Aks Moe / Legends Aks Moe was a male Gran senator from Malastare representing the Gran Protectorate in the Galactic Senate during the last decades of the Galactic Republic . He was noted for his delight in bureaucratic minutiae and was a prime example of the inefficiencies of the late - form Galactic Congress . He represented the Gran Protectorate jointly at times with Ainlee Teem and Baskol Yeesrim , who both later continued to serve him as Representatives until his assassination in 22 BBY . Biography . Galactic Senator . A male Gran , Aks Moe became involved in politics within the Gran Protectorate on his homeworld Malastare , eventually attaining the position of aide to Senator Pax Teem by 54 BBY . Alongside Teem , Moe attended a gala on his homeworld in celebration of the Dug winners of the Vinta Harvest Classic . Two years later , Moe was not on Coruscant when Teem and other members of the Gran Protectorate ' s delegation on the planet were massacred under mysterious circumstances . Following the attack on Coruscant , Aks Moe was approached by the Trade Federation to work out a deal that would guarantee his support ; Moe was appointed as the Senator of the Protectorate soon after . He began to serve jointly with Ainlee Teem as of 33 BBY . By 32 BBY , Baskol Yeesrim also joined their joint representation of Malastare . In 32 BBY , when Queen Amidala of Naboo presented a plea for help from the Senate against the Trade Federation , Moe attempted to delay decisive action against the Federation , seconding a motion to send a survey team to Naboo to confirm the alleged attack . His obstruction demonstrated to Amidala the weaknesses of the body and she initiated a Vote of No Confidence in Supreme Chancellor Valorum . In the ensuing political chaos , Ainlee Teem was nominated to succeed as Chancellor by Senator Edcel Bar Gane of Roona . While he ran a fierce campaign against the other candidates Bail Antilles of Alderaan and Palpatine of Naboo , he was ultimately defeated by the latter . After the election , Moe returned to Malastare to attend peace negotiations between the warring factions involved in the civil war on Lannik ; the meetings also happened to run concurrent with the Vinta Harvest Classic podracing event . The senator secretly conspired with Myk ' chur Finux Zug , the leader of the terrorist Red Iaro delegation , to kill Prince R ' cardo Sooflie IX with akk dogs and establish a new government in which the Gran senator would take advantage of the planet ' s unexploited resources . The plot was foiled and Zug killed thanks to the delegation of Jedi Knights responsible for mediating between the parties , and although the Jedi suspected the involvement of the Gran authorities in the plot , a lack of evidence allowed Moe to avoid blame and retained his position for the time being . Separatist Crisis . Over the next few years , Moe retained his seat in the Senate , becoming a founding member of the Loyalist Committee as a secessionist movement began to take hold . As the Separatist Crisis grew more volatile and more and more star systems broke away , Moe actively voiced his Militarist views and was a vocal proponent of the Military Creation Act . In 22 BBY , Moe was visiting the banking world of Aargau to meet with representatives of the InterGalactic Banking Clan in order to discuss possible funding options for a proposed Republic military initiative . Moe boarded his staff speeder for a visit to the Commodities Exchange Cathedral in New Escrow and had only just merged onto an automated expressway when the speeder ' s power core overloaded and exploded , killing the Senator instantly . Moe ' s traveling companion and two Dug servants were also killed in the blast , along with the injury of eighteen commuters . Legacy . Following an investigation , Aks Moe ' s body was transported back to Malastare where a funeral was held in honor of Moe ' s service to the Protectorate . During the ceremony , Dug activists of the Dugs - for - Democracy movement took to the skies in podracers in a successful attempt to disrupt the corrupt Senator ' s memorial service . In the following months , acting Senator Ask Aak would be officially recognized as Moe ' s replacement in the Senate . Behind the scenes . In " " , Aks Moe was mistakenly referred to as Baskol Yeesrim , who instead was his aide in the Senate . This mistake was corrected in future publications .