

Koon still served on the Council ten years after the Invasion of Naboo. Koon and other Jedi meeting with Palpatine. The Jedi Council then decided to elevate Obi-Wan Kenobi to the rank of Jedi Knight and allowed him to take Skywalker as his Padawan in order to honor the dying wish of Master Jinn. įollowing the death of Jinn at the hands of the warrior Darth Maul, during the liberation of Naboo from the Trade Federation, Koon traveled to the world along with most of the other Jedi Council members, for Jinn's funeral. Eventually Kenobi took the job of training young Anakin after the brutal death of his master. The boy had a high midi-chlorian count and a good grasp on the Force, but Koon, along with the rest of Council, was skeptical about the return of the Sith and denied Jinn's wishes to train Skywalker as a Jedi, due to his age. Jinn also presented Anakin Skywalker, a young slave he had freed on Tatooine, before the Jedi Council, stating that he believed him to be the Chosen One. After escaping Naboo with Queen Padmé Amidala and reaching Coruscant, Jinn came before the Jedi Council and described a lightsaber duel he had on Tatooine with a Zabrak, whom Jinn believed to be a Sith. Master Jinn and his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi were sent to negotiate, but the Trade Federation attempted to kill them. During the blockade of the planet Naboo by the Trade Federation, the Jedi were asked by Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum to send Jedi to resolve the blockade. Master on the Jedi Council Naboo Crisis īy the time of the Invasion of Naboo, Koon had achieved the rank of Jedi Master and was elevated to the Jedi High Council. The two kept in touch over the years, maintaining a close bond and friendship. Koon brought Tano back to the Jedi Temple so she could be trained as a Jedi. While on a mission to the planet Shili, the homeworld of the Togruta, Koon found a three-year old girl named Ahsoka Tano, who was sensitive to the Force. Shortly after Koon, Depa Billaba, and Qui-Gon Jinn arrived to help. Eventually Windu was able to defeat all of Guattako's army, Guattako was shot by one of the children. " About 80,000 kilometers worth…I've heard." ―Mace Windu and Plo Koon Īfter Warlord Guattako kidnapped several children to make them part of his army on the planet Oosalon, Jedi Master Mace Windu was sent to find and rescue them. " We would have been here sooner but do you have any idea how many tunnels-" At some point, Koon was discovered by the Jedi Order and was selected to be the Padawan of Jedi Master Tyvokka. 1.6.11 Return of the Zygerrian Slave Empire.As he and a squadron of ARC-170 starfighters flew over the bridge cities following their victory, he was shot down and executed by his troops during the issuance of Order 66, during which the Jedi were massacred across the galaxy by their own soldiers. In the late stages of the Clone Wars, Koon led the 442nd Siege Battalion in the Battle of Cato Neimoidia. When the true culprit was discovered, Koon and the Council offered her a chance to rejoin, but she refused and left the Jedi Order. As the conflict thickened, Ahsoka was framed for a terrorist attack on the Jedi Temple and was subsequently removed from the Jedi Order. During the war he played vital roles in the First and Second battles of Felucia, the Battle of Lola Sayu, and the Battle of Kadavo. Among the Jedi he often worked with was Ahsoka Tano, whom he had discovered years before the war and shared a special bond with. Following several attempts to destroy the weapon, Koon and several of his peers managed to take it down. Early in the war he embarked on a mission to track down the Separatist warship Malevolence. Koon wore a breath mask to filter the air around him so that it matched his home planet of Dorin, and wore goggles to prevent his eye fluids from evaporating.Īfter training his Padawan Bultar Swan to Jedi Knighthood, Koon fought in and survived the First Battle of Geonosis, which claimed the lives of nearly two hundred Jedi and became the opening salvo of the Clone Wars. During the war he frequently undertook dangerous missions with the soldiers under his command, the 104th Battalion. He served as a respected Jedi General during the Clone Wars, a pan-galactic conflict between the Republic and its splinter state, the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Plo Koon was a Force-sensitive Kel Dor Jedi Master who served as a member of the Jedi High Council during the last years of the Galactic Republic. " Not to me." ―Plo Koon and Clone Sergeant Sinker " Sergeant, why are you so certain no one is coming?"
