What we know about his character

Update May 28, 1999
This bio came from the Star Wars Episode 1 Movie Book.

    Jedi Master and courageous fighter. Koon fought alongside Qui-Gon in many battles during the Hyperspace Wars.

Description of Jedi Council Members Yoda, Mace Windu and Plo Koon 716 x 493 109.6 k

Update April 17, 1999
Cinescape made a short bio from the novelization of the Phantom Menace.

    Plo Koon: Once rumored to be a cyborg Jedi, this alien Kel Dor from the world called Dorin uses an oxygen mask to breathe on Coruscant.

Update July 19, 1998
The Force Net posted the following on Plo Koon.

    First up, if you haven't seen Prequel Watch's latest update, go check it out. Jedi Mike sent them a listing of the names of the Jedi Council. For what it's worth, our sources back up pretty much everything in the report. And yup, Plo Kun IS the cyborg Jedi Knight we referred to. Interestingly, though, one of our sources said Plo Kun IS a cyborg Jedi Master, but another said there wasn't one. Here's what they had to say:

      "There was NO cyborg Jedi masters and I was on set both days they filmed the Jedi Council Chamber scenes. Other Jedi's - Samuel L. Jackson (of course), Yoda (of course), Yaddle (a younger version of Yoda), Ki Adi Amundi (alien) and Even Piell (alien). Will try and remember the others."

    Since our other source was positive there WAS a cyborg Jedi, we asked this source again:

      "I can't be sure they haven't changed their mind but I know that during principle photography all of the Jedi Council Chamber seats were taken with either alien or human characters. There was no space left for a cg character. However, as I said, they may have now decided otherwise and removed one of the "real" ones and are going to instead add a cg one. It would be a shame, though, because all of the alien ones looked great."

    It's hard to say at this point, but there you have it. I'd say what it sounds like is that Plo Kun is someone they added maybe later on at ILM? We'll keep digging for more info on them.

Update June 14, 1998
The Force Net posted the following on Plo Koon.

    When Boba Fett hit the big screen in Empire Strikes Back, he was an instant hit with the fans. He barely spoke and didn't have a heck of a lot of scenes. He was simply cool looking. Episode 1 apparently has a similar such character. Few lines, barely in the movie, but bad to the bone. One look makes you say "Wow! Who's that?" Word on the street is that he is a bio-mechanical/cyborg member of the Jedi Council. Part man, part machine, all Jedi. ;) Word is that he is one bad dude! Folks close to the production are hailing him as the next "Boba Fett", meaning that he could easily become a cult icon just as everyone's favorite bounty hunter has.

At the time the Force Net posted this I didn’t really believe Plo Koon would be as cool as Darth Maul. Even though at the time we only had an the blurred image from the French Premiere magazine. Still this is only Episode 1. I can assume that in later Episodes we will see more of Plo Koon.

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