Sano Sauro Sano Sauro was a male Human prosecutor for the Galactic Senate and later the senator of Eeropha for a number of decades near the end of the Galactic Republic . He had a number of political confrontations with the Jedi , particularly Obi - Wan Kenobi . Biography . Prosecutor . In 44 BBY , Sauro served as the prosecutor for Vox Chun , the father of Jedi hopeful , Bruck Chun . Bruck , who had aided the Dark Jedi Xanatos in infiltrating the Jedi Temple , was accidentally killed by Obi - Wan Kenobi in the Jedi Temple . He interrogated Obi - Wan , who was accused of killing Bruck intentionally , and fellow Jedi Bant Eerin , who was almost drowned intentionally by Bruck . Sauro tried to find them guilty , exaggerating and twisting the truth . However , the Jedi were proven innocent despite his attempts . Senator & benefactor . Over the next few decades , Sauro became Senator of Eeropha . During this time , he discovered a young Granta Omega and sponsored him so that he could attend the All Sciences Research Academy on Yerphonia . A few years before the outbreak of the Clone Wars , Obi - Wan Kenobi discovered that Senator Sauro had ties to Omega ; ties that Sauro denied and made sure that Kenobi could not prove . He , in fact , was the head of a committee that in 26 BBY sponsored a scientific expedition to Haariden , which was part of a secret plot with Omega to obtain titanite . Supreme Chancery aspirant . In 24 BBY , Sauro helped his friend Omega again ( as well as himself ) , this time politically . He and newly elected Senator Bog Divinian began to make anti - Jedi accusations in order to dissolve the Galactic Senate ’ s support of the Jedi Order . A vote was to be held in the Senate over whether or not the Jedi should be involved in Senate activities . This was all part of Omega and Sauro ’ s master scheme . By leaking Jenna Zan Arbor ’ s drug called the Zone of Self - Containment into the ventilation shafts of the Senate , as well as assassinating Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , Sauro ’ s supporters could easily garner him a seat as the new Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic . This would also give Omega unlimited power in destroying the Jedi . However , thanks to the actions of Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker , Siri Tachi , and Ferus Olin , this plot was thwarted . When the actual Senate vote came , Sauro turned his back on Bog Divinian , and sided with those who were against banning funding to the Jedi Order . His reasons for doing this were because he was offered the position of Deputy Chancellor by Palpatine himself , which quickly accepted high office , however , tempted Sauro with even more power . Palpatine ' s true motives for creating the new position were , of course , based on political expediency , in order to transform a rabid political enemy into a quick ' friend ' — but more to the point , to maintain a close eye on Sauro ’ s actions , by having now reined him in . Deputy Chancellor & office emblems . In his office , Senator Sano Sauro kept a broken lightsaber sold to him by a Duros and which was rumored to have belonged to Jedi Master Mace Windu . Sauro prized the claing - bush thorns as emblems not only of his planet Eeropha , but also of his protégé , Granta Omega , a native of the planet ' s moon . Four of the tall red thorns rose from the corners of Sauro ' s long but low Senate office desk , " stabbing the air . " And , upon Palpatine ' s appointment of Sauro to the position of Deputy Chancellor ( done to keep Sauro on a leash ) , in a temporary garden in the exterior courtyard outside the Galactic Senate complex , twin horns of the bloodred bush could be seen towering above the exotic flowers there . Imperial strategist & prosecutor . Under the emerging Empire , Sauro was already ingratiated into Palpatine ' s inner circle . Sauro hand - picked Imperial advisors and sent them to strategic planets in the Core Worlds . By 18 BBY , Sauro owned a ship called the " True Justice " which held speedy trials to quickly put people accused of political crimes in prison . Two of these prisoners were Roan Lands and Dona Telamark . During their trial , however , the two were rescued by the Jedi Solace , the Bothan Oryon , and Trever Flume , all friends of Ferus Olin . Naval Academy schoolmaster . Palpatine was aware of Sauro ' s plans to use Force - sensitive children to train pilots in hope of creating an invincible fleet . He allowed him to keep his plan — for the time being . But when Sano tried to prevent Ferus ' friends from escaping , the Emperor was asking to see him . Sauro soon found himself in a job as the headmaster of the Imperial Naval Academy , which he considered a demotion from his previous position as Senator . He was ordered by Darth Vader to find a cadet with undivided loyalty to the Empire on a need - to - know basis project . He decided to send Lune Oddo Divinian , the Force - sensitive son of his former protege Bog Divinian . He did this to take revenge on Bog , who had risen above him in the Imperial hierarchy by becoming governor of the Leemurtoo system .