Mission to Mawan In 25 BBY , four members of the Jedi Order embarked on a mission to the planet of Mawan , to put down an insurgency of lawless criminals and to establish a provisional government committee . Conditions there had reached an impasse : the planet had suffered a disastrous civil war a decade earlier , which the natives referred to as the Great Purge , and the Galactic Senate could no longer ignore this Core world . Its degeneracy was producing ripples that negatively affected the greater galaxy . The once - beautiful world had been utterly decimated by its internal conflict : its government and capital - city infrastructure had vanished , its citizenry had become a jobless and homeless underground mass , its space lanes went unmonitored , while famine and the influx of criminal elements had now made it an " open " and lawless planet . The Senatorial transport carried Jedi Master Yaddle , Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker to Mawan . Grand Master Yoda would travel there later in his Republic cruiser . Master Yaddle , who spent most of the journey to the planet in meditation , was to serve as the warrior - diplomat Mawan so desperately needed to convince the criminal factions that it was in their best interest to vacate the planet immediately . In the Jedi effort to restore peace to the planet , the crime lord Striker , who by mission ' s end was revealed to be Granta Omega , was able to capture Skywalker ( once again ) . But this time , Omega had no qualms about killing the meddlesome Padawan , or his Jedi Masters , along with all of Mawan , by unleashing a bioweapon . While Anakin was prepared to deal with the bomb himself , Yaddle assured him that he must instead pursue his special destiny as the Chosen One . Yaddle thus protected Skywalker by intercepting the bioweapon herself and using the Force to defuse it , but she sacrificed her own life in the process . Despite this , the mission was a success for the Jedi , even though Omega fled . But in his escape , this elusive nemesis of the Jedi Order finally revealed to Kenobi his true identity : he was the son of Xanatos and grandson of Crion . While Kenobi was utterly astonished by this news , he realized that it all made sense now : Omega had obviously inherited not only his father ' s fortune from Offworld Mining Corporation , but also his father ' s intense hatred of the Jedi . The mission . Prelude to a Jedi ' s death . Since their mission to Andara , the Master - Padawan team of Kenobi and Skywalker had suffered a mild civil war of their own : it was an emotional - spiritual conflict that had set a debilitating distance between the two , damaging the delicate ties of interpersonal communication and their overall relationship . The memory of how , by his unthinking actions , he ' d so deeply hurt his Master felt to Anakin like " a knife in his heart , " and it haunted him . He missed Obi - Wan ' s dedication to him in helping him to be the best Jedi he could be , but now , ever since Anakin had violated that essential core of trust between them , and he ' d received a reprimand from the Jedi High Council , the duo seemed to have lost their rhythm , which , until it was no longer there , Anakin had not realized had developed to the degree that it had . His Master seemed , more than anything , " cautious " towards him . And he couldn ' t even remember the last time he and Obi - Wan had teased or joked with one another . There were shadows between them now . For Obi - Wan ' s part , he wanted to give his 16 - year - old Padawan room and time to reflect , as his own Master Qui - Gon Jinn had given him , to come to terms with his own feelings and achieve a deeper connection to his core . His apprentice needed to understand that a little distance between them did not mean their relationship ' s " core " was threatened . But Kenobi resolved nevertheless to use the mission to Mawan to work out some of their differences . Since the Andaran mission , young Skywalker , moreover , had experienced another Force vision . It had come to him just after having surfaced from a cool afternoon swim in the indoor lake at the Jedi Temple , near the Room of a Thousand Fountains . He was sitting underneath the waterfall , enjoying the spray of its mist , when the peaceful scene of rushing water suddenly gave way to a furious rush of air , so severe in its intensity that it hurt his ears , and the unfolding vision ' s surging images , like pulses of light , overwhelmed him : he saw himself commanding a massive fleet ; he witnessed a slave - revolt of hundreds shouting his name ; he beheld his mother Shmi in Mos Espa embracing him and heard the sound of her binding cuffs drop to the ground at the touch of his hand upon them . But with one last crescendic explosion of light and sound , he knew he ' d somehow lost her forever , and everyone he ' d ever loved . The dream ending , he heard the echo of strange words : " The One Below remains below " . It was the third time Anakin had experienced this particular vision , which had manifested itself in different forms and intensities . He was left troubled and wearied by the vision , for this time it had seemed to him so " real , " unfurling in its most intense incarnation yet , its most insistent manifestation . And while he immediately confided the dream to his Master , neither Jedi was clear about its meaning . When they consulted Grand Master Yoda , the ancient Jedi sage gave the meaning of " the One Below " as being a Koban title , referring to the centuries - long imprisonment by Advozsec warlords of Yaddle , the revered Jedi Master who was of the same species as Yoda . That she was about to leave on a very troubling mission to the planet Mawan was no coincidence : Yoda felt that Anakin ' s dream was a " warning " and the answer to the Council ' s debate about which Jedi team to send with her to address the grave situation that existed there . The visionary Padawan was disappointed at his dream ' s interpretation , for he had hoped that the time had come at last when he might " step out of his dreams " and return to Tatooine to free the slaves , but most importantly , his own mother . As the diplomatic Jedi team embarked to Mawan , Anakin Skywalker , normally excited at the prospect of new missions , could only feel a " dread " that he could not understand . Arrival on Mawan . Arriving in Mawan ' s formerly thriving capital city of Naatan — an important stop on the Hydian Way , the Core ' s primary trade route — Obi - Wan Kenobi , who had visited the world before , was dismayed at how much the cosmopolitan center had decayed . The desolation of lives and property was everywhere evident . Except for the criminal gangs — led by three primary crimelords : Striker , Decca the Hutt , and Feeana Tala — all had " gone underground " to live in the infrastructure tunnels , according to Euraana Fall , the city native who came to greet the Jedi and to serve as their liaison with the planet ' s diverse factions . What had made the city so beautiful before the Great Purge was that all goods had been transported below the city , then airlifted to the surface , with all computer centers and control links remaining below as well , leaving a beautifully landscaped city of parks , cafés , restaurants , schools — full of laughter , music and rich conversation . What remained now was a garish mishmash of rebuilt architecture over the city ' s half - destroyed buildings , with criminal - element inhabitants selling and making their fortunes from weapons , spice , and illegal medicines being sold to untold numbers of the galaxy ' s unfortunates . Landing in a large courtyard in a little - used area of the city , the group made their way to an old abandoned meeting and concert hall , which seemed amazingly untouched by war , where they would set up the Senate Provisional Committee ' s center of operations . Here they were introduced by Euraana to their tunnel - worker representative contacts , who served as the go - betweens for the crimelords above and the citizens below — Swanny Mull and Rorq , a pair of short , stocky , pale - complected Mawans . The tunnel workers had set up temporary crimelord - run markets , from which the underground dwellers ( living throughout 20 sub - levels across Naatan ' s breadth ) were forced to buy their food and goods . The tunnel workers were paid for their services by both factions , and both parties had come to depend on the tunnel workers , whom they called " subrats , " to bring them provisions and keep their generators operational . The citizens further depended on them secretly as scouts , to help protect them from crimelord raids . Because they were enjoying their new - found power , however , the majority of tunnel workers weren ' t giving the citizens their full support , as they didn ' t want them to regain control over the city , which would only force them down the food - chain again . As for the crimelords themselves , of the three , Striker was the most powerful and dangerous . It was he who first managed to seize from Decca the capital city ' s power grid and a large cache of weapons , while the Hutt was able to hold on to Naatan ' s main tunnels and transports . Feeana Tala , though not as powerful as the others , controlled most of the goods and services sold to the majority of citizens beneath the capital . Not seen by many , Striker had directed from afar his personal operators on Mawan through the years , and he ' d only dropped in on the planet from time to time . But now his presence was felt constantly . With the Jedi now in their ranks , it was the citizens ' duty now to work with Yaddle to retake the city and its power grid , while Kenobi and Skywalker would focus on persuading the crimelords to leave the planet , and so avoid repercussions from the Senate of sending galactic security forces to enforce its will . Strange alliances . Soon Swanny and Rorq led Kenobi and Skywalker underground to observe one of Feeana Tala ' s temporary markets set up there for the mutual benefit of thieves and citizen - dwellers . Almost immediately the crimelord ' s keen senses locked in and she had the Jedi duo surrounded by her troops . When Kenobi had convinced her that they were indeed Jedi diplomats , she sat them down to negotiate : after hearing about their straightforward aims for her planet and the imminent arrival of the Senate security forces — when asked her desire if she gave her cooperation to the provisional government committee — she requested amnesty and a place in Mawan ' s new government . Thus was set in place , once all were in accord , a strange alliance of Jedi and Crimelord . But Kenobi knew that he and Anakin , if they were to maintain Tala ' s loyalty , had to move fast to neutralize Decca and Striker . Next , Rorq and Swanny helped Kenobi and Skywalker to infiltrate Decca ' s stronghold in perhaps a stranger alliance still . They did this by having the two Jedi perform as part of Swanny ' s band at one of Decca ' s celebratory " revels , " traditionally held by the Hutt and her cronies after any defeat against Striker . Obi - Wan took the vioflute , and Anakin , the keyboard . At the vast substation party , which the Rooters ( both old and new ) had crashed , a plethora of swaggering beings from