Lux Bonteri

**Lux Bonteri** was a human male Senator and rebel fighter who fought throughout the rise of the Galactic Empire. During the fall of the Galactic Republic, Bonteri's homeworld of Onderon was among thousands of worlds who seceded as members of the Separatist Alliance, sparking a war that saw Bonteri's father killed by the Republic's clone troopers early on. Distrustful of the Republic and the Jedi Order who led the Republic's war efforts, Bonteri was present when Republic Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo and Jedi Padawans Jarik Shan and Ahsoka Tano visited the Separatist capital of Raxus Secundus to secretly discuss a ceasefire with his mother, Senator Mina Bonteri. Though hopes for peace seemed promising, Mina was assassinated under the order of the Separatist Head of State Dooku, following which Lux briefly joined the Death Watch terrorist group in an failed attempt to kill Dooku, though he left with help from Tano. Towards the end of the war, Bonteri affiliated with the Onderonian anti-Separatist resistance led by Saw and Steela Gerrera, and became his homeworlds' representative in the Republic following the Separatists' defeat.

Though Bonteri maintained his position as the Republic transitioned into the Empire, his covert ties to Saw Gerrera's anti-Imperial Partisans were eventually discovered, after which he was removed and blacklisted from the Imperial Senate and used as bait to capture Jedi Knight Jarik Shan, whom the Emperor considered as the most dangerous threat to his reign. With Bonteri rescued in lieu of Shan's adoptive daughter Mara Jade, the former Senator participated in the Action at Coruscant to rescue Jade from the Imperial Palace in the Imperial Center, with the aftermath seeing him enter the Partisans to counterbalance Gerrera's ruthlessness in his campaign against the Empire.

## **Appearances**

* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 2: The Clone Wars* — "Chapter 15: Heroes on Both Sides" (first appearance)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 2: The Clone Wars* — "Chapter 39: A War on Two Fronts"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 2: The Clone Wars* — "Chapter 40: Front Runners"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 2: The Clone Wars* — "Chapter 41: The Soft War"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 2: The Clone Wars* — "Chapter 42: Tipping Points"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 2: The Clone Wars* — "Chapter 63: Ahsoka Alone" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 2: The Clone Wars* — "Chapter 72: Old Friends Not Forgotten" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 60: The Siege of Lothal" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 20: A Rescue Plan"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 21: The Great Deception"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 22: Horrible Loss"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 27: Storming the Imperial Center"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 28: Action at Coruscant"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 29: A Galaxy in Uproar"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 30: Recovery" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 39: His Mandalorian Past" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 40: Some Preparation"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 41: Ghosts of Geonosis Pt 1"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 42: Ghosts of Geonosis Pt 2"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 43: Trials of the Darksaber" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 60: Exploring Old Ruins" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 65: Strife Among the Alliance" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 6: Children of the Force* — "Chapter 2: Need for Rebels"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 6: Children of the Force* — "Chapter 7: Hope of Resurgence" (mentioned only)