Realtime News was part of the HoloNet News Agency and produced hard to obtain interviews by various people, such as Bo-Katan, Satine Kryze and Padme Amidala. The Republic started to change when the Supreme Chancellor Palpatine’s office investigated Realtime News and discovered it would become a threat to the “survival” of the Republic. He sent Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin to clean up the corruption in the news source agency.