Luminara Unduli Luminara Unduli was a Mirialan female Jedi Master during the final days of the Jedi Order . She commanded the 41st Elite Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic , and was the master of Padawan Barriss Offee . Together , they fought in numerous battlefields of the Clone Wars , before Offee turned against the Jedi Order and bombed the Jedi Temple . At the end of the war , Unduli fought in the battle on Kashyyyk . She was arrested and executed after Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine issued Order 66 and destroyed the Jedi Order . The Galactic Empire would later use her remains to attract and kill any Jedi that survived Order 66 . One such trap was laid for Kanan Jarrus and the crew of the " Ghost " , who believed Unduli was alive and being imprisoned on Stygeon Prime . They mounted a rescue mission , only to discover that it was a trap by the Grand Inquisitor . The rebels escaped with the knowledge that Unduli was dead and spread the word to dispell the ruse , preventing any more deaths in her name . Biography . Before the Separatist Crisis , Unduli took on a Padawan , a fellow Mirialan named Barriss Offee ; this was in keeping with the traditions of her people , as Mirialan Jedi were only to take their own as Padawans . Following an assassination attempt on Naboo Senator Padmé Amidala , she attended a meeting between the Jedi Council and Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine about the possibility of war between the Republic and the Separatists under Count Dooku . She also met a Jedi youngling , Caleb Dume , who saw her as a " brave , compassionate , disciplined " Jedi and who respected her greatly . Clone Wars . Battle of Geonosis . When it became apparent that a full - fledged military conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems would occur , Obi - Wan Kenobi was captured by the Confederacy on Geonosis , and Unduli and her Padawan joined Master Mace Windu ' s quickly launched rescue mission . Housed within the packed arena were Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker , and Senator Padmé Amidala , who were to be tried and executed by the Confederacy leaders assembled on the world . As over two hundred Jedi crept into the arena , they ignited their lightsabers in challenge to Count Dooku , the leader of the Confederacy , who was personally overseeing the planned execution . A heated but short battle followed ; over half of the assembled Jedi Knights fell in battle before Dooku called his forces to a halt . After the Jedi survivors rejected an offer of surrender in exchange for their lives , Dooku prepared to order their deaths and his forces prepared to shoot them down . Unduli raised her lightsaber , prepared to die fighting , but she and the others were saved by the arrival of Grand Master Yoda , accompanied by the newly - created Grand Army of the Republic in several gunships . When the gunships landed , Master Unduli boarded one alongside Masters Saesee Tiin and Shaak Ti and was airlifted to safety . Duel with Ventress . Later on , Unduli traveled to Rodia to escort captured Viceroy Nute Gunray to Coruscant for trial . The Jedi Master was joined by Anakin Skywalker ' s Padawan , Ahsoka Tano . Aboard the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Tranquility " , Unduli spearheaded the interrogations of the viceroy , whose denial of information cost Tano her patience . The Padawan threatened Gunray with her lightsaber , and though Unduli scolded the Padawan for using fear as a weapon , the viceroy agreed to " negotiate . " Before any information could be gleaned , the " Tranquility " was attacked by Asajj Ventress and a battle droid squad , who had arrived to rescue Gunray . After Unduli and Clone Commander CC - 1004 , nicknamed " Gree , " managed to destroy the army of super battle droids , the Jedi Master sensed that Tano was in danger and rushed to meet with her . Unduli arrived to assist the Padawan in confronting Ventress , who was cornered . However , while " surrendering , " Ventress activated thermal detonator s that she had planted in the Star Destroyer ' s reactor room , crippling the cruiser , and escaped to the ravaged engine room . Although Tano offered to help , noting her past run - ins with Ventress and stating that the assassin was " too powerful for any one Jedi , " Unduli unwisely pursued the assassin on her own , leaving Tano to guard Gunray . Finding and engaging Ventress in lightsaber combat , Unduli was hampered by a wound to the left eye early in the battle and was eventually trapped beneath several pipes the Dark Acolyte collapsed on her from the ceiling , though she put up a good fight