Oppo Rancisis / Legends Oppo Rancisis , an adept strategist and tactician , was a Thisspiasian male who abdicated the throne of his homeworld in favor of becoming a Jedi Master . Offered to the Jedi Order as an infant by his mother , the Blood Monarch of Thisspias , Rancisis was apprenticed to Master Yaddle , training to become a Jedi Knight almost two centuries before the Battle of Yavin . In 186 BBY , Rancisis ' sister was killed by terrorists , and he was offered the throne ; he declined , instead preferring to continue on the path of the Jedi . After achieving the rank of Master and being given a place on the Jedi High Council , Rancisis served as one of the Jedi ' s top military advisors due to his tactical nous . He was also a member of and often led the Council of Reconciliation . Rancisis served the Jedi Council through the re - emergence of the Sith , the Separatist Crisis , and the Battle of Geonosis , and when the Clone Wars began , he became a Jedi General . Along with Yoda , Rancisis spent much of the war on Coruscant , organizing and coordinating Republic forces through the galaxy , such as during the defense of Kamino and the Battle of Zaadja , conferring with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , and serving on the Council of Reconciliation . Near the close of the war , Rancisis learned of a Separatist operation on the planet Saleucami ; Dark Acolyte Sora Bulq was overseeing the creation of a cloned Morgukai " Shadow Army , " which Rancisis feared would prove a match for the Jedi . The Thisspiasian Jedi Master led a team of Jedi and three battalions of clone troopers to Saleucami , and besieged the planet for five months . Rancisis used his battle meditation to aid Republic forces during the conflict , to the point of exhaustion . Sora Bulq used this to his advantage , sending a group of Anzati assassins to slay Rancisis , but the Jedi Master was able to fend them off and defeated his attackers . However , the attack had in fact been a ruse orchestrated by Bulq , who used the distraction to enter Rancisis ' chamber unnoticed and stab the Thisspiasian in the back , killing him . Biography . Early life . Oppo Rancisis was a Thisspiasian male born on the planet Thisspias in 206 BBY . The son of the female Blood Monarch , who ruled over Thisspias , he was discovered to be Force - sensitive as an infant , and his mother offered him to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant for training in the ways of the Jedi in 200 BBY , when Rancisis was six standard years old . She hoped that , after his training had been completed , he would return to Thisspias and succeed her as Blood Monarch , and use the wisdom and power taught to him by the Jedi for Thisspias ' s benefit . Rancisis was accepted by the Jedi Order , and eventually selected by Jedi Master Yaddle , a revered member of the Jedi High Council , as a Padawan . Yaddle trained Rancisis in the Jedi arts , and he proved to be an adept wielder of the Force and a tactician , with a keen sense for military strategy . He also received training of some sort from Master Yoda , though Rancisis was a rebellious student , sometimes disobeying Yoda ' s instructions . In 186 BBY , when Rancisis was twenty , terrorists stormed the alcazar on Ramatesh and killed his younger sister , who had become Blood Monarch during Rancisis ' early training ; Rancisis was the next in the lines of heirs , and was offered the throne . Devoted to the Jedi Code , he refused the offer , and continued with his training in the Jedi Temple . Mastery . Rancisis was eventually made a Jedi Knight and later a Jedi Master , proving adept at the rare Jedi techniques of battle meditation and Malacia . Battle meditation allowed the user to boost his allies ' morale while draining his enemies ' , and to subtly alter the odds of any given battle . Malacia allowed a user to use the Force to turn an opponent ' s equilibrium against him or her , halting movement and causing dizziness and nausea , though the effects were only temporary . A rare ability , which many frowned upon for its seemingly violent nature , Malacia was taught by Rancisis for many decades , and he recorded his notes on using the power in the Great Holocron . Rancisis had a keen grasp of military tactics , and he was known for his elegant and complex strategies , which helped the Republic to emerge from several conflicts victorious . Sometime prior to 89 BBY , Rancisis was given a temporary seat on the Jedi High Council , joining his former Master Yaddle on that august body . Rancisis was also a member of the Council of Reconciliation , a five - person body that attempted to find peaceful solutions to the Republic ' s problems , and assigned various Jedi to carry out these solutions . That same year , Rancisis traveled to the chambers of Lorian Nod , a young Padawan , at the behest of the other Council ors , who had noticed him acting strangely and believed he might be ill . Rancisis entered the room to find Nod with a fellow Padawan named Dooku and immediately sensed a tremor in the Force ; he searched the room , looking to locate the source of the tremor , and eventually found a Sith holocron , stolen from the Jedi Archives . Nod claimed that Dooku had stolen it , which Dooku denied , but Rancisis merely took the holocron and left them , telling the two Padawans that the Council would decide their fate . Rancisis informed the Council of the theft , though , as it was busy attending to other matters , it would be several days until they could hold a meeting with the two students . In the interim , Rancisis and Master Yoda arranged a sort of competition for a group of Padawans , including both Nod and Dooku . Breaking them up into two teams of ten , Rancisis tasked them with successfully bringing a muja fruit from one of the fruit sellers in the All Planets Market back to the Temple by sunset . The Padawans