Tsui Choi Tsui Choi was a male Aleena who served as a Jedi Master in the final years of the Galactic Republic . Serving in several Jedi campaigns during this time , such as when the Yinchorri became suddenly aggressive and fought against the Republic in 33 BBY . During the Clone Wars between the Republic and a separatist faction , he accepted the position of a Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic . He would fight for the entirety of the war . When Order 66 — a mandate given to the Grand Army ' s clone trooper forces that commanded them to execute their Jedi officers — was issued in 19 BBY , Choi managed to survive his assailants ' efforts . However , approximately one month after the end of the war , he was killed during a confrontation with Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader on the planet Kessel , along with a number of other Jedi who had also survived Order 66 . Biography . Yinchorri Uprising . In the years leading up to the conflict between the Jedi Order and the reptilian species known as the Yinchorri , Jedi Master Tsui Choi took an Anx , Theen Fida , as his Padawan . In 33 BBY , Choi volunteered to go as part of one of three Jedi task forces being sent to investigate Yinchorri aggression in the star systems neighboring their homeworld of Yinchorr . Choi was sent to the oceanic world of Yitheeth alongside a team consisting of himself , Fida , Tholothian Adi Gallia and Zabrak Eeth Koth ; specifically to locate a Yinchorri compound on the planet . While on board a " Consular " - class cruiser , the four Jedi crash - landed on that world , to find that there was no such base on the planet . There was only a force of Yinchorri warriors there to ambush them . Choi and the other Jedi fought their way through the Yinchorri and find transport off the planet . The four Jedi then traveled to a nearby planet , Yibikkoror , where another of the task forces was carrying out a similar mission . The two groups of Jedi met and set a course to Yinchorr , where Jedi Masters Mace Windu , Qui - Gon Jinn , and Saesee Tiin , along with Jinn ' s Padawan , Obi - Wan Kenobi ; were busy holding off a massive Yinchorri attack . Choi and the other Jedi joined the fight and , during the ensuing multi - planetary battle , Theen Fida was killed . Choi was greatly disturbed by the death of his Padawan . Because of this , when he caught a Devaronian associate of the Yinchorri army whom the Jedi had captured , smuggler Holmar Grahrk , trying to steal a Consular - class cruiser to escape Yinchorr , Choi approached him angrily and took him into custody . Choi later attended the funeral of his Padawan on the planet Coruscant — where Fida was cremated alongside Micah Giiett and Lilit Twoseas , other Jedi who were killed during the excursion . Clone Wars . Choi went on to become a Jedi General in the newly - formed Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars between the Republic and a group of planets that wished to secede from the galactic government . He led a group of clone trooper pilots known as Red Squadron into battle alongside another Jedi , Aayla Secura , at the beginning of the war . Red Squadron fought in the First Battle of Kamino , when separatist forces attacked the Kaminoan cloning facility on the planet Kamino producing troops to bolster the Republic ' s army . The Jedi battle plan assigned Choi ' s squadron the task of taking on attacking Separatist starfighters in Delta - 7 " Aethersprite " - class light interceptors while Blue Squadron , under the command of now - Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi , attacked incoming troop transports . During the battle , Jedi Master Kossex , a member of Choi ' s squadron , was shot down and was killed by the opposing force before the Republic forces could repel the invaders . Later in the war , Master Choi was one of several Jedi who were on the Republic Troopship " VCD987 " . While traveling to the planet Drongar , " VCD987 " came under attack by a large Separatist force and sustained massive damage to its engines . With the engines no longer functioning , Separatist troops under the leadership of a Sith Lord , Count Dooku , boarded the ship and cornered Choi and his companions , Knights Sian Jeisel and Kai Justiss . In an attempt to appear merciful and sway the Jedi team to the Separatist cause , Dooku allowed the captives to go free , opting to only kill the clone troopers accompanying them instead . During the fight to rebuff Separatist invaders of the planet Kashyyyk three years later , Tsui Choi and a team of Aleenan scouts performed reconnaissance missions for the Republic , riding can - cells through the forests of the planet . Great Jedi Purge . Tsui Choi survived the activation of Order 66 , a mandate given to the clones ordering them to kill their Jedi commanders , by pretending to be dead after he was shot down over the planet Eriadu as well as evade and kill his former clone trooper subordinate — who , with the rest of a squad that served under Choi , now fought to kill Jedi as a clone stormtrooper — on