The devastation created, as the Jedi Council perceived it, a massive wound in the Force which cast echoes throughout the galaxy. His most infamous weapon was the Mass Shadow Generator, which he designed and built after getting a Republic military commission as a lieutenant.ĭuring the Battle of Malachor V, Surik, who later befriended Bao-Dur, gave the command to activate the weapon with a wordless nod, thereby killing almost everyone fighting in the battle above Malachor V, Mandalorian and Republic alike. He was the inventor of many new weapons, shields, and other accessories. He was the only Iridonian Zabrak who served in his unit.īao-Dur specialized as a technician during the war, eventually coming to serve under the Jedi General Meetra Surik. However, it was not because he wanted to stop the Mandalorians, but because he wished to get revenge on the beings who had slaughtered so many of his people. When Bao-Dur heard of the attacks, he leapt at the opportunity to join the war when the Republic began to fight back. When the Mandalorian Wars began, many Iridonian colonies were attacked and destroyed first.

Wherever he went he was always accompanied by a small, spherical remote which he had built as a child.

Years after the war he helped Surik in stopping the echo in the Force caused by the Mass Shadow Generator and defeating the Sith Triumvirate.

He was a skilled inventor and was responsible for the design, construction and activation of the Mass Shadow Generator. He served under the Revanchist Jedi general Meetra Surik during the Mandalorian Wars, and again toward the end of the Dark Wars. I think my mind was too occupied then.”īao-Dur was a Zabrak Jedi and engineer from Iridonia. “Having you here has an effect on me, General. Masters: Meetra Surik (Informal Jedi Master) Affiliation(s): Galactic Republic, Lost Jedi, Jedi Order

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