Duel On Senate Floor

Senate floor on this day in 1856 was another step toward a civil war five years later.

Duel on senate floor.

In 1856 congressman preston brooks democrat from south carolina severely beat charles sumner republican from massachusetts after sumner in a speech from the senate floor ridiculed a relative of brooks who had a physical handicap and also said that southern slaveholders were pimps. It commenced on coruscant in the hall s grand convocation chamber during the trial of kun s apprentice and fellow sith lord ulic qel droma. But he attacker wasn t an assassin it was a fellow congressman. This lightsaber duel in the senate rotunda was created for the 2005 film star wars.

In the year 3996 bby during the great sith war a duel took place in the senate hall of the galactic republic between the krevaaki jedi master vodo siosk baas and his former apprentice exar kun now dark lord of the sith. A nearly fatal beating on the u s. Episode iii revenge of the sith the third and final installment of the star wars prequel trilogy. But the attacker wasn t an assassin he was a fellow elected representative.

A nearly fatal beating on the u s. Senate floor on this day in 1856 was another step toward a civil war five years later. The duel was added to the film s story in the first draft dated back to april 10 2003.