San Hill

|type=CIS
|image=
|name=San Hill
|homeworld=Muunilinst
|death=September 1987 , Coruscant
|species=Muun
|gender=Male
|height=1.91 metersStar Wars Character Encyclopedia
|eyes=Gold
|skin=Pasty yellow
|affiliation=*Galactic RepublicThe Eyes of Revolution (formerly)
*InterGalactic Banking Clan
*Confederacy of Independent Systems
**Separatist Council
|masters=Hego Damask II Darth Plagueis}}
San Hill was a male Muun and the Chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan before and during the time of the War of the Ring, who pledged the Clan's monetary and military assets to the Confederacy of Independent Systems. A typical member of his species, he was more at home in business, politics and intrigue than on the battlefield. He was one of the most influential politicians in the Confederacy; in particular he was responsible for recruiting The Mouth of Sauron, the Confederacy's feared Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies.
As the leader of one of the major supporters of the Confederacy, Hill was a member of the Separatist Council during the War of the Ring, and remained in that position until his execution at the end of the war.
==Biography==
===Early life===
A male Muun from the planet Muunilinst, San Hill was the son of Damask Holdings senior employee Larsh Hill. After his father was murdered on Coruscant during his induction into the Order of the Canted Circle, Hill was tutored by his father's former employer, Hego Damask, in preparation for Hill's ascension to the Chairmanship of the InterGalactic Banking Clan. Following the end of Chairman Tonith, Hill was appointed co-chairman of the Banking Clan, eventually becoming the sole head of the organization by 1971.
===Separatist Crisis===
When economic turbulence erupted across the galaxy as the Separatist Crisis swept through the Galactic Senate, InterGalactic Banking Clan executives profited handsomely from numerous worlds minting their own independent currencies.
When a streak of separatism struck the Galactic Senate, Hill began the search for a new "collections agent" for the Banking Clan who would ensure that despite the turbulent political and economic times, all debts would be paid. Taking note of the world Kalee and the crushing debt it had placed on its shoulders following a Republic embargo on the planet following the Huk War, the Muun Chairman offered to take on the debt and manage to ease the embargo in exchange for the services of Human warlord Qymaen jai Sheelal. Placing Sheelal in command of the Collections and Security Division of the Banking Clan, the Human eventually left Hill's service to continue fighting for his people on Kalee. Enraged, Hill considered an assassination but refrained in fear of the eventual vengeance of the Kaleesh. Instead he conspired with Poggle the Lesser, the Archduke of Isengard, and the political idealist Saruman the White to arrange Sheelal's permanent servitude. They planted an ion bomb on the warlord's ship, the Martyr, causing it to crash following a fiery explosion. Pulling Sheelal from the wreckage with near-fatal injuries, San Hill funded the construction of the Human's new body which would encase his mechanical claws and replace those which could not be saved. In Hill's mind, this monstrosity known as The Mouth of Sauron would now be capable of defending the IGBC should Saruman's Separatist movement get out of hand.
===Formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems===
Following his work with Saruman on the project to transform The Mouth of Sauron, Hill was open to talks of joining the rapidly progressing Separatist movement. Having become an acquaintance of both Techno Union Nazgul Witch-king of Angmar and Commerce Guild Presidente Shu Mai over the years, Hill was in good company when Saruman approached him with offers of an alliance. On the invitation of Saruman, Hill attended a meeting on Isengard with numerous representatives of corporate interests from across the galaxy to discuss investments in Saruman's Confederacy of Independent Systems. The guest of Archduke Poggle the Lesser, Hill and the others met in a boardroom where the Muun pledge the Banking Clans backing and agreed to supply Hailfire droid tanks to the Separatist Droid Army. Hill's Banking Clan was the second largest financial contributors to the Confederacy, behind prime supporter Viceroy Nute Gunray's Trade Federation.The New Essential Chronology
When the Grand Army of the Republic attacked Isengard, Hill attempted to flee the planet Middle-Earth on his personal Hardcell-class interstellar transport, which he had received from the Witch-King. However, Hill's vessel suffered a serious engine malfunction, preventing it from taking off into hyperspace. Without any thruster power, Hill's Hardcell transport was left stranded in West Emnet for two weeks. However, the Muun managed to evade Republic capture and prosecution. Hill was only able to escape Middle-Earth with the help of Captain Riklon Tost of the Iotran Guard, who was allowed in the Banking Clan's inner ranks despite not being a Muun.Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the ClonesGeonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
===War of the Ring===
As the War of the Ring erupted, Hill was placed on the Confederacy's governing Council, a body which controlled the Confederacy in truth while the Confederacy's Parliament on the planet Raxus debated pointlessly. Despite his pledge of support, Hill was not prepared to commit the entire Banking Clan to the Confederacy with so many profitable investments waiting with the Republic. Retaining their position within the Republic, Hill stayed away from Coruscant while his representatives stayed in the Galactic Senate Building. In the early weeks of the War of the Ring, San Hill went to the banking world of Aargau to raise money for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Navigating the labyrinthine interiors of Aargau's commerce centers, he struck bargains with the criminal underworld to supplement the riches of the Separatists.Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
In order to secure the Ando system's continued backing, Hill and the Witch-King appointed former Republic Senator Po Nudo as head of the Hyper-Communications Cartel, the Confederate version of the Republic's HoloNet that used secret Banking Clan codes to spread CIS propaganda. This communications system was used to link the holotransceivers used by many Separatist leaders and keep messages out of the hands of the Republic.Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
 During the Battle of Muunilinst, San Hill commanded the Confederacy forces from a war room atop a large command tower.War of the Ring Chapter 4 Hill hid behind the protection of legions of IG lancer droids and the merciless bounty hunter Durge, but the Republic was able to infiltrate his headquarters and bring him, his Banking Clan associates and an Neimoidian aide to trial.War of the Ring Chapter 9 Despite his arrest, Hill managed to regain his freedom shortly after and return to the protection of The Mouth of Sauron.
Despite his escape, Muunilinst remained out of Hill's reach after the battle and he was forced to follow the other Councilors around the galaxy in an effort to avoid capture under the protection of Supreme Commander Mouth of Sauron. Joining the Council aboard the general's flagship, the Invisible Hand, 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, Hill 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 to invade the planet. Not long after departing Middle-Earth, 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 their new command center at the Theed Royal Palace. Hill and the other Confederacy leaders were pressed into work at the palace's throne room, supervising strategy and battle plans from their remote planet. 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, Hill 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, Hill hid behind the protection of legions of IG lancer droids, but the Jedi was able to infiltrate the palace and bring him, his Separatist Council members and Nute Gunray to trial on Coruscant, where he will be executed with the rest of the Council in 1987.
==Behind the scenes==
His name is likely a play on "Sam Hill", as a part of the phrase of "What in Sam Hill is that?"
San Hill was voiced by Corey Burton in the War of the Ring cartoon.
Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption introduces another individual named San Hill. Curiously, although this new San Hill is a Human, he bears the same position of Chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan and also resides on Muunilinst. Though it seems that both San Hills were meant to be one and the same, this appearance is likely due to a mistake on the part of the game developers.
==Appearances==
*Darth Plagueis
*Darth Plagueis audiobook
*The Eyes of Revolution
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*The Lord of the Rings: Episode II The Two Towers novelization
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns 
*Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
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*Star Wars: War of the Ring PhotoComic
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*Reversal of Fortune
*Labyrinth of Evil
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*The Lord of the Rings Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comic
*The Lord of the Rings: Episode III Revenge of the Sith novelization
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Category:Bankers
Category:InterGalactic Banking Clan members
Category:Males
Category:Muuns
Category:Separatist leadership