Ki - Adi - Mundi Ki - Adi - Mundi , a Force - sensitive Cerean male , was a Jedi Master and member of the Jedi High Council during the last years of the Galactic Republic . By the time of the Clone Wars , Mundi became a Jedi General of the Grand Army of the Republic . Like his Jedi colleagues , he led the Republic clone trooper s against the Separatist Alliance forces in several battles across the galaxy , including the first and second campaign on Geonosis and the Outer Rim Sieges . In 19 BBY , the third and final year of the war , Mundi oversaw the Republic invasion of Mygeeto with the Galactic Marines under his command . During the campaign , Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine instructed the Grand Army soldier s to execute their Jedi leaders in accordance with Order 66 , an act which resulted in the death of Mundi along with the majority of the Jedi Order . Biography . Naboo Crisis . By the time of the Naboo crisis , Mundi had achieved the rank of Jedi Master . Qui - Gon Jinn approached the Jedi Council , describing a lightsaber duel he had on Tatooine with a Zabrak . Jinn believed the warrior to be a Sith , a claim that the Council , and Mundi in particular , met with skepticism . Jinn also brought Anakin Skywalker in front of the Jedi Council , the boy had a high Midi - chlorian count and had a good grasp on the Force , but the Council denied his and Jinn ' s wishes to train him as a Jedi , believing he was too old , and had much fear in him . Following the death of Jinn at the hands of the warrior Darth Maul , the Council reversed their decision to allow Skywalker to be trained . Mundi traveled to Naboo for Jinn ' s Funeral . Several years later , Mundi traveled with a Republic task force to Carnelion IV where they rescued Kenobi and Skywalker and also ended the war between the Open and Closed human inhabitants of the world . The Clone Wars . Genesis of the Clone Wars and Geonosis . Just before the dawn of the Clone Wars , Mundi attended a meeting with Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine in his office , along with fellow Jedi Mace Windu , Yoda , Plo Koon , Kit Fisto , Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee . Palpatine explained an alarming number of star system s were breaking away from the Galactic Republic to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems , a Separatist movement led by the former Jedi Master Count Dooku . The Senate was to consider a vote on the establishment through the Military Creation Act , a move Palpatine claimed he wished to avoid if possible , as some feared it could lead to war with the Separatists . As the meeting concluded , Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo , who had just survived an assassination attempt , arrived and explained she believed Dooku was the behind the attack . Windu reminded Amidala that Dooku had been a Jedi once , and Mundi reasoned that he was simply a political idealist . Later , when Obi - Wan Kenobi reported that the bounty hunter Jango Fett was behind the assassin ation attempts on Amidala , Mundi and the Council ordered Kenobi to track the bounty hunter down , and commanded Skywalker to bring Amidala safely back to Naboo . Later , Mundi listened along with the rest of the Jedi High Council to a message from Kenobi , who had tracked Fett to the droid foundries of Geonosis , where it appeared the Trade Federation was about to take delivery of a droid army . Kenobi explained Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray was behind the attempts on Amidala ' s life . Kenobi ' s transmission was interrupted as he was attacked by a droideka s , prompting a meeting between Mundi , Yoda , Windu , Palpatine and Senators Bail Organa , Ask Aak , Jar Jar Binks and Mas Amedda . When the Jedi explained only about 200 fellow Jedi were available to go to Geonosis to stop the Separatist forces from assembling , the current senator of Naboo , Jar Jar Binks made plans to vote Palpatine emergency powers so he could call the recently - discovered clone army into battle . Windu assembled a strike team of Jedi to rescue Kenobi on Geonosis . Mundi was among the Jedi who traveled to the planet ' s surface and infiltrated the arena , where Kenobi , Skywalker and Amidala were about to be executed . Mundi appeared at a ledge overlooking the arena along with Aayla Secura and Koon , all of whom ignited their lightsaber s as Windu personally confronted Dooku . Although they were desperately outnumbered by the Separatist Droid Army , Mundi and his fellow Jedi engaged the droids in a bloody battle . After several tense minutes of fighting , the majority of the Jedi were slain and Dooku ' s forces gained the upper hand , rounding Mundi and the other surviving