Bando Gora The Bando Gora was a Force - worshiping cult which also acted as terrorist and criminal organization in the years preceding and briefly following the Invasion of Naboo . History . The Bando Gora was born as a mysterious cult on Kohlma , a moon of Bogden . The moon had been turned into a massive graveyard after a terrible war on the planet , with ships bringing thousands of bodies to the mass graves . A band of grave robbers eventually joined forces and formed the Bando Gora , a death - worshiping cult which comprised of skilled assassins who became known as some of the most ruthless in the galactic underworld . The cult ruled through fear in the Outer Rim and uncivilized worlds in the galaxy , often killing those who stood in their way or refused to convert . Their ruthless assassination attacks began crippling the galaxy ' s most powerful industries . Shortly after the Battle of Galidraan , the cult attacked the planet Baltizaar . The Galactic Republic requested Jedi intervention , but the Jedi were under - prepared to face the power of the Bando Gora . The Jedi were almost overwhelmed and many died , but the cult was eventually driven off . One unauthorized member of the Jedi task force was Komari Vosa , who was captured by the cult with two others and brutally tortured . Succumbing to the dark side of the Force , she broke free and slaughtered both her captors and fellow captives before taking leadership of the cult . Members of the cult became hideous , with black mottled skin and glowing red or blue eyes . Bando Gora captains usually wore terrifying masks with long , downward horns and carried staffs which emitted green balls of fire . Shortly after the Battle of Naboo , the Bando Gora produced a potent strain of death stick which contained even more powerful narcotics and was used to help brainwash victims . Forming an alliance with Black Sun , Gardulla Besadii the Elder , and Ars Veruna , the corrupt king of Naboo , the Bando Gora helped stage an attack on Sojourn , the fortress of Sith Lord Darth Plagueis and an enemy of Veruna ' s . Secretly , the assassination attempt had been organized by Plagueis ' s apprentice , Darth Sidious . The Dark Lord had sent his apprentice , Darth Maul , to the prison of Cog Hive Seven to find a reclusive and influential arms dealer named Iram Radique and acquire the nuclear bomb he was developing inside the prison . However , Radique ' s hatred of the Bando Gora ( who had tried to kill him once in the past ) made the attempt to broker the deal all the more difficult . Eventually , however , Maul killed Radique and the bomb was delivered to the Bando Gora . They later used it to destroy Sojourn . Plagueis escaped , however , with help from Gardulla ' s rival , Jabba Desilijic Tiure . Following the attack , revenge was meted out by the Sith Lord : Darth Maul was sent to wipe out Black Sun ' s leadership , Plagueis personally dealt with Veruna , and Gardulla ' s fate was left for Jabba to decide . The Bando Gora escaped the wrath of the Sith , however . After Darth Plagueis ' s death at Sidious ' s hands during the Naboo crisis , the new Dark Lord of the Sith began to consider the Bando Gora to be a dangerous threat and feared what they could do with a former Jedi like Komari Vosa as their leader . He instructed his new apprentice , Darth Tyranus , Komari Vosa ' s former Jedi Master , to have her executed and the cult destroyed so it couldn ' t threaten their long - term plans . Dooku hired bounty hunters Jango Fett and Montross to track down Vosa for a sum of 5 million Republic credits , an offer few could refuse . After chasing the Dark Jedi down to Kohlma , the burial moon of Bogden , and defeating his rival , Fett penetrated Vosa ' s heavily defended fortress and engaged her in a furious battle . He finally bested Komari , but spared her life . Dooku , who somehow seemed to be present , had other ideas and used the dark side to choke her to death , decapitating the Bando Gora cult and ending their reign of terror . He revealed that he knew the location of Vosa all along , that this was a test and made an agreement with Jango for him to become the template for a clone army .