Ronhar Kim

"I always thought, from our chats together, that you possessed more political acumen than most of the Jedi!"

- Palpatine

Ronhar Kim was a male Human Jedi Knight from Naboo and a General during the Clone Wars. He was eventually betrayed to his death by his close friend, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.

Biography
Ronhar Kim was the son of Senator Vidar Kim, whose assassination he failed to prevent. His mother and older brothers were killed in a crash when he was young; his father tried to get him to return to him, to no avail. After his father's death, Ronhar was the only remaining member of his bloodline.

He befriended his father's replacement, Senator Palpatine, whom he did at a later time manage to save from assassination. Kim took Tap-Nar-Pal as his Padawan. During the Clone Wars, the two of them came up with a plan to expose the identity of Darth Sidious: test all the members of the Galactic Senate to determine their respective midi-chlorian counts. The two Jedi told Supreme Chancellor Palpatine about their plan, which he for obvious reasons found potentially worrisome. He pointed out that some Senators such as Bail Organa would object to the test on principle, but this was not sufficient to dissuade them.

Palpatine persuaded the two Jedi to hold off on suggesting the plan to the Jedi Council, and sent the two off to die in the Battle of Merson. Since Palpatine, as Darth Sidious, had arranged the battle as a trap, Republic Captain Gilad Pellaeon was forced to withdraw his fleet, leaving Kim and his ground troops, led by Clone Commander Dox to perish. Tap-Nar-Pal, leading the fighter forces, refused to retreat, flying his Delta-7 Aethersprite into Merson's atmosphere in a vain attempt to help Kim. The Jedi were lost and publicly mourned by Palpatine before the Galactic Senate. He used their death as an excuse to goad on the war effort and increase security measures, increasing his own executive power.

Behind the scenes
Comic writer John Ostrander based his name after the screenname of a poster on the Dark Horse forums.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Republic 64: Bloodlines