Kul Teska Kul Teska was a Skakoan male mercenary active during the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Before he took a criminal ' s path , Teska was a respected scientist in the Techno Union . However , an accident with his pressure suit left Teska disfigured and forced him to leave the Union . With the help of his knowledge in the field of cybernetics , Teska rebuilt his pressure suit , equipping it with a variety of weapons , and became a gun - for - hire . All the while , Teska continued his own experiments with gravity and began construction of the gravitic polarization beam , a superweapon with enough firepower to collapse a star . Teska ' s experiments soon attracted the attention of Count Dooku , the leader of the Confederacy . During the Clone Wars , Teska came into Dooku ' s service and was provided with a laboratory on the planet Behpour in the Naboo system , where the Skakoan continued the development of his weapon . By 22 BBY , the gravitic beam was complete , and its integral part , the Gravitic Core , was to be delivered to Behpour on a " Munificent " - class star frigate . However , the crate containing the Core was stolen over the planet Alzoc III by the Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane . Teska reclaimed the part and returned to his base on Behpour . When the Republic Senator Padmé Amidala arrived on the planet , investigating rumors of a Separatist presence in the system , Teska captured the Senator and held her hostage . Soon , following a message delivered by Amidala , the Republic forces assaulted Behpour . Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano infiltrated the base , rescued Amidala and engaged Teska in battle in the gravitic polarization beam ' s core room , while the beam itself built up its power to collapse the Naboo star . Teska was killed , and Amidala sabotaged the beam , causing it to destroy itself and the entire base . Biography . Early life . A native of the planet Skako , the Skakoan male Kul Teska worked as a scientist in the Techno Union . He was especially knowledgeable in cybernetics and was considered one of the Union ' s most brilliant minds . However , an accident occurred with his pressure suit , which left his body damaged beyond repair . Ashamed of his disfigurement , Teska left the Techno Union to focus on his personal experiments with gravity and began developing the gravitic polarization beam , a powerful superweapon capable of collapsing a star . In addition to his research , Teska — using his knowledge of cybernetics — rebuilt his suit , equipping it with a vast array of weapons , and became a mercenary . Eventually , Teska ' s reputation in that field rivaled the likes of the Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane , along with his research in gravity technology captured the attention of the leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Count Dooku . Theft and Juma 9 . During the Clone Wars between the Confederacy and the Galactic Republic , Dooku hired Teska and allowed him to continue his research in a Techno Union base on the planet Behpour in the Naboo system . In 22 BBY , the gravitic polarization beam was finished and ready for testing , and two duplicates of its crucial part , the Gravitic Core , were to be delivered to Behpour on a " Munificent " - class star frigate . However , Cad Bane infiltrated the frigate in orbit over the planet Alzoc III and stole one of the crates containing the Core . To cover his tracks , Bane made the other crate explode , destroying the starship that was carrying it ; the frigate crashed on Alzoc III and created a gravitational anomaly . In order to recover the stolen part , Teska devised a plan to trace the Core by the unique energy signature it radiated . To that end , the Skakoan initiated an attack on the Republic space station Juma 9 , which possessed a powerful radar suited for such a purpose . Separatist droid forces under Teska ' s command fought against clone troopers stationed at Juma 9 , and Teska also had the entire station , including escape pods , rigged with explosives . As the battle continued , Teska himself infiltrated the station ' s communications room and initiated a radar search for the Core . He soon discovered that the Core was located on the planet Ryloth , where the remnants of the local Separatist army were still fighting the Republic . Teska contacted Dooku , requesting the remaining droid forces on Ryloth to distract the Republic while he retrieved the weapon core . As Teska prepared to leave , however , he was confronted by Plo Koon and Obi - Wan Kenobi , two Jedi Masters who happened to be at the station at the time of the Skakoan ' s attack . Igniting their lightsabers , Kenobi and Koon told Teska that they were placing him under arrest , but he ordered them not to move and demonstrated his remote detonator that was linked to the explosives . The Jedi complied and lowered their weapons , but Teska — stating that they were " no fun " — triggered the explosives anyway and fled farther into the station with his rocket boosters , saluting his adversaries in mid - air . Eventually , Kenobi and Koon caught up with Teska , cornered him inside one of the station ' s chambers , and sealed the only door to prevent him from escaping . Teska was not willing to give up easily and once again brandished his detonator , threatening to destroy the escape pods , which the clone troopers were using to escape from the exploding station . At that moment , however , Teska ' s attention was distracted by the sound of an explosion , which allowed Kenobi to Force - push the detonator out of the Skakoan ' s hands . In response , Teska attacked the two Jedi with his vast arsenal of weapons . After a lengthy battle , he was defeated and thrown into a glass window ; the glass shattered and broke , leaving Juma 9 open to the vacuum of space . Teska was almost sucked out of the station but was able to cling onto the edge with his hand . The vacuum also moved Teska ' s fallen remote detonator , and it flew toward him . The Skakoan tried to reach for it , but Kenobi threw his lightsaber at the detonator , slicing it in half . Koon then threw his own weapon at a nearby control panel , and an emergency blast door came down ; Teska let go of his grasp and was sucked outside the station . His suit allowed him to survive the vacuum , and he veered off toward Ryloth , leaving Kenobi and Plo Koon stranded on the station without their weapons , which had also been sucked outside . Reclaiming the Core . On Ryloth , Teska found the Gravitic Core still in the possession of Cad Bane , who had been taken into custody by Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano . The two Jedi and Bane were on their way to Bane ' s Telgorn dropship , the " Sleight of Hand " , which they hoped to use to fly from Ryloth and secure the Core on behalf of the Republic . Teska ambushed them , emerging from a pile of wreckage surrounding Bane ' s starship and , after exchanging insults with the Duros , ordered him to return the Core . Teska then gripped the crate containing the Core with his built - in grappling hook and pulled it over to him . Skywalker , however , stated that the Core was not Bane ' s to give and threw the crate into Bane ' s ship with the Force . Bane then tried to leave the scene , but Tano trapped him under a slab of metal . Teska attacked the Jedi , and after a brief skirmish he was able to trap them inside an energy field . At that moment , two clone troopers , CS - 2207 and CT - 7567 , arrived and engaged the Skakoan . After a shootout with the clones , Teska decided that it was time to retreat and activated the force field ; the field began to shrink , threatening to crush the two Jedi inside . Teska then gave the clones a choice : they could either pursue him or rescue Skywalker and Tano . The clones chose the latter option , and Teska boarded the " Sleight of Hand " , leaving Ryloth and making his way to Behpour , where he planned to use the gravitic beam to collapse the Naboo star . Meanwhile , Senator Padmé Amidala , following the rumors of a Separatist presence in the Naboo system , infiltrated Behpour and located the Techno Union base there . She was soon captured but had nonetheless delivered a message to the Jedi beforehand . Death on Behpour . Following Amidala ' s message and the information they had managed to uncover on Juma 9 , the Jedi initiated an assault on Behpour , hoping to destroy Teska ' s superweapon and free the Senator . After Skywalker and Tano had infiltrated the Techno Union base , Teska contacted them over the comm system and told them to surrender to him under threat of killing Amidala . Skywalker seemingly complied and went to Teska , who had tied Amidala in the gravitic beam ' s core room and was keeping her hanging from the roof there . When Skywalker arrived , the Skakoan ordered him to surrender his lightsaber — which Teska wanted to study — and told the Jedi not to use any " tricks . " After Skywalker gave him his weapon , Teska placed it on his belt and proceeded to tell Skywalker that he considered his surrender to be an act of cowardice . Teska told the Jedi that he would normally suspect a trick , but in Teska ' s opinion , Skywalker was out of options this time . However , Teska then noticed Skywalker glimpsing behind his back and looked back . He saw Ahsoka Tano , who had been trying to move Amidala to safety with the Force while Teska was conversing with Skywalker . Enraged , the Skakoan shot at Tano with his quad cannon , but she deflected all of his shots with her lightsaber . At the same time , Skywalker leaped forward , grabbing Amidala and moving her to safety before sending her to sabotage Teska ' s weapon . Moreover , Tano Force - pulled Skywalker ' s lightsaber from Teska ' s belt and threw it back to her Master ; both Jedi then confronted the Skakoan . As their duel moved closer to the room ' s central platform , the superweapon ' s firing system was initiated , and the gravitic beam began to power up for its devastating shot . At that moment , Cad Bane — who had escaped from the Jedi on Ryloth and had made his way to Behpour — appeared in the room and fired at Teska ' s rocket boosters , stranding the Skakoan on the room ' s central platform . Having exacted his revenge on the Skakoan , Bane walked away from the scene . Nevertheless , Kul Teska was certain that he would be victorious and continued attacking Skywalker and Tano from the central platform until he was defeated and thrown into the gravitic beam itself . Shattered by the beam ' s power , Teska ' s pressure suit malfunctioned and the Skakoan died ; his last words were that the Jedi had already lost . Amidala , however , had been able to sabotage the beam . Instead of collapsing the Naboo sun , it destroyed the Behpour laboratory , moments after the Jedi and the Senator had evacuated the premises in Skywalker ' s G9 Rigger freighter , the " Twilight " . Personality and traits . Kul Teska was a green - skinned Skakoan . He was a highly intelligent , creative , and driven individual . A renowned scientist , Teska possessed