Plo Koon

Plo Koon

Jedi Master

Coming from a family that had seen a handful of its members become Jedi, the Kel Dor Plo Koon was taken into the Jedi Order at infancy. Trained by a Wookiee Jedi Master, Plo Koon exhibited exceptional skill not only with his starship, but also his lightsaber. Following the death of his mentor, Plo was promoted to the rank of Jedi Master and asked to take his Master's former seat on the Jedi Council, a position he accepted with honor.

Shortly thereafter, the planet Naboo suffered invasion by the Neimoidian Trade Federation, who set up a blockade over the world. Plo Koon was present on the Jedi Council when the decision was made to send two of their best Jedi, Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, to begin peace talks with the Trade Federation. However, events took a wrong turn when the Jedi were attacked by the Federation's droid army, which subsequently began sending fleets of foot soldiers down to the planet.

Qui-Gon would eventually return to the Council, days later, on Coruscant, saying that he had been attacked by a Sith warrior on Tatooine. Although the Jedi Council was skeptical about the return of the Sith to the galaxy, they allowed the Jedi to engage the Federation's droid army on Naboo, resulting in victory for Queen Amidala and her people. However, that victory came at great cost, as Qui-Gon was killed during a second duel against the mysterious Sith apprentice. Following his demise, the Council was forced to accept that the dark side was again at work. Plo Koon was one of the Council members who attended Qui-Gon's funeral back on Naboo, also taking part in the planet's celebration of freedom the next day. The Council was also faced with another decision; Qui-Gon had discovered a young boy, Anakin Skywalker, on Tatooine, claiming that he was so strong in the Force Master Qui-Gon believed he was The Chosen One of ancient Jedi prophecy. The Council had been reluctant to take in Skywalker, but decided to begin training him, as a way of honoring Qui-Gon's last wishes.

Plo Koon was still a member of the Council a decade later, when Obi-Wan Kenobi was taken hostage by Count Dooku and his droid army on Geonosis. As part of Master Mace Windu's Jedi task force, Plo Koon stepped into the execution arena with his blue lightsaber drawn, engaging many battle droids over the course of the battle. As one of the few Jedi survivors, Plo was prepared to fight to his death, as Count Dooku ordered the droids to execute them. However, Master Yoda arrived just in time, backed by the powerful new clone army. As the clones and droids fired away at each other, Plo Koon took the opportunity to escape from the arena. Following the examples of Master Windu and Master Yoda, Plo took charge of a battalion of clone troopers and led them in the fight against the droid forces on Geonosis, where the Republic witnessed a swift victory. Master Plo was high in demand for the Republic during the Clone Wars, traveling across the galaxy time and time again to lead clone troopers on several different planets. Although he spent most of his time away from the Temple on Coruscant, he was still able to attend Jedi Council meetings as a hologram. He was on Cato Neimoidia when Emperor Palpatine issued out Order 66 to all clone troopers. Suddenly Plo Koon found his ship being fired at from behind by his clone squadron, and uable to dodge the attack, his starfighter was hit. Plo's ship crashed into the side of a building within a matter of seconds, before the Jedi could fully understand what had taken place.