Lux Bonteri / Legends Lux Bonteri was a Human male politician and rebel fighter from Onderon during the Clone Wars . Originally loyal to the Galactic Republic , Bonteri ' s family sided with the Confederacy of Independent Systems when Onderon seceded at the war ' s outset . They moved to the Separatist capital of Raxus after Bonteri ' s mother , Mina Bonteri , became the senator of Onderon in the Separatist Parliament . Reaching adolescence in a time of war , the idealistic Bonteri hoped , like his mother , for a peaceful resolution to the conflict , though he came to hate the Republic after the death of his father , an officer in the Confederacy military , at the hands of clone troopers from the Grand Army of the Republic . Over a year into the war , Bonteri was forced to rethink his views on the Republic and the Jedi Order after meeting a Jedi , Padawan Ahsoka Tano , for the first time . Yet he thereafter lost his mother due to the machinations of Count Dooku , who ordered her death to terminate a peace proposal that she had introduced . Bonteri briefly represented Onderon in the Parliament in his mother ' s place , but he soon withdrew to seek justice for her assassination . Renouncing his Confederate ties , the orphaned Bonteri fell in with the Death Watch , a Mandalorian splinter group that shared his desire to kill Dooku . While working to determine Dooku ' s location for the Death Watch , Bonteri inadvertently involved Tano in his search for justice , which took them from a peace conference on Mandalore to the Death Watch ' s camp on Carlac . Despite Tano ' s allegations about the dishonorable conduct of the Death Watch , Bonteri refused to believe her claims until the group ' s leader , Pre Vizsla , had his charges raze an entire township of Ming Po before his very eyes . Bonteri ceased his involvement with the Death Watch and escaped from Carlac with Tano ; though they parted ways , he promised they would meet again soon . Such was the case in 20 BBY , when Tano came to serve as an advisor for the group of rebels that Bonteri had joined to liberate Onderon from King Sanjay Rash ' s Separatist - backed regime . Coordinating their grass - roots insurgency with rebel leaders Saw and Steela Gerrera , Bonteri worked to free his homeworld by restoring the deposed King Ramsis Dendup to the throne . After Bonteri and Saw petitioned the Jedi High Council for help , the Republic armed them against King Rash , and Tano was sent — alongside Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi and Clone Captain Rex — to train the rebel soldiers . After her comrades departed , Tano stayed to aid the rebels , working with Bonteri and his associates to retake the capital city Iziz . On Bonteri ' s suggestion to win them the support of the civilian populace , the rebels targeted Iziz ' s main power generator , striking a critical blow to Rash ' s forces while further becoming public symbols for freedom . Once they rescued Ramsis Dendup from being executed by Rash , Bonteri and his colleagues withdrew from Iziz , making a stand against the Separatist Droid Army in the eastern highlands . Bonteri grew close to Steela and nursed a brief romance with her , but though they won out over Rash ' s battle droid army , Steela was killed in the fighting . With Onderon ' s independence restored , Bonteri , having been re - appointed by the reinstated King Dendup as the senator of Onderon , decided to join the Galactic Senate and bring Onderon back into the Republic . Biography . Orphaned by war . A Human male , Lux Bonteri was born to the prominent politician Mina Bonteri and her husband in the years preceding the galaxy - wide Clone Wars . Their family was of high status and hailed from Onderon , an Inner Rim world ruled by King Ramsis Dendup that was affiliated with the Galactic Republic . Bonteri ' s mother represented their homeworld in the Republic Senate and acted as a mentor to Padmé Amidala , an aspiring politician growing up on the planet Naboo . Bonteri thus became acquainted with Amidala during his early life . In 22 BBY , when the Republic entered into full - scale galactic conflict with the separatist Confederacy of Independent Systems , King Dendup advocated for Onderonian neutrality , attempting to keep their world out of the galaxy - wide intergovernmental tensions . Yet the monarch was ousted by King Sanjay Rash , who — by the Treaty of Iziz — allied Onderon with the Confederacy . Following Onderon ' s secession from the Republic , Bonteri ' s family joined the Separatists and subsequently became distanced from Amidala , who had become Naboo ' s delegate to the Republic Senate . Bonteri ' s mother continued her representation of Onderon in the Separatist Parliament , which was headquartered on the Separatist capital of Raxus Secundus , or " Raxus " for short . Their family consequently moved to a large estate in a city on Raxus . Bonteri was forced to grow up in a time of war , and though he made several friends , his original views on the Republic and the Jedi Knights who served it were challenged . After his father , who worked as an officer for the Confederacy military , was killed in battle with the Grand Army of the Republic ' s clone troopers while establishing a base on Aargonar , Bonteri came to hate the Republic and became increasingly withdrawn , to his mother ' s concern . In 21 BBY , nearly a year after his father ' s death , Bonteri ' s mother was contacted by an old friend : Amidala , who sought an audience with her former mentor . Although the Republic Senate had outlawed contact with the Separatists to avoid legitimizing them as an official state , Amidala hoped , with the help of Bonteri ' s mother , to promote a peace accord between the two governments as a means of ending the war ' s increasing flow of casualties . Accompanying Amidala to Raxus was Ahsoka Tano , a Jedi Padawan of around Bonteri ' s age who hoped to gain greater insight into the nature of the conflict . Once Amidala and Tano arrived at the Bonteri family estate aboard his mother ' s H - 2 executive shuttle , Bonteri welcomed their guests and helped them with their luggage , though Tano , who did not trust the Separatists , brushed off his offer of help . While his mother explored with Amidala the possibility of Confederate – Republic peace negotiations , Bonteri spent some time outside in the estate ' s private garden , where Tano eventually joined him to get some air . Bonteri , identifying Tano as a Jedi from her lightsabers , had not met a Jedi up until then , and — having heard mixed viewpoints on them — was initially hesitant to admit to his biased