Jedi into the center of the arena . Before he could kill them , however , the Jedi were rescued by the Republic ' s newly - acquired clone army , led into the arena by Yoda aboard Low Altitude Assault Transport / infantry s . As the gunship s opened fire on the droids , the Jedi resumed their lightsaber battle against the droids , with Mundi deflecting blaster shots and fighting back - to - back with Amidala . The Cerean helped Fisto get aboard before taking off and escaping the arena . As they flew away , Yoda insisted to Windu and Mundi that they must attempt to prevent Dooku ' s escape or he would rally more systems to his cause . Windu ordered the pilot to land in an assembly area in the desert . Mundi continued to fight until the Separatists ordered a full retreat . Mundi was one of the few Jedi to survive the battle at Geonosis , which formally marked the beginning of the Clone Wars . Calming Mace Windu . Shortly after the battle of Geonosis , Mundi meet with Windu via hologram to discuss the battle . The two of them discussed how so many Jedi were killed in the battle , and that those Jedi would be missed , but that it was good that they were one with the Force . The two old friends also discussed how the Clone Wars were upon the Galaxy , with Windu stating he felt uneasy about leading the Clone Army , but stated that sometimes they must be offensive . Mundi then remarking the title of General must be added to the Jedi among their other titles . The two raised their cups to peace and the fallen . Mundi was also at council meeting a short time later assigning Windu to go to Hissrich . Return to Geonosis . Although Geonosis had been captured by the Republic at the onset of the Clone Wars , resistance from the Geonosian natives and their loyalty to Count Dooku proved stronger than the Jedi Order anticipated , and the Jedi soon discovered Separatist leader Poggle the Lesser had established several battle droid foundries on the planet capable of creating thousands of weapons . The Jedi Council dispatched Mundi , Kenobi and Unduli to lead a massive clone army fleet to retake Geonosis and destroy the droid foundries , the destruction of which was viewed as essential to the Republic war effort . Aboard the bridge of one of the Star Destroyer s during the voyage , Mundi and Kenobi lamented at the Republic ' s failure to recognize how loyal the native Geonosians remained to the Confederacy . Later , a hologram meeting session was held between Mundi , Kenobi , Skywalker , Unduli , Ahsoka Tano , Palpatine , Yoda and Windu to discuss the battle plan . Mundi , Kenobi and Skywalker were to lead three separate fronts of a three - pronged attack on a Ray shield Fortress generator , which protected the primary droid foundry where Poggle had established his command post . Mundi and Jet were to lead a northern advance through the Geonosian defense lines to a staging area called Point Rain a short distance from the shield generator . The troop s would establish a defensive perimeter around the staging area , where Mundi ' s forces would meet up with those of Kenobi and Skywalker , who would be coming in after leading their forces through central and southern advances , respectively . Once they rendezvoused , the three Jedi were to combine their forces on an attack against the shield generator . Mundi suggested if either of the three forces were met with heavy resistance that prevented them from reaching the staging area on time , the others should wait until they arrive before advancing on the shield generator . With their planning complete , the Jedi split up to mobilize forces for the upcoming battle . Shortly after Kenobi and Skywalker ' s men entered the battle , Mundi boarded an LAAT / i gunship and launched along with Jet and a company of clones aboard the " Resolute " , the flagship of Admiral Wullf Yularen . Mundi led several other gunships into the battle and were immediately met with extremely heavy gunfire . Several of the ships among Mundi ' s forces were destroyed , and Mundi quickly lost contact with Skywalker after his own gunship was shot down . Many of the ships were carrying All Terrain Tactical Enforcer s and Mundi ordered them to be dropped to the ground right away , before they were all destroyed all with the gunships . Immediately after issuing this order , the gunship was struck by enemy fire and crashed onto the planet surface below . Many of the clones aboard were killed but Jet and Mundi survived , although the Cerean was injured . Jet reported that only Kenobi ' s forces made it to the staging area , and that Skywalker and his men had crashed were caught in a firefight with the Geonosians . Mundi ordered the injured among his men to be loaded onto the AT - TE