could also use their training lightsabers to eliminate opposing team members with a light touch of their blade . Rancisis and Yoda purposely selected Nod and Dooku as team leaders so that they could pit them against each other and test how great the tension was between them . During the contest , Dooku recklessly injured Nod badly with his lightsaber , and was brought before the Council . Rancisis , Tor Difusal , and Yoda questioned him ; ultimately , Dooku was sanctioned for excessive aggression during a training exercise , while Nod was banished from the Order for lying about stealing the holocron and for implicating his fellow Padawan . Dooku went on to become a revered Jedi Master , while Nod became a pirate . During the Stark Hyperspace War , Jedi Master Plo Koon — a friend of Rancisis ' — and several other Jedi contacted the Jedi Council from the planet Troiken to relay a plan of his to end the conflict . Koon asked Rancisis specifically about the plan , because of his tactical nous , and the Thisspiasian approved it . Iaco Stark had unleashed a virus onto all Republic ships that prevented them from entering hyperspace , but Master Qui - Gon Jinn had found a way to counteract it . Koon ' s plan was to take Stark and his forces by surprise by sending a small fleet through hyperspace ; simultaneously , Koon ' s forces on the ground would drive Stark ' s soldiers back and occupy them . Rancisis refined Koon ' s plan , devising various elaborate strategies , and , along with fellow Council Member Yarael Poof , he used battle meditation to augment the Republic assault force . The strategy was successful , and Stark was apprehended ; Plo Koon was given a seat on the Council for his part in ending the conflict , while Rancisis ' term was made permanent for his . Later crises . In 33 BBY , Rancisis and his fellow Councilors met to discuss the Yinchorri Uprising . The Yinchorri , a warlike species native to Yinchorr , had recently discovered hyperspace travel , and were attacking the other worlds in the Yinchorri system . Two Jedi were sent by Master Mace Windu to negotiate with the Yinchorri , though their heads were sent back to Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum ' s office . Jedi Master Yaddle later learned that the Yinchorri were immune to Jedi mind tricks , and that they wore cortosis armor , which rendered lightsabers useless . During the meeting , Rancisis told the Council of the Yinchorri ' s philosophy — that the strong could take what they wished from the weak — but also that , should they encounter beings stronger than themselves , they would surrender . Ultimately , after much discussion , Mace Windu and Councilor Micah Giiett volunteered to lead teams of Jedi to the Yinchorr system to find and destroy the Yinchorri headquarters . Rancisis remained behind with half the Jedi Council . Rancisis , Yoda , and Yarael Poof watched Windu ' s three " Consular " - class cruisers depart , though Yoda was uneasy ; he told the others that Windu ' s team was in considerable peril , but so were those who opted to stay on Coruscant . His fears proved correct soon thereafter , when a team of Yinchorri warriors infiltrated the Jedi Temple and attempted to execute the Council . The Force forewarned the Jedi of their arrival , though , and they were able to kill the attackers with minimal Jedi casualties . Surveying the damage , Rancisis expressed his concern about the raid to Yoda ; the Yinchorri had nothing to gain by attacking the Temple , and he suspected that some unknown , outside force was manipulating the warrior species . In the Yinchorr system , the Jedi were successful , though at the expense of three lives : Micah Giiett , Lilit Twoseas , and Theen Fida . Rancisis attended their funerals on Coruscant , and Ki - Adi - Mundi was chosen as Giiett ' s replacement on the Council . Also in 33 BBY , Rancisis and the other members of the High Council agreed that Nuru Kungurama , a Chiss youngling found by Jedi Masters Ring - Sol Ambase and Dooku , should be raised and trained as a Jedi . In 32 BBY , the Council of Reconciliation — consisting of Rancisis , Yoda , Adi Gallia , and Plo Koon — met with Qui - Gon Jinn to discuss his most recent mission , which had resulted in the destruction of the Trade Federation battleship " Revenue " , for which Arwen Cohl and the Nebula Front militant group were responsible . The Front had serious qualms with the Trade Federation ' s monopoly on trade in the Outer and Mid Rims , and several of the Councilors believed their anger was justified — Rancisis , however , noted that , despite their laudable goals , they were , in his eyes , a ruthless organization and nothing more than petty criminals . Eventually , the Council decided to attempt not to take sides , as both factions represented a great many beings , a course of action for which Rancisis was a strong proponent . Soon after , members of the Nebula Front attempted to assassinate Chancellor Valorum , but fled to Asmeru in the Senex sector , which was not part of the Republic , when the attempt failed . The Council sent several Jedi to Asmeru to deal with the would - be assassins while many more safeguarded the Eriadu Trade Summit . After the Jedi overstepped their bounds and attacked natives on Asmeru , Valorum and the Council were put in a difficult and finely balanced situation . If Lord Crueya Vandron of the Senex sector filed charges against the Jedi , Valorum and the Council would have received much negative attention , and might have lost support from Republic citizens . The Council met to discuss the issue ; some , such as Even Piell , advocated striking a deal with the Senex lords — who had been repeatedly refused free trade with the Republic for a number of years because of their policies on slavery — while others believed that the Senex lords were mere slavers , and not to be bargained with . With the Republic ' s interest at heart , Rancisis seconded Piell ' s proposal , knowing that a rift between the Senex sector and the Republic would be difficult to mend . Ultimately , the Republic appeased the Senex sector , and Cohl was apprehended . Later that year , during the Trade Federation ' s Invasion of Naboo , the Sith re - emerged , and Qui - Gon Jinn briefly dueled with a Dark Lord of the Sith on the planet Tatooine . When he returned to Coruscant , he briefed the Council about the confrontation , though some were skeptical that the Sith had returned . Jinn had also encountered a Human child , Anakin Skywalker , on Tatooine and , convinced he was the Chosen One of Jedi prophecy , asked if could take the boy as his Padawan , despite Skywalker being several years older than the traditional age of new members of the Order . Yoda reminded Jinn that he already had a Padawan , Obi - Wan Kenobi , though Jinn was adamant that Kenobi should be knighted and Skywalker trained . Ultimately , the Council opted to wait before making a decision , and sent Jinn and Kenobi to help Queen Padmé Amidala end the crisis on Naboo . There , the Sith Lord slew Jinn , but Kenobi struck the Sith down — though no one knew if he was the master or the apprentice . Rancisis and his fellow Councilors traveled to Naboo to attend Jinn ' s funeral , and , ultimately , Kenobi was knighted , and took Skywalker as his Padawan , though Rancisis was among those opposed to Skywalker ' s admittance to the Order , believing that he was far too old for training . Separatist Crisis . Rancisis continued to serve on the Council for the Separatist Crisis , during which many Republic worlds seceded to Count Dooku ' s newly formed Confederacy of Independent Systems . There were other threats to the Republic , as well , which the Council had to deal with ; in 30 BBY , former Jedi Aurra Sing murdered several Jedi Knights on Coruscant , and Rancisis and his fellow Councilors sent Ki - Adi - Mundi to apprehend her . Three years later , the Council learned that Ashaar Khorda , an Annoo - dat revolutionary , had obtained a mysterious superweapon with which he planned to target the Republic . In his report , Mace Windu stated that his sources were unable to learn exactly where Khorda would strike , but they were able to narrow it down to three targets : Corellia , Alderaan , and Coruscant itself . Rancisis volunteered to safeguard Corellia , while Eeth Koth traveled to Alderaan and Yarael Poof defended Coruscant . Ultimately , Khorda targeted Coruscant , and although Poof was able to put a stop to the Annoo - dat ' s plot , he did so at the expense of his own life . Master Yaddle also perished around this time ; Shaak Ti and Coleman Trebor were drafted as their replacements . During this period , some believed that the Jedi Knights were too few , and many Padawans were scheduled to be Knighted earlier than was traditionally accepted . Rancisis was present at the double ceremony to make Quinlan Vos a Jedi Master and his Padawan , Aayla Secura , a Jedi Knight . However , the Council soon realized that they might have been hasty in performing so many early Knightings , and decided to postpone the Knighting ceremony of Anakin Skywalker and Ferus Olin after a Councilor raised a concern about their conduct . Rancisis was one of those who informed Skywalker ' s Master , Obi - Wan Kenobi , that his Padawan would have to wait to become a Jedi Knight . In 22 BBY , Rancisis was sent on a diplomatic mission to Trandosha . Relations between the Trandoshans and their in - system neighbors , the Wookiees , had been going downhill , and the Trandoshans repeatedly petitioned for representation in the Galactic Senate . Rancisis arrived four weeks after Trandoshans began attacking Wookiee transports to speak with representatives from both species , accompanied by Caamasi and Alderaanian diplomats . Many critics of the Jedi were quick to voice their displeasure at the fact that Rancisis had arrived so late into the conflict , and claimed that had the Council sent a representative sooner , much bloodshed might have been averted . Rancisis met with Wookiee senator Yarua and Trandoshan Speaker - Above - All Hadocrassk at Hsskhor , Trandosha , to discuss the situation and to address the problem presented by Trandosha ' s policies on slavery . The talks started shakily , and continued in the same vein for some time . When the Trandoshans went behind Rancisis ' and the Wookiees ' back and requested Trade Federation help getting a seat on the Senate , Senator Yarua refused to continue the discussions , and stormed out of the chamber , despite the efforts of Rancisis to persuade him against leaving . The Council , recognizing the negotiations as a debacle , reassigned Rancisis . One month later , the Jedi Order received a distress signal sent by Obi - Wan Kenobi on the planet Geonosis in the Outer Rim ; after unearthing a plot of the Confederacy ' s to start a war with the Republic , he had been captured by Dooku and sentenced to be executed , along with Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala , at the Petranaki arena . A team of over 200 Jedi , led by Mace Windu , traveled to Geonosis in a bold rescue attempt , though Rancisis was not among those who participated in the arena battle . The Jedi ranks in the arena were decimated , with a ring of several dozen survivors being all that remained . Before Dooku could order their deaths , however , Yoda arrived with hordes of clone troopers , who had secretly been grown on Kamino on the orders of the deceased Jedi Master Sifo - Dyas . The Republic was victorious at the Battle of Geonosis , though it marked the beginning of a galaxy - wide conflict : the Clone Wars . Clone Wars . Early war . As he was considered one of the most astute tacticians in the Jedi Order , Rancisis became a Jedi General and one of the most important Jedi figures in the Grand Army of the Republic , using his battle meditation to subtly alter the will of Separatist forces to give the Republic an advantage in battle . The early stages of the war saw much bloodshed for the Republic , but two months after the Battle of Geonosis , the Jedi Council was presented with an opportunity to hit back at the CIS . Jedi Quinlan Vos and Aayla Secura , working undercover on the space station known as The Wheel , had learned that the Confederacy planned to launch a major offensive on Kamino in the hopes of destroying a fresh batch of over a million clone troopers produced by the Kaminoans . It was the first time since the outbreak of the war that the Republic knew when and where the Separatists would attack , and Rancisis was tasked with drawing up a battle plan for Kamino ' s defense . The most important part of Rancisis ' strategy centered on the fact that the CIS was expecting Kamino to be ill - defended . If they suspected that Republic forces were lying in wait for their fleet , Rancisis knew that they would retreat , and the opportunity to gain a foothold in the war would be lost . Thus , Rancisis had the fleet given to him to defend Kamino position itself outside the Kamino system , ready to jump to the planet ' s defense via hyperspace at Rancisis ' signal , once the Separatists had launched their assault . Despite being a somewhat risky plan , in that it left Kamino virtually undefended for the beginning of the attack , Rancisis was confident in its chances for success . Rancisis did not coordinate the battle on Kamino itself , but would lead the Republic forces from aboard a ship in the Republic armada . He addressed a team of Jedi , led by Obi - Wan Kenobi , via hologram before the Separatists arrived , outlining his plan and explaining the importance of the element of surprise . Tipoca City , where the majority of the clones were being grown and trained , would still be susceptible to ground attacks from the first wave of CIS forces , and with clone starfighters unavailable " en masse " , Rancisis tasked Kenobi ' s Jedi with piloting starfighters against the CIS fleet , while Shaak Ti and numerous others defended the interior of the clone complex . Ultimately , the battle was something of a stalemate ; both sides incurred losses , and the Separatists , led by Passel Argente , were able to flee . Despite this , Rancisis ' battle plan had helped to preserve the future warriors of the Republic and ensured that the Separatists were not granted an early victory in the conflict . He continued to serve the Jedi Council during the Clone Wars , and was present at many meetings , during which the cost of the continuing war was discussed . At some point during the conflict , Rancisis returned to Thisspias to request the assistance of his species in the struggle against Dooku and the Separatists . The current Blood Monarch agreed provisionally , promising to pledge Thisspias ' s help if , as tradition required , Rancisis bested him in unarmed combat . Knowing the Republic was desperate for the assistance , the Jedi Master agreed ; he defeated the Blood Monarch , who stayed true to his word and lent small contingents of Thisspiasian warriors to several battles . Rancisis , along with the likes of Yoda and Mace Windu , often met with the Chancellor in his office to discuss the war . Sixteen months after Geonosis , Rancisis , Yoda , and Windu met with Palpatine at his request to discuss the situation on the planet Thustra , whose native species , the Sephi , were on the brink of seceding . Negotiations with the Sephi king , Alaric , had been unsuccessful , but Palpatine was adamant that the Republic and the Jedi should do all they could do stop Thustra joining the CIS by whatever means necessary , as the planet was of strategic importance and because he feared that the remainder of the sector would follow suit . Yoda , who had known Alaric for centuries and who knew that he could see reason , volunteered to travel to Thustra and act the diplomat , though Rancisis stated that this was out of the question . Yoda oversaw the entire Jedi war effort , and Rancisis feared that placing his attention on a single battle would be detrimental to the Republic ' s chances of winning the war . Palpatine would not be deterred , however , and , despite Rancisis ' objections , Yoda traveled to Thustra and persuaded Alaric to side with the Republic . Two months later , Rancisis and Windu agreed to a battle plan proposed by Obi - Wan Kenobi for the Battle of Zaadja . After General Grievous , the new Supreme Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies , killed and wounded many senior Jedi on Hypori , the Jedi Council convened to discuss the dwindling number of Jedi Knights , and the toll the war had taken on the Order . After Adi Gallia suggested that the Council knight any deserving Padawans , Obi - Wan Kenobi suggested that they forgo the traditional Jedi Trials and promote Anakin Skywalker to Jedi Knight , but Rancisis was strongly opposed . He felt that Skywalker was too reckless to be a Knight , and that the Order ' s most ancient principles and practices should not be forgotten , even in times of war . Yoda was quick to remind Rancisis that , in his youth , the Thisspiasian was not the most disciplined himself ; ultimately , despite varying opinions on the Council , Yoda agreed that they should knight Skywalker , and the Council held a ceremony in the Jedi Temple . Rancisis also continued to serve on the Council of Reconciliation for parts of the war , and he sometimes led the Council , too . After the Battle of Rendili two and a half years after Geonosis , Rancisis and the Council of Reconciliation , as well as Masters Tholme and Kenobi , met with Quinlan Vos , a Jedi Master who was flirting with the dark side and was believed to have gone rogue , or even joined Dooku . Vos had previously been sent on a mission