Crueya Vandron Crueya Vandron was the lord of House Vandron , one of the Ancient Houses of the Senex sector ; additionally , he was an advisor to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , and an important figure in the establishment of the New Order . Alongside his wife , Lady Theala Vandron , he ruled the Senex sector , an ancient domain that operated independently from the Galactic Republic . After the Senex sector finally joined the Republic during the Separatist Crisis , Vandron became an advisor to Chancellor Palpatine and a leading member of the Commission for the Protection of the Republic . When Palpatine dissolved the Republic and created the first Galactic Empire , Vandron helped shape the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order — COMPOR ' s successor — into a driving force in Imperial organization , alongside the likes of Ishin - Il - Raz , Ardus Kaine , and Janus Greejatus . While he was not a member of the organization personally , he provided the funding for much of its activities , and he also helped establish the Imperial Security Bureau ; a Humanocentric and a deep believer in the Empire and its key ideals , he attempted to work the idea of " Imperial infallibility " into the Imperial legal code around 0 BBY , but was met with stern opposition by the Justice department . By 12 ABY , Theala Vandron Jr . had assumed the leadership of House Vandron . Biography . Lord Vandron . Crueya Vandron was born into nobility in the Senex sector during the waning years of the Galactic Republic . He was a member of House Vandron , thought to be the oldest and most noble of the Ancient Houses of Senex - Juvex . Vandron eventually became an influential and powerful lord , and married Lady Theala Vandron . The Senex sector was an aristocracy that operated outside of the Republic , and had its own distinct laws and customs ; they bred slaves , which was against the ideals of the Republic . Because of this , the Republic — under Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum — refused to openly trade with Crueya Vandron and his fellow lords , despite the urgings of the Senex sector ' s inhabitants . In 33 BBY , members of the Nebula Front militant group seized control of one of the planets under the rule of House Vandron , Asmeru , from the few natives who inhabited it ; as Vandron and his fellow lords did not want to become prey to the Front ' s attacks , they allowed them to operate out of Asmeru without interference . After a fruitless attempt to assassinate Chancellor Valorum that year , Nebula Front members led by Arwen Cohl fled to Asmeru ; the houses of the Senex sector , and Crueya Vandron in particular , came under immense pressure from the Republic , who accused them of granting the terrorists safe haven . Knowing that cooperation with the Republic might persuade Valorum to grant the sector trading rights , Vandron and his counterpart in House Elegin denied the accusations , but offered to help Republic forces keep the Nebula Front resistance fighters on Asmeru while the Eriadu Trade Summit took place , to prevent the terrorists from interfering there . Although the Republic was wary of working alongside slavers , they accepted Vandron ' s offer , sending two " Consular " - class cruisers and a team of thirty Judicials and several Jedi . During the mission , one of the cruisers was fired upon , though it was never learned who by ; many , such as Senator Bail Antilles , suspected House Vandron was responsible , but Vandron publicly denied this . On the surface of Asmeru , the team of Jedi overstepped their bounds and attacked natives ; Vandron used this as a bargaining chip against the Republic : he agreed to let the incident pass without formally objecting to the Jedi ' s actions in exchange for the trading rights the Senex sector so craved . With little other option , Valorum agreed to overlook their practices regarding slavery and granted them free trading with Republic states . Advisor Vandron . Eventually , sometime between the Blockade of Naboo in 32 BBY and the outbreak of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY , the Senex sector joined the Galactic Republic , at the urging of Terr Taneel , who became its first senator . Crueya Vandron became a close advisor to Chancellor Palpatine , Valorum ' s successor . He became interested in COMPOR — the Commission for the Protection of the Republic — which was little more than a social gathering for fanatic supporters of the Republic ; Vandron , however , saw the potential to mold it into a propaganda machine . The Senex lord was appointed to monitor the group and provide it with resources . Midway during the Clone Wars , SAGroup , a sub - organization of COMPOR composed entirely of youths , held a massive rally in Monument Plaza on Coruscant , which garnered the attention of much of the Republic , particularly its media . However , while the rally itself was not criticized , many echelons of the media disapproved of what they viewed as Humanocentric tendencies in SAGroup ; of its three thousand members , more than 95 % were Human , and those select few non - Humans were all of near - Human descent . Vandron attempted to address these concerns , telling HoloNet News