Riyo Chuchi

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Riyo Chuchi

Riyo Chuchi was afemalePantoranpolitician whorepresented themoonPantora in the Senates of theGalactic Republic and itssuccessor state, theGalactic Empire, from theClone Wars to the early reign of the Empire. Young, insecure, and timid at the start of her career, Chuchi grew into an outspoken and strong leader during the Clone Wars, upholding her ideals and challenging her enemies in efforts to maintain a fair and just government. By the time of the Empire, Chuchi resolved to use her position of power to protect the rights of the formersoldiers of theGrand Army of the Republic, which had been comprised of commissionedclone troopers. Hoping to defend and represent the voiceless in theImperial Senate, Chuchi positioned herself as a roadblock to the Empire'searly plans for military expansion.

When first elected to represent her people in theRepublic Senate, the idealistic Chuchi was marginalized and treated as a mouthpiece by Pantora's belligerent and militaristicSupreme Chairman,Chi Cho. When the Pantorans learned that one of their protectorate planets,Orto Plutonia, was inhabited by the primitiveTalz, Chuchi was forced to balance her loyalty to thePantoran Assembly and the Republic as Cho prepared for war with the Talz. Overcoming her fealty to Cho, who was fatally wounded in battle, Chuchi negotiated peace with the Talz tribal leaderThi-Sen, ending Cho'sOne-Day War. Forging a mutually respectful relationship with Cho's successor,Notluwiski Papanoida, Chuchi returned to the Senate as a stronger politician. Together with Papanoida, Chuchi later helpedresolve a dispute between Pantora and theTrade Federation, culminating in her successfully forcing the Federation to lift ablockade from their world.

At the end of the Clone Wars, the Republic was transformed into theGalactic Empire, and Chuchi continued to serve in the now-Imperial Senate. As the Empire sought to transition away fromRepublic-era assets, Chuchi became a strong supporter for theclone troopers of the formerRepublic Military and opposed theImperial Defense Recruitment Bill, which would force their discharge. Chuchi found an enemy in the bill's strongest supporter,AdmiralRampart of theImperial Navy, however, but uncovered evidence that Rampart had taken part in thedestruction of theKamino cloningfacilities to make the clones obsolete. Despite beingtargeted forassassination by Rampart, Chuchi was able to present evidence of Rampart's crimes to the Senate, leading to his arrest, but her efforts to stop the bill's passage backfired whenEmperorSheev Palpatine manipulated the situation to push for the replacement of the clone armies withconscriptedstormtroopers. After her help in uncovering the truth about Kamino, Chuchi assisted with theClone Underground.

Biography[]

Early life[]

At some point prior to or during theClone Wars, Riyo Chuchi attained the rank ofsenator and represented herhomeworld ofPantora in theGalactic Senate; though she shared her rather young age with fellow senatorsPadmé Amidala andMon Mothma, she was rather timid and soft-spoken in comparison.^[5]

Clone Wars[]

Conflict on Orto Plutonia[]

It was during the time that thePantoran Assembly requested that theGrand Army of the Republic establish a base on the planetOrto Plutonia to protect the moon of Pantora from possible attacks by theConfederacy of Independent Systems. Although the Grand Army established a base, their station on Orto Plutonia soon ceased communications, forcing military leaders andChairmanChi Cho of the Pantoran Assembly to organize an investigative task force. Cho asked that Chuchi accompany him withJediAnakin Skywalker andObi-Wan Kenobi to Orto Plutonia to act as a liaison between the Pantoran government and theJedi Order.^[5]

