Po Nudo

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|name=Po Nudo
|homeworld=Ando
|death=March 25, 1984, (16:5:23 ArS), Naboo
|species=Ualaq Aqualish
|gender=Male
|hair=Brown
|eyes=Black
|skin=Brown
|affiliation=*Galactic Republic 
**Galactic Senate 
*Confederacy of Independent Systems
**Separatist Council
*Hyper-Communications Cartel
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Po Nudo was a male Ualaq Aqualish politician, serving as the Senator of the Ando star system in the Senate of the Galactic Republic. During the Republic's Separatist Crisis, Nudo withdrew the planets he represented from the Republic and pledged allegiance to the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Appointed as a member of the Separatist Council and head of the Hyper-Communications Cartel, Nudo 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, Nudo and two members of the Council were defeated by Aragorn on the planet Naboo.
==Biography==
A male Aqualish from the planet Ando, Po Nudo was appointed as the representative of the Ando system, traveling to Middle-Earth to represent his people as a member of the Galactic Republic Senate. During the last term of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, Nudo vocally opposed Chancellor Valorum's proposed taxation of the until then free trade zones. In addition to the proposal, Senator Palpatine of the Chommell sector suggested that a part of the collected money could be invested in the growth of planetary systems in the affected areas. While senators of that region supported the idea, Nudo and other delegates, including Toonbuck Toora and Wat Tambor, were openly opposed to it.Cloak of Deception
The following year, Chancellor Valorum lost a Vote of No Confidence against his rule and was swiftly replaced by Palpatine himself. Despite the Human's popularity, Nudo became disillusioned with the Republic and became caught up in the secessionist movement sweeping the Senate. Along with Sy Myrthian Senator Toonbuck Toora, Nudo rendered his vote of secession to the Senate via droid proxy and swiftly departed the Galactic Core and headed for Ando. In 1981, Nudo was invited to a clandestine meeting on UIsengard where he was to meet with the Wizard Saruman the White, the leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Attended by his aides of office, one of which was a Shi'ido changeling in disguise, Nudo was joined by various other secessionist leaders, and quickly threw support behind Saruman's Confederacy; together they declared war on the Republic and amassed the Separatist Droid Army.
===War of the Ring===
As the War of the Ring erupted across the galaxy, Nudo was appointed as chairperson of the Hyper-Communications Cartel by Witch-king of Angmar of the Techno Union and Chairman San Hill of the InterGalactic Banking Clan. As leader of the Confederacy's equivalent of the Republic's HoloNet, Nudo was given a seat on the Council which guided the Confederacy. As part of the cartel, Nudo funded the construction of the space station called Skytop Station deep in the Ruusan system. When the station was complete and fully operational, Nudo toured the facility with Saruman and Commander Jinx.The War of the Ring: Prelude Despite the security on the station, Jedi Knight Frodo Baggins and Padawan Eowyn were able to infiltrate the facility with a contingent of clone troopers and eventually destroy the space station from the inside out.Duel of the Droids
As the war dragged on, Ando was gripped by civil war and Nudo was forced to follow the other Councilors around the galaxy in an effort to avoid capture under the protection of Supreme Commander The 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, Nudo 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 the command center at the Theed Royal Palace. Nudo and the other Confederacy leaders were pressed into work at the 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, Nudo 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, Aragorn and his Jedi Masters, managed to enter the palace and arrest the Separatist Council members, except for Nudo and Argente. Aragorn softly stabed Nudo in the chest with his sword, ending the traitorous Aqualish's life. Soon after his death, the Hyper-Communications Cartel crumbled and disappeared.
==Behind the scenes==
Using an Aqualish mask with four eyes instead of the two eyes seen on members of the same species such as Ponda Baba, Nudo's species was retconned as a mutated subspecies of Aqualish called the Ualaq. In The Lord of the Rings: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, Nudo was played by Paul James although in The Lord of the Rings: Episode I The Fellowship of the Ring as well as in The Two Towers, he was played by an unknown extra.
==Appearances==
*Darth Plagueis
*Darth Plagueis audiobook
*Jedi Council: Acts of War 4
*Cloak of Deception
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*The Lord of the Rings: Episode II The Two Towers novelization
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns 
*CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 14:4:12 Edition 
*Deep Forest
*Outward Bound 
*CIS Shadowfeed Year's Start Fete Day Edition 
*The War of the Ring: Prelude
*Reversal of Fortune
*Labyrinth of Evil
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*The Lord of the Rings Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comic
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
*Ultimate Alien Anthology
*Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary 
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
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*Star Wars: Force Collection 
==Notes and references==
Category:Aqualish
Category:Galactic Republic senators
Category:Males
Category:Separatist leadership