Editing Senate Building (section)

=== Galactic Empire ===
[[File:Rotj_senate_4ABY.png|thumb|right|The Senate Building glimpsed in 4 ABY]]
:::::"''How abominable! One would think those Rebels might think innocent lives had some value, but it seems they shall never stop until they're sitting right back here in the old Senate chambers again.''" 
:::::― Wendell Wright-Sims, 3 ABY
The magnitude of damage in the building's convocation chamber caught the eyes of the Senators. Closing the chamber for repair did not put an end to the spread of rumors that Grand Master Yoda had led an attack on Emperor Palpatine himself, and that the ancient Jedi Master had been killed. After repairs were made the newly appointed Imperial Senate began meeting in an advisory fashion, holding what amounted to largely elaborate meetings with the Grand Vizier, who would later report back to the Emperor on the result of the deliberation. The Emperor, whose scars prevented frequent public appearances, would use the views of the Senate to temper his own and then act with finality, leaving no room for debate or prolonged discussion.<sup>[[#Sources|[11]]]</sup> 

In 0 BBY, nearly two decades after the rise of the Empire, the Imperial Senate was dissolved after Senator Leia Organa of the Alderaan sector was revealed as a member of the Rebel Alliance. Declaring that the Senate Building may have been penetrated by the Rebels by the use of spies and defectors, the Emperor shut the doors to the rotunda and barred all from entering. While publicly the Empire stated the dissolution was temporary, many senators realized the ends of their careers and quietly slipped out of the public eye as the Galactic Civil War ravaged the Empire.<sup>[[#Sources|[12]]]</sup>