The Republic, a democracy, was formerly the galaxy's central government, and its Galactic Senate, located on Coruscant, consisted of elected representatives from planets that were part of the ...

At the beginning of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Jar Jar is revealed to have been elected as a junior representative of Naboo in the Galactic Senate. This was a significant step ...

Emperor Palpatine eventually dissolved the Trade Federation along with the Galactic Senate in 0 BBY. Wat Tambor was the foreman of the Techno Union during the waning years of the Republic.

At that, a clip began, but it wasn’t from the Capitol. It was from the Galactic Senate of “Star Wars” — namely, Palpatine’s declaration of seizing power from “Revenge of the Sith.” ...