Ronhar Kim Ronhar Kim was a male Human Jedi Master from Naboo and a General in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . He was eventually betrayed by his close friend , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , which led to his death . Biography . A Force - sensitive born on the planet Naboo , Ronhar Kim was one of the three sons of Senator Vidar Kim , who represented their homeworld in the Galactic Senate . Kim was given over to the Jedi Order as an infant , and only returned to Naboo after the deaths of his mother and older brothers in an accident . Having constructed a blue - bladed lightsaber and attained the rank of Jedi Knight , he met with his father who tried to get him to abandon the Order and return to politics on Naboo . Kim lamented the loss of his family members and his father ' s pain , but stood firmly with the Jedi , saying that they were his family now . His father was furious , and the two didn ' t talk for two years . Some time had passed before the two reunited on Coruscant , and discussed politics while riding aboard an airspeeder in the Coruscant skyline . While they were talking , they were attacked from behind by an assassin on a speeder bike . Senator Kim was immediately killed , while Jedi Kim vaulted from the speeder and knocked the assassin to the ground . Kim attempted to interrogate the assassin , but the being produced a hypodermic needle and injected herself , dying instantly . After his father ' s death , Kim was the only remaining member of his bloodline . Kim attended his father ' s funeral at the Naboo Embassy on Coruscant , and was there approached by a young man named Palpatine , who had been elected to take Senator Kim ' s place in the Senate . Kim expressed to Palpatine that perhaps he should have remained on Naboo as his father had asked , and perhaps they both would have had different paths in life . Palpatine in turn told Kim that the Jedi were far more important than any senator , and that he shouldn ' t regret his decisions . Palpatine then proposed that the two of them could become good friends , and could teach one another about the Jedi and politics in turn . Around 32 BBY , after receiving the title of Jedi Master , Kim visited Palpatine in his new office as Supreme Chancellor . Palpatine and Kim joked with one another , and took a walk through the halls of the Senate accompanied by a pair of Senate Guards . They were approached by Senator Viento , who began to discuss the topic of creating a personal guard for Palpatine . The Chancellor pointed out that he already had the Senate Guards protecting him , who ironically then pointed their weapons at him . While they attempted to assassinate the Chancellor , only to be engaged by Kim , who killed one guard and wounded the other . He began to coerce the assassin to answer who he worked for , but just as ten years earlier , the guard injected himself with a poison that instantly killed him . Master Kim connected the two assassination attempts , but still had no answers . While Master Kim deliberated over the implications of this connection , the Jedi Master selected Cerean Initiate Tap - Nar - Pal as his Padawan The Clone Wars . Ten years later , the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems went to war . Forever known as the Clone Wars , the conflict saw Master Kim and his Padawan joining the Grand Army of the Republic as commanding officers , Kim as a General and Pal as a Commander . While most of the Order was unaware of the Sith ' s involvement in the war , Master Kim had information gleaned from Jedi High Council meetings that there was a mysterious second Sith , the master of Darth Tyranus , otherwise known as Count Dooku . Master Kim , intrigued with the idea , was pleased when Padawan Pal devised a plan to capture the elusive Sith Lord . As the Council believed that the Sith was hidden within the members of the Republic government , Tap - Nar - Pal suggested that they test all the members of the Senate to determine their respective midi - chlorian counts . Whomever had the highest count would clearly be the Sith they sought . Kim and his Padawan presented the plan to Chancellor Palpatine within an elegant garden , who immediately rejected the idea as too controversial . He pointed out that some Senators such as Bail Organa of Alderaan would object to the test on principle , but this was not sufficient to dissuade them . Palpatine asked the two Jedi to hold off on suggesting the plan to the High Council until they could discuss it at a later time . Kim said that he and Tap - Nar - Pal were leaving on a simple mission to Merson to battle pirates for a few days , and they would hold off on informing the Council until then . Battle of Merson . Almost immediately after landing on the planet , Kim , clone Commander Dox , and his clone troopers planetside were overwhelmed with battle droids . Tap - Nar - Pal , flying his Delta - 7 " Aethersprite " , and Republic Captain Gilad Pellaeon faced an insurmountable force in orbit . Intelligence reports had put the Separatist forces at five times less than what they were ; knowing their destination , Palpatine had ordered Count Dooku to ensure that no one survived the battle . Pellaeon refused to land transports to evacuate the forces on the ground and decided to order a full retreat . Kim reluctantly agreed with Pellaeon , and ordered Tap - Nar - Pal to accompany the Captain out of the battle . Tap , however , ignored his Master ' s orders and instead plunged his fighter into Merson ' s atmosphere in a vain attempt to help Kim . The Cerean believed that he would be able to hold off the attacking droids long enough for Kim and his ten remaining troopers to escape , but he was quickly shot down and killed , crashing his fighter into the advancing columns of droids . Kim quickly mourned the loss of his Padawan , then ordered Dox to engage the droid forces . He told Dox to die well , and the Jedi joined the clones in attacking the battle droids . Kim was gunned down , wounded in several places , and collapsed to the ground . As he died , he realized he had been set up by the second Sith , until a B2 super battle droid shot him in the head , killing him . Legacy . Kim and Tap - Nar - Pal were publicly mourned by Palpatine before the full Galactic Senate . He used their death as an excuse to goad on the war effort and further increase security measures , boosting his own executive power . Just as Palpatine planned , Tap - Nar - Pal ' s and Kim ' s idea to expose Darth Sidious died with them . Behind the scenes . Comic writer John Ostrander based his name after the screenname of a poster on the Dark Horse forums . Ostrander speculated that Kim was born in 58 BBY . Ronhar Kim ' s appearance seems to have drawn inspiration from concept art for Obi - Wan Kenobi found in " " .