Kleeve Kleeve was a male Devaronian who served as a general in the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars . Toward the end of the war , Kleeve and his droids occupied the planet of Kaller , until the Galactic Republic troops led by Jedi Master Depa Billaba intervened . Some time after the end of the Clone Wars , Kleeve relocated to the planet Lahn and assumed the name " Jondo . " While there , he was reacquainted with Billaba ' s former padawan , Caleb Dume , who was now traveling in the company of scoundrel Janus Kasmir . Although Dume was initially hostile towards the former general , now that the war was over they decided to put aside their differences . Kleeve had arranged a deal with Kasmir , a trade that turned out to be for a ship formerly called " Farbrooke ' s Hope " . However , before the deal could be completed , Kasmir , Dume , and Kleeve were taken into Imperial custody by the clone trooper s Grey and Styles . However , it turned out that the clones were only interested in the former Padawan and they let both Kasmir and Kleeve free after they collected the boy . Somewhat unexpectedly , Kleeve agreed to aid Kasmir in an attempt to rescue Caleb from the clones ' " Gozanti " - class cruiser in orbit above Kaller . With Kasmir piloting his Kasmiri and Kleeve piloting " Farbrooke ' s Hope " , the pair managed to rescue Caleb as well as destroy the Imperial freighter . After the battle , the team landed on Kaller , where Caleb announced his intention to strike out on his own , taking Kleeve ' s ship , which he renamed the " Escape " . Biography . Clone Wars . Kleeve was born sometime during the last years of the Galactic Republic . Years later , war came to the Republic when the thousands of star system s seceded from the Republic and formed Confederacy of Independent Systems , which was led by Count Dooku , a former Jedi Master . The Confederacy yearned to form a government that was independent from the corruption , bureaucracy and taxes of the Republic . The Separatists soon found themselves at war with the Republic , using their droid armies against the Republic ' s clone army . Kleeve eventually joined the Separatists , valuing their plight for freedom from the Republic , and became a General in their Separatist Droid Army . Kleeve fought in multiple battles , becoming a prestigious commander on the battlefront . Near the end of the Clone Wars , Kleeve , along with Grievous , then planned a suicide attack on the Jedi Temple . Using the specifications on the Jedi Temple from bounty hunter Cad Bane , Kleeve sent the Confederacy ' s top explosive expert to carry out the attack . After the failed bombing , Kleeve then discovered that the Republic had sent a clone battalion under Jedi General Depa Billaba to Kardoa . He objected to to Grievous attacking Kardoa for no other reason besides Billaba . Kleeve then received orders from Count Dooku to lead the conquest of Kaller . During the Outer Rim Sieges , Kleeve led a Separatist droid army to the planet Kaller , which was located in the Outer Rim Territories . Kaller ' s leader , the Kalleran Gamut Key , resented the Confederate occupation of his world . Kleeve had bigger problems to worry about , however , when the Republic dispatched a legion of clone soldiers and two Jedi — Jedi Master Depa Billaba and her Padawan Caleb Dume — to free Kaller from the Separatists and annihilate Kleeve and his forces ; bringing forth the Conquest of Kaller . Kleeve led his forces from Key ' s palace , and watched as his forces were routed by the Jedi and their loyal trooper s . A B1 battle droid informed Kleeve that the droids had been overrun , so Kleeve , realizing the battle was lost , informed Key of his intent to retreat and left the planet in a Separatist command shuttle before Billaba , Dume and the clones invaded the compound and freed Kaller from the Confederacy . Age of the Empire . Hiding from the Empire . The day after Kleeve retreated from Kaller , Supreme Chancellor of the Republic , Sheev Palpatine , in front of the Galactic Senate , declared himself the Galactic Emperor of the galaxy , transformed the Republic into the First Galactic Empire and declared the Jedi enemies of the state ; dispatching all clone troopers to execute them on sight . Kleeve abandoned the Confederacy as it dwindled out , it ' s leaders were assassinated , and much of the rest of the Confederacy was absorbed into the Empire or formed into holdouts that rebelled against the Empire . Kleeve knew the new Empire would punish and execute him if