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Kim, Ronhar

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this Jedi Master was one of many who accepted military positions within the Grand Army of the Republic, during the height of the Clone Wars. Born on the planet Naboo, Ronhar Kim was the son of Vidar Kim, a man who failed to understand why his son abandoned his family duties to remain with the Jedi Order. It was during the war that Master Kim realized the need to seek out the Sith Lord who was in control of the Senate. He had heard the story of Obi-Wan Kenobi's imprisonment on Geonosis, and approached his old friend - Chancellor Palpatine, whose life Kim had saved some ten years prior - with a plan to test all the Senators for midichlorians. A high reading should indicate the hidden Sith, according to the plan devised by Kim's apprentice, Tap-Nar-Pal. Palpatine spoke of the plan's inherent logistical problems, not to mention the panic it would cause. It was Tap's suggestion that the panic could be abated if Palpatine himself took the test first. Palpatine agreed to think on the idea, but asked them to keep it a secret until he had made up his mind. Just days later, Master Kim was placed in command of the team that was dispatched to Merson, accompanied by Tap-Nar-Pal. However, their mission seemed to have been compromised, and went badly from the start. Things only got worse when Tap was killed, consumed in the explosion that destroyed his starfighter as he tried to rescue Kim. The Separatist battle droids quickly converged on their position, and Master Kim was killed in the fighting that ensued.