Amedda returned to the Grand Convocation Chamber following the conclusion of the vicious battle . Assisting Palpatine , Amedda oversaw the Emperor ' s shock troopers ' search for Yoda . Communicating with Captain Kagi and ordering him to prepare the Emperor ' s shuttle for departure to Mustafar , Amedda prepared himself for the transition from his former duties to the new ones laid out by the Emperor . Imperial agent . Following the Empire ' s formation Amedda became one of the first members of the Imperial Ruling Council . Despite losing his title of Vice Chair , Amedda retained a position of power , acting as Palpatine ' s representative in the Senate . As his position soon became largely irrelevant , Amedda was relegated to reclaiming lost Sith artifacts from worlds previously quarantined by the Jedi Order . Despite this apparent demotion , Amedda enjoyed his ability to pursue his thirst for knowledge of Sith history , exploring many Sith worlds . During this time , Amedda ventured to Yavin 4 ; discovering rare piranha beetles which delighted the Emperor . He later retreated to a secret Imperial citadel on Byss , Palpatine ' s secret throne world , where he proceeded to outline plans necessary for the New Order for the next 10 , 000 years and beyond . Behind the scenes . Mas Amedda was played by Jerome Blake in " " , David Bowers in " " , and by both Blake and Bowers in " " . He appeared in the episodes " Duchess of Mandalore , " " Senate Murders , " " Heroes on Both Sides " , " Pursuit of Peace " and " The Zillo Beast Strikes Back " of " " . He was voiced by Stephen Stanton . Amedda appeared in , released in 1999 , during the game ' s sixth mission , " Danger in Coruscant . " The mission contradicted the movie and this article assumes it is non - canon . Amedda met with Captain Panaka on a landing platform on Coruscant . He was escorting Queen Amidala to safety , following attacks by mercenaries paid by the Trade Federation . Amedda offered to sell his two Coruscant City Tour tickets to him for 50 Republic credits each ( half of what he originally paid ) because he had business to attend to on Alderaan . Panaka tried to barter for them with a pair of electrobinoculars , however Amedda declined , on account of having no use for them . He suggested Panaka sell the electrobinoculars to someone else to get the money . When Panaka returned with the 100 credits , Amedda asked for 200 credits to be paid . Panaka then brought this mistake to Amedda ' s attention , and Amedda apologetically gave him the tickets . In , he was identified only as a citizen . Amedda ' s name is misspelled in " " as " Ameeda . "