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Ilum

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this member of the Shard race was the only individual of her kind that could truly feel the Force. During the years leading up to the Clone Wars, Ilum and her followers refused to simply be installed into common droids, choosing instead to fuse their consciousness with Juggernaut war droids. The combination of Shard intelligence and Juggernaut combat programming resulted in fearsome automatons that could attack with the use of the Force. When Jedi Master Aqinos sought out Ilum, she realized that she had the perfect instructor for her unusual army. She and her offspring followed Master Aqinos to Dweem, where they trained in the ways of the Jedi. When the Clone Wars erupted across the galaxy, Aqinos and Ilum decided to join the Jedi Knights in their struggles against the Separatists. The sudden appearance of Force-sensitive Juggernaut droids was unnerving, and although the new warriors - dubbed the Iron Knights - helped win many battles, the fact that Aqinos had set out without prior approval meant that his work with Ilum was abandoned. Ilum returned to Dweem with her Master, but she was among the first casualties of the Jedi Purge.