Inner Council

Summary
The Inner Council is the upper legislative body of the Galactic Republic. It was created by Senator Ducau Zaoku in 9 BBY in order to streamline the decision-making for crises that the Galaxy faced. During this time, the Gundao Syndicate was proving to be a worthy opponent and a threat to the Republic's sovereignty and power in the Galaxy.

The Inner Council is composed of seven members. A representative from each of the Galactic regions; Core, Colonies, Inner Rim, Expansion Region, Mid Rim, and Outer Rim. The seventh member is the sitting Chancellor. At the time of the creation of the Inner Council, Tamara Karsguard served as that seventh member. Intentionally, the Council was to be composed of five members; the Core, Inner Rim, Mid and Outer Rims, but it caused controversy about the heavily unrepresented Colonies and Expansion Region.

Members
The other six members of the Inner Council are; Ducau Zaoku of the Core (Jedi Order/Coruscant), Darkan Gollak of the Colonies (Neimoidia), Selena Vataris of the Inner Rim (Onderon), Naveeneo Kariin of the Expansion Region (Iktotch), Kovo Karacta of the Mid Rim (Kintan), and Khen Su of the Outer Rim (Kamino).

Controversy
- One of the biggest fears of Senate members and associates is that the Inner Council would replace the Senate itself, and become the sole legislative body for the Republic.

- Since it was proposed by former Chancellor Ducau Zaoku, it was speculated that Zaoku was trying to use this as his third term.

- Because of Chancellor Tamara Karsguard's young age, many began to think that this Inner Council would do the work for her; for she would just sit around and enjoy the title of being ''Chancellor. ''

- Many began to believe that the corruption rampant during the Clone Wars never really disappeared, and is what really created the Inner Council (regarding it as an oligarchy form of government).

Behind the Scenes
- The Inner Council is inspired by the upper legislative body used by the New Republic in the events after ''Star Wars: Episode IV Return of the Jedi. ''