perspective on the Jedi and the Republic . Yet he also questioned Tano ' s equally contained view of the Confederacy . Of the Separatists , Tano had only encountered military officers from the Separatist Droid Army like General Grievous and Commander Asajj Ventress ; Bonteri and his mother were the first civilians with whom she had come face to face . Bonteri and Tano realized , respectively , that the Jedi and the Confederacy were not quite what they had been led to believe , and they grew in understanding of each other by reconsidering their assumptions about the other side of the war . They quickly became friends despite being on opposite sides . At a following session of the Separatist Parliament , Bonteri ' s mother introduced a motion to open peace negotiations with the Republic , and she was able to win enough support from her colleagues to ratify the measure . With the Parliament suing for peace , Bonteri shared his mother and friends ' hope that the Republic would respond in favor of negotiating an end to the Clone Wars with the Confederacy . Their work on Raxus done , Amidala and Tano prepared to return to the Republic capital world , Coruscant . Bonteri and his mother saw them off from a spaceport on Raxus ; in parting , Tano told Bonteri that she hoped not to meet him on the battlefield , for his sake . Despite their efforts , Confederate Head of State Count Dooku , secretly the Sith apprentice to the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious , undertook measures to ensure that the war continued to serve the purposes of the Order of the Sith Lords . Dooku sanctioned a Separatist bombing of Coruscant ' s power generator , leading the Republic Senate to vote down the Parliament ' s offer for negotiations . Shortly thereafter , the count organized a sneak attack on Confederate territory and had Sith assassins murder Bonteri ' s mother , then publicly blamed her death on a Republic assault and used the incident as an excuse to repeal the Parliament ' s peace proposal . Newly orphaned with both of his parents gone , Bonteri did not accept Dooku ' s explanation that the Republic was responsible for his mother ' s death . Pursuit of justice . Confronting Dooku . Bonteri briefly took over his mother ' s Senatorial seat for Onderon in the Separatist Parliament . Yet after discovering Dooku ' s part in her murder , Bonteri renounced his affiliations to the Confederacy and departed from Raxus to pursue justice for her death . He made contact with the Death Watch , a Mandalorian splinter group based on the planet Carlac that strove for a return to Mandalorian warrior culture over the pacifistic regime of Duchess Satine Kryze and her New Mandalorians . Led by the hardened warrior Pre Vizsla , the Death Watch had lost the support of Dooku and the Confederacy on the eve of a planned invasion of Mandalore , leading to their exile from the Mandalore system and their desire to murder Dooku . Sharing their objective and being blind to their murderous nature , Bonteri believed that the group had honor and sought membership . For admission , Vizsla ordered him to obtain Dooku ' s exact location so that they could target him . Bonteri developed a plan to openly accuse Dooku of murdering his mother , and when brought before the count , he would use a holotrace device to determine the Head of State ' s whereabouts via the holotransmission . With that information , he hoped that the Death Watch would be able to assassinate Dooku . To obtain Dooku ' s attention , Bonteri traveled to Mandalore , where Duchess Kryze was hosting the first - ever peace conference between delegations from the Republic Senate and the Separatist Parliament . Although not invited to Mandalore by the Separatist delegates — Separatist Congress Leader Bec Lawise , Senator Voe Atell , and a Gossam senator — Bonteri proceeded to the royal palace in the capital city Sundari and interrupted the proceedings just as Atell was demanding that Padmé Amidala , the Republic delegation leader , acknowledge the Confederacy ' s legitimacy on behalf of the Republic . Making a dramatic entrance , Bonteri was escorted into the palace by Kryze ' s Mandalorian Royal Guard and caused a significant stir among both parties , particularly for Ahsoka Tano , who was serving as Amidala ' s bodyguard . After bowing to Kryze and receiving permission to speak , Bonteri wasted no time in accusing Dooku of complicity in his mother ' s assassination . The Separatist senators reacted with outrage to his claims , and Lawise , labeling him a traitor , immediately ordered his delegation ' s security droids to arrest the young man and remove him from the room . With the matter an internal Separatist affair , neither Kryze nor the Republic representatives could interfere . As a pair of BX - series droid commandos dragged him out of the throne room , Bonteri warned the Separatist delegates that they would all be betrayed by Dooku , as his mother had been . The security droids escorted Bonteri to a C - 9979 landing craft docked at the city spaceport , where he was brought before a holograph ic transmission of Dooku . Discreetly activating his holotrace device , Bonteri repeated his accusations to Dooku , who — unimpressed by his bravery — ordered the commando droids to execute him . Before the droids could do so , Tano , having followed Bonteri to the docks , stormed into the hold . Being bereft of her lightsabers as per Mandalorian law , Tano used the Force to destroy one of the droids and kicked the other aside . Bonteri took Tano ' s hand and joined her in escaping from the Separatist landing craft , though they were pursued by a trio of security droids that had been guarding the vessel . En route to the " Phoenix " , a Republic diplomatic GX1 Short Hauler elsewhere at the docks , Bonteri attempted to tell Tano that her assistance was appreciated but unnecessary . Nevertheless , Tano hurriedly urged him to the " Phoenix " , where Republic Captain Taggart and his retinue of Senate Guards held off the incoming security droids . Just as Bonteri and Tano were leaving Mandalore aboard the " Phoenix " , they were contacted by Tano ' s Master , Anakin Skywalker , who had just learned that the peace conference had collapsed . Although Bonteri apologized for the trouble he had caused , he was surprised when Tano revealed her intentions to bring him into the Republic . Skywalker agreed and told her that they could discuss giving Bonteri amnesty back on Coruscant . Having no intention of joining the Republic , Bonteri drew his deactivator hold - out pistol on Tano once the transmission with Skywalker ended . Tano was