Sagoro Autem Sagoro Autem , a Human male from the planet Coruscant , was born into a family with a proud tradition of service in the Galactic Republic ' s Senate Guard . He followed the expected career path and joined the Guard himself , becoming one of their best officers . When he found his brother Venco Autem , also a Senate Guard , taking bribes , he turned in Venco due to his extremely strong sense of duty , service , and honor . Autem ' s dedication to his work and the Republic took a toll on his family , however , distancing his wife Sula and making his son Reymet resentful . Shortly before 22 BBY , when Autem was assigned to investigate the murder of Senator Jheramahd Greyshade , he discovered that Venco was the mastermind of the assassination , and that Reymet had unknowingly aided him . Autem shot and killed his brother in the line of duty , but Venco ' s condemnation of the Republic ' s corruption shook Autem ' s faith in his government . His wife left him , and he drew his blaster on his partner , Isaru Omin , rather than allow him to take Reymet in . Autem left the Senate Guard in disgrace and began a career as a mercenary before he was im prisoned on Brentaal IV for an operation gone bad . In the midst of the Clone Wars , Jedi Master Shaak Ti freed Autem and a handful of other prisoners to aid her in infiltrating the fortress of a Separatist leader . With Autem ' s aid , Ti and Jedi Master Quinlan Vos won the Battle of Brentaal IV , and Autem earned a Republic pardon . Not long thereafter , he gave in to his sense of duty and became an officer in the Republic Navy . He served in the Fleet for two years , helping end the Siege of Saleucami , for which he was later hailed as a hero . When the Republic became the Galactic Empire at the end of the war , Autem was marked for execution and barely escaped Imperial agents with his life , due to the efforts of his old partner Isaru Omin and the aid of Reymet , who had returned to Coruscant under the guise of a bounty hunter . Reunited with Reymet , Autem set out for the Outer Rim Territories to join his family and start a new life . Biography . Early career . The Human male Sagoro Autem was born into a family in which duty , honor , and loyalty to the Galactic Republic were deeply ingrained . His father and grandfather were both Senate Guards , elite protectors of the Republic ' s legislators . While growing up on the galactic capital planet of Coruscant , Autem naturally joined the Senate Guard himself , graduating from the Senate Guard Academy and beginning a dedicated career , just as his older brother , Venco , already had . Autem was a skilled Guard with a reputation for honesty , efficiency , and talent . He was partnered with Zalin Bey until she was promoted to the rank of commander ; the promotion could have been Autem ' s , but he declined , wishing to remain active rather than take a desk job . Nevertheless , he was a talented investigator and had the skills for the job . After Bey ' s promotion , Autem gained a new partner , Isaru Omin . Omin , a Force - sensitive who had been rejected by the Jedi Order due to having been too old when discovered by a Jedi scout , maintained a close working relationship with Autem and served as a confidante . At some point during his career , Autem found that Venco , also considered one of the Guard ' s best , had been taking bribes . Autem refused to allow family ties to get in the way of duty and turned his brother in to the authorities , whereupon Venco was convicted and im prisoned . Ever after that , Autem effectively disowned Venco , despising him as a corrupt man who had betrayed his oath to the Republic and sullied the Autem family name . During his early career , Autem met a woman named Sula , whose family also included multiple Senate Guards . They fell in love and married , producing two children : Reymet — born in 42 BBY — and Lissa , born later . Autem loved his family but was frequently absent due to his job , and he made it clear that he placed the Republic over all other loyalties , including family . In addition , he held his family to his own strict standards of loyalty , discipline , and service . Sula grew to find him distant and unloving , and Reymet , who enrolled in the Senate Guard Academy due to family pressure but held no desire to be a Guard himself , resented his father ' s absence , strictness , and extremely high standards . Reymet frequently engaged in risky behavior , such as illegal pit racing , and Autem furiously upbraided his son for behavior that could get him kicked out the Academy , regarding him as unmotivated and immature — and in moments of great frustration , idiotic . The Greyshade case . Shortly before 22 BBY , Senator Jheramahd Greyshade of the Commonality was murdered , and Autem and Omin were assigned to the case . Greyshade would have been a key vote on the upcoming Financial Reform Act , which intended to address and reduce the corruption prevalent in the Republic , and Autem was reluctant to take on such a politically sensitive case . However , Bey , now his direct superior , felt that Autem and Omin were the men for the job . They reported to the office of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine himself , where Palpatine introduced them as some of the Guard ' s " most valued members " to Senator Simon Greyshade , Jheramahd ' s cousin and his appointed replacement . Palpatine assigned the pair of Senate Guards to investigate Jheramahd ' s assassination and track down the culprits , while Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi and his maverick Padawan Anakin Skywalker would provide security for Simon Greyshade . Greyshade had requested Jedi protection , but Autem was offended , as the protection of senators was traditionally the duty of the Senate Guard . Palpatine cited the swiftly upcoming bill , which could have a profound influence on the emerging Separatist Crisis , as creating a need for extraordinary measures , and Autem could do little but accept the situation despite his dislike of Jedi and their mystical ways . At the close of the meeting , Autem received a call from Sula . Reymet was pit racing once more , and this time he had taken Lissa with him to watch . Autem knew that a Judicial raid on the pits was planned , and that if Reymet were caught , he would be expelled from the Academy . Autem was unaware that Reymet had in fact already been suspended from the Academy . Autem took Omin with him to the races , where they filtered through the crowd incognito . Reymet was in the air when they arrived , however , and the Judicial raid occurred during his flight . Autem and Omin were unable to get Lissa and Reymet out beforehand , and Reymet attacked a Judicial officer after the officer stunned Riao Siao , Reymet ' s Felacatian girlfriend , when she resisted arrest . Autem and Omin revealed themselves as Senate Guards and were able to claim priority on Reymet and Lissa , taking them out of custody and freeing them upon their departure from the garbage pit . Autem declined to take Siao , though , whom he despised as enabling his son ' s irresponsible behavior . Autem harshly reprimanded his son when he brought him home , telling him his behavior was foolish and risky , and demanding that he buckle down and attend to his studies in the Academy . Sula came to Reymet ' s defense , but the argument was interrupted by the arrival at their door of Venco Autem , recently released from prison . Autem berated his brother , but was brought up short when Venco told him that he was dying . Autem invited him inside , where Venco informed him that he had an incurable disease . Autem ' s anger swiftly returned , however , and he dismissed Venco ' s illness as a possible ploy that would not redeem him from his crimes even if true . When Omin commed Autem with new developments in the case , Autem turned his brother out of the house as he himself left ; Reymet was offended at such treatment of his uncle , whom he rather liked , and Sula despaired at Autem ' s cold and harsh demeanor . Autem reported to Greyshade ' s apartment in the 500 Republica building , where a pair of modified droids had attempted to assassinate the Senator , only to be foiled by his Jedi bodyguards . Skywalker analyzed one of the destroyed droids — a protocol droid — and found a strange transceiver . Omin and Autem took the transceiver back to the Senate Guard forensic laboratories for analysis ; Omin also reported that a scan of the droid ' s memory had revealed that it had been shut down an hour before Jheramahd Greyshade ' s death , which they believed suggested he had been meeting with a shady character . Analysis of the transceiver established a link to Princess Tsian , who had a cybernetic link capable of interfacing with droids ; cross - checking her travel history showed multiple unsolved assassinations which corresponded with her visits to various planets . Furthermore , she was currently attending a party in honor of the new Senator Greyshade . The Guards tried to get word to Kenobi and Skywalker but arrived only after the initial attack was made . Autem stunned Tsian as the Jedi battled a swarm of attack droids , and her unconsciousness rendered the droids inoperative . The princess was then taken into custody by the Guard . The Jedi returned Greyshade to his apartments , but on their way were attacked by the Dug assassin Keluda . Kenobi captured Keluda and extracted from him the name of his employer : Venco Autem . Unbeknownst to Autem , Venco had bribed a prison guard to release Riao from jail , which had impressed Reymet and allowed Venco to manipulate the boy into giving his uncle his Senate Guard access codes . As Reymet ' s codes had been invalidated due to his suspension from the Academy , he gave Venco his father ' s access codes , which Autem was