he was identified as Separatist General Kleeve , so he took on a new life — over the next several months , he went into hiding on the Outer Rim ocean planet Lahn , changed his name to Jondo , and established himself as a crime boss who worked outside of the Empire ' s laws and regulations . He took up residence in a hut in a Lahn settlement , where he traded illegal goods , such as spice , an illicit drug that was in high - demand throughout the galaxy . Months later , about a standard year since the end of the Clone Wars , Kleeve and Kalleran smuggler Janus Kasmir arranged a trade : stolen goods for stolen goods — Kleeve would give the Kalleran a starship , the " Farbrooke ' s Hope " , in exchange for a valuable shipment of spice . Kasmir ' s partner happened to be former Jedi Padawan Caleb Dume , and he came to Kleeve ' e residence to ensure the deal was still on . Dume , under the impression that Kleeve was his alias of Jondo , was horrified when he instantly recognized Jondo as General Kleeve , therefore pulled his blaster pistol on him . Kleeve didn ' t recognize Dume , but due to Dume ' s hostility towards him , deduced that they had met during the Clone Wars , where they had been enemies . Kleeve explained that he had fought against the Republic in order to establish freedom in the galaxy , but he had put his faith on the wrong leadership and suffered for it when they had failed , adding that they both had put their trust in governments that ended up a much different entity than what they had signed on to protect and fight for . Dume holstered his weapon , prompting Kleeve to get to business and asked if the trade was a go . Dume was excited to learn that Kasmir had signed on for a ship , and raced out to thank Kasmir , who intended the " Farbrooke ' s Hope " to be Dume ' s . However , Dume soon returned with ill tidings : Kasmir had been arrested by Captain Grey , who was hunting Dume because he , as a Jedi , was an enemy of the Empire . Dume , on the basis of the " enemy of my enemy is my friend " convinced Kleeve to loan him the " Farbrooke ' s Hope " in order to rescue Kasmir , even though Kleeve wasn ' t going to receive anything from it . The pair set out aboard a boat to a Lahn spaceport . On the journey , Kleeve remarked multiple times that he believed himself to be out of his mind in helping the Padawan and not receiving anything in return . The pair reached bay seventeen , where the ship was docked , however , Clone Commander Styles , Grey ' s partner , tracked Dume to the spaceport and knocked him unconscious while a pair of other clone troopers detained Kleeve and put him on Stuncuffs . The clones , however , did not recognize Kleeve as a former Separatist general , so they released him along with Kasmir , and took Dume prisoner and to a " Gozanti " - class cruiser and traveled back to Kaller ' s star system . Kleeve and Kasmir quickly baorded their ships — Kleeve the " Farbrooke ' s Hope " , and Kasmir his " Kasmiri " — and jumped into pursuit of the cruiser . The pair of ships emerged from hyperspace soon after , and near the Imperial cruiser . Dume , however , manged to eject himself from the cruiser ' s airlock using the Force and was sucked into the vacuum of space . Kasmir quickly pulled the Padawan into the " Kasmiri " and revived him . The cruiser raised its deflector shield s and prepared to attack , so Kleeve and Kasmir did likewise in their vessels . Kleeve asked Kasmir whay men such as them — criminals — were risking their lives for Dume , a child . Kasmir replied that he did not even pretend to understand that . Kleeve was relieved that it wasn ' t just him , and attacked the cruiser . Both pilots quickly learned , however , that they were hopelessly outmatched , so the began to retreat . Although , Dume ordered them to stay and fight . Kleeve and the Kalleran obeyed , even when both their vessel ' s shields fell to single digits . With little choice , the Devaronian and Kasmir followed Dume ' s instructions and looped around to strafe the Imperial ship . They opened fire and the cruiser unexpectedly exploded ; killing all aboard . The two ships then landed on Kaller to regroup . Kleeve examined the damage to the " Farbrooke ' s Hope " while Dume informed Kasmir that he had decided to leave his company and seek his own way in the galaxy . Kasmir was bewildered at the boy ' s decision , but let him go after Dume struck out and attacked him . Dume took only his lightsaber , his holocron , and the " Farbrooke ' s Hope " , which he renamed the " Escape " .