shocked by his show of force and immediately disarmed him of his blaster pistol . Revealing that he was no longer a Separatist , Bonteri refused to join the Republic , as he saw the Death Watch as a more noble and effective group . Upon learning that Bonteri sought to kill Dooku , Tano did not wish for him to pursue such a futile goal and took control of the " Phoenix " , intending to take him to Coruscant . Yet Bonteri , resolute with his decision , stunned Tano and commandeered the vessel , traveling through hyperspace to Carlac to deliver his information to the Death Watch . Dealings with the Death Watch . En route to Carlac , Bonteri hid Tano ' s lightsabers in one of the " Phoenix " storage pallets . Upon landing at a grove on the icy Carlac , Bonteri left Tano and her astromech droid , R2 - D2 , aboard and set off to meet the Death Watch . Just as an irate Tano joined him , six Death Watch soldiers led by Bo - Katan Kryze , a lieutenant for Pre Vizsla and Duchess Satine Kryze ' s sister , arrived to meet them . Bonteri reported that he had gathered Dooku ' s exact location ; Tano , meanwhile , was forced to lie that she was Bonteri ' s betrothed when Bo - Katan inquired after her identity . Tano was shocked that he had fallen in with the Death Watch , which had a deep - rooted hatred for the Jedi Order , but Bonteri ignored her concerns and made to return with them to their camp aboard an RGC - 16 airspeeder . While R2 - D2 — who had brought Tano ' s lightsabers but was forced to hide them from the Death Watch — was carried into the airspeeder , Tano , compelled to join her companion , rode on a " Balutar " - class swoop with one of the soldiers . At the camp , Bo - Katan took Bonteri and Tano to meet with Vizsla in the main tent , then went to find the Mandalorian leader . Once they were alone , Bonteri still refused to believe Tano ' s claims about the Death Watch ' s terrorist - based extremism . When he saw that Vizsla was about to enter the tent with Bo - Katan , Bonteri impulsively resorted to kissing Tano to silence her objections from them . After sending Tano away with Bo - Katan , Vizsla wasted no time in demanding that Bonteri divulge Dooku ' s whereabouts . Although Bonteri attempted to barter with him to ensure that the information would be properly used , Vizsla threatened to give him a scar like his own from Dooku if the young man questioned his resolve . Acquiescing , Bonteri handed the holotrace device over to Vizsla , who ordered that a feast be held in celebration of their success with locating Dooku . At the dinner that evening , Bonteri sat with Vizsla and was served by Tano , who had become a servant alongside several Ming Po women whom the Death Watch had captured . The meal was interrupted by Chieftain Pieter , the leader of the nearby village from where the Death Watch had taken the females . No longer tolerating the Mandalorians ' exploitation of his tribe , Pieter demanded that Vizsla and his comrades relocate from Carlac , to which Vizsla surprisingly agreed , giving his word that he would return Pieter ' s people at sunrise the next day . Bonteri took Vizsla ' s promise as a sign of good faith and said so to Tano , who remained unconvinced of the Death Watch ' s honor . Tano was proven true the next morning when she and Bonteri accompanied Vizsla and his soldiers to the rendezvous with Pieter . Although Vizsla released the Ming Po women as he had promised , he thereafter killed Pieter ' s granddaughter Tryla with his Darksaber and then ordered his troops to raze the entire village to the ground . Horrified by the display of cruelty , Bonteri was welcomed into the Death Watch by Vizsla , who told him never to let the weak order him around . No longer able to hide being a Jedi with the lives of the Ming Po at stake , Tano attacked one of the soldiers who was using a flamethrower against the villagers . She was just as quickly captured and subdued by the Death Watch , and Vizsla had his men drag her back to camp via their cables , while Bonteri was detained for harboring a Jedi . As a snowstorm brewed , Bonteri and Tano were brought into the main tent , with Vizsla refusing Bonteri ' s request for Tano ' s release . Realizing that Tano had been right , Bonteri denounced the Death Watch as murderers , though Vizsla called out his own hypocrisy of wanting to murder Dooku , which had brought him to them in the first place . Vizsla intended to execute Tano for the Jedi Order ' s alleged crimes against Mandalore , but before he could do so , R2 - D2 entered the tent and made a loud distraction by activating all of his tool systems . While Bonteri pushed Vizsla off balance and escaped from his captors , R2 - D2 returned Tano ' s lightsabers to her . She summarily beheaded the four troopers who had been restraining her and told Bonteri to return to the " Phoenix " , while she faced Vizsla in lightsaber combat . Once outside , Bonteri was greeted with a strange sight : reassembled by R2 - D2 , the Separatist battle droids that the Death Watch had been using for target practice turned on their masters . While Tano dueled with Vizsla and the battle droids occupied the rest of the enemy soldiers , Bonteri and R2 - D2 made for the Death Watch ' s RGC - 16 airspeeder , commandeering it and preparing to return to the " Phoenix " . Once Tano joined them , Bonteri piloted the speeder out of the camp , with Bo - Katan and two other soldiers pursuing them through the snowstorm via jetpack . Tano managed to repel the two soldiers with some help from R2 - D2 but found it harder to defeat Bo - Katan , who nearly threw her off the vehicle . Just as Bo - Katan prepared to shoot Tano with a gauntlet blaster , Bonteri tipped the speeder to the side , causing Bo - Katan to lose her balance long enough for Tano to jump back aboard . After brawling with the Mandalorian warrior in unarmed combat , Tano Force - pushed Bo - Katan off the speeder . Bonteri , Tano , and R2 - D2 made it safely to the " Phoenix " , aboard which they departed from Carlac . Although Tano set course for Coruscant , Bonteri , determined to follow his own path , headed for the secondary pod and prepared to part ways with his friend to go into hiding . A moment before he was to detach , Tano arrived on the other side of the airlock and tried to convince him not to leave . Despite knowing that he could not accompany her to Coruscant , Bonteri admitted that they made a good team . He parted with Tano on good terms , her wishing him well and him promising they would meet again someday . Battle for Onderon . Aiding the rebels . In the intervening weeks , Bonteri returned