Joruus C ' baoth Joruus C ' baoth ( ) was an insane Dark Jedi who played a pivotal role in the Thrawn campaign . A clone of the Jedi Master Jorus C ' baoth , he was created by Palpatine , and became the Guardian of the Imperial storehouse at Mount Tantiss on Wayland . In 9 ABY , Grand Admiral Thrawn discovered the existence of the storehouse and traveled to Wayland . He succeeded in recruiting the Dark Jedi to join him in his campaign to destroy the New Republic , making good use of his battle meditation powers . C ' baoth also attempted to lure Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo to the dark side of the Force as part of a plan to seize the Empire for himself . However , as his plan entered its final stages , Thrawn had C ' baoth imprisoned in Mount Tantiss , having finally realized the threat the insane Jedi posed to the Empire . After taking control of the Imperials left to guard him on Wayland , he was confronted by New Republic forces including Skywalker and the Force - sensitive smuggler Mara Jade . The two dueled with C ' baoth , and Jade managed to kill the mad clone . Biography . Creation . It was believed that a tissue sample was procured from the Jedi Master Jorus C ' baoth shortly before he departed aboard " Outbound Flight " in 27 BBY . Supreme Chancellor Palpatine requested , through his representative Kinman Doriana , that all personnel aboard the expedition — including Jedi — submit to the extraction of analysis - grade blood and tissue samples as part of their medical examinations . Doriana cited the possibility of hive viruses or potential epidemics as justification . A short time after this , C ' baoth departed onboard " Outbound Flight " ; however , the vessel was destroyed in the Unknown Regions by the Chiss Thrawn , an officer in the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force . During the Clone Wars , Palpatine , again through Doriana , took possession of several thousand Spaarti cloning cylinder s from Cartao . These were used to create a clone made from C ' baoth ' s tissue sample . This method , used to grow clones quickly , often produced clones that were extremely mentally unstable ; the Joruus C ' baoth clone was no exception . At some point , Palpatine placed a Guardian on the planet of Wayland to guard his hidden storehouses on Mount Tantiss , which contained treasures such as stolen art , a cloning facility , and the prototype of a cloaking device . After the Battle of Endor and the Emperor ' s death , the Guardian was left alone and grew bored over the next five years . In 9 ABY , he ventured out of the mountain to meld the Human , Myneyrsh and Psadan populations native to Wayland into one settlement under his authoritarian rule . Afterward , Joruus C ' baoth arrived on the planet and challenged the Guardian to a duel . C ' baoth killed the Guardian and took his place , using the Force to keep his subjects within his power . At some point before or after his duel with the Guardian , C ' baoth received orders from the reborn Emperor Palpatine , the same orders given to all Palpatine ' s Dark Jedi . C ' baoth was ordered to keep a low profile and await the Emperor ' s return . However , he violated or forgot these orders due to clone madness , and , much like Thrawn , he would serve as a distraction to shield the Emperor ' s growing strength . Service to Thrawn . Later in 9 ABY , Grand Admiral Thrawn finally tracked down the location of the Emperor ' s private storehouse on Wayland , intending to use the cloaking shield and the Spaarti cylinders there to pursue his war against the New Republic . However , he also believed that Palpatine had a Dark Jedi Guardian there , and was aware that such a being would be useful to his campaign ; he knew that a powerful Force - sensitive could use battle meditation to increase the efficiency of his forces . Once the Imperials were in orbit of the planet , Thrawn ; his second - in - command , Gilad Pellaeon ; and the Admiral ' s Noghri bodyguard , Rukh , arrived on the surface and made their way to a village near Mount Tantiss . They were met by an old man — actually Joruus C ' baoth — who informed the Imperials that he had killed the Guardian of the mountain years ago , and had taken control of the planet . He led them to a crypt where he claimed the body of the previous Guardian lay , and then unleashed a deadly blast of Force lightning in an attempt to kill them . Only the Grand Admiral ' s precautionary use of ysalamir i — creatures capable of creating bubbles that could " push back " the Force — saved him from death . C ' baoth , stunned that he had failed to kill them , revealed his identity to them . Thrawn managed to enlist the insane Dark Jedi into an uneasy alliance with him by promising C ' baoth the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker and his sister , Leia Organa Solo , as well as her yet - unborn twins , to be his to mold however he desired . C ' baoth planned to create an army of Dark Jedi , which he