Bolla Ropal / Legends Bolla Ropal was a male Rodian Jedi Master who lived in the waning years of the Galactic Republic . During the Clone Wars , Ropal acted as the keeper of the Kyber memory crystal , a device that contained the names of all known Force - sensitive children in the galaxy . Around the beginning of the war , the Rodian accompanied several other Jedi Masters and members of the Jedi High Council to a meeting with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine regarding the kidnapping of the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s son by agents of the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Later in the war , Ropal and his Padawan , Tyzen Xebec , oversaw the construction of the Temple of Eedit , a Republic base on Devaron . During a meeting between Ropal and several Devaronian dignitaries , Devaron was invaded by Confederate forces under the command of the bounty hunter Cad Bane . Under the directive of his client , Darth Sidious , Bane hunted down Ropal in order to retrieve the Kyber crystal and unlock the information it held . Ropal was defeated during the battle and taken to Bane ' s " Munificent " - class frigate , where he was imprisoned and tortured . Learning of Bane ' s plot to steal the crystal , Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker led a Republic fleet to Devaron to engage the bounty hunter and rescue Ropal before the Confederate forces fled the system . Short on time , Bane increased Ropal ' s torture while repeatedly trying to force the Jedi Master to unlock the secrets of the crystal . Ropal continually refused , and the torture eventually resulted in his death . The Jedi Master ' s body was discovered shortly thereafter by Republic forces and moved to the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Resolute " . Biography . Clone Wars . Bolla Ropal was a male Rodian who served as a Jedi in the waning years of the Galactic Republic . Hailing from the Outer Rim world of Rodia , he eventually rose to the level of Jedi Master and took the Zabrak Tyzen Xebec as his apprentice . As a Master , Ropal was given the duty to protect and preserve the information within the Kyber memory crystal , a device that held the identities of all known Force - sensitive younglings in the galaxy . This information would then be used by the Jedi Order to find new children to initiate into their ranks . Ropal visited at least one of these younglings , Wee Dunn , in Rodia ' s Kay - Tap square . After witnessing the child ' s strong connection to the Force , Ropal confirmed that he would eventually be taken by the Jedi Order but reassured the infant ' s mother , Mahtee Dunn , that this would not happen for quite some time . Ropal also had a keen interest in holocrons — repositories of Force information and history . Over his lifetime , the Jedi Master studied many of these devices . With the outbreak of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY , Ropal joined his fellow Jedi in becoming a general in the Grand Army of the Republic . Shortly after the beginning of the conflict , he accompanied Jedi Masters Mace Windu , Plo Koon , and Luminara Unduli to a meeting with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in the Chancellor ' s office in the Republic Executive Building of Coruscant ' s Senate District . The Chancellor had been contacted by the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure following the kidnapping of his son , Rotta , and had agreed to send Jedi to aid in the investigation , despite reservations voiced by Windu and Unduli . Rotta was eventually found and returned to Jabba by Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano . Later in the war , Ropal and Xebec led a contingent of the Grand Army to Devaron , a world in the Colonies region that had recently consented to allow the Republic to build the Temple of Eedit , a base on their planet . Not wanting his men to sit idle within the base , Ropal put them to work on several non - combat tasks . Under his guidance , clone troopers serving with Clone Commander CC - 4572 , nicknamed " Ganch , " of the 612th Attack Battalion , undertook good - will projects for the native Devaronians , including the construction of a dam and the ecological restoration of a once - verdant valley . Ropal took a special interest in the valley , believing it to be symbolic of Devaron ' s future . Death over Devaron . Meanwhile , Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious had hired Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane to retrieve the information stored within Ropal ' s Kyber crystal . After stealing a holocron from the Jedi Temple , Bane was loaned a fleet of Trade Federation warships to take to Devaron . Although the Jedi High Council had learned of Bane ' s plans , they were unable to contact Ropal and warn him , as he had become