to Onderon , which was being occupied by the Separatist Droid Army . By 20 BBY , he grew determined to free his homeworld from King Sanjay Rash ' s Separatist - backed regime and joined the Onderon rebels , a grass - roots group based in the jungles outside the capital city Iziz . Led by self - appointed leader Saw Gerrera , the young insurgents refused to recognize Rash ' s rulership and sought to restore Ramsis Dendup to the throne . Working with Saw and his sister Steela Gerrera , Bonteri used his political skills to secure legitimacy for the insurgency . Although the rebels gained civilian recruits , they required training , as well as hardware and supplies , if they were to challenge the Confederacy . Bonteri addressed that problem by utilizing his contacts with the Jedi Order , given his friendship with Ahsoka Tano . He and Saw holographically contacted the Jedi High Council from the rebels ' secret hideout and requested aid to retake Iziz from the Separatists . After Jedi Grand Master Yoda promised they would find a way to help , Bonteri looked to Tano — who was present at the meeting — for support , exchanging a brief glance with her before the transmission ended . The Jedi Council agreed to arm the Onderon rebels against Rash ' s regime , providing credits and supplies while also sending a team of advisors — Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker , and Ahsoka Tano , along with Clone Captain CT - 7567 , nicknamed " Rex , " of the Republic Grand Army ' s 501st Legion — to train them to fight the Separatists . In equipping the insurgents , the High Council hoped to open fighting with the Confederacy on two fronts to liberate Onderon from enemy occupation . After Tano and her comrades arrived on Onderon , Steela brought them to the rebels ' base , where they began training sessions to target specific elements of the Separatist Droid Army . Bonteri was glad to be reunited with Tano , though Steela remained wary of her , as she was an off - worlder . In their first lesson , Rex showed the rebels how to disable an Armored Assault Tank , with an electromagnetic pulse grenade tossed into the tank ' s front cabin and topside turret hatch . Bonteri and Saw paired up as the first team to practice the maneuver , but Bonteri fell off the main laser cannon while attempting to reach the top hatch , taking Saw with him on his way down . Steela helped disinfect Bonteri ' s injuries and also prevented a fight between him and Saw , who believed that the ex - senator was out of his element as a soldier . The next training session went differently , with Bonteri succeeding in tossing an EMP grenade through a droideka ' s deflector shield on his first try . After both Gerreras found it difficult to master the grenade toss , Bonteri helped coach Steela , but she eventually gave up out of frustration , preferring her sniping abilities to combat the droids . While the Jedi oversaw blaster marksmanship practice , in which Steela particularly excelled , a Separatist battle group — having located the insurgent camp — arrived to quash the rebels . As battle droids invaded the camp , Bonteri took cover with Saw and Tano behind a broken wall , returning the droids ' fire while Tano deflected incoming laser shots with her lightsabers . After Saw and several soldiers used homemade disruptors to take out the first infantry wave , an Armored Assault Tank entered the fray with a second wave of droids . Witnessing the devastation wrought by the tank ' s cannon , Bonteri and Saw teamed up to disable the tank . This time , their maneuver succeeded , with the two tossing thermal detonators into the tank ' s hatches and jumping clear before it exploded . The rebels took heart from being able to defend their camp and , using an idea devised by Bonteri , set off to take the fight directly to Rash . Posing as game hunters with a dalgo - drawn caravan , Bonteri and his comrades won passage through the walled Iziz ' s gates from the battle droid guards , then split up to avoid detection , agreeing to regroup after nightfall . The rebels decided to execute a series of strikes on droid patrols throughout the city , with Bonteri carrying out an attack in Malgan Market . Hiding behind a merchant stand , Bonteri tossed an EMP grenade at a five - member B1 battle droid squad , deactivating the droids in front of a crowd of civilians . Bonteri met up with Tano and the Gerreras as well as Skywalker , Kenobi , and Rex , and they proceeded to a safe house in Iziz to review their progress . Despite the rebels ' success with disrupting the patrols , Kenobi and Tano noted that the civilians had been frightened by the outbreak of violence . While Saw believed that they should increase their efforts against the Separatists , Bonteri and Steela agreed that they had to first earn the people ' s trust and assure them of their intentions if they were to overthrow Rash ' s regime . Bonteri proposed that they make a show of strength to secure public support : targeting the city power generator . Tano , continuing to serve as an advisor , accompanied Bonteri and the Gerreras to inspect the generator complex while Skywalker , Kenobi , and Rex returned to Coruscant to report back to the Jedi Council . From an adjacent rooftop , Bonteri and his comrades surveyed the generator , which , if destroyed , would compromise the battle droids ' source for recharging and thus render them useless . Using a pilfered B1 battle droid cranial unit , Saw discovered via robolobotomy that there were a large number of droid sentries stationed at every access point to the generator station . Bonteri worked with Steela to devise an assault plan , and they decided that they would commandeer an Armored Assault Tank to eliminate the generator . To secure a tank , the rebels targeted a large patrol of battle droids that night , hoping that a tank would be called in for support . However , the initial reinforcements took the form of a pair of shielded droidekas , forcing Bonteri and his comrades to change tactics . Bonteri and Saw raced through some adjacent alleyways to outflank the droidekas and , once behind them , tossed EMP grenades through their shields to deactivate them . Saw managed to disable one of the droids , but Bonteri botched his toss , his grenade gaining too much speed to penetrate the second droid ' s shield . Steela came to their aid by manually depositing a grenade through the shield , disabling the droideka . Shortly thereafter , their hoped - for Armored Assault Tank arrived along with several B2 super battle droids , and Steela , Tano , and rebel soldier Dono provided cover for Bonteri