Omnino Baroness Omnino was a female Venan who was the ruler of Vena during the waning years of the Galactic Republic . Biography . Rise to power . Circa 57 BBY , the rise of Baron Kindoro and Baroness Omnino to power on Vena changed the historical isolationist position the system always maintained . Due to the fact that Kindoro and Omnino had been both ambassadors to Coruscant and Alderaan , this contact with outsiders motivated an economic deregulation and active foreign policy , including trade agreements , in order to make goods accessible to the Venan royal family . This radical shift angered many Venans , who resented the fact that only the royal family was benefitting from the economic opening . The commoners called for a return to isolationism and the old - fashioned values . The regents , unwilling to give in to popular demands , imprisoned the movement leaders and sent them to labor camps . This move aggravated tensions and motivated the emergence of terrorism and sabotage against Venan nobility . This conflict was worsened with the death of Kindoro , as Baroness Omnino proved herself even more unmerciful than her husband , and waged bloody war for years against her subjects . Kindoro ' s death . Her husband ' s death 49 BBY left her with a son , the would - be Baron Sando . Master Qui - Gon Jinn was responsible for escorting her husband while traveling through Republic Space . The baron ' s heart failed , and Omnino blamed Qui - Gon for his death ; since then , she distrusted the Jedi . Several years later , the Baroness attempted to defame the Jedi and take control over the Republic . She first used an arcane mind control device to perform a false - flag assassination attempt on herself when she arrived on Coruscant to commence membership negotiations for Vena . This garnered her support within the Republic and discredited the Jedi , tasked with her protection . Years earlier , she had provided the minor con - man Taxer Sundown with a similar device and dispatched him to rule over the Ten Mile Plateau on Ord Mantell in her service . With the power granted by the mind - control device , he posed as a Jedi , alienating them from the local populace . Together with Baron Sando , he was also tasked with overseeing the deportation of sentient Mantellian Savrips , which the Venan nobility favored as exclusive food . The Baroness , feigning romantic affection for Qui - Gon , sent him on a quest to rescue her son , who was missing after a pirate raid . Unbeknownst to her , the ship he traveled with also carried captive savrips . Entirely unintentionally , she thus also planted Qui - Gon and his Padawan , Obi - Wan Kenobi , on the trace to her Mantellian activities , which they swiftly put an end to . Meanwhile , she used her artificial mind control to influence Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum , effectively controlling him . Shortly after the death of Sundown and the breakdown of her Mantellian organization , she arrived at the Ten Mile Plateau to personally put an end to the Jedi interlopers . However , it appeared she had developed some real affection for Qui - Gon , since he was able to persuade her into allowing him to join her side . The feeling was not mutual , however , as the Jedi used the first opportunity to deceive her and sever her head . With all the major conspirators dead , what remained of her scheme quickly unraveled .