attempting to infiltrate Dooku ' s circle of Dark Acolyte s , but his current loyalties were shrouded in mystery . Vos wished to be re - accepted into the Order ' s fold , though the Council members were unsure of his trustworthiness . Eventually , four of the other Council members , Mace Windu , Plo Koon , and Ki - Adi - Mundi , deferred to Rancisis ' judgment , as they were away from Coruscant and attending via holographic transmissions from throughout the galaxy . Rancisis believed that Vos had returned to the light , and allowed him to return to the Order ; he knew that the war ' s strain often superseded archaic traditions , a lesson he had learned after Anakin Skywalker was granted Knighthood . Later , he questioned Vos about what he had learned while undercover as Dooku ' s agent ; Vos had not managed to learn much , though he knew the CIS was planning something in the Outer Rim Territories , where the Separatist Council was hiding , on planets such as Alliga and Anzat . Vos volunteered to travel to Anzat to investigate , though both Tholme and Rancisis believed he should spend some time resting and recuperating . Rancisis also acknowledged that , although Vos ' information had been limited , his insight into Dooku ' s mind would greatly help the Thisspiasian strategize and plan against the Separatist leader . Siege of Saleucami . While on Coruscant , Rancisis joined several other Councilors to hear a report from Obi - Wan Kenobi regarding a potential intelligence lead from a close friend , diner owner Dexter Jettster . Although Jettster had not hinted at any details , as he had been speaking with Kenobi over an unsecured comlink , Rancisis and the others agreed that Kenobi should meet with his friend . Following a terrorist bombing on Coruscant orchestrated by Count Dooku , Rancisis attended a full High Council session in which Anakin Skywalker reported the information from Jettster in the absence of Kenobi , who had been wounded in the bombings . According to Jettster ' s intelligence , General Grievous was preparing to strike at the Republic - loyal world Bothawui , home to the vital Bothan Spynet . Although some Council members doubted the information ' s authenticity , Skywalker was adamant that it was accurate . After Skywalker left the High Council Chamber , Rancisis , like the rest of his colleagues , deferred to the judgment of Mace Windu and Yoda about how to address the threat and retired for the night . Windu and Yoda devised a plan for Skywalker to lead a battle group to mount a defense of Bothawui , and Skywalker was successful in preventing Grievous from capturing the strategic world . When the Bardottan species contacted the Republic for aid , as their Dagoyan Master s — Force mystics — had vanished , Chancellor Palpatine contacted the Council and suggested that a Jedi be sent along with Representative Jar Jar Binks to Bardotta . Rancisis attended the meeting , where despite the Bardottans ' distrust of the Jedi , Master Windu decided to accompany Binks to Bardotta . Shortly thereafter , Plo Koon discovered Master Sifo - Dyas ' s crashed shuttle on a desert moon of the planet Oba Diah , and Rancisis was present when Koon reported his findings to the Council . Further investigation into Sifo - Dyas ' s death uncovered the fact that Dooku had murdered Sifo - Dyas before the Clone Wars and had purposefully worked to draw the Republic into the intergalactic conflict . Troubled by the revelation , the Council gathered to discuss it , but during the meeting , Yoda seemed particularly distracted . After the meeting , Kenobi , Rancisis , Unduli , and Secura were talking in the halls when Mace Windu interrupted their conversation to speak with Kenobi . Yoda soon met with the Council and asked them to meditate with him in order to confirm his belief that the spirit of Qui - Gon Jinn was contacting him from beyond death , and the Council remained there for over a day , to no avail . The other Councilors began to consider the possibility that Yoda was affected by the dark side , so Yoda underwent medical testing . Rancisis and the Republic soon received information of a new Separatist threat brewing on the Outer Rim world of Saleucami . Tholme , acting on information he had learned during his mission to Anzat , had unearthed a plot orchestrated by Dooku and one of his Dark Acolytes , former Jedi Master Sora Bulq , to create a clone army of Morgukai warriors , trained by Anzati assassins . Cloned from the Kajain ' sa ' Nikto Bok , the warriors wore cortosis armor , and Rancisis and the Order knew that they would be a threat to the Jedi . Tholme ' s transmission was cut short after a duel with Sora Bulq , so Rancisis was unsure of his condition . Chancellor Palpatine was informed of the " Shadow Army , " as it had been dubbed , and he authorized the Jedi Council to send troops to deal with it — knowing that both Bulq and the Morgukai clones needed to be defeated , they sent three battalions , and placed Rancisis in overall command of the Republic forces . Rancisis wanted Quinlan Vos to be his second - in - command , as the Kiffar Jedi had had prior dealings with both the Anzati and Morgukai . He was knowledgeable about both groups , and Rancisis also chose him because he was Tholme ' s former Padawan . When Rancisis showed Vos Tholme ' s transmission , the Kiffar stated his belief that Tholme had survived , and was attempting to harass and disrupt Bulq ' s operations on Saleucami . Vos offered to travel to Saleucami himself , but Rancisis informed him of the Council and Palpatine ' s commands , as well as his selection of Vos as his right - hand - man ; there was no time to deliberate , as the battalions were ready to leave immediately . Vos accepted , and Rancisis led his forces to Saleucami , beginning what became known as the Outer Rim Sieges . Thousands upon thousands of clones , vehicles , ships and weapons , were taken to Saleucami , and a Republic headquarters was established for Rancisis to coordinate the fighting through battle meditation . Bulq ' s encampment was heavily fortified and shielded , and the harsh terrain of barren Saleucami made for a prolonged conflict . Rancisis used the Force to gain a sense of the battlefield , to know when and where to strike , and to foresee the eventual outcome . Republic forces , led by Vos and other Jedi , attacked on the ground , while Sagoro Autem commanded from space , but , despite the loss of many lives , including several Jedi , they could not penetrate Bulq ' s caldera headquarters in Saleucami ' s main city , which was guarded by a perimeter shield generator and swaths of ion cannons . After fives months of laying siege to Bulq ' s fortress , to no avail , Rancisis ' forces were running extremely low on supplies , much of which had to be used to feed refugees from Saleucami ' s city . Rancisis had Vos and his contingent of Jedi Generals — Ausar Auset , Sian Jeisel , A ' Sharad Hett , Xiaan Amersu , Aayla Secura , and K ' Kruhk — attempt to disable the shield generator yet again during one skirmish , telling them that , through his meditation , he had seen that a path for them to follow would be carved . Many of the Jedi were skeptical , as the elusive path had been part of Rancisis ' plan for months and had yet to be found . During the battle , however , Vos and Jeisel unearthed a path to the tunnels that would allow the Republic access to the caldera fortifications . Vos ' forces were ultimately able to secure the caldera ' s rim , though the Separatist and Shadow Army forces had converged on the city ' s center , and were putting up a stiff resistance . During the battle , Rancisis went deeper into his battle meditation , exhausting himself in an attempt to see the likely outcome of both the battle and the war as a whole ; however , some unknown factor that was at work eluded him , and the dark side clouded his vision . When the fighting reached a hiatus , Rancisis spoke via hologram with Sagoro Autem , who was commanding the " Venator " - class Star Destroyers in orbit around Saleucami , about the situation regarding supplies . The latest delivery had contained fewer supplies than Rancisis ' forces had requested , and Autem commented that if they were not expending so much supplies on refugees , their situation would be less dire . Rancisis was quick to remind Autem that it was the Republic attacking the refugees ' city , and that it was impossible to evacuate them offworld ; Rancisis was a Jedi , and he would not ignore the needy and let them starve . The Thisspiasian ' s meeting with Autem was cut short by the arrival of Quinlan Vos , who had come to report on the day ' s events . Vos reported that the Separatist headquarters were impenetrable as long as the shield generator remained , but that the Separatists were unable to leave Saleucami and attack other Republic worlds . Rancisis was content with this , but Vos explained that the Republic and Jedi forces could not continue for much longer without respite . Rancisis had a plan , but he refused to share it with anyone , even Vos — if the CIS caught wind of it , victory on Saleucami would be nigh impossible . A key part of the plan involved getting someone inside the Separatist compound to attack from within , but all efforts to do so had thus far ended in failure . Vos and Secura , both former Padawans of Tholme , informed Rancisis that their Force bond with him had not indicated that he was dead , and that if they could make contact with Tholme he might act as their inside man , but Rancisis was skeptical . Death and legacy . When the Republic forces had recuperated , they launched another assault on the Separatists , attacking the city center . Rancisis coordinated the battle from within the Republic stronghold , using his last reserves of energy to maintain his battle meditation . During the fighting , his chamber was infiltrated by several elite Anzati assassins , seemingly sent by Sora Bulq to slay Rancisis . The Thisspiasian Jedi Master realized their presence through the Force before they could attack , and began to fight them off , despite his exhaustion . Using whatever weapons he could muster — the Force , his lightsaber , his long tail and his four arms — he clashed with the Anzati , killing many , until just one remained . Rancisis told the remaining Anzati , Rath Kelkko , that he would accept his surrender , or kill him — it made no difference to the Jedi Master . Kelkko recognized Rancisis ' tired condition , and confidently attacked , expressing his regret that he would not be able to consume his " soup " as Rancisis was too dangerous to be kept alive . With one last throw of the chance cube , Rancisis used his tail to send Kelkko sprawling across the room ; the Anzati perished when he collided with an energy barrier . As Rancisis watched him die , however , he was stabbed in the back by Sora Bulq ; the entire Anzati attack had been a ruse , intended to distract Rancisis so that Bulq could enter the room without the Force alerting the Thisspiasian to his presence . Rancisis became one with the Force , and his death was sensed by all the Jedi on Saleucami . Jeisel , Hett , K ' Kruhk and the other Jedi were the first to find Rancisis in his chambers , and despite K ' Kruhk ' s efforts to heal Rancisis with the Force , they could do nothing to save him . Vos had been in the Separatist headquarters at the time of Rancisis ' death , and some of the Jedi , such as Sian Jeisel , suspected that he was the killer . Vos , however , pointed out that as Rancisis ' second - in - command , he had had ample opportunity to kill the Jedi Master , and that he would have made sure not to implicate himself . Jeisel eventually used the Force to learn that Vos was innocent , and accepted that he had played no part in