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Plo Koon

Species/Make

Kel Dor

Height:

1.88 Meters

Homeworld:

Dorin

Affiliation:

Jedi Council/Jedi Master

Weapon(s) of Choice:

Yellow Lightsaber


In the waning days of the Republic, the ranks of the Jedi Order were commanded by a High Council of Jedi Masters who convened in a towering temple on Coruscant. Twelve Jedi sat in a circle to contemplate matters of the Force, and dispatch Knights to scattered crises across the galaxy.

One such Jedi Master was Plo Koon, an imposing alien whose face was concealed behind a forked facemask. His well-muscled humanoid form filled out the traditional Jedi robes.

Plo Koon was a Kel Dor and hailed from the planet Dorin, a cold and dusty world with extremely thin atmosphere. It lies between two perilous black holes, discouraging visitors and so giving the native Kel Dors an air of mystery and menace among superstitious spacers. 

Plo Koon must wear special protective goggles and an antiox mask whenever visiting oxygen-rich worlds such as Coruscant. Only doffing the gear in his pressurized quarters, which were accessible via airlock. Had he ever been exposed to pure oxygen, Koon would have suffered immediate blindness or death. He also possesses highly-developed extrasensory organs that enhance his formidable Jedi mind powers to extremes. 

The Force runs strongly in Plo Koon's family; he was an intrepid warrior descended from a long line of Jedi. Koon was present on the Council when Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn presented Anakin Skywalker as a prospective Jedi candidate. Plo Koon has fought alongside Qui-Gon Jinn on several occasions and longed to see his friend join the Jedi Council before he was killed by Darth Maul.

Koon, a long-term Council member, saw all moral issues in terms of black and white—a trait shared by other members of his species, who advocate executions and punitive amputations. He was much more likely than his fellow Jedi to practice “rough justice.” Koon could employ the Force Push ability without needing to face his target, manipulated the environment to create fog or ice, and even employed the controversial fingertip-lightning technique, which Koon called “Electric Judgment.”

In the Fifth Battle of Qotile, during the Stark Hyperspace Conflict, Plo Koon took up the fallen Republic banner after a great Jedi Master was killed and rallied his disheartened forces to an unlikely and miraculous victory. At the time of the Battle of Naboo, Koon was raising a female Trandoshan from Padawan learner to Jedi Knight. He also served the Council a decade later when the Jedi faced one of their greatest conflicts. The Clone Wars.

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