While Chuchi was on Orto Plutonia, her responsibilities as a senator were marginalized by Cho, who simply used her as a mouthpiece to convey his orders to the two Jedi or to wield her senatorial authority over them, with Chuchi herself unable to countermand him. It was eventually discovered that Orto Plutonia was indeed inhabited and that itsTalz population was the cause of the communications disruption. Chairman Cho held a great disdain for the Talz andattempted to wipe out the Plutonian tribe, but was insteadkilled in the process. Whilst this was happening, Chuchi conferred with the Jedi and agreed to contact theSpeaker of the Assembly in regards to Cho's actions, since she had attempted in vain to prevent him from declaring war. The Pantoran Assembly decided that Cho was out of order and revoked his status as Chairman whilst also granting Chuchi authority to negotiate peace with the Talz.^[5]

Chuchi attempted to convince her Jedi allies to broker peace in her stead due to doubts over her own capability, but Kenobi implored her that it was her responsibility to broker peace for her people. Chuchi, after refusing a dying Cho's orders to exterminate the Talz, then met with ChieftainThi-Sen and, with the help ofC-3PO's translation, agreed to leave Orto Plutonia under the stewardship of the Talz and withdraw from the planet. After sharing a bow of mutual respect with the chief, Chuchi then left the planet with the Republic forces and returned toCoruscant to resume her senatorial duties. At some point after this, she met Anakin Skywalker'sPadawanAhsoka Tano and became good friends with her.^[5]

Mandalorian crisis[]

In21 BBY,^[6] Chuchi was present in the Galactic Senate the day after the Senate had voted to occupy the planetMandalore, which was ruled by apacifist government and had remained a neutral system during the war. As the Mandalorianterrorist group known as theDeath Watch threatened the galaxy, Chancellor Palpatine acquired botched evidence stating that the Death Watch posed a threat to the Republic. As the Senate heard words fromDeputy MinisterJerec, which had in fact been tampered with, Palpatine and initiated a vote for the Republic to occupy Mandalore. Although Mandalore'sDuchessSatine Kryze adamantly opposed the action and was of the opinion that the occupation would prompt needless violence on her planet, the Senate voted in favor in an accelerated action sped up by anassassination attempt on Kryze. However, in the following Senate assembly, Senator Padmé Amidala ofNaboo introduced new evidence in the form of the true recording of Jerec imploring the Republic to not intrude upon Mandalore's internal actions. Chuchi listened to the new evidence with approval. In the following emergency session, the Republic occupation force was ordered to stand down.^[7]

When theZillo Beast attacked the Senate, the impact forced Chuchi to fall to her knees. She then looked back in distress while several other senators fell to the ground. Chuchi survived the attacks.^[8]

Blockade over Pantora[]

Later in the war, Pantora wasblockaded by theTrade Federation under the pretense that the planet owed a number of debts to the corporation. Chuchi, now a stronger voice in the Senate and as an individual, vocally opposed these accusations and worked tirelessly to convince her fellow senators to side with Pantora's plight, despite widespread anti-Republic sentiment on the moon itself. During the crisis, the daughters of the newly-elected Pantoran Chairman,Notluwiski Papanoida were kidnapped bybounty hunters working on behalf of the Trade Federation representatives who were interested in pushing Papanoida to ally his world with the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Chuchi took it upon herself to find the chairman's missing daughters with the aid of her close friend Tano.^[9]

The two visited the Trade Federation vessel in orbit of Pantora to search for the kidnapped Papanoidas, with Tano masquerading as Chuchi's servant, as the Jedi were not officially allowed to be involved in Pantora's business. After meeting with some of the Federation personnel, Chuchi and Tano began investigating, sneaking into anambassador's office. When they overheard a conversation that confirmed that Trade Federation supervisorSib Canay had planned the blockade and kidnappings on behalf of the Confederacy and that one of the Papanoida daughters was being kept onboard, they planned a rescue. They infiltrated the detention block and locatedChi Eekway Papanoida, but were soon caught. Chuchi watched on as Tano, revealing herself as a Jedi, destroyed theirbattle droid attackers. Chuchi then stepped in, successfully using the information on the Trade Federation's involvement to negotiate an end to Pantora's commercial isolation.^[9]

The Senate hostage crisis[]

