Galactic Republic Chancery election , 3641 BBY In 3641 BBY , an emergency session of the Galactic Senate was called to elect a new Supreme Chancellor , following the assassination of Chancellor Dorian Janarus by a renowned bounty hunter onboard his personal transport , the " Founder " , in orbit of the Core World of Corellia . Janarus ' chosen successor was former Governor Leontyne Saresh of Taris . Background . Chancellor Janarus had become embroiled in a scandal involving the bounty hunter who would eventually kill him - the most recent Grand Champion of the Great Hunt . His closest aide , Jedi Master Jun Seros , had created a long list of false charges against the Champion and put out a bounty of one million credits , making the hunter the " Republic ' s Most Wanted " . However , the hunter would be hired by Darth Tormen to lure Janarus and Seros from the Republic capital of Coruscant , where the Hunter could avenge this slight . In order to lure them into the open , Tormen sought to exploit the ongoing battle for Corellia by influencing leaders of the Corellian resistance to back the Corellian Council ' s decision to leave the Republic . If the planet formally joined the Sith Empire of its own accord , the Chancellor would be forced to use diplomacy and come to Corellia in person . With the trap set , Janarus took the bait as expected , traveling to Corellia aboard the " Founder " . Seros , attempting to rally the Green Jedi to combat the Sith invasion , was struck down by the Champion , who used Seros ' access codes to infiltrate the " Founder " . Confronted in his cabin by the hunter , Janarus condemned Seros ' action and revealed that he had publicly denounced his former ally , effectively clearing the Champion ' s name . Although Janarus gave the hunter the option to slay Tormen in exchange for full immunity , the Champion decided to shoot the Chancellor on the spot . Candidates . Leontyne Saresh had been one of Janarus ' political rivals , a former Imperial slave descended from survivors of Taris , who had risen to a position of considerable influence in the Senate . However , her vocal criticism of the Sith and her calls for the complete destruction of the Empire led the Senate to appoint her as governor of the Taris resettlement initiative , considered to be a career - destroying job . However , Saresh embraced the project and put all the effort she could muster into solving the myriad problems of the ravaged planet , and made some considerable headway in the waning days of the Cold War . Election and aftermath . Despite the ultimate destruction of the resettlement initiative , Saresh was elected to succeed Janarus just as the battle for Corellia reached its climax . Shortly after her election , Republic forces on Corellia reclaimed the Corellian Parliament , arrested the turncoat members of the Corellian Council , and slew three members of the Dark Council - Darth Acharon , Darth Hadra , and the supreme Imperial commander on Corellia , Darth Decimus . At around the same time , the Barsen ' thor of the Jedi Order , commanding the separatist Rift Alliance after being charged by Janarus to take steps to bring the Alliance worlds back into the Republic , managed to foil the plans of the Children of the Emperor to destabilize the war effort on Corellia and defeat the First Son . In a formal ceremony on Coruscant , Chancellor Saresh promised reparations to the Rift Alliance both in recognition of the wrongs committed by the Republic government , and in gratitude for their invaluable contributions in defense of the Republic . Behind the scenes . Janarus ' fate is determined by the bounty hunter player character in " " . The implied canon choice , as the bounty hunter is an Imperial class , is that the player chooses the dark side option and kills Janarus . However , the hunter also has the option of sparing Janarus and instead killing Darth Tormen in exchange for immunity . Janarus then voluntarily retires , paving the way for Saresh ' s election .