Pran Pran , also known as Mother Pran , was a female human who resided on the planet Carnelion IV . Biography . In 29 BBY , Pran , along with another Carnelion resident , Kolara , flew an airship in a battle over the planet ' s surface . Their craft came under heavy fire , and two Jedi who had recently crashed on the planet in response to a distress call they received , Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi and Padawan Anakin Skywalker , used the Force to pull their sinking ship toward a ledge , allowing them to escape . Pran quickly withdrew two pistols and aimed them at the robe d figures , ordering Kolara to step away from Skywalker , who then informed her that they were Jedi sent to answer the distress call . Pran and Kolara shared a confused look with one another , and Pran asked Skywalker what a Jedi was . Before the Jedi could explain , the group was attacked by a Closed airgun . Pran and Kolara hid behind a ridge , hoping the Closed airgun would take out the Jedi and leave them alone . When Obi - wan and Anakin joined them in hiding , Pran was outraged and was certain that the Closed would follow them and wipe them all out . After Obi - wan destroyed the airgun with a saber throw , Anakin rescued the pilot of the ship , Grecker . Pran was upset and wanted to know why the Jedi didn ' t let him fall to his death . Anakin explained it wasn ' t the Jedi way , so she drew her pistols and began a standoff with the Closed . Their guns were disabled by Anakin ' s lightsaber , so she and Grecker drew knives and attempted to attack each other until Obi - wan disarmed them with the Force . The Jedi asked for an explanation why the Open and Closed wanted to kill each other , and Pran claimed the Closed had started the war that destroyed Carnelion IV . When Obi - wan wanted to leave them on top of the mountain , Pran reluctantly agreed with Grecker that they would die without assistance . As they descended into the Celadon Sea , Pran and Grecker overheard Anakin mention a distress signal . She then uncharacteristically sided with Grecker on Anakin ' s suggestion to build an airship out of the scavenged parts from the Open and Closed airships . After getting the ship working , Mother Pran proceeded to pilot it . On the trip , Pran spied a kite with a package attached to it . She commanded Kolara to get to the back of the cabin while steered the airship close enough for Grecker to snag it out of the sky . Once they confirmed it was a piece of art sent up by the Scavenger , they tossed it out of the ship . Shortly afterwords , Kolara observed Anakin tinkering with his lightsaber , and realized he was very skilled at repairing technology . She called over Mother Pran who gave Anakin a central processor and asked if he could fix it . When he did , Mother Pran realized that he could repair all the Open ' s war machines which would allow them to win the war . She praised Kolara for recognizing Anakin ' s skills , and quickly hatched a plan to kidnap him . When their airship was attacked by fishers , Pran apologized and knocked the padawan unconscious , escaping along with him and Kolara on a small flyer . Once clear , she circled around and destroyed the airship with the guns on the flyer . Pran flew to the Fortress - Home of the Open , and showed the rest of the clan what Anakin could do by restarting a battle droid with the repaired central processor . After getting all their war machines running , Pran asked Anakin where the distress signal was so that she could save Obi - Wan . The padawan realized she was lying , but told her the directions in hope that he could accompany her to help rescue his master . She gagged him and left him behind so that she and the other Open could go and finish their war . Mother Pran arrived at Sera ' s fortress museum and found it under siege by the Closed . She proceeded to attack them and Obi - Wan , who was trying to defend the building . She confronted the Jedi and was about to shoot him when he was saved by Anakin . Pran stopped fighting when the Republic fleet that Obi - Wan had called appeared in the sky above the battle . Personality and traits . Pran had white hair and light blue eyes . She had a red tattoo over her right eye . Pran was an aggressive and ruthless warrior and leader determined to achieve victory for her side . She was however sufficently weak minded to fall for a mind trick Obi - Wan used to get her to lower her weapons during their first encounter . Equipment . Pran used slugthrowers and knives in combat . She was able to pilot airships and mechs .