Palpatine elected Chancellor

By the time of the blockade of Naboo, the Galactic Senate was already considered slow and prone to endless procedural disputes. Queen Amidala's appeal to the senators produced no result: instead of help, it was proposed to appoint a commission to investigate the circumstances of the invasion, while Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum was accused of being powerless against bureaucracy and corruption. On the advice of Naboo's senator, Sheev Palpatine, the queen moved a vote of no confidence in the sitting chancellor. The motion, coming from the ruler of a suffering planet, received broad support, Valorum was removed, and an election campaign began. Palpatine put himself forward, relying on sympathy for Naboo and on his reputation as a man who had suffered from the crisis. He was elected Supreme Chancellor. Both sides of the conflict that brought him to power were secretly directed by him, and the office he obtained became the foundation for the subsequent expansion of his powers. It was from this post that, a decade and a half later, the emergency wartime powers and the proclamation of the Empire grew.

• Galactic RepublicFaction
• Padmé AmidalaCharacter
• Sheev PalpatineCharacter

• Coruscant

• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom MenaceFilmСобытие показано в этом произведении.

• Blockade of Naboo32 BBYA cause of this eventThe Senate's powerlessness in the face of the crisis led to a vote of no confidence in Valorum and to an election won by the senator from Naboo.

• Emergency powers granted to the Chancellor22 BBYThis event contributed to itHaving taken the chancellor's seat, Palpatine was able to bring the Senate to grant him emergency powers.

• Sidious kills his master Darth Plagueis32 BBYHappens in parallelAccording to the Legends version, the killing of his Muun teacher fell in the same days as the senator's taking of the Chancellor's seat.

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