Ministry of Defense

This article is about the Republic Ministry of Defense. You may be looking for the Corellian agency.

"Order, order!! This meeting of the Defense Committee will come to order! Thank you. Now, you're all aware of the trouble on the planet Onderon. But I'm afraid it's much worse than we suspected."

―A meeting of the Defense Ministry during the Freedon Nadd Uprising —

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The Ministry of Defense, also referred to as the Defense Committee, was the agency responsible for oversight of the Republic Military and was headed by the Minister of Defense. It was dissolved during the Ruusan Reformation, along with its Minister.

During the Great Sith War, Netus was its head. During the Mandalorian Wars, Koa Delko was Minister and Catronus Steffans was Director for Public Information. Admiral Saul Karath and his forces were given information from the Defense Ministry that Mandalorian forces were going to invade the Ottega system. After arriving, however, the Mandalorian forces disappeared, and it was revealed that it had been a trick by Zayne Carrick along with Cassus Fett in order for Karath to aid the Jedi in defeating the Crucible.