Tutso Mara / Legends Tutso Mara was a male Jedi Knight who , at the time of the Clone Wars , worked in service to the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic . During his studies as a Jedi , Mara became friends with fellow student Barriss Offee , whom he aided in lightsaber combat training . In 19 . 1 BBY , after being elevated to Jedi Knighthood , Mara perished with other Jedi and Republic clone troopers in a bombing of the Jedi Temple ' s hangar , which Offee engineered in protest of the Jedi Order ' s increasingly militant role in leading the Grand Army of the Republic into warfare . Mara and the five other Jedi victims were memorialized in a ceremony at the Temple , which Grand Master Yoda oversaw , and their bodies were then laid to rest . Biography . A male individual , Tutso Mara lived during the final decades of the Galactic Republic . Being sensitive to the Force , he was inducted into the Jedi Order . During the course of his training as a Jedi , Mara befriended another trainee , Barriss Offee . He helped her in learning lightsaber combat , specifically with the correct hand grip for her lightsaber , and further assisted her in honing her combat techniques as time went on . In 22 BBY , the Clone Wars erupted , with the Jedi Order becoming the leaders of the newly created Grand Army of the Republic , as part of the Republic ' s pan - galactic war effort against the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Mara eventually attained the rank of Jedi Knight by 20 BBY , the third year of the Clone Wars . His friend Offee similarly approached a promotion to Knighthood around the same time . In 19 . 1 BBY , the final month of that year , Mara was at the Jedi Temple on the galactic capital of Coruscant . He and five other Jedi Knights were in the Temple hangar when it was targeted for a terrorist bombing . The engineer of the plot was Offee , who had grown disgusted with the way the Jedi High Council had led the Order into heightened militancy . A series of volatile nano - droids executed the bombing , claiming the lives of Mara , his Jedi colleagues , and a number of Republic clone troopers who were present in the hangar , and sowing further injuries to many civilian workers . While the Jedi Order and the Republic Military launched investigations into the attack , the Order held a memorial service for Mara and the other Jedi who had lost their lives in the blast . Jedi Grand Master Yoda eulogized Mara and his fallen comrades before the mourners who had gathered at the Temple , including Offee and other Jedi as well as prominent Republic politicians and military officers . Mara ' s body and those of the other victims were then laid to rest in the Temple . Although Offee tried to frame fellow Jedi Ahsoka Tano for the bombing of the Temple Hangar , Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker exposed Offee ' s exploits , and she was arrested and taken into Republic custody . Personality and traits . Tutso Mara was close with Barriss Offee , their friendship stemming from their mutual time in lightsaber training . Mara took the effort to further help Offee sharpen her combat skills , of which she remained appreciative even after she became a Jedi Knight . Despite Offee ' s role in the bombing that took his life , Mara ' s death greatly distressed her . Powers and abilities . Being sensitive to the Force , Mara trained as a Jedi . His proficiency was such that he was elevated to the rank of Jedi Knight . Behind the scenes . Tutso Mara was first mentioned — as one of the unnamed Jedi Knights killed in the bombing of the Jedi Temple — in the preview version of StarWars . com ' s online guide for " The Jedi Who Knew Too Much , " an episode of the . The episode , which aired on February 16 , 2013 , identified Mara ' s character by name and also depicted his draped body in the memorial service at the Jedi Temple . The character has since been referenced in author Jason Fry ' s " " ( June 2013 ) .