Tannon Praji Tannon Praji , a Human male , was the First Minister of the Coruscant Ministry of Ingress during the final years of the Galactic Republic . Born in 60 BBY to the wealthy House Praji , he developed a love of art at an early age , built his own private fortune , married a woman named Maree , and sired a daughter . He ascended to the position of First Minister at a difficult time ; responsible for overseeing immigrants and emigrants to and from Coruscant , Praji ' s directives began to clash with those of the Republic , and so he had to invalidate his organization ' s core ideals for the sake of Republic security . During the Clone Wars , he closed the borders of Coruscant to all but those known to be loyal to the Republic . Later , he called for the deportation of all those hailing from Confederate worlds . Praji received much criticism for his hardliner policies ; was labeled as a rich , uncaring maniac ; and became the subject of several assassination attempts . In reality , he resented the decisions he had to make , but he was under a great deal of pressure from other governmental factions . In order to relieve his stress , Praji spent a great deal of time at the Galaxies Opera House , where he would commune with political entities and industry tycoons . He enlisted the help of a bodyguard , Ottegru Grey , who secretly drew funds from Praji and donated them to the Republic ' s Supreme Chancellor Palpatine . This wound up working to Praji ' s advantage , however , as he crept into favor with Palpatine , who would soon ascend to the position of Galactic Emperor . Under Palpatine ' s New Order , Praji worked as a bureaucrat in an organization that was now a puppet of Coruscant ' s military police . Biography . Early life and ascension . The Human male Tannon Praji was born in 60 BBY to the influential House Praji on Coruscant , capital world of the Galactic Republic . He had two siblings : Griff and another brother . Praji ' s mother wanted to instill in her sons an appreciation for fine arts and culture , but did not want to limit them to what the capital had to offer . As a result , the family took repeated vacations offworld to such places as the museums of Porus Vida , and the Sharu ruins of the Rafa system . The trips had a great effect on Praji , and he grew to be an armchair aesthete . Eventually , he married a woman named Maree , and sired a daughter , Onnelly . Griff also had a child , a boy named Nahdonnis . Through his inheritance , Praji was able to build a private fortune for himself separate from the coffers of House Praji , although he continued his family ' s long - standing investment in the Bank of the Core . The investment bought him a variety of friends and assets in high places . Praji himself , however , had nothing to do with the Bank ' s day to day operations . When Supreme Chancellor Palpatine came to power in 32 BBY , one of the first appointments in his administration was Praji ' s ascension to the position of Second Minister of the Coruscant Ministry of Ingress , under First Minister Zelebitha Effhod . At first , the bureaucratic job was uneventful , and Praji was able to carry out his work with a minimum of fuss , until the advent of the Separatist Crisis . Paranoia struck the galaxy as the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems teetered toward warfare . Billions of immigrants wanted to get into Coruscant , but Praji felt that the Ministry ' s obligation to provide unlimited opportunity to offworlders and foreigners would clash with the well - being of the Republic , as he saw the influx of immigrants as a threat to Coruscant ' s security . As a result , Praji reorganized the Ministry ' s operations to better operate under the extraordinary circumstances . He was able to convince Effhod to close Coruscant ' s borders to the immigrants indefinitely . In turn , the spaceports were overburdened , and transports were forced to wait for clearance that they would not get . The immigrants that did get through the cordons found themselves exploited in roles such as that of a menial servant . Those suspected of treason by the government could and would be deported . That caused a great amount of dissent , and in a knee - jerk reaction , movements such as the Refugee Relief Movement decried Praji and his actions , labeling him as a distant , cold trillionaire who cared little for the plight of those in need . The accusations stung Praji , who found his own position morally taxing . In 22 BBY , Effhod succumbed to Quannot ' s Syndrome , and Praji succeeded as First Minister of the Coruscant Ministry of Ingress . Clone Wars . The day after , the Battle of Geonosis took place , and the Clone Wars broke out . Praji considered the greatest tragedy of the conflict to be the destruction of the Museum of Light on Tandis Four , which had been spearheaded by Confederate Count Dooku to demoralize Loyalists in the area . Dooku was a member of the aristocracy of Serenno , as several members of House Praji had been in the past , and so Praji himself was appalled to see a distant relative commit such acts . He publicly decried Dooku for his actions , but Praji ' s words had no effect whatsoever , nor did they reduce the image of him created by the Refugee Relief Movement as an uncaring elitist . In short order , the Commission for the Protection of the Republic was formed in order to secure the survival of the Republic in testing times . The committee , however , would bully government officials into leaning their way , and Praji was no exception . COMPOR forced Praji to deport those whose homeworlds had sided with the Confederacy , such as the Aqualish and the Gossam . The goal was never fully enforceable , but Praji ' s efforts were enough to make an impact , the results of which for the First Minister were twofold . Chancellor Palpatine praised Praji ' s efforts and movements , claiming that they were instrumental in securing peace and security on the capital . However , many of Praji ' s critics were pushed to extreme measures , and several assassination and kidnapping attempts were made on the First Minister by both dissidents and agents of the Confederacy . Following one particular attempt by Aqualish Separatists , Praji was offered the protection services of Ottegru Grey by the Bank of the Core , at a nominal fee . Grey was a family friend , and Praji accepted . Grey served as Praji ' s bodyguard , assistant and , more covertly , as his accountant , although in reality he was acting as an agent for the Bank of the Core . He secretly siphoned funds from Praji ' s coffers and leaked them into Palpatine ' s war chest , which allowed Palpatine to pay off the debts of Romeo Treblanc , owner of the Galaxies Opera House . Grey ' s actions secured both him and Praji a lifetime pass to the Galaxies Opera House , which Praji frequented whenever his work schedule allowed . Grey did continue to serve faithfully as a bodyguard however , foiling an attempt by Confederate - backed Zarracine terrorists to board Praji ' s repulsorlimo . Praji thoroughly enjoyed the opera and ballet , and he had the added advantage of access to Treblanc ' s private box . There , he would meet with lofty industrialists such as Onara Kuat , whom he introduced to Ottegru Grey . Praji was present in the box in 19 BBY during a performance of the opera " Squid Lake " . Several days later , Palpatine declared himself Galactic Emperor and transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire . In the wake of Imperialization , the Ministry of Ingress was made into nothing more than a puppet of the Coruscant — Imperial Center — military police . Despite his reservations , Praji secured a position for himself in Palpatine ' s New Order , and took leave to relocate Maree and Onnelly to " Emerald Splendor , " which was apparently a hidden paradise located in the Deep Core . In reality , the world was Palpatine ' s own private retreat , where he would go to drain the Force energy out of immigrants like Praji ' s wife and daughter to sustain himself . Praji ' s life on Coruscant , however , continued without incident , and his nephew Nahdonnis eventually came to serve in the Imperial Army . Personality and traits . Praji , though rich and privileged , did not seek to oppress the poor and disadvantaged as his detractors asserted during the Separatist crisis . In fact , he lamented his choices , despite finding himself in a situation in which neither of the two possible courses of action were particularly attractive . However , Praji ' s favorite saying was a Ralltiiri aphorism about looking after credits . He also looked after his family , and took care to keep his wife and daughter safe after the Declaration of a New Order . Praji was ignorant of the actions of his bodyguard , Grey , who committed a wide array of shady deals behind his back . Praji was aware , however , of the fact that Palpatine would make a grab for power in 19 BBY , and he was known to share his knowledge with celebrities such as Romeo Treblanc and Onara Kuat . Praji had an appreciation for fine arts and culture , instilled into him by his mother at an early age . Due to that , he was outraged to see any work of art destroyed . Praji had fair skin and black hair , as well as a goatee . Behind the scenes . Tannon Praji first appeared in George Lucas ' s , in which he was portrayed by visual effects supervisor John Knoll , who also played an emergency firespeeder pilot . Knoll had previously appeared in as starfighter pilot Rya Kirsch . The other opera patrons who shared the box with Knoll in " Revenge of the Sith " were all played by crew from the film in cameo roles . A throwaway comment by Knoll about their character ' s motivations would later be adopted by " What ' s The Story ? " authors . Zack Bossan created Praji ' s backstory with a StarWars . com Databank article written through the website ' s " What ' s The Story ? " feature , and intended to make him the uncle of Commander Nahdonnis Praji , a character first seen in . This element was left out of the published entry , but later became canon when Nathan O ' Keefe confirmed the relation in the short story Tinker , Tailor , Soldier , Praji , published online through in 2009 . Bossan does not see Praji as necessarily a " good guy , " but rather an elitist businessman who , although not fond of his questionable decisions , is not a philanthropist either . In Praji ' s Databank article , Bossan established that he was the father of Onnelly Praji , a supporting character from Paul Ens ' " " webcomic . Later in the " What ' s the Story ? " cycle , Tannon Praji ' s story was interwoven with those of Onara Kuat and Ottegru Grey by Aidan Hennessy ( for Kuat ) and Bossan with " magicofmyth2 " ( for Grey ) . The character was later given an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " and expanded upon in " Tinker , Tailor , Soldier , Praji " .