The Jedi High Council

For Episode I, concept designers were challenged with the daunting task of developing twelve characters that were at the same time alien and familiar. Concept Artist Iain McCaig noted that "George Lucas wanted to make sure that when the audience saw these characters for the first time, it would immediately register that these were Jedi." With that admonition in mind, the Episode I Art Department began the important work of creating figures that will become legendary in Star Wars lore. As you will see, the concept artists were careful to infuse familiar elements into the characters, although a few surprising influences crept in to the final designs.

Quicklinks:  Adi Gallia, Depa Billaba, Eeth Koth, Even Piell, Ki-Adi Mundi, Mace Windu, Oppo Rancisis, Plo Koon, Saesee Tiin, Yaddle, Yarael Poof, Yoda, Coleman Trebor, Others
Group Pics: Montage1, Montage 2, Left Chamber, Right Chamber
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In a towering spire rising up from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant sits the Jedi Council Chamber, a realm of mutual respect and haven of shared noble purpose. Twelve members gather around the chamber floor in a semicircle, paying close attention to galactic events. They also convene to test Jedi hopefuls and make decisions that could impact all members of their illustrious order. The Jedi Council stands as the most respected and powerful force for all good. The twelve members of the Jedi High Council represent a gathering of great minds who have proven themselves and their abilities in the service of peace and justice. Confidant in their attunement to the Force, the Council members work together in trust, free from the petty constraints of ego and jealousy. Their Council Chamber is a place of open thought and speech, a realm of mutual respect and a haven of shared noble purpose.

Depa Billaba
Height: 1.68 or 1.75 meters
Species: Chalactan
Gender: Female
After her emigrating family was killed by pirates, the six-month-old Depa Billaba was rescued by Mace Windu. He sensed her strength and brought her to Coruscant for training.
Adopting the traditional culture of Chalacta to honor her slain parents, Depa Billaba offers an ordered perspective to the wide-ranging minds of the council. The two small golden dots on her face are symbols of her parents’ world of Chalacta.  They are called Marks of Illumination. She is one of the most recent additions to the Jedi Council. She sat on the Jedi Council during the battle of Naboo and the Clone Wars. She is respected for her insights into the minds and personalities of her peers.

Eeth Koth
Height: sources disagree, but 1.71, 1.78, or 1.91 meters
Species: Zabrak
Homeworld: Nar Shaddaa (although his parents were from Iridonia)
Weapon: Blue lightsaber
Koth was a humanoid male whose face was etched with simple tattoos. A crown of vestigial horns sprouted from his skull. Iridonian Zabrak such as Eeth Koth and Sith Lord Darth Maul are renowned fir their mental discipline, which allows them to tolerate great physical suffering. This ability is born of surviving their harsh enviroment. He was born in the violent slums of Nar Shaddaa. Eeth was deemed too old to begin Jedi training at age four, although he later proved himself worthy after demonstrating determination and extreme mental discipline through his natural skill in Zabrak thought control. Very little can distract him from his job, and he is devoted to the Jedi Council. It is this devotion, his strenght, will power, and mind control that made him a great candidate for the position of Jedi Master. His long service and strength were an example to others, and as such, the title of Jedi Master was conferred upon him. Eeth Koth trained the Jedi hero Shared Hett, who later disappeared to live among Tatooine's Tusken Raiders.

Even Piell
Height: 1.22 meters
Homeworld: Lannik
Standing little more than one meter tall, Jedi Master Even Piell is nonetheless highly respected for his combat abilities. Although he is typically contemplative and reserved, Piell becomes fiercely aggressive when forced into combat.
During one conflict, Piell single-handedly battled and defeated seven dangerous terrorists, even after sustaining a grisly eye injury. Due to his developed code of honor, he refuses to wear a prosthetic replacement for the lost eye, and bears the scar as badge of honor -- a reminder that it was he who survived despite enormous odds, and as a grisly trophy of a victory against terrorists who made the mistake of underestimating the diminutive Jedi Master.
Atop the head of this curious creature can be found what is known as the Jedi 'topknot.' Little is known about the origins of this traditional decoration, although one can also be found on Piell's fellow council member, Yaddle.

