Yaddle / Legends Yaddle , also known as " The One Below " , was a renowned Jedi Master , who went on to serve the Jedi High Council for over a century before her death in 26 BBY during a peacekeeping mission to Mawan . A member of the same species as fellow Councilor Yoda , but about half his age , Yaddle trained dozens of Padawans in her time as a Jedi Master , including Oppo Rancisis , who would later join Yaddle on the Jedi Council , and the brash and overconfident Empatojayos Brand . After completing Brand ' s training , Yaddle did not take another apprentice , as she was almost five hundred years old when Brand passed the Jedi Trials for Knighthood . During her time as a Jedi , Yaddle represented the Jedi Council on many off world missions . She went to Asmeru in 33 BBY with a group of Jedi including Vergere , Saesee Tiin , Depa Billaba and Qui - Gon Jinn , as well as his Padawan Obi - Wan Kenobi , where they were attacked by Nebula Front members , but managed to defeat them . Yaddle was also part of a six - member team of Jedi Councilors sent on a peacekeeping mission to Malastare , to mediate a meeting between the Lannik government and Red Iaro rebels . After being attacked by Red Iaro terrorists , Yaddle saved the lives of her fellow Council members , and , although the mission was in the end unsuccessful , there were no Jedi casualties . Yaddle ' s final mission took place in 26 BBY . She , along with Obi - Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker , were sent to Mawan to attempt to restore peace to the lawless world . Yaddle sacrificed her life to save the people of Mawan , using the Force to absorb a deadly chemical weapon unleashed by Granta Omega . She was then given a traditional Jedi funeral back at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and was succeeded by Shaak Ti on the Jedi High Council . Biography . Jedi training . Almost three hundred years before the Battle of Yavin , Jedi Knight Polvin Kut and his Padawan Yaddle were dispatched to the planet Koba , located in the Colonies region of space . They had been sent to liberate the planet from the Advozse warlord known as Tulak , who held the planet unlawfully in his tyrannical grip . Polvin Kut had planned to enlist the assistance of a small resistance movement , who were angry with Tulak ' s exploitation of the people of Koba . However , the two Jedi were betrayed by Tulak ' s spies within the Koban resistance before they had even reached Koba ' s outer moon . Tulak , who had come up against the Jedi many times before and held a deep hatred for the Jedi Order , set up an ambush for the two peacekeepers . The Advozse madman used his vast amounts of Koban slaves as warriors against Kut and Yaddle in battle over the Koban Gorge . Polvin Kut , who was not as completely impervious to the dark side as most Jedi , had been tracking Tulak for decades after the Advozse murdered his family . Surrounded by Tulak ' s slaves and soldiers , who were brandishing primitive axes and blasters , Polvin Kut let revenge affect his reactions , and , more importantly , his judgment . In an vain attempt to kill Tulak , Kut left himself open for attack , and was killed and beheaded by Tulak ' s slaves , leaving his Padawan Yaddle alone against dozens of vicious fighters . Imprisonment . Yaddle was captured and imprisoned in a chamber deep beneath the ground by Tulak , and subjected to various forms of torture . However , the green - skinned Padawan did not give in to Tulak ' s torture , refusing to tell him when the next Jedi would arrive to challenge the brutal Advozse warlord after many interrogations . Yaddle simply replied that Tulak ' s reign of terror would end . Tulak , furious that Yaddle was not buckling under torture , decided to keep Yaddle as a hostage , even though she would not submit to his questioning . After reaping everything and everyone he could from the planet , Tulak decided that he had had enough of Koba , and prepared to make his way to another world , leaving his trusted marshals to watch over the remote planet . All of Tulak ' s previous attempts at breaking Yaddle had proved unsuccessful , and his original plan to exploit Yaddle ' s young naivety had failed . Rather than killing his captive , Tulak cruelly imprisoned Yaddle for life in her underground pit , in case she ever became useful as a hostage in the future . Tulak soon forgot of Polvin Kut ' s young apprentice , although the people of Koba did not . Yaddle ' s wardens taunted and jeered Yaddle through a gap in the ceiling in order to gain favor with Tulak ' s marshals . Yaddle stayed in solitary confinement in her underground prison for over a century , and her only source of provisions were the wardens , who sent down baskets of fruit and vegetables for a time , however as supplies on Koba ran low , the wardens became so preoccupied with their own survival that they slowly forgot about the " One Below " . Yaddle ' s existence became the stuff of legend , and although a few pitiful beings continued to send food down the shaft as a sort of ritual , Yaddle relied on the Force for survival . During her many decades of isolation , Yaddle reflected upon the lessons of her late Master again and again — she embraced and eventually achieved unity with the Force . Many vicious predators wandered into Yaddle ' s cave , and she too learned the art of combat — an aspect of the Force she had little experience in — for survival , using a simple wooden stick to defeat vicious creatures several times her size . It was during these years that she became known as the " One Below " by the Kobans . Escape . Yaddle had resigned to the fact that she could not escape , and had come to peace with herself , when Yaddle was presented with an opportunity for escape . Large shifts in the planet ' s mantle had caused powerful earthquakes all over Koba . The impoverished people of Koba , still recovering from Tulak ' s tyrannical reign , were not prepared for such natural disasters , and could do nothing to stop the remains of their once - spectacular civilization fall to pieces . An earthquake caused a minor avalanche in Yaddle ' s pit , and for the first time in over a century , the young Jedi Padawan saw daylight . Yaddle ' s happiness at finally escaping did not last long . She sensed suffering and despair all around her — what had remained after the various famines and plagues had now been decimated by the earthquakes . Yaddle had long since forgiven the past generations of Kobans who had acted as her jailers , and she felt deeply sorry for the people who were suffering because of Tulak ' s oppressive time in charge . She provided as much help to the Kobans as she possibly could , and , with the Kobans struggling to rebuild their broken society , Yaddle declined a request to return to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to resume her Jedi training , declaring that she would not return while her work on Koba remaining unfinished . Although the work was difficult , and the resources had been almost depleted , the people of Koba were inspired to continue rebuilding their broken world by Yaddle ' s spirit and dedication . They built a bridge in Polvin Kut ' s name over the gorge he had been killed in , in honor of the late Jedi Knight . Yaddle became the savior of the Koban population , but she refused to accept any honors or rewards . She worked with the children of Koba , teaching them what she had learned as a Jedi Padawan . Tulak ' s son , Kalut , had replaced his father as warlord , and had come to Koba to claim his inheritance . Kalut was even more ruthless than his father , and intended to take whatever was worth taking from the devastated planet , and then leave it for good . He fired upon the villages , destroying much of what the Kobans had rebuilt . Kalut and his fellow Advozse soldiers arrived at Yaddle ' s village , disgusted at the poor condition the villagers were in . Deciding they would be useless as slaves or warriors , Kalut stole the Kobans few valuables . Although the Kobans were too weak to fight , Yaddle was not . She challenged Kalut , and when he refused to leave the Kobans in peace , Yaddle engaged him in a duel . Yaddle , using only the wooden stick with which she had honed her combat abilities during her imprisonment , defeated the Advozse dictator , liberating the Koban people . Mastery . When Yaddle returned to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , the Jedi Council determined that she had achieved unity with the Force and that she did not need any additional training . The Council proposed that Yaddle be elevated to the position of Jedi Master , and offered a seat on the Jedi Council , even though she was still a Padawan . Master Yoda , feeling that it was too strong a deviance from the typical Jedi Code and Jedi training , was the only Council member against Yaddle ' s elevation . However , through examining her story and through a quick glimpse into her future , Yoda backed down , and allowed Yaddle to join the ranks of the Jedi Council despite still having some doubts . After becoming a Jedi Master , Yaddle went on to train dozens of Padawans , including Oppo Rancisis and Empatojayos Brand . Rancisis , a Thisspiasian male , was a shrewd tactician and a practitioner of battle meditation , and eventually joined Yaddle on the Council . Empatojayos Brand was brash and overconfident , and Yaddle did not take another Padawan after Brand passed his Trials for Knighthood around the time of the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY . Yaddle was eventually appointed as the head of the Librarians ' Assembly , working with curator Ashka Boda to maintain the Jedi Temple ' s vast collections of various holocrons , scrolls and Sith artifacts , as well as gathering and studying new books and artifacts to increase Jedi learning . Under Yaddle ' s leadership , the assembly increased the collection , and made several important discoveries . When not at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , Yaddle stayed at the auxiliary Jedi training center at Kamparas , offering important lessons to initiates who did not live at the Temple full time . Yinchorri Uprising . In 33 BBY , Yaddle was part of the council who sent a number of Jedi to the Yinchorri system to deal with the troublesome Yinchorri . Yaddle ' s knowledge of the journals of Tharence Wo , which contained the little known fact that the Yinchorri , like the Hutts , were completely immune to mental manipulation by the Force . Several teams of Jedi were sent to the Yinchorri system to deal with the crisis , including many Council members , but Yaddle stayed behind with some of the less military - minded Councilors , including her former Padawan Oppo Rancisis , Quermian Master Yarael Poof and Grand Master Yoda . With many of the Jedi Councilors gone , and with the Yinchorri being manipulated by a third party , the Jedi Temple was attacked by a group of Yinchorri . The Yinchorri warriors killed Temple guard Jude Rozess , however when they advanced further they found a group of over dozen Jedi waiting for them , with their lightsabers drawn . Yaddle , wielding a green shoto lightsaber helped defeat the vicious invaders . After the Yinchorri were all killed , Yaddle went to further study the holocron of Tharence Wo , as the teams of Jedi had not discovered the Yinchorri commander center which they were searching for . Tharence Wo mentioned a fourth , unknown world ; a lifeless rock named Uhanayih known as " within world " in the Yinchorri tongue . Yaddle , as well as Tharence Wo , had previously assumed the world to have only mythological meanings . However , with the command center still undiscovered Yaddle began to wonder if the name was used literally , and that the command center might have been inside the fourth planet . She told the Jedi Council of her suspicions , but they were interrupted by a message from Master Windu . The teams of Jedi had located the hiding place of the command center , and Yaddle ' s theory was correct ; the Yinchorri headquarters were located inside a lifeless world close to the Yinchorri sun . The Jedi on Yinchorri were successful , but the mission was not without its losses . Padawan Theen Fida , Knight Lilit Twoseas and Councilor Micah Giiett had all perished on the mission . Mission to Asmeru . Sometime in 33 BBY , Jedi Masters , Yaddle , Vergere , Depa Billaba , Qui - Gon Jinn and his Padawan learner Obi - Wan Kenobi went to Asmeru where they were attacked by the Nebula Front , but managed to defeat them and survive . Yaddle was present on the Jedi High Council when they were confronted by Qui - Gon Jinn , who claimed that he had found a boy who he believed to be the prophesied Chosen One . The Council later tested the boy , named Anakin Skywalker , and found him to be incredibly gifted in the ways of the Force , but vulnerable to the dark side of the Force . Jinn refused to accept their denial of the boy , they then sent him on a new mission to Naboo . For some reason , Yaddle , Oppo Rancisis and Yarael Poof were the only Jedi Councilors to remain at the Jedi Temple when Qui - Gon was killed by the mysterious Sith Warrior , Darth Maul . Emissaries to Malastare . In 32 BBY Yaddle participated in a Jedi mission during the time of the Eriadu Trade Summit . Soon after , Yaddle , along with the other Jedi Masters on the Council , was confronted by Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi - Wan Kenobi . She watched as Qui - Gon requested that young Anakin Skywalker be tested for admission into the Jedi Order . According to Jinn , the boy was the Chosen One of the Jedi prophecy . After testing the boy , the Council decided that the boy was not to be trained due to the emotional attachment to his mother . Several years later , Yaddle volunteered to travel to the Mid Rim planet of Malastare to mediate negotiations between the government of Lannik and a terrorist organization known as the Red Iaro . The people of Lannik had endured a devastating war against the Red Iaro for several years , with heavy casualties on each side . In 32 BBY , the Red Iaro declared a stalemate , wanting to begin the peace process and rebuild the planet . It was decided that the negotiations should take place on a neutral planet , and the Gran governors of Malastare expressed interest in hosting the meetings . The Judicial Department of the Chancellor requested that Jedi be sent to the jungle - planet to act as arbiters between the two groups . Six Council members volunteered to go — Yaddle , Plo Koon , Even Piell , Mace Windu , Adi Gallia and Ki - Adi - Mundi , as well as Mundi ' s Padawan , A ' Sharad Hett . Unknown to the Jedi , one of their hosts , the Gran senator Aks Moe , had allied himself with the Red Iaro , as well as a seedy religious organization known as the Order of the Ffib . The leader of the Red Iaro , Myk ' chur Finux Zug , had agreed to give the Gran corporations access to Lannik ' s unspoiled resources if Moe helped them get into power . The Gran senator had organized the meetings at the same time as Phoebos Memorial Run , one of the most prestigious Podraces on Malastare , to draw attention away from the negotiations . After departing their Jedi cruiser on the surface of Malastare , Yaddle and the other Jedi were escorted to their quarters by Gran senators Baskol Yeesrim and Ainlee Teem . As they walked through one of the Gran ' s many palaces , Master Yaddle , as well as Even Piell and Adi Gallia sensed that they were being followed . Piell and Adi Gallia doubled - back , and confronted the two men , a Ffib priest and a Red Iaro rebel , who , after firing on the pair of Jedi Councilors , fled . After informing their Gran hosts of the attack , Yaddle and the others continued on towards their quarters . Afterward , a group of Gamorrean guards employed by Aks Moe attacked A ' Sharad Hett , who reacted angrily , igniting his two crimson lightsabers , prepared to attack the Gamorreans . Yaddle stopped the Padawan from lashing out , using the Force to confuse the green - skinned humanoids , who took their places in the hall again . Yaddle told Hett that she could have easily defeated them , but that a peaceful resolution was always better than a non - peaceful one . When the negotiations commenced , with Aks Moe as the adjudicator , neither the Lannik Prince R ' cardo Sooflie IX , nor the Red Iaro leader took the Jedi seriously . The negotiations quickly broke down , despite the efforts of Yaddle and her fellow Jedi , and they adjourned the meeting until the next day , not long after it had began . The military adviser to the Lannik Prince , Hutar Zash , offered the seven Jedi transport in his two speeders . On the way to their destination , the Lannik drivers turned on the Jedi . To the Jedi ' s surprise , Hutar and the others revealed their allegiance to the Red Iaro , and showed the Jedi explosives strapped to their chests . While Yaddle ' s group managed to defeat the rebels in their speeder , the other team did not fare so well . Even Piell , Mace Windu and Adi Gallia were thrown off the speeder , and eventually caught onto part of a Podracer belonging to the Dug Sebulba . Sebulba managed to shake them off , but Adi Gallia managed to fire a grappling hook at the podracer . However , the wire was severed when Aldar Beedo ' s attempt to shoot Sebulba missed . With the Jedi seemingly plummeting to their deaths , Yaddle took control of the other speeder , piloting it below the three falling Jedi , saving their lives . Knowing the Red Iaro had gone too far to back out , the Jedi set a course for the Lannik prince ' s quarters , expecting to find Red Iaro assassins there . They jumped off the speeder and smashed through the ornate glass roof , lightsabers drawn . Several Red Iaro terrorists , including their leader , Zug , and two Ffib priests were in the Lannik ' s chambers , as well as two Akk dogs that Zug had let loose . The Jedi defeated the terrorists , and Yaddle saved Adi Gallia ' s life , killing an Akk dog that was attacking her by stabbing it through the eye . The Jedi apprehended the head Ffib priest , but Zug managed to escape , using a jet - pack to propel himself out of the building , through the sizable hole in the roof left by the Jedi . However , Zug did not get far — he was sucked into the engine of a podracer , and died instantly . The corrupt Grannish senator Aks Moe , accompanied by several Gran soldiers , arrived just after Zug ' s death , feigning that he had no knowledge of the plot to kill the prince . He told the Jedi that the negotiations were over , and that they must leave at once . Mace Windu went to Nar Shaddaa to stop those responsible for smuggling the Akk dogs from their homeworld , while Yaddle and the others returned the surviving Akk dog back to Haruun Kal . A noble death . In 26 BBY , Yaddle was sent to Mawan along with Obi - Wan Kenobi and his Padawan , Anakin Skywalker . Their mission was to try to restore peace to the lawless planet . However , Yaddle sacrificed her life for those of the people of Mawan , by using the Force to absorb a bioweapon released by Granta Omega , which killed her instantly . By doing so , she saved the city of Naatan . Yaddle was 483 years old at the time of her death . Yaddle was the last Jedi Council member to die before the Clone Wars , with her place being filled by Shaak Ti . Personality and traits . Over time , Yaddle ' s personal collection of artifacts and trinkets grew so large that she could fill several rooms with them . She became one of the most revered members of the Jedi Order , and her fellow Jedi would often consult her for her wisdom and knowledge on many subjects . She came to be known as one of the most compassionate and thoughtful Jedi Masters . In fact , Yaddle was so compassionate that she helped the people of Koba rebuild their society even though they had trapped her in a cave for a century . Instead of resenting the Kobans , she felt sorry for them . Yaddle was also a mentor to many of the students in the Jedi Order , offering help and advice to troubled students . She was also known to have turned a blind eye to any pranks the younglings would make , and even to have slipped sweets in their pockets . Yaddle rarely spoke , but when she did , she spoke in anastrophe , the same unusual way as fellow council member Yoda , placing verbs after the object and subject . Yaddle used as few words as possible when speaking on the Jedi High Council , and had the habit of summing up conclusions that the other Council members would have reached eventually . Powers and abilities . Yaddle ' s exposure to little - known aspects of the Force granted her powers rarely used by Jedi , including the ancient and forbidden Jedi combat art of Morichro , a technique which enabled the user to rapidly slow down the bodily functions of its target to the point of death . The Jedi Council felt that Morichro was too dangerous to be taught to the Order as a whole , and so it was restricted to only a handful of Jedi Masters . This , and many other dark secrets , were kept securely by Yaddle and her colleagues in the Jedi Library . Yaddle was also known for possessing the extremely rare Force Light power , being the only known Jedi of her time who was able to use the power . A Jedi Consular , she was not as martial as many of her fellow councilors , although after being promoted to Jedi Master she became one of few Jedi to wield an orange lightsaber . Despite her preference of using the Force in battle , Yaddle was highly proficient in Forms 3 and 4 of lightsaber combat , Soresu and Ataru , ranking as one of the most skilled duelists in the Jedi Order . Yaddle was also an expert pilot , as she showed when she saved her fellow Jedi on Malastare shortly after the Battle of Naboo . In addition , to all this , Yaddle was able to stop Granta Omega ' s evil scheme to poison the planet Mawan with a chemical weapon , showing amazing speed , alacrity and apptitude of the Force . Under the ground , Yaddle was able to break the cuffs on Anakin Skywalker ' s arms before Omega could administer the lethal charge , then jumped through the launch tube after the chemical bomb . She suspended herself in the air then spoke to Anakin telepathically , about his destiny as the Chosen One and how he must live up to his responsibility . With these last wise words , Yaddle used the Force to absorb the bomb into herself , imploding and unfortunately dying , making sure that nobody on Mawan would be exposed to the lethal chemical explosion . Skywalker himself never felt such a massive use of the Force , as Yaddle drew it into herself like a web . Behind the scenes . Yaddle was operated in " The Phantom Menace " by Phil Eason . The model for Yaddle was originally intended as a sketch for Yoda , but was later put in the movies as Yaddle .