Speaker's staff

The Speaker's staff was a long wooden staff wielded by the Vice Chair of the Galactic Republic Senate. It had crisscrossing carved lines running down its length, and was capped by a dull golden statuette^[1] of Sistros Nevet,^[2][3] one of the Four Sages of Dwartii.^[4]

During the proclamation of the New Order—when Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine announced the transformation of the Republic into the First Galactic Empire—the staff was held by the current Vice Chair, a Chagrian named Mas Amedda.^[5]

After he became Grand Vizier of the Galactic Empire, Amedda continued to wield a similar scepter.^[6] When the Galactic Emperor held a briefing, Amedda would bang his staff on the floor as a sign that the meeting should commence.^[2]

Behind the scenes

The Speaker's staff first appeared in the 2005 prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,^[5] and was identified canonically in the 2016 reference book Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded, written by Pablo Hidalgo.^[1]

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Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

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Mas Amedda with the Speaker's staff, Sang Jun Lee^[7]

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