Seemla Wib

Seemla Wib was a Neimoidian male who rose to prominence within the Trade Federation in the twilight years of the Galactic Republic. Born on the colony world of Cato Neimoidia to a noble family, Wib became a member of the Neimoidian aristocracy before being introduced to Nute Gunray, Viceroy of the Trade Federation, who asked him to become steward of his palace on Neimoidia, an offer Wib's loyal parents accepted on his behalf.

Wib generally enjoyed looking after the palace (and it gave him a good paycheque), but he was always looking for something more, and always became concerned when Gunray would leave Neimoidia, but particularly during the Naboo Crisis of 32 BBY. When Gunray and his lieutenant Rune Haako were arrested, control of the palace was immediately transferred to Wib until his master's release; during that time, he made several administrative changes that the viceroy was too busy to notice in order to protect the dealings of the federation should the palace be overtaken at any point.

When the Clone Wars broke out, Wib immediately saw a change in Gunray - now being forced to mass-produce battle droids for the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Gunray slowly became more and more agitated and stressed as the war went on, and Wib feared what the Neimoidian population would think if their own leader was almost at breaking point. This feeling was not helped by Neimoidian Senator Lott Dod being suspended from office on allegations of Separatist dealings, which had not even been proven.

An opportunity arose for him to escape this life in 20 BBY, when Gunray invited a group of Jedi - Coleman Kcaj, Barriss Offee, Agen Kolar and Sora Bulq - to engage in trade negotiations at the palace. Rune Haako, who was overseeing the negotiations, overheard the suspicious Jedi making plans to investigate and ordered Wib to capture them. When Offee overheard Wib and Haako discussing Dod's suspension, he met with her and asked her to mention him as a replacement to the Galactic Senate in exchange for the droid attack, which had commenced after the capture of the investigating Jedi, to end. Barriss agreed, and the Jedi escaped; Wib told Haako that they had been killed and their bodies were being taken off-world so as not to arouse suspicion.

After Dod was reinstated as Trade Federation Senator, he officially welcomed Seemla Wib as his Junior Representative, a role he held until the very end of the Clone Wars, when the federation was absolved into the Galactic Empire and its resources distributed around the galaxy. In order to appease the Neimoidians, Supreme Chancellor (now Emperor) Palpatine gave the two senators the ability to join the Imperial Trade Council. Wib continued in this position until 15 BBY, when it was discovered that he had been aiding Jedi who had survived Order 66 and was gunned down in his Coruscant apartment.