and Saw to reach the tank . Once the two disabled the vehicle with EMP grenades , Steela rebooted its computer systems , allowing Saw to drive them to the power generator . Bonteri remained with Saw aboard the tank while Steela and Tano drew the attention of the droids defending the front entrance to the complex . After Saw blasted through the front entrance with the tank ' s main cannon , a squad of BX - series droid commandos came to confront the rebels , taking advantage of the main gun ' s required recharge time . One of the droid commandos nearly knocked Bonteri off his perch on the tank and proceeded to attack Steela , but Bonteri recovered in time to shoot the droid through the head . Once Saw used the tank ' s cannon to destroy the generator , Bonteri and the others abandoned the tank , retreating from the scene . In the following hours , the rebels executed a string of attacks on droid patrols in the city , gaining widespread support for their cause . The rebels held a celebration at their safe house to commemorate their victory , during which Dono extemporaneously proposed that they elect Steela as their leader . When Steela was voted leader by a majority , Saw — disappointed with losing his position — stormed out of the room , and Steela left to reassure her brother . Saw took some time to accept his comrades ' decision , but he ultimately agreed , as did Bonteri , that his sister was the best candidate for leader . Rescuing Ramsis Dendup . The rebels ' destruction of the power generator proved their strength to Rash , who publicly decried them as terrorists . Bonteri , already considered a fugitive criminal since his actions against Dooku and the Confederacy , further became an enemy of the crown as his connection to the insurgency became known . He meanwhile began to develop feelings for Steela , to whom he had become close . As the rebels escalated their attacks , they decided to make a public address to gain support in Iziz . While Steela led an assault on a Separatist troop column , Bonteri surreptitiously placed a holoprojector on a crate in Malgan Market , then rendezvoused with Tano , who had planted another transmitter elsewhere in the city . Once they received a signal from Steela , both remotely activated their holoprojectors , which each generated a large hologram of Steela that towered above the rooftops . Steela assured the civilian populace of the rebellion ' s intentions and declared that they needed to reinstate Ramsis Dendup , their rightful ruler ; her words did much to ease the beleaguered people ' s fears . Some time after Bonteri and the others returned to their safe house , Dono arrived with the grave news that Rash , holding Dendup responsible for instigating the rebel attacks , was holding a public execution of the former king the next day in Yolahn Square . The Gerrera siblings agreed on the need to rescue Dendup but became divided over the best time to do so . Steela believed that they could gain momentum by freeing him during the execution , in a display for all of Iziz to witness . Saw , on the other hand , was convinced that the Separatists expected them to do just that , and was of the opinion that they should act more quickly . He departed to rescue Dendup on his own despite protest from Bonteri and Steela , the latter of whom sent Dono to follow her brother . Later that evening , Bonteri joined Steela in brainstorming a way for them to free Dendup , though he became distracted and could not help letting his feelings for her show ; she spurned his interest in her for the time being and had him gather the other rebels to be briefed on the plan . Steela ' s idea was for them to stage their rescue just as Dendup was about to be executed , a strategy that Bonteri saw as risky but attainable due to the element of surprise . When Bonteri asked Tano if she would be taking part , she stated that she would not be participating , as she had already become more involved in Onderonian affairs than the Jedi Council had intended . At that moment , Dono rushed into the room and reported that Saw had been captured while trying to free Dendup from imprisonment in Rash ' s royal palace , the Unifar Temple . Bonteri promptly gathered a squad to free Saw , but Steela stopped him , maintaining that because their priority was Dendup , they lacked the time and manpower to rescue both her brother and the former king . When Tano agreed with Steela ' s orders , Bonteri and his comrades reluctantly acquiesced , resolving to adhere to their original plan . The morning of the execution , Bonteri and Steela took several soldiers to Yolahn Square for their rescue operation . There , they shouldered their way through the crowd of hundreds gathering to watch the proceedings . Flanked by a line of B1 battle droids , Rash brought Dendup out onto the steps of the Unifar Temple , followed by a handcuffed Saw , several IG - 100 MagnaGuards , and General Kalani , a super tactical droid whom Dooku had sent to Onderon in command of droid reinforcements for Rash . Just as Rash issued the order for Dendup ' s execution , Steela signaled the rebels to begin their attack . Bonteri pulled Steela ' s sniper rifle out from under his cloak , and she used it to snipe the two MagnaGuards that were about to activate Dendup ' s electroguillotine . Acting swiftly , Bonteri tossed a pair of smoke grenade s onto the palace steps , generating a smoke cover that he and his fellow soldiers employed to engage the droids . He slipped through the smoke and knocked down Rash with his blaster , then covered Steela from the droids as she freed Dendup from the electroguillotine . Before they could escape with Dendup , Bonteri and his friends found all of their paths blocked by B2 super battle droids that Kalani had called in as reinforcements . At Kalani ' s demand for their surrender , Dendup told the rebels to lay down their weapons . Bonteri and the others complied , being taken aside by the super battle droids as Rash prepared to execute them once he had dealt with Dendup . Just as another pair of MagnaGuards readied their electrostaffs to trigger Dendup ' s electroguillotine , the execution was again interrupted , this time by General Tandin of the Royal Onderon Militia . Having previously sworn allegiance to Rash and the crown , Tandin — who had come to regret his servitude to Rash and the Confederacy following a discussion with the captive Saw — came to the aid of the rebels . With Tandin and his squad of royal Onderon Guard s facing down Rash and his battle droids , Bonteri released Dendup from the electroguillotine . While Tandin held Rash hostage as leverage