would use to conquer the galaxy . Skywalker , his sister , and the Solo children would be the first of his Jedi . Pellaeon was uneasy about this arrangement , but Thrawn regarded C ' baoth as little threat due to his insanity hindering his long - term control . C ' baoth served Thrawn in several battles , increasing the efficiency of the Imperial forces by 40 % . He also achieved one of his main goals , the capture of Luke Skywalker , when the Jedi came to him on Jomark . At the First Battle of Nomad City earlier in the campaign , C ' baoth had felt Skywalker ' s presence , and sent a message to the Jedi : Skywalker would come to him . At the same time , Imperial forces began spreading the rumor that a Jedi was on Jomark . C ' baoth headed there and took up residence in High Castle , immediately establishing his dominance over the people there . Though Skywalker was skeptical that a Jedi had not only survived the Great Jedi Purge , but not aided the Rebel Alliance , or even revealed himself after Palpatine ' s death , he eventually went to Jomark . There , he met C ' baoth , who proclaimed himself to be a Jedi Master . He began training Skywalker , teaching him many things contrary to what Yoda , Skywalker ' s former teacher , had taught the young Jedi . C ' baoth taught Skywalker that Jedi were superior to others , and should use their power to govern inferiors . He also taught him that Jedi should use force and pain as teachers to keep non Force - sensitives under control . All this went against what the Jedi had taught for millennia prior to the fall of the Jedi Order . Skywalker recognized that C ' baoth was insane and also a practitioner of the dark side of the Force , and attempted to cure him and turn him back to the light . However , he found that C ' baoth ' s madness was too great a hurdle to overcome . After a time , C ' baoth revealed to Skywalker that he had sensed another being skilled in the Force , someone whom Skywalker had met : the smuggler and former Emperor ' s Hand , Mara Jade . C ' baoth believed that she , like Skywalker , would become his apprentice — he had foreseen her kneeling before him in a vision . Several days later , Jade landed on Jomark , begging for Skywalker ' s help to free her boss Talon Karrde , who had been imprisoned by the Empire . C ' baoth attempted to kill her by hurling boulders at her starship through the Force , but she managed to land nonetheless . The Jedi Master confronted her , but through the use of a ysalamir , as well as help from R2 - D2 , Skywalker ' s astromech droid , saved Jade ' s life . C ' baoth was wounded when R2 , in Skywalker ' s X - wing , fired on him , though the droid did not kill him on orders from Skywalker . Sensing the dark side in C ' baoth , Skywalker departed with Jade . C ' baoth later left Jomark in a fury , taking control of the minds of those aboard a " Lancer " - class frigate and ordering them to take him to the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Chimaera " , Thrawn ' s flagship . Once there , he confronted Thrawn , asking why he had not yet been given " his " Jedi . Thrawn retorted by asking why Skywalker had been allowed to leave . The Dark Jedi began to believe himself to be head of the Empire , a belief Thrawn knew had to be changed soon . Thrawn then promised the Jedi Master that he would soon have Leia Organa Solo and her newborn children , Jacen and Jaina , as he was already assembling a team to infiltrate the Imperial Palace and kidnap them . C ' baoth relented , but was still unhappy . Later , he used his Force powers to control the mind of Gilad Pellaeon , and had him place an order for a special clone , then ordered him to forget the incident . Though Thrawn was losing his patience for C ' baoth ' s antics , he still relied on him , knowing his battle meditation ability was indispensable . The Dark Jedi was later used at the assault on Ukio , one of the most important battles of the Thrawn campaign . Several Imperial cruisers , invisible thanks to a cloaking device , sneaked under the planetary shield , and then prepared to fire , while a group of Star Destroyers waited outside the shield . Aboard one of them was C ' baoth . When Thrawn gave the order , C ' baoth sent a mental command to the other ships under the shield , at which point they fired down on the planet . As the people on the surface could not see the ships that were actually firing , they believed Thrawn had developed a weapon fitted on a Star Destroyer that could penetrate planetary shields . Rumor of this swept throughout the galaxy , striking fear into the hearts of many loyal to the New Republic . C ' baoth later learned that Thrawn ' s team had failed to capture Organa Solo and her children . Tired of what he perceived as empty promises from Thrawn , took control of the minds of everyone aboard the " Chimaera " save for those in the ysalamir Force - bubble , and threatened to make them take the ship to Coruscant . However , powerful as he was , controlling