Bolla Ropal/Legends

"The Republic military brings more than conflict, I assure you. I am far more interested in using this might to fortify the future than wage war in the present."

- Jedi Master Bolla Ropal

Bolla Ropal was a male Rodian Jedi Master living during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. During the Clone Wars, Ropal acted as the keeper of the Kyber memory crystal, a memory crystal that contained the names of all known Force-sensitive children in the galaxy. Around the beginning of the war, the Rodian accompanied several other Jedi Masters and members of the Jedi High Council to a meeting with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine regarding the kidnapping of Jabba Desilijic Tiure's son by agents of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Later in the war, Ropal and his apprentice Tyzen Xebec were overseeing the construction of a Republic base on Devaron.

During a meeting between Ropal and several Devaronian dignitaries, Devaron was invaded by Confederate forces under the command of bounty hunter Cad Bane. Under the directive of his client, Darth Sidious, Bane was hunting down Ropal in order to retrieve the Kyber crystal and unlock the information it held. Ropal was defeated during the battle and taken to Bane's Munificent-class frigate, where he was imprisoned and tortured via electrocution. Learning of Bane's plot, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker led a Republic fleet to Devaron to engage the bounty hunter and rescue Ropal before the Confederate forces fled the system. Short on time, Bane increased Ropal's torture while repeatedly trying to force the Jedi Master to unlock the secrets of the crystal. Ropal continually refused, and his torture eventually resulted in his death. The Jedi Master's body was discovered shortly later by Republic forces and removed to the Venator Star Destroyer Resolute.

Clone Wars
"Who is Bolla Ropal?''" "''He is the keeper of the Kyber crystal."

- Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu

Bolla Ropal was a male Rodian who served as a Jedi in the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Hailing from the Outer Rim world of Rodia, Ropal eventually rose to the level of Jedi Master and took the Zabrak Tyzen Xebec as his apprentice. As a Master, Ropal was given the duty to protect and preserve the information within the Kyber memory crystal, a crystal which held the identities of all known Force-sensitive younglings in the galaxy. This information would then be used by the Jedi Order to find new children to initiate into their ranks.

With the outbreak of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY, Ropal joined his fellow Jedi in becoming a general in the Grand Army of the Republic. Near the beginning of the conflict, Ropal accompanied Jedi Masters Mace Windu, Plo Koon, and Luminara Unduli to a meeting with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in the Republic Executive Building. The Chancellor had been contacted by the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure following the kidnapping of his son, Rotta, and had agreed to send Jedi to aid in the investigation. Rotta was eventually found and returned to Jabba by Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his apprentice Ahsoka Tano.

Later in the war, Ropal and Xebec led a contingent of the Grand Army to Devaron, a world in the Colonies region that had recently consented to allow the Republic to build a base on their planet. Not wanting his men to sit idle within the base, Ropal put them to work on several non-combat tasks. Under his guidance, clone troopers serving with Commander Ganch undertook good-will projects for the native Devaronians, including the construction of a dam and the ecological restoration of a once-verdant valley.

Death over Devaron
"Simply open this little box of yours so I can get the information from this crystal and your suffering will come to an end. [...] Unfortunately I don't have time to discuss this with you. Hit him again, full power."

- Cad Bane during Ropal's torture



On Coruscant, Confederacy of Independent Systems leader and Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious hired Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane to retrieve the information stored within Ropal's Kyber crystal. After stealing a holocron from the Jedi Temple, Bane was loaned a fleet of Confederate warships to take to Devaron. During a meeting between Ropal and two Devaronian ministers concerning the progress of the Republic projects, Bane's armada invaded the planet. The bounty hunter's forces flooded into the valley that the Republic army was stationed within and quickly overpowered them, despite the efforts of Commander Ganch and his troopers. Ropal, the attack having taken him by complete surprise, understood that the battle was lost and ordered his Padawan, Tyzen Xebec, to stay out of the valley.

Bane dispatched fellow bounty hunter Aurra Sing to lead a squad of battle droids to locate Ropal and report back to the Duros so he could move in and capture the Jedi. Sing's team sighted Ropal near the eastern wall of the valley and shot down a Republic gunship to distract him and his forces from Bane's arrival to the battlefield. Ropal was rendered unconscious during the fighting, allowing Bane to strip him of the Kyber crystal. The Rodian was then dragged by two B2 super battle droids to a Sheathipede-class shuttle before being ferried up to the bounty hunter's Munificent-class frigate. Ropal was taken to the ship's cell blocks and placed within a magnetic containment field.

Powers and abilities
"You will remain conscious Master Jedi. The bounty hunter has some questions for you. Attatch mind limiters, pain pulsers, and give him a full dose of XC33."

- A B1 battle droid overseeing Ropal's torture

Behind the scenes
Bolla Ropal first appeared in Karen Traviss's novelization of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film. His appearance was cut from the movie so that the only Jedi present in Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's office were Mace Windu, Plo Koon, and Luminara Unduli. Ropal finally appeared in the second season episode "Cargo of Doom," where he was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars novelization
 * The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct
 * The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct