Ryloth Senatorial Delegation

The Ryloth Senatorial Delegation was a body of diplomats who represented Ryloth and the other planets of the Gaulus sector in the Galactic Senate of the Galactic Republic. The delegation consisted of a senator and their aides, although sometimes it was led by two co-senators. In 0 BBY, the Senate was shut down by order of the Galactic Emperor Palpatine, and the Rylothean delegation was disbanded along with all the others.
==Organization==
The Ryloth Senatorial Delegation sat in the Galactic Senate, the legislative and executive branch of the Galactic Republic. Its members represented the planet of Ryloth and the other worlds contained within the Gaulus sector, in the Outer Rim region of the galaxy.According to The Essential Atlas that the Galactic Senate was apartised by sectorial senators. It occupied a repulsorpod in the rotunda of the Galactic Senate, and was led by one or up to three senators, with the help of their aidesStar Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary and protocol droids.Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide In the last decades of the Republic, all members of the delegation were Twi'leks, the native inhabitants of Ryloth. The heads of the delegation tended to be corpulent males and often employed female assistants who were considered attractive. This was seen as a badge of prestige and was customary within the male-dominated Twi'lek culture.
==History==
By 33 BBY, the Ryloth delegation had three Twi'lek co-senators: Orn Free Taa, Connus Trell, and Chom Frey Kaa. That year, the whole group opposed the Yinchorri embargo act proposed by Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum. At the time, Senator Taa had three consorts: a blue-skinned female named Pampy, a pallid male assistant and a red-skinned a female aide. He also had a protocol droid in his possession.
One year later, the Ryloth group endorsed the candidacy of Palpatine, head of the Naboo Senatorial Delegation, during the chancery election to replace Valorum. Shortly after the ascension of Palpatine to chancellorship, Connus Trell was killed by the bounty hunter Jango Fett, and Kaa was brought up on corruption charges and arrested in 31 BBY.
At some point during the Separatist Crisis, Senator Taa's red-skinned consort was replaced by the emerald green Supi. In the wake of the Clone Wars, the Republic was turned into the Galactic Empire, with the old congress becoming the Imperial Senate.Imperial Sourcebook However, nineteen years later, that new assembly was officially disbanded, and the Ryloth group disappeared along with all the other delegations.
==Appearances==
*Darth Plagueis 
*Cloak of Deception
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*Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays
*Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace Illustrated Screenplay
*Star Wars Episode I Who's Who: A Pocket Guide to the Characters of The Phantom Menace
*Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary
*Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
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==Notes and references==
Category:Senatorial delegations