Ferdinand Xaj was a general in the Separatist Droid Army during the Clone Wars. A graduate of the Academy of Carida, Xaj served as a lieutenant colonel in the Senate Guard. However, he became disillusioned with the Galactic Republic and came into contact with a former Jedi named Count Dooku, who recruited the former guardsman into the Separatists. Xaj was promoted to colonel and commanded the M47 Division, a unit of the Droid Army, during the Battle of Geonosis. It was the one unit that performed successfully against the Grand Army of the Republic during the engagement, and Xaj was promoted to general. He asked and got the CIS high command's approval to form his own volunteer legion of organic troops, the Free Revolutionary Army. With the Count's approval, Xaj formed a political wing for t