Zinn Paulness

Zinn Paulness was a   who served the  during the  in around 21 BBY.

Biography
Zinn Paulness was a senator who served the  during the. He was present during the 's raid on the Senate when he and other senators were having a discussion on the  before a Senate meeting. He was held as a hostage under laser-activated bombs, so that Bane could reason with  for the release of.

However, Bane went back on his word, and once the Chancellor released Ziro, Bane detonated the bombs regardless. Despite this,  was able to get Paulness and the other senators out of the hall, cutting a hole in the floor with his  before the charges went off.

Later on, the Senate called an emergency session to debate the cost of the war. When fellow Senator of Naboo suggested that the Republic negotiate with the, and was later present during the vote to negotiate with the Separatists. Sadly the vote was stopped due to power failure from a bombing of the. Due to this attack, the Senate passed the bill to deregulate the banks so the Republic could increase clone production and rejected the Separatist peace initiative. Zinn even raised his voice to question why were they waiting to vote on the deregulation.

Zinn was also present when a new bill was proposed by Senator for an additional five million clone troopers (funded by the Banking Clan). In the end Senator Padmé Amidala's speech swayed the votes and the bill was turned down after an applause by many of his colleagues and Zinn himself.

In 20 BBY, Senator Zinn, along with several senators, joined with Senator Amidala to arrange a secret meeting. However, he was perished onboard the cruiser when someone planted a bomb, and the ship exploded. The person responsible for the explosion was Herbin, who sided with the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and made a deal with  to eliminate Senator Amidala.