walker , and then for the forces to move forward toward a nearby bridge , where Mundi hoped to meet up with Skywalker ' s forces on their way to Kenobi ' s position . As the forces traveled through a large caltrop field , Mundi went up ahead and used his lightsaber to cut down the giant caltrops so his walkers could pass them unharmed . Jet requested air support from Yularen , but the admiral denied the request , claiming all starfighter s and other resources were engaged elsewhere in the planetary invasion . Upon arriving at a trail leading up to a clifftop cave , Mundi split up his forces , ordering the AT - TE walkers to take the longer route to Kenobi ' s position while the Jedi took a squad of 13 clones to investigate what Mundi believed was a shortcut through the cave . Mundi admitted to Jet he did not know for sure the cave would be a faster route , but could only trust his instincts . After entering the cave , which disrupted their communications , Mundi sensed an incoming presence and ordered his men to take defensive positions just as a swarm of winged Geonosian warriors attacked them . Several of the clones were swept up and carried deeper into the cave to be killed , but Mundi ordered the men not to stop and continue pushing forward . Despite heavy casualties , Mundi ' s men cut their way through the cave , and upon reaching the other side , the Cerean ordered his flame trooper s to fire their flamethrower s . Most of the remaining Geonosians were killed , allowing Mundi and his surviving troops to exit the cave . Afterward , Mundi made contact with Skywalker , who informed him the path to the staging area was now clear but that Kenobi ' s forces were being overwhelmed by the enemy there . Upon a request for air support from Skywalker , Yularen dispatched a Y - wing bomber squadron , which bombed the advancing Separatist tanks just as Mundi , Skywalker and Tano arrived at Kenobi ' s position . The Jedi regrouped and determined that , despite their losses , their combined forces were still sufficient to destroy the shield generator . Skywalker took a small force through the shield barrier and jammed the Geonosians ' scanners , which freed the AT - TE walkers to fire upon the shield generator without risk of being targeted . Once the generator was destroyed , Mundi led the rest of the clone troopers into the battle via gunships . After they landed , the remaining Geonosians at the Ray Shield Fortress were outnumbered by the clones and forced to surrender , marking the end of that phase of the battle . The injured Mundi and Kenobi were unable to continue with the rest of the attack , and were to be taken back to the fleet along with the other injured soldier s for bacta tank treatment . Skywalker was left in charge of the remaining Republic forces , which were to set out for Poggle ' s primary droid foundry . Before departing the planet , Mundi overheard Skywalker and Tano boasting about their number of kills during the battle , and the Cerean noted that his own kill total of 65 , which was greater than that of either of the two other Jedi and thus earned Skywalker ' s respect . Mundi and the rest of the injured left the planet , while Skywalker and Unduli later led a successful effort to destroy the primary droid foundry . By the time Mundi recovered from his injuries in the bacta tank , he was aboard a Jedi transport docked at a Geonosian landing zone . Anxious to return to the mission at hand , Mundi reviewed strategic charts and maps to help continue the search for Poggle , who had escaped the primary droid foundry . Mundi and Kenobi were contacted via holocomm by Unduli , who had been tracking Poggle and believed he was hiding at the nearby Progate Temple . Mundi felt that location was unlikely because little would have survived the first wave of Republic attacks there , which would leave Poggle to exposure at the temple . Unduli nevertheless decided to investigate , despite Mundi ' s warnings against it due to an incoming sandstorm . The storm left the Jedi unable to leave the transport and provide Unduli assistance and , when Skywalker grew concerned that she failed to report in several hours later , Mundi urged him to have patience . When Unduli finally reported back , she explained Poggle had been tracked to the temple , and her holocomm transmission cut out just as she was attacked by unseen assailants . Skywalker wished to rescue her immediately , but Mundi and Kenobi said they had no choice but to wait for the sandstorm to die down . Later , Mundi stayed behind while Kenobi and Skywalker led forces into the temple to rescue her . After getting attacked by Geonosians infected with brain worm s , the Jedi tried to send clone trooper s to Mundi for reinforcements , but they were killed and the message never reached him . Kenobi and Skywalker ultimately succeeded in rescuing Unduli and taking Poggle prisoner . Post - Geonosis service . As they prepared to take Poggle back to Coruscant , Mundi received a transmission from Windu on Dantooine . Although Windu ' s forces had fended off an attack there , they had suffered heavy casualties and were in immediate need of medical supplies from a medical station at Ord Cestus . Mundi informed the others , who decided to send Tano and Offee to pick up the supplies while Mundi , Kenobi and Unduli took Poggle back to Coruscant to be interrogated . Later , on the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer making the voyage back to Coruscant , Skywalker informed Mundi , Kenobi , Unduli and Captain Rex that the ship carrying Tano and Offee has been infected by Geonosian brain worm s . Skywalker later interrogated Poggle alone and learned the brain words were susceptible to cold temperature s . When Mundi asked Skywalker how he convinced Poggle to talk , the Jedi Knight declined to answer , and the Cerean was unaware that Skywalker used violent methods to achieve his means . Capture of Eeth Koth . Mundi was present at the Jedi Temple when the Council viewed a hologram transmission from General Grievous , who had captured Eeth Koth . Upon discovering Koth secretly used hand signals in the message to indicate he was in the Saleucami system , the Council assigned Skywalker , Kenobi and Adi Gallia to rescue him . Jedi in distress . Some weeks later , Mundi also viewed a holocomm strategy session led by Koon on Coruscant along with Tano and Secura , who were interrupted by the astromech droid R2 - D2 . When R2 projected a message that Skywalker and Windu were trapped on Vanqor and in grave danger , Koon prepared his ship for an immediate rescue . Mysterious transmission . Not too long afterward , Mundi and the rest of the Council received a report from Admiral Tenant about a mysterious transmission that had been intercepted in the Chrelythiumn system . Although the source for and reason behind the call were unknown , Tenant reported that it contained a Jedi distress signal that had not been used in more than 2 , 000 years . A plot to abduct the Chancellor . Sometime after that , the Council learned that Dooku schemed to abduct Chancellor Palpatine at the Festival of Light on Naboo . As a result of this , the Council hatched a plan to thwart Dooku ' s efforts . Kenobi would fake his death by assassination and then pose as Rako Hardeen to infiltrate Dooku ' s cadre of bounty hunters and provide information to the kidnapping itself . Mundi attended the mock funeral for Kenobi . The return of Maul . Sometime afterwards the Jedi received an extraordinarily shocking transmission sent from the Outer Rim planet of Raydonia by Darth Maul - the Sith Lord that killed Qui - Gonn Jinn on Naboo years earlier . Mundi and Koon watched Maul ' s transmission via hologram , as Maul massacred a village of people ordering Kenobi face him alone . Kenobi went against Windu ' s wishes of caution and headed out to face the resurrected Sith Lord alone . Crisis on Mandalore . Mundi , along with Yoda , announced to Kenobi that Duchess Satine Kryze had asked for his help to free Mandalore from criminals . Mundi argued that the Jedi would not be able to help her , because intervening on neutral Mandalore would be considered an act of war . Nevertheless , Kenobi secretly traveled to Mandalore to assist his former lover . Attack on the Jedi Temple . Sometime later the Jedi temple was attacked by an unknown assailant . The attack killed six Jedi , maintenance crew and clone soldiers within the Jedi Temple hangar . As a result of this attack , Grand Master Yoda contacted Skywalker and Tano , recalling them from the battle on Cato Neimoidia to question witnesses and lead the investigation . In the Council chamber , the Council briefed Skywalker and Tano as to what they needed to do . Windu told them to be on alert and to not make any assumptions . The Council also aired out their concern that someone within the Jedi would have turned to the dark side and committed the act . Soon after , it was discovered that anti - Jedi activist Letta Turmond fed her husband , Jedi Temple worker Jackar Bowmani , nano - droid s which unwittingly caused him to explode , thus causing the damage to the hangar bay . Shortly after Turmond ' s arrest , Mundi and the rest of the Council attended a joint funeral for the six Jedi — including Jedi Knight Tutso Mara — that perished . Fugitive Padawan . Sometime after that , the Council learned that Tano had been arrested by Clone Commander Fox after she allegedly murdered the imprisoned Turmond via the