Tol Cressa Tol Cressa was a male who served as the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic during the Mandalorian Wars . The Chancellor worked to restore the Republic from the devastation that was brought by the Great Sith War and Jedi Civil War . Cressa was still in office by 3946 BBY , when he organized a successful liberation of a sector that had seceded from the Republic under the leadership of rogue G0 - T0 infrastructure planning system droids . Biography . Tol Cressa , a male , rose to the office of the Galactic Republic ' s Supreme Chancellor during the era of the Old Sith Wars . In 3963 BBY , around the outbreak of the Mandalorian Wars , Cressa had commissioned the Jedi Master Raana Tey to a special assignment . During the last stages of the battle of the Outer Rim planet Taris , Cressa began an investigation into how the ecumenopolis gained such a quick entry into the Republic . Three years before Cressa ' s investigation , Taris was admitted into the Republic thanks to the efforts of Lhosan Industries Chairman Jervo Thalien and Haydel Goravvus , who bribed other senators in order to secure admission into the Republic . After the death of Admiral Jimas Veltraa during the battle , the Chancellor overruled renaming an " Interdictor " - class cruiser after Veltraa . During the Mandalorian occupation of Taris , Cressa assigned Tey to locate and aid Goravvus , who became the planet ' s senator after Taris became a Republic world . Goravvus was leading the Tarisian resistance efforts against the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders . Following the Mandalorians ' devastation of the planet Duro in 3962 BBY , Cressa , relenting to Republic citizens ' feelings , named the Jedi Knight Revan — whose Jedi faction was operating with the Republic ' s forces under the guise of a mercy corps , — as the commander of the Republic ' s military forces . In 3955 BBY , one year after the end of the Jedi Civil War , Cressa commissioned the Telosian Restoration Project , which was an effort to restore the planet Telos IV from its destruction during the Jedi Civil War . During the Dark Wars , a series of conflicts that included the Sith Triumvirate ' s assassination campaign against the Jedi Order , Cressa also authorized the G0 - T0 infrastructure planning system droid project in order to aid in the rebuilding of other worlds and infrastructures that were devastated during the Great Sith War — which was between the Republic and Sith Lord Exar Kun ' s Sith Empire — and the Jedi Civil War . The G0 - T0 droids controlling the 400100500260026 territory , which consisted of sixteen planets ruled by the droids , seceded from the Republic , cut off HoloNet communications , and blocked traffic in and out of the Gordian Reach sector . In 3946 BBY , Cressa organized a successful recapture of those planets , which were under the control of the G0 - T0 droids . Personality and traits . During the Mandalorian Wars , Tol Cressa was willing to promote the Jedi Knight Revan to the rank of commander of the Republic ' s military due to the desire of the Republic ' s citizens . He also wished to express his disgruntlement with the Jedi High Council , which had taken a stance of inaction in the Mandalorian Wars . In the time period after the Jedi Civil War ' s end , Cressa was regarded as being a legendary Chancellor . Behind the scenes . The character of Tol Cressa was first mentioned in the of the " " comic series , with his background also expanded on in " The New Essential Guide to Droids " . However , the Chancellor was not identified until the release of the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " , which mentioned him by his surname . He was later given an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . Cressa was given the first name " Tol " in " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , which also expanded on his role in the Mandalorian Wars .