Ashka Boda Ashka Boda was an aged and wise Jedi Master from the period of the Clone Wars . A revered member of the Librarian ' s Assembly of the Jedi Order , Boda maintained the large collection of holocrons and other Jedi artifact s located within the Jedi Temple ' s Archives . Shortly before the start of the Clone Wars , Boda and fellow Jedi Master Jabidus Inspra led a team of Jedi to the isolated Gree Enclave to investigate a sighting of the Separatist leader Count Dooku . After the formation of the Galactic Empire at the end of the Clone Wars , Boda came into possession of the Tedryn Holocron , a vast library of Jedi teachings previously owned by the Krevaaki Jedi Master Bodo Baas , who had recently become victim to Galactic Emperor Palpatine ' s Jedi Purge . Boda joined forces with Jedi Knight Halagad Ventor to form a network of Jedi survivors of the destruction of the Almas Academy ; however , many of these Jedi were soon exterminated after Ventor compromised their location during an Imperial interrogation . Boda was soon captured by Imperial forces and escorted by Palpatine ' s elite Imperial Sentinel s back to Coruscant , where he was tortured and eventually killed . Palpatine discovered the Tedryn Holocron among Boda ' s belongings and used its vast repository of knowledge to learn how to transfer his own essence into a clone body . Although Palpatine later claimed to have been given the holocron by Boda , Jedi Master Tionne Solusar uncovered the truth about Ashka Boda ' s fate long after Palpatine ' s final death . Biography . Fugitive of the Empire . Ashka Boda was a long - lived male Jedi Master from around the time of the Clone Wars . Boda was a revered member of the Jedi Order ' s Librarian ' s Assembly and worked alongside Jedi High Council member Yaddle in maintaining the Jedi Temple ' s vast collection of holocrons , scrolls , and tomes . In the weeks leading up to the outbreak of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY , Count Dooku , former Jedi Master and leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , traveled to the isolated Gree Enclave to purchase a special pre - Republic era solar sail for his personal solar sailer . Reports of Dooku ' s presence in the Enclave reached the Galactic Republic as well as the Jedi , but only after his departure from the Gree worlds . Ashka Boda and fellow Jedi Master Jabidus Inspra led an investigative task force of five Jedi from the Jedi Temple into the Enclave to determine the purpose of Dooku ' s visit . Shortly after the formation of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY , Emperor Palpatine initiated the Great Jedi Purge and captured the ancient Krevaaki Jedi Master Bodo Baas , possessor of the famed Tedryn Holocron that stored the teachings and experiences of Jedi Masters long past . Baas was executed by Palpatine toward the beginning of the Purge ; however , the Tedryn Holocron eventually found its way into the possession of Ashka Boda along with a belt that Baas had once owned . Boda collaborated with Jedi Knight Halagad Ventor in an effort to establish a network of Jedi from the Cularin system who had survived the destruction of the Almas Academy . Boda informed Jedi Master Denia of the creation of this network ; however , these Jedi were nearly all hunted down and killed in the Purge after Ventor was forced to reveal their location in an interrogation by Darth Vader . Boda , too , was captured along with several other Jedi at the scene of another battle . A group of Imperial Sentinel s — towering , mutated warriors created by Palpatine ' s Dark Side Adepts — possessed cryptic yet authentic datachips that gave them disposition over Boda . The Sentinels formed a praetorian guard around Boda as he was escorted back to their dungeon ship and summarily transported to the Imperial Center . Once there , Palpatine tortured and murdered the Jedi Master and discovered the Tedryn Holocron among his belongings . Legacy . Palpatine used the knowledge that he gained from the Tedryn Holocron to learn the secret of spirit transference , allowing him to transfer his essence into clone bodies . Other information he used in the creation of " The Book of Anger " , the first volume of his " Dark Side Compendium " . Six years after the Empire ' s crushing defeat at the Battle of Endor , a reborn Palpatine initiated a military campaign to retake the galaxy . Amidst the chaos , New Republic Princess Leia Organa Solo was captured by Palpatine ' s forces . The Emperor , suffering from the effects of the dark side on his degenerating clone body , introduced the Princess to the Tedryn Holocron , claiming to have been given the device by Ashka Boda before the Jedi Master ' s disappearance . The holocron soon fell into New Republic hands , but the truth about Ashka Boda ' s fate was not revealed until on the history of the holocron was recorded in 40 ABY by Jedi Master Tionne Solusar of the New Jedi Order . Personality and traits . Ashka Boda was a wise and aged Jedi Master during the Clone Wars . He was considered by many to be great and famous and was a revered scholar of the Librarian ' s Assembly of the Jedi Order . Palpatine considered Boda and the knowledge he carried important enough to have him escorted to Coruscant by his personal bodyguards . Powers and abilities . Ashka Boda possessed the knowledge and skills to attain the rank of Jedi Master and to become a member of the Librarian ' s Assembly of the Jedi Order , as well as one of the Jedi Temple ' s curators . Behind the scenes . Ashka Boda was first mentioned in the endnotes written by Tom Veitch at the end of the of " Dark Empire " . He received his first in - universe mention in the of " Dark Empire " along with a further expansion in the endnotes at the end of the issue . He has since been mentioned and expanded upon in a variety of sources .