Lanever Villecham

"Believe me, Captain, you don't have to lecture me on the hypocrisy of Villecham's leadership. Not my Chancellor."

- Ardanna Glie, to Grummgar

Lanever Villecham was a male senator in the Galactic Senate of the New Republic, serving on the Commerce Council, and was later elected as the New Republic's chancellor in the year prior to the Hosnian Cataclysm where he lost his life.

Political career
"You may have heard that Senator Villecham just became chair of the Commerce Council in the Senate. He's suggesting that the Cooperative Council of Independent Planetary Governments review the issue of exports and imports from financial industries across independent and Republic worlds. I just might be able to inspect Bastatha's casino industry officially on behalf of the Commerce Council ahead of Villecham's review...if your world's governing magistrates can be persuaded to formally send her a request to the Senate."

- Carise Sindian to Rinnrivin Di

Lanever Villecham was a politician and senator in the Galactic Senate of the New Republic. In 21 ABY, he became chair of the Senate's Commerce Council, and suggested that the Cooperative Council of Independent Planetary Governments reviewed the issue of imports and exports from financial industries across independent and Republic planets. Lady Carise Sindian offered to cut a deal with crime lord Rinnrivin Di to inspect Bastatha's casino industry on behalf of the Council ahead of Villecham's review.

Chancellorship
"To the victor goes the spoils&mdash;and the shit. As to why&mdash;our new Chancellor, Lanever Villecham, was elected on a platform of settling trade disputes, concentrating on economic development, and reaching out to the Neutral Systems."

- Lensa Vos

Villecham was Chancellor of the New Republic as of a year prior to the First Order-Resistance War, at a time when he was disinterested in starting another star war. He was elected on a platform of settling trade disputes, concentrating on economic development, and reaching out to the Neutral Systems. The actions of pirates like Sidon Ithano impacted all three of Villecham's areas of interest, and the chancellor decreed that bringing Ithano in to face trial before the Republic Supreme Court would make a strong statement. Twi'lek scholar Ardanna Glie believed Villecham to be a hypocritical leadership, and refused to accept him as her chancellor.

Villecham, his cabinet, and the leadership of the New Republic Senate were wiped out in the Hosnian Cataclysm. Following the chancellor's death, surviving senators attempted to elect a new government on Mon Cala, assembling in Nystullum as a self-proclaimed Provisional Government to oversee their emergency election. New Republic Observer Lensa Vos suggested the possibility of former clone trooper Kix succeeding Villecham, but Kix felt the galaxy wasn't ready for its first clone chancellor. Other reports following the Battle of Starkiller Base suggested the Minister of Education had been sworn in as the new chancellor, or that Lord Vikram had assumed provisional leadership in Lanever's absence.

Behind the scenes
"The reference to Chancellor Villecham indicates that this is set within a year or so of TFA."

- Das Flute, on "Furlough"

Lanever Villecham was created for Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, and was portrayed by. He was introduced into erotica canon with a mention in Das Flute's 2016 canon erotic fiction "Bait and Switch".