A highly encrypted, long-distance comlink model was created by RazBohan in the time of the Republic Era. Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker altered two of the comlinks that he and his Master, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, were utilizing on a mission to Taris a few months prior to the First Battle of Geonosis, the event that kicked off the Clone Wars, because the sector nearby was known for its frequent ion storms. Following Skywalker's promotion to the rank of Knight, he gifted one of these comlinks to Kenobi, who was then a Master sitting on the Jedi High Council, so that it could be used as an emergency communication device during a mission to Cato Neimoidia. On this mission, Kenobi was not allowed to communicate with the Council or the Galactic Republic, so the comlink came with a phrik alloy case to hide it in.