Belo Tusus Belo Tusus was the ruler of Orto in the late stages of the Clone Wars . Originally the neutral Ortolan government ' s Financial Minister , Tusus aligned himself with the Confederacy of Independent Systems , which was embroiled in the Clone Wars against the Galactic Republic at the time . Tusus conspired to overthrow the government , and did so , installing himself at the head of his new government and pushing Orto into the pan - galactic conflict . Consolidating his power in the capital city , Tusus ruled from a palace , and locked down his planet ' s spaceports as Orto underwent Confederate occupation . His populace could do little but cower as battle droids swept through the capital . Tusus ' s reign was soon disrupted in 19 BBY by a series of sabotages and attacks . He grew paranoid as the undermining of his government ' s movements continued , and he began to suspect his own staff , and his Confederate allies . He soon lost trust in the Confederacy , as Jedi Knight Nem Bees , working undercover to investigate Tusus , had collaborated in secret with Tusus ' s own Twi ' lek servant to sabotage the new government . The Jedi Knight subsequently managed to call in the forces of the Galactic Republic , and move against Tusus ' s rule . Betrayed and fearing for his own life , Tusus chose to flee Orto , forcing Bees and the Republic to fight a protracted campaign in the last days of the Clone Wars . Biography . Usurper . Belo Tusus was the Financial Minister of Orto during the Clone Wars . Although the Ortolan government had remained neutral throughout the war , Tusus favored the Confederacy of Independent Systems , rather than the Galactic Republic . As a wave of secession from the Republic swept through the outer regions of the Rimma Trade Route , Tusus conspired to launch a " coup d ' etat " against the current Ortolan government , seize control of Orto , and align his world with the Confederacy of Independent Systems . The presence of the conspiracy was ascertained by Republic Intelligence , but the fact that Tusus was the dissident element remained a secret . Soon enough , Tusus launched his bid for power , publicly announcing his support of the Confederacy , before overthrowing the current government and installing himself as the planetary leader . He had all of Orto ' s spaceports locked down , as his allies from the Confederacy arrived . The new arrivals moved into the capital city , their battle droids marching down the streets , and Tusus was assigned Confederate Neimoidian attachés . The new ruler of Orto then began cementing his control of the planet , working to settle in his government as he reigned from the capital ' s palace . Usurped . By 19 BBY , Tusus ' s rule soon met resistance , in the form of unexplained acts of sabotage , of which there were several . Seemingly for no reason , battle droid detachments refused to deploy , and the guidance systems of shuttles had been clandestinely severed . As the effective strikes against his government continued , Tusus grew more and more paranoid , suspecting both his own staff of duplicity and his Confederate attachés . In actual fact , the traitor to Tusus ' s rule was his own Twi ' lek servant , who had been leaking information to the Ortolan Jedi Knight Nem Bees . Bees had in fact been operating on Orto prior to Tusus ' s " coup " , dispatched by the Republic to investigate the Financial Minister ' s movements . Bees had been able to avoid detection by Tusus ' s government by masquerading as the trader Ydde , who had in fact died some years prior . In addition to betraying sensitive details of Tusus ' s government to Bees , the usurper ' s servant also provided the Jedi Knight with contact to a HoloNet transceiver . This allowed the undercover Ortolan to contact the Republic and call in a force of clone troopers , while he infiltrated the palace and knocked down a vital shield generator . Tusus did not trust the Confederacy to provide him with protection , and as he feared for his life , he fled Orto . The Republic forces , led by Bees , were forced to wage a protracted campaign against Tusus ' s entrenched Confederate forces , during which the Jedi Knight was killed by his own men . Personality and traits . When plotting to overthrow the Ortolan government and install himself as the planet ' s new leader , Tusus was able to operate in such a way that the Republic was unaware that he was the culprit , although they were aware of a plot . He also managed to keep his allegiance to the Confederacy quiet until his later public announcement . Tusus chose to force his neutral planet into pan - galactic war on the side of the Confederacy , and allowed troops to descend on his world , frightening his populace . Once in power , Tusus moved quickly , solidifying his rule and securing the planet . However , he soon grew overly paranoid , suspecting his own government and the Confederacy itself of betrayal . His paranoia blinded him to the true traitor — his Twi ' lek servant . When his position of power was threatened by Republican invasion , Tusus chose to abandon his world , as he had no trust in his Confederate allies and felt that his own life was in mortal peril . Behind the scenes . The character of Belo Tusus was created by Kyle Jewhurst through the defunct StarWars . com feature , " What ' s The Story ? . " Tusus is mentioned in Jewhurst ' s Databank entry for the character of Nem Bees , who appeared briefly in the episode " Chapter 22 " of the television series " " . Jewhurst used the name of another Ortolan , Max Rebo , as the basis for Bees ' s and Tusus ' s names — simple syllables , two maximum . According to Jewhurst , the name " Belo Tusus " took approximately thirty seconds of fiddling around with letters to come up with . The character of Tusus himself was in fact meant to be a rich Ortolan seen briefly in " " . The character is shown on Toola in a crowded marketplace , and is accompanied by a Twi ' lek slave . A Jedi Master , Kai Hudorra , who is in hiding , steals the Ortolan ' s purse — the slave notices this , and is amused . The Ortolan , noticing that he has been robbed , strikes his aide for not alerting him to the robbery . In Jewhurst ' s original entry , a reference was made in which Tusus flees to Toola , although this was cut out by Lucas Online staff before the Databank entry was published . Additionally , despite the fact that Jewhurst intended for Tusus to be an Ortolan , he is not explicitly identified as such in the final Databank entry .