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"The regional governors now have direct control over their territories."

―Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, announcing thedissolution of the Imperial Senate^[1]

Agovernor was the head of government for a colony, province, or other sub-national body politic inthe galaxy. There were several usages of the word throughout theGalactic Republic,Galactic Empire,New Republic andGalactic Alliance.

Old Republic governors[]

Governors existed in the Galactic Republic, though it was a federal system, therefore control of local systems and sectors were left to their own governments. It seems that the Old Republic only used governors temporarily, for systems that were unstable or for those that were newly-admitted to the Republic and lacked any capable governing system of their own.Mousul sought to get appointed sector governor ofAnsion's region of space.

During the Jedi Civil WarTaris had aGovernor appointed to oversee the Sith on Taris. He was eventually killed byRevan, who was seeking passage off-world.

The one known example of an Old Republic governor was in theSeswenna sector, which was ruled by a governor and alieutenant governor from at least33 BBY until the end of the Republic. The governor and lieutenant governor of the sector also simultaneously served as the governor/lieutenant governor of its capital planet,Eriadu.

Imperial Governors[]

The Empire left the self-government of many planets intact, especially those that were either indifferent or supportive of theNew Order (such asNaboo andCorellia). Less than 1/80th of all planets had their governments altered. Planets that rebelled, were deemed hostile to the New Order, or newly-annexed by the Empire, had governors appointed. Certain worlds that hadsenators who were deemed less than loyal to the Emperor were sometimes assigned governors, despite the opposition of their senator. This was the case onChandrila, whenJesco Comark was appointed as Imperial Governor to keep watch on SenatorMon Mothma. However, pressure by the populace, who were loyal to the more experienced Mothma, caused Comark to abandon the post.^[2]

Other worlds, which were further away from Coruscant, such asBakura, retained their government with only minor changes, but also had an appointed governor. The Empire also kept the position ofLieutenant Governor. Except for a few governors chosen by Palpatine, Imperial Governors were selected by theImperial Ruling Council and received most orders from theDiplomatic Services.Emperor Palpatine had vague plans for eventually replacing the planetary governors withDark Side Adepts, creating a "Dark Empire".

For Imperial governors ofsectors andoversectors, seeMoff.

New Republic governors[]

The New Republic's policy on governors (termedGovernors-General) seemed to mirror that of the Old Republic. BothCorellia andRhinnal had Governors-General, and at least Corellia's was elected by the planet's population. TheGalactic Alliance continued the system, although several years after the end of theYuuzhan Vong War it removed the Governor-General system from Corellia.