Ashaar Khorda Ashaar Khorda was an Annoo - dat Prime revolutionary . Sometime before 27 BBY , he tried to seize control of his homeworld , Annoo , only to have the Galactic Republic end his rebellion . Khorda developed a great hatred for the Republic as a result . He fled the planet and began to form a group that shared his contempt . Khorda also located the Infant of Shaa , an ancient artifact that was rumored to have the power to destroy a planet , although once he had found it , the object was stolen from him . He hired the bounty hunter Jango Fett to retrieve it and , once it was back in his possession , went ahead with his plan to destroy Coruscant — the capital of the Republic and , in his view , a planet that was ripe with corruption and injustice . Khorda and his most devoted comrades made their way to Coruscant ' s power relay , located at the planet ' s core . There , they intended to destroy the Infant , creating an explosion that would consume Coruscant . However , they were opposed by Fett , the huntress Zam Wesell , and Jedi Master Yarael Poof . Fett shot and killed Khorda , while Poof stopped the Infant from exploding , ending the short - lived insurrection . Biography . The male Annoo - dat Prime Ashaar Khorda was a general from the planet Annoo . At some point , Khorda attempted to start a rebellion on his homeworld . Due to the intervention of the Galactic Republic , the rebellion was defeated . Nonetheless , Khorda did not give up and tried to gain control of the planet with the help of military forces that he had usurped from the government . The Republic was able to put down the insurrection and install its own leader , and Khorda fled the planet before he could be tried for war crimes . Claiming to be a freedom fighter who battled against the corrupt and unjust Republic , Khorda assembled a band of followers that bore a similar hatred for the Republic . He also began searching for the Infant of Shaa , an artifact made by the Seylott species that was rumored to have incredible powers capable of even destroying a planet . Khorda had heard of it from a prisoner under interrogation , and although most believed the artifact to be mere rumor , the general believed that he could use the Infant against the Republic . Khorda was able to locate the artifact ; however , it was not in his possession long before it was stolen by a native of Seylott . In 27 BBY , Khorda had one of his followers , the Dug Fernooda , contact the bounty hunters Jango Fett and Zam Wesell to retrieve the object . Under the general ' s orders , Fernooda did not reveal his master ' s identity and claimed only that he was an art aficionado who had had the valuable piece stolen from his collection . The two bounty hunters agreed to the job , and Fett was able to recover the artifact on Seylott . He returned it to Fernooda , who in turn gave it to Khorda . With the artifact in his hands once more , the general began plotting to use the artifact ' s legendary power to destroy a planet . However , the Jedi High Council was able to learn of Khorda ' s plans — namely , that he planned to destroy either Coruscant , Corellia , or Alderaan . A Jedi Master was chosen to safeguard each planet , in hopes of finding Khorda and stopping his plot . Khorda chose to use the Infant to destroy Coruscant and met with a small group of his most trusted followers in Coruscant ' s underlevels . The General explained to them his plans to place the Infant in the power relays at the planet ' s core . The Infant was a Force - imbued object and therefore contained a massive amount of Force energy ; when the artifact was destroyed by the electric currents produced by the power relay , this energy would be released , causing a massive explosion that would consume the planet . Although Khorda and his group would die in the process , he had no qualms about this . The destruction of Coruscant , Khorda believed , would inspire others and would " cleanse " the Republic that he believed to be so corrupt . He felt that his death was a necessary sacrifice to save the galaxy from the Republic . Khorda led his followers to the power relay at the planet ' s core and killed all the guards who had been stationed there to prevent access . The group reached the core , where Khorda took a moment to bask in his victory . It was then that they were attacked by the two bounty hunters , Fett and Wesell , as well as Jedi Master Yarael Poof , who had arrived at the relay separately from the bounty hunters . The two hunters had learned of the Infant ' s planet - destroying properties , and as Wesell had helped Fett retrieve it , the huntress felt guilty . She had been able to convince Fett to help her stop Khorda and recover the artifact , with the two managing to follow Khorda to the power relay . Upon spotting the new arrivals , Khorda ordered his men to attack them . His seven accomplices were quickly killed , however . Placing the Infant in the electric current of the power relay , Khorda then attacked Poof . The Jedi cut off his arm , and although Khorda was able to stab Poof with a vibroblade , Fett shot him dead . Poof took the Infant and , using the Force , was able to keep it from exploding . Though the effort ultimately killed the Jedi Master , Coruscant was saved . Personality and traits . Ashaar Khorda believed himself to be a brave freedom fighter battling against the corrupt Republic . He felt that the Republic was a tyranny that needed its tainted capital to be destroyed for it to be saved . Thus , he planned to annihilate Coruscant , thereby eliminating the " infection " that existed at the highest levels of government and shaping the Republic into a noble body once more . With the " head " of the Republic — its capital world — destroyed , the body would be free , as the Annoo - dat Prime believed . Khorda dedicated his life to fighting the Republic and was willing to die for the cause . This commitment and drive came from witnessing what he saw to be the Republic forcing and imposing its unjust policies on his homeworld . Khorda was willing to kill innocents , as he stabbed and killed the driver of the airspeeder that took him to meet with his group in the underlevels . The Jedi High Council considered Khorda to be a terrorist , and Fett believed him to be a madman . Behind the scenes . Ashaar Khorda was created for the 2002 comic " " and appeared in its sequel , " " . He later received an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .