Cho ' na Bene Cho ' na Bene was a Myneyrsh male Jedi Knight who served the Jedi Order during the final decades of the Galactic Republic . Several months after the end of the Clone Wars between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Bene began an insurgency against the Galactic Empire on the planet Vaklin along with two other Jedi . Imperial forces led by the Sith Lord Darth Vader arrived to confront the uprising , and Vader quickly defeated both of Bene ' s Jedi companions . The Myneyrsh , however , managed to evade Vader and continued to lead the insurgents in harassing the Imperials . After Bene ambushed forces led by Vader in an area known as the Howling Ruins , the Sith ordered a purge of everything Jedi - related on the planet . The purge included the destruction of a Jedi sanctuary known as the Temple of Imperfect Repose , under which Bene was hiding . When Bene came out to observe the ruins , he found Vader waiting for him , and the pair engaged in a duel . Bene led Vader under the temple to a pocket of azetal gas , above which they fought until Vader gained the upper hand . Instead of killing the Jedi , Vader left Bene amongst the toxic gas , which he inhaled large amounts of before escaping . Weakened by the gas , the Myneyrsh made his way to the city of Vaklin Zenith to seek aid from the insurgents there , but before they could help him , he was shot by Imperial Security Bureau Major Oniye Namada . Biography . A Force - sensitive Myneyrsh male , Cho ' na Bene was trained in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order , eventually ascending to the rank of Jedi Knight . He served the Order and the Galactic Republic in their final decades , before the latter was replaced by the Galactic Empire . In around 19 BBY , several months after the end of the Clone Wars between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Bene was among the few Jedi who survived Order 66 , the betrayal of the Jedi Order and the execution of many of its members by the Grand Army of the Republic as the beginning of the Great Jedi Purge . Along with two others survivors — a reptilian Jedi Knight and his former Master — Bene ended up on Vaklin , a planet with a strongly pro - Jedi population . Bene led the other two Jedi in instigating an insurgency against the newly formed Empire , and many of the local population supported them , joining their cause . In response , Imperial forces quickly descended on the planet , led by the Sith Lord Darth Vader and supported by the Imperial Security Bureau . In the drawn - out conflict that followed , Bene and the reptilian Knight witnessed Vader kill the Jedi Master on a Twelve - bladed satellite of Shrokaan by exposing him to the void of space . Four days after his former Master ' s death , the reptilian Knight was captured by Imperials , leaving only Bene to lead the insurgents in harassing the Imperial forces . Twelve days after the capture of his fellow Jedi Knight , Bene set up an ambush for Imperial forces in the area known as the Howling Ruins . Vader , who was out searching for Bene , led a patrol into the ruins , and at approximately 0930 hours local time , the insurgent forces attacked . Armed with blasters , the insurgents fired down on the Imperials while Bene remained hidden , watching . The Jedi waited until Vader had been pinned down before emerging , killing a pair of clone stormtrooper s who were trying to aid the Sith . While the blasterfire kept Vader occupied , Bene took out soft targets within the patrol , destroying a 74 - Z speeder bike and a TX - 130 Fighter Tank . The destruction of the tank acted as a signal for the rest of Bene ' s insurgents , who hurled pyro grenade s at the remaining Imperials to cover a retreat . Bene confronted Vader , complimenting him and then offering peace , before falling back himself into nearby caverns , where he maintained a base beneath the Temple of Imperfect Repose , a structure built to honor the Jedi Order . The Myneyrsh hoped that Vader would follow him into the dangerous caves , but around 0900 hours , the Imperials retreated , with Vader having seen through Bene ' s plan . Vader withdrew to the city of Vaklin Zenith , hoping to draw Bene out by keeping the captive Jedi Knight in the Imperial command center there . The bait did not work for Bene himself , but other members of the insurgency made a rescue attempt shortly after the ambush in the Howling Ruins . The attack was unsuccessful , resulting in the deaths of the entire assault force and the captive Jedi ; however , it did result in the Imperials briefly withdrawing from the surface of Vaklin to Imperial starships in orbit while the center was repaired . The locals viewed the fallen insurgents as martyrs and celebrated what they saw as an Imperial loss . This attack drove Vader to try and reduce local support for Bene and his insurgency . The Imperials began removing all traces of the Jedi Order from Vaklin , destroying commemorative statues and sites associated with the Order and even banning certain names shared with famous Jedi . The purge of Jedi culture culminated in the destruction of the Temple of Imperfect Repose , the ruins of which Bene visited after the bombardment that destroyed the temple . Amongst the ruins , the Jedi found the bodies of the Temple steward and a pair of " Tuk ' ata Nobilis " , a tame breed of Tuk ' ata , that had lived in the temple . As Bene grieved over the corpses , Vader emerged from the ruins and confronted him , revealing that the reptilian Jedi had given up his comrade ' s location before his death . The pair fought briefly until Vader disarmed the Jedi , who fled into the caverns beneath the temple , taunting Vader as the Sith followed . Bene drew Vader into an area filled with stone columns , which stood above a pocket of highly flammable azetal gas , preventing Vader from using his lightsaber . Vader informed the Jedi that azetal was also toxic , before the pair then fought . As they did so Bene claimed Vader ' s attempts to erase people ' s memories of the Jedi would never work so long as Vader himself obsessed over them and was a slave to his hatred . Vader then gained the upper hand , but — instead of killing Bene — left him in a weakened state to try and escape from the gas - filled cave . The Jedi managed to escape from the caverns , but not before inhaling large amounts of gas , and made his way to Vaklin Zenith , where he encountered Djon , a Ryn supporter of the insurgency . He begged Djon to help him reach one of the insurgency ' s safe houses , but before the Ryn could aid him , Major Oniye Namada of the Imperial Security Bureau — disguised as a stormtrooper by wearing a set of Stormtrooper armor — shot Bene and killed him . Almost two dozen civilians witnessed the Jedi ' s humiliating death , which was all part of Namada and Vader ' s plan to discredit the Jedi . Without Bene to lead them , the Vaklin insurgency began to deteriorate , and within a week , their activity had dropped to only seven percent of what it had previously been . The people of Vaklin ' s enthusiasm for the Imperials slowly increased as the Empire showed them the benefits of an Imperial presence . Namada recorded the entire Vaklin insurgency in a report titled I - 1807 - VAK . Personality and traits . Cho ' na Bene had white eyes , black hair , and blue skin , wearing darker blue markings on his face . In battle during the insurgency , he fought using mainly hit - and - run tactics , often trying to draw his opponents into areas where he would gain the upper hand . After defeating a large portion of Vader ' s forces , the Mynyersh complimented Darth Vader on his fighting prowess and offered him peace , although he fled before Vader could answer . Bene was greatly sadden by the deaths of the steward and the " Tuk ' ata Nobilis " at the Temple of Imperfect Repose . He believed , despite Vader ' s attempt to erase the memory of the Jedi on Vaklin , that the Order would live on as heroes in stories . He also claimed that as long as Vader maintained his obsession with hunting Jedi , they would never be forgotten and Vader would never be content unless he showed compassion and left the surviving Jedi . After inhaling large amounts of gas , Bene became desperate and weak , begging for help and emerging in clear sight within an Imperial - controlled area . Powers and abilities . Bene was a capable tactician and was skilled enough in the use of lightsabers to wield three simultaneously due to his four arms . He managed to hold his own for some time against Vader in a fight using lightsabers , the Force , and hand - to - hand combat , although he was eventually overpowered . Equipment . Bene used three blue lightsabers during combat and wore golden armor on his shoulders , wrists , and arms , as well as a loincloth and a cloak . Behind the scenes . Cho ' na Bene first appeared in 2012 in the comic book " " , which was written by Alexander Freed and illustrated by Marco Castiello and Andrea Chella . He also appeared in the next of the two - part story , which was released the following year .