Huulik Huulik was a male Rodian and a member of the Jedi Order who lived in the last decades of the Galactic Republic . He served as a general for the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars against Confederacy of Independent Systems . An accomplished pilot in his own right , Huulik flew alongside Anakin Skywalker at the Battle of Sedratis , in which Skywalker saved the Rodian ' s life . Like most of his Jedi brethren , Huulik was killed by his own clone trooper s when the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic , secretly a malevolent Dark Lord of the Sith named Darth Sidious , decreed the extermination of all Jedi . Despite being mortally injured during the ambush , Huulik managed to return to his starship and set a course for his homeworld of Rodia before passing away . His family constructed a secret mausoleum for the fallen Jedi in the swamp s of Rodia . Almost twenty years later , Huulik ' s niece Taneetch Soonta entrusted his lightsaber to Luke Skywalker . Biography . Early life . A male Rodian , Huulik was born into the Chekkoo clan , one of the smaller Rodian clans that hailed from the Betu continent of the planet Rodia , in the last few decades of the Galactic Republic . Huulik was discovered to be Force - sensitive and came to serve as a Knight in the Jedi Order , whose members were the protectors of peace and justice in the galaxy . He had at least one sibling , as well as a niece named Taneetch Soonta . However , the Jedi were not allowed to maintain family ties , and as a consequence , Huulik only visited his homeworld while on official Jedi business , conversing with his niece once or twice when she was a child . Despite the scarcity of his visits , he made a striking impression on her . The Clone Wars and untimely death . Ten years after the election of Sheev Palpatine as Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic , the Clone Wars broke out between that government and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . A skilled pilot , Huulik became a general in the Grand Army of the Republic during the devastating three - year long conflict . The Rodian participated in the Battle of Sedratis , where he flew alongside his fellow Jedi Anakin Skywalker . At some point during the battle , the two Jedi were swarmed by droid starfighter s and Huulik ' s deflector shield s were depleted . However , Skywalker flew his ship in between Huulik and the next blast from the droid s , saving the Rodian ' s life and giving him time to recharge his shields . Ultimately , the Jedi and Republic won the battle at Sedratis . Following their triumph , Huulik and Skywalker fought together on several other occasions . During one of his visits to Rodia , Huulik mentioned the Sedratis exploit to his family . Unbeknownst to most sentients , the Clone Wars had in fact been orchestrated by Darth Sidious , a Dark Lord of the Sith who had infiltrated the galactic government decades earlier and was none other than Chancellor Palpatine . When the war ended , Sidious declared the creation of a new regime , the autocratic Galactic Empire , and ordered the execution of all Jedi . Consequently , Huulik was shot by the clone trooper s under his command . Severely wounded , Huulik still managed to board his starship and recorded a brief message about his predicament . He also ordered his astromech droid to bring the ship back to Rodia . When Huulik ' s vessel landed on his homeworld , however , the Jedi had already died from his wounds . His kinsmen entombed him along with his lightsaber in a secret mausoleum , hidden among the swamp s near the Chekkoo Enclave . Legacy . Nearly two decades after the demise of the Rodian Jedi during the Galactic Civil War against the Empire , Huulik ' s niece Soonta spoke of her uncle with the son of Anakin Skywalker , a young freedom fighter named Luke . The young Skywalker , eager to learn more about the Jedi , was pleased to hear that his father had saved Huulik ' s life during the war and requested to visit Huulik ' s mausoleum . The two recovered Huulik ' s lightsaber in his tomb , which assisted Skywalker in killing a wild ghest that had trapped them at the mausoleum . Luke later deconstructed the deceased Jedi ' s lightsaber , learning that a Jedi needed to use the Force when aligning the kyber crystal s of the saber . Personality and traits . According to his niece , Huulik seemed the very personification of honor . He was also proud of his piloting skills , although he admitted they were inferior to that of his colleague Anakin Skywalker . Powers and abilities . In addition to being a capable pilot , Huulik could also wield a lightsaber , the characteristic weapon of the Jedi Order . Behind the scenes . Huulik first appeared as a corpse in the 2015 canon novel " Heir to the Jedi " .