Bode Akuna was a Force-sensitive human male mercenary and gunslinger, and was once a Jedi Knight of the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars, in which he was assigned to Republic Intelligence operations by the Jedi High Council. Akuna worked with Lank Denvik, who served as a mentor to him. With the advent of the Great Jedi Purge, Akuna abandoned his Jedi teachings, becoming a mercenary and freelance gunslinger.