Bane then took the completed holocron, opened an airlock to blow the two Jedi into space, and escaped. Skywalker was forced to open the holocron and let Bane insert the crystal in order to save his Padawan's life. Once on board, the Jedi were lured into a trap by the Duros hunter. Skywalker and his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, then led a team of clone troopers and boarded Bane's vessel with the intent of rescuing Master Ropal and recovering the stolen holocron and memory crystal. When Bane's Munificent-class frigate attempted to escape, the Jedi ship shot the bounty hunter's hyper drive. The bounty hunter's task force was systematically eliminated by the Venator-class Star Destroyer until only Bane's command ship remained. While departing Devaron Space, Bane's fleet was intercepted by Jedi General Anakin Skywalker's flagship, the Resolute. After executing his operation and escaping the temple, Bane was given command of a Separatist task force to attack a Republic outpost on Devaron, where he kidnapped Jedi Master Bolla Ropal, the keeper and guardian of the crystal. " Now we'll combine this holocron with the memory crystal I acquired from your dead Jedi friend." ―Cad Bane - Listen ( file info) Īround 21 BBY, Darth Sidious hired the Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane to infiltrate the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and steal a holocron necessary to accessing the information stored on the Kyber crystal. Bane survived, however, taking the crystal and holocron with him when he escaped the doomed frigate. The crystal was believed destroyed, along with Bane, when the Munificent-class frigate they were on exploded. Bane then inserted the Kyber crystal into the holocron, making it possible for his client to access the information stored within. Later, during a mission to recover a holocron Bane had stolen from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker was coerced into opening the holocron to save his Padawan's life. While Ropal was on Devaron, Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane kidnapped him and stole the memory crystal. During the Clone Wars, the crystal was kept and protected by the Rodian Jedi Master Bolla Ropal. It was vital for the operation of the Acquisition Division of the Order, for they actively sought potential students of the Force. The information contained in the crystal could only be accessed when placed in a holocron which, in turn, could only be opened with the Force. As it was considered to hold the future of the Jedi Order, it was highly valuable to the Jedi. The Kyber memory crystal, or simply the Kyber crystal, was a memory crystal that contained a list of all known Force-sensitive children in the galaxy. " A list of every known Force-sensitive child in the galaxy, the future younglings, the future of the Jedi Order." ―Mace Windu and Ahsoka Tano - Listen ( file info) " The Kyber crystal, the data on which can only be read by holocrons."