the minds of thousands of individuals for several days was beyond him , and he was forced to drop his control . Unknown to any of the Imperials , however , was the fact that Mara Jade , upon learning of Thrawn ' s clone soldiers , revealed that he was likely using the facility on Wayland . She agreed to lead Skywalker , Han Solo , Lando Calrissian , and Chewbacca there . Around this time , C ' baoth ' s madness became even more evident , as he frequently exploded in anger at Thrawn , often about " his " Jedi , but he would quickly calm down . Showdown on Wayland . Unknown to any of the five heading to Wayland , C ' baoth was in Mount Tantiss , imprisoned in the royal chambers by Thrawn due to his realization that the clone was too powerful , power - hungry , and unstable to be safely used any longer . However , C ' baoth had out - thought Thrawn . He had realized that if he could take over the minds of the soldiers and crew members used as cloning templates , he could mentally command every clone created from them . This would allow him to personally command a huge section of the Imperial forces . As there were only approximately twenty templates , he believed he could easily shape their minds , and in turn , their clones . He had first tried this mind control technique on the way to Wayland , where he was in a shuttle along with the Imperial General Freja Covell . C ' baoth took control of his mind , altering it . Covell became completely loyal to C ' baoth , forgetting his earlier orders from Thrawn . However , when the shuttle entered the Force - free zone caused by the thousands of ysalamiri in the mountain , Covell was shaken by the loss of C ' baoth ' s presence , and his mind was severely damaged . Without the Force , the Dark Jedi was unable to maintain control of Covell , and the General suffered , his brain critically damaged . Covell was changed , although C ' baoth had not finished " shaping " his mind . Having realized how to shape other ' s minds now , C ' baoth ordered Covell to , in turn , order his troops to place explosives on the thousands of ysalamir in the fortress , and then incite the beings on Wayland to attack the base outside . Covell died a short while later , after having C ' baoth placed in charge of the facility . Grand Admiral Thrawn later found out about this by contacting C ' baoth . When Jade and Skywalker arrived in the throne room searching for a self - destruct switch , C ' baoth revealed himself to them . He attempted to turn them to the dark side , but when they refused , he activated the remote switch that triggered the explosives . When they were detonated , the ysalamiri were killed , restoring the presence of the Force to the mountain . He then showed them his secret weapon — the clone he had ordered Pellaeon to have made weeks ago . It was a clone of Luke Skywalker , created from tissue from Skywalker ' s right hand , which had been cut off by Darth Vader during the Duel on Cloud City , and later recovered by Imperial forces . The clone , Luuke Skywalker , was armed with Skywalker ' s old lightsaber , which had also been recovered on Cloud City . Skywalker and Jade dueled the clone , with Mara Jade eventually killing him . At this time , Leia Organa Solo , Han Solo , and Talon Karrde entered the throne room . C ' baoth unleashed a Force scream , stunning everyone in the room . In a rage , he began to bring the ceiling down on Mara Jade . However , Jade used Organa Solo ' s lightsaber to cut holes in the floor so that the rocks fell through , leaving her a clear path to C ' baoth . C ' baoth demanded Jade follow him to the cloning room , where he would make a clone of her . Mara Jade defiantly refused and charged towards C ' baoth , guided mentally by Organa Solo , and aided with a distraction by Luke sending Karrde ' s pet Vornskr ' s to attack him . When she reached the insane Jedi , she stabbed him with the lightsaber . He exploded in a blast of dark side energy . In the cloning chambers , Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca set detonators to destroy the mountain after the victorious Rebels fled . Legacy . After freeing Wayland from C ' baoth ' s control , the New Republic began to investigate the history of Wayland . Conversing with the Myneyrsh and Psadan populations , the researchers heard tales of C ' baoth ' s overtaking the original Guardian . These accounts could not be independently verified and were doubted by the historical community to the point of being considered myths , however . An alternate theory held that C ' baoth and the Guardian were actually the same man . Ten years after C ' baoth ' s death , his memory still induced fear in those who had witnessed his madness . During the Caamas Document Crisis , while debating whether the " Grand Admiral Thrawn " who had confronted Lando Calrissian aboard the Star Destroyer " Relentless " might have been a clone of the original Thrawn , Shada D ' ukal darkly suggested to Talon Karrde that if the Imperial Remnant