{"id":720861,"date":"2026-06-07T11:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/720861\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:25:15","slug":"why-palpatine-feared-one-jedi-above-all-others-it-wasnt-yoda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/720861\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Palpatine Feared One Jedi Above All Others (& It Wasn’t Yoda)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Star Wars<\/a> Expanded Universe, there was one Jedi Palpatine feared above all the others. In general, the most feared Jedi tend to be the most powerful<\/a>; the Separatists must have been deeply afraid of any mission led by General Skywalker, while Yoda or Mace Windu could dominate an entire battlefield without reinforcements. But there\u2019s so much more to being a Jedi than just raw power.<\/p>\n

In canon, the point was proven by Jedi archivist Jocastu Nu. Despite lacking the kind of power you see among members of the Jedi Council, she survived Order 66<\/a> and secreted away archives that helped Luke Skywalker reestablish the Order. In Legends, though, there was one Jed who Palpatine truly feared. Not because of his wisdom, but rather because of political connections.<\/p>\n

Why Palpatine Was So Afraid of Ronhar Kim<\/p>\n

Palpatine during the Clone Wars arranged the entire battle of Merson just to kill one Jedi because that Jedi wanted to test all politicians in the Galactic Senate for midichlorians to find the hidden Sith Lord. That Jedi\u2019s name was Ronhar Kim and he died fighting on Merson. pic.twitter.com\/n68NfPx7TF<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jedi Master Ronhar Kim hailed from Palpatine\u2019s homeworld of Naboo, and for years was unwittingly one of the Sith Lord\u2019s greatest assets; a high-ranking Jedi who talked freely with Palpatine, giving him insight into the workings of the Council. Kim\u2019s father was the Naboo senator, and he tried to talk Kim into leaving the Jedi after the rest of his family was tragically wiped out. Though Kim didn\u2019t know it, the Sith were quietly killing off the entire family so Palpatine could enter the senate as the new ambassador. Kim met Palpatine himself at his father\u2019s funeral, and the two became friends. Or, at least, that was how Kim thought of it.<\/p>\n

Kim and Palpatine remained close for over a decade, and were still political allies during the Clone Wars. To Palpatine\u2019s (secret) horror, Kim believed Count Dooku\u2019s claims that a Sith Lord was hidden in the Republic Senate; he proposed running midi-chlorian tests on every senator and government official. Naturally, this was an idea Palpatine could not support, and he tried to discourage Kim. Ironically, Palpatine realized Kim\u2019s political connections had become a problem \u2013 the very connections that had allowed the Sith to manipulate him for so many years.<\/p>\n

This one Jedi Master came within a hair\u2019s breadth of exposing Palpatine. If he\u2019d just pushed his idea, he\u2019d at least have goaded a response from Palpatine that would have generated suspicion. Instead, he agreed to hold off, and headed on a mission. It was one engineered by Palpatine himself, who set up an entire battle of the Clone Wars just to kill a single Jedi. Even Yoda didn\u2019t get that kind of treatment from the Sith.<\/p>\n

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