Ares Nune Ares Nune was a Phuii male Jedi Master and Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . In 22 BBY , Nune was given a task force — consisting of at least three " Venator " - class Star Destroyers — to patrol the Phu system for Separatist activity . While on patrol , he and Clone Commander Kite began to discuss the mission on the bridge of Nune ' s flagship , the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Laudable " . However , while they were talking , the task force was attacked by the " Malevolence " , a Confederate warship equipped with two giant ion pulse cannon s . Under the command of the Confederate General Grievous , the " Malevolence " disabled the shields of the entire Republic fleet with its ion cannons and proceeded to destroy the entire task force . Nune and Kite were killed , along with everyone else in the fleet . Biography . A Phuii male , Ares Nune was a Jedi Master who became a Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . In 22 BBY , Nune was assigned a Republic fleet consisting of at least three " Venator " - class Star Destroyers , including his flagship , the " Laudable " , to patrol the Phu system for Separatist activity . While on patrol , the task force ' s initial sensor sweeps reported no enemy activity . However , Nune , from the bridge of the " Laudable " , ordered another scan of the area to be sure nothing had been missed . While the secondary sweeps were underway , Nune and Clone Commander Kite , who was also stationed aboard the " Laudable " , began to discuss their mission . However , a new Confederate weapon was hiding out of sight of the Republic task force in the form of the " Malevolence " , a " Subjugator " - class heavy cruiser under the command of the cyborg General Grievous . As Nune and Kite were finishing up their conversation , Grievous ordered the " Malevolence " to fire its ion pulse cannon s at the Republic task force , which disabled the shields of the entire Republic fleet . The " Malevolence " destroyed the " Laudable " , along with the rest of the Republic fleet , killing Nune , Kite , and everyone else onboard . The loss of Nune ' s battle group was later reported in a press release by HoloNet News . An audio recording taken during the attack survived the battle , and the transmission was played during the broadcast . Despite the quick destruction of the " Laudable " , the recording stated that an evacuation of the " Laudable " via its escape pods had been attempted , but the crew was not quick enough to escape . Personality and traits . Nune had a sense of humor , joking about Kite ' s overly singular - minded outlook on life . Nune was also precautious , ordering another sensor sweep of the Phu system , even though the first sweep reported no enemy sightings . He had green skin and black eyes . Behind the scenes . General Ares Nune was briefly mentioned in " " , which led into " Ambush , " the first episode in the . Nune made his first appearance in the webcomic " " , which led into " Rising " Malevolence " , " the second episode in " The Clone Wars " television series . The loss of Nune ' s task force was reported in the in - universe " HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided " , the first installment of the online Holonet News series that took place before the events of " Rising " Malevolence " . "