Plo Koon/Legends

Plo Koon (&mdash;19 BBY) was a male Kel Dor Jedi Master and member of the Jedi Council, holding the position from before the Battle of Naboo to the end of the Republic in 19 BBY.

During the Clone Wars, he was also a High Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic.

He was a close friend of fellow masters Qui-Gon Jinn (whom he fought alongside during the Stark Hyperspace War), Ki-Adi-Mundi, and Micah Giett. He was another great friend to fellow Council member and pilot, Saesee Tiin.

Plo also had a niece, Sha Koon who was a Jedi and served as a personal communicator between the Jedi strike force and the rest of the Republic.

Biography


Plo Koon was trained by the Wookiee Jedi Master Tyvokka, and he replaced his master on the Jedi Council after the latter's death. In most meetings he was a silent, enigmatic figure who rarely joined in the debates. In his career, Plo trained many Padawans, including Bultar Swan and a female Trandoshan who was Koon's apprentice during the Battle of Naboo.

Like all Kel Dor, Plo hailed from the planet Dorin, and required goggles and an imposing forked face-concealing antiox mask to protect himself from oxygen-rich atmospheres. As a Kel Dor, Koon naturally possessed highly developed extrasensory organs that supplemented his mental powers.

An adept and skilled warrior, Plo came from a long Kel Dor Jedi dynasty, including an uncle and Plo Koon's own niece, Sha Koon. His martial stance served Plo Koon&mdash;and the Republic itself&mdash;well during the Stark Hyperspace Conflict. After the death of his Master, Plo Koon raised the Republic flag and rallied the Republic troops on Troiken to an unlikely and miraculous victory against the forces of Iaco Stark, which granted him the rank of Jedi Master, and he would hold a seat on the Jedi Council&mdash;in honor of Tyvokka's dying wish.

Plo Koon was always humble and felt there were many others more qualified than he was to serve on the Council, notably his friend, Qui-Gon Jinn. Plo was also a close friend of fellow Council member Micah Giett. After Giett was killed by Yinchori warriors prior to the Battle of Naboo, Koon took over the training of his padawan, Bultar Swan.



He was one of the Jedi who fought at the Battle of Geonosis in 22 BBY, joining with fellow Jedi Ki-Adi-Mundi and Aayla Secura, among others, in a mission to deactivate the Droid Control Ship on Geonosis. He was among the few that survived the battle. Koon served valiantly as a general in the war on many battlefronts in the years that followed.

He coordinated the Battle of Brentaal IV, and served as a negotiator during the Battle of Rendili. He was also involved in the mission to Boz Pity that sought to destroy the Separatist command.

At the end of the Clone Wars, Plo Koon was leading a starfighter battle above the Neimoidian purse world Cato Neimoidia in his Delta-7 Aethersprite when Supreme Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine activated Order 66. The clone trooper pilots in a nearby ARC-170 starfighter shot his starfighter near its engine section on the right wing, causing the Jedi to lose control. Then, another blast at his ship caused it to break into two pieces, which produced internal explosions that killed Koon. The cockpit section of the starfighter, with the dead Jedi Master's body still inside, crashed into a building on one of the planet's many city-bridges while the other section was flung off.

Abilities and traits
Like many of his kind, Plo had a strong sense of justice. His species tended to see issues in black and white, and favored what was termed "rough justice", a method of solving disputes that to non-Kel Dor seemed overly retributive and too close to vigilantism.

Somewhat controversially, Plo Koon employed a Force technique that he called Electric Judgment. To many Jedi, this seemed to be too close to the Force lightning employed by the enemies of the Jedi&mdash;the fearsome Sith Lords.

Possessing great strength, Koon was a master of hand-to-hand combat and the powerful Form V lightsaber combat.

Plo Koon possessed an extensive knowledge of the physical sciences. In particular, he used his expert knowledge of physics along with the the Force to alter the environment&mdash;the resourceful Jedi could create small whirlwinds as well as a dense fog over a limited area, freeze tiny rivers and lakes, and raise or lower the temperature of his surroundings enough to incapacitate an opponent.

Koon was a master of telekinesis, considering he could move objects without even having to face them. He wore talons over his fingertips, allowing him to further augment his already prodigious Force powers.

Behind the scenes

 * Plo Koon was played by Alan Ruscoe in The Phantom Menace and Matt Sloan in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. He was voiced by Gregg Berger in Jedi Power Battles and Star Wars: Obi-Wan.


 * During construction and planning, Plo Koon was known as "Plonkoon", after the nickname of Nick Dudman's son. It was amended by George Lucas before filming to "Plo Koon".


 * In Jedi Power Battles, Plo Koon wields a yellow lightsaber, which was echoed in the Plo Koon figure for Episode I, under the Power of the Jedi series. The figure technically had a light greenish-yellow lightsaber but this matches the Jedi Power Battles video game closely and is probably meant to be yellow (like the Power of the Force 2 Darth Vader figures having pink lightsabers instead of a true red). These two instances were contradicted by Plo's use of a blue lightsaber in Attack of the Clones and all subsequent appearances. It is unclear if Plo Koon had a second lightsaber, replaced his lightsaber, or if the color change is a case of canon contradiction. In the latter case, the films outstrip the video game and toy.




 * The official Star Wars database has an image of Plo Koon without his goggles exposing his closed eyes. The canon status of this is, however, in question, as the image appears in the Behind the Scenes section as a pre-production concept model and does not necessarily reflect the reality of the character.


 * Also worth noting is the unique starfighter Plo Koon is seen flying in Revenge of the Sith. Unlike the other Jedi in the film, in 19 BBY, Koon is still flying what appears to be a standard Delta-7 Aethersprite-class starfighter, with a customized paint job surprisingly similar to that of Anakin Skywalker's Azure Angel. There has been some discussion among fans about whether the starfighter is customized or not. As it has the cockpit of an Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor&mdash;due to the fact that the cockpit model was reused for each Jedi-piloted starfighter during the movie&mdash;and carries what appears to be a custom-made paint-job, it is most likely that the starfighter was modified. Whether it was modified by Koon for his own use or by some other Jedi, like Anakin Skywalker or Saesee Tiin, for general use, is unknown.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War
 * Jedi Council: Acts of War
 * Cloak of Deception
 * ''Star Wars: Obi-Wan
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Republic: Emissaries to Malastare
 * Star Wars Republic: The Hunt for Aurra Sing
 * Jedi Power Battles
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * ''Star Wars Republic 61: Dead Ends
 * One Battle
 * Star Wars Republic: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili
 * Reversal of Fortune
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Republic: Into the Unknown