had managed to grow one clone of Thrawn , it could just as easily have grown fifty , or even a hundred clones of C ' baoth . Personality and traits . Joruus C ' baoth had many traits of the original Jorus C ' baoth . Like the Jedi Master , the clone was very arrogant , believing that being a Jedi automatically granted one superiority over others . He thought that his Force - sensitivity gave him the right to rule others and judge them , and that non - Force sensitives were weak and incapable of independent thought . C ' baoth was also overconfident , believing he was capable of performing almost any task through the power of the Force . However , he was also insane , caused by the unstable process of cloning using Spaarti cylinders . His madness showed towards the end of the Thrawn campaign , when he shifted personalities quickly , going from being furious at Thrawn to quiet and apologetic . He was very stubborn , but Thrawn was able to convince him of many things through reasoning and promises that soon things would go C ' baoth ' s way . C ' baoth had a very firm belief that Thrawn was mistaken in his definition of power , believing that power was not ruling worlds , but rather individual people , and knowing those people , knowing you had control over them . C ' baoth ' s strong personality led him to ignore Thrawn ' s orders , something Gilad Pellaeon feared when they first met him on Wayland . Thrawn was confident he could control C ' baoth with the ysalamiri and carefully calculated orders until he no longer needed him . However , Thrawn underestimated C ' baoth , who later rebelled against him , attempting to take control for himself . Given that the Great Jedi Purge had destroyed most records relating to the Jedi and the planet Wayland itself was a carefully hidden secret , few knew that Joruus C ' baoth was a clone . In fact , Thrawn was only aware of this fact because he had been present at the destruction of Outbound Flight and the death of the real Jorus C ' baoth . The irony of this concealed fact is that through years of isolation and deteriorating sanity , even Joruus C ' baoth forgot his true origins and believed himself to be the original Master C ' baoth . Powers and abilities . Like Jorus C ' baoth , the clone was very strong in the Force , capable of using many Force powers . He was skilled in the art of battle meditation and used it to command Thrawn ' s forces and coordinate attacks . He could also send mental messages across great distances , such as he did at the Battle of Nkllon . He was able to use Force lightning , and frequently utilized it to punish those whom he felt had disobeyed him , such as the people he ruled on Jomark and Wayland . However , his preferred ability was that of controlling the minds of others . The C ' baoth clone also had the power to take control of other ' s minds , and literally reshape them in his own image , an extremely difficult feat . He once took over the minds of the thousands of beings serving on the " Chimaera " . Later , he used his abilities to control the Imperials left at Mount Tantiss to guard him . He also had the ability to use Force scream , a sonic attack that could destroy buildings , as well as the capacity to induce fatigue and weariness . Behind the scenes . The character of Joruus C ' baoth was created for " Heir to the Empire " . the first book in the " " . According to author Timothy Zahn , Joruus C ' baoth was originally supposed to be a mad clone of Obi - Wan Kenobi that survived the Clone Wars , but Zahn was forced to change the character ' s origin when Lucasfilm objected . He then created a new character — Jorus C ' baoth — and his clone . Jorus C ' baoth ' s background , along with that of the Outbound Flight project , was later expanded on in " Survivor ' s Quest " and " Outbound Flight " by Timothy Zahn . In sources expanding upon Wayland ' s history , doubt was cast in - universe on whether or not Joruus C ' baoth actually killed any Guardian . The alternative theory posited by those sources was that the two were one and the same . This ambiguity persisted in materials released long after the original novels , appearing in C ' baoth ' s Databank entry . It was not until 2008 and the release of " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " that it was objectively established that the Mount Tantiss settlement had been controlled by two , separate regimes . Because of this long - maintained uncertainty , it was not unreasonable to believe C ' baoth when he told Thrawn that he had ruled Wayland for some time , but " The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook " ( 1996 ) established that it took five years without Imperial contact for the original Guardian — written as C ' baoth being the same man — to leave Mount Tantiss . This placed that event in the same year , 9 ABY , as the Thrawn campaign documented by the " Thrawn Trilogy " , meaning that C ' baoth ' s term as leader after killing the original was actually quite short .