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according to urban legends, the Iron Knights were a collection of droid warriors and philosophers that had somehow acquired the ability to tap into The Force, depsite the fact that droids were not considered "alive" in the organic sense. Among the most famous of the Iron Knights was the droid R5-D4, which was also known as Skippy. In reality, the Iron Knights were a group of Shards who followed Ilum away from their homeworld of Orax during the years leading up to the Clone Wars. At the time, many Shards were being installed in common droids, to give the simple automata a measure of intelligence. Ilum wanted something more, and set out to install herself in a Juggernaut War Droid. Ilum and her followers eventually met Jedi Master Aqinos, who agreed to train them on Dweem. Aqinos had set out on his own to pursue the possibility of melding droid intelligence with the Force, and had sought out Ilum specifically because her droid form. Aqinos trained the Shards in the ways of the Jedi Order, and the intelligence automatons soon acquired the ability to tap into the Force. When the Clone Wars broke out, Aqinos and Ilum decided to add their considerable forces to the ranks of the Jedi Knights, and they were instrumental in winning several key battles. However, Aqinos was later excommunicated from the Jedi Order to setting out on his own and creating the Iron Knights, and Ilum and the surviving Iron Knights returned in shame to Dweem. Their skills with the Force were not forgotten, however, as the Iron Knights were among the first Jedi to be destroyed during the Jedi Purge. Those that survived went into deep hiding, and only returned during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the galaxy. The Iron Knights, who went by the monicker of the High Marshalls, were instrumental in defeating the Red Knights of Life, although it was known that at least one of the Iron Knights fell to the Dark Side of the Force during the battle for Hosk Station.