Jorus C ' baoth Jorus C ' baoth was a male Human from the planet of Bortras who served in the Jedi Order during the final decades of the Republic Classic era . Like fellow Jedi Master Dooku , C ' baoth was arrogantly sure of his own skills and talents , believed himself to be a peerless warrior and philosopher , and viewed non - Force sensitives as inferior . A controversial figure among his own peers , C ' baoth was regarded as the epitome of a Jedi Master by some , while others were distrustful of him . During his exemplary , if unorthodox , career , C ' baoth settled a number of conflicts . He notably participated in the demobilization of Ando , defeated a band of Dark Jedi in the Elrood sector , put an end to the Ascendancy Contention of Alderaan , and helped his colleague Tra ' s M ' ins mediate the Duinuogwuin – Gotal conflict . Above all that , he also found time to train a Padawan , the young Human female Lorana Jinzler . He was the main proponent of the Outbound Flight project , which he envisioned as being the precursor to the discovery of unknown species who could be taught the ways of the Jedi . However , C ' baoth , like " Outbound Flight " , was ultimately doomed by his arrogance and events outside of his control . With the failure of his vision and the destruction of " Outbound Flight " at the hands of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force led by Commander Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo , also known as Thrawn , C ' baoth eventually fell to the dark side of the Force when he submitted to his anger and attempted to kill Thrawn . He himself died when a Chiss radiation bomb exploded inside of the expedition ' s main starship , the " Outbound Flight " . Darth Sidious , the Sith alter - ego of the authoritarian politician Palpatine , would later use recovered samples of C ' baoth ' s DNA as the template for the insane clone named Joruus C ' baoth . That clone became the guardian of Emperor Palpatine ' s private treasury , and later worked with Grand Admiral Thrawn during his campaign against the New Republic . Biography . Early life . A Human male , Jorus C ' baoth hailed from the city of Reithcas , capital of the bountiful planet Bortras , in the last century of the Galactic Republic . From the time of his birth in 70 BBY , it was evident that the infant C ' baoth was keenly attuned to the Force , a mystical energy field that bound the galaxy together . Eventually , his untrained potential drew the attention of the Jedi Order , a group of warriors and philosophers who had been the guardians of peace and justice from the early beginnings of the Republic . As was traditional among the Jedi , C ' baoth was claimed from his birth parents and brought to the Jedi Temple on the ecumenopolis of Coruscant , fountainhead of the Republic and headquarters of the Jedi . In the Temple , C ' baoth joined the other Jedi Initiate s , and the members of the Order became his only family . In 53 BBY , at the age of seventeen , C ' baoth added to his Jedi studies with an education from Mirnic University . Upon his graduation , he traveled to the Jedi Training Center on Kamparas , home to many Jedi scholars , to continue his instruction in the demanding ways of the Force . After training on Kamparas for two years , he was taken on as a private student . C ’ baoth ' s early life was an exception to the rule among Jedi of that time : in principle , Initiates who were not selected to be Padawans by the age of thirteen were shifted into one of the divisions of the Jedi Service Corps . Jedi Knight and galactic diplomat . In 44 BBY , C ' baoth joined the ranks of the Jedi Knights , whose numbers formed the backbone of the Order . He decided to follow the path of the Jedi Consular s , who chose to perfect the art of diplomacy and meditation over physical combat . The knighted Jorus C ' baoth became a firm supporter of the Galactic Republic , and served it well in a number of ways , most notably as a negotiator and mediator for many of the galaxy ' s racially - charged conflicts . He notably served as part of the Demilitarization Observation Group stationed on the oceanic planet of Ando , where the native Aqualish subspecies endlessly feuded with each other over mineral rights . A primary observer within the group , the Jedi from Bortras encountered another member of the task force , the ambitious Senator Palpatine of the Chommell sector . The two got along , and when they returned to Coruscant , C ' baoth and Palpatine established a long - standing friendship that helped shape the development