across the galaxy downed " flameouts " as all feasted on meats and pastries . Decca the Hutt arrived to heave her enormous bulk upon her custom - built repulsorlift platform festooned with shimmersilk pillows ; her lieutenants , including her two - tailed Kamarian assistant , jockeyed for position around her while some forty gang members milled about . After some time , Decca signaled for Swanny and the Rooters to cease their music , so that she might give a brief declamatory speech against the Jedi , who , rumor had it , had just arrived on the planet to drive them all away . As Decca concluded her words , a huge explosion rocked the substation : a group of Striker ' s men had attacked Decca ' s compound . In the commotion , as Kenobi fought to protect Swanny and Rorq while pursuing Decca , Anakin was blown off his feet by a thermal detonator . Although lucky to be alive , he lost his lightsaber ( later recovered by Kenobi ) and was hauled away in a refuse bin to be taken before Striker — to his self - berating dismay , he ' d been captured . Filling in the Blank . Finding himself in a much larger substation now , amidst a far sleeker , more professional operation than the shipshod or chaotic ones run by Feeana and Decca , Anakin , to his utter shock , faced again his and his Master ' s greatest enemy : Granta Omega . " The Void in the Force , the Blank . " For now he saw that " Striker " was , in fact , Omega . Resisting Omega ' s inevitable charms , Anakin made it clear to the " Void " once again before him that he was in nowise interested in the lures that Omega offered . For although Omega wasn ' t Force - sensitive , the dark side yet dominated his acts . He ' d tried to " kill " Anakin ' s own Master , after all — " over and over again " , with a missile launcher . And Skywalker cared very little about Omega ' s quest to lure into the open the one Sith Lord at large in the galaxy — to be near him , to be close to the Force , to understand the source of such power . But what " did " matter to Anakin was how Omega was going about it : that he would use anyone or anything — even the Jedi , and certainly his own unfathomable wealth — to get what he wanted . Even now , he flattered Anakin , telling him that the young Padawan was stronger than any Jedi , including his Master , and that Anakin himself knew this : " " I ' m still interested in the Sith , but I ' m becoming even more interested in you " . " Meanwhile , Obi - Wan was contacted by Yaddle , who asked for him to meet her at the airlift which , like a repulsorlift ( but using pressurized air columns instead ) , transported the underground dwellers topside . He told her Anakin was missing after the attack . But she felt that , working together , they soon might find a resolution : " " Your problem , my problem — fix each other , they might . " " Joining Kenobi and his small Mawan comrades at the airlift , Yaddle revealed that Striker had seized , in addition to the mainframe substation of the power grid , a critical central relay station — one that was crucial as a network point for restarting the grid : " Substation 32 " . It was the same station in which Decca had held her " revel , " but which Striker had retaken that evening . By controlling that substation , Striker could override the power surge needed for power grid start - up . The Jedi had to retake it , and by achieving this , they could also provoke Striker , which was the very thing Kenobi and Anakin had been attempting to do , to draw him out . If they attacked the substation , Striker would be forced to send reinforcements , which they could then follow back to Striker ' s hideout , where they also might be holding Anakin . The problem they faced was that the station now would be heavily protected by Striker ' s " best men " manning grenade launcher s and missile tube s , in order to protect the grid . And , according to Swanny , there was only one way in . But for the Jedi , Obi - Wan countered , there would always be another way . Letting bygones be ? Like the professional he was , Omega expertly drew on Anakin ' s own memories and personal experiences as a Jedi — including especially intimate moments at the Temple that only Padawans , Anakin was sure , could ever know about — to entice Skywalker to defect from the Order ( which he called " rigid " and " boring " ) and join with him . Omega mentioned meditating on favorite rocks in the Room of a Thousand Fountains , watching Senatorial starships dock from the Council receiving room , being reprimanded by Jedi instructor Rei Soffran . He tapped into Anakin ' s desire for freedom , a need to be truly free of all restrictions , including a Master and a High Council to whom he must always answer . It all made Anakin think back on his last mission and the amazing freedom enjoyed by Andara ' s student mercenary squad , who chose the missions they wished to be hired for , answering to none but themselves . Before their operation fell apart , Anakin had admired and perhaps even envied them , for it seemed like true freedom to him . Telling Anakin that the boy already had one foot on the dark path , and to forget his Jedi dreams ( even of fulfilling his special destiny as the Chosen One ) , Omega told Anakin to face reality and ask himself if he was really , truly " free " . But Anakin responded : " " The dream is real because I ' m living it " . " Omega countered that only wealth could secure freedom , and that he could offer him more freedom than the Jedi ever could . But it was a brand of freedom Anakin still would have nothing of : his resolve had become a durasteel bastion within him . But Skywalker was not prepared for what Omega offered him next : the liberating power of being able to raise an army and free his own mother from slavery — his deepest wish , hope , desire . Anakin ' s recent Force vision came flooding back to his mind : touching Shmi ' s binding cuffs and hearing them clamor to the floor . But then he realized that his dream had been a blinding glimpse of not what " would " be , but of what " could " be only : seeing the light in his mother ' s eyes , feeling so powerful , so sure — that liberation ' s mere thought , flaring up , searing him with promise . They could leave tomorrow , Omega whispered . Give true freedom a trial run , because he could always return to the desperate Jedi ; they would take him back . Still , Skywalker would not relent , for he knew just as Omega did that the Jedi would not take Anakin back if he did such a thing , that Omega ' s offer therefore was hollow at its core . And so Omega suggested instead that they make a deal : he would take his operations offworld if Anakin , his safety insurance hostage , could persuade Yaddle ( and no one else ) to meet with him there to hear his conditions . He would arrange to bring Skywalker ' s comlink to him . Anakin could then make his final decision whether to join Omega as the crimelord prepared to depart the planet . But Skywalker was resolute : " " I don ' t have to make a decision . I know what I am . I know what I want " . " Notwithstanding , after Omega bemoaned the Jedi ' s unflinchingly " self - righteous " behavior and then departed , Anakin was left not only with questions — how did Omega know so much ? had he corrupted a Jedi or infiltrated the Temple ? — but also with the ache of his unrequited dream : " We could leave here tomorrow . . . " Brave Masters . As Obi - Wan and Yaddle were poised underground to enact their plan to take over the power grid topside , Kenobi remembered " the One Below " of his Padawan ' s dream and worried about Yaddle ' s safety in their imminent attack on Substation 32 . But Yaddle reassured him , after he ' d attempted to dissuade her involvement , that she was not concerned about Anakin ' s vision , for she knew what Kenobi was thinking , and trying to shield her was simply a waste of time . Accepting her rebuke , they turned to the matter at hand . With assurances from Swanny that they could boost the power grid from another source once they ' d taken out Substation 32 ' s central relay ( for otherwise the entire grid might blow ) , they asked Swanny if he could assist by redirecting the underground wastewater to flood the substation . For they knew they must accomplish their objective within the hour : Feeana was impatient , and they were depending not only on her forces to secure the recaptured city , but also the trust of the Mawans : the underground dwellers would surface only if they were promised that they could hold the city through the backing of Feeana ' s gang and control of the grid . As Swanny left to perform his part , Kenobi and Yaddle skirted the heavily fortified substation ' s perimeter to execute their attack . Soon floodwaters began seeping underneath the station ' s double durasteel doors ; Yaddle called on the Force to hold their bursting until they ' d risen high enough to set off the equipment alarms and to avoid forewarning the guards . Yaddle received confirmation on her comlink that the grid team had bypassed the station and only awaited now assurance that the power surge would restore the grid . With the alarms now ringing , the Jedi Masters engaged their attack . Gathering the Force around them they charged forward , releasing the floodgates , as the guards fled . The attack droids , of course , stood their ground , but Obi - Wan was amazed as he joined Yaddle in battle and witnessed her graceful movement , her lightsaber a blur , the rising Force charging the air about them as they deflected the heavy blaster fire . And soon , a platoon of battle droids lay sizzling in puddles of water . Once Yaddle got confirmation that the power grid was up , having been secured , and the city of Naatan lit once more , she left to rally the Mawans for a return to their homes . Kenobi waited for Striker ' s reinforcements ; when they came , beheld the water , the sizzling droids , the absence of guards , they retreated to their leader ' s headquarters . . . with Obi - Wan in tow . The One Below . . . . Anakin was fully confident that Master Yaddle could handle Granta Omega . He agreed at least to contact her with Omega ' s proposal , for then she would be able to tell Obi - Wan that he was still alive . But he ' d discovered , although he didn ' t know why , that , for Omega , the conflict was a very personal one against his Master : that Omega hated Obi - Wan . Calling Master Yaddle on the comlink Omega had provided , Anakin revealed Striker ' s true identity and that Omega had for the second time made him his prisoner . When Yaddle was told of Omega ' s wish to meet with her , she told Anakin that she would have met with him simply if he had asked , and that there was no need of taking a hostage ; but Anakin explained it was for insurance that she come alone and not betray him ( but , to double the insurance , he would use tracking droids as well ) . Skywalker disclosed also that he was unsure of their present location , for Omega had changed bases ( as Kenobi had discovered after he ' d followed Striker ' s reinforcements to their original headquarters , only to find Omega on the move again , for he ' d detected Obi - Wan ' s pursuit ) . Anakin wanted Yaddle to confirm that she wasn ' t coming because of him , because he was fine , but she skirted