Onara Kuat Onara Kuat was head of the Kuat family and principal director of Kuat Drive Yards during the Clone Wars . In a position to select the Kuat sector ' s representative in the Galactic Senate , Onara ensured that both her family and her shipyards would benefit from her selections . Senator Risi Lenoan acquitted herself well in that regard , but when questions arose concerning her bookkeeping in conjunction with Kuat Drive Yards , she was forced to leave her office . In selecting Lenoan ' s successor , Onara attempted to choose someone who would be politically malleable . Her choice , Giddean Danu , proved to be anything but , as he opposed the centralization of power and championed the Jedi Knights . Realizing her mistake , Onara unsuccessfully tried to have Danu recalled . Her nephew , Kuat of Kuat , along with several others , thought that Danu was a strong advocate of Kuati independence , and so the man stayed . Furthermore , he began investigating the Kuat family as part of his planned reform of Kuati politics . Concerned that her closely guarded secrets would be revealed , Onara began pursuing other methods of removing Danu . At a performance of " Squid Lake " at the Galaxies Opera House in 19 BBY , shortly before the conclusion of the Clone Wars , she met with Tannon Praji ' s bodyguard , Ottegru Grey . Grey assured her that all her problems would be solved if she was to stay loyal to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine . Onara was eventually succeeded by her nephew ' s father . Biography . Lenoan to Danu . In the waning years of the Galactic Republic , Onara Kuat was the principal director of Kuat Drive Yards , a shipyard that had been supplying the government with warships for thousands of years . Onara herself was a distant descendant of a family that had been one of the original Core Founder s . By the time of Onara ' s ascension to the role of principal director of Kuat Drive Yards and head of the Kuat family , her office had the power to select the Kuat sector ' s representative in the Galactic Senate . Onara always made sure that her choices would benefit the shipyards and her family as well . In 31 BBY , Onara received a secret order for KDY worth billions of credits , to produce starships , vehicles and equipment for a clone army that was being developed in secret on the planet Kamino . Senator Risi Lenoan served Kuat well in her tenure , but was removed from office when questions arose concerning her bookkeeping in connection with Kuat Drive Yards funds . For Lenoan ' s successor , Onara chose a man she thought would be easily manipulated : Giddean Danu . The choice proved unwise for the principal director , as Danu was a vocal supporter of the Jedi Knights , and spoke out against the centralization of power . When the Clone Wars broke out in 22 BBY , Danu advocated the role of Jedi as overseers of the conflict . Trouble . Displeased , Onara attempted to have him removed , but other members of her family , including her nephew , Kuat of Kuat , believed Danu to be an effective representative and advocate of Kuati independence . Onara ' s motion failed as a result , and making matters worse for her , Danu intended to launch a reformation of Kuati politics . To start with , he intended to investigate the Kuat family . This deeply concerned Onara , and she feared that certain secrets pertaining to her would be brought to light . Hoping to take control of the situation , Onara began pursuing other ways of having Danu removed . Shortly after the Battle of Coruscant , she attended a performance of " Squid Lake " at the Galaxies Opera House — a performance also attended by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine . Seated in Galaxies owner Romeo Treblanc ' s private box along with several other dignitaries and Treblanc himself , she discussed her situation with Tannon Praji , First Minister of the Coruscant Ministry of Ingress . Praji , sympathetic , introduced her to his bodyguard , Ottegru Grey . Grey , who was actually an agent of Chancellor Palpatine ' s , assured Onara that the problem with Danu would be resolved . Although he did not elaborate , he told the principal director that loyalty to Palpatine was all that was required of her . In time , Onara was succeeded by the father of her nephew , who was in turn followed by the younger Kuat of Kuat himself . Personality and traits . During her tenure , Onara was seen as a prime example of the cutthroat and labyrinth nature of Kuati politics , as well as the consolidation of aristocrat , politician , and business executive . Onara tried to make sure that her choices for the role of the Kuat sector ' s senator always benefited her family and her work , although her choices of Lenoan and Danu both proved to be problematic . Onara did not tolerate Danu ' s views on political influence and the Jedi Order , leading her to the knee - jerk reaction of trying to have him removed . When that did not work , she found herself worrying about his investigation of her family , which could have dug up secrets about her operations . Behind the scenes . The character of Onara Kuat first appeared as an unnamed extra in the " Galaxies Opera House " sequence of George Lucas ' . She was played by visual effects executive producer Denise Ream , and is seen in one of the boxes at the Opera House . Accompanying Ream , cameos were also made by visual effects supervisor John Knoll as Tannon Praji , animation director Rob Coleman as Romeo Treblanc , visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett as Ottegru Grey , and visual effects producer Jill Brooks as Gem Sirrom . In 2006 , the character of Kuat was named and fleshed out by Aidan Hennessy , through the StarWars . com feature , " What ' s The Story ? " Noting that the character wore elaborate headgear similar to characters from Kuat , such as Giddean Danu , Risi Lenoan , and Kuat of Kuat , he decided to connect Ream ' s character with the planet . Since he felt the time period had been underused in the Expanded Universe , Hennessy loosely tied Kuat ' s entry to the New Sith Wars that had originated in Terry Brooks ' . In addition , he utilized the characters of Risi Lenoan from the HoloNet News website , and Giddean Danu from " Revenge of the Sith " , meshing them with the story of Kuat . Some minor details that he had written about the characters were cut , concerning Danu ' s origins and fate , as well as Lenoan ' s embezzlement of funds . Kuat of Kuat originated in K . W . Jeter ' s " Bounty Hunter Wars " trilogy , who had been used sparingly in the Expanded Universe outside his original appearances in those books . As a further tie , he wrote Ottegru Grey , who had also been fleshed out through " What ' s the Story ? " into his entry .