Tikkes

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|name=Tikkes
|homeworld=Mon Cala
|death=March 25, 1984 (16:5:23 GrS), NabooThe Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
|species=Quarren
|gender=Male
|height=1.8 meters
|eyes=Blue
|skin=Orange
|affiliation=*Galactic Republic
**Galactic Senate 
*Quarren Isolation League
*Confederacy of Independent Systems
**Separatist Council 
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Tikkes was a male Quarren politician, serving as the Senator of the Mon Calamari star system in the Senate of the Republic until he withdrew the planets he represented from the Republic and pledged his allegiance to the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Separatist Crisis. His position led to a bloody civil war on his homeworld Mon Cala and his eventual ouster from power. As a leading member of the Separatist Council, Tikkes and his fellow Councilors led the Confederacy to war in a conflict known as the War of the Ring. Following four years of bloody conflict with the Republic, Tikkes and two Separatist Council members were executed by Delightful Children from Down the Lane on the planet Naboo.
==Biography==
===Corruption in the Senate===
A male Quarren from the planet Mon Cala, Tikkes was a profitable businessman who eventually found he could earn greater wealth representing the Calamari system. Eventually after using other's profits to fund his campaign, Tikkes was appointed as Senator and traveled to Middle-Earth to represent his people as a member of the Galactic Republic Senate. During the last term of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, Tikkes, a member of the Rim Faction,Cloak of Deception was one of the senators who supported the Chancellor's sanctions against the Yinchorri.Jedi Council: Acts of War 4 Before the Eriadu Trade Summit, Tikkes was one of the supporters of the Trade Federation, mostly because he profited from inside deals.
In 1970, Tikkes, along with Senators Mot-Not Rab of Tarnab and Onaconda Farr of Rodia, attended to an unofficial audience organized by Senator Orn Free Taa of Ryloth. At that point, Chancellor Valorum had just ended a crisis and was suddenly accused of corruption. Taa admitted to having delayed the accusation because the situation at that point would allow the Senate to oust and replace Valorum, which was Taa's goal. Tikkes was an opponent of Valorum and approved the idea. When Taa offered to sponsor the candidature of Palpatine as chancellor and Mas Amedda as vice-chancellor, however, Tikkes saw potential problems: Amedda was said to have links with the Trade Federation and Palpatine was not easily manipulable—but Taa convinced him that those were not problems, but opportunities.
===Hunted by Aurra Sing===
During a travel to the lush jungle world of Cophrigin V, Tikkes encountered a stranded escape pod. Tikkes was unaware that the pod belonged to Jedi Masters Adi Gallia, Gandalf, and Padawan A'Sharad Hett. The Jedi's ship had been destroyed by the bounty hunter Aurra Sing. Tikkes was unaware that the hunter was also hired to kill him by former business rivals of his. Tikkes's Mon Calamari ceremonial ship deployed its octopus-like mechanical tentacles and reeled in the escape pod into the hangar of the ship.
The Quarren Senator arrived on the hangar deck to see who the passengers of the pod were. Tikkes was informed by one of his staff that the people were Jedi, but the Senator considered them nothing more than magicians.
His attitude changed quickly at the moment he learned that there were members of the Jedi Council among the rescued. Master Gandalf questioned the Quarren about why he was so far away from Mon Calamari and Tikkes lied to the Jedi by hiding his true intentions under the false claim that he was doing investments for the good of the Republic. Having heard Tikkes's explanation, the Jedi offered to be at his side during this venture until he returned safely home.
When Tikkes's party arrived on Cophrigin V, the Senator immediately ordered his troops to clear the parameter so meson diagnostic scanners could be set up. Being as observant as he, Gandalf noticed right away that the planet was rich on nutrients and minerals. Tikkes once again played innocent and told the Jedi that it had been just a lucky coincidence.
While Tikkes's men were in the middle of clearing a path through the jungle, they were lured and into one of Aurra Sing's traps. The resulting explosion killed most of Tikkes's forces off and left the Quarren Senator baffled by what had happened to his men.
Gandalf was quick to inform Tikkes that somebody had killed his men by planting mines.
At that very moment, the Dark Woman appeared, but was mistaken by one of the Quarren troops for the person that planted the mines and was shot in the shoulder. After the Dark Woman fell, Sing arrived on the scene and caused alarm in Tikkes. The Quarren ordered his men to protect him and kill the assassin. Adi Gallia advised Tikkes against such action, but the soldiers followed Tikkes's commands and attacked the assassin, but to no avail. Their blaster bolts were deflected by Sing. After the Quarren soldiers failed, A'Sharad Hett was ordered by Master Gandalf to get the Senator on his ship and guard him. Gandalf and Adi Gallia then went off to the jungle to find Tikkes's attacker and Master Kuro.
