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The Clone Wars Sourcebook The Jedi Order By Keith Kappel and Ryan Brooks THE JEDI ORDER [See Force +5] [Telepathy +3] J The Jedi Order has been a constant in the Galactic Republic for over twenty-five thousand years. They act as guardians of peace throughout the galaxy, settling disputes and providing council and sage advice that can only be given through pure benevolence and deep understanding of the Force. During the restructuring of the Galactic Republic a thousand years ago following the New Sith War, the Jedi Order willingly placed itself under the appointment to the office of the Supreme Chancellor. By the request of the leader of the galactic govern- ment, the Jedi served as ambassadors, diplomats and interme- diaries to the various governing bodies of the Republic and its allies. With the onset of the Clone Wars, the Supreme Chancellor appointed the Jedi to act as generals and commanders to the Grand Army of the Republic. During this dark time many Jedi, from master to Padawan, fought and lost their lives in the con- flict. The following is a chronicling of some of the most notable participants. The Jedi Council During the Clone Wars, the Jedi Council was forced to take on the role of military commanders and strategists, serving under the Senate and the Supreme Chancellor. While most of the Jedi Council served as High Generals in the Grand Army of the Republic, commanding it’s ten Systems Armies, they also participated in the conflict of the Clone Wars by leading smaller contingents into battle. These are the members of the Jedi Coun- cil who fought during the Clone Wars. Adi Gallia - The Diplomat Adi Gallia was a tall, slender, dark-skinned Corellian-born Jedi who was seated on the Jedi Council for a number of years leading up to the Clone Wars. Gallia was the daughter of two Corellian ambassadors whom she maintained some contact with despite Jedi rules to the contrary and even wore a Tholoth headdress to display her Corellian heritage. She was very quickly recognized for her innate ability in the Force and was brought before the Jedi Council by her parents at a very young age to begin her training. She apparently obtained her parents’ talent for diplomacy as she was a valuable asset to the Jedi Order in maintaining Jedi-Senate relations using her well-honed intuition and researching skills. Adi was also a skilled duelist and pilot – mastering the unorthodox Shien lightsaber style, a variant of Djem So. She also led many space battles prior to and during the Clone Wars. Her piercing blue eyes – shared by her cousin and fellow Jedi Stass Allie – along with her vast network of contacts and informants throughout the galaxy made her a commanding and powerful presence on the Jedi Council. It was for these reasons that she was appointed a short-term seat on the Jedi Council shortly before the Battle of Naboo. Adi Gallia was particularly close to fellow council member Even Piell, who years ago rescued Gallia’s parents from a Red laro terrorist attack on Piell’s home planet of Lannik. In the years proceeding the Clone Wars, Gallia played a crucial role in the Stark Hyperspace War. In addition, she and her padawan Siri Tachi were sent to Kegan to search for Jedi member Saesee Tiin also took part in the project. The test flights were a tremendous success. The Jedi approved the use of the fighter and purchased several to be used by the Jedi Order. The Jedi Council got wind that the Trade Federation was building a new type of weapon, but that a local band of pirates led by a Feeorin named Nym had formed a resistance group and ©Lucasfilm, LTD. were opposing them. Adi Gallia was sent to investigate. Gallia rendezvous with a pirate named Reti who would lead her to Nym. Reti’s ship was tracked, however, and their meeting was cut short by a Trade Federation battle group. Gallia and Reti took on dozens of Trade Federation fighters before escaping into hyperspace, headed for the planet of Maramere to link up with Nym. On Maramere, Nym and his associate Jinkins were on a mission to steal security codes from the Trade Federation. They ran into some trouble and were pinned down by Scarab droids, preventing him from taking off. Adi Gallia swooped in, destroyed adi gallia the droids, and went on to assault an entire Trade Federation candidates. Gallia and Tachi were sent on mission to Simpla-12 battle group, facilitating Nym’s escape. Gallia, Jinkins, Nym and to rescue Qui-Gon Jinn from Jenna Zan Arbor where the trio Reti began a full-blown campaign against the Trade Federa- uncovered Zan Arbor’s plan to contaminate the planet’s water tion. First, they laid siege to a Trade Federation prison depot to supply. Zan Arbor was taken into custody and sent to prison to liberate some of Nym’s comrades held there with the assistance serve a life sentence. of the transport ship Liberator. After a conference with the Lib- It was Gallia’s contacts that alerted her of the strange Trade erator’s commanding officer, Captain Orsai, the group devises a Federation activity in the outer territories of the Republic when scheme to destroy a Trade Federation sensor array on Maramere. the Trade Federation began manufacturing droid starfighters. Gallia flew Nym’s wing, engaging in superiority operations and Apparently, this move was in preparation to establish blockades providing ground support for Orsai and Sixxa. The leader of the on the sovereign mid-rim world of Naboo to coerce the Republic Trade Federation forces, Harro Ruuk, escaped the station in his to rescind its law involving the taxation of trade routes. The submarine fighter and launched a starfighter assault. Gallia and Trade Federation learned of Gallia’s discovery and attempted to Nym were able to beat back the droid starfighters and defeated silence her on Esseles, but with the assistance of Master Qui- Ruuk. Gon Jinn and his Padawan Learner Obi-Wan Kenobi, Gallia man- The Trade Federation weapon, Trihexalon, referred to as aged to escape and deliver what she had learned to Coruscant. “Dragon’s Breath,” was capable of killing hundreds of beings with She informed Supreme Chancellor Valorum of these strange just a single vial. Captain Cavik Toth used the toxin to eliminate events and was ultimately the impetus for sending Jedi to force the developers of the chemical and moved to stage a wide-scale a settlement when the Trade Federation blockaded Naboo before demonstration of the substance on the inhabitants of Maram- it was brought to the senate. ere. Nym had left the area to destroy the second communica- Gallia was present when young Anakin Skywalker was tions array, leaving Gallia and Reti alone to defend the station. brought before the council and was one of the few council Toth unleashed numerous waves of bombers carrying hex-filled members who opposed Skywalker’s appointment as a Jedi missiles. Adi managed to hold off dozens of missile strikes, apprentice as well as his ascension to Jedi Knight some years giving the station the time it needed to evacuate. She then later. In the months following the Battle of Naboo, Gallia was reported to the Jedi Council to let them know what she had dis- attached to a diplomatic mission sent to Malastare to establish covered and Mace Windu instructed her to continue her course peace talks between terrorist groups and Lannik representatives. of action and defeat Toth and the Dragon’s Breath threat, which Despite her impeccable negotiation skills, the situation did would return to haunt the Republic on Ohma D’un, Honoghr, and not bode well. The entire conference was a set-up by the Red Queyta in varied strains. Iaro to assassinate the Lannik Royal family. Gallia was far from The group then focused on their next target. Nod Kartha was pacifistic and when the situation warranted she wielded a the location where the toxin was manufactured so Nym called crimson lightsaber and her mastery of the Shien technique to on the assistance of two capital ships, the Tritus and Kethor. devastating results. Adi Gallia provided starfighter support for the two ships and Before the spark that ignited the Clone Wars that was the together they destroyed the planetary defense platforms to T Battle of Geonosis, Adi Gallia was investigating a massacre that allow the others to land on the surface. Jango Fett appeared HE occurred outside the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. During this on the scene during the battle and captured Reti while Adi was investigation, Gallia and several other Jedi tracked down bounty entangled with Saboath fighters, but Adi and Jinkins were able to defend Sixxa and Nym as they destroyed the six shield gener- J hunter Aurra Sing. Sing, however, was ready for the unsus- pecting Jedi and laid booby traps, one of which ensnared Adi ators that protected the Trade Federation manufacturing facility. edi Gallia leaving her injured but no worse for the wear. Aurra Sing Trade Federation ground forces were mobilized and Adi Gallia ultimately escaped capture. dispatched several fighters, turrets, tanks and battle droids while In the months before the crisis on Geonosis, Kuat Systems defending Nym. On the final bunker, Nym became pinned down O Engineering and the Senate then approached Adi Gallia in and Adi was forced to land and eliminate the resistance. She used her lightsaber to cut a hole into the side of the bunker and rder order to serve as a test pilot for their new Delta-7 Aether- sprite starfigher.

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