the petition simply by stating that she would come once Obi - Wan had been informed . Omega had a list of coordinates to his new location that he would release , one at a time : if he detected at any point that Yaddle was not alone , he would disappear with Anakin . Yaddle agreed to the terms , and in great respect Anakin saluted her : " " May the Force be with you " " ; which , upon hearing , Omega , rolling his eyes , uttered , " " Oh , please " . " When Kenobi learned from Yaddle that Striker was Omega , he was at once incredulous and angry , and wished to accompany Yaddle , but she refused him , not only because of Omega ' s terms , but also because she needed Kenobi ' s help with the Mawan exodus back to their homes . Even so , Obi - Wan ' s most dangerous enemy had in his possession his most treasured companion , his Padawan . But Kenobi understood too well the Jedi Way , and it grounded him : helping shepherd complete strangers back safely to their homes was most important now , putting their needs before his own . Agreeing to Yaddle ' s wish , he asked for her to tell Omega that Kenobi would see him soon , to which Yaddle responded sternly : " " A threat that is . And so deliver it I will not " . " Striker ' s new hideout was one of the airlift shafts that Anakin remembered he ' d used only hours before to descend below , though it felt to him like days ; they were now some twenty levels down , Anakin guessed , near the northeast quadrant of the tunnel system . Yaddle arrived to hear Omega ' s conditions right after he ' d offered Anakin a final chance to choose his side , but Anakin replied that he ' d already made his choice : " Ah , the wee one approaches , " Omega announced mockingly , only to follow up with rude mimicry of her species ' particular manner of speech : " Impressed with your speed , I am . " He then prefaced his conditions by disclosing his possession of a " beautifully simple " canister — loaded into the airlift tube , its detonator remote - controlled — packed with powerful biochemical explosives : dihexalon gas , which was toxic and deadly to all life - forms . It was his insurance to get himself , his soldiers , equipment , wealth and records safely off - world . Yaddle was presented with three death - choices : she must choose death for either the Mawans ( who even then were being taken to their homes by Kenobi , whose own death would simply be " a bonus " ) , Skywalker , or herself . It was then that Anakin guessed that Omega ' s ambition was growing , for he understood now what he truly wanted : still trying to impress the Sith Lord , Omega now had moved beyond Kenobi as a target to something bigger : a Jedi High Council member . This would be far more impressive to a Sith Lord than a run - of - the - mill Master or his Padawan . Moreover , Anakin began to suspect what Omega already knew — the no - contest choice Yaddle would make . She would sacrifice herself : " The One Below will remain below . " Anakin furiously berated and chastised himself for his stupidity in again allowing himself to be captured by Omega and for putting Yaddle in such peril . He ' d been an unwitting pawn — used — once again . He had been the bait for Omega ' s lies and deception : this Void in the Force sought no agreement or truce , but wanted rather high - profile death to appease his own vanity and achieve a measure of galactic power by association with the Sith . And by Yaddle ' s choice , Omega would also have revenge on Anakin , who would have to live knowing he had caused Yaddle ' s death . A Master ' s choice . In one swift lightsaber movement , which caught Omega in mid - sentence , completely by surprise , Yaddle had surgically severed Anakin ' s binding cuffs , which clattered to the floor . Skywalker ' s vision flashed in his mind — the cuffs were not Shmi ' s , " they were his ! " Yoda and his Master had been correct in their caution about interpreting dreams : that one should not allow one ' s own emotions or desires to overlay themselves upon visionary images . " " Launch " " it ! " " Anakin suddenly heard Omega exclaim , as the crimelord turned to Yaddle , who ' d been a blur of light , advising her that she ' d just ensured the deaths of thousands . But then Yaddle straightaway Force - jumped into the airlift tube , as it filled with a rush , hitting with her saber - hilt its maximum eject button . Then , like the blast from a laser cannon she shot upward , through the tunnel levels , high into the air . Omega stood there stunned , as immediately Anakin followed suit , jumping into the tube as he hit its maximum launch setting . Having been himself shot to the surface and into the night sky at an astonishing velocity , he lost his breath as he careened back towards the ground , the Force helping to slow his descent and break his fall . Rolling with the impact , he looked again skyward to the glittering heavens and saw Yaddle , still suspended by the Force , above Naatan ' s tallest buildings , holding a silver canister to her chest . Yet , even at her distance , she spoke clearly to him , whispering a special parting message to his mind : that if Anakin could someday find his way to embrace , with the aid of the Force , something that was for him personally very explosive — his anger — it might then be consumed and destroyed ; his success or failure in that effort would dictate and define his role as the Chosen One . Hardly registering the meaningful words , a terrible realization began to flow over Anakin : he clearly saw now what Yaddle was about to do . He screamed out for her to stop , but knew it had already begun — she drew a great Force - net around her , so tightly , fiercely , strongly , that Anakin fell to his knees . Never had he felt the Force move in this way before . He was speechless , motionless . Far below , Granta Omega detonated the bioweapon , releasing only a sharp pop , as the Force burgeoned before Anakin ' s dazzled senses . Omega ' s deadly canister , meant to explode , had instead " imploded " as Yaddle absorbed into her own body its toxic gas and explosive power . In a shower of swirling light particles , the esteemed Jedi Master simply vanished , evaporating into the energy of the Force . In the cool night air Anakin ' s face streamed tears which he did not feel : Master Yaddle was dead . Burden of the Chosen . A living Jedi legend was no more , and a numbed Anakin Skywalker could not get his head around it . Time for him stood still . Yaddle ' s astonishing strength and wisdom — so needed for these perilous times — had been violently silenced . . . and all for " him " . Because he ' d seen a thermal detonator too late , been captured and tricked again by Omega . But why had Yaddle sacrificed precious moments to save Anakin ' s life before going after the bomb ? She ' d risked thousands of lives for his . And then he reflected on her final whispering to him . Was " that " why she ' d saved him ? If so , he couldn ' t bear the responsibility of it , that burden . Suddenly Anakin ' s Master was there , above him : he ' d felt a great disturbance in the Force , that something terrible had happened . Like a vacuum , he ' d felt its forceful surge and retreat , then silence . In neutral tones , Anakin told Obi - Wan of Yaddle ' s death . Kenobi stood long in stunned silence also , gazing at the starry sky . When Skywalker broke the silence with a stream of self - accusation , his Master commanded him to stop , for self - judgment was not the Jedi way . Yaddle had made the only choice that she could see , and did so freely . Handing Anakin his lightsaber , Obi - Wan told him there would be a time to mourn , but now they must continue to be the Jedi they were sent to be . Even so , Anakin remained comfortless : he felt his Master ' s words were automatic and empty , that he was drowning under the great sorrow and guilt that had rushed in to fill him . And flashing again in his mind ' s eye was his vision : its explosion of light and sorrow told him that , indeed , he ' d lost everyone he ' d ever loved , including Obi - Wan . His vision had proven true . Fond remembrances . Yoda was officially informed of Yaddle ' s death by emergency channel comlink , but the wise old Jedi had sensed her passing already , informed immediately by the Force . Obi - Wan had officially delivered the news that already had brought great pain to Yoda , whose voice was " liquid with sorrow " in his proper acknowledgment of it . But Kenobi felt the oppressive weight of that pain too , as did his Padawan . From his earliest memory , Yaddle had been part of Obi - Wan ' s life . Taking special delight in the young Jedi students , she ' d turned a blind eye to their pranks , hidden sweets in their pockets . Her touch on young Kenobi ' s head had felt to him like the most comforting thing in the world . With the hard lessons of maturity , Yaddle was there still , but in a different way . When Yoda had seemed unapproachable , in seeking wisdom towards the right path , Obi - Wan had respectfully knocked on Yaddle ' s door on countless occasions — an exceptional allowance and availability , indeed , by a member of the Jedi High Council . He knew this loss to the Jedi Order was so precious , Yaddle ' s worth woven into the fabric of the Temple for so long , that he ' d not seen it clearly until it was gone . Her quiet wisdom and presence simply were always there . And losing her was almost as bad as losing Yoda would be . Recanting faith . The Jedi had not rested since Coruscant , because there simply was no time . Panic was growing in the Mawan streets , for with Yaddle ' s death the fragile coalition that she had built threatened to come undone ; news of the bioweapon was everywhere . And what if Omega had another ? The unstable situation in Naatan caused the Senate to recant : it went back on its word to send a security force , for it would not risk its galactic reputation on behalf of a planet ' s security if its forces were bound to fall to crimelords . Feana Tala , on the brink of deserting the city and pulling her patrols , was also close to recanting her faith in the Jedi . For she doubted that Naatan could withstand an attack by Omega . All would surely retreat underground again , but this time , they would " remain " below . Kenobi and Skywalker , as they ingested and imbibed much - needed nourishment in the second - level café of the Senate Provisional Committee ' s makeshift command center , were able to persuade Tala , however , to hold out a little longer . This , bolstered by the promise of Yoda ' s arrival ( his personal transport to the planet having already taken flight ) would help ensure the Senate ' s support , a renewed commitment to aid Mawan . Fighting anger . Amidst the shifting tides of fear in the ranks of citizens and Senators , Obi - Wan Kenobi struggled with his own resurging anger , born of grief . He found it difficult to keep his temper cool or to speak in measured , reasonable tones . Instead , he wanted to shout at everyone that a great Jedi Master had sacrificed herself for their peace and security — and it would be a tremendous favor if they would just follow through ! He understood his grief was making him short - tempered , and that his heart was , at once , heavy and angry that Yaddle had to die . Knowing that carrying these volatile emotions would only drag him down , Obi - Wan saw the need to absorb them and let them go . But he felt that he was struggling against a rising tide . His sorrowing Padawan , too , he was struggling to reach . Granta Omega , who doubtless was now planning his revenge , would moreover surely exploit that sorrow for his own ends . He ' d already achieved his great goal of killing a member of the Jedi High Council . How could Kenobi ever banish his anger while he knew Omega gloated in satisfaction ? Yoda ' s " Consular " - class cruiser soon landed on Mawan in the cold , gray dawn . The Grand Master ' s first point of business was to see the place where Yaddle had died . And so , standing silent , he tilted back his head as if tasting the air , closed his eyes to feel her still - lingering presence , underneath the spot where Yaddle ' s life had ended — a private , final goodbye to his longtime friend . " " Ready , I am " , " Yoda finally said , and they headed back towards the command center . There , they learned from Swanny and Rorq that Decca and Omega had settled their feud and had joined forces , something Kenobi had feared . Worse yet , with Omega accessing Decca ' s fleet and Decca accessing Omega ' s weapons , they now planned an allied assault on the city . With only security patrols to put up what was sure to be a doomed defense of the capital , Yoda asserted that they had to prevent the combined attack by preemptively attacking the enemy ' s strengths — transports and weaponry . The Jedi - led team therefore conceived a plan whereby , with the help of Swanny and Rorq , they could re - route the underground wastewater pipes to intersect with Decca ' s fuel - depot pipes ( Omega had just delivered to Decca a huge shipment of fuel ) . When the transport fueling began , the Hutt ' s transports would unwittingly be filled with wastewater instead of fuel , rendering them useless until they were pumped and dried out , which could take several days . Any water in the fuel would further cause engine problems . Anakin was to accompany the Mawan tunnel - workers to the point where the re - route would be done , to keep watch for them . Once finished , he ' d rendezvous with Obi - Wan and Yoda at the fuel depot . Skywalker , too , was battling anger and thoughts of revenge against Omega . His burning rage frightened him and threatened to spin out of control . Grateful he was for the presence now of the greatest Jedi Master then living , which presence was as deep and huge as his rage . It would surely help to keep his anger in check , and he would also look to his Master for the control he sought . But Anakin knew that both Obi - Wan and Yoda " also " felt anger and grief — he could see it in their eyes , feel it in the air around them , note it in their movement and speech . Yet somehow , he could see but only admire , they were finding the means to manage and dispense these raw and forceful energies : Yoda , who was clearly grief - stricken , had yet traveled to Mawan to finish Yaddle ' s work , and he was not deterred , but remained , like Obi - Wan , still focused and disciplined , and nothing could deflect either of them , not even sorrow . Anakin yearned himself to possess that inner calm , and realized after all that he " did " need a Council and a Master , for they showed him how far he had to go , how much he had yet to learn . He must win Obi - Wan ' s trust back . But he knew he was drowning in his own guilt : Yaddle had died before his eyes , and he knew that because of that knowledge he would forever be marked . Finished with the wastewater re - route just in time , just as Decca ' s fuel - workers began to pump , Anakin raced back to join Obi - Wan and Yoda at the fueling depot entrance , where they hid behind a speeder . Decca was , of course , furious at Omega ' s suspected double - crossing sabotage . She released seeker - droids to track him down , and Yoda , Kenobi and Skywalker followed . They tracked Omega to a large landing area warehouse filled with enough weapons to mount an invasion . Omega was talking with an armored soldier , when suddenly Feeana Tala stepped out of the shadows and shot the seeker - droid down , announcing to Omega and the others that they had , it appeared , company : Feeana had betrayed the Mawan cause . Rolling into formation behind her were a troop of battle droids , armored gang soldiers with repeater blasters , and a grenade launcher . Show of Force . Though hopelessly outnumbered and " outgunned , " with Omega ' s massive weapons stash piled around him , the Jedi yet leaped into battle at Yoda ' s command . Omega stood with Feeana smiling comfortably behind his troops on a gravsled , arms crossed , clearly anticipating a staged battle for his pleasure . A giant Force wave suddenly accompanied them , and it propelled Obi - Wan into the room . Charged in its flow , in a devastating sweep of five attack droid s , he cut a swath through them all , their casings clattering to the floor in smoking heaps of twisted metal . Yoda himself took out ten of them , then lifted heavy durasteel containers into the air . In a spew of fire that rained down on the rest of the weapons , Yoda emptied the containers ' flamethrower contents onto the ground , fusing the remaining weapons cache in a smoking , molten mass of intense heat . " " Forward ! " " Omega screamed in panic . " " Gladly " , " Obi - Wan said , as he charged forward , with Anakin and Yoda at his side . Lines of droids were sent flying , mowed down and reduced to scrap as Omega ' s soldiers began to fall back and flee , with Omega himself leaping off the