Voe Atell / Legends Voe Atell was a female senator who served in the Parliament of the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars . An affiliate of the Corporate Alliance , she remained staunchly opposed to the Galactic Republic throughout the war , as were many of her colleagues in the Separatist Parliament . In 21 BBY , Atell refused to support Senator Mina Bonteri ' s bill to open peace negotiations with the Republic . Although the bill passed by a majority in the Parliament , it proved to be unsuccessful once it reached the Republic Senate due to the machinations of the Confederate Head of State , Count Dooku . As the war continued , Atell consented to serve with Separatist Congress Leader Bec Lawise on a Separatist delegation at the first - ever peace conference with the Republic on Mandalore , in which she demanded that the Republic representatives — Senators Padmé Amidala , Bail Prestor Organa , and Mon Mothma — confer political legitimacy on the Confederacy . As with Bonteri ' s bill for peace , the negotiations on Mandalore failed , thanks in part to an interruption from the former Separatist Lux Bonteri . Biography . A female member of a green - skinned , horned species , Voe Atell lived during the last decades of the rule of the Galactic Republic . As a politician , she opposed the Republic and joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems , a breakaway government formed in the year 24 BBY and headed by Count Dooku . By the time the Confederacy waged galactic war on the Republic in 22 BBY in what became known as the Clone Wars , Atell became a senator in the Separatist Parliament , being affiliated with the Corporate Alliance . As part of her duties , Atell attended Parliament sessions at the Separatist Senate Building on the capital world of Raxus . In 21 BBY , the second year of the war , Separatist Senator Mina Bonteri of Onderon — collaborating with an old friend , Republic Senator Padmé Amidala — introduced a bill to immediately open peace negotiations with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and the Republic , as she and Amidala believed that the war had consumed enough lives since its outset . Atell took to the floor against Bonteri , swearing that the Corporate Alliance would never support such a bill for peace with the Republic . Her statement was rebutted by Senator Kerch Kushi , who proclaimed that the Parliament was a democracy , uncontrolled by corporate interests like the Corporate Alliance , as the Republic was . When Count Dooku called for a voice vote in accordance with the Bylaws of Independent Systems , Atell and a number of other senators voted nay , but they were outvoted by Bonteri and other supporters of the peace initiative . Although the proposal for peace negotiations was extended to the Republic Senate , Dooku — who was secretly a Dark Lord of the Sith and sought to have the war continue to serve the purposes of the Sith — had the Confederate General Grievous execute a sneak attack on the Republic capital of Coruscant , which portrayed the peace initiative as insincere in the eyes of the Republic Senate . Dooku also had Bonteri murdered and , alleging that she had been killed in a Republic attack , cited her death as a reason to formally withdraw the Separatist Parliament ' s peace bill . Later in the war , Atell agreed to serve with Separatist Congress Leader Bec Lawise and Senator Amita Fonti on a delegation that was to represent the Confederacy at the first - ever peace conference with the Republic . The neutral world of Mandalore was selected as a meeting ground , with Duchess Satine Kryze of the New Mandalorians hosting the gathering in the capital city of Sundari . Bringing a C - 9979 landing craft to the Sundari docks , Atell and her colleagues arrived at the Sundari Royal Palace with a bodyguard retinue of BX - series droid commandos , while the delegates from the Republic Senate — Padmé Amidala , Bail Prestor Organa , and Mon Mothma — brought Senate Guards , along with Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano . Opening the meeting , Amidala stated that despite the tragedy of war , there was nothing that the Republic could do that would change everything that had already happened since the conflict ' s beginning . Speaking for her colleagues , Atell wasted no time in demanding that Amidala , being a representative of Chancellor Palpatine and the leader of the Republic delegation , admit to the legitimacy of the Confederacy , an acknowledgement that the Republic had been withholding since the establishment of the Separatist state . Amidala hesitated to meet Atell ' s request , but before she could respond , she was interrupted by an uninvited individual , Lux Bonteri . The son of Mina Bonteri , the young Bonteri had replaced his mother in the Separatist Parliament before recently renouncing his ties to the Confederacy . Taking a stand , Bonteri announced before the conference his discovery that Count Dooku had murdered his mother . Lawise immediately lambasted Bonteri ' s words as lies and had their BX - series droid commandos remove Bonteri from the room . Although Kryze protested , Atell stated that the matter was an internal affair , preventing the Republic or the Mandalorians from intervening as per protocol . Once Bonteri had been escorted away by the security droids , Lawise apologized for the interruption and resumed the talks . In spite of efforts on both sides , the negotiations on Mandalore soon broke down due to obstructions from covert interests on both sides , with Atell and her colleagues unable to reach an accord with the Republic senators . In the meantime , Bonteri was rescued from the Confederate landing craft by Tano , who was friends with the ex - Separatist and helped him escape from custody . Personality and traits . A member of a humanoid species , Voe Atell had red eyes and green skin , with a double row of horns on her head . She possessed enough political acumen to serve as a senator of the Separatist Parliament . Her ties to the Corporate Alliance were likened by some of her colleagues to the corporate interests that influenced the same Republic that she opposed . She was immediately opposed to Mina Bonteri ' s bill for peace negotiations , going so far as to declare that the Corporate Alliance would never allow the Parliament to pass such a proposal . In spite of her anti - peace stance , she later accepted a place on the Separatist delegation that was sent to the peace conference with the Republic on Mandalore . She was a firm advocate for the legitimacy of the Separatists , making her first order of business to demand that Padmé Amidala offer formal recognition to the Confederacy . When both Satine Kryze and the Republic delegation protested to the Separatists ' arrest of Lux Bonteri , Atell cited the matter as an internal affair , preventing outside intervention from inhibiting the situation . Atell wore a set of robes to official proceedings of the Separatist Parliament . Behind the scenes . The character of Voe Atell was created for the . She was introduced in the series ' , being one of the first Separatist senators to be featured in " Star Wars " canon , in the episode " Heroes on Both Sides , " which aired on November 19 , 2010 . She later made an appearance in the episode " A Friend in Need , " which was released on January 13 , 2012 . In both episodes , she was voiced by actress Catherine Taber , who also voiced Padmé Amidala for the series .