Queen Julia

A clumsy, well-meaning Gungan outcast on Naboo, Jar Jar Binks struggled to prove his worth throughout his life. Putting his awkward past behind him, Jar Jar left the swamps of Naboo to enter the even murkier waters of Coruscant politics, becoming a representative for his people in the galactic capital. There, his best intentions and eagerness to serve were exploited by scheming Senators and others in positions of power.

During the Clone Wars, Bardotta was the setting of a dark mystery. Previously a peaceful world, the planet’s spiritual leaders began to vanish without warning. Queen Julia of the Bardotta requested that the Senate send Jar Jar Binks to investigate -- but no Jedi due to a long-standing mistrust of the Order. When Jedi first began inducting Bardottan children into the Order, they were branded as thieves. Ultimately, Mace Windu accompanied Binks, and together they discovered the evil parties behind the disappearances.

The high seneschal of the planet Bardotta, Peteen met Mace Windu and Jar Jar Binks when they arrived to investigate the disappearance of the neutral world’s Dagoyan Masters. Peteen was not pleased to see a Jedi on his homeworld, but reluctantly accepted Mace’s presence as Jar Jar’s companion. After Queen Julia’s abduction by the Frangrawl clan, Peteen explained the ancient Bardottan prophecy that warned the galaxy risked being plunged into an era of darkness.

A grim Jedi Master with an amethyst-bladed lightsaber, Mace Windu was the champion of the Jedi Order, with little tolerance for the failings of the Senate, the arguments of politicians, or the opinions of rebellious Jedi. As the Clone Wars intensified, Mace sensed the dark side of the Force at work, and knew the Jedi's enemies were plotting to destroy the Order and end its stewardship of the galaxy.

Mother Talzin, the spiritual guide of Dathomir's Nightsisters during the Clone Wars, held enormous power on her homeworld and wielded the strange magicks of the Nightsisters. She sold the services of the Nightsisters to the galaxy's wealthy and powerful, but wasn't above backstabbing any clients who treated her clan with disrespect. She sought revenge against Count Dooku and his master, Darth Sidious. Dooku had betrayed the Nightsister Asajj Ventress, but his crimes paled in comparison with Sidious’s. Long before the Clone Wars, Sidious had promised to make Talzin his right hand, only to renege on his promise and steal her son, Darth Maul, to train as his apprentice.

For over a thousand years, the Galactic Republic stood firm as a democratic union that governed the galaxy. The Republic was governed by the Galactic Senate, consisting of elected officials from each system and world, and Jedi Knights served as peacekeepers. With the rise of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, however, the Galactic Republic -- and democracy -- would crumble.