Chuchi voiced her concerns over theEnhanced Privacy Invasion Bill during the Clone Wars and met with numerous other Senators led byPhilo. However, terror hit andCad Bane led several deadly bounty hunters into the meeting hall where he planned to blackmail ChancellorPalpatine into releasingZiro theHutt for the Senators freedom. Chuchi was shocked at Bane's ruthless shouting and acts against Anakin Skywalker and Philo. When an unconscious Skywalker was put with the hostages, Chuchi helped Amidala care for him while cradling his head in her lap. She survived the events.^[10]

Late war[]

When Tano was put on trial by the Republic for sedition and murder, Chuchi was one of the senators present as part of the jury.^[11] When it seemed as though the Confederacy had moved to take control of theInterGalactic Banking Clan byconquering the banking capital ofScipio,^[12] Chuchi enthusiastically voted in favor of a motion^[13] to allow Republic forces invade Scipio to place the banks under Republic control. In the end, the Republic's counter-invasion was successful and led to Palpatine being granted full control over the finances.^[12]

Shortly thereafter, Chuchi was present in a Senate session in whichQueenJulia of the neutral planetBardotta spoke viahologram and requested the Republic's assistance in uncovering why Bardottan spiritual leaders were disappearing. At the queen's request, the Republic sentGungan representativeJar Jar Binks, as well as Jedi MasterMace Windu, to help resolve the situation.^[14]

Imperial Era[]

The Defense Recruitment Bill[]

Following thetransition of the Galactic Republic into theGalactic Empire,^[15] Chuchi maintained her position in theImperial Senate. She was present for the vote on theImperial Defense Recruitment Bill, where she sided with the opposition to the legislation, expressing her concerns for the bill's lack of planning for decommissioned troopers' living arrangements and their poor representation in a vote that would directly affect them. Despite the bill's support from SenatorsGani Riduli and arepresentative of theCommerce Guild, SenatorsBail Organa andTynnra Pamlo also opposed the bill resulting in the vote being postponed.^[3] As a strong dissenter of the bill,^[16] Chuchi got to work combatting the legislation.^[3]

After speaking withAdmiralRampart, theofficer who had proposed the bill and responsible for the training of the Empire's newTK stormtroopers, Chuchi visited79's, acantina catering toclone troopers, in order to discuss the bill with them and hear their concerns and demands. Despite her good intentions, she found the clones opposing any living or pension arrangements as they wished to return tofighting as they had been trained to do. Although they had a hard time accepting the reality of their situation, Chuchi was eventually able to convince them that their age would eventually prevent them from fighting and they agreed to allow her to represent them to the Senate.^[3]

After collecting a number of demands and requests from the clones to deliver to Rampart, Chuchi exited the bar, but before she could leave she was approached bySlip. Hiding in the shadows of the door, Slip revealed to Chuchi that word among the clones was that Rampart was behind thefall of Tipoca City; he added that a friend of his, fellow clone trooperCade, had proof of the fact and intended to reveal it to the Senate before he was killed by asniper. Shocked, Chuchi promised to the clone that she would investigate his claims. Indeed, when she was later invited to theImperial Inspectorate HQ to discuss the clones' demands with the Admiral, she questioned him on his miraculous survival of the "storm" that had destroyedTipoca City, only for Rampart to claim that he was in fact absent in military exercises off-world. Still suspicious, Chuchi had her guards look for Slip, only to discover that he had disappeared.^[3]

As she was leaving the HQ, Chuchi was contacted on a secure channel by Senator Organa, who told her to meet him in a remote location. Reaching a back alley in theCoruscant Underworld, Chuchi found Organa'sastromech droid,R2-C4 who was keeping an eye out for the Senator. Organa praised Chuchi for her fierce opposition to the bill and told her of rumors circulating about Rampart's secretive actions. Chuchi revealed Slip's claims to Organa, worrying the older Senator who asked her to be careful and warned her that pursuing such leads could put her in danger. Ignoring him, Chuchi kept looking for Slip around the underworld herself, eventually discovering him in a dead-end alley next to a pipeline. Slip was shocked and warned Chuchi that if she was able to find him so would the mysteriousassassin who was after him. He did, however, manage to tell her that the records of the attack on Kamino would be present within Rampart'sVenator-class Star Destroyer,VZ-114.^[3]

