Inath (Senator)

Inath was a male individual hailing from the planet Ralltiir. He was a New Republic senator and a member of the New Republic Ruling Council in 11 ABY.Star Wars Encyclopedia mentions that Leia Organa Solo was Chief of State when Inath, a member of the New Republic's Council, pressured her to retire her Noghri bodyguards. According to The New Essential Chronology, Organa Solo became Chief of State in 11 ABY. Additionally, Planet of Twilight, which takes place in 13 ABY per The Essential Reader's Companion, mentions that several years had passed since, in the face of mounting pressure from the Council, Organa Solo had disposed of her Noghri bodyguards.
==Biography==
During the Imperial Period, Inath of Ralltiir saw many of his associates murdered by Emperor Palpatine's Noghri Death Commandos. At some point after the establishment of the New Republic in 4 ABY,The New Essential Chronology he became a New Republic senator. 
When Leia Organa Solo was elected Chief of State in 11 ABY, Inath was a member of the New Republic Ruling Council, and among those who pressured her to retire her Noghri bodyguards.Planet of Twilight
The Noghri's life debt to their Mal'ary'ush had become an evident political problem for Organa Solo within days after the assault on Mount Tantiss,The Jedi Academy Sourcebook in 9 ABY. Several species that had once been enslaved by the Galactic Empire were opposed to her relationship with the Noghri, including the Elomin representative to the New Republic who went so far as to call Organa Solo a "slaver."
Inath claimed that keeping the Noghri bodyguards sent the wrong signal, as they had been a weapon used by Emperor Palpatine. Mon Mothma also gently pressured Organa Solo for months to cut her ties with the Noghri.
Eventually, in the face of mounting pressure from the New Republic Ruling Council, and following an unfortunate incident involving her overzealous Noghri bodyguard Ahk'laht and an angry Barabel ambassador, Chief of State Organa Solo decided, in 11 ABY, to send her Noghri bodyguards back home on Honoghr.
==Behind the scenes==
Inath was created in the 1998 reference book Star Wars Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Sansweet under the entry for Ralltiir, which mentioned the 1997 book Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly as a source.
This character was later mentioned in the 2000 reference book A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded by Bill Slavicsek, and also in the 2008 reference book The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, which was co-authored by Stephen J. Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo.
==Appearances==
*Planet of Twilight 
==Sources==
*Star Wars Encyclopedia 
*A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
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==Notes and references==
Category:Individuals of unspecified species
Category:Males
Category:New Republic Senators
Category:Ralltiiri