Vocatara Vocatara was an individual who served in the Army of the Galactic Republic as a rocket - jumper sometime before the year 4800 BBY . By then , Vocatara led the Republic as a Supreme Chancellor , at which time the Gank species had begun exterminating other species in a conflict that came to be known as the Gank Massacres . In response to the conflict , Vocatara commissioned the creation of the juggernaut war droid s to assist Republic forces and the Jedi Knights with the defeat of the Ganks . Biography . As a Republic rocket - jumper , the individual known as Vocatara served as one of the jetpack - equipped elite soldiers of the Republic Army . Vocatara received many decorations while with the rocket - jumpers . Like several other members of the rocket - jumpers , Vocatara went on to serve the Republic as a politician . By the year 4800 BBY , Vocatara led the Republic as Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Senate . At that time , while Vocatara was in office , a species known as the Ganks had begun exterminating other species after they had been hired by the Neimoidian species to deal with the Porporite s , a species that had gone into a homicidal frenzy after becoming addicted to the drug known as ryll . In response to the Gank threat , which later became known as the Gank Massacres , Chancellor Vocatara quickly ordered the commissioning of the first juggernaut war droid s to assist Republic forces and the Force - sensitive peacekeepers known as the Jedi Knights in their fight against the Ganks . By the year 4775 BBY , the conflict had ended , but Vocatara ' s commissioning of the juggernaut war droids later harmed the Republic when the droids went rogue on the Republic ' s capital planet of Coruscant during the Great Droid Revolution in 4015 BBY . Personality and traits . Before becoming a politician , Vocatara was skilled enough as a soldier to be a member of the elite Republic rocket - jumpers , which required knowledge in the use of jetpacks . During the Gank Massacres , Vocatara was forced to commission the juggernaut war droids , which he performed quickly in order provide aid to Republic forces . Behind the scenes . Vocatara was first mentioned in the juggernaut war droid entry in " The New Essential Guide to Droids " , a 2006 reference book written by Daniel Wallace . In 2008 , Vocatara received an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " and was also mentioned in entries for the Gank Massacres and the juggernaut war droid . Vocatara was later established to have been a member of the Republic rocket - jumpers in " Galaxy at War " , a 2009 Wizards of the Coast " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " sourcebook written by Rodney Thompson , Gary Astleford , Eric Cagle , and Wallace . Chancellor Vocatara was later mentioned in " " , a 2011 MMORPG produced by BioWare , as part of a codex entry for a datacron containing information about the Gank Massacres . A section on the rocket - jumpers mentioning Vocatara was written by Jason Fry for " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , a reference book released in 2012 , although Fry ultimately cut the section from the book . In 2014 , the section was released on the " Star Wars " Blog in the fourth part of a on cut content from " The Essential Guide to Warfare " written by Fry and Erich Schoeneweiss . However , none of the sources have revealed Vocatara ' s species or gender .