Plo Koon

Plo Koon was a Force-sensitive Kel Dor male Jedi Master who sat on the Jedi High Council during the final years of the Galactic Republic. A respected and compassionate Master, he discovered the young Ahsoka Tano and brought her to the Jedi Order, and he served as a Jedi General in the Clone Wars. He was killed during Order 66, shot out of the sky by his own clone pilots over Cato Neimoidia. (The Phantom Menace; The Clone Wars, "Rising Malevolence"; Revenge of the Sith)

Is Plo Koon a Tognath?#

No, Plo Koon is a Kel Dor from the planet Dorin, which is why he wears protective gear over his eyes and breathing passages whenever he is away from home. (The Secrets of the Jedi)

The Kel Dor Master#

Plo Koon was a Kel Dor, a species native to the planet Dorin whose physiology was suited to its distinctive atmosphere; away from his homeworld he relied on protective gear over his eyes and breathing passages. He rose to the rank of Jedi Master and held a seat on the Jedi High Council, where he was regarded as one of the Order's wiser and more compassionate voices. (The Secrets of the Jedi; The Phantom Menace)

It was Koon who discovered Ahsoka Tano. He found the Force-sensitive Togruta among her people on Shili when she was about three years old and brought her to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to be trained, and the bond between them endured throughout the Clone Wars. (Tales of the Jedi, "Life and Death")

The Clone Wars#

Koon was among the Jedi who answered Mace Windu's call to Geonosis, fighting in the arena and the opening battle that began the Clone Wars. He took the rank of Jedi General and came to command the 104th Battalion, forming an unusually close bond with the clones who served under him, chief among them Commander Wolffe. (Attack of the Clones; The Clone Wars, "Rising Malevolence")

Early in the war, Koon's fleet was destroyed by the Separatists' devastating new warship, the Malevolence, in the Abregado system. Anakin Skywalker and Tano defied orders to search for survivors and rescued Koon and the few clones who had reached an escape pod. He continued to serve through the conflict, leading the evacuation of Republic forces trapped on Felucia and fighting alongside Skywalker and Tano in numerous engagements. (The Clone Wars, "Rising Malevolence"; The Clone Wars, "Holocron Heist")

Death over Cato Neimoidia#

In 19 BBY, in the final days of the war, Koon was piloting his starfighter over the bridge cities of Cato Neimoidia when Palpatine, revealed as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, issued Order 66. The clone pilots flying at his wings turned their weapons on him, and his fighter was shot down, killing the Jedi Master who had trusted them. (Revenge of the Sith)

Legacy#

Koon was one of many Jedi to fall in the purge that destroyed the Order. His death, like those of Aayla Secura, Ki-Adi-Mundi, and so many others betrayed by their own troops, marked the end of the Jedi as guardians of the Republic and the rise of the Galactic Empire in its place. (Revenge of the Sith)