Anoon Bondara Anoon Bondara was a male Rutian Twi ' lek Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order in the waning years of the Galactic Republic . Bondara trained many students in lightsaber combat when he became a Jedi instructor . He was also the Jedi Watchman for the Ryloth system . Biography . A Force - sensitive , Anoon Bondara was instructed in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order , eventually ascending to the rank of Jedi Knight . A contemporary of Qui - Gon Jinn , Jedi Bondara was well respected by his peers and a noted warrior . Over the years of studying the ways of the Jedi Guardian , Bondara developed such skill with a lightsaber that he was regarded by many as the premiere practitioner of the weapon in the Order . Achieving the rank of Jedi Master , Bondara accepted the position of Watchman of the Ryloth system , living amongst the Twi ' leks of Ryloth and keeping order within the system . Eventually stepping down from this position , Bondara was nominated by the acting Temple Battlemaster to become an instructor at the Coruscant Jedi Temple . Along with his duties at the academy , Bondara managed to train three Padawans of his own , each one ascending to the rank of Knight to a success . Educating the likes of Obi - Wan Kenobi as an initiate , Bondara not only studied the lightsaber , but became a Weapon Master upon his mastery of the Teräs Käsi martial arts form . Master Bondara ' s fourth and final Padawan was Darsha Assant , who was trained at the Temple on Coruscant as the old Twi ' lek continued to teach classes there . By 32 BBY , Padawan Assant had reached a point where the Jedi High Council believed she could learn no more from Bondara and was ready to face the Trials of Knighthood . Instead of facing the traditional Trials at the Temple , the High Council assigned Assant to descend into Coruscant ' s Crimson Corridor and escort the Fondorian informant Oolth back to the Temple for questioning . While Bondara did not agree with the Council ' s decision he was compelled to allow her to go ; and was on call in his quarters when a distressed Assant returned without the informant . When she detailed the Fondorian ' s fall into the Coruscant underworld , Master Bondora agreed to accompany his student in search of the body . As the pair recovered the man ' s body they were witness to a tattooed Zabrak pursuing one Lorn Pavan and I - 5YQ . Rescuing the fleeing Human and droid in the Jedi ' s airspeeder , the Jedi quickly questioned the pair as to why they were hunted . Realizing that the Zabrak was giving chase , Master Bondara left Assant at the speeder controls and leaped out the window and onto the front of the Zabrak ' s speeder bike . Activating his lightsaber , Bondara forced the assassin to crash onto a pedwalk and engaged the tattooed Zabrak in a lightsaber duel . Despite Bondara ' s mastery of lightsaber combat , it became clear that this was a fight he was not going to win . Seeing no other option , Bondara sacrificed his own life by blowing up a speeder bike in an attempt to destroy his opponent in the blast . Though Bondara was killed in the explosion , the assassin , in reality the secret Sith apprentice Darth Maul , managed to escape the blast , suffering only minor damage . Powers and abilities . As a Jedi Guardian , Anoon Bondara ' s skill with a lightsaber was so advanced , he had obtained the rank of Weapons Master . Along with his mastery of Teräs Käsi , the Twi ' lek ' s preferred form was Juyo . As he was ambidextrous , he had some aptitude with Jar ' Kai . In spite of all his martial prowess , he found himself to be no match for Darth Maul , who was himself a Teräs Käsi practitioner . Apart from his swordsmanship , Bondara had some proficiency in the Force . He could apply the mind trick , telekinesis , battlemind , Force empathy , Force sight , and serenity . Bondara was also skilled in the use of languages : his native Twi ' leki and Lekku , Basic , and Huttese . Behind the scenes . In both of Bondara ' s appearances he is described as having lightsaber skills second to none . This has led some to hypothesize that Anoon Bondara was the Jedi Battlemaster prior to Cin Drallig . The information mentioned above , the fact that he was the lightsaber instructor to Jedi Initiate s and Padawans such as Obi - Wan Kenobi , and that he died in 32 BBY , the same year Cin Drallig became Battlemaster , are cited by some to support this theory . A lightsaber crystal bearing his name , Bondara ' s Folly , is available to players in " Star Wars Galaxies " .