Tundra Dowmeia / Legends Tundra Dowmeia was a Quarren male who hailed from the planet Mon Calamari . In 22 BBY , Dowmeia succeeded fellow Quarren Tikkes as Mon Calamari ' s senator to the Republic Senate after Tikkes was censured for his connections to a slaving ring . Dowmeia represented a different faction of more progressive Quarren , and the new senator became a Loyalist during the Separatist Crisis . When the Clone Wars broke out , it was revealed that Tikkes and his Quarren Isolation League had allied with the breakaway Confederacy of Independent Systems , and civil war came to Mon Calamari . The Republic won the battle , and peace was brokered between the Mon Calamari and Quarren races a year later . Dowmeia signed the peace accords but drew criticism from many of his fellow Quarren , who saw their senator as a Republic and Mon Calamari pawn . As a result of the peace agreement , Mon Calamari was jointly represented by a Quarren and a Mon Calamari in the Republic Senate . Dowmeia and Meena Tills fulfilled this obligation until the end of the Clone Wars , though they were faced with many Separatist spies in their midst . Both senators gradually became weary of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ' s increasing wartime executive powers , prompting them to sign the Petition of 2000 near the climax of the war . They joined with like - minded senators in the Delegation of 2000 , but their membership in the organization marked them as political enemies to the Supreme Chancellor . Palpatine ' s executive powers only increased with time , and in 19 BBY , he reorganized the Republic into the Galactic Empire with himself as its Emperor . Dowmeia was arrested by Imperial agents before Palpatine ' s Declaration of a New Order to the Senate even concluded . Biography . Becoming senator . Born on the planet Mon Calamari , Tundra Dowmeia belonged to a faction of progressive Quarren . In 22 BBY , he succeeded fellow Quarren Tikkes as the senator of Mon Calamari in the Senate of the Galactic Republic when the latter was censured after being tied to a slaving ring operating in the Outer Rim Territories . After Tikkes escaped from house arrest on the Republic capital of Coruscant , Dowmeia issued a statement saying that the Quarren government on Mon Calamari would assist the Republic in bringing the fugitive Tikkes to justice . Some time later , Dowmeia commented on the planet Commenor ' s shortage of fresh comestibles , noting that people seemed to care more about one planet ' s lack of volcho sprig garnish es than the two - month - long lack of essentials like bread and milk in the Outer Rim ' s Arkanis sector . The Clone Wars . During the Separatist Crisis , Dowmeia was a Loyalist , remaining close to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ' s office . When news reached Coruscant that Count Dooku ' s breakaway Confederacy of Independent Systems was preparing for war against the Republic , Palpatine was granted emergency powers by the Senate ; Dowmeia , with aides Zil Topur and Nor Wedd , applauded the move from his repulsorpod within the Grand Convocation Chamber . The Clone Wars erupted shortly thereafter when the Confederate droid army engaged the Republic ' s clone army in open warfare on the Outer Rim world of Geonosis . As the war progressed , it was revealed that former Senator Tikkes had allied with the Confederacy and pledged Mon Calamari ' s resources to Dooku ' s war machine . Since Tikkes lacked the authority to do so , and the progressive Dowmeia held Mon Calamari ' s Senate seat , civil war erupted on Mon Calamari . Tikkes formed the Quarren Isolation League , but it was soon defeated by a combined Republic – Mon Calamari force . Engagements in the Calamari system continued nonetheless ; on one occasion , one or more Separatist slicers stole documents and other data from the Mon Calamari Shipyards . Dowmeia assisted Republic forces in improving Mon Calamari defenses and capturing those responsible for the data theft . In 21 BBY , one year after the end of the civil war , Jedi Master Kit Fisto arrived at the Quarren city of Morjanssik on Mon Calamari to oversee the authorization of peace accords between both species . Dowmeia signed the accords in his own ink , a move he had intended to signify the importance of the document . The Mon Calamari – Quarren peace accords established a new precedent of joint Senate representation for both species . Fulfilling this obligation , the Mon Calamari Meena Tills joined Dowmeia in the Senate chamber . Their administration ultimately lasted until the end of the conflict . During the duration of the war , however , both senators were faced with many Separatist spies who had infiltrated their delegation . Following his signing of the accords , Dowmeia proceeded to address a largely Quarren audience , declaring that the new Mon Calamari Council would work to the benefit of the entire planet and not the special - interest guilds that had dominated affairs in the past . Although the Mon Calamari population was supportive of the accords , the Quarren believed it to be damaging to Dowmeia ' s career . Quarren editor Ruke Chowall of the counter - cultural newsnet " Bends " accused Dowmeia of being a Republic and Mon Calamari pawn , selling out Quarren mines to the Mon Calamari and only stalling further bloodshed between both species . Rise of the Empire . By 19 BBY , Dowmeia was being assisted in the Senate by Cellheim Anujo . That same year , the Separatists launched an assault on Coruscant . In the ensuing battle , the Separatist General Grievous captured the Supreme Chancellor , only for Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi to rescue Palpatine . Dowmeia and Tills were two of many senators who greeted Palpatine , accompanied by Skywalker , upon his return to the Republic Executive Building following his brief Separatist captivity . Dowmeia insisted that Skywalker pay a visit to his family ' s estate , located deep within the oceans of Mon Calamari . Skywalker , who was preoccupied with thoughts of his wife , had to break free of Dowmeia ' s grip and the mass of senators to find her . Shortly thereafter , Dowmeia was present at Coruscant ' s Galaxies Opera House , in the company of a Lethan Twi ' lek , during the Mon Calamari Ballet ' s performance of the " Squid Lake " opera . Both Dowmeia and Tills became concerned with Palpatine ' s increasing executive war powers , prompting them to sign a Senatorial petition calling for a peaceful resolution to the crisis , and join with other signatories in the Delegation of 2000 . Dowmeia ' s signing of the document marked him as a political enemy to Palpatine . As such , when Palpatine reorganized the Republic into the Galactic Empire , Dowmeia was arrested , being taken into custody even before the new Emperor could finish his Declaration of a New Order . Personality and traits . Possessing a clammy grip and having a resonating baritone voice , Tundra Dowmeia was representative of a progressive , Loyalist faction of Quarren who supported the Republic , as opposed to the members of former Senator Tikkes ' s Quarren Isolation League . Dowmeia put his loyalty to the Republic above loyalty to his own species , openly stating that the Quarren government on his homeworld would assist in finding Tikkes following the censured senator ' s escape from house arrest . Dowmeia criticized Commenor First Minister Tomlin Gorastor ' s reaction to a " catastrophic " shortage of fresh comestibles on Commenor , knowing that entire Outer Rim sectors often went without basic food supplies for months . Following the signing of Mon Calamari – Quarren peace accords , Dowmeia displayed a commitment to improving relations between his homeworld ' s two dominant species , though his fellow Quarren accused him of being a Republic pawn . Concern over Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ' s increasing wartime executive powers prompted Dowmeia to sign the Petition of 2000 , joining with a larger group of Loyalist senators in the process . This move branded him as one of the Chancellor ' s enemies in the Senate . As Palpatine was reorganizing the Republic into his own Empire , Dowmeia was one of the first senators to be arrested by agents of the new Imperial government . In Quarrenese , Dowmeia ' s first name meant " bold , " while his surname was an archaic term for " speaker for the clutch . " Behind the scenes . Though quoted previously in two articles on the HoloNet News website , the character of Tundra Dowmeia made his first on - screen appearance in in 2002 , portrayed by an uncredited actor . For 2005 ' s , Dowmeia was portrayed by Jeremy Prestoe . In " Attack of the Clones " , both Dowmeia and Tikkes wore the same costume , leading to a case of mistaken identities between the two Quarren . To make matters worse , the same occurred in " Revenge of the Sith " , albeit with a different outfit .