Ki-Adi-Mundi
Classification: Cerean
Gender: Male
Height: 1.98 Meters
Home World: Cerea
Status: Jedi Knight (Episode I), Jedi Master (Episode II)
Weapon(s) of Choice: Purple Lightsaber
A Jedi Knight from the largely unspoiled paradise world of Cerea, Ki-Adi-Mundi's high-domed head holds a complex binary brain. Recently added to the Council, Ki-Adi-Mundi has not yet taken a padwan learner. He is one of the only Knights to serve on the Jedi Council. His binary brain allows him unique insight into the dark side of the Force. Like all Cereans, he has two hearts.
At the age of four, Ki-Adi-Mundi began to learn the ways of the Jedi. There were only a few children allowed in the Jedi Temple beyond the age of about six months. A Jedi Master known as the "Dark Woman" learned that Ki-Adi-Mundi could manipulate objects with his mind. Arriving at Ki's homestead on Cerea, she asked for permission to take the child to Coruscant, but Ki's father did not want to part with his only son.
During the Dark Woman's visit, a band of raiders, led by Bin-Garda-Zon, tortured Ki's family. The father hid Ki, fearing that the bandit lord would kidnap his boy. However, while hidden, Ki witnessed Bin-Garda-Zon strike his father. The terrifying scene burned in Ki's memory for many years.
The Jedi Council choose Yoda, not the Dark Woman, to train Ki-Adi-Mundi in the ways of the Force. After twenty-one years, Ki-Adi-Mundi had earned the ranks of a Jedi Knight and returned to Cerea to rid his home planet of the bandits. He sought out Bin-Garda-Zon's camp, only to discover that a female warrior had taken charge over the bandits. Bin-Garda-Zon was now a mere laborer who served slop to the raiders' oorgs.
Regardless, Ki faced the new leader, but he misjudged his adversary and became a captive. He was able to escape by using the Force and fought the new leader again. After the new leader's defeat, Bin-Garda-Zon made a pathetic attempt to kill Ki-Adi-Mundi, hoping to reclaim his leadership back. Ki conquered Bin but spared his life.
Over the next thirty years, Ki-Adi-Mundi built a life for himself on his home planet while he served the Jedi Order faithfully. Ki had two wives and a daughter. The short birthrate of his race allowed him to receive a sole exclusion from the Jedi law that does not permit marriage. At the age of sixty, he defended his home world from the Pro-Tech Movement. Ki's daughter joined the radical movement; and as a result, a criminal, named Ephant Mon, kidnapped her and fled to the desert world of Tatooine. Ki was able to follow the kidnapper at Jabba the Hutt's palace, where he rescued his daughter. The Jedi Knight also discovered that the Trade Federation had purchased weapons to arm their starships.
After his escapade on Tatooine, he became a part of the Jedi Council. During the Battle of Naboo, he was the only Jedi Knight on the council. He took up his council seat following the death of Master Micah Giieth. Ki had a previous seat on council meetings when other members were away on missions. Ki was present when the council tested young  Anakin Skywalker; the Jedi Knight did not hesitate to state his own beliefs about the boy, the danger of the Sith, and Qui-Gon Jinn's task.
Later sent by the Jedi Council, Ki-Adi-Mundi went to Tatooine in search of a lost Jedi Master named Sharad Hett.  He found Hett living among the Tusken Raiders, but a bounty hunter, named Aurra Sing, complicated his mission.
The same woman who discovered Ki happened to train the bounty hunter; Aurra Sing now revels in destroying all the Jedi. Despite his effort to protect Hett, Ki-Adi-Mundi could not stop the bounty hunter from killing the Jedi Master.
When Hett died, Ki took a vow to train Hett's son, A'Sharad, as his Padawan. Later he allowed the Dark Woman to take over A’Sharad’s training. Ki was already a Jedi Master when the Battle of Geonosis came to pass. He was one of the few Jedi that had survived.

Mace Windu
Height: 1.88 meters
Homeworld: Unknown
Senior member of the Jedi Council, Mace Windu's wisdom and self-sacrifice is legendary. In a long and adventurous career, he has repeatedly risked his life to resolve great conflicts in fairness to both sides. Windu is sober and cool-minded but is also capable of dramatic actions in the face of danger. Even experienced Jedi look to this great man in times of serious trouble. Always ready to risk himself, Mace Windu is reluctant to risk the lives of others. His fame has only added to his negotiating skills. Windu has trained many apprentices, including Depa Billaba, a fellow council member.
Mace Windu's prime expertise is weapons, particularly the Lightsaber, the choice weapon for all Jedi Knights Although nowadays he almost never picks up his purple-bladed lightsaber to face an enemy in battle, Mace Windu remains a fearsome warrior with a perfect mastery of the Jedi fighting techniques. (In Episode I, Mace carried a blue saber, which had been loaned to him by Eeth Koth as part of a Concordance of Fealty ritual). His knowledge and understanding of the Lightsaber is far beyond average training, and he is the greatest Jedi when wielding a Lightsaber, using hundreds, if not thousands, of different styles and fighting techniques to defeat his enemies. No opponent can long withstand his attacks, as his speed, swift, and Force-aided movements make him impossible to defeat. Even other Jedi have great difficulty in anticipating his movements, or even striking at him.
Mace's early assignments brought him fame.  He investigated the death of two Jedi on Yinchorr.  He also went on a diplomatic mission to Malastare.  He forged a treaty between the Red Iaro Terrorist and the Lannik people.  He then investigated animal trade on Nar Shaddaa, including Akk dogs from his home world.