the planet Eriadu during the first month of the Great Jedi Purge . Immediately afterwards , he was reunited with fellow Jedi survivor Bultar Swan , who told Choi of the imminent rendezvous on Kessel with six other living Jedi . The other Jedi , particularly Koffi Arana , wanted to strike back at Darths Sidious and Vader , the perpetrators of the Purge and the orchestrators of Order 66 as well as the at the Jedi Temple . Choi disagreed with them , refusing to take cold - blooded revenge on the duo , as he felt doing so would accomplish nothing while leading them all to the dark side . Choi was shocked to learn that Shadday Potkin , an attendee of the meeting , had leaked information of the secret conference to Vader because she thought that , if all the Jedi there worked together , they could eliminate him . The Sith Lord attacked the group shortly after the meeting commenced ; and though Choi was initially opposed to fighting Vader , his position changed after the Sith killed Knight Sia - Lan Wezz . Choi joined the fray , severing Vader ' s robotic hand with his lightsaber , though this would not stop Vader , who then killed several more of the Jedi , including Potkin . Choi , with Masters Roblio Darté and Jastus Farr , then used the Force to launch a barrage of boulders at the Dark Lord , incapacitating him . With Vader outmaneuvered , Choi felt there was no other choice than to strike down the Dark Lord . However , before he could do so , Imperial stormtroopers arrived . While the three could stave off their blaster fire for a time , Farr was killed in the barrage . Choi then leapt up to the balcony where the troopers were standing in order to give Darté , the only other survivor , a chance to escape , Vader held him in place with the Force so his troops could shoot him . Choi , knowing that he was close to death , threw his lightsaber at Vader , cutting a hole in his helmet . Immediately thereafter , Tsui Choi was gunned down by the stormtroopers , and Darté was felled while crying out Choi ' s name . When the Galactic Empire was finalized as the replacement of the Galactic Republic , the government ' s of the Jedi Purge , compiled by Moff Marcellin Wessel and supplemented by Grand Vizier Sate Pestage , stated that many Jedi who ' d been slaughtered during the initial stages of the Purge were executed for various false crimes from kidnapping children to plotting to poison the water supply of a planet . Choi ' s personal file claimed he was executed for illegal spice trafficking . The parts of the documents the new Galactic Emperor , Sidious , approved were broadcast to the public via Imperial HoloVision . Personality and traits . Tsui Choi was a peaceful Jedi Master , and was not fond of conflict — though he used his blue , later green , lightsaber when it was required of him — as he felt unprovoked or vengeful violence was pointless . He followed this philosophy to the point that he would not strike at Darth Vader , the man who killed many of his comrades during his assault on the Jedi Temple , until he had executed one of the Jedi who had attended the Conclave on Kessel . Choi was a brave and noble being , who would gladly give up his life to save the lives of others . He was popular among the order for his diplomatic , wise , and insightful ways . Choi excelled at both piloting and swimming , skills which came in handy during his adventures . Powers and abilities . As a Jedi Master , Choi was very skilled in the use of the Force and in lightsaber combat . Choi generally used his small stature to his advantage in battle , incorporating a wide array of acrobatic feats and quick attacks when he fought . Before his death , he was capable of holding his own against a Sith Lord in a lightsaber duel . Behind the scenes . Tsui Choi , an Expanded Universe character , almost made an appearance as one of the Jedi Council members in . However , this appearance was taken out after it was decided that Jedi Master Shaak Ti wouldn ' t be killed as originally planned . Choi can still be seen riding a can - cell during the Battle of Kashyyyk . Aside from his cameo in the movie , Choi has only appeared in various comics series from Dark Horse Comics related to the waning years of the Galactic Republic until his death in " " , which primarily took place a month after the Republic fell . All of his dialogue in the comics was written in sentence case , even though all other speech is written in all capital letters . Randy Stradley , the Vice President of Publishing for Dark Horse , originally planned to make the character a Vulptereen , the species of the podracer Dud Bolt in . He was told by Lucasfilm that the Vulptereen were too un - intelligent to become a Jedi , so he chose the species of another Podracer , Ratts Tyerell , instead . A Tsui Choi figurine was released by Hasbro in April 2008 . It came bundled with a BARC Trooper , adorned in a yellow - accented suit , in the second serial of a set called " Order 66 . " The set , a subsidiary of the main Star Wars action figure line , was sold exclusively at that year .