Soon Bayts Soon Bayts was a male Human Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order the last decades of the Republic Classic era . When the Yinchorri Uprising came to bear , Bayts was charged with supervising communications between the Jedi strike teams and the Jedi Temple on Coruscant . When the temple was attacked by Yinchorri raiders during the Uprising , Bayts fought alongside his fellow Jedi to defend his home . By the time of the Clone Wars , Bayts was a Master , and he joined Mace Windu in accompanying Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan to the Outer Rim Territories on the " Intervention " . Following a rugged crash landing on Boz Pity , Master Bayts was among the advance group scouting for Confederate installations on the planet . Upon reaching the base , they were met with heavy droid resistance , as well as the presence of General Grievous . Before Bayts even had a chance to attack Grievous , the droid general swiftly killed the Jedi Master by crushing his skull . Biography . Yinchorri Uprising . During the Yinchorri Uprising of 33 BBY , the Human male Jedi Knight Soon Bayts was tasked with keeping track of the Jedi strike teams sent to the Yinchorri system . When the Jedi Temple on Coruscant was attacked , Bayts fought alongside the other Jedi to defend it from the Yinchorri threat . Following the battle , he received word from Masters Eeth Koth and Adi Gallia , determining that Yinchorri command was not located on Yitheeth as had been suspected . He also learned that Mace Windu ' s strike team had not engaged the opposition , and was lying in wait on Yinchorr . Delivering this news to Yoda , he encountered the Grand Master interrogating a Yinchorri survivor of the battle . Bayts was curious as to how Yoda had made the prisoner so fearful , but the Grand Master explained that the warrior had brought the fear with him when he attacked the temple , and that he had simply shown him the reality of it . While Bayts delivered his message , the warrior made to attack Yoda , inciting the younger Jedi to leap to the Grand Master ' s aid . Yoda , however , simply levitated Bayts as he deflected the warrior ' s attack , and shoved the warrior into the wall , incapacitating him . Yoda then reprimanded Bayts , telling him that emotion had clouded his judgment . Shortly thereafter , Bayts received further reports from the Yinchorri system : All three strike teams had rendezvoused on Yinchorr , and a Devaronian prisoner had been taken . Upon delivering the news to Yoda , Bayts speculated that the Devaronians might have been behind the mysterious uprising . Later , Master Windu called with urgent news about the Yinchorri command center ' s location , and Bayts once again had to rush into Yoda ' s presence , alerting him to the situation . The uprising was eventually quelled thanks to the efforts of the strike teams , though three Jedi perished in the conflict . Death at the Battle of Boz Pity . By the time of the Clone Wars , Soon Bayts had ascended to the rank of Jedi Master . For unknown reasons , he changed the color of his lightsaber blade from orange to blue . Along with Mace Windu and several of the Jedi , among them veterans of the Yinchorri Uprising , he accompanied Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan on the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Intervention " , bound for the Outer Rim Territories . Alderaan had many ties to the Outer Rim worlds , and when Organa learned that the Confederacy of Independent Systems was retreating there , he felt the need to witness the battles firsthand . Based on intelligence from Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , the " Intervention " journeyed to Boz Pity , where a large Confederate blockade was known to be amassing . Since they were but one ship against an entire flotilla , the Jedi enlisted Anakin Skywalker , to help pilot the capital ship through the blockade , resulting in a crash landing on the planet ' s surface . Master Bayts ventured out with Senator Organa and a detachment of clone troopers . The group met heavy resistance at the Confederate base , fighting off hordes of battle droids . Organa called for a charge , and Bayts obliged . As Bayts cut his way through to the opening of the base , he encountered the Kaleesh cyborg General Grievous . Before Bayts could even attack the general , Grievous grasped his head with one of his mechanical claws , and crushed it , killing the Jedi Master instantly . The General then took Bayts ' lightsaber , and used it to attack Republic troops . The Battle of Boz Pity was eventually won by the Republic , however . Personality and traits . Soon Bayts was a prompt individual , and always made sure that his superiors were well informed with the intelligence he gleaned as supervisor of communications during the Yinchorri uprising . He was able to survive the Yinchorri attack , and readily went to Master Yoda ' s aid , even when he did not need it . He acted on emotion , rather than instinct ; a trait that Yoda openly criticized . Though Bayts ' combat skills served him well during the Yinchorri conflict , they did not match those of General Grievous , who killed the Jedi Master without difficulty . Behind the scenes . Soon Bayts was created by Randy Stradley , and first appeared in the comic mini - series " " . In it , the character appears in a minor supporting role . Bayts ' name was intended as a pun on the term " " ; a pun later illustrated by Haden Blackman in " " . Stradley had initially planned to use the name as a practical joke on Comic Editor at Lucas Licensing Sue Rostoni , who would often put the word " Master " in front of any Jedi ' s name . Stradley created Bayts as an unimportant tertiary character simply to play a joke on Rostoni , but the character made it through to publication . Following Blackman ' s use of the character , Comic Editor at Lucas Licensing Sue Rostoni would publicly lament that she was not in charge of editing at the time of Bayts ' creation . In " Star Wars : Obsession " , Bayts is once again used as a minor supporting character . Perhaps due to the nature of Soon Bayts ' name , references to him outside " Jedi Council : Acts of War " and " Star Wars : Obsession " have been virtually non - existent , save for the mention of him in Abel G . Peña ' s " Star Wars Insider " article , " " , and an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . Bayts name was spelled in two different ways in the Expanded Universe , both " Bayts " and " Baytes . " In " Jedi Council : Acts of War " , his name is only mentioned once , and it is spelled " Bayts . " In " Star Wars : Obsession " , it is also spelled in this manner , save for one panel . But on the same page , the original spelling is used as well . Abel G . Peña , the most recent author to reference the character , uses the spelling " Bayts . "