unaware that his son knew . With Venco ' s name revealed as the mastermind of the assassinations , Autem was taken off the case and sent home . Such inactivity — especially when it was his brother causing the problems — was not Autem ' s way , however , and he considered himself most likely to be able to take down his brother , who had been one of the Senate Guard ' s best . Autem stopped by his home , where he found Reymet preparing to leave for Siao ' s homeworld with her , a trip organized by Venco . When Reymet mentioned speaking with Venco , Autem demanded to know where Venco was . When told of Venco ' s complicity in the assassination attempts , Reymet revealed all that had transpired . Autem commed Omin with the news that Venco had his access codes , but Omin was busy due to a breakout attempt by Tsian , who had , with assistance from Venco , taken over several droids ' programming and was creating a distraction for Venco . Autem swiftly made his way to the Senate Building ' s Grand Convocation Chamber , where he arrived just in time to draw a blaster on Venco , who had disguised himself as Greyshade ' s personal Senate Guard . Venco detached Greyshade ' s repulsorpod and moved to the center of the chamber , but Autem , in an overlooking pod , did the same with his . Autem ordered Venco to surrender , but Venco told his brother that he was in fact dying , and didn ' t care about escape . His prison time had changed him into a believer determined to bring down what he saw as a hopelessly corrupt Republic . Autem pointed out that he served not the men , but the principles of the Republic . In the end , the two stared each other down , weapons at their sides , before Autem suddenly raised his blaster and killed his brother . Loss of faith . In conversation with Chancellor Palpatine about the case , Autem covered up for his son , acting as if he didn ' t know how Venco had accessed his codes . Meanwhile , Autem received a holograph ic message from Sula , telling him that Reymet was leaving the planet with Riao and that she was taking Lissa and leaving Autem . She also asked him not to interfere with any of them . With his faith in the Republic shattered by Venco ' s accusations of its corruption and his life ruined by the breakup of his family , Autem acquired a new sense of priorities . When he and Omin went to arrest Reymet — wanted for questioning as an accessory to murder — Autem refused to go through with it . Omin offered to keep him from having to arrest his own son by doing it himself , but Autem drew a blaster on his partner , telling him that he wouldn ' t let the Republic take any more of his family . Omin reluctantly took Autem himself into custody for his actions , refusing to make allowances for his actions . With Reymet safely off - world , Autem quietly complied . Autem was made to answer for his decisions and ultimately departed from the service . Later in his life , he claimed that he left by his own will . He retained the respect of many former colleagues , but continued to resent Omin for turning him in , which he regarded as a betrayal . He turned his skills to work as a mercenary , looking for his family at the same time , though he found no trace . Autem continued in this vein for some time until , during a job with a Devaronian , the Devaronian betrayed him and left him for the authorities . He was convicted by the Republic and , by the outbreak of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY , was locked in prison on the planet Brentaal IV . That year , a HoloNet News story on the theft of Simon Greyshade ' s speeder reported that Reymet Autem had been arrested as the thief — though in fact Anakin Skywalker had " borrowed " it during the pursuit of the assassin Zam Wesell . The report named Sagoro Autem as Greyshade ' s designated guard at the time and cited Reymet as claiming to have visited his father at Greyshade ' s residence earlier that day . The Battle of Brentaal IV . Around five months after the Clone Wars opened , Separatist leader Shogar Tok led an insurrection on Brentaal IV , taking over Autem ' s prison in the process . This was followed by a Republic counterattack under four Jedi Generals . Autem and his fellow prisoners took advantage of the battle to stage a prison riot . While Autem , the Zeltron Lyshaa , and the grief - crazed Wookiee Ryyk furiously battled Tok ' s guards , Jedi Master Shaak Ti and a group of Republic clone troopers soon afterward arrived at the prison , where they hoped to take refuge after the Republic forces were devastated by a set of shielded ion cannons that they had believed to be disabled . With the aid of Ti and her troopers , Autem and the others defeated the prison guards , although several of the troopers were killed . Also in the prison was Jedi Master Quinlan Vos , a spy for the Republic in solitary confinement under the alias Quinlan Vos , who was rescued by Ti . Autem , Lyshaa , and Ryyk were conscripted by Ti to join her , Vos , and the single surviving clone in infiltrating Shogar Tok ' s fortress . When Autem and Lyshaa objected , Ti promised them their freedom in exchange for their assistance . The three prisoners thus agreed . They set off through the sewers to access Tok ' s fortress , where they found a scrange . During battle with the beast , Ryyk was killed , reducing the infiltration team even further . Once out of the sewers , the team split up , with Ti and Lyshaa departing to capture Tok , the clone being assigned to destroy the fortress ' s shield generator , and Vos and Autem aiming to destroy the ion cannon . The success of even one group would allow the forces of Jedi Master Plo Koon — who had withdrawn from orbit following the surprise ion cannon attack — to score a victory when they returned four hours after their departure to renew the attack . The forces of Jedi Master Agen Kolar , who had allowed himself to be captured , were being processed and imprisoned , rendering the fortress was a flurry of activity . Vos was discouraged by this , but Autem saw it as an opportunity . Vos and Autem , whose clothing was little different from the informal gear of Tok ' s troopers , approached a security checkpoint masquerading as captors of the clone trooper . Autem was able to use his knowledge of guard customs to belligerently bluster past the checkpoint when his authorization was questioned ; afterward , he revealed to Vos that he had been a Senate Guard . After this checkpoint , the clone split off . Autem and Vos were able to reach their target , and Autem stood guard while Vos rewired the guns to overload their power supply . Just as Vos finished , however , Tok ' s guards arrived and captured the saboteurs . They discovered the first layer of Vos ' s sabotage and undid it , but a backup layer went off , destroying the cannons . Meanwhile , the clone gave his life to destroy the shield generator , and Ti captured Tok despite treachery from Lyshaa . Vos used the Force to disarm his and Autem ' s captors , blowing his cover and revealing himself as a Jedi , much to the dismay of Autem , who still considered Jedi a bad luck charm . Autem and Vos fought their way out , freeing Kolar ' s captured troopers as Koon attacked . The Separatists were completely routed . Return to Republic service . Autem received his freedom as promised and , vowing to keep Vos ' s secret , left Brentaal IV with no clear plans . Though he still disliked Jedi , his attitude had softened somewhat toward them . Within approximately seven months , Autem had listened to the counsel of an old friend , Captain Jan Dodonna , and joined the war . He signed up with the Republic Navy ; his sense of duty to the Republic ran too deep to abandon it in the midst of a fierce war , even after his earlier disillusionment . By the last six months of the war , Autem had risen to the rank of captain , commanding a small fleet from a " Venator " - class Star Destroyer in orbit over Saleucami , where Senior Jedi General Oppo Rancisis and Jedi Generals Quinlan Vos , Ausar Auset , K ' Kruhk , Sian Jeisel , Aayla Secura , A ' Sharad Hett , Xiaan Amersu , Xeltek , Durnar , and T ' Bolton attempted to take the capital city , where the Separatists were growing an Anzati - trained clone army of Morgukai . Autem provided fleet support but was unable to do much directly , as a powerful and well - shielded planetary ion cannon held his fleet away from the capital . He did , however , develop strong working relationships with the Jedi Generals , including Vos , whom he already knew . When supplies arrived to the fleet from Coruscant , Autem attempted to get them planetside in order to help refugees , but he was only able to get a limited amount to the surface . He reported as much to Master Rancisis via hologram . The siege continued on this track for five months , killing Xeltek , Durnar , T ' Bolton , and Auset before an underground tunnel network was discovered that allowed the Jedi to infiltrate the Separatist compound . Rancisis was then slain by Separatist commander and Dark Jedi Sora Bulq , eliminating his battle meditation and masterful planning from the Republic ' s forces . Vos instead devised a plan which let Secura and himself infiltrate the compound and sabotage the shields while the other ground and space forces led a diversionary attack . Vos launched the attack and successfully disabled the shields , but Autem ' s fleet was still overwhelmed by the ion cannon , which ran off of a separate power source . He was near to calling a retreat when Jedi General Xiaan Amersu deliberately crashed her critically damaged starfighter into the cannon , sacrificing herself to destroy it . Autem made sure her life was not wasted , moving his fleet into position and beginning bombardment of the Separatist facilities as soon as friendly troops were out of the area . His