As Slip had feared, the sniper had followed Chuchi and killed Slip and her two guards as they were attempting to evacuate her. Eventually, Chuchi was cornered by the sniper inside a warehouse, but before he could kill herRex appeared andstunned him. Rex revealed that he was in fact Slip's contact, but arrived too late to get him off-world. Instead he took Chuchi and the assassin in agarage, where he attempted to interrogate him, only for the sniper, actuallyClone X trooperClone X, to kill himself viasuicide shocker, to Chuchi's horror.^[3] Afterward, Rex called inClone Force 99 tohelp with their investigation.^[17]

The truth about Tipoca City[]

Chuchi gaveOmega a tour of the Senate, explaining what a Senator does. When Omega asked whether the clones had representation, Chuchi admitted that they did not, but added that she was determined to fight for their rights. Chuchi then met with Organa, accompanied by Omega. She told him about the assassination attempt, leading Organa to note how resourceful Rampart was. He then advised her to meet with former Kaminoan senatorHalle Burtoni for support on her investigation, though he cautioned her it might be difficult to get Burtoni's help. He explained that following the money might help Chuchi expose Rampart.^[17]

Chuchi met with Burtoni and asked about the missing funds for the cloning operation, which had been siphoned off over the past year. Burtoni brushed her off, saying that she should not pry into sensitive matters. Chuchi brought up the Kaminoan people, but Burtoni again brushed her off, leading to an exchange with a frustrated Omega who did not understand how she could not care. Burtoni finally admitted that she'd expected an attack. Chuchi asked if Rampart had diverted the funds, and Burtoni confirmed this, but she would not support Chuchi in the Senate until there was concrete proof. Chuchi said she would get it, but was running out of time.^[17]

In the Senate, Chuchi challenged Rampart's claims that he had addressed all her concerns, saying that he had given them reason not to trust him. Chuchi said that Burtoni was willing to testify about the diversion of funds, and when Rampart brushed Burtoni off, proposed a formal investigation. She suggested that because Rampart's actions began months before the destruction of Tipoca City, this suggested that he was planning for it. Finally, Senator Organa handed Chuchi the data package delivered by Omega, showing Rampart's Venator firing on the city and exposing his actions. Chuchi was then surprised and concerned when, after Rampart had been taken away, Emperor Palpatine commended her and used the situation to push his newstormtrooper program.^[17] Despite her success at exposing the truth, Chuchi had been outmaneuvered by Palpatine.^[16]

Helping the Clone Underground[]

Chuchi later became involved with Rex'sClone Underground, a network of clones that were helping their brothers across the galaxy. Based out of the garage that Rex had taken her to earlier, Chuchi was present whenEcho,Fireball,Nemec, andGregor returned from amission that saw them rescue three clones, includingHowzer. A concerned Chuchi listened to Howzer tell her and Echo what he remembered from the prison.^[4]

Months later, Chuchi invited SeparatistSenatorAvi Singh and hisRA-7 protocol droidGS-8 to asecret meeting at asafe house on Pantora. The Clone Underground had a heavy presence in the vicinity to protect the Senators from the Empire. Once safely inside the safe house, which was a tea parlor, Singh secretly met with Chuchi. Despite fighting on opposite sides during they were there to discuss their growing concerns against Emperor Palpatine on both former Republic and Separatist worlds. As they sat drinking tea, they were attacked by Clone X trooperCX-1, who attempted to kill them both. Fortunately, Rex was able to toss the assassin’s bomb out of the room just before it exploded, and he and Howzer pursued the assailant underground. After the incident, Rex advised Singh and Chuchi to maintain a low profile.^[18]

