Lee - Char Lee - Char was a male Mon Calamari who served as the leader of Mon Cala during the Clone Wars . He was set to take the throne from his father , King Yos Kolina , but his father ' s assassin ation led to a civil war on the planet . In the final battle of the war , he personally killed Riff Tamson , the Separatist ambassador responsible for his father ' s assassination . At the end of the war , Lee - Char was crowned as the 83rd King of Mon Cala by the Quarren chief tain Nossor Ri . Biography . Born years before the Clone Wars , Lee - Char was the son of Yos Kolina , King of Mon Cala . As Kolina ' s son , Lee - Char was next in line to become Mon Cala ' s king . The Clone Wars . However , in 20 BBY , Kolina was murdered by a unknown assailant . This forced Lee - Char to take his father ' s place as the new King . Following his father ' s assassin ation , a meeting was held between Lee - Char and his fellow Mon Calamari and Chief tain Nossor Ri ' s Quarren Isolation League . The Mon Calamari then asked Republic Senator Padmé Amidala and her protector Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker to assist in the negotiations . The Quarren invited Separatist ambassador , Commander Riff Tamson , to assist them in demanding a Quarren king . Despite Lee - Char ' s assurances that he was dedicated to serving both the Quarren and Mon Cala people , Tamson believed that Lee - Char had not earned the right to speak . Tamson and the Quarren then left believing that the time for words were over . Ri then expressed his sympathies to Lee - Char about the loss of his father . Lee - Char later met with Senator Meena Tills and Gial Ackbar , captain of the Mon Calamari Guard . Tills ordered Ackbar to be Lee - Char ' s bodyguard . Ackbar told the Senator that Lee - Char was not ready to command Mon Cala ' s military . Despite agreeing with Ackbar , Lee - Char prepared for war . Lee - Char spoke to his people , assuring them he would lead them and that the Quarren would not attack . However , the Quarren and Separatist forces under Tamson attacked . Lee - Char along with Skywalker and Ackbar went to the battlefield to watch . Despite Skywalker ' s plea to get Lee - Char to safety , the prince chose stay with his people . During the battle Lee - Char helped Skywalker and Amidala take several troop s through a tube to get behind the aqua droid s . It was destroyed and Skywalker told Lee - Char that they would have to wait for Republic reinforcements . Republic SCUBA troopers under Jedi Master Kit Fisto , Commander Monnk , and Skywalker ' s Padawan , Ahsoka Tano arrived . As the Mon Calamari cheered the Republic ' s arrival , Ackbar told Lee - Char to make them cheer for him and gave him a blaster spear . Lee - Char then came under attack by Tamson , but was saved by Tano . The two of them then took a OMS Devilfish through several tubes . Tamson then tried to break through the tube , but he and his forces were then forced to retreat . Tills told Lee - Char that he must demand a surrender from the Quarren . However , Tamson and his forces , aided by Hydroid Medusa s from Karkaris attacked . Lee - Char and his forces attempted to hold their ground against both the aqua droid s and hydroid medusas , but Ackbar urged the prince to retreat to the cave s . After making their retreat to the caves . Lee - Char , the Jedi and the Senators contacted the Jedi Council to request more reinforcements before communications were lost . Lee - Char and the others decided to reach the Republic cruiser . However , Tamson destroyed the cruiser . Lee - Char and his group split up with the prince going with Tano , Fisto and the clones while Skywalker took Ackbar , Amidala and Tills with him . As Lee - Char , the Jedi , and clones went into hiding , he saw how the Separatists and the Quarren had begun to take the Mon Calamari to labor camp s . To inspire his people , Lee - Char took a conch shell , made a big sound , and made it known to his people that he was still alive and would continue to fight for them . Lee - Char and his company were confronted by the aqua droids , but were cut down by the Jedi . The Republic were able to convince the Gungan s to send their Grand Army as reinforcements to free the Mon Cala . However , Tamson deployed his reinforcements to counter the Republic ' s reinforcements . Tamson then deployed his " Trident " - class assault ship ships and used them to create a vortex that pulled in all the Mon Calamari and Republic forces . Lee - Char and Tano then came under attack by Tamson , but was saved when Fisto took him on in order for Lee - Char to escape . Lee - Char and Tano came up with plan to free all the prisoner s and convince Ri to join him . They made their way to one of the camps , where they met up with Ackbar , Tills and Monnk . Despite his people ' s belief that the Quarren were behind Kolina ' s assassination , Lee - Char knew that Tamson was behind it . After allowing himself to be captured , the prince demanded an audience with Tamson , where he was able to convince Nossor Ri that the Karkarodon had gone back on his deal with the Quarren to seize the planet ' s throne . Realizing the error in the decision to aid the Separatists , Ri and the Quarren betrayed Tamson and helped Lee - Char and the Republic free Mon Cala , and the prince killed Tamson one - on - one after the latter confessed to killing Kolina . In the aftermath , Lee - Char was crowned the 83rd king of Mon Calamari Age of the Empire . Under the reign of the Empire . Sometime after the proclamation of the New Order , Lee - Char came under the influence of a surviving Jedi and started turning his back on the Galactic Empire ' s trade offers . Moff Wilhuff Tarkin came to Mon Cala on the " Sovereign " and sent down ambassador Telvar to negotiate with Lee - Char . He continued to deny these offers , saying that the Empire would take their resources away until they were in poverty . Despite Telvar telling the prince that the Empire would protect them , his adviser , Raddus , told him that the ships they had proved otherwise with Lee - Char telling Raddus to be silent . After Telvar left , Raddus and the prince began talking about the idea of seceding from the Empire . Darth Vader and three Inquisitors traveled to Mon Cala to search for this Jedi and Telvar ' s shuttle detonated killing Telvar and the rest of the crew . Lee - Char quickly ran to the Jedi for advice and the Jedi said he could deal with them , Lee - Char then told him an individual in black armor had accompanied them . The Jedi said that he knew his name : Skywalker . Mon Cala was later subjugated by the Empire , and Lee - Char was imprisoned on Strokill Prime . Galactic Civil War . In 1 ABY , Princess Leia Organa of the Rebel Alliance planned to rescue Lee - Char with help from Shu - Torun ' s queen Trios . During this time , Lee - Char was put on life - support at Strokill Prime ' s Imperial base .