nonetheless . As Ventress moved to deal the killing blow , the Jedi Master was saved by the timely arrival of Tano , who had decided to disobey her orders in the interest of helping Unduli . The Mirialan accepted the Padawan ' s help for the continuing duel , but in the end , Ventress escaped with Senate Commando Captain Argyus , who had defected to the Separatists and freed Gunray from Republic custody . Unduli and Tano transmitted the signal of the Republic cruiser that the Separatists had used to escape the " Tranquility " to Jedi Master Kit Fisto , who tracked Gunray to the third moon of Vassek . Unduli apologized to Tano for not taking her advice before the Padawan departed to rendezvous with her own Master . Return to Geonosis . Luminara later returned to Geonosis to help Masters Ki - Adi - Mundi and Obi - Wan Kenobi destroy Poggle the Lesser ' s new droid foundry there . She attended the mission briefing before the invasion made planetfall and interceded in Kenobi and Skywalker ' s casual sniping , reminding them that they had a battle to fight . Along with her Padawan , Barriss Offee , she joined Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano in the storming of the droid factory . While she and Skywalker acted as diversions , the two Padawans Offee and Tano made their way through the vast underground catacombs to destroy the factory . Unduli cut her way through dozens of battle droids alongside Skywalker , demonstrating her mastery of both her lightsaber and the Force , but was forced into a temporary retreat after the Separatists unveiled their new super tanks , whose ray shields and warhead launchers decimated the Republic ranks . Alongside Skywalker , Luminara placed explosives along the underside of the bridge the tanks were crossing and then watched as the detonation sent the tanks plummeting to their doom . She and Anakin then watched in horror as the factory exploded and collapsed with their Padawans inside ; though Luminara was sadly accepting of Barriss ' fate , Anakin refused to allow them to die and his faith was rewarded by a faint signal from Ahsoka underneath a large pile of rubble . Ecstatic to see her Padawan alive , Luminara congratulated both on the success of their mission but also counseled Skywalker on being prepared for the time when he would have to let his apprentice go . Following this , Unduli went in search of Poggle the Lesser , who had retreated into the catacombs of an ancient temple . While she and a trooper searched the temple , a sandstorm prohibited reinforcements from reaching their positions . While communicating with Masters Kenobi and Mundi via hologram , Unduli ' s clone trooper was killed by the undead hordes of the mysterious Hive Queen Karina the Great and Unduli cut the communication whilst turning to face her attackers . Having been knocked unconscious and captured , the Jedi Master was taken before Karina . Jedi Kenobi and Skywalker came to her rescue ; they were not far off when Luminara regained consciousness and wrestled her way out of the zombies ' reach , only to find her usually crippling moves had no effect on the undead warriors . Realizing what they were up against , she contacted Kenobi to warn him not to come after her , but was cut off as the zombies overwhelmed her . The Jedi disregarded her warnings and continued their search until they came upon Karina ' s abode , where they found Luminara in an energy trap for her to be infested with brain worms . Luminara , much to her chagrin , nearly found herself infected due to Kenobi ' s eagerness to see how the process worked but resigned herself under the hope that it was all part of the plan . With Kenobi and Commander Cody delaying the zombies and the Queen , Skywalker freed Unduli and the two captured Poggle . Cody and his troops shot down the cave support , burying the Queen and taking Poggle prisoner . Death and legacy . By the end of the war , Unduli served alongside Yoda , Republic forces , and Wookiee warriors during a battle on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk . During the battle , Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine issued Order 66 , a command ordering all clone troopers to kill their Jedi commanders . Unduli evaded the fate that many of her fellow Jedi had , though for years it was believed she had been shot down by her troops on Kashyyyk . In actuality , Unduli had been taken into custody by the Empire . The Jedi Order was destroyed , and Palpatine declared himself Emperor and transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire . After a short time in the prison known as the Spire on Stygeon Prime , she was executed in her cell in the presence of the Grand Inquisitor , who then held her remains for future purposes of the Empire . After her death , rumors began to spread that Unduli had survived the Clone Wars and was still alive , with those rumors existing as late as fourteen years after the war ended . In reality , the Empire used Unduli ' s remains to lure Jedi survivors into traps so they could be killed , corrupting the Mirialan Master ' s memory . One such trap was laid by the Inquisitor fourteen years after the war , with Unduli ' s remains still held in the Spire . In an attempt to trick Jedi survivor Kanan Jarrus and the rebel crew of the " Ghost " into a trap , former Imperial Senator Gall Trayvis , a secret operative of the Empire , ' hacked ' a HoloNet News transmission to proclaim that Unduli was being held in the Stygeon system . Jarrus and the crew determined that they would mount a rescue mission to save Unduli . Jarrus , who remembered Unduli as a compassionate and capable Jedi , especially wanted to find her as he believed she would be a better teacher for his apprentice , Ezra Bridger , than he had been . The rebels infiltrated the Spire , with Jarrus and Bridger leading the search for the Jedi Master . They found the cell she appeared to be held in , where they saw a physical manifestation of her . Jarrus could sense her presence , but something about it felt wrong . Her physical manifestation ( in reality a hologram ) soon disappeared into a case on the wall , which contained Unduli ' s desiccating remains . It was at that moment that the Inquisitor revealed himself and attempted to kill the two Jedi , but the rebels were able to escape . The experience nonetheless helped teach Jarrus that he could train Bridger himself . Having survived the Inquisitor ' s trap , Jarrus resolved to spread the word that Luminara was dead and news of her imprisonment was being used as bait for exiled Jedi . During Jarrus ' s vision during his second visit to Lothal ' s Jedi Temple , a vision of Unduli ' s lightsaber was present in the Jedi Temple ' s dojo . Personality and traits . Luminara Unduli was known as a Jedi Master of great patience , bravery , compassion , and discipline and was held in great esteem by her colleagues . She was able to keep a cool head in any situation , even when about to be forcibly infected with brain worms , and was never known to show anger or even raise her voice . Though confident in her abilities as a Jedi , she greatly underestimated the prowess of the assassin Asajj Ventress and was only saved by the timely arrival of Ahsoka Tano , whose advice she had disregarded . However , she was humble enough to admit her mistake and was genuinely thankful to Tano for rescuing her . Luminara was also humorous on occasion , at one point stifling a snort of laughter at Anakin ' s " simple logic " approach to dealing with droids , and when she requested that some strategic planning be saved for her so she didn ' t feel left out . Powers and abilities . Luminara was an extremely powerful and skilled Jedi Master , with few able to match her . Her skill with a lightsaber allowed her to duel Asajj Ventress on an even footing even with one eye impaired , an impressive feat as Ventress had managed to easily defeat several uninjured Jedi in the past . She was also skilled in unarmed combat , as demonstrated when she was disarmed and captured by undead Geonosian warriors , she was able to put up a decent fight despite being severely outnumbered and in handcuffs . Unduli possessed at least some skill in Form II , as she was able to recognize it when Ventress applied it against her in battle , and was also known to adopt the classic Form III combat stance when preparing to fight . Luminara wore black robes and a headdress along with brass - coloured armbands and a sash , the latter two embossed with ornate symbols . She wielded a green - bladed lightsaber . Behind the scenes . Luminara Unduli was played by Mary Oyaya in " " and Fay David in " " . She was voiced by Olivia d ' Abo in " " . Unduli was originally to have been depicted in being killed as part of Order 66 , but this scene was cut along with the deaths of Barriss Offee and Shaak Ti . Unused footage from " Attack of the Clones " was going to be used for this appearance . Luminara made her first appearance in the newly established canon after the Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm in " Rise of the Old Masters " , the third episode of " Star Wars Rebels " , in which her canonical fate following Order 66 was revealed . She had no speaking part , though she did appear as both a hologram to Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger and as a corpse .