out - of - contact in the Devaron system . During a meeting between Ropal and two Devaronian minister s , one male and one female , concerning the progress of the Republic projects , Bane ' s armada invaded the planet . The bounty hunter ' s forces flooded into the valley where the Republic army was stationed and quickly overpowered Ropal ' s troops , despite the efforts of Commander Ganch and his soldiers . Taken by surprise , Ropal understood that the battle was lost and ordered Xebec to stay out of the valley . Bane dispatched fellow bounty hunter Aurra Sing to lead a squad of battle droids to locate Ropal and report his location to the Duros so he could move in and capture the Jedi . Sing ' s team sighted Ropal near the eastern wall of the valley and shot down a Republic gunship to distract him and his forces from Bane ' s arrival on the battlefield . Upon landing on the surface of the planet , Bane engaged the Jedi Master in combat , firing at him with cortosis bullets that shorted out Ropal ' s lightsaber . Bane then bound Ropal ' s legs with a fibercord whip and pulled him to the ground . After Bane revealed the stolen holocron and demanded that Ropal aid him in opening it , the Rodian refused and threw aside his lightsaber . Ropal was then rendered unconscious by an electrical shock from a super battle droid and taken prisoner by Bane . Stripped of the Kyber crystal , the unconscious Ropal was taken by a pair of super battle droids to a " Sheathipede " - class shuttle before being ferried up to Bane ' s " Munificent " - class frigate . Ropal was dragged to the ship ' s cell blocks and placed within a magnetic containment field . After Ropal was jabbed in the chest by a MagnaGuard ' s electrostaff , the battle droid overseeing Ropal ' s interrogation instructed the barely conscious Rodian that he was to remain awake until Bane had arrived . While waiting , Ropal ' s droid captors attached mind limiters and pain pulsers to his body and injected him with a full dose of the drug X - C33 . As Bane ' s armada prepared to depart Devaron , Anakin Skywalker led a fleet of Republic warships into the system in order to prevent Bane ' s escape . Skywalker ' s flagship , the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Resolute " , fired upon the hyperdrive engines of Bane ' s frigate , preventing it from fleeing to hyperspace . Recognizing that he had little time before Skywalker and his forces boarded the frigate , Bane demanded that Ropal assist him in opening the holocron he had stolen from the Jedi Temple . With the holocron open , Bane would be able to insert the Kyber crystal and access the information it stored . However , Ropal refused Bane ' s demands , as he sensed that the bounty hunter was working on behalf of a greater evil , and so was electrocuted several times more . After one final refusal from Ropal , Bane ordered the battle droid overseeing the torture to electrocute the Jedi at full power . Ropal died , and his limp body was dropped to the floor . The body was later discovered by Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano , and moved from the Confederate frigate to the " Resolute " . Legacy . Because of Ropal ' s refusal to comply with his orders , Bane was forced to seek another Jedi to aid him in accessing the Kyber crystal ' s information . He was eventually able to trap Tano on the shielded spaceward side of an airlock aboard the Confederate frigate . Under the threat of having his apprentice jettisoned into the vacuum of space , Skywalker opened the holocron for Bane — doing exactly what Ropal had sacrificed his life to avoid . Bane escaped with the holocron and , under the orders of Darth Sidious , began collecting children from the list on the Kyber crystal . Bane eventually traveled to Rodia to capture Wee Dunn . Although Bane was masquerading as a Jedi , Mahtee Dunn was hesitant to relinquish her son , citing her earlier visit from Ropal and his assurances that the young Rodian would not be inducted into the Jedi Order for quite some time . Despite this , Bane escaped with Wee Dunn and took him to the planet Mustafar . The children whom Bane stole were later rescued by Skywalker and Tano , and the holocron was recovered by Masters Windu and Obi - Wan Kenobi . On Devaron , Xebec was left without a Master . The dam that Ropal had been working to construct was destroyed during Bane ' s assault on Devaron , flooding the valley that he had invested so much time on . Reflecting on his Master , Xebec surmised that Ropal was too focused on the future , and his unfinished work on the valley was representative of that flaw . The young Zabrak returned to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , where he was informed of his Master ' s death at Bane ' s hands by Windu . Xebec later ran into Tano , inquiring after her role in finding and rescuing Ropal . The distraught Xebec confided in Tano his anger with his Master ' s constant pacifism and what Xebec perceived to be an attitude of intellectual superiority . Xebec was later given a new Master , Keelyvine Reus , who had difficulties training her new Padawan . Personality and traits . A brave Jedi Master , Bolla Ropal was highly concerned with the future welfare of the Republic and the Jedi Order . In his position as the keeper of the Kyber crystal , Ropal was the protector of the information that ultimately represented the future generations of the Jedi Knights . As a general in the Grand Army of the Republic , Ropal used the troops under his command for goodwill projects that bolstered public opinion of the Republic . His belief that the Republic ' s military might could be good for something other than destruction and war manifested itself in his work in the valley on Devaron . Believing it to be representative of the future of the Devaronians , Ropal took its restoration as his personal pet project and spent much time working on it . Ropal ' s dedication to the future kept him from giving into Cad Bane , despite the torture he experienced at the hands of the bounty hunter . The Jedi Master understood that a hired gun such as Cad Bane was unlikely to come across knowledge of the Kyber crystal , as the artifact was one of the Jedi Order ' s most closely guarded secrets . Indeed , there were even individuals within the Order itself who did not know of its existence until Ropal became a target of the Confederacy . Knowing the secrecy surrounding the crystal and its contents , Ropal correctly surmised that Bane was working on behalf of a far more dangerous enemy who could be a threat to the future of the Order . As such , the Jedi Master accepted torture and death in order to protect the secrets of the Jedi . Ropal cared deeply for his Padawan , Tyzen Xebec . During the invasion of Devaron , Ropal understood that the Republic base and valley were going to be overrun , and thus ordered Xebec to stay away in the interest of his safety . Although Xebec wished to aid his Master , he obeyed his orders and remained with Commander Ganch during Ropal ' s abduction . In the aftermath of the battle , Xebec believed that his Master had been too focused on the future and was unable to see the present , a flaw that had cost him his life . The young Zabrak also lamented that his Master had not lived to see the completion of his work on Devaron . Powers and abilities . Bolla Ropal was strong enough in the Force to reach the status of Jedi Master . Although the Rodian lacked combat ability and prowess with a lightsaber , he was talented in predicting the future through the Force as a seer . His confidence in that power was shown to be misplaced when he was unable to foresee the invasion of Devaron . Ropal also had a commendable knowledge of Jedi history . When engaging Cad Bane , Ropal was quickly neutralized . Despite his perceived weakness , the Jedi Master was able to withstand extended periods of torture that included electrocutions and poisoning . On a dossier acquired by Bane regarding Ropal , his abilities were stated to be " in question , " and his threat potential was listed as " minimal . " During the Clone Wars , Ropal carried a green - bladed lightsaber . Behind the scenes . The character of Bolla Ropal was created for the . Ropal ' s name was derived from an acronym of an assistant of Dave Filoni ' s , the supervising director for the series . Ropal first appeared in Karen Traviss ' s of the . In the novel , Ropal was present during Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ' s meeting with members of the Jedi High Council to discuss the kidnapping of Rotta the Hutt . Ropal did not appear in the film , as the only Jedi present in Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ' s office were Mace Windu , Plo Koon , and Luminara Unduli . Ropal finally appeared in episode " Cargo of Doom , " in which he was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker . The events surrounding the Rodian ' s death were revealed in the online " " . Ropal ' s death in " Cargo of Doom " was intentionally morbid , according to Filoni . The Jedi Master ' s death scene served to illustrate Cad Bane ' s ruthlessness , as the bounty hunter was to be the major villain of the initial Season Two story arc . In the episode ' s online commentary , Filoni also states that Ropal ' s defiance to Bane was needed in order to give more significance to the character ' s death , as the episode was the Rodian ' s first and so far only appearance in the television series . In 2011 , Ropal appeared in the PSP and Nintendo DS versions of " " . In both renditions , Ropal is an unlockable character ; unlike his appearance in " Act on Instinct " , the Rodian is garbed in dark brown robes and wields a blue lightsaber .