All Planets Relief Fund The All Planets Relief Fund was created in 24 BBY by a law that reformed the Galactic Republic ' s system for assisting worlds , and sought specifically to address the cry of planets " imperiled , " those in " critical need " of relief funding . The new legislation , the result of years of steadfast work on the part of many planetary governments , was skillfully drafted by Palpatine , the Republic ' s Supreme Chancellor , on the capital world of Coruscant . Soon after the successful passage of the law to create the fund , Palpatine held an inaugural ceremony in Coruscant ' s Business District to officially open the fund and transfer its collected treasury to a designated vault within the Bank of the Core . The notorious Slam gang attempted during this ceremony , however , to steal the relief fund treasury — an attempt foiled by the Jedi . The heist , however , was actually masterminded by even greater criminal minds , as a diversion from a major operation to assassinate Palpatine and destroy the Galactic Senate and the Jedi Order in a single day . History . The All Planets Relief Fund was established by legislation that Palpatine , the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic , authored and saw through to Senate - adoption , when the law passed in 24 BBY , to allow any imperiled world in desperate need of relief funding to directly petition the Galactic Senate for assistance . Under the new mandate , critical - relief funds would be transferred through one central account . Chancellor Palpatine claimed that the relief fund would help avoid the bureaucratic slowdown experienced under the Republic ' s present system ( which , notwithstanding , would enjoy continued use for " non " - critical projects ) . Indeed , antecedent to Palpatine ' s relief measure , a world in peril , under the current system , had to first petition the Senate , then have their case reviewed by several committees — in a long , and often unsuccessful , approval process — before it could receive relief funding . Response to the bill that established the relief fund was generally positive , and senatorial aide Tyro Caladian commented enthusiastically on the new fund ' s merits . Inaugural ceremony . Soon after funding the project , Palpatine presided over an inaugural ceremony in the Bank of the Core Plaza to officially open the new relief fund and celebrate the success of the law that created it . As the All Planets account was funded in crystalline vertex by multiple Senate - member worlds , a vast crowd of beings had assembled at the plaza not only for the ceremony , but also for the grand spectacle of seeing such an awesome concentration of treasure in one place . The Senate Guard , in an end - of - ceremony transfer of funds , escorted the repulsorlift wagon that enthroned the vertex treasury to a Core Bank vault . Heist attempt . In the final moments of that high - security transfer , however , an attempt to steal the relief fund treasury was made by the leaders of the Slams , a notorious gang , who were disguised as Senate Guards . The attempt was foiled by Jedi Knights Obi - Wan Kenobi , Siri Tachi and their Padawans Anakin Skywalker and Ferus Olin . Shortly after frustrating the plot , Kenobi realized that the Slams ' attempt to steal the treasury was merely a diversion from the " real " mission , one masterminded and led by galactic criminal Granta Omega : this son of Xanatos , following admirably in his father ' s footsteps ( and with the help of his partner in crime , mad scientist Jenna Zan Arbor ) , sought the utter destruction of Republic governance and , by association , the power of the Jedi Order , through the mass - assassination of the Supreme Chancellor and thousands of Galactic Senators and their advisors by an army of seeker droid s . The Grand Convocation Chamber was the setting of the attack on the Senate Building , which , though not without casualties , was ultimately foiled by the Jedi . Behind the scenes . The All Planets Relief Fund appeared in the young adult novel " " , the ninth volume in the " Jedi Quest " series written by Jude Watson and released in July 2004 . The All Planets Relief Fund was later mentioned in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in December 2008 .