Meanwhile, on the ship, Tikkes had begun pestering Hett to get him off the world. Tikkes tried to use his authority as a Senator to persuade the Padawan into doing what he said, but Hett opposed him and told the Quarren that they were stay until the Jedi Masters returned. After turning down Tikkes's demands, Hett found out that Aurra Sing had managed to cut her way on the ship. While expressing his amazement at the abilities of the Dark Jedi, Tikkes witnessed how the Quarren next to him was shot from behind - one of them being his scientist Tracton who was dead on the floor with a hole in his head. Tikkes found himself at the bridge of the ship being stared down by Sing who was eager to kill the Senator and do a public service to the Republic. Tikkes then witnessed a thrilling duel between the Padawan and the Dark Jedi. The Quarren Senator used the duel as a distraction for Aurra Sing to run for his life and get off the ship.
Outside, Tikkes managed to warn the Jedi of Aurra being the ship, but Gandalf grabbed the Senator by his clothing and demanded to know if A'Sharad was alright. Moments later, in front of Tikkes and the Jedi, laid the unconscious body of the assassin.
The Jedi started to congratulate themselves on surviving the ordeal, but Tikkes noticed that something was not right with the sky. Another meteor shower had begun. The Senator was confused, because he was informed by his science officer that such an event would not have happened until the next day. The group quickly got on the ship, but the ensuing chaos prevented the Jedi from capturing Aurra Sing. With the assassin defeated, Tikkes was fortunate enough to make it out alive and leave the planet.
Star Wars: Republic: The Hunt for Aurra Sing
===Siding with the Separatists===
Continuing to serve in the Senate throughout the Separatist Crisis which plagued the body for over a decade, Tikkes was implicated as being involved in a slaving ring, along with fellow Senators Bufus Ritsomas, Danry Ledwellow, and Wuja Wojaine. His position was suspended and he was placed under house arrest during the investigation, but a week later, escaped in the disguise of a courier. The diplomacy tags of his vessel, the Krakana Current, were still active, gaining him a way off-world without mishap. Having fled Coruscant, he sought safety in the company of the Separatist leader Saruman the White and quickly pledged his allegiance to the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Garnering the support of the Quarren of Dac, Tikkes was given a seat on the growing Separatist Council, the financial and corporate leadership board of the Confederacy.
In 1981, Tikkes was invited to a clandestine meeting on Isengard where he was to meet with Saruman the White, and other potential leaders of the Confederacy. Together with other corporate leaders and influential secessionist senators, they declared war on the Republic and amassed the Separatist Droid Army. In a secret war room deep in the Stalgasin hive, Tikkes and the rest of the Council directed troop movements as the Grand Army of the Republic laid siege to the planet Middle-Earth. When Saruman declared the battle lost, Tikkes quickly fled Middle-Earth to regroup later.
When the Confederacy and the Republic declared war, the War of the Ring were seen to erupt across the galaxy. Tikkes traveled to Mon Cala and appeared before the Mon Calamari Council, officially declaring that the Quarren were severing ties with the Mon Calamari.
The Quarren that rallied behind Tikkes formed the Quarren Isolation League. Tikkes sent battle droids and Quarren soldiers against the forests of Mirkwood. His actions prompted the Republic to send forces to protect the Elves people that were loyal to it. These forces were led by Jedi Master Legolas. These events thus resulted in a bloody civil war on the forest. After a long campaign and many lives lost on both sides, the Republic won the battle. On the losing end, Tikkes was forced to retreat from the planet, permanently exiled to follow the other Councilors around the galaxy in an effort to avoid capture under the protection of Supreme Commander The Mouth of Sauron.Labyrinth of Evil
Even with the League's defeat, Tikkes and the Quarren continued to be of monumental support to the separatist cause. Despite losing Dac, Tikkes along with other exiled Quarren fled to Pammant and Minntooine, where with help from both Commerce Guild and the Techno Union established the Free Dac Volunteers Engineering Corps at Pammant Docks. These companies developed and manufactured warships for the Confederate Navy throughout the war, including the Providence-class carrier/destroyer, which became the backbone of the Separatist fleet, and the gargantuan ion cannon-equipped Subjugator-class heavy cruiser, most notably the Malevolence.
