Absolutes The Absolutes were the secret police organization of Civilized government on Apsolon prior to the revolution in 47 BBY . After the revolution they were outlawed and went underground . In 41 BBY they almost succeeded in gaining power over the planet , but they were stopped by Qui - Gon Jinn and his Padawan Obi - Wan Kenobi . History . The Absolutes were created by the Civilized government to keep Workers under control . Any dissident Worker was killed or taken prisoner and tortured . In 47 BBY , the Workers revolted against the oppression by the Civilized and the Absolutes , and for the first time free elections were held . A Worker , Ewane , was elected Supreme Governor and the Absolutes were outlawed . But many members of the Absolutes went underground and avoided capture . Their former headquarters was turned into a museum . Despite being outlawed , many Civilized still supported the Absolutes . The Absolutes still had a large treasury at their disposal , with which they bought an old warehouse on the edge of the Civilized sector to act as their new headquarters . After Ewane was murdered shortly into his second period , the Absolutes rose in power again with the backing of Ewane ' s daughters , Alani and Eritha , who wanted to take control of the planet . They were aided in this by Balog , a former Absolute and protector of Roan , the new Supreme Governor and protector of the two girls . They devised a plan in which Balog would kidnap the two girls , forcing Roan to resign , allowing Alani to run for office . They also invited Jedi Knight Tahl over , under the guise of being in danger , to give legitimacy to their take over . However , then they found out that Roan had a list containing all the names of Absolute members , Balog ' s name was among them . Balog leaked this information to the Absolutes and the list was stolen , not by an Absolute , however , but by a Worker infiltrator . When Tahl arrived Alani and Eritha pretended to be threatened by the Absolutes and Tahl infiltrated the organization to find out how strong they were . The girls hoped Tahl would discover the list and take it to them . A few weeks after the infiltration the Absolutes " discovered " the infiltrator and Tahl was forced to flee . During her escape she met Oleg , the Worker infiltrator who had stolen the list and who was also fleeing . The Absolutes suspected that Oleg had given the list to Tahl and Balog kidnapped her to a secret base in the country side . Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi managed to track down Balog and created a diversion by setting explosives in the base , so they could free Tahl . But Balog realized the base has been infiltrated and sets it to self - destruct by overloading a weapons storage . The Jedi manage to free Tahl from the Absolutes , but they were too late , and Tahl died as a result of Balog ' s torture . Back in the city Obi - Wan realized the connection between the girls and the Absolutes and with help from Lenz . The Jedi learned of a secret tunnel connecting the Supreme Governor ' s residence and the former Absolutes ' headquarters . As they entered the tunnel they were confronted by Eritha , who confessed their plan to take over power . The Jedi arrested her , and soon afterwards Balog and Alani were arrested as well , removing the Absolutes ' leaders . Methods . While the Absolutes were still legal they employed several methods to keep the Workers in check . The entire Worker sector had been surrounded by an energy wall , only exitable through security checkpoints . The Absolutes also had many informants among the Workers population , many of these had been forced by torture . Besides these informants the Absolutes used probe droids to monitor the Workers . The Absolutes used several methods of torture . One such method was the sensory deprivation containment device , which was a coffin - like box in which people slowly went mad or were administered paralyzing drugs until they died . Balog also used this device to torture Tahl about the list with Absolutes names . Another method was letting people watched how loved ones were tortured .