Lux Bonteri Lux Bonteri was a human male senator and rebel fighter from Onderon during the Clone Wars . He was the son of the late Separatist senator Mina Bonteri . Biography . Early life . Lux Bonteri was the son of Onderon ' s senator , Mina Bonteri , and her husband . The Clone Wars . After the formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Bonteri and his family sided with the Separatists when Onderon joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Bonteri and his family moved to the planet Raxus , the capital of the Confederacy , where his mother was a member of the Separatist Senate . Some time after Onderon joined the Separatists , Bonteri ' s father , an officer in the Confederacy military was killed while setting up a base on Aargonar after an attack by Republic clone trooper s early in the Clone Wars . Initiative for peace . During the Clone Wars , Bonteri was present when the Republic Senator Padmé Amidala and Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano traveled to Raxus to speak with his mother about negotiating a peace treaty between the Confederacy and the Republic . While his mother and Amidala negotiated , Bonteri and Tano conversed outside in the garden . Both spoke of their biased perspectives of the war ; Bonteri confessed his distrust of the Jedi and the Republic , and Tano spoke of her distrust of the Separatists . Bonteri had never met a Jedi before while Ahsoka had never met a Separatist civilian , and they mutually agreed that they were in fact not that different from each other . Despite being on opposing sides of the war , the two quickly became friends . Concluding her discussion with Amidala , Mina Bonteri initiated a motion in the Separatist Senate to begin peace negotiations with the Republic Senate . The vote passed with a majority , and Amidala and Tano returned to Coruscant . However , Count Dooku , the Separatist Head of State and secretly Sith Lord , needed the war to continue for the sake of the Sith . Dooku orchestrated a Separatist attack on Coruscant , causing the Republic Senate to vote against peace negotiations with the Separatists . Dooku also secretly ordered the assassination of Mina Bonteri , publicly blaming her death on the Republic . The murder of his mother left Lux an orphan , and he refused to believe that the Republic ordered her death . Confronting Dooku . Believing that it was Dooku that was responsible for the death of his mother , Bonteri sought out the Mandalorian Death Watch led by former Separatist ally , Pre Vizsla . Like Bonteri , Vizsla also desired revenge on Dooku after Death Watch ' s attempt to take over Mandalore fell through , resulting in Dooku withdrawing his support of the organization . Together , Bonteri and Vizsla planned to track Dooku down using a holotrace device and then , with knowledge of his location , Death Watch would help Bonteri assassinate Dooku . During a peace conference between the Confederacy and the Republic on Mandalore , a neutral system , Bonteri burst into the meeting uninvited and publicly accused Dooku of his mother ' s murder . This alarmed many of those present at the conference , including Republic Senator Padmé Amidala as well as Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano , who was serving as Amidala ' s personal bodyguard . Separatist Congress Leader Bec Lawise ordered for Bonteri ' s arrest , and security droids removed him from the room . The droid s brought Bonteri before Dooku via hologram , where Bonteri discreetly used his holotrace device in order to discover the location of Dooku ' s transmission . Dooku , unaware of Bonteri ' s holotrace device , denied his involvement in Mina Bonteri ' s death and ordered Bonteri to be executed for treason . Before the droids could kill Bonteri , Tano entered and saved Bonteri from the droids , having followed him since he left the meeting . Tano took Bonteri to the " Phoenix " , accompanied by R2 - D2 , where she contacted Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker , who told her to bring Bonteri to Coruscant . Bonteri refused , insisting that he had plans to deal with Dooku with the help of the Death Watch . Learning of his desire to kill Dooku , Tano advised him not to , and began to take the " Phoenix " to Coruscant . However Bonteri , adamant about his decision , knocked out Tano , hiding her lightsabers and taking her to Carlac in order to meet with Death Watch . Welcome to Death Watch . Once on Carlac , Bonteri planned to meet with Death Watch alone and leave Tano on the ship , however when Tano woke up she instructed R2 to find her lightsabers and hold on to them for her , so that she could hide her true identity from Death Watch . Just as Tano met up with Bonteri outside of their ship , the pair was greeted by Bo - Katan Kryze , Pre Vizsla ' s second in command , who took them to the Death Watch camp to meet with Vizsla . Tano , pretending to be engaged to Bonteri , told Bonteri not to trust the Death Watch because of their terrorist ideology , but Bonteri refused to listen to her . When brought before Vizsla , Bonteri provided him with the holotrace device , and Vizsla invited Bonteri to a feast to celebrate their success . Bonteri obliged , and the celebration took place with Tano acting as a servant , alongside several Ming Po women who had been captured by the Death Watch . The celebration was interrupted , however , when Chieftian Pieter of the nearby Ming Po village demanded that Vizsla return the women that the Death Watch had taken from them . Surprisingly , Vizsla agreed , promising Pieter he would return the women to the village the next day , and Bonteri took this as a sign that the Death Watch had honor and were not terrorists as Tano had warned him . However , the truth was revealed when the next day Vizsla and his soldiers brought the women back to the village , only to kill Pieter ' s granddaughter Tryla in front of him and proceed to burn down the village . With the innocent Ming Po in danger , Tano revealed her true identity as a Jedi when she attacked the Death Watch soldiers in order to protect the Ming Po people , and was subsequently captured by the Death Watch . Bonteri and Tano were taken prisoner by the Death Watch , and Bonteri realized that Tano had been right when Lux saw that Vizsla planned to execute Tano for the Jedi ' s crimes against Mandalore . However , R2 - D2 entered the tent and created a distraction , allowing Bonteri to escape while Tano engaged Vizsla in lightsaber combat . Outside the tent , Bonteri discovered many battle droid s that the Death Watch had been using for target practice turn on their masters after being reassembled by R2 . With the droid ' s assistance , Tano and Bonteri were able to escape the Death Watch on the " Phoenix " . Tano again wanted to take Bonteri to Coruscant , but Bonteri again refused , headed toward the ship ' s escape pod . Tano tried to stop him , but Bonteri said he needed to find his own way , hoping that they would see each other again . Departing on good terms , Bonteri detached the pod and left Tano to go into hiding . Return to Onderon . Eventually , Bonteri returned to his homeworld of Onderon , which was under Separatist occupation . The Separatist regime had made Sanjay Rash King of Onderon , and removed the true King , Ramsis Dendup . Bonteri joined a resistance group that had been formed by Steela and Saw Gerrera with the goal of returning Dendup to the throne . In order for their mission to be successful , however , the rebels required supplies , weapons , and training . Using his personal connection to Ahsoka Tano to his advantage , Bonteri contacted the Jedi High Council , asking for aid to help restore peace to Onderon . The Jedi promised to help , however many were resistant to becoming directly involved in the matter , saying that it was an internal affair and out of their control . Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker suggested that the Jedi provide supplies and training to the rebels , but not directly become involved in the fight ; allowing the rebels to retake their homeworld on their own . Agreeing with this idea , the Council sent Jedi General s Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker , accompanied by Commander Ahsoka Tano and Clone Captain CT - 7567 , known as " Rex " , to Onderon where they began to train the rebels for combat . Upon arrival to Onderon , Kenobi , Skywalker , Tano , and Rex were brought to the rebel camp and began to train the rebels . The rebels began by learning to disable Armored Assault Tank s and droideka s using grenades . Bonteri was particularly good as disarming the droidekas , however when paired with Saw to take out the tank , he fell off the tank taking Saw down with him . This caused Saw to be upset with Bonteri , claiming that he was a politician and not meant to fight . Both Steela and Saw could not disable the droidekas , and Steela became frustrated with herself , preferring her skills as a sniper to destroy droids . While practicing their marksmanship with the Jedi , a group of battle droids , learning the location of the rebel base , began to attack the rebels . Using their new training , the rebels took out the first wave of battle droids using grenades . However , the second wave of battle droids arrived with a tank , which Bonteri and Saw had been unsuccessful disarming in training . Bonteri and Saw paired up again to take out the tank , and this time succeeded , using thermal detonator s and destroying the tank . After succeeding in defending their base , the Jedi and the rebels decided that they were ready to take the fight to Iziz and reclaim Onderon . In order to get into the Separatist controlled city , Bonteri came up with the idea of posing as hunters , coming back into Iziz to sell their game in the market . Not detecting any of their weaponry due to the high amounts of organic matter on their carts , the battle droids allowed the rebels to enter . After entering Iziz , the group split up to avoid attention ; agreeing to regroup after nightfall . The group decided to execute a series of small strikes on battle droid battalions throughout the city , where Bonteri hid behind a market stand and disables a patrol of droids in front of some citizens . When the rebels later met up in a safehouse in Iziz , Saw suggested that they increase their attacks on the Separatists . However , it was noted that many of the civilians in Iziz had become frightened by the sudden outbreak of violence , and it was suggested by Bonteri and Steela that they first must win the trust of the people . Bonteri suggested that they take on a large target to show their strength and draw public attention to themselves . It was decided that they would attack the city power generator . Skywalker , Kenobi , and Rex left the rebels and returned to Couruscant , while Tano remained as an advisor to the rebels . Eventually , after some time training , Bonteri , Tano and the Onderon rebels — led by Steela — made their presence known to the people in Iziz and fought against the droid army , forcing them to retreat . Onderon was won , Dendup became king again , and Bonteri — having his faith placed in the Jedi and the Republic — was appointed Senator of Onderon . He swore to serve the Republic . The Mentor . After the rise of the Galactic Empire , Bonteri married an Imperial and became a father to her daughter . Bonteri ' s goddaughter Maia became a member of Saw ' s Partisans and was killed whilst on a mission to the Mid Rim planet Inusagi . Bonteri eventually became a member of the Rebel Alliance and following Saw ' s death during the destruction of Jedha City , Bonteri contacted his stepdaughter saying Saw ' s death had upset him more than he could have realized and asked that in return for giving the Empire all he had on the operations of the Rebel Alliance , he wanted amnesty . His stepdaughter gave him specific times and locations where he could hand himself in but instead of turning himself in , Bonteri contacted Staven , the leader of the Dreamers , joined the group becoming known as " the Mentor " and used the information from his stepdaughter to give Staven a constant supply of Imperial targets to hit . After the Imperial Captain Iden Versio , who had infiltrated the Dreamers along with her special forces team members , revealed that she intended to kill Bonteri in order to recover the stolen information in his possession , he entreated Versio to always have hope before she fired . Instead of killing him , Versio had instead stunned him , leaving her to question his whereabouts .