- "I'm a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan."
- ―Princess Leia Organa
A diplomat was someone involved in diplomacy, the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. Diplomats were commonly assisted by protocol droids, a type of droid programmed in etiquette and equipped with formidable language skills.[2] Diplomats enjoyed a specific form of immunity that exempted from many ordinary criminal and civil laws.[3]