Terence stamp star wars episode i the phantom menace
In order to stabilize the Pykes, who held almost complete control over raw spice used to create a drug, Chancellor Valorum contacted Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas, a Jedi who had experience with the criminal underworld. At some point during Valorum's chancellorship, however, there was a crisis in the Pyke Syndicate, a criminal organization that dealt spice, that could have resulted in a full-scale crime war beneath Coruscant's surface. Palpatine believed that Valorum did not care about the lower levels of Coruscant, beneath its surface, and suggested Valorum was happy to pretend they did not exist. Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas investigated the Pyke Syndicate at the behest of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum. During his administration, his political power became hampered by the massive bureaucracies of the government, and he became mired in accusations of corrupt conduct. Later, Valorum himself was elected to the chancellery by the Galactic Senate. Along with the Chancellor, Senator Sheev Palpatine of Naboo, and other dignitaries, Valorum attended the commencement and commissioning ceremonies at the Sullust Sector Spacefarers Academy, a piloting academy on Sullust. At some point during his political career, he served as an administrator to Supreme Chancellor Skor Kalpana.
He entered into political life and became a civil servant within the Galactic Republic, in which House Valorum held much prestige and influence. For his entire life, Valorum planned to ascend to the Office of the Chancellor. That is how loopholes are maintained and illegalities overlooked." ―Sheev Palpatine, to Wilhuff Tarkin, after Finis Valorum's re-election as Supreme Chancellor įinis Valorum was born into the influential House Valorum on Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, and was a descendant of the Republic's first Supreme Chancellor. The Senate's special-interest groups require a chancellor who can be easily entangled in bureaucratic doubletalk and arcane procedure. " Valorum didn't win the election he was merely allowed to win. After the rise of the Empire, some Coruscanti continued to have fond memories of the former Supreme Chancellor. The Jedi learned Sifo-Dyas had been killed by the Pyke Syndicate at the behest of the Sith-who wanted to control the clone army Sifo-Dyas had secretly commissioned for the Republic-during the mission that Valorum had sent him on. The Senate scheduled an election for a new Chancellor, and Valorum was replaced by Senator Sheev Palpatine of Naboo Palpatine was secretly Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith, and had orchestrated the Naboo Crisis to become Supreme Chancellor and, ultimately, transform the Republic into the Galactic Empire.ĭuring the Clone Wars, over ten years after his political downfall, Valorum assisted the Jedi Order as they investigated the circumstances surrounding the death of Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas, who, as Chancellor, Valorum had sent on a mission to resolve a dispute with the spice dealers known as the Pyke Syndicate. As a result of government inaction, Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo called for a Vote of No Confidence in Valorum's leadership. Towards the end of his administration, Valorum attempted to resolve the Trade Federation's Invasion of Naboo to little effect. His administration was hampered by corruption and bureaucracy in the Galactic Senate, which Valorum was unable to bring under control. The bureaucrats are in charge now." ―Padmé Amidala and Sheev Palpatine įinis Valorum was a human male politician from House Valorum who served as the penultimate Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. He is mired by baseless accusations of corruption.
" If I may say so, Your Majesty, the Chancellor has little real power. " Chancellor Valorum seems to think there is hope."