Anakin’s early years within the Jedi Order were quite rough from a social standpoint,
as he barely got along with his fellow classmates and more often than not got frustrated with
his teachers and those of the High Council, as they limited his lessons and regularly
reminded him that he was not ready to move on toward the more advance classes.
This of course caused him to hold some resentment toward many Masters of the Order as he felt
they were holding him back.
Despite this, there was one Jedi Master that Anakin actually looked up to and held unmatched
admiration for.
His name was Jorus C’baoth, who despite holding the Chosen One’s highest admiration
of, was among the more controversial Jedi among other Masters and those of the High
Council.
Both Anakin’s admiration and the Council’s uneasiness of C’baoth stemmed from his no
nonsense way of doing things, as well as his extreme views that the Jedi knew what was
best for those they were supposed to protect, in that rather than act as sideline peacekeepers,
the Jedi should get involved directly in galactic politics and just fix the injustices and corruption
themselves.
C’baoth strongly believed that the Jedi’s unique connection to the Force gave them unparalleled
insight and inherent superiority over all non-force sensitives, and because of this
gift of theirs it was their responsibility to create societies and governments that were
most just toward the general populaces, even if it meant forcibly bringing down current
systems in place.
This Jedi superiority philosophy of his swept even into how he walked, marching through
crowds with unlimited confidence and expecting everyone else to step aside as he walked past
them.
He also spoke directly and exactly what was on his mind, holding nothing back regardless
of what others may have thought of his opinions on the matter.
On top of his steadfastness, C’baoth was among the most powerful Jedi of the Order
of his generation.
Along with his extraordinary telekinesis abilities, he also mastered some extraordinary difficult
powers like Force Meld, where Jedi joined their minds together through the Force, drawing
strength from each other and becoming a far more cohesive fighting unit.
When Anakin first met C’baoth he was instantly taken aback at how different the Jedi Master
was.
He quickly began to admire the man and hoped to grow up to be just like him when he himself
was given the rank of master.
C’baoth was also among the very few Masters that continually made note of Anakin’s exceptional
talents and achievements in the Force, even to the point of making his own Padawan, Lorana
Jinzler, feel bad.
As after hearing her Master’s praise of Anakin for minutes on end, Lorana soon believed
that compared to Skywalker, she was just an average Jedi learner in her Master’s eyes.
Unlike the other Masters and those on the High Council, C’baoth recommend Anakin to
go beyond his limits and never hold back his potential, a statement that frustrated Obi-Wan
who believed his padawan was far too immature and impatient to learn far more advanced force
abilities and techniques.
This was very apparent when C’baoth was planning on teaching Force Meld to Anakin.
As mentioned earlier, Force Meld was an extremely difficult ability to master and could even
dangerously backfire on inexperienced practitioners.
Because of this, it generally wasn’t taught to Jedi until they’ve reached Knighthood,
if at all.
But C’baoth didn’t care and wanted to teach it to Anakin, who at the time was only
in his early teens and had barely began his formal training as a padawan.
This actually led to a somewhat heated argument between Obi Wan and C’baoth, as they argued
exactly how high Anakin’s expectations bar should be.
C’baoth argued that limiting a padawan as to what they can truly achieve was a complete
waste of their gift of being a force sensitive, and that limiting what they learn early on
only limits how much good they can do in the future when they must rely upon their power
to help others.
Obi Wan countered by stating that setting too high a bar for a padawan, especially when
they are not mature enough, will lead to problems as they will only experience failure and never
the healthy satisfaction of steady progression through their achievements.
That a good balance was needed to be found.
Even with the criticisms C’baoth received on how he did things and his views on the
Jedi Order’s purpose, he still remained an admirable figure in Anakin’s eyes, who
not only agreed with the Jedi Master’s actions and views, but also believed he was one that
could do no wrong.
But C’baoth and Anakin’s interactions quickly came to an end, when the Jedi Master’s
proposal for Outbound Flight was finally approved by both the Senate and Jedi Council.
Outbound Flight was a project that sought to colonize the worlds within the Unknown
Regions and ultimately attempt to enter the next galaxy in order to discover and colonize
possible frontier worlds for the Republic.
The flight included around 50,000 passengers and crewmen, and 18 Jedi ranging from Masters
to Knights.
When Outbound Flight made its final stop within Republic controlled space and launched into
the Unknown Regions, C’baoth slowly became a near dictator within the massive vessel.
He began to ignore the written rules within the vessel and started to implement his own
way of doing things, even ignoring the captains’ orders who originally had formal leadership
over the vessel according to the Senate.
He then created an unofficial Jedi training school as he sought out force sensitives within
the 50,000 passengers and convinced the families to give over their children so that they could
become future Jedi.
It became quite apparent that while C’baoth did genuinely wish to colonize the Unknown
Regions and enter the next galaxy, he may have had a secret agenda of creating a second
Jedi Order.
One that would hold his views of how Jedi should act and look over those they were to
protect.
And either establish this new Jedi Order within the next galaxy, or even one day return back
to the Republic and possibly overthrow the old Order with his own.
But these possible plans of his never came close to fruition, as Outbound Flight was
intercepted by Thrawn who didn’t want the foreign craft to enter his people’s territory
within the Unknown Regions.
Despite being given a chance to go around the Chiss’ territory, C’baoth refused
and decided to push on through, even if it meant initiating a battle.
A battle did ensue, but not in C'baoth’s favor, as Thrawn was able to disable the main
offensive and defensive components of Outbound Flight.
Injured and with full realization that he was defeated, C’baoth fell to the darkside
and began to force choke Thrawn across space as the two were communicating through their
ships respective channels.
While Thrawn was almost killed, he was saved when radiation bombs were deployed and fully
destroyed Outbound flight and nearly everyone on it.
And with that C’baoth’s life came to an end.
But his legacy did not.
At some point prior to his departure on Outbound Flight, Palpatine was able to obtain his DNA
and later clone the Jedi Master.
Once fully grown, the clone was turned to the dark side by Palpatine and tasked in guarding
one of the Emperor’s many secret storehouses.
Eventually the now Grand Admiral Thrawn would discover the dark Jedi and convince the man
to join him, using him for his campaign against the New Republic in his attempt to take back
the galaxy for the Empire.
The C’baoth clone would eventually die at the hands of Mara Jade however, when confronted
by her and Luke Skywalker about a year later.