Oppo Rancisis
Height: 1.38 meters
As a baby, Oppo Rancisis was offered to the Jedi Order by his mother, the Blood Monarch of Thisspias, and was apprenticed to Jedi Master Yaddle. At age 20, he inherited the title as Monarch of Thisspias when his younger sister was killed. Abdicating his throne on Thisspias, Oppo Rancisis instead sought to serve the entire galaxy among the Jedi order based on Coruscant. When negotiations fail, Rancisis ensures that Jedi-counseled military tactics are cunning and effective. His stratagies have helped the Jedi win many battles (Oppo Rancis served as a fleet cordinator during the Stark Hyperspace Wars.).  He was 147 at the time of the Battle of Naboo, an incredibly ancient age for a Thisspiasian.
Rancisis is a master of Malacia, a Jedi technique that induces a powerful dizziness and nausea in enemies. It is completely incapacitating like a hammer blow, but does not cause any lasting physical damage. He has taught the technique at the Jedi Temple for over two decades, but only a few other Jedi have come close to mastering the difficult discipline.

Plo Koon
Species: Kel Dor
Home planet: Dorin
Height: 1.88 meters.
Plo was trained by the Jedi master Tyvoka, a wookie Jedi.  He is a courageous fighter descended from a long line of Jedi. Plo Koon must protect his sensitive eyes and from the oxygen-rich atmosphere of Coruscant with a special antitox mask and goggles. His talons are armored in a traditional Kel Dor design in order to protect his sensitive fingertips and allow him to focus and increase the range of his force powers.
Plo Koon masterfully uses his highly-developed extrasensory organs to enhance his Jedi mind powers to extremes.  He is a master of the Jedi combat technique of projecting the Force at an opponent and his hand-to-hand combat skills are legendary.  He manipulates molecules and employs his knowledge of science and physics to cause startling changes in the environment.  He can transform a stream into an ice bridge, create a blanket of fog for camouflage, or raise temperatures to cause opponents to faint.  Unfortunately, excessive use of his Force skills take their toll and leave him drained.
Koon was more martial a Jedi than most. Kel Dor natives have a reputation for seeing moral issues in black and white, with clear distinctions between right and wrong. As such, Koon often took decisive action with little contemplation.
Plo Koon is legendary for his leadership in the Stark Hyperspace Wars, during which he took up the Republic banner after a great Jedi Master was killed. Koon rallied the disheartened troops to an unlikely and miraculous victory, and has ever since been a trusted ally to the Republic Army and Navy as a Jedi Council member.
Plo Koon has fought along side Qui-Gon Jinn on several occasions, and looked forward to the day his friend might consider filling one of the Council's short-term positions.

Saesee Tiin
Classification: Iktotchi
Gender: Male
Height: 1.88 Meters
Home World: Iktotch
Status:  Jedi Master
Weapon(s) of Choice: Dark Purple Lightsaber
Vehicle of Choice: Customized SoroSuub Cutlass-9 (Sharp Spiral)
An Iktotchi pilot who was born on his home world's moon; Saesee Tiin builds the strength of his Force powers with the telepathic ability of his race. His mind is always racing ahead to foresee possibilities, giving him a unique perspective on the Council. Tiin has very coarse, thick skin to protect him from the harmful high winds of his homeworld.  This skin allows him to sustain blast damage which would deeply harm a human. Tiin is a powerfully built humanoid male, with large hands and two down-sweeping horns surrounding his grim face.
He learned the ways of the Jedi through the great Wol Cabbashite Jedi Master Omo Bouri, who planned the Treaty of Trammis. He did not teach a padawan the Jedi way. Master Bouri had died a decade prior to the Battle of Naboo, and his pupil gave his life to the Jedi. Bouri instilled a strong sense of conviction in Tiin, honing the Iktochi's skill and dedication to the order to the point that some would describe Tiin as fanatical. After the death of Bouri, Tiin's devotion only increased.When Master Bouri perished, Saesee Tiin reinvigorated his Jedi training - with the hope that he might gain sufficient insight into the Force to communicate on the spirit plane with his vanished master. The stern, contemplative Jedi often kept to himself, and Tiin was never known to take a Padawan. Tiin's loner tendencies caused some (Mace Windu) to privately question his value to the Council since his contributions were minimal.
Despite such hushed criticism, Tiin was a formidable warrior and an incredible pilot. Saesee Tiin is best able to focus while traveling at high speeds at the controls of the finest spacecraft. The Sharp Spiral was a special starfighter that belonged to him. A thankful envoy from the planet of Coruscant gave it to him. Once, he completely destroyed three battleships from the cockpit of this fighter. As an expert pilot, Tiin worked as the formal link between the Jedi Council and Freedom’s Sons. The Freedom’s Sons were a civilian group of non-Jedi who helped the Knights on special projects.  He was the test pilot for a newer model of the Jedi starfighter. This improved version of the ship is one that Obi-Wan used to travel from Coruscant to Kamino. Tiin also fought at the Battle of Geonosis.  He also frequently is asked to fly the Radiant class Capital ships on dangerous Jedi missions