a natural talent with cybernetics , one that allowed him to build his modified pressure suit . As a mercenary , Teska was known for his ruthlessness and excessive methods . Teska was also arrogant and had a brash attitude with a short fuse . He was not intimidated by anyone and believed no foe , clone , or Jedi could match his strength . He often stated that he was unbeatable and considered Cad Bane ' s attempt to steal the Gravitic Core from him foolish . During battle , Teska often taunted his opponents , stating that their cause was hopeless and that they would soon be dead , as well as diminishing the Jedi ' s skills with the Force and their faith in the Republic Clone Army . If an opponent gained the upper hand over Teska , he did admit to his enemy ' s prowess to a certain extent . Both Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano found this trait annoying and believed that Teska was talking too much . Kul Teska was not afraid of mass slaughter , and he was intent on destroying the escape pods , killing the clones on Juma 9 , and collapsing the Naboo sun , which would have had catastrophic effects on the entire Naboo system . He did not possess an interest in collecting any kind of trophies like the Separatist General Grievous did . However , Teska always wanted to examine a Jedi lightsaber . He was self - confident , believing that Skywalker was out of options on Behpour . The Skakoan considered Skywalker ' s surrender to be a display of cowardice , only to find out that the Jedi had in fact tricked him . Equipment . Kul Teska ' s pressure suit was equipped with a variety of weaponry and tools . His suit itself allowed him to survive the vacuum of space . It was outfitted with rocket boosters , enabling Teska to hover in midair and even fly , a technique he often used in battle . Teska ' s right arm was outfitted with a rotary quad blaster cannon and a grappling hook . Two rocket launchers were mounted on the suit ' s shoulders , along with concealed blasters , and a powerful laser beam weapon was located in its chest . Teska was also capable of creating a shockwave that threw all opponents off of him . The defensive systems of the suit included a shield generator , which created an energy shield , protecting Teska from enemy fire . Although Teska was capable of quickly fixing it even during battle , the suit was prone to malfunction . The boosters in particular were not very reliable , as they malfunctioned when Bane fired at them . In addition to those built into his suit , Teska also used other mechanisms . During the battle on Juma 9 , he made use of explosives , which he had planted throughout the station . On Ryloth , Teska trapped Skywalker and Tano inside an energy field with the help of a portable generator . Behind the scenes . Kul Teska was created as an antagonist for the 2009 video game " " , in which he was voiced by Troy Baker . The game , developed by Krome Studios and published by LucasArts , serves as a tie - in to the . According to the game ' s assistant producer , Chris Lee , the creation of Teska ' s character was a collaborative effort between Krome Studios , LucasArts , and Lucasfilm Animation and was aimed at creating a unique and intriguing new villain for " The Clone Wars " universe . The production team envisioned Teska as a classic villain , albeit the one with his own reasons . The developers hoped to create a character that players could love and hate at the same time , a character surrounded by mystery that would draw interest in finding out more about him . Teska ' s fight against Skywalker , Tano , and the clones on Ryloth is omitted from the PlayStation Portable version of the game , as Teska retreats aboard the " Sleight of Hand " right after Skywalker throws the Gravitic Core there . In 2010 , an action figure of Kul Teska was released by Hasbro . Nintendo DS edition . Teska was also featured in the Nintendo DS edition of " Republic Heroes " , developed by Lucasfilm Animation Singapore . As revealed in the final cutscene , this version of the game is intended to serve as a prequel of sorts to all other versions of " Republic Heroes " . In it , while preparing a retreat from Ryloth , the Confederacy plans to destroy the city in which they are based with bombers . The Republic tries to prevent the massacre but finds itself unable to contact its fleet and request assistance because of a Separatist tower - mounted jamming device in that city . To this end , Jedi Master Mace Windu infiltrates the city and reaches the top of the tower with the device . Kul Teska suddenly appears , trying to prevent Windu from destroying the jammer . After a short battle , Windu manages to defeat the Skakoan by deflecting his blaster shots back at him with his lightsaber . Teska is forced to retreat , and Windu destroys the jamming device . Later in the game , General Grievous attempts to overthrow Count Dooku by acquiring a biological superweapon on the planet Mustafar . His plan fails , and the Jedi manage to defeat the droid General , forcing him to flee back to the Separatists . Discovering his treachery , Dooku spares Grievous , stating that the Jedi ' s preoccupation with Grievous ' s rebellion gave him time to develop his own weapon on Behpour , hinting at Teska ' s development of the gravitic beam . The overall Nintendo DS ' s storyline , however , is rather confusing and contradictory in nature and incorporating it would require too much fan - based speculation . Because of this , this article assumes that the events portrayed in the NDS version are non - canon .