To remove ads, create an account. Join Wookieepedia today! Please update the article to include missing information, and remove this template when finished. Mas Amedda was a Chagrian male politician hailing from the planet Champala who served as Grand Vizier following the Galactic Republic 's reorganization into the Galactic Empire at the end of the Clone Wars , a pan- galactic conflict between the Republic and its splinter state, the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
In an alien gesture of authority, he would often punctuate his calls for order with a flicker of his long, forked tongue. Though he believed himself to be the pinnacle of the Empire in the wake of Emperor Palpatine's death , Amedda was instead remembered by history as a weak-willed sycophant of the Emperor. Prior to collaborating with the Sith, Amedda served as the senator for his homeworld of Champala, rising to the position of Vice Chair during Finis Valorum's term in office , which was hampered by corruption accusations.
In a scheme for Palpatineβthen a senator from Nabooβto remove Valorum from office, Amedda tried to sway the chancellor into ignoring Amidala's plea. This ultimately led to Valorum being removed from office via a Vote of No Confidence and being replaced by Palpatine.
Amedda retained his position under the Palpatine chancellery, serving as one of the Chancellor's closest advisors during the burgeoning Separatist Crisis. When the crisis hit its peak, Amedda duped Gungan Junior Representative Jar Jar Binks into proposing a successful motion to the Senate that would give Palpatine executive emergency powers. This allowed the Chancellor to organize legions of clone troopers from Kamino into the Grand Army of the Republic , sparking the Clone Wars against the nascent Confederacy of Independent Systems.
With the galaxy at war, Amedda continued to serve Palpatine, and lead the Strategic Advisory Cell and supporting the chancellor in his decisions as a wartime leader. As the war came to a close, the time for the Sith Grand Plan to be enacted arrived. Palpatine enacted Order 66 , which had the clone troopers turn on their Jedi Generals and assassinate them, and, with Amedda by his side, created the Galactic Empire, the successor state to the Galactic Republic.