over the Separatists , the Onderon Guards helped Bonteri and Dendup escape with the Gerreras and their other comrades into the crowd , which cheered the turn of events . Only Tandin was left behind , and he was saved from Kalani ' s droids thanks to intervention from Tano . Bonteri and the rebels brought Dendup to the safe house , where they were soon joined by Tano and Tandin . Tandin pledged his loyalty and that of the Royal Onderon Militia to Dendup , as did Steela on behalf of the rebellion . Although their fight to free Onderon was sure to escalate , as the Separatists would respond to their rescue of Dendup with full force , Steela believed that their numbers would grow with the former king now on their side . As they celebrated Dendup ' s release , Bonteri relayed his gratitude to Tano , who had interceded to help them despite her orders from the Jedi Council . The final fight . With the looming prospect of full - scale fighting , the Onderon rebels decided to withdraw from Iziz to the Onderon highlands , which lay to the east of the capital , in an effort to minimize civilian casualties . Before joining their comrades , Bonteri accompanied Tano to Malgan Market one last time , where she placed another holographic projector that transmitted a message to the civilians from Ramsis Dendup . In his address , Dendup spoke in favor of the rebels and urged the population to protest the Separatists ' wrongful repression of their independence . His words caused the people in the town square to turn against the present droid patrols , while Tano departed from an adjacent roof with Bonteri on his ruping mount . They flew due east to the nest , the base that the rebels had established in the mountains , and reported the rioting to Dendup , Tandin , and the Gerreras . Much to the surprise of Bonteri and the others , Dendup designated Steela as the overall commanding general of the royal army in Tandin ' s stead . Honored by Dendup ' s faith in her , Steela immediately began preparations for the forthcoming battle , and though Bonteri did not get a chance to congratulate her , she briefly let down her guard to exchange a kiss with him . It was not long before Kalani located the rebels in the mountains and sent out a full army of battle droids to confront them . While Tandin oversaw the insurgency and the Royal Militia ' s joint ground campaign against the droids , Saw took to the skies with a group of ruping riders to launch aerial bombardments on the enemy infantry . Bonteri , meanwhile , joined Steela and Tano atop one of the rocky spires to blast the droids from their elevated position . The ensuing engagement progressed in favor of the rebels until the arrival of a squadron of HMP droid gunships . Being ray shielded , the droid gunships were able to withstand the soldiers ' blaster fire and attacked Bonteri ' s spire platform with scores of missiles , forcing him to take flight with Tano on his ruping while Steela escaped on her own mount . The three took up position on the ground , providing covering fire as Tandin and Saw , unable to repel the droid gunships , retreated with their men to escape the heavy ordnance barrages . Bonteri , Tano , and the Gerreras regrouped with Tandin and Dendup at the nest to decide on their next move . Steela ordered Saw and Tandin to stagger their defense to the camp , having their men remain in small teams so as to avoid forming large targets for the enemy gunships . Bonteri was frustrated that Tano , who had requested reinforcements from Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi to counter the deadly gunships , had her hands tied on account of the Republic ' s inability to interfere in what was seen as an internal Onderonian affair , but Steela was nevertheless grateful for the Padawan ' s assistance . Bonteri was soon to have a change of heart about the Republic ' s involvement . The Personal Luxury Yacht 3000 " Fortune and Glory " landed near the nest , and Captain Hondo Ohnaka and some members of his gang of pirates disembarked with several crates of cargo . Although Bonteri , Steela , and Tano were wary of the pirates , Ohnaka revealed that his cargo was a smuggled supply of RPS - 6 rocket launchers , paid for by Skywalker on the Republic ' s behalf for use against the droid gunships . Ohnaka and his men promptly left when a trio of droid commandos arrived and attacked the rebels . Once Steela and her ruping made quick work of the droids , she , Bonteri , and Tano each loaded up a pair of the rocket launchers and set off to distribute the heavy artillery to Saw and the others , who had already engaged the battle droids in the canyon leading to the nest . The rocket launchers proved to be a success , as they allowed Saw and his men to penetrate the enemy gunships ' ray shields , to great effect . Shortly thereafter , Steela received word from a soldier back at the nest that one of the gunships , with orders to assassinate Dendup , was targeting the clifftop base . Following Steela ' s lead , Bonteri climbed onto his ruping with Tano and headed back to protect Dendup . Steela reached the nest ahead of them and defended Dendup from several droid commandos pursuing him to the edge of the cliff , while Bonteri and Tano , upon landing , cut through an additional squad of B1 battle droids . As Steela saved Dendup from the droid commandos , Saw shot down the last of the droid gunships , which crashed into the cliff face upon which Bonteri and the others were standing . Bonteri and Tano were able to avoid the crashing gunship , but it hit the edge of the cliff where Steela was with Dendup , destabilizing it . After pushing Dendup to safety , Steela failed to jump to stable ground herself and helplessly clung to the edge . Immediately coming to his friend ' s aid , Bonteri crawled onto the cliff face and found Steela ' s hand just a few inches out of reach . He , too , would have fallen off if not for Tano , who telekinetically lifted him to safety with the Force , then turned her attention to Steela . Before Tano could pull Steela to stable ground , the downed droid gunship , its laser cannon still operational , trained its gun on Tano and hit her through the shoulder . Although Bonteri briskly took up Steela ' s sniper rifle and disabled the gunship ' s cannon , the damage had been done : Tano ' s wound disrupted her concentration long enough for her Force hold on Steela to be severed . Bonteri and Tano looked on in horror as their friend fell to her death on the rocks below , the final and most devastating casualty for Bonteri and the rest of the rebels to endure . Bonteri and Tano flew their ruping