Osi Sobeck/Legends

Osi Sobeck was a Phindian who worked as a warden in charge of the infamous prison, the Citadel.

Separatist service
Osi Sobeck was a male Phindian during The Clone Wars. During the conflict, he went on the side of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and he pledged his services to Count Dooku. . At some point, he managed to rise to the position of warden of the most secure and impenetrable Confederate prison at the time – The Citadel. The prison was well known to be excellent at holding Jedi. Using all manner of traps and security measures, Sobeck assured the reputation of the complex did not change.

Capture of Even Piell
{{Quote|You fools! I hope you enjoyed the reunion with your fellow Jedi because you're going to be my guest for a very long time.|Osi Sobeck to the rescue team of Jedi and clones|src=The Citadel} At some point in 21 BBY, the Separatist forces succeeded in capturing Jedi Master Even Piell. The reason for his capture being that he had really valuable information about a secret space route that could change the tide of the entire war. Piell along with his officers was transferred to the Citadel under the watch of Osi Sobeck. Sobeck’s main method of getting information out of imprisoned Jedi was the use of fear - the one thing Jedi train all their lives training against. The Phindian had an EV-series interrogator droid and a few commando droids to torture the Jedi and get the information out of him by any means necessary.

Unwanted guests
Even though he did not know that the Galactic Republic was planning to rescue Even Piell, he knew that the Jedi would soon arrive to rescue him. His predictions came true as a rescue team soon came in the form of a shuttle, full of Jedi and clone troopers frozen in carbonite. Due to his suspicions and the current occupancy of the prison, he ordered his droid K2-B4 to do a detailed scan of the incoming vessel. Because of them being frozen in carbonite, the scan did not detect any life forms. But the warden’s tension did not ease. But when an electro-mine guarding the Citadel exploded because of a clone accidentely triggering it, Sobeck knew a rescue team had arrived. Thus, Sobeck ordered all of his troops to their positions and prepared his special unit of commando droids. In the mean time, the Phindian, within the Citadel Command, watched the intruders' every step with the use of cameras. Osi Sobeck took the opportunity and activated a ceiling magnet, which attracted all the weapons of the Republic force towards the ceiling. After which all the weapons, which were made of metal, were attracted to the sealing. Unfortunately, because Anakin’s prosthetic arm was also made of metal, he along with the guns and sabers got stuck to the cealing. At that moment the warden’s special unit of droid commandos came to arrest all the Jedi and clones and take them back to the holding cells. Sobeck saw that as an opportunity to torture the Jedi with electricity, but Anakin Skywalker managed to grab his lightsaber and he disabled the entire machine. This in turn released all weapons from the magnetic hold and the strike team managed to destroy all the commando droids. This turn of events angered Sobeck and when Rex shot the surveillance cameras – that was the last straw for the warden and he decided to go out there and takes matter in his own hands. To his dismay, he was too late and the Republic navy officers, including their captain Wilhuff Tarkin, had already been freed. The droid, inspecting the prison cell, reported that the cellmates had escaped. Infuriated by the statement of the obvious by the commando droid, he ordered his captain to “teach” the droid what happens when they use words as “escaped”. The droid in the cell was shot in the head for his failure, which in a way was used by Sobeck to let out some of the built-up anger. After the display, two security droids reported to the Phindian that the Jedi and clones were headed for the upper levels, which unknown to Sobeck was a diversion by Obi-Wan Kenobi to lead the attention away from the second group of Republic forces exiting the Citadel. The warden, assuming the Jedi were to steal transports, sent orders to all his battalions to stand guard on the landing pads and requested that he wanted all prisoners back. But in a few moments an explosion occurred that shook the entire complex. Sobeck and his droids were shaken by the explosion, but they stood their ground.

Personality and traits
Osi Sobeck was know to be a sadist and enjoyed the torture of others. This quality of his was perfect for the position he occupied as warden of the Citadel. This sadistic nature was also show during the encounter with the Jedi rescue team that had come to save Even Piell. He showed a huge amount of pleasure in the sight of Anakin Skywalker being electrocuted by one of Sobeck's traps. As he did not tolerate failure, he showed the same sadistic tendency towards his own troops by enjoying the punishment of any droid that failed him in any way. Aside from the sadism that Sobeck displayed, it was also evident that Phindian was insane. This often displayed by the fact that he would go on and talk to himself, even though there were many droids around.

Behind the scenes
Osi Sobeck was voiced by James Arnold Taylor in the Citadel trilogy who also voices Obi-Wan Kenobi and Plo Koon. James Arnold Taylor wanted Sobeck's voice to resemble the manner of talking displayed by actor Christopher Walken.

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