Force . Soon after that , Tano broke free and escaped a Republic military base , eventually reaching the portal to the Coruscant underworld . Skywalker , Fox and Rex failed to re - apprehend Tano as she made her getaway . After that , the Council held a meeting to discuss the course of action to take . Koon and Skywalker were sent with Commander Wolffe and Rex to find Tano and bring her back into Jedi custody . Their search led them to the Coruscant Underworld level of Level 1315 , where Tano was found in a warehouse with crates full of nano - droids . A little while later , the Council received a transmission from Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin , who made it clear that Tano should be expelled from the Jedi Order so that she could be dealt with by the Republic in a more easier fashion . Once the transmission ended , Kenobi strongly suggested that the Council side with Tano , but Mundi , Saesee Tiin and Windu refused , noting that in addition to the evidence against her , failing to comply could be regarded as an act of defiance against the Senate . Yoda then stated that Tano should come before them in the Chamber of Judgment alongside her master , Skywalker . Mundi was a part of that meeting , seated alongside Kenobi , Windu , Koon , Yoda and Shaak Ti . Tano tried in vain to prove that she was innocent , but Windu closed the matter by formally expelling Tano from the Jedi Order . As Tano ' s platform lowered , Mundi informed her that she was banished from the Jedi Order , and therefore stripped of her Padawan status . In addition , her battlefield privileges were revoked and she was subsequently remanded to the custody of the Republic . Afterward , a military trial was held for Tano . But before the verdict could be given out for Tano , Skywalker burst into the room and revealed that the true culprit that framed Tano was Offee , who openly confessed to her crimes and claimed that the Jedi had fallen to the dark side by fighting in the Clone Wars . As a result , Offee was imprisoned while Tano was cleared of all charges . Following Tano ' s acquittal , the Council personally invited her to rejoin the Order , with Mundi and Tiin praising her efforts to prove her innocence , and Windu observing her ordeal as the great trial in her path to Jedi Knighthood . But , to Mundi and the others ' aghast , Tano refused to come back , having become disillusioned with both herself and the Jedi as a result of the Council ' s lack of faith in her . Tyranus revealed . While on a mission to uncover the secrets regarding the death of Master Sifo - Dyas , Skywalker and Kenobi learned that the mysterious " Tyranus , " who helped to create the clone army was in fact Dooku . The Council realized the implications of this , that Dooku had helped to create the army he was fighting against , but decided to keep these revelations a secret as it would damage the war effort , and the Jedi trusted the clones they ' d fought alongside . Specter of the past . Yoda informed the Council that he had been contacted by the spirit of Qui - Gonn Jinn . Mundi and the Council meditated with him , but none could hear the voice . Mundi suggested that Yoda may be affected by the Sith , and as Yoda slept in the Temple ' s medical ward , suggested that Yoda ' s relationship with Dooku may have left him vulnerable . After Yoda emerged from a deprivation ritual , claiming to have spoken to Qui - Gon , Mundi remained skeptical . Rescuing Quinlan Vos . Mundi attended a Council meeting to discuss rescuing Master Quinlan Vos , who had been captured by Dooku while on an undercover mission to assassinate the Separatist leader . Mundi was also aware about the damage that Dooku ' s new right - hand man " Admiral Enigma " ( who was actually Vos ) had inflicted on the Republic . He advocated capturing him in order to prevent another Sith Lord from being let loose in the galaxy . After learning from Admiral Yularen that Enigma ' s " Providence " - class dreadnought was planning to attack Taris , the Council decided to authorize a mission to rescue Vos . In addition , the Council agreed to pardon Asajj Ventress , Dooku ' s former Sith apprentice in return for helping to rescue Vos . Following the rescue of Vos , Mundi was present at a Council meeting where Vos was assigned to lead a Jedi and Republic mission to raid a Separatist supply storage base for supplies . Mundi reported that the base contained medications , weapons , ship repair materials , and foodstuff s that would be of valuable assistance to desperate worlds . Unknown to the Council , Vos was secretly colluding with Dooku in order to discover the identity of Darth Sidious so that he could destroy the Sith Order . Vos leaked intelligence of the Republic