Four Sages of Dwartii / Legends The Four Sages of Dwartii were controversial Nouanese philosophers and lawgivers who lived in the early days of the Galactic Republic . In an era of Sith domination , a number of bronzium statues honoring the Four Sages were made . In the waning years of the Republic , the politician Palpatine , who was secretly a Sith Lord , owned several such statues . Practices and beliefs . The Four Sages of Dwartii were philosophers and lawmakers whose ideas influenced the Galactic Republic , a pan - galactic democracy . Although the Four Sages were noted for possessing much arcane wisdom and legal acumen , their views and decrees were regarded as coldly unsparing , and often generated controversy , especially to species new to the Republic . One of them , Sistros , was accused of pandering to the multitude for selfish ends . Another , Braata , was known to have encouraged the study of the dark side of the Force . History . The Four Sages were called Sistros , Braata , Yanjon , and Faya . They hailed from Dwartii , a planet located in the galaxy ' s Inner Rim . They were active in the earliest days of the Galactic Republic , which was founded more than twenty five thousand years before the Galactic Civil War . Their world was part of Nouane , one of the Republic ' s Allied Region s . At the time , Nouanese minister s commonly ascended to the highest spheres of power in the Republic . For that reason , the Four Sages ' merciless political philosophy was influential in the galactic state , if shrouded in controversy . At some point during a time period when the galaxy was dominated by the Sith , an order of malevolent Force - wielders , a number of bronzium statues of the Four Sages were created . Much later in history , some of those statues entered in the possession of Palpatine , a Human politician from Naboo who was secretly a modern - day Dark Lord of the Sith . When Palpatine served as Supreme Chancellor of the Republic , his effigies of the Four Sages resided in his office suite in the Republic Executive Building on Coruscant . In the ceremonial office area , two statues stood on either sides of the Chancellor ' s official desk . One depicted a hooded Sistros with a long - sleeved cloak , and the other depicted a helmeted Braata with the head resting on the tip of a long staff . Two other statues , one of which was a different depiction of Sistros , flanked the doorway to Palpatine ' s private antechamber . That second Sistros statue had a lining of neuranium under its bronzium exterior , and housed a cylindrical cavity undetectable by security scans . It allowed Palpatine to hide his hand - built lightsaber in it . The weapon lay dormant in the statue for a long time until finally used against four Jedi Masters on Empire Day . During the Galactic Civil War , a number of statues of the Four Sages were available throughout the galaxy . In addition to effigies similar to the ones owned by Palpatine ' s , there also existed a statue of Faya that depicted the philosopher resting on a large sword . Behind the scenes . Bronzium statues of the Four Sages of Dwartii first appeared in , but were first identified as such in " " .