of C ' baoth ' s career . A few years after the events on Ando , the Council of Reassignment appointed Jorus C ' baoth as Palpatine ' s personal adviser on Jedi - related matters . During his tenure as a member of the senator ' s staff , the Jedi discussed the Extragalactic Society , often referred to as ExGal , a community of scientists devoted to the search for life outside the galaxy . The two friends shared a mutual interest for the ExGal ' s ambitious project . However , a couple of years before the Battle of Naboo in 32 BBY , C ' baoth received visions of the dark side of the Force growing stronger . Intent on searching for the sources of his premonitions , the Jedi from Bortras chose to leave the service of Palpatine . He was reassigned once again and began his inquiries , which led him to the Elrood sector , in the Outer Rim . In that remote area of the galaxy , C ' baoth discovered a group of marauding Dark Jedi who brought terror to the sector . With the help of a small strike team of fellow Knights , C ' baoth vanquished the rogue Force - users . Unbeknownst to him , his old friend Palpatine himself was a powerful darksider , a Dark Lord of the Sith known as Darth Sidious . Rise to mastery . Immediately following the victory in the Elrood sector , C ' baoth bestowed the title of Jedi Master upon himself , a move that was quite unorthodox . In theory , the rank of Master was granted by the Jedi High Council to a Knight that had successfully trained several apprentices and brought them to the knighthood . However , the High Council was so pleased with C ' baoth ' s victory in the Elrood sector that they regarded his self - imposed promotion as well - earned and valid . Decades later , the history of the Elrood insurrection would be confused with that of Grand Master Yoda defeating a band of Bpfasshi darksiders in 19 BBY . Historical facts were distorted by legend , and C ' baoth was thought to have settled the Bpfasshi uprising . In 33 BBY , Master C ' baoth got involved in the Esseles droid starfighters affair , due to his privileged relationship with Palpatine — now a very influential senator . The High Council had received an anonymous datacard , alerting the Order that a factory named Trinkatta Starships had started building fifty experimental droid starfighters . Worried that these new ships were commissioned by an ally of the Republic plotting a civil war , the Councilmen sent Adi Gallia to ascertain the identity of the one who paid for the starfighters . Master Jorus C ' baoth was summoned by the Council , who asked him not to notify Palpatine or any other Senators of Galia ' s secret mission until they have solid evidence identifying the buyer . Jorus C ' baoth ' s diplomatic career went on . He notably became a member of the Senate Interspecies Advisory Committee , was appointed as the ambassador - at - large to the Xappyh sector , and helped Jedi Master Tra ' s M ' ins mediate the Duinuogwuin – Gotal conflict . In 32 BBY , C ' baoth was made Jedi Watchman of the Alderaan sector , and was involved in the mediation of a crisis known to history as the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention . The question was whether the line of ascent to the function of Viceroy should go to the House of Organa or one of the other patrician bloodlines . After the third voting deadlock , the Alderaanians appealed to the Senate to resolve that matter . A delegation that included Master C ' baoth was sent on Alderaan , and it took less than a month to decide that the Organas had the proper claim . C ' baoth requested that the House of Organa and the rival House of Antilles join together in an arranged marriage , which settled the contention for good . The same year , Finis Valorum ' s second four - year term as Supreme Chancellor of the Republic came close to its end . Despite his long - standing friendship with Palpatine , who ran for the impending election , C ' baoth offered his support to Senator Bail Antilles of Alderaan , another potential nominee . The Jedi Watchman was seen in the company of the Alderaanian senator during a gathering on the Perlemian Orbital Facility , a space station orbiting Coruscant . At some point , the Jedi diplomat took a female Human named Lorana Jinzler as his Padawan to train . C ' baoth ' s relationship with his good - natured and humble apprentice was unusually tense . His attitude that Jedi were superior to non - Force users disturbed Jinzler , but she was too timid to confront him or say anything to address the issue . Birth of the Outbound Flight Project . Around 29 BBY , C ' baoth was inspired by the Extragalactic Society ' s example , and he conceived the idea of a massive expedition beyond the Galactic Rim , in an attempt to search for life outside the known galaxy . He gained support from his friend Palpatine , now Supreme Chancellor of the Republic . At first , the project excited both C ' baoth and Palpatine , and the Jedi played a highly instrumental role in convincing the Republic Senate to authorize and fund what became known as " Outbound Flight Project . " During its development , the whole project was maintained in secrecy . The Republic never made any information about the Outbound Flight available to the broader populace . Since the planned expedition would pass through the Unknown Regions of the galaxy , it was decided that its crew members would bring their families so they could plant a few colonies on the way . Although the Republic had its official policy regarding the mission of " Outbound Flight " , C ' baoth had his own designs for the project — he envisioned it as being the catalyst for the discovery of other Force - sensitive species who might be taught the way of the Jedi . However , as time went by , the enthusiasm of the political class about C ' baoth ' s brainchild began to weaken . It soon became apparent that the " Outbound Flight " project was in jeopardy of being sidelined by the Republic ' s bureaucracy when the Financial Appropriations Committee of the Senate imposed a series of budget cuts . Furthermore , the Jedi Order also started to step back from the project . While Grand Master Yoda had agreed to assign several Jedi to the project , in the end of the day he was thinking of allowing only one or two . But Master C ' baoth had not yet said his last word , and he was ready to spitefully fight back and raise a fuss in front of the Chancellor himself . Mission to Barlok . When C ' baoth and his Padawan , Lorana Jinzler , met with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to discuss the Outbound Flight project , Palpatine told them that if C ' baoth settled a dispute on the planet of Barlok , he would do all he could to make Outbound Flight possible . After the first day of mediation , they met Obi - Wan Kenobi and his Padawan , Anakin Skywalker , who had been sent by Mace Windu , who was suspicious of C ' baoth . C ' baoth sent them away with Jinzler while he went to mediate . After Kenobi , Skywalker and Jinzler had discovered a terrorist threat , C ' baoth had them stationed with Jerv Riske , a bodyguard hired by Passel Argente of the Corporate Alliance . They failed to stop the remote missile that targeted all the people involved in the meeting , but C ' baoth caught the missile in a Force grip and convinced the assembly to resolve their differences for the people of Barlok . Following that mission , much to her own surprise , C ' baoth asked the Jedi High Council to promote his Padawan Lorana Jinzler . She was knighted shortly before the departure of the " Outbound Flight " , which C ' baoth forced her to board . Launch of the " Outbound Flight " . After the Jedi Master thwarted the assassination attempt on Barlok , Palpatine and the Senate finally gave the Outbound Project the support that C ' Baoth believed it would need . C ' baoth , though , did not suspect that Palpatine would also be the one to secretly sabotage the project . Darth Sidious , the Chancellor ' s Sith persona , had C ' baoth cloned in the disguise of a blood test shortly before the launch of the Outbound Flight project , knowing he would be of later use . Sidious also sent his henchman Kinman Doriana ahead of the " Outbound Flight " with the purpose of destroying it , thus effectively killing several dozen Jedi in one fell swoop . As planned , C ' baoth was one of the six Jedi Masters aboard the project when it departed from Yaga Minor in 27 BBY . Once the " Outbound Flight " was launched , C ' baoth increasingly took control over all of the ship ' s aspects , even going so far as to take Force - sensitive children away from their parents in the middle of the night to be trained as Jedi . By establishing himself as the de facto leader over all aspects of the ship , even overruling the captain of the vessel , he earned the resentment of the colonists who had initially joined the " Outbound Flight " to seek a better life . When the " Outbound Flight " entered the Unknown Regions , it was encountered by two local species , the Vagaari as well as the Chiss . Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo , the leader of the Chiss picket force , contacted C ' baoth and boarded the " Outbound Flight " to meet with him , but C ' baoth refused to comply with Thrawn ' s request to leave Chiss Space . As the Vagaari fleet stormed towards the " Outbound Flight " , C ' baoth performed a Force meld to trick the enemy . At that moment Thrawn launched Vulture droids to engage the confused Vagaari , creating a large disturbance in the Force which overwhelmed the meld participants . During the disturbance , C ' baoth and his fellow Jedi failed to detect the Chiss forces that were sneaking in , and Thrawn managed to systematically destroy the weapon clusters of the " Outbound Flight " , killing almost every Jedi aboard . Enraged , the Jedi Master gave into his anger , succumbed to the dark side and Force choked Thrawn across space from " Outbound Flight " bridge itself . His apprentice sensed his fall , and tried to reach her former master in time to help him , but it was too late . However , before C ' baoth could kill Thrawn , Doriana saved Thrawn ' s life when he activated the secondary command layer pre - set in the Vulture droids , which then rammed and blasted open the " Outbound Flight " . The final wave of Vultures employed a radiation bomb of Chiss design on the ship . C ' baoth , along with all but fifty - seven of the passengers and Lorana aboard , perished . It was due to C ' baoth ' s arrogance and draconian behavior that the survivors of " Outbound Flight " , who were discovered in 22 ABY , had such a resentment and hatred for the Jedi . Legacy . In 9 ABY it was discovered that a clone of C ' baoth , Joruus C ' baoth , had been living on the world of Wayland since the time of the Clone Wars . He had inherited much of C ' baoth ' s personality , including his desire to arbitrate disputes ; he also inherited the original C ' baoth ' s substantial ego . Given that the Great Jedi Purge had destroyed most records relating to the Jedi and that Wayland itself was a carefully hidden secret , almost no one knew that Joruus C ' baoth was a clone , except for Thrawn , who had killed the original when destroying " Outbound Flight " . Due to deteriorating sanity from the unstable Spaarti cloning cylinder s as well as a long isolation , even Joruus C ' baoth forgot his true origins and believed himself to be the original Master C ' baoth . Without formal Jedi training , Joruus openly used the dark side of the Force in his rule of the mixed population of Wayland . After being discovered by Grand Admiral Thrawn , he used his skills to coordinate Imperial attacks in an effort to ultimately find an apprentice of his own . Joruus met his death at the hands of Luke Skywalker and the former Emperor ' s Hand , Mara Jade . In 22 ABY , a Chiss expedition to the remains of " Outbound Flight " occurred . That was partially a historical expedition — thus invitations were extended to the Jedi Masters Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker , as well as Dean Jinzler — and partially a ploy to lure Thrawn ' s old enemies , the Vagaari , into going on the offensive . Personality and traits . A wild - eyed Human with a chiseled face , Jorus C ' baoth was a tall man of average build , and he was considered fairly muscular . By 33 BBY , he had hair as long as that of his colleague Qui - Gon Jinn , and a beard three times as long . At the time of the Alderaan Ascendency Contention , however , he had a neatly trimmed short beard . Walking with long loping strides , he simply expected other beings to make room for him , stepping to either side , for he never conceded to other , inferior beings the right of way . C ' baoth ' s manner of speaking was direct , unadorned , no - nonsense . He spoke in a husky baritone voice . C ' baoth was known to have believed in the " inherent superiority " of his own kind , the Jedi — an odd speciesism of sorts : his unapologetic conviction was that the Jedi were far above the galaxy ' s average non - Force users , and therefore they had the right - to - rule over them , be they outlaws , thieves , bureaucrats , or senators . His proud attitude of superiority caused several Jedi to be disturbed by his views , including his own Padawan Lorana Jinzler — to whom he was especially brutal , considering he was her Jedi Master . But it was precisely because of his brash , arrogant , and powerful personality — not to mention his blunt , and often insensitively harsh attitudes and demeanor — that very few individuals dared to bring this unflattering galaxy - view and trait to C ' baoth ' s attention . C ' baoth was also extremely arrogant in his dealings , not only with non - Force users , but also with his fellow Jedi . That arrogance , as it combined with his often severe attitudes , divided many Jedi on their perception and / or approbation of the Jedi Master . Some believed that he was the consummate model of what it meant to be a Jedi , while others vehemently disagreed with his methods and remained very wary of him and his extremist views . C ' baoth was among the very few Jedi Masters who indulged an unqualified admiration of Anakin Skywalker , and the prodigious youth , in turn , reciprocated the same reverent feeling towards the awesome , if not wholly venerable , Jedi figure . Powers and abilities . Jorus C ' baoth was a very talented and gifted Jedi . It was known early on , even when Jorus was just a young child , that he was powerful in the Force . C ' baoth was very proficient in telekinesis , as evidenced by his actions in the dispute on Barlok , where he caught the projectile used to target the negotiators in mid - air . He was also able to employ Force - Choke through a video transmission . His skill in Force Melding was such that he was able to anchor many Jedi in a row ; while Obi - Wan Kenobi thought he should have been exhausted after that , C ' baoth was seemingly unaffected after performing several . His skill with the Force eventually culminated in an act which very few Jedi Knights dared to do : Jorus believed that he had moved beyond the talents of being a Knight , and therefore promoted himself to the rank of Jedi Master . Even though his promotion was self - imposed , it was a claim that no one objected to . Among C ' baoth ' s other Force abilities were the common Jedi mind trick , Force stealth , telepathy , battlemind , Force sight , farsight , Force healing , and Force empathy . A highly intelligent man , C ' baoth was well - versed in Galactic Basic Standard , expanding on his ability to read and write ancient Onderonian . He could also speak Huttese . Behind the scenes . Creation . Jorus C ' baoth was first mentioned in the 1991 novel " Heir to the Empire " , the first entry of " " , which was written by Timothy Zahn . While the Jedi Master didn ' t appear himself in the book , a mad clone of C ' baoth served as one of the novel ' s main antagonists . The original Jorus C ' baoth made his first brief appearance in " " , a 1999 novel written by Ryder Windham . He also appeared fleetingly in James Luceno ' s " Cloak of Deception " , which was released in 2001 . Following those few cameos by other authors , Timothy Zahn fleshed out his character in 2006 by writing " Outbound Flight " , a novel centered on the events surrounding C ' baoth ' s demise . Timeline and continuity issues . The second installment in the trilogy , " Dark Force Rising " , included a very thorough biography of C ' baoth , complete with a " Pre - Empire " dating system using a month \ day \ year notation . However , Zahn ' s original dating was based on when he believed the Clone Wars took place . At the time , George Lucas had not settled on the final time line , and " Star Wars " authors were told that the Clone Wars took place thirty - five years before . However , with the release of the prequel trilogy between 1999 and 2005 , it was revealed that the Clone Wars ended only nineteen years before " Episode IV " . Therefore , all the dates featured in the Thrawn Trilogy were off by at least sixteen years . In 2002 , C ' baoth ' s birth date was eventually retconned to 70 BBY in the " Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook " . According to " The Essential Guide to Characters " , C ' baoth ' s last name is pronounced " Sub - Bay - Eth . " However , Zahn has stated that it is pronounced " SA - bay - oth , " with the first vowel pronounced like the " a " in " has " . Timothy Zahn commented that , had he realized how hard it would to be for everyone else to figure out the pronunciation , he would have changed the spelling . Before the release of the Prequel trilogy in the 2000s , all the specifics of Jedi training during the waning years of the Old Republic were not known , which is why C ' baoth ' s training differs from what has been established as the norm from on . Jorus C ' baoth was originally named as the Jedi who quelled the insurrection of several Bpfasshi Dark Jedi during the Clone Wars . After the exact date of the Clone Wars was revealed , that became impossible , as C ' baoth had died five years earlier . Yoda was then named as the Jedi Master responsible for opposing the insurrection some time after the end of the war .