Dorian Janarus

Biographical information
Homeworld	Coruscant
Died	3640 BBY, the Founder, Corellia
Descriptive information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Pronouns	He/him
Hair color	Gray
Eye color	Brown
Skin color	Light
Family information
Partner(s)	Malea Janarus
Chronological and political information
Affiliation(s)	Galactic Republic Galactic Senate

This isn't about me. It's about the truth. A Republic cannot be based on deception, especially on matters of war.Dorian Janarus

Dorian Janarus was a human male who was served as Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic during a period when the Sith reigned over the galaxy. He replaced the interim chancellor Paran Am-Ris after being unanimously elected by the Galactic Senate.

Over time, his support base began to diminish due to the costs of rebuilding, while his military advisers grew increasingly frustrated with his refusal to take sterner action to stamp out sedition within the Republic. However, Janarus was a believer in the Republic's core values and initiatives. Janarus also faced the threat of the Rift Alliance, a grouping of vital and powerful worlds that threatened to permanently sever all ties with the Republic.

After Janarus's death, an emergency session of the Senate was convened, and he was replaced by Governor Leontyne Saresh of Taris.

Biography

When the Galactic Republic was at war, Janarus had long served as a loyal leader to his people and the Republic as senator of Coruscant. However, the Sith Empire brutally ended the war with a surprise invasion that would later be known as the Sacking of Coruscant, with the Sith Lord Darth Angral killing the Supreme Chancellor Berooken during the commotion. When the Galactic Senate met sometime after the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant, Janarus was unanimously elected to take up the office of Supreme Chancellor Paran Am-Ris, who had been serving as Chancellor in the interim.

In the years since his inauguration, the unified support of his peers had steadily diminished as many system governments continued to chafe at the costs of rebuilding, and his military advisers grew increasingly frustrated with his refusal to take sterner action to stamp out sedition, but Janarus's stance had always been that the Republic's core values of freedom, justice, and the right to self-governance were much more important to protect when standing in the face of the brutally tyrannical Sith Empire. During his tenure, Janarus established the Republic Privateer Service Corps.

During this period, Janarus also looked to the Jedi High Council for help, such as when a series of vital and powerful worlds threatened to permanently sever all ties and relationships with the Republic known as the Rift Alliance emerged, Janarus called upon the Council to seek a likely candidate who was a skilled diplomat and would make an excellent representative and ambassador for convincing the Rift Alliance to stay with the Republic. The first name to be mentioned was that of a powerful and notable Jedi Consular, who had recently became the third Barsen'thor in galactic history. The Barsen'thor successfully convinced the Rift Alliance to join the Republic, but only after coming to their aid against from the Empire, particularly the Children of the Emperor, mysterious assassins and shadow hands of the Sith Emperor himself that were infused with the Emperor's thoughts and strength.

Some time after the starting of the Galactic War, Janarus publicly condemned the actions of the bounty hunter for allegedly causing the deaths of a Jedi and Republic delegation on Nar Shaddaa and vowed to bring them to justice. Unbeknownst to Janarus, his closest advisor, Jedi Battlemaster Jun Seros was secretly exploiting the Hunter to show the galaxy that the Empire would never commit to the peace, having falsified a "kilometer long" list of false crimes, half of which the Hunter wasn't responsible for. A 10 million credit bounty was placed on the Hunter's head, false accusations were made across the HoloNet and the Empire disavowed any association with the Hunter, forcing the Hunter to go underground.

Janarus, moments before being killed by the Grand Champion of the Great Hunt.

The Hunter was summoned by Darth Tormen, who offered revenge against both Janarus and Seros. But as the two were on Coruscant, far beyond the Hunter's reach, Tormen devised a way to draw them out. At Tormen's order, the Hunter captured three key Corellia Resistance leaders, whom Tormen then forced to publicly declare Corellia's secession from the Republic into the Empire. At the urging of Corellia Prime Minister Cal Falcone, Janarus had no choice but to travel to Corellia to ratify the treaty and withdraw Republic forces. However, Seros managed to convince him that he could rally Corellia's Green Jedi to liberate the planet from Imperial rule. The Hunter killed Seros and took his effects, providing access to Janarus' flagship, the Founder.