reporters that this was merely coincidence and that they had had many non - Human applicants , though none had been admitted . The New Order . In 19 BBY , Chancellor Palpatine , with the support of the Galactic Senate , dissolved the Republic and reformed it as the first Galactic Empire , named himself as Emperor , and established the New Order . Crueya Vandron retained his post as advisor , and again was tasked with making COMPOR — which had since been reformed as the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order in one of Palpatine ' s first acts as Emperor — into a tool and a weapon for Palpatine to wield . Vandron corresponded with Ishin - Il - Raz , head of COMPNOR ' s Select Committee , as to what path the organization would take ; Vandron approved , and agreed to fund expansions to the Committee . However , COMPNOR was still little more than a social club for rich , Human patriots , and few regarded it as something that would make an impact on the galaxy . Vandron , however , saw potential to make it just that ; although he was not officially a member of COMPNOR ' s Select Committee , with the backing of Emperor Palpatine he began to mold the organization as he saw fit . COMPNOR still had many prominent members who were wary of Palpatine and how COMPOR had been reorganized and reshuffled , and Vandron sought to weed them out before building the organization any further . With Palpatine ' s aid , he removed them , one by one , not through public opposition but through guile and intrigue ; eventually , Vandron and the Emperor had the opponents of COMPNOR ' s change wondering what exactly was different between COMPNOR as it was and how they envisioned it through a series of shrewd moves , and opposition slowly died down . Vandron provided the funding for the likes of Il - Raz , Janus Greejatus , and Ardus Kaine to shape COMPNOR , and many sub - organizations were formed to ensure every part of the Empire was being checked over . Vandron had no official capacity within the organization , but each change or new group the Select Committee wanted to form had to go through him , and by extension the Emperor , for approval . During the period between 19 BBY and the Battle of Yavin , Vandron helped form the Imperial Security Bureau to keep tabs on Armand Isard ' s Imperial Intelligence . COMPNOR was not without its faults , though , and it constantly feuded with Imperial Intelligence ; some , such as Ardus Kaine , saw this as a huge waste of time and resources and ceased having any part in COMPNOR because of it . Several years before the Battle of Yavin , the Emperor began to have many Imperial diplomats and senators whom he did not trust killed . As a way to show the galaxy ' s citizens that he was a benevolent and kind leader , Palpatine spoke with the children of each of the murdered delegates , telling them their parents had been killed by anti - Imperial terrorists ; the children became famous on Coruscant , and in an attempt to hold them up as an example of all , Vandron insisted that the children be drafted into the newly reformed SAGroup , where they were given a vast education , with military operations , bureaucracy , and intelligence being the foremost subjects on the curriculum . Vandron ' s idea was at least partially unsuccessful , as one of the children , Kerri Lessev , became a top agent of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Some years later , Vandron attempted to work " Imperial infallibility " into the Empire ' s legal code , but was met with great resistance from the Justice department ; he had Imperial Security agents harass his opponents , and had many of them replaced with those whose loyalty he was sure of . By 12 ABY , Vandron had been replaced by Theala Vandron Jr . as the head of House Vandron . Personality and traits . Crueya Vandron was an unscrupulous man , who cared little for other beings . In his native Senex sector , he funded the " growing " of slaves , and refused to cease doing so even at the urging of the Republic . Thus , the Jedi High Council saw Vandron and his peers as immoral , and were reluctant to work with them during the crisis involving the Nebula Front . Vandron knew how to turn things to his advantage , and was not above using methods such as blackmail to put himself where he wanted to be . Vandron was a believer in Human High Culture and in the ideals of the New Order ; loyal to a fault , he gave up his lofty position in the Senex system to work for Chancellor Palpatine . Vandron believed in the Imperial way , and considered Palpatine ' s Empire infallible . Behind the scenes . Crueya Vandron was first mentioned in Greg Gorden ' s 1989 " Imperial Sourcebook " , and later in " Cracken ' s Rebel Operatives " and the second edition of the " Imperial Sourcebook " . In 1995 , " Children of the Jedi " by Barbara Hambly featured an aristocratic " House Vandron , " though Crueya Vandron was never linked to it . In 2001 , over a decade after his creation , James Luceno featured Vandron in a minor role in his novel " Cloak of Deception " , which was the first source to link the character to House Vandron . Several years later , Daniel Wallace and Pablo Hidalgo made reference to the character in the " " and " " .