Lok Durd / Legends General Lok Durd was a male Neimoidian weapons developer in the Separatist Droid Army who served in the Clone Wars . During the war , he created an experimental defoliator — an artillery radiation weapon that could theoretically wipe out any organic matter while leaving machinery unharmed . Durd chose to test his weapon on the isolated world of Maridun , as it was home to a colony of pacifist Lurmen . After landing on the planet and setting up a base camp , Durd initially tested the defoliator on a pair of battle droids . Following the experiment ' s success , he moved to attack the Lurmen in order to impress Confederate Head of State Count Dooku . However , Durd was interrupted by the Jedi Anakin Skywalker , Ahsoka Tano , and Aayla Secura , who had crash - landed on Maridun prior to Durd ' s arrival . Using shield generators that they had captured from Durd ' s base camp , the Jedi were able to block the defoliator ray targeted at the colony with a deflector shield . Following a brief battle , Durd and his assistant , Pune Zignat , was captured by the Jedi and subsequently taken into Republic custody . Biography . Early career . The defoliator . The male Neimoidian Lok Durd hailed from the planet Neimoidia during the Clone Wars . By 22 BBY , he had become a general and weapons designer for the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Durd was assisted in his research by his chief weapons technician , the Aqualish Pune Zignat , whose careful design work and planning had much to do with making Durd a success . During the war , Durd developed a defoliator , an enhanced radiation weapon that was capable of destroying living matter while leaving inorganic material unharmed , in the hopes that it would enable him to rise up through the ranks of the Separatist Droid Army . Because the Confederate Droid Army was largely made up of battle droids , the defoliator ' s specific targeting of enemy organics made it ideal for the Confederacy . The defoliator was mounted on a modified heavy artillery gun and , when loaded , fired a large missile that created a large , fiery shock wave upon detonation . However , the wave could be blocked by a deflector shield . As the defoliator proved to be very expensive and costly , it needed to be tested before Count Dooku , Head of State of the Confederacy , would back any further development . Durd began to seek out a lush planet with a primitive culture that he could safely subject to experimentation . After trekking the stars , Durd discovered the remote world of Maridun , home to a small , peaceful Lurmen colony . Because Durd believed that the pacifist Lurmen would not defend themselves , he deemed Maridun to be the perfect testing site for the defoliator . Landing planetside on Maridun with the defoliator and several squads of battle droids , Durd and his forces built a small but heavily armed base camp and proceeded to the Lurmen colony so that Durd could " claim " the land for the Separatists . Arriving at the colony aboard a C - 9979 landing craft , Durd and Zignat met with the colony ' s leader , Tee Watt Kaa . To avoid causing a panic , Durd lied to Kaa , stating that the colony was now under Separatist " protection " — hiding his intentions of targeting the Lurmen with the defoliator — and would remain unharmed as long as it offered no resistance . With that , Durd moved forward with a squad of his droids to " inspect his new colony . " After ordering his droids to ransack the colony and search for Republic contraband , Durd learned that there was no evidence of Republic weapons . Durd then told Kaa that in the future , more periodic searches would be conducted to " maintain security . " Remarking that the Lurmen were " smarter than they appeared , " Durd returned to the base camp with his droids to conduct the defoliator ' s first field test and double - check that it would not harm inorganic beings . Returning to the Separatist base , Durd prepared for the defoliator ' s test , stationing his forces just beyond the base ' s walls so that he could speak to them from above on a perch along the front wall Durd announced the creation of his new weapon to the battle droids , and they cheered . However , when he stated that he required two volunteers , the droids ' ranks quickly receded , leaving two very reluctant B1 battle droids that Durd " picked " as the volunteers to serve as the defoliator ' s test subjects . While the two battle droids moved into position faraway from the base , Durd opened a hololink to Count Dooku to show him the tests and their results . After the two droids were a safe distance away from the base camp , Durd ordered the defoliator to be loaded and fired . Another pair of B1 battle droids loaded the defoliator missile , and Zignat prepared to fire the weapon at the two droids . The Aqualish technician then launched the missile ; as it landed , it exploded into a raging and expanding inferno . The two battle droids were quickly engulfed by the shockwave , while Durd and the rest of his troops , along with Count Dooku through the hololink , watched from back at the camp . As the smoke generated by the defoliator dissipated , it revealed the two battle droids , slightly smoking but otherwise unharmed and intact , standing in the middle of a desolate wasteland . To Durd , the defoliator appeared to work : the two test subjects were not damaged , and all organic life around them was completely wiped out . Dooku stated that the new weapon was very impressive and that it should be tested on living , sentient subjects . At Dooku ' s behest , Durd promised that he would test the weapon on the Lurmen colony . The Neimoidian general then closed the hololink with Dooku and prepared to travel to the Lurmen colony to test the defoliator , taking three squads of droids with him , as well as three Armored Assault Tanks . Battle of Maridun . General Durd and his forces arrived at the colony the next day and set up positions a considerable distance away from it , but close enough so that the village was in range of the defoliator . When one of the droids told Durd that a barricade had been set up , the Neimoidian laughed , thinking it was only the Lurmen trying to protect themselves . However , a glance through a pair of electrobinoculars revealed to him the presence of a small Republic force — Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Aayla Secura , Skywalker ' s Togruta apprentice Ahsoka Tano , Commander Bly , and Clone Captain Rex . The Jedi and the clones had crash - landed on Maridun before Durd had even arrived , in the wake of the Sky Battle of Quell , and had taken refuge with the Lurmen . The force had also