Waks Trode

Waks Trode was a male Ishi Tib business owner who served as a representative of Tibrin in the Galactic Senate. His industrial company allowed him allowd him to pursue a war-profiteering agenda by speaking on behalf of his homeworld to the Galactic Republic, while conducting illegal affairs with senator Gume Saam and receiving huge bribes from the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Biography
In 22 BBY, Tibrin sided with the Confederacy of Independent Systems, following the death of its power-hungry dictator Suribran Tu at the hands of Confederate Head of State Dooku. Despite this, the planet continued to be represented in the Galactic Senate, with Waks Trode serving as Associate Planetary Representative of his homeworld.

The owner of an industrial enterprise, Trode profited from the Clone Wars, representing Tibrin before the senators of the Republic and allying himself with the Confederacy, while using boths sides to further his agenda of war-profiteering.

In 19 BBY, Trode met with senator Gume Saam of the Techno Union at the Galaxies Opera House during the performance of Squid Lake. The two Ishi Tib were present when Anakin Skywalker arrived to meet up with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.