down to the base of the canyon , where a crestfallen Saw cradled the body of his sister as the other soldiers stood in shock . Saw , having shot down the gunship that had compromised the cliff face , felt responsible for Steela ' s death , but Bonteri told him that she had known — as well as they had — the risk that freeing Onderon had required . The rebels emerged victorious over the Separatists in the highlands , and the Confederate defeat prompted Dooku to withdraw Kalani and his forces from Onderon due to the unfavorable prospect of a prolonged conflict . After Bonteri and his comrades returned to Iziz , Dendup reclaimed the throne from Rash , who had been assassinated by Kalani on Dooku ' s orders . In one of his first acts as the reinstated monarch , Dendup re - appointed Bonteri as Onderon ' s Senatorial representative . With Onderon liberated from Confederate influence , a ceremony was held at the Unifar Temple to commemorate Steela ' s sacrifice and Onderon ' s restored independence . Thousands of citizens gathered in Yolahn Square to mourn the loss of the rebel leader alongside Bonteri , Tano , Saw , and their comrades ; Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi also came to pay their respects . Having seen the valor of the Jedi and the Republic ' s commitment to freedom , Bonteri decided to continue his mother ' s pursuit of peace by joining the Galactic Senate and bringing Onderon back into the Republic , a choice that Tano was pleased to hear . Personality and traits . Adolescent in wartime . A fair - skinned Human male , Lux Bonteri stood 1 . 78 meters tall and had brown hair and pale blue eyes . Idealistic from a young age , he was brought up in the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars . Born to a prominent Separatist senator , he shared some of his mother Mina ' s views , including her frustration and sadness with the war ' s never - ending casualties ; he lamented that so many lives were caught in the fighting between the Republic and the Confederacy . Following the death of his father , a fervent supporter of the Confederacy , Bonteri became increasingly withdrawn , much to his mother ' s concern , and developed a hatred for the Republic . A polite and well - mannered host , he obediently offered to relieve his family ' s house guests , Padmé Amidala and Ahsoka Tano , of their luggage when asked to do so . He became acquainted with Amidala during her studies under his mother ' s charge . Like his mother , he wanted for the war to reach a diplomatic end , though their campaign for peace did not succeed . He was perturbed but not outright offended when Tano , who harbored a distrust for all Separatists , curtly refused his offer to help her with her luggage . Prior to the war , Bonteri was taught that the Jedi Knights of the Republic were good , but that mindset was challenged after his family joined the Confederacy . The people whom he befriended in the following months blamed the Republic and the Jedi for the war ' s bloodshed , and he responsively became skeptical of the aims of the Republic and the Jedi Order . Upon meeting a Jedi , Tano , for the first time , Bonteri initially did not know what to make of her . After speaking with her , he realized that the Jedi were not as bad as he had originally believed , though when asked what he thought of her , he took the opportunity to flirt with her . While conferring with Tano , Bonteri played a significant part in helping her see that the war was not as black - and - white as she had presumed , causing her to think twice about the Separatists and enabling her to see that they were not inherently evil , as she had at first contended . The two grew in understanding of each other as time went on , each revisiting ideas of what had formerly been a faceless enemy , and fostered a friendship that began to develop with stronger feelings . Senator and freedom fighter . After his mother was killed , the orphaned Bonteri did not believe that the Republic was responsible as Dooku claimed . When he learned that Dooku — whom he had once admired as a strong and trusted leader — had ordered his mother ' s assassination , Bonteri swore vengeance and vowed to bring the count to justice . By that time , he had gained enough political acumen to replace his mother as the senator of Onderon , though he later resigned his Parliament seat to pursue revenge . He had no intention of joining the Republic and refused to accept amnesty ; the Republic ' s failure to protect his mother only deepened his resentment toward it . So focused was he on avenging his mother ' s death that he fell in with the Death Watch , to whose terrorist and murderous ways he was blind . He badly misjudged the character of the Mandalorians and their potential for cruelty , instead seeing only nobility in them and their leader , Pre Vizsla . While working to determine Dooku ' s whereabouts , Bonteri displayed bravery in breaching protocol and openly accusing Dooku of murder , refusing to be silenced by Bec Lawise at the peace conference on Mandalore . In his speech there , he claimed to be a loyal Separatist , even a patriot , despite having severed his Confederate ties . Throughout the incident , Bonteri retained his friendship with Tano and appreciated her help , though he believed that he had everything under control . Despite not being a fighter , he went so far as to turn a deactivator pistol on Tano when she attempted to take him to Coruscant . He even stunned her unconscious so that he could rendezvous with the Death Watch . Blinded by his desire for revenge , Bonteri stood by his plan to murder Dooku and did not wish for Tano to compromise it . To prevent her objections from being overheard , he impulsively kissed her as part of her cover that she was his betrothed . Although he wanted for Vizsla and the Death Watch to correctly use the information on Dooku ' s whereabouts , he risked raising the hardened Vizsla ' s ire in doing so . He failed to heed Tano ' s claims about the Death Watch ' s cruel and violent nature , believing that she simply did not understand his situation , but finally realized otherwise when Vizsla ordered an attack on the Ming Po village . He came to see the Death Watch as little better than Dooku , though a hypocrisy in him was noted by Vizsla , who recalled that it was Bonteri ' s own desire for revenge that had brought him to them in the first place . Once they had escaped from the Death Watch , Bonteri , electing to go into hiding , was still determined to follow his own path , even if it meant leaving Tano behind . He promised her that they would meet again