orbital bombardment devastated the Separatist base and ended the Morgukai threat . The New Order . In 19 BBY , shortly after the conclusion of the Saleucami siege , the war came to an end , and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine declared that the Galactic Republic would be reformed into the Galactic Empire . Two weeks after the New Order was proclaimed and the Jedi — enemies of the new government — purged , Autem was summoned to an audience on Coruscant with Palpatine , along with dozens of other captains of the Imperial Navy . Autem stood beside his old friend Jan Dodonna , who informed Autem that he had been retroactively credited as " the " hero of Saleucami in Imperial propaganda now that the Jedi were enemies of the state . Autem did not care for unearned credit , but there was little he could do . Palpatine appeared before the audience , proclaiming the treachery of the Jedi and reinforcing the message of the New Order . He further announced that resignations would not be accepted at the time and that reviews of fitness for command would be conducted . He also introduced his new second - in - command , Darth Vader , who executed Captain Jace Dallin in order to make an example when Dallin questioned the guilt of the Jedi . Autem was greatly disturbed by these developments . He had never intended to make a career of the Fleet but to stay only for the duration of the crisis , and was less than thrilled by Vader ' s summary execution of Dallin . Dodonna warned him to watch what he said , however , as the Empire had little toleration for dissent and many willing informers . Autem felt the need for solitude and rented a hotel room instead of returning to his barracks . He was contemplating his situation when an urgent knock came at the door : his former partner Omin . Autem admitted him , but was bitter and hostile toward Omin for having turned him in five years before . Omin had vital news , however : the Senate Guard had received a copy of a list of Imperial officers slated for a purge , and Autem was among them . No reason was given , but Omin speculated that it could be related to Autem ' s outspoken character or his criminal history . Regardless , Imperial stormtroopers were on their way to arrest Autem . Under the New Order , Omin had a new set of priorities and still considered Autem to be a friend . As Imperial troopers entered the hotel , Autem fled to the roof and from there to the Coruscant undercity while Omin stayed behind to delay the soldiers . After Omin was captured and executed by Darth Vader , Vader hired three bounty hunters to find Autem . Autem dodged patrols in the undercity until , taking refuge in a cantina , he spotted the Bothan Ch ' ord Sy ' fon , who owed him a favor . Autem converted that favor into passage off - world aboard the " Scimitar of Kelso " that night at no cost and no questions asked . He lingered until it was time to set out for the ship , then began to make his way there . He was ambushed en route by the Shistavanen bounty hunter Severian . However , Severian was attacked by Tartuta , another one of the bounty hunters . The Dug hoped to steal Severian ' s kill and chopped off the Shistavanen ' s hand before sending him plummeting into an urban chasm . Tartuta then turned to Autem , but was taken down by a shot from the third hunter , Evan Hessler . Hessler remained in the shadows , however , leading Autem to conclude that one of his own stray shots had downed the Dug . Autem was nearly at the " Scimitar " docking bay when he was attacked yet again by Severian , who had recovered from his amputation and fall . Autem was able to stab him to death with one of Tartuta ' s short blades , which he had appropriated . After that battle , however , he was waylaid a third time , now by Hessler . Hessler held his blaster rifle to Autem ' s head and forced him to watch Vader and a squad of troopers waiting for him around the transport — Sy ' fon had sold Autem out . Autem was preparing to go out fighting when Hessler took off his mask and revealed himself as none other than Reymet Autem . Reymet had made use of the contacts that Venco had given him to start a career as a smuggler and information broker , keeping an eye on his father . He had gotten wind of the termination order and used the Hessler alias to gain the bounty assignment . The pair boarded the younger Autem ' s ship and set out for the Outer Rim , where they planned to go underground and meet up with Sula , who had never truly fallen out of love with Autem , and Lissa , both of whom had remained in contact with Reymet . Autem had escaped , and gained another chance with his family in the process . Personality and traits . Sagoro Autem had light brown hair , brown eyes , and light skin . One of his defining personal characteristics was his exceptional loyalty to the Republic . He was raised in a family with a tradition of service , dedication , and responsibility , and sought to continue that tradition . To him , they were sacred ideals . The Republic stood for civilization , order , and justice , and to Autem , it was a proud task to uphold those values . He placed the Republic above personal concerns — including his family , though he did sometimes bend rules to protect his son Reymet . Autem turned against his brother when he found that Venco had betrayed the Republic , and he also placed his work above more routine commitments to family . He was frequently absent while on cases and caused his wife and son to feel disconnected from him . Autem ' s faith in the Republic was deeply shaken by Venco ' s indictment of its corruption . Autem began to realize that the Republic might not have been as great as he had supposed . Combined with the departure of his wife and children , he rearranged his priorities and placed his family first ; by the time of the Clone Wars , his loyalty to the Republic had at least outwardly crumbled . Imprisonment on Brentaal IV made him even more bitter . However , that spark was never fully extinguished , and Jan Dodonna was able to talk him back into serving his government in a time of crisis . While that sense of duty did not die , it did not remain as strong , with Autem intending only to serve for the length of the crisis rather than restarting a career with the Republic . Autem was also a demanding man who insisted that his family and everyone else live up to his high standards of service . He expected that his family would understand his putting the Republic first and do the same , and he could not understand why Reymet would not want to be a Senate Guard . It was not until his family left him that he began to reconsider those standards . Another characteristic of Autem was his dislike of the Jedi Order . He disliked their mystical nature and didn ' t trust them , putting his faith in traditional detective work over unconfirmable Jedi hunches . They were overrated in his opinion , and as likely to impede the proper pursuit of a case as they were to solve it . By the time of Autem ' s imprisonment , he considered them bad luck , as his cooperation with Jedi on the Greyshade case had not exactly turned out well for him . His rescue by Shaak Ti and Quinlan Vos , however , softened his stance , and Autem began to consider that Jedi , or at least some Jedi individually , might be decent , helpful individuals , though he still did not care for the Jedi overall . By the end of the war , Autem was working cooperatively with several Jedi , including Masters Quinlan Vos and Oppo Rancisis , at Saleucami . Behind the scenes . The character of Sagoro Autem was created by John Ostrander for use as a protagonist , alongside Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker , in the " " comic series story arc " " . Ostrander reused Autem as part of the supporting cast in " " and again in the " " story arc . " " , also written by Ostrander , was the first issue to feature Autem as the sole protagonist . Currently no author but Ostrander has used the character . In " Jedi : Shaak Ti " , Sagoro Autem ' s name is occasionally misspelled as " Saguro Autem . " There are various conflicting sources for the time placement of " Honor and Duty " . The interior covers of the three individual issues state , " The events in this series take place approximately 23 years prior to " Star Wars : A New Hope " " while , within the arc itself , the time frame is clearly identified as eight years after the Battle of Naboo , or 24 BBY . This later date corresponds with references in " Loyalties " , which identify the events of " Honor and Duty " as being five years earlier than that story , which takes place in 19 BBY . However , the of " Honor and Duty " and " Loyalties " identifies the arc as taking place three years prior to , or 22 BBY . The StarWars . com Databank and " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " give yet another time , nine years after the Battle of Naboo or 23 BBY , as does " " . As yet , no official explanation has been given . Another conflict regards Autem ' s appearance in " Senate Speeder Thief Arrested " , a story included in Volume 531 , Issue 56 on the HoloNet News website . The story takes place in 22 BBY , after the events of " Honor and Duty " , and claims that Autem is still a Senate Guard and still living with his family . This contradicts the events of " Honor and Duty " , as well as statements made by Autem in " Jedi : Shaak Ti " . As the claims in the story are based on statements made by Reymet Autem while under arrest , this article treats them as false testimony . Autem ' s eyes are consistently brown - colored in all sources except " Loyalties " , in which one panel shows him with blue eyes , and in " Honor and Duty " , in which they generally are brown but are occasionally colored gray , especially in close - ups of his eyes and face .