gravsled as he yelled at his retreating soldiers to hold the line . Anakin , clearly emulating Yoda ' s matchless form , was a paragon of balance and concentration : Kenobi had never seen his Padawan fight more brilliantly . Bitter revelations . Leaving Yoda and Anakin to finish the droids , Obi - Wan went after Omega who was about to escape . Gathering the Force , he cleared the droid attack lines and sailed over the gang soldiers to follow Feeana and Granta into a plastoid tunnel in which a small , sleek cruiser was parked . Omega and Feeana were climbing to the cockpit to make their escape , when the enemy turned to boast that his father had taught him always to have a second exit plan . Kenobi paused , taken back both by Granta ' s expression and the realization that , in his background investigation of him , Omega had never known his father . " Surprised ? " Granta said , as he reveled in revealing at last his father ' s identity : Omega was the son of Xanatos of Telos . Kenobi was dumbstruck : " he should have guessed " , seen through Omega ' s bitter jibes , insults , and general attitude — for his father was Qui - Gon ' s former Padawan who fell to the dark side , Jinn ' s greatest enemy , who had invaded the Temple and attempted even to kill Yoda . " The clues had been there " : Sano Sauro ' s snatching the promising boy from his mother ' s care on Nierport Seven ( where Xanatos had hid them ) in order to properly school him in the greater galaxy . Bitter that he hadn ' t inherited his father ' s Force gift , Omega now blamed Kenobi for his father ' s death . And to prove to his dead father that he was yet worthy to be a Force - sensitive , he ' d chased the Force across the galaxy and grown even wealthier than his father had been . Obi - Wan could see clearly that Omega would sacrifice Feeana in order to escape . Grabbing her ankles Granta threw her off the hull of the ship . But Anakin , wrapped in the Force , came flying from the tunnel to snatch her mid - air and save her life . Notwithstanding , Omega , gunning the engine , took off — the Force Void , Xanatos ' son , had escaped again . Feeana admitted to the Jedi how foolish she ' d been in her alliance with Omega , whose treachery left her shocked ; she ' d acted in desperation for her troops and native fellow citizens . All the same , Tala was justly placed with the other prisoners . Aftermath . Every Jedi student had heard the story of Xanatos and the Temple invasion , and Obi - Wan , though he ' d spoken briefly to him about it , saw the many questions in Anakin ' s eyes . But he told his Padawan that they would discuss the matter later , as they had a mission to complete — just as it " always " seemed to be for Kenobi whenever he wanted to take that extra moment for his Padawan . Circumstances seemed to always get in the way , whether it was a mission to complete , somewhere important to go , or a battle that needed fought — beyond this , there had been so much in his own heart , Obi - Wan regretted , that had been left unsaid . When Decca ' s troops arrived , she and her forces were stunned at the destruction carried out by only three Jedi warriors . Yoda , after confronting Decca , had been able to convince her that she had indeed reached a dead end . His comments had also filled her with dismay when he suggested that the Jedi were thinking of setting up a satellite Temple on Mawan . That revelation sealed the Hutt ' s conviction that it was best to leave the planet . Anakin was grateful to have witnessed , beyond Yoda the " master teacher , " Yoda the " warrior " — the awesome demonstration of his astonishing power in the Force ; and somehow he knew , even then , that he ' d only seen but a small fraction of it . The Grand Master asked Anakin , after returning from speaking with Decca , if the boy could see how the right diplomacy was always better than battles , to which Anakin nodded his appreciative understanding . But Yoda was suddenly alerted to something else in the boy ' s face , and he spoke with him for a moment about his feelings concerning the cause of Yaddle ' s death . He wanted Anakin to know that her death was not his fault , just as when the stars move and fall , the cause and effect of their movement has nothing at all to do with Anakin Skywalker . Anakin was grateful for Yoda ' s words , but wondered why his own Master hadn ' t said them . Obi - Wan had simply been silent when Anakin had scorned and derided himself for Yaddle ' s demise . That his vision had been true there was no doubt , and its played - out veracity felt like a wound inside him . It was a deep loss . And it seemed that a great gulf now spanned the distance between him and his Master . Upon the Jedi team ' s return to Coruscant , a special memorial service was held for Yaddle in the Great Hall of the Jedi Temple . Crowding the Hall and the surrounding balconies and levels were hundreds of Jedi who had come to honor the great Jedi Master ' s incalculable impact on countless lives , including the recent thousands for whom she ' d sacrificed her own life . Glowlights were extinguished ; thousands of tiny lights were projected on the ceiling ; then one blinked out . Guided by the Force , each Jedi trained their eyes and focused upon that one empty space , " silent , still , lightless " . With the power of every mind and heart centered on one being , the memory of Yaddle pulsed through the room and her absence filled the Great Hall . Anakin Skywalker was there , and it was he perhaps who felt the void most keenly of all . Yaddle ' s position on the Jedi High Council was soon thereafter filled by Togruta Jedi Master Shaak Ti .