Nasdra Magrody Professor Nasdra Magrody was a male Arkanian who worked at the Magrody Institute of Programmable Intelligence during the Galactic Civil War . Biography . In 21 BBY , Magrody was part of a panel of experts on the HoloNet News program " A Galaxy Divided " . The topic was the nature of General Grievous ' s secret weapon . Initially , Magrody tried to downplay the threat , claiming the media were sensationalizing the events , and noting that they were minor in the larger scale of the conflict itself . He also refused to speculate on the nature of the weapon , and suggested that fellow debater Umak Leth ' s proposals about its capabilities were impractical and unimaginative . He commented sarcastically that Leth might as well have suggested enemy - deployed armed neebrays , space slugs or other vacuum - based lifeforms that could avoid sensors . Despite his attitude , when questioned further about that possibility by the host of the debate , Magrody did point to an ancient record made by his people , of an event similar to what he described . Later in the program , when panelist Bunt Dantor brought up the possibility of an ion cannon , Magrody argued that the size of a vessel armed with a weapon capable of destroying entire task forces , would have to be 12 kilometers long . This was based on his perception of the size of the powerplant required , which differed from both Leth ' s and Dantor ' s estimates . The possibility of a continent - scorching laser pulse being generated by that kind of power , was also raised by him , though he corrected himself and noted that this was most likely not the case with the enemy weapon . As a teacher at the Magrody Institute , Magrody had several pupils . Bevel Lemelisk was one of the more notable during the time of the Galactic Republic . He also tutored Stinna Draesinge Sha and Ohran Keldor , as well as Qwi Xux , onboard Wilhuff Tarkin ' s training academy orbiting the planet Omwat . Magrody later aided in the construction of the Sun Crusher and Death Star , believing , like Qwi Xux , that they would be used for less sinister designs . Sometime before the construction of the battlestation , Nasdra began tapping into a " mystical field " known as the Force , trying to measure its abilities scientifically , something that even the Jedi weren ' t able to do . Also during this time he invented a chip that was surgically implanted into a sentient ' s brain , allowing that sentient to control droids by using the Force focused through the chip . After the Destruction of Alderaan , he disappeared with his wife Elizie and daughter Shenna and was later found by Roganda Ismaren , who sought him in order to bring her plans of using the dreadnaught " Eye of Palpatine " as a focal point and a weapon against the New Republic , to fruition . She had him implant the special chip into her son ' s mind and teach him to focus the Force through the implant , so he could bring the " Eye " to Belsavis . He was kept prisoner under Plett ' s house , being told that he would one day be reunited with his wife and daughter , though all the holos they had given him never aged . He may have been killed by Roganda or Irek after he outlived his usefulness , though he did write a series of notes that he kept in the room he was locked in , which were later found by Leia Organa Solo . In them , he expressed extreme regret for aiding the construction of the Death Star . The last note was dated 10 ABY , making his presumed death at around that time .