Roth - Del Masona Roth - Del Masona was a male Human Jedi Knight serving the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars , the last galactic conflict of the Republic Classic era . During the war , Masona was appointed the adjutant of former Master of the Order , Jedi Master Mace Windu . Biography . Discovered during his earliest days to be Force - sensitive , Roth - Del Masona was taken to the Coruscant Jedi Temple for training in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order . A student of the Temple ' s academy , Masona was eventually taken as a Padawan after passing his last academy tests . After years of on - on - one study with a Jedi Master and crafting a blue - bladed lightsaber , Masona passed the Trials of Knighthood and was made a Jedi Knight by the Jedi High Council . At the height of the Separatist Crisis that had erupted between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Masona was stationed on Coruscant when Master Mace Windu assembled a task force meant to rescue captured Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi , who was sentenced to death by execution by the Confederacy ' s leaders , along with Senator Padmé Amidala and Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker . Arriving on the dusty world of Geonosis , Masona and his fellow Jedi stormed the Petranaki arena and rescued their fellow Jedi , though many others were killed in the process . When the Separatist Droid Army had the survivors surrounded and Confederacy leader Count Dooku ordered that the droids open fire on the survivors , Grand Master Yoda arrived with the Grand Army of the Republic and evacuated the remaining Jedi . Boarding a Republic gunship and flying out onto the plains of the world , Masona led a group of clone troopers in the first battle of the Clone Wars . Returning to the Temple on Coruscant , Masona accepted the rank of General within the Grand Army and also the position of adjutant of Master Windu himself . Fighting bravely in the three years of war , Jedi Masona was stationed on Coruscant when General Grievous , leader of the Separatist fleet , emerged from hyperspace in the skies of Galactic City . Along with Jedi Roron Corobb , Foul Moudama , and B ' ink Utrila , Masona was assigned to reinforce Master Shaak Ti and Stass Allie in locating and protecting the Supreme Chancellor . As the Republic war machine fought to protect the capital planet , Masona and his team were rushing Chancellor Palpatine into a bunker deep in the crust of Coruscant . As Master Shaak Ti fought to defend the doors to the bunker , Grievous slipped past unnoticed and engaged the four Jedi protecting Palpatine in a lightsaber duel . Grievous dueled them briefly , and , despite Masona being a renowned duelist , famous for his mastery of Ataru , Grievous was able to decapitate Masona , becoming the first casualty in the fight . Masona ' s comrade , Jedi Roron Corobb accidentally kicked Masona ' s head across the room during the fight , causing the Jedi to become distracted enough for Grievous to kill him and the remaining two defenders . Behind the scenes . Roth - Del Masona was portrayed by Leonard Thomas in " " , with " Masona " a tuckerization of Thomas ' name . While unnamed in " Labyrinth of Evil " , the Jedi defending the Supreme Chancellor was reconnected to be Masona by his mention in " " . His appearance in " Labyrinth of Evil " contradicts the same events as they were portrayed in the television series .