raid to Dooku and planted explosives which destroyed much of the supplies in the asteroid . After the failed asteroid heist and another failed raid on a Separatist listening post on Vanqor , Mundi took part in a Council emergency meeting to discuss Vos ' treason against the Jedi . During the meeting , he cited Offee ' s actions as a sign that the Jedi had a problem with traitors within their own ranks . He supported Windu ' s suggestion that they should execute Vos as a deterrent . When Kenobi recommended banishing him , Mundi argued that Vos posed a serious threat to the galaxy due to status as a highly - trained Jedi Master who had turned to the dark side . In the end , the Council decided to test Vos ' loyalty by sending him on a mission to kill Dooku . Later , Mundi was present when the Council deliberated including Ventress in this mission . Mundi supported Vos ' arguments that Ventress should come along on the grounds that the Council had given her a full pardon . Ventress informed the Council that Dooku was last sighted in a Separatist dreadnought above Christophsis . The Council ' s suspicions were proven when Vos failed to kill Dooku and instead attempted to force the Sith Lord to lead him to Darth Sidious . Kenobi and the Skywalker apprehended Vos but the turncoat Jedi and Dooku escaped to Christophsis , leading to the events of the Second battle of Christophsis ; which ended in Vos ' redemption . Execution on Mygeeto . Mundi was leading the Galactic Marines in a charge across a bridge on Mygeeto when Palpatine enacted Order 66 , and Clone Commander Bacara ordered the other marines to open fire . Realizing too late he had been betrayed by his clone troopers , Mundi raised his lightsaber and deflected a handful of the shots , sending them hurling back toward the clones . However , one of the blasts struck Mundi in the stomach , which rendered him incapable of defending himself from a subsequent barrage of shots . Dropping his lightsaber , Mundi was riddled with blaster fire and fell to the ground , dead . Legacy . Three years before the Battle of Yavin , Mundi ' s lightsaber was seen in former Jedi Padawan Kanan Jarrus ' s vision of the Jedi Temple ' s dojo during his second visit to Lothal ' s Jedi Temple . Personality and traits . Ki - Adi - Mundi was a Cerean male who had white hair , yellow eye s , light skin and a height of 1 . 98 meter s . He was a logical and methodical Jedi Master who was well - known for his wisdom , his noble thinking , and his courage . Like other Cereans , he was highly intelligent due to his binary brain , which allowed him to observe both sides of a situation simultaneously . In Mundi ' s opinion , the adventurous natures of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano were unusual . Like his fellow Jedi Master Luminara Unduli , he was disturbed by Skywalker ' s brutal interrogation methods on Poggle the Lesser shortly after Poggle ' s capture during the Second Battle of Geonosis . Mundi doubted Qui - Gonn Jinn ' s contention that the Sith had returned , arguing that such a notion was " impossible " because they had not been sighted for a millennium . He was also dubious about Count Dooku ' s possible involvement in an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala , believing he was incapable of violence or murder because of his Jedi past . When Ahsoka Tano was framed for treason , the evidence against her , as well as the wish to keep the relationship between the Jedi Order and the Galactic Senate undamaged , led Mundi and the Council to expel Tano from the Order and turn her over to the Republic military . However , after her innocence was proven and the real traitor apprehended , Mundi joined his colleagues in offering to reinstate Tano into the Order , praising her efforts to prove her innocence and stating that she had shown the " true sign of a Jedi Knight . " He was aghast when she instead chose to walk away from the Order . Powers and abilities . Mundi was a lightsaber expert , possessing at least some skill with Makashi . Mundi also had extremely fast reflexes which allowed him to react in time to defend himself for a short while after his clone troopers attacked him after the enactment of Order 66 . While he was ultimately killed in the encounter , Mundi was able to deflect several shots and kill two of his troopers before they killed him . Behind the scenes . Concept and design . Ki - Adi - Mundi was designed by artistic director and concept designer Iain McCaig for the first film of the " Star Wars " prequel trilogy , " " ( 1999 ) . The design for what eventually became Mundi began when " Star Wars " creator and executive producer George Lucas asked McCaig to draw sketches for alien characters to be featured