Tauht Tauht was a Human male who served as a Jedi Master of the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Along with Jedi Masters Kit Fisto and Plo Koon , he was dispatched to the Separatist - occupied planet Khorm in order to secure the world ' s agrocite , a valuable ore used to exceptionally increase power to starfighters . Tauht participated in the Republic ' s initial assault on an Agrocite processing center , which was controlled by the native Khormai Warlord Unger Gout , who had aligned himself with the Confederacy . The Republic forces captured the plant and established a base there , although Gout managed to escape . Hoping to minimize clone trooper casualties in the next battle , Koon and Fisto left to search for a Confederate weather - control station , which supposedly controlled storms above Khorm and was preventing the Republic from employing air support . Tauht was left in charge of the Republic station , which was soon attacked by the Confederate forces commanded by the Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress . During the battle , Tauht and Ventress confronted each other . After a brief fight , Tauht was killed by Ventress , who used the Force to manipulate one of her lightsabers and stabbed the Jedi Master with it . Biography . Tauht was a Human male member of the Jedi Order , who had attained the rank of the Jedi Master by 22 BBY , the first year of the Clone Wars between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic . Early in the war , the Galactic Senate dispatched Tauht , along with fellow Jedi Masters Plo Koon and Kit Fisto , to the Separatist - occupied planet of Khorm in order to secure its valuable agrocite ore , used to substantially increase power to starfighters . Because of the extensive storm above Khorm , the Republic could not provide air support and was forced to rely entirely on the ground forces commanded by Major Kendal Ozzel . The Republic troops — consisting of All Terrain Recon Transports and All Terrain Tactical Enforcers — soon approached an agrocite processing plant that was commanded by Warlord Unger Gout , a native Khormai who had betrayed his people and enslaved them to mine agrocite for the Confederacy . Upon sight of the Republic forces , Gout ordered his J - 1 semi - autonomous proton cannon s to open fire . As the battle began , Major Ozzel ordered the clone troopers to disembark from the AT - TEs , a move that exposed them to enemy fire . Realizing that the clones could not survive the barrage , Tauht , Koon , and Fisto decided to draw fire upon themselves . The Jedi defended the clone troopers by deflecting blaster shots with their lightsabers , and then charged Gout ' s battle droids in the trenches that surrounded the plant . While Masters Koon and Fisto fought BX - series droid commandos and B2 super battle droids , Tauht proceeded to destroy the proton cannons . Meanwhile , Major Ozzel ordered Republic AT - TEs to open fire at the Jedi ' s position , thus annihilating the majority of droid forces at the cost of endangering the Jedi ' s lives . Tauht then noticed that Gout was trying to escape and warned Master Koon . It was too late , however , as the warlord managed to flee on a rail jet . After the facility had been secured and the Republic had established a base there , the three Jedi — together with Ozzel and Clone Commander CC - 3636 , nicknamed " Wolffe " — gathered inside to consider strategies for their next attack on the agrocite mines . Tauht witnessed as Major Ozzel proposed a direct assault , and Master Koon declined , stating that such an attack would result in too many clone casualties . At that moment , Admiral Wieler contacted the Jedi and informed them that a Separatist starship had somehow reached the planet ' s surface through an opening in the storm . This information led the Jedi to conclude that the Separatists possessed some sort of weather - control station on Khorm . If the station was destroyed , it could remove the storm , allowing the Republic to utilize air support in the battle and lessen the number of casualties . To this end , Koon and Fisto set off to search for that climate - control station , leaving Tauht in charge of the Republic base . After Koon and Fisto had departed the base , however , it came under attack from the Separatist forces commanded by Asajj Ventress — a Dark Jedi who had arrived to assist Gout on the starship that Wieler had reported . When Confederate Armored Assault Tanks opened fire on the base , Tauht ordered Ozzel to reinforce the lines and hold the facility while he contacted Koon . As Tauht rushed to deliver a message to Koon , the plant was shattered by explosives detonated by Ventress . The explosion threw Tauht on the ground , where he found himself face to face with Ventress herself , who pointed one of her lightsabers at him . Having been previously warned not to underestimate Ventress , Tauht quickly ignited his own lightsaber and deflected one of Ventress ' s weapons . Stating that his orders were to subdue her at any cost , Tauht hit Ventress in the face , causing her to drop one of her weapons . Ventress then expressed her respect for Tauht ' s strength but claimed that she did not have time to fight him , using the the Force to pick up her fallen lightsaber , ignite it , and send it flying into Tauht ' s back . Tauht did not notice the Dark Jedi ' s actions until too late , and was stabbed . With Tauht ' s death , Ozzel assumed command of the remaining Republic forces . However , instead of staying put and holding the facility as Tauht had ordered him , Ozzel decided to charge the droids openly . This proved to be a flawed strategy , as the Confederacy revealed its previously hidden DSD1 dwarf spider droids , which eliminated the majority of the Republic task force and forced Ozzel to surrender . The major , along with Wolffe and several clone troopers , was taken prisoner and interrogated on Fisto and Koon ' s location , which Ozzel revealed . Personality and traits . Tauht was a blond - haired human male with blue eyes and light skin . He was a capable leader and had gained Plo Koon ' s trust , as indicated by Koon ' s notion to leave Commander Wolffe and the Republic base under Tauht ' s authority . Although warned not to underestimate the notorious assassin Asajj Ventress , Tauht did just that during their fight by failing to perceive Ventress ' s actions . Tauht ' s failure to take heed of the Dark Jedi ultimately cost him his life . Powers and abilities . A fully - trained Jedi Master , Tauht was skilled with his green - bladed lightsaber and used it to save the clones by deflecting enemy fire and to destroy Warlord Gout ' s proton cannons . Ventress herself acknowledged Tauht ' s skills during their fight . Despite all his talents , however , Tauht was unable to sense Ventress approaching him and her Force actions in manipulating her lightsaber . Behind the scenes . Tauht ' s first and only appearance is in the comic " " , written by Henry Gilroy and Steven Melching and illustrated by Scott Hepburn .