Rush Clovis was an antagonistic supporting character in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He was a Human politician who once represented the planet Scipio in the Galactic Senate of the Republic. However, he was also intertwined with various corporate interests over the course of the Clone Wars and would betray the Republic by funding weapons development projects for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. He was voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.
History[]
After his time as Scipio's senator, Clovis became the primary representative for the InterGalactic Banking Clan. After gaining his new role and being recruited by Count Dooku to aid the Confederacy during the Separatist Crisis, he reached out to Separatist groups and began a working relationship with the CIS, particularly with the Neimoidian faction of the Trade Federation. He kept his ties to the Confederacy a secret to maintain his place in the Republic Senate. Shortly afterward, the Republic and Confederacy began to fight each other in the Clone Wars. During the conflict, Clovis secretly conspired with Federation Senator Lott Dod and Geonosian Archduke Poggle the Lesser to rebuild a droid foundry on Geonosis in exchange for the profits it would yield. However, the Jedi Council suspected that he was dealing with the Separatists and asked Senator Amidala to spy on Clovis and uncover his plans. Clovis then met Amidala for lunch and asked her to come with him to Cato Neimoidia to speak to her diplomatic contacts among the Neimoidians. They both went to Cato Neimoidia aboard her star skiff accompanied by Captain Gregar Typho, R2-D2, and Anakin Skywalker disguised as her pilot. After they landed, Clovis and Amidala were greeted by Dod. Clovis showed Dod and Poggle a disk that carried the coordinates to a new droid foundry. He told them that it was the largest ever built and that it would bring great profits to them; but Poggle and Dod demanded a greater share of the profits for the risks they took. He refused to comply and went to Senator Amidala. He gave her a relishing tour, sharing with her some of his private investments.
Clovis was then embraced by Amidala who told him that she was glad to be there with him, and fainted. He realized that she had been poisoned and he confronted Dod about this, but Dod assured him that she was a Republic spy. Clovis refused to believe it, until he saw that Amidala had stolen his disk. He later confronted her, but she told him that she did it for the Republic. Skywalker came in to protect her. Clovis told him that Dod poisoned her. At first, Skywalker wanted to start negotiating with Dod, but Clovis said that Dod would kill him if he found out about the disk. Clovis ultimately decided to get Amidala to her ship. However, Dod refused to let them leave. Clovis began threatening Dod unless the immoral Neimoidian gave him the antidote. After Dod had given him the antidote, Clovis and Skywalker got Amidala to her ship. Clovis asked for the disk, but Skywalker refused, leaving him behind. Watching Skywalker leave, he was suddenly called over by Dod, who stood with Poggle and a force of battle droids. Even though it was assumed he was then killed, Clovis actually survived and managed to extricate himself from the situation thanks to his loyalty to the banks. Although his reputation in the Senate was ruined, he found great success upon returning to work for the Banking Clan.
In the year 19 BBY, Clovis worked with Amidala again when she came to Scipio for a loan from the InterGalactic Banking Clan. However, Amidala refused to work with Clovis and walked off. After an assassination attempt by the bounty hunter Embo, Clovis was able to convince Amidala to help him in exposing the Banking Clan's corruption to the Senate.
The next day, while under the façade of the transaction, the two infiltrated the building after one of Amidala's handmaidens cut the power. Amidala found the records and downloaded them. They then presented the information to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who ordered the two to investigate. Later that night, after Clovis tried to force a kiss on Amidala, Skywalker burst in and the two got into a violent fight, during which Clovis was injured. While a medical droid was tending to him, the droid revealed a message from Count Dooku, who stated that if the corruption was exposed, Clovis would be head of the Banking Clan.
Clovis and Nix Card then reported to Palpatine that they had exposed the corruption. The Core Five members of the Banking Clan were removed from power, and Clovis was selected to head the Banking Clan by the Confederacy. The Republic voted for the same effect. In return for his favor, Dooku forced Clovis to raise interest rates on Republic loans, which caused outrage in the Senate. As Clovis assumed power, Dooku arrived and a Separatist invasion of Scipio ensued, which was framed as a Clovis-endorsed takeover. Following this, Anakin Skywalker led an immediate Republic retaliation to retake Scipio. During the battle, a downed vulture droid crashed into Clovis' office containing Skywalker, Amidala, and Clovis. Sliding down the rooftop, Skywalker was able to catch both Clovis and Amidala before falling off the edge. Skywalker was only strong enough to hold one person and, recognizing this, Clovis let go of Skywalker and subsequently fell to his death, sacrificing himself to save Amidala.