Lyonie / Legends Lyonie was an Otolla Gungan who served as a Representative and then the Boss of Otoh Gunga during the Clone Wars and the successor to Rugor Nass , who retired during the war . Biography . Dispatching the Gungan Army . During the unrest on Dac , Jedi Master Yoda contacted Boss Lyonie to request the Gungan Grand Army as reinforcements for the ongoing battle on Dac . Although Lyonie was initially hesitant , Representative Jar Jar Binks convinced him that helping Senator Padmé Amidala — who had been trapped on Dac by the Confederacy of Independent Systems alongside the beleaguered Galactic Republic troops — was of the utmost importance and urgency . Lyonie agreed and dispatched Jar Jar Binks to lead the Gungan army to Dac . Rebelling Against the Naboo . After the battle of Mon Calamari one of Lyonie ' s assistants , Rish Loo gave him a necklace , promising him that it would make him a good leader . However , unknown to Lyonie , Loo was conspiring with Separatist leader Count Dooku . Dooku wanted to create a rift between the Gungans and the Naboo . The necklace was actually a type of Sith amulet known as an amulet of influence , and as a result , Lyonie fell under its spell , and Loo ' s influence . He began berating the Naboo for their insolence and declared war on them , and making plans to march on the capital of Naboo , Theed . This act worried many including Jar Jar Binks and Roos Tarpals as well as the Naboo , forcing them to call on Senator Padmé Amidala and her Jedi bodyguard , Anakin Skywalker to investigate . They were present during Lyonie ' s briefing on the Naboo and surmised that Lyonie was under a spell by the way he was swaying around and speaking . Skywalker spotted the necklace around Lyonie and shattered it , breaking Loo ' s spell and knocking Lyonie out of the trance . Skywalker asked about the necklace and Lyonie confirmed that Loo gave it to him . The Gungan , along with the Jedi and Senator moved towards Loo ' s office . Lyonie decided to confront him alone , leaving Skywalker and Amidala outside . He stormed into Loo ' s office and accused the traitorous Gungan of controlling him like a puppet . At first , Loo tried to deny it but seeing Lyonie was onto to him , made a second attempt to hypnotize him using the necklace Loo had . Skywalker , sensing something was wrong ran up to the office accompanied by Amidala and confronted Loo . Loo called on droid commandos given to him by Dooku suspended on the ceiling and ordered them to fire on the Jedi and Senator . During the scuffle , Loo attempted to run away but Lyonie grabbed him and they began to scuffle . However , Loo swung out a knife and stabbed Lyonie with it , wounding the Boss . Loo then escaped under the cover of his droids . Lyonie was then treated for his wounds but he was unconscious and seeing that he didn ' t have time to call off the attack , it seemed immpossible to stop , since Rish Loo had taken control of the Gungans and tried to martyr the supposedly dead Lyonie . However , Amidala and Skywalker noticed a remarkable resemblance between Binks and Lyonie . They decided that Binks , posing as Lyonie could stop the attack . Although Binks was hesitant at first , he decided to go through with the duo ' s plan . Jar Jar was eventually able to call off the attack and turn the Gungans against Loo after exposing his treachory . Although the invasion was called off , it did it come at a heavy cost : Roos Tarpals was killed while defending Naboo from General Grievous . Lyonie woke up in time to see Amidala arguing with Dooku for Skywalker ' s release who was captured while pursuing Loo . Dooku offered to release Skywalker in exchange for General Grievous who was captured by the Gungans . Lyonie knew this could turn the tide of the war but he , along with Jar Jar believed that Skywalker ' s life was of greater value so it was agreed upon that an exchange would be made . The same night , after the exchange , Lyonie expressed his gratitude towards Jar Jar for his role in solving the conflict . Behind the scenes . In the , Boss Lyonie was voiced by Ahmed Best , who also voiced Jar Jar Binks for the series .