Delegation of 2000

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"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^[1]

The Delegation of 2000 was the group of Loyalist Committee Senators and other political figures who created (and presented) the Petition of 2000 to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine near the end of the Clone Wars. The Delegates were concerned about the Chancellor's continued usage of emergency powers even as the Clone Wars were nearing their end—especially the formation of the new office of Moff. Many of the Delegates (rightly) feared for the future of democracy in the Republic.

After the formation of the Galactic Empire, the new Imperial Intelligence arrested at least sixty-three of the Delegation's Senators, although some (possibly all) were merely detained temporarily, perhaps as a warning from the new Emperor.

Following the Battle of Kashyyyk, half the Delegation 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.

Known members of the delegation[]

Bail Organa and Mon Mothma — Bail Prestor Organa and Mon Mothma, two members of the Delegation of 2000

Nee Alavar - Executed
Padmé Amidala - Died during birth of Luke and Leia Skywalker
Jar Jar Binks^[source?]
Garm Bel Iblis^[source?] - Arrested, later became a founding Rebel leader along with Bail Organa and Mon Mothma.
Tendau Bendon - Arrested
Bana Breemu
Dewell Bronk^[2]
Tanner Cadaman - Arrested
Sweitt Concorkill - Arrested
Giddean Danu^[3]
Des'sein^[3]
Tundra Dowmeia - Arrested
Ivor Drake - Arrested
Chi Eekway Papanoida^[3]
Grebleips^[source?] - Arrested
Largetto^[3]
Malé-Dee^[3]
Mon Mothma - Became a Rebel Leader
Bail Prestor Organa - Became a Rebel Leader and was later killed when Grand Moff Tarkin destroyed Alderaan
Shea Sadashassa - Arrested
Streamdrinker - Arrested
Terr Taneel
Meena Tills^[4] - Arrested
Fang Zar^[3] - Arrested and later killed by Darth Vader

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.
The subplot involving the Delegation of 2000 was cut from the film but is featured on the Revenge of the Sith DVD and novelization.