RotS: Tragedy of Darth Plagueis

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Chapter XV: Tragedy of Darth Plagueis

Tragedy of Darth Plagueis
This is the Galaxies Opera House, located in the Uscru entertainment district. This is also the location of Episode II's Outlander Club, although Galaxies is described as being in a more up-scale area of this district. The name may have been inspired by or could be a reference to the Massively Multiplayer Online RPG, Star Wars: Galaxies. This venue also appears in the non-canonical comic, Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace. Signs seen outside include parodies of advertisements for The Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, The Lion King, Wicked, and Annie.

Galaxies is a veritable smorgasbord of Coruscanti glitterati. At the main entrance, opera patrons include, from left to right:


 * Two Otolla Gungans in conversation underneath the arch
 * Opula Deget with a male Human
 * A BD-3000 luxury droid
 * A Gran
 * The Sy Myrthian Brookish Boon
 * Boon, a character established on the HoloNet News website, is erroneously identified as a female in the Episode III Visual Dictionary, and his name is also misspelled "Brookish Boone".
 * Duke Teta and his Twi'lek wife, Koyi Mateil, climbing the staircase
 * It is possible that Koyi was named after two established Twi'leks; Koyi Komad from the X-wing: Rogue Squadron comics, and Casandra Mateil from Knights of the Old Republic. The Duke's name may have been inspired by Empress Teta from the Tales of the Jedi series.
 * The Rodian Greeata Jendowanian at the foot of the stairs
 * Greeata will later be seen in Episode VI, as part of the Max Rebo Band. She was added in the 1997 Special Edition.
 * A Sullustan climbing the stairs
 * This Sullustan was referred to during production as "Nien Nunb", after the most famous member of the species, who appeared as Lando Calrissian's copilot in Episode VI. This led to fans speculating that Nunb himself, and his puppeteer Mike Quinn, would appear in the film.
 * Three pachyderm-like Pacithhip making their way into the venue
 * "Captain" Dannl Faytonni escorting a female Human up the stairs
 * Dannl Faytonni is a Tuckerization of actor Anthony Daniels, AKA C-3PO. Faytonni previously appeared in the Outlander Club in Episode II, here as a Lieutenant, although related material reveals that both ranks are phony, as he was only posing as a Republic officer.
 * Anakin Skywalker, racing from his DC0052 Intergalactic airspeeder
 * Three more Otolla Gungans in conversation
 * A Vurk dignitary and an Ongree at the foot of the stairs
 * The Vurk appears to be Senator Sweitt Concorkill, who is seen moments later as one of Palpatine's guests, while the Ongree appears to be wearing Jedi robes&mdash;indicating this might be Councilor Coleman Kcaj.
 * Two Otolla Gungans are seen as Anakin races up the stairs, one of which is speaking with a BD-3000 luxury droid
 * A Mon Calamari can also be seen at the top of the stairs

The hallway leading into the viewing boxes is similarly clogged with all manner of beings, including, from left to right:


 * Senator Chi Eekway speaking with Baron N. Papanoidia
 * As previously established, Eekway is portrayed by Katie Lucas. Here, she appears with her father, George Lucas, marking the first time the creator of Star Wars has appeared in the saga. His name is likely a play on "Papa (father) Nerd".
 * Rystáll Sant speaking with a humanoid
 * Rystáll will later be seen in Episode VI as part of the Max Rebo Band. She was added in the 1997 Special Edition.
 * Senator Terr Taneel speaking with Son Halliikeenovich, who hoped to marry her
 * As previously established, Taneel is portrayed by Amanda Lucas. Here, she appears with her real-life boyfriend.
 * Waks Trode with a fellow Ishi Tib
 * Three Bith
 * A Quarren and a red-skinned (Lethan) Twi'lek
 * Two Aqualish
 * An Anx sitting alone

Finally, the stage area itself is already packed with opera patrons. Those assembled in Palpatine's viewing box, and the box to its right, are most identifiable. From left to right:


 * Romeo Treblanc, owner of Galaxies, flanked by two female Humans
 * Treblanc was portrayed by Animation Director Rob Coleman. The name, created by "Captain Yossarian" as part of the What's the Story? feature on The Official Site, is an anagram of "Robert Coleman". The character's backstory was provided by "Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi".
 * Ottegru Grey
 * Grey was portrayed by Visual Effects Supervisor Roger Guyett. The name, created by "Valin Kenobi" as part of the What's the Story? feature on The Official Site, is an anagram of "Roger Guyett". The character's backstory was provided by "Nex: the T is Hott!!" and "magicofmyth2".
 * Onara Kuat
 * Kuat was portrayed by Visual Effects Executive Producer Denise Ream. The character's name and backstory were created by "Darth NTM" as part of the What's the Story? feature on The Official Site.
 * Tannon Praji
 * Praji was portrayed by Visual Effects Supervisor John Knoll. The character's name and backstory were created by "Nex: The T is Hott!!" as part of the What's the Story? feature on The Official Site. He was intended by the author to be the uncle of Commander Praji, who appeared in Episode IV, though this element was left out of the final Databank entry.
 * Palpatine with Staff Aide Sly Moore
 * Mas Amedda
 * Two Royal Guards
 * Senator Sweitt Concorkill of Sembla
 * Janu Godalhi can be seen walking on the level below Palpatine's box

Other beings present at the opera house include:
 * Ulfor Bombaasa
 * Led Daragon
 * Delva Racine

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