one day , parting with her on amicable terms before setting off to find his own destiny . In the time following the incident on Carlac , Bonteri came to regret his attempt at joining the Death Watch and was grateful to Tano for helping him see the error of his ways . He soon found a new cause in the Onderon rebels , becoming a soldier to fight for Onderonian independence . He used his political skills to aid the insurgency in obtaining legitimacy , and he also secured training and supplies via his contacts with the Jedi Order , given his connection with Tano . Though he grew determined to free his homeworld from Separatist influence by restoring Ramsis Dendup to the throne , his ill feelings toward the Republic remained ; as he told Tano , he was not fighting for the Republic . He knew that their insurgency required the support of the people if they were to overthrow King Sanjay Rash ' s regime , repeatedly advocating that they win the civilians ' trust by assuring them of their intentions , so as to ensure that the rebels were not publicly feared as the Separatist battle droids were . He clashed with fellow rebel Saw Gerrera on multiple occasions , believing that their success depended on political strength as well as military power , the latter of which Saw relied upon . Though they learned to work together , Bonteri often became irritated with Saw ' s short temper ; Saw in turn questioned his effectiveness on the battlefield given his background as a politician . Bonteri nursed a close friendship with Saw ' s sister Steela , growing closer to her as they took the fight to Rash in Iziz . After Saw was captured by Rash ' s forces during a single - handed attempt to free Dendup , Bonteri believed that they should act quickly and gathered his fellow soldiers to rescue Saw . He expected Steela to agree , but she convinced him — with the aid of Tano , who stated that purpose was more important than personal feelings — that they could not afford to divide their resources by rescuing both Dendup and her brother . Bonteri ' s part in saving Dendup from execution earned him the gratitude of the former king , who believed that Bonteri ' s mother would be proud of him for his commitment to liberty . Throughout their operations , Bonteri developed feelings for Steela and , at one point , could not resist letting them show . He was saddened when she placed her leadership of the insurgency first and rebuffed him in the interim , though he did not lose hope that she would reciprocate his interest in her . She eventually admitted that she shared his feelings , and they exchanged a kiss before the battle for the highlands . At the same time , Bonteri maintained his close relationship with Tano , who in turn was forced to confront her own confused emotions toward him . At times he became frustrated with the Jedi High Council ' s limits on her involvement in the fighting , but through her he nevertheless witnessed firsthand the heroics and selflessness of the Jedi . Bonteri was grateful to find that the Jedi Order and the Republic had not given up on the rebels when Anakin Skywalker managed to smuggle a supply of much - needed rocket launchers to them . The Jedi ' s part in liberating Onderon from the Confederacy had a lasting impression on Bonteri , who — contrary to his original expectations — began to reconsider his long - held bitterness toward the Republic . Despite recognizing the substantial risk to becoming involved in the war between the Republic and the Confederacy , he saw the Republic as the best ally to ensure Onderon ' s continued freedom and independence . In addition , although he was devastated with losing Steela and deeply mourned her passing , her sacrifice further galvanized his determination to continue his mother ' s pursuit of peace and her work toward realigning Onderon with the Republic , in his renewed capacity as his homeworld ' s senator . Equipment . Being the son of a well - known politician in a high - standing family , Lux Bonteri dressed formally while living on Raxus , even for daily activities around his family ' s estate . He wore a collared , embroidered lavender suit made of cloth , complete with a neck pin , metal shin guards , and black leather boots . After leaving Raxus , he sported darker , more all - purpose clothes , including gloves , a coat complete with shoulder guards , and even a deactivator pistol as personal weaponry . In icy conditions , he donned a headcap for warmth . Once he joined the Onderon rebels , Bonteri adopted soldier ' s gear to supplement his all - purpose suit , including a heavy vest with various equipment that he hefted over his coat . For weaponry , he carried a twin set of blaster pistols holstered on his thighs , as well as a DC - 15S at times . As necessitated by the insurgency ' s covert operations , he wore a hooded cloak to conceal his identity . Behind the scenes . The character of Lux Bonteri was created for the and first appeared in " Heroes on Both Sides , " an episode that aired with the series ' on November 19 , 2010 . Voice actor Jason Spisak provided Bonteri ' s voice in the episode , which was written by Daniel Arkin and directed by Kyle Dunlevy . Bonteri ' s primary purpose as a character was to challenge Ahsoka Tano ' s anti - Separatist perspective on the war , as she had been brought up on teachings from such figures as her Master , Anakin Skywalker . Bonteri also became a potential romantic interest for Tano , given their shared age and views . He returned to the series , again voiced by Spisak , in the episode " A Friend in Need , " which aired on January 13 , 2012 as part of the series ' . The episode , which expanded on the alluded romance between Tano and Bonteri in " Heroes on Both Sides , " was written by Series Head Writer Christian Taylor and directed by Supervising Director Dave Filoni , who took a personal interest in the story . Bonteri received an entry in the StarWars . com Encyclopedia in September 2011 , which later updated to attribute Onderon as his homeworld . Another update confirmed that he briefly filled his mother ' s position in the Separatist Parliament , something that had been referred to in " A Friend in Need " but not explicitly clarified . In October 2012 , Bonteri was featured in a four - part story arc — comprising the episodes " A War on Two Fronts , " " Front Runners , " " The Soft War , " and " Tipping Points " — in the series ' , for which Jason Spisak returned to voice the character . Besides advancing his role in the Onderon rebels , the story arc brought Tano ' s feelings for him to a head due to his own romance with Steela Gerrera .