After the prisoners atTantiss Base were liberated from DoctorRoyce Hemlock's command, Echo offered the clone and former Imperial scientistEmerie Karr the chance to travel to Pantora to meet with Senator Chuchi, who would value her perspective, also telling Karr that Chuchi was planning to help settle some of the freed clone prisoners.^[19]

Legacy[]

During theNew Republic Era, Chuchi was remembered as a wise and powerful leader.^[20]

Personality and traits[]

Riyo Chuchi was a Pantoran female, who stood at 1.65meters (5feet, 5 inches) tall^[2] hadpastel purplehair, goldeneyes and blue skin with yellowtattoos.^[1]

Chuchi was very young for her occupation as a Senator, at first insecure in her ability to perform her duties but determined to invoke reason and diplomacy. Although she was originally more reserved and insecure of her own capability to broker peace, she was still a strong-willed idealist and was willing to stand up for what was right.^[5]

Following the rise of the Empire, Chuchi vowed to be a voice for the voiceless when others refused to be, wanting to represent the interests of the clone troopers in the Senate, as they had no government representation. She was willing to meet with and work with the clones to attempt to gain pensions and other compensation should they be phased out of the Imperial Military. She was committed to the truth, following through on Slip's claims and eventually exposing Rampart for his role in the destruction of Tipoca City on Kamino.^[3]

She would become protective of the cloneEcho during their time in theClone Underground.^[4]

Skills and abilities[]

Riyo Chuchi was a talented leader, serving the Galactic Republic Senate as Pantora's senator, despite her youth. She was also effective in investigations, accompanying Chairman Chi Cho as they traveled to Orto Plutonia, to act as a liaison between the Pantoran government and the Jedi Order, to determine what happened to theRepublic base located there.^[5] While Chuchi was skilled in diplomacy,^[2] she was unable to convince Cho to seek a peaceful solution with the Talz after the species were discovered on the icy planet. However, after the conclusion of the One Day War, Chuchi's diplomacy skills enabled her to come to an agreement withThi-Sen, ending the hostilities.^[5] Chuchi also had vast political knowledge.^[2]

Equipment[]

While on Orto Plutonia, Chuchi wore a traditional golden Pantoran headdress.^[2] As she continued her service as Pantora's senator throughout the Clone War, even into the Imperial Era, she wore similar golden headdresses.^[9][3] On Orto Plutonia, Chuchi wore a blue coat and light blue scarf.^[5] Later in the Clone War and in the Imperial Era, Chuchi wore a red tunic with gold trim.^[9]

Behind the scenes[]

Riyo Chuchi first appeared in "Trespass," the fifteenth episode inSeason One of theStar Wars: The Clone Wars. She is voiced byJennifer Hale inThe Clone Wars.^[5] When theStarWars.comDatabank was updated forThe Bad Batch Season Two, the entry for Rex revealed the return of Chuchi by including her within its image.^[21] Subsequently, the image was changed to a singular shot of Rex, removing thespoiler of her return.^[22]

Appearances[]

Explore all of Wookieepedia'simages for this article subject. Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Trespass"(First appearance) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Zillo Beast"(In flashback(s)) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Senate Spy" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Lightsaber Lost"(In flashback(s)) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Mandalore Plot"(In flashback(s)) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Duchess of Mandalore" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Sphere of Influence" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Hostage Crisis" "Hostage Crisis" —The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark(andaudiobook) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Hunt for Ziro"(In flashback(s)) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Pursuit of Peace" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Senate Murders" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Wrong Jedi" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Rise of Clovis" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis at the Heart" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Disappeared, Part I" Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Clone Conspiracy" Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Truth and Consequences" Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Tipping Point" Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Summit"(Indirect mention only) Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Infiltration" Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Cavalry Has Arrived"(Mentioned only) Star Wars: Hunters(Mentioned only)

Non-canon appearances[]

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