on the Jedi High Council . In doing so , McCaig experimented by drawing some unusual parodies of the elderly Obi - Wan Kenobi , including one with whale - like features , and an elongated head with ridges along the back of the neck . While drawing early conceptual sketches of the Jedi characters for the final film in the trilogy , " " ( 2005 ) , concept artist Derek Thompson proposed a version of Mundi that had lost his left eye during the battles of the Clone Wars and now wore an eye patch along with a black and gold cape . The concept was ultimately not used in the final film . Film portrayal . Ki - Adi - Mundi was portrayed by Silas Carson in all three prequel films . Carson originally auditioned for the supporting role of a fighter pilot role , but the character was eliminated from the script a few days after the audition . However , George Lucas screened a video of Silas ' audition and was so impressed he encouraged the actor to accept the role of Mundi , which led him to play the other parts as well . In addition to appearing on - screen , Carson also performed Mundi ' s voice , mimicking that of an elderly man who speaks slowly and deliberately . During the filming of " The Phantom Menace " , executive producer George Lucas had not yet decided whether he would keep Carson ' s voice or dub in that of another actor , as he had done for several other characters , but Lucas found he liked Carson ' s vocal performance and decided to keep it . To create Mundi ' s movements , Carson spent time with elderly people and watched the ways they moved and spoke . In crafting Mundi ' s manner of speech , Carson said he spoke slowly not only because of the Jedi ' s age , but because he believed Mundi was wise and would not waste his words . Lucas did not give Carson any backstory from which to build his performance as Mundi , but simply left it up to the actor to create . Once the shooting of each film was completed , Carson did not know right away whether he would be returning for the next film . According to " Star Wars Insider " writer Scott Chernoff , Lucas , producer Rick McCallum and casting director Robin Gurland were so impressed with Carson ' s four performances in " The Phantom Menace " that they decided to expand upon Mundi ' s role in the second film . The Mundi costume and prosthetics were designed by the Industrial Light & Magic visual effects creature shop . They included a prosthetic head , fake hair and two cheek pieces that were built and glued onto Carson ' s face so they would actually move along with his facial reactions . During the first film , it took about four hours to apply Mundi ' s make - up and prosthesis , but in the later films the process was narrowed down to three hours . However , while the process took longer to prepare for Mundi than it did for Nute Gunray or Lott Dod , Carson said the Mundi make - up was less hot and comfortable to wear than those other character and that he would often walk around off - set and forget he had the make - up on at all . During filming for " " ( 2002 ) , the make - up artists used a different brand of make - up glues and removers , causing Silas ' skin to break out due to allergies . Silas was trained by stunt coordinator Nick Gillard for his lightsaber scenes in " Attack of the Clones " . Upon learning Mundi would be fighting in that film , Carson worked out a great deal before filming began to get physically fit , and claimed he was even outrunning some of the . For these scenes , Carson decided that although Mundi appeared slow and frail at normal times , he should be fast and strong while fighting , although the actor struggled to maintain the balance between those two different aspects of the character . Mundi is the only sitting Jedi High Council member other than Yoda and Windu to have a speaking role in the final cut of the first three films . In " Attack of the Clones " , Mundi can be seen fighting with a green - bladed lightsaber during a shot when he stands back - to - back with Padmé Amidala . The character uses a blue - bladed lightsaber in every other shot in the film , including those that come immediately before and after that particular shot . A scene was partially filmed for " Attack of the Clones " in which Mundi and Plo Koon led a group of Jedi on a raid of a Trade Federation ship during the battle of Geonosis . This scene did not appear in the final version of the film , but the rough cut and animations later became available on the official website for registered customers . That rough cut was also included among the deleted scenes for " Attack of the Clones " in the " " collection , which was released in September 2011 . Other appearances . Ki - Adi - Mundi was voiced by Brian George in the .