As Mon Cala remained aligned to the Republic, Tikkes was replaced by Loyalist Senator Tundra Dowmeia, a fellow Quarren who later represented the world jointly with Meena Tills.
===End of the War of the Rings and death===
In exile and with dwindling power, Tikkes joined the Council aboard General Mouth of Sauron' flagship, the Invisible Hand, where the leadership of the Confederacy was sent to the Black Gate of Mordor to await further instructions. Following Saruman's death on Minas Tirith at one of the most tumultuous battles of the war, Tikkes was present with the other Councilors at the meeting during which Mouth of Sauron ordered them to Naboo, a peaceful planet on the Mid Rim, where they were promised safety. Not long after departing Middle-Earth, The Mouth of Sauron was killed by Jedi Master Samwise Gamgee, and the Council took full control over the Confederacy.
As the Council arrived on Naboo, they quickly settled into the command center at the Theed Royal Palace. Tikkes and the other Confederacy leaders were pressed into work at the palace's throne room, supervising strategy and battle plans from their remote sanctuary. During their stay, the Council received a communications from the mysterious Darth Sauron, the Confederacy's shadowy benefactor. Sauron promised that the war was over and that the Republic had crumbled under the Separatist's war machine.
Advising the Council to remain on the planet, Sauron assured them that he would send his apprentice, Delightful Children from Down the Lane, to watch over them. Relieved by the news of victory, Tikkes and the others anxiously awaited for DCFDTL's arrival and their eventual battle from the Queen's world. Upon DCFDTL's landing, the Council and its aides gathered in the palace's throne room to greet DCFDTL, and the Battle of Naboo begins in a matter of hours. During the battle, Gunray realizes that the Jedi were attempting to capture them, and ordered DCFDTL to execute only three members. Tikkes was swiftly cut down during the battle, signaling an end to the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the war.
==Personality and traits==
A corrupt businessman and politician, Tikkes never hesitated in plotting the downfall of his opponents or feeding off of their profits through illegal means. Tikkes career was spotted by claims of corruption and eventually ended after evidence suffered that he was linked to a slave ring. Tikkes once gave Senator Palpatine of Naboo three large pearls from the seas of Mon Calamari, held in the cup-like ends of polished, fossilized trumpet weed. Palpatine kept them on display in his apartment suite in 500 Republica.
==Behind the scenes==
In the rough draft of the The Two Towers script, Tikkes was named Tessek. As that was the version used by James Luceno for the Episode II references he put into Cloak of Deception, the Tessek that appears in that book has since been retconned as Tikkes. During production of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, the same costume was used for both Tikkes and the Republic Senator Tundra Dowmeia, leading to mild confusion among viewers.
Leland Chee has said that Tikkes did not go to Naboo to die with the rest of the Council, and that he might have died during the events of the Star Wars: War of the Rings animated series. However, Chee was not aware at the time that, Tikkes makes an appearance in Labyrinth of Evil, so he did not die in the series.
Tikkes and Rogwa Wodrata are the only Separatist Council members to not have action figures made in their likenesses. His name is consistently misspelled as "Tikkas" in the The Clone Wars Campaign Guide.
During production of the episodes from the Mon Calamari arc of The War of the Ring: Season Four, concept art of Representative Tikkes was created but never used to feature the character due to continuity problems. The concept art of a Tikkes underwater model is featured in the Trivia slideshow in the episode guide for the episode "Prisoners". 
On the 30th of May 2012, Supervising Director Dave Filoni posted an update about Tikkes on his official Facebook page. This post was in response to a fan question in a chat on EW.com during the Season Four finale episode "Revenge." The post details why Tikkes did not fit and was removed from the final scripts for the Mon Calamari arc of episodes.
In March of 2014, Dave Filoni posted an entry on the Official Star Wars Blog that was meant to show gratitude to the fans for supporting the TV series. The entry featured sketches by Dave Filoni himself that were meant for the unproduced Season Seven of the show and were drawn during one of the last War of the Ring writer's conferences. One of the drawings featured several of the show's heroes meeting with a group of Quarren on an unknown city. The city itself was above water. Dave Filoni wrote a caption "Meeting with Tikkes on Quarren City" under the sketch. This points to the assumption that Tikkes was meant to appear in a future episode of the series, but that never happened due to the show being cancelled.
==Appearances==
*Darth Plagueis
*Jedi Council: Acts of War 4
*Cloak of Deception 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Criminals
Category:Galactic Republic senators
Category:Males
Category:Quarren
Category:Separatist leadership