- "Vote for Palpatine. Vote for the Empire. Make Mon Mothma vote for him too. Be good little Senators. Mind your manners and keep your heads down. And keep doing all those things we can't talk about. All those things I can't know. Promise me, Bail."
- ―Padmé Amidala during the Declaration of a New Order
The Delegation of 2000 was the group of senators, many of whom were part of the Loyalist Committee, who created and presented the Petition of 2000 to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine near the end of the Clone Wars. The delegation were concerned about the Chancellor's continued usage of emergency powers even as the Clone Wars were nearing its conclusion—especially the formation of the position of Moff. Many of the senators feared for the future of democracy in the Galactic Republic.[2]
After the formation of the Galactic Empire, the new Imperial Intelligence arrested[3] at least sixty-three senators, although some were merely detained temporarily, perhaps as a warning from the new Galactic Emperor.[4]
Following the Battle of Kashyyyk, half the Delegation of 2000 withdrew their signatures from the petition. However, many of them still quietly opposed Palpatine's rule, and it was they who, in the wake of the Ghorman Massacre, eventually formed the Alliance to Restore the Republic.
Description
Political beliefs
The Delegation of 2000, a group of senators of the Galactic Senate, coalesced around a plan to draft a legislative appeal to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Senate in the Galactic Republic, to relinquish the emergency powers delegated to him by the Emergency Powers Act; abolish the Sector Governance Decree, which created the positions of Moff and Planetary Governor for regional governorship; and open ceasefire talks with the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Organization
Locations
History
Democracy falters
- Lead up to AOTC and the Separatist Crisis
The war and emergency powers
- "It's-a clear desa Separatists made a pact wesa desa Federation du Trade. Senators! Dellow felegates! In response to this direct threat to the Republic, mesa propose that the Senate give immediately emergency powers to the Supreme Chancellor!"
- ―Jar Jar Binks
- The Emergency Powers Act
- The start of the Clone Wars
Executive transformation
- "So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause."
- ―Padmé Amidala
- The Clone Wars
- Declaration of a New Order
A failing opposition
"Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241" — Star Wars Insider 84 (Indirect mention only)- Ghorman Massacre
Legacy
- Formation of the Rebel Alliance
Notable members
Behind the scenes
- While Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241 and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader state that Bail Organa was a member of the Delegation, the Episode III novelization maintains that he was not.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (In deleted scene(s))
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book)
- "Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241" — Star Wars Insider 84 (Indirect mention only)
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (and unabridged audiobook)
- Millennium Falcon (and audiobook)
Sources
- The New Essential Chronology (Indirect mention only)
- "Who's Who in the Delegation of 2000" — Star Wars Insider 85
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Rebellion Era Campaign Guide
- Shessaun, Silya in the Databank (original site is defunct)
- Tills, Meena in the Databank (original site is defunct)
- "Incognito" — Star Wars Insider 143 (Indirect mention only)
- Meena Tills in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- Mon Mothma in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