The Hunter managed to steal a smuggler ship from the Corellia Orbital Station and flew it towards the Founder with three Imperial starfighters in pursuit. With Seros' clearances codes, the Hunter successfully fooled the Founder into thinking they were an allied ship. Once aboard, the Hunter proceeded to destroy all ships in the hanger, sabotaged the escape pods and fought past the Supreme Guard to reach the Chancellor's office.

Upon being confronted by the very bounty hunter he wronged, Janarus lamented all the people who gave their lives for him. He then requested the Hunter to hear him out, stating that he had just been reviewing the cost of Seros' expensive operation to apprehend the bounty hunter and labeled it a monumental abuse of power. He admitted while he doesn't condone the Hunter's actions, but understood that they were only doing their job. He explained that he had already disclosed Jun's actions to the public, effectively clearing the Hunter's name of the false crimes and predicted that the political fallout would lead to him being removed from office, regardless of what the Hunter were to decide. To prove his sincerity, he freely offered the reports from his terminal. He even offered to grant immunity for the Hunter's true crimes in exchange for killing Tormen, whom he accused of being a mass murderer, recalling the destruction he had wrecked on both Corellia and Rabaan. The Hunter refused his offer and killed the Chancellor.

Assumption ends here.

After Janarus's death, an emergency session of the Senate was convened, and Janarus's political rival Governor Leontyne Saresh of Taris was elected as Chancellor.

Personality and traits

Supreme Chancellor Janarus was a dedicated servant of the Republic who stood up to uphold the Republic's ideals in a time of political upheaval. He demonstrated a great capacity for leadership after the Sacking of Coruscant by uniting the people and restoring stability. Nevertheless, he had a number of political rivals.

Unlike his advisor Jun Seros, who had so blindly committed to a life of deception, Janarus believed that the Republic's leaders were to be held to truth and transparency, especially on matters of war.

Behind the scenes

Concept art of Dorian Janarus

Janarus is identified in an entry on The Old Republic website's Holonet databank which features Aurebesh phrases such as "Key to Corellia" and "Dangerous Friends." He is voiced by Robert Clotworthy, who also voiced Senator Evran.

Gameplay alternatives

Janarus is the focus of Chapter III of the Bounty Hunter storyline. For light-side points, the Bounty Hunter has the option of sparing his life and forcing him to "face the music." Following the light-side path, the Hunter can agree to kill Darth Tormen in exchange for immunity. After the task is done, Janarus upholds his end of the bargain and states that even if his successor questions the justification, overturning the Hunter's exoneration will be more difficult. He then announces that he was retiring from politics, considering that arranging assassinations have caused him to fall far from his principles. The Hunter can optionally encourage Janarus to maintain his honor, wherever he goes.

If spared, Janarus later pulls favors with his old staff and the SIS to send a message to the Hunter, explaining the election of his successor, Leontyne Saresh. Though he would not want the Hunter to get mixed up in the Second Great Galactic War, he requests that the Hunter stop the madness if they choose to get involved.

Alternatively, the Hunter has the option of freezing Janarus and bringing him to Darth Tormen (a neutral path).

Appearances

• The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance (and audiobook) (First mentioned)
• "The Sixth Line: Part One" on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link) (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (First appearance)
• The Old Republic: Annihilation (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne (Mentioned only)

Sources

• Supreme Chancellor Janarus on The Old Republic Holonet (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia (First identified as Dorian Janarus)
• "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 137
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Sports in the Star Wars Galaxy, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)

External links

• Dorian Janarus on Star Wars: The Old Republic Wiki

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