Rancisis ' death . However , the Jedi were still in a predicament — Rancisis had not revealed his plans to anyone , and they believed that the Republic ' s war effort on Saleucami would fail without his intricate strategies . Quinlan Vos claimed that he could use his psychometry — a Force ability possessed by his species that allowed a user to view memories off inanimate objects — to read Rancisis ' plan from his dead body , though this was met by stern opposition by several of the other Jedi . K ' Kruhk believed it would be disrespectful to Rancisis ' person , but relented , and Vos appeared to have read Rancisis ' plan from the Jedi Master ' s body — in actual fact , he was unable to read memories from organics , and had formulated his own plan , but he pretended it was Rancisis ' so that the Republic would carry it out . The Jedi then cremated the body and held a funeral for the Thisspiasian , also remembering the other Jedi who had fallen on Saleucami . Vos ' plan involved a three - pronged attack against the Separatist — simultaneous land and air attacks on the CIS base , while a small team of Jedi infiltrated Bulq ' s hideout and destroyed the shield generator . It was a risky plan , with potentially catastrophic results if the Jedi team was unsuccessful . Ultimately , the Jedi were successful , and Vos was able to slay Bulq . Nevertheless , Rancisis ' death had a negative effect on the Republic ' s war effort , as they were without his elaborate strategies and his battle meditation . Obi - Wan Kenobi took his chair in the High Council Chamber . Rancisis died just months before Order 66 was issued to the clone troopers , who executed their Jedi Generals across the galaxy . The Jedi Order fell , and Chancellor Palpatine — actually Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious — dissolved the Republic , with the approval of the Senate , and created the first Galactic Empire , becoming Emperor . Sidious had been culling the numbers of the Jedi Order slowly during his time , and he was the mysterious outside force that Rancisis and his peers detected during the Yinchorri Uprising . The Clone Wars had all been a machination of Palpatine ' s , designed to lay the foundations for the destruction of the Jedi Order , and Rancisis ' contributions to the war effort had been in vain . He was not forgotten , however , and , decades later , his life was documented in a number of New Republic historical documents , as well as in a report on the Jedi written and compiled by Tionne Solusar . Rancisis ' teachings on Malacia eventually fell into the hands of the New Jedi Order , as well . Personality and traits . Oppo Rancisis was extremely loyal to both the Jedi Order and the Republic . He could have accepted the throne on his homeworld at a relatively early age and lived a life of luxury and power , but he decided to continue with his Jedi training , and never looked back . He was wholly devoted to the Jedi , spending over a century teaching students and offering his tactical knowledge whenever he was requested to do so . He had the Republic ' s interests at heart , and the majority of his decisions while serving on the Council were in the interest of the Republic . During the crisis surrounding the Eriadu Trade Summit , Rancisis advised that the Council and Republic take no sides in the conflicts between the Trade Federation and the Nebula Front , and advocated the appeasement of the Senex sector , all so that the Republic would not lose support . Rancisis was conservative , more so than most of the other Councilors of his time , and he was strongly opposed to overlooking ancient traditions laid down by the Jedi of old . While many members of the Jedi Council were content to forgo the proper trials and promote Anakin Skywalker to Knighthood early , Rancisis was strongly opposed to it , as well as to a number of other concessions afforded to Kenobi ' s Padawan . However , by the time of the Clone Wars , he had realized the necessity of occasionally setting aside ancient Jedi tenets for the good of the Republic . Rancisis cared for all living beings , and was often at odds with non - Jedi military officers who had less compassionate natures . During the attack on Saleucami , Rancisis allocated much of his force ' s resources to feeding and sheltering refugees from the planet ' s main city , to such an extent that many of his subordinates feared there would not be enough for the Republic soldiers . Rancisis maintained his position that the refugees should be given precedence because it had been the Republic that had displaced them from their homes . He also demonstrated extreme persistence concerning his plan for victory . While using battle meditation , he had a vision of a path that would lead the Republic to Sora Bulq ' s headquarters , but , after attempts to find it were continually unsuccessful , many of the Jedi under his command wanted to give up and try a new strategy . Rancisis refused , and stuck with his original plan , which was ultimately a success . Powers and abilities . Oppo Rancisis was talented in a number of Force powers unconventional among the Jedi , as well as in lightsaber combat and unarmed combat . Although he rarely used his lightsaber , preferring to orchestrate attacks from inside a headquarters or to use the Force against opponents , Rancisis fashioned the traditional weapon of the Jedi during his training , a simple green blade . Rancisis used the weapon to fight off the Anzati assassins who infiltrated his chambers and attacked him during the Clone Wars , killing or incapacitating all of them . Sora Bulq , who had once been among the most talented swordsbeings of the Jedi Order , acknowledged Rancisis ' skill with a blade , and , thus , opted not to engage him in direct combat but to instead use subterfuge to kill him . Rancisis ' lightsaber abilities were augmented by his skills in hand - to - hand combat ; he used any part of his body that he could to attack any enemies , including his four hands and his tail . He was strong enough in unarmed combat to defeat the Blood Monarch on Thisspias in an honor duel during the Clone Wars . A military mastermind , Rancisis was one of the few Jedi of his time to master the ancient Jedi art of battle meditation , an ability that was over 5 , 000 years old when he learned it , and known to be used by the famous Jedi of old , including Odan - Urr , Nomi Sunrider , Thon , and Arca Jeth . In Tionne Solusar ' s documents about battle meditation , she listed Rancisis among those Jedi , suggesting that he was very skilled at using the power . Yarael Poof was another practitioner of battle meditation alive in Rancisis ' era , and the two used it together to help Republic forces on Troiken during the Stark Hyperspace War . The power allowed the user to envision his or her desired outcome of any current battle , and , if properly used , this vision could be made to come through , via subtly altering the odds against the user ' s enemies , sapping their morale and boosting his or her allies ' courage . Rancisis used the power to great effect during the attack on Saleucami ; he also used it to attempt to view the outcome of the entire war , though was stopped by another factor : the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious . The unconventional Jedi power of Malacia , which many Jedi opted not to learn , preferring to use simpler methods instead , was a specialty of Rancisis ' , and he taught it in the Jedi Temple for many decades . The power was used predominantly as a defense mechanism ; it caused no permanent effects , but turned a victim ' s equilibrium against him or herself , inducing incapacitating nausea and dizziness for several minutes — enough time for those who were being attacked to escape . Most Jedi found it easier to employ powers like affect mind or Force push to halt attacking enemies , but many of Malacia ' s proponents argued that the power might have benefited some of its victims — it reminded thugs that they , like their prey , were not invincible . Behind the scenes . Conception . Oppo Rancisis was created for , in 1999 . The character was designed by storyboard artist Benton Jew , who based him upon a picture of an old , bearded man from a Chinese calendar in the home of Jew ' s grandparents . Jew made several modifications to the picture , adding green skin and a long tail , but Rancisis still greatly resembled the man in the picture . Rancisis first appeared in the of " The Phantom Menace " , written by Terry Brooks and published in April 1999 . He was portrayed by Jerome Blake in the film , though Blake had no dialogue . Rancisis returned in , though he did not feature in the Battle of Geonosis scenes , unlike most of the other Jedi in the film . The character ' s appearance in " Attack of the Clones " was achieved through the use of archive footage from " The Phantom Menace " with minor CGI alterations ; in " Attack of the Clones " , he curls his tail , something that did not occur in " The Phantom Menace " . Rancisis did not return for " Revenge of the Sith " . Rancisis has appeared in numerous spin - off material since , mainly comics released by Dark Horse . He had minor roles in a number of " " issues , as well as in " " and " " , shortly after " The Phantom Menace " . In the lead - up to " Attack of the Clones " , he played a more important role in James Luceno ' s " Cloak of Deception " and appeared in two segments of Pablo Hidalgo and Paul Ens ' s HoloNet News articles . Rancisis made many appearances in Clone Wars works , including several issues of " Republic " , " " , Jude Watson ' s " Legacy of the Jedi " , and " Clone Wars Chapter 21 " . During " Clone Wars Chapter 21 " , he was voiced by Fred Tatasciore . Rancisis played a far more important role in John Ostrander and Jan Duursema ' s " " arc of " Republic " , released in March 2005 . The " Siege of Saleucami " killed off Rancisis , as it was decided he would not return for " Revenge of the Sith " . Despite this , he erroneously appears in Douglas Wheatley ' s of " Revenge of the Sith " , set months after his death . Other material . Rancisis is the only Jedi Council member from " Attack of the Clones " whose part in the Battle of Geonosis has never been documented ; the majority of the Council appears in the Geonosis scenes of the film , while other material has established the roles of all others , bar Rancisis . There is also an inconsistency surrounding Rancisis ' ascension to the Jedi Council . Both the " Power of the Jedi Sourcebook " and " The New Essential Guide to Characters " establish that Rancisis was given a place on the Council after the Stark Hyperspace War , but this is contradicted by " Legacy of the Jedi " , which has Rancisis on the Council almost fifty years prior , and " " , which shows that Rancisis is a member of the Council during the conflict . In March 2012 , Series Director Dave Filoni confirmed that Rancisis would appear on a future episode of the , as his character model had been developed for the series with a maquette from sculptor Darren Marshall . The episodes featuring Rancisis ' s debut were released in March 2014 as part of the series ' . Rancisis appears in " " , a short comic featured in " Star Wars Tales 5 " . The canon icity of " Tales " stories is dubious , but " The One Below " has been referenced in several sources , including " Cloak of Deception " and " The Official Star Wars Fact File " , though Rancisis ' part in it has yet to be referenced . However , it is impossible for Rancisis to canonically appear in the story without altering his backstory , as he appears on the Jedi Council in the " The One Below " , even though other sources establish that Yaddle was his Master . The story is also set around the time of Rancisis ' birth .