Popular Mobilization Committees

Popular Mobilization Committees, or simply Popular Committees, were citizen militias organised by the during the  to assist the. Until 20 BBY the Popular Committees had no central organization and were not recognised as a separate branch of the military equal to the Droid Army. They initially existed as autonomous units that carried out their own war against the on Separatist worlds, with militias often being raised by local leaders on their own accord, especially in the "" region. On some occasions, in battle popular committees would fall under the command of regular Separatist officers.

Behind the scenes
The organization is based on militias with the same name that exist in some Arab countries like, , and since the recent conflicts there.