Komari Vosa

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Komari Vosa was a "Fallen" Human Jedi and last leader of the Bando Gora cult. She served as the catalyst for Count Dooku's plot to draw out a worthy template for the Grand Army of the Republic.

Vosa was the target of The Hunt, which ultimately brought about her untimely demise. Following her death, the Bando Gora ceased to exist.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Jedi 1.2 Leader of the Bando Gora 2 Personality and traits 3 Audio clips 4 Behind the scenes 5 Appearances 6 Sources 7 Notes and references 8 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Jedi

Like most Jedi, Komari Vosa was taken as an infant to Coruscant to be trained as a Jedi by Master Yoda. She was then apprenticed to Jedi Master Dooku as a Padawan learner.^[4]

Vosa was a brash young student with a short temper. Never was this more evident than when the Jedi were called to Galidraan to stop the army of Mandalorians, which the Jedi Council had been misled to believe were killing political activists on the planet.^[3] Komari Vosa killed at least twenty of the soldiers, as she would later boast to one of the two Mandalorian survivors, Jango Fett.^[2]

The Jedi High Council were disturbed by what seemed to be a growing infatuation in Vosa for her Master. This, in conjunction with her aggression, was used to deem her unworthy of Knighthood. Furious with the decision, Komari took it upon herself to leave Coruscant with four other Jedi on a mission to Baltizaar to save civilians from a cult called the Bando Gora.^[4]

The mission was a failure. Two of the Jedi died and the other three, including Vosa, disappeared and were presumed dead.^[4]

[edit] Leader of the Bando Gora

In truth, they were captured and Komari was tortured to the point of madness, leaving scars along her back and chin. Vosa eventually broke free, but did not escape. Embracing the dark side, she overthrew her captors and became their leader, proving her worth by executing the other two Jedi captives.^[4] Another Bando Gora became her chief minion, informing her of happenings around the galaxy.^[2]

With Komari Vosa's worth proven, she took the reins and set her plan in motion. It was simple: release a brainwashing agent into death sticks which would immediately enslave the users and recruit them into the Bando Gora. Komari Vosa would ship the agent to Gardulla the Hutt on Tatooine to cover her trail, who would in turn send it over to Sebolto on Malastare to be processed into the death sticks. Sebolto would then send his death sticks to Coruscant's underworld leaders such as Groff Haug.^[2]

As a result, this disrupted much bigger plans in the highest place of the galaxy. Darth Sidious, with his plans to grab power in the Galactic Senate and then establish himself as Emperor, took notice of the Bando Gora and knew that it had to be destroyed if his plans were to succeed. As such, he ordered his apprentice, Darth Tyranus, to eradicate Komari Vosa and the Bando Gora. Dooku obeyed his Master and would not only have Vosa killed but find someone to become the template for a clone army.^[2]

Dooku hired bounty hunters and mercenaries across the Galaxy to find, capture or kill Komari Vosa. One named Jango Fett was able to trace the source of the death sticks to Malastare through the corrupt politician, Senator Connus Trell. From Malastare, Jango found the source to be from Gardulla the Hutt. All the while, Jango was eliminating Vosa's underworld contacts, disrupting her plans and ensuring that the hunters became the hunted. Also, Jango was being trailed by fellow Mandalorian, Montross.^[2]

Komari Vosa was finally found by Rozatta, the Toydarian working with Jango, to be on one of the moons of Bogden. Roz was forced to give up the information to Montross after he infiltrated her station. Jango was able to get to her in time for him to receive the information.^[2]

After fighting his way through countless Bando Gora slaves as well as killing Montross, Jango Fett was captured inside Komari Vosa's citadel. Komari Vosa had her slaves torture Jango until she arrived to see the one bounty hunter who was able to find her. Komari then interrogated Fett personally. Luckily for Fett, another bounty hunter arrived. The Clawdite known as Zam Wesell, who was also working with Jango to find Vosa, infiltrated her citadel. Vosa sensed Wesell and confronted her. Wesell killed two of Vosa's minions and opened fire on her, but Vosa deflected the bolts back to Zam and knocked her over. As Komari Vosa was about to kill her, Zam shot Fett's restraints. Freed, Fett retrieved his weapons and attacked Vosa.^[2]

Vosa fled further into her citadel as Jango pursued her. Eventually confronting Vosa in her throne room, after going through her maze, Jango managed to defeat her and had her at his mercy. At that moment, Komari finally sensed her old Master. Dooku Force-choked her to death. Jango collected his bounty of five million credits. Dooku offered Fett a chance at immortality: to be cloned. Fett accepted, but part of the bargain was that he would be provided with a single clone, unaltered. With this deal struck, Jango accompanied Dooku to Kamino to be used as the template for a clone army.^[2]

Komari's legacy would, in a way, live on. Her twin lightsabers were given to Asajj Ventress as a gift by Dooku, after he chopped her two other lightsabers in half testing to see if she was truly Sith material.^[5][6]

[edit] Personality and traits

Komari Vosa was a headstrong Padawan learner, arrogant, impatient and overconfident. Vosa also had frequent aggressive rages, which resulted in the deaths of twenty Mandalorians.^[4]

[edit] Audio clips

"Kill them. Kill them now. Bring me their bodies." (Star Wars: Bounty Hunter)
"Congratulations, bounty hunter… you've found me." (Star Wars: Bounty Hunter)

[edit] Behind the scenes

Komari Vosa was voiced by Tamara Phillips.

In an alternate ending to Bounty Hunter, if the player loses against Komari Vosa, she leaps onto Jango's shoulders and slices his head off with her dual 'sabers, much like how his employer, Count Dooku, loses his life in Episode III and, to a lesser degree, how Jango himself dies canonically in Episode II.^[2]

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (DataBank) (Mentioned only)
• Jango Fett: Open Seasons (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

[edit] Sources

•  Komari Vosa in the Databank
•  Komari Vosa: An Expanded Universe Character on Wizards.com (article)
• The New Essential Chronology
• Star Wars Miniatures: Bounty Hunters
• Bounty Hunter: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

•  Komari Vosa in the Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia