Gavrilonnis Tejere Gavrilonnis Tejere was a Givin male who , in 22 BBY , performed an act of sabotage on the Yag ' Dhul Ambassadorial Landing Platform , located on the planet Coruscant . Born in 44 BBY , Tejere was a maintenance worker at the platform twenty - two years later , and one day reprogrammed the platform ' s repulsorlift assembly to bring the entire construction crashing to the ground . He fired his blaster pistol at a nosy co - worker in the process , which alerted the nearby Jedi Masters Yoda and Mace Windu . The two Jedi apprehended Tejere , who was then taken to a Judiciary processing center to be questioned . His actions caused considerable concern for several authorities . Biography . The Givin male Gavrilonnis Tejere was born in the year 44 BBY . Twenty - two years later , he was employed as a maintenance worker at the Yag ' Dhul Ambassadorial Landing Platform on the galactic capital planet of Coruscant . While on duty one day , Tejere sabotaged the platform ' s repulsorlift assembly by reprogramming it to malfunction and bring the platform crashing down from the air . However , maintenance of the assembly was not one of his assigned tasks , and his co - worker Jujiran Halbeet consequently inquired into his activities . Tejere responded by drawing a blaster pistol and shooting Halbeet , which sent the other Givin tumbling off the platform . Coincidentally , the Jedi Masters Yoda and Mace Windu were riding an air taxi through a nearby skylane at the same moment . After they used the Force to catch Halbeet , the two Jedi brought their vehicle to the platform and confronted the saboteur . Tejere fired at them , but his inaccurate shooting and the protection offered by Windu ' s lightsaber spared the Jedi any harm . Yoda then used the Force to disarm Tejere , and Windu rendered the Givin unconscious by approaching him and applying pressure to his clavicle . Tejere was taken to a Judiciary processing center for questioning , where authorities determined that he had acted alone and not on behalf of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , a group of star systems that had recently seceded from the Galactic Republic . Both Daggibus Scoritoles , a Givin member of the Galactic Senate , and Armand Isard , the Director of the Senate Bureau of Intelligence , were deeply troubled by Tejere ' s actions . An ad hoc task force consisting of both Bureau and Judiciary agents and led by Jedi Master Qu Rahn was created to further investigate the saboteur ' s activities and determine his motives . Personality and traits . Gavrilonnis Tejere had sunken black eyes and a hairless , white exoskeleton . Although Yag ' Dhul was the homeworld of his species , he sabotaged the Yag ' Dhul Ambassadorial Landing Platform of his own volition and fired on a fellow Givin in an attempt to cover his tracks . Had Tejere ' s plans not been thwarted , his reprogramming of the platform would have crippled the structure and caused it to fall out of the sky . Behind the scenes . Gavrilonnis Tejere is featured in " Star Wars " canon as the subject of " Would - Be Saboteur Captured " , a 2002 article published online in Volume 531 , Issue 53 of the HoloNet News website . The article was written by Pablo Hidalgo and Paul Ens , and an accompanying illustration of Tejere was drawn by Joe Corroney . Tejere is also mentioned in his co - worker Jujiran Halbeet ' s entry in 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .