Bayaar Bayaar was a male Ansionian sentry and scout of the Situng Borokii clan of the Alwari nomads , who roamed the hill country and vast plains of the planet Ansion during the time of the Separatist Crisis , before the Clone Wars . Biography . Bayaar , as commander of the Borokii overclan guard , welcomed the Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi , Luminara Unduli , and their Padawans , to the Borokii encampment after they had arrived on Ansion to mediate a border dispute between the nomadic Alwari tribes and the planetary government , the Unity of Community , on the eve of the Clone Wars . The aim of the diplomatic mission was to prevent Ansion ' s secession ( and , by default extension , the secession of up to forty or more other alliance - entwined star systems ) from the Galactic Republic — a Sith - and Commerce Guild - led plot . It was Bayaar who loaned a Borokii knife to Jedi Master Unduli to secure for the Council of Elders its required tuft of albino surepp fur , which would afford the Jedi an audience with them . Bayaar was struck dumb with astonishment when Unduli actually accomplished the feat and dismissed the fact that she ' d lost his knife in the process : he mused that his offworlder friends were powerful indeed , and told them he would remember the moment for his grandchildren . Having helped make them presentable for their meeting with the Borokii elders , it was Bayaar who later advised the Jedi of the council ' s readiness , after its deliberations , to declare its acceptance of the terms of the Jedi ' s proposal to ensure Ansion ' s retention within the Republic . Bayaar , the foremost warrior of the elite Situng Borokii subclan , also served as captain of the honor guard to the Jedi as they traveled back to Cuipernam to influence the final secession vote ( the ambassadors from Coruscant having now achieved the sought - after accord with the Alwari overclan s ) . While en route to the municipal hall where the Unity Council had convened , Bayaar and his troops successfully defended the Jedi diplomats against thugs hired by Soergg the Hutt and his majordomo Ogomoor , who had been tasked by Commerce Guild Presidente Shu Mai to prevent any Jedi interference with the vote to secede . Personality and traits . Bayaar possessed a confident , intrepid , but also a friendly and good - natured personality that was encouraging to the Jedi , who quickly grew fond of him . Professional in his demeanor , he and his guards , unlike the initially mistrustful Yiwa clan , were neither suspicious nor afraid of strangers . Bayaar was , however , not entirely comfortable in his position of diplomatic go - between for the Borokii Council of Elders and his Jedi guests . He would much rather have been out on the prairie , patrolling a picket line , weapon in hand . Even so , Bayaar found that he rather liked the " squinty - eyed offworlders " who had been charged to his care , and the contemplation that any of them might be injured or killed troubled him greatly . He was delighted also with the ingenious outcome of the Borokii - Januul skirmish , masterminded by the Jedi to " set an example " for both overclans : " not one warrior " was injured or killed , though Bayaar had expected to lose many friends that day , among both his clan and the offworlders . Bayaar , in his role as sentry leader , was richly attired in lightweight armor that gleamed in the sun . His six - guard outrider patrol that originally welcomed the Jedi rode impressively attired sadain mounts and bore traditional long knives and Malarian laser pistol s . Proud generational warriors , members of his troop " sat imperiously in their saddles . "