witnessed Durd ' s test of the defoliator , and took measures to protect their Lurmen allies as a result . Upon seeing the Jedi and the clones , Durd ordered that the defoliator be fired at them . The enemy saw that the Separatists were loading the defoliator , and they activated several shield generators they had stolen from Durd ' s camp , and the resultant deflector shield enveloped the colony . As soon as loading was complete on the defoliator , Durd commanded his aide to fire the weapon . The missile landed several meters in front of the deflector shield , and the fiery shockwave began to expand . When the shockwave reached the shield , however , it was unable to break through and was effectively stopped . After the wave had dissipated , the Jedi and clones emerged from behind the pod barricade , preparing for the Separatists ' charge . Durd realized he would have to destroy the shields for the defoliator to be effective , and ordered his first squad , consisting of several B1 and B2 battle droids , to charge forward and attack . The first squad charged across the newly devastated field and engaged the Jedi , but the Republic forces were able to drive them off . Durd and the rest of his forces watched on as the first squad was obliterated . The general then ordered his second and third squads to charge forward , leaving behind just a few battle droids and the three tanks to guard his own position . As the second wave of droids attacked , the Jedi were unable to destroy all of them , and a portion of the Confederate force got past their line . They eventually were able to push through and destroy the enemy shield generators . Seeing that the shield was down , Durd ordered his droids to reload the defoliator and destroy the village ; however , Skywalker was already bearing down on him at a rapid speed . Durd ordered his tanks to blast the Jedi Knight , but Skywalker was too fast for the laser fire and managed to evade them . The Jedi destroyed the defoliator along with several of the droids guarding Durd . In the process , a defoliator projectile was dropped by the droids . Durd , afraid that he would be " defoliated " by the projectile rolling toward him , jumped out of his AAT and attempted to run away , but Skywalker lifted him from the ground before the Neimoidian general could run far . Durd ' s forces were eventually routed by the combined effort of the Republic and Lurmen forces . After the battle , the Jedi prepared to leave the colony with the captured general , and three Republic " Venator " - class Star Destroyers jumped into the system to pick them up . Occupation of Lanteeb . During the war , Durd somehow managed to escape Republic custody and led the Separatists on the invaded and blockaded Outer Rim world of Lanteeb . He ordered a raid on the planet of Taratos IV , where he captured Bant ' ena Fhernan , who would work to create a terrifying bioweapon out of toxic raw damotite and other materials . He eventually obtained the keys to the bioweapon , exchanging the scientists family for the weapon . After learning that Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi were on Lanteeb , he dispatched a droid army to the village the Jedi were hiding in . After several days , the Republic sent a 4 ship battle group led by Admiral Yulauren , High Jedi General Mace Windu , and Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano . They rescued the Jedi after a whole day of fighting . Personality and traits . Lok Durd was a flamboyant , bossy , ruthless , and merciless individual , and was often disliked by his peers for this . He hoped to be promoted to a higher and more substantial rank within the Separatist Droid Army , which was one of the reasons he developed his defoliator weapon . A self - centered Neimoidian , Durd dreamed that with his development of the device , Republic planets would submit to the Confederacy at the mere mention of his name . With a larger salary , he also hoped to spoil his children . Durd constantly pontificated and bragged to the battle droids under his command on what the success of his defoliator would bring him . In battle , the general preferred to deploy his troops in large head - on rushes . However , he was cowardly , as seen when he chose to escape from the battle after Skywalker had destroyed his defoliator cannon . A Speciesist being , Durd believed that Neimoidians were the noblest individuals in the galaxy , He also hated humans , thinking that they stink and considered them bigots . He chafed under the need to report to the higher - ranking Human Count Dooku ; given all that the Neimoidians had done for the Separatist cause , Durd was offended that Dooku was the public leader of the Confederacy , though underneath he also very fearful of the Count . After arriving on Maridun and selecting the pacifist Lurmen as the defoliator ' s organic test subjects , Durd lied to Chieftain Kaa , stating that the village was now under the " protection " of the Separatist Alliance , when in fact the colony would be destroyed by his weapon . The Lurmen would be obliterated before anyone else would know of the Neimoidian ' s massacre , and Durd ' s " little white lie " would die with them as well . Durd was very overweight for a Neimoidian , eating lots of fatty pylat eggs and deep - fried chewgrub s . As a result of his corpulence , he was a very slow runner . Durd wore a Neimoidian mitre with the Separatist insignia set upon it , as well as a tunic of Ramordian silk adorned with expensive girdles and rank epaulets . He was able to speak Galactic Basic Standard . Behind the scenes . The character of Lok Durd made his first appearance in episode " Defenders of Peace . " In the episode , Durd is voiced by George Takei of " " fame . Although his character is captured at the end of the episode , according to interviews with George Takei , Durd was intended to be a recurring villain in the series . Durd received an entry in the 2009 " " sourcebook , and appeared in the 2010 novels , " " and " " of . Durd ' s character was created as an alternative to having the Confederate General Grievous appear multiple times and avoid downplaying his " legend " with multiple Republic victories . Durd ' s corpulent appearance was built off of the television series production crew ' s desire to deviate from the pre - existing model for Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray , which was similar to that of the Confederate Captain Mar Tuuk made for the episode " Storm Over Ryloth , " and helped to further depict his flamboyance and bossiness . Ultimately , the character of Durd was not seen in any following episodes of the series , which was canceled in 2013 .