Obi-Wan Kenobi (born 124 BBY) - The de facto leader of the Jedi Knights; though there exists no official hierarchy, the other Knights respect Kenobi enough that they follow his directives anyway. Kenobi has provided training and counsel for all of the order’s Jedi for the past fifty years, but his final apprentice Anakin proved to be a unique case. Obi-Wan was in awe at the amazing potential for both goodness and cruelty contained in a single person. Though he has tirelessly kept peace and justice throughout space for decades, the prospect of a galaxy-scale conflict is testing even for a venerable old Master like Obi-Wan...
Commander Hossk (born 103 BBY) - A League fleet officer of Trandoshan origin. Hossk is a ragged, cruel being who believes in survival of the fittest. After clawing his way out of the litter, he saw little but cruelty at the hands of Outer Rim slavers who passed him between Human masters for a number of years. This was all the motivation he needed to take up arms against Humanity. Hossk's years of service in insurrectionist fleets gave way to being crowned a fleet officer in the League navy, as well as a mechanical prosthetic leg resulting from battle. Hossk has a habit of consuming the raw flesh of those enemies that are unlucky enough to be his prisoners...
Three descriptions remaining. Palpatine will not be one of them; he is not seen or mentioned until Episode II.