Yaddle
Height: 0.61 meters
Looking young at age 477, Jedi Master Yaddle is of the same species as Yoda. She looks up to him even while leading the council with compassion and balanced patience. Yaddle silently waits in discussions before offering her single, powerful, soft-spoken comment. She is highly regarded for her patience and wisdom.
Yaddle is head of the Librarian Assembly, and worked alongside such revered Jedi scholars as Ashka Boda in maintaining the exhaustive collection of Jedi and Sith documents, holocrons, and artifacts. Her private quarters in the Jedi Temple are filled from floor to ceiling with thousands of tiny trinkets. When not on Coruscant, Yaddle resided at the Jedi training center at Kamparas, offering important lessons to initiates in the order.
Yaddle has trained dozens of Padawan learners in her life, including Jedi Master Oppo Rancisis.  Yaddle's last known Padawan was the vain and confident Empatojayos Brand, whom Yaddle successfully trained to become a Jedi Knight.
Yaddle was most strongly affected by a prison experience.  Yaddle, and her Jedi Knight trainer Plovin Kut were trying to liberate Koba from the Advozse warlock, Tulak.  Plovin was killed and Yaddle survived an intense interrogation.  She was imprisoned and forgotten, until released over a century later by an earthquake. Her long incarceration was isolated, which allowed her to both relieve the lessons of Plovin and achieve a special unity with the Force.  After her release she began to serve the local population as a teacher and healer, helping them rebuild their society.  However, Tulak’s son arrived for his inheritance and fought with Yaddle, and she was able to avenger Plovin’s death.
With centuries of training behind her, Yaddle is skilled at all Jedi techniques. Exposure to obscure knowledge granted her powers that few can fathom, including the forbidden Jedi art of mortichro, a technique that rapidly slows the body functions of target beings, easily resulting in death.

Yarael Poof
Height: 2.64 meters
Homeworld: Quermia
Yarael Poof's appearance would be comical to most if not for the powerful presence in the Force he exuded.  Jedi Master Yarael Poof is a sentient invertebrate being with a long neck and four arms (which granted Yarael Poof remarkably dexterity). Like all members of the Quermian species, his olfactory glands are located in his hands, and a second brain is positioned in his chest. The Quermarian are related to the Xextol of troiken.  His long neck is for peering above vegetation mats on his home world. Yarael Poof is the consummate master of Jedi mind tricks. He could use the Force to quickly befuddle and mislead targets by conjuring false images in their minds. In combat, Poof uses the Force to conjure images of whatever most terrifies his opponents. He finds that this tactic ends battle quickly and with very little violence. Poof is legendary for his dynamic mental conjurings that have convinced the most violent enemies to surrender.
He died tragically when trying to protect Coruscant from the Annoo-Dat radical, General Ashaar Khorda, who with the aid of Jango Fett and Zam Wesell, was trying to detonate the Infant of Shaa, a Force-concentrated idol from Seylott.  His funeral was attended by the Council, representatives from Quermia, and Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his padawan, Anakin Skywalker.

Yoda
Height: 0.66 meter
Well into his 800s, Yoda is the oldest member of the Jedi High Council, as well as its most deeply perceptive Master. A great traveler in his younger years, Yoda has quietly visited hundreds of worlds on his own, spending years learning different lifeways and appreciating infinitely variable nuances of the Force. His experiences have made him cautious and reflective.
Yoda started teaching young Jedi when he was in his 700s on the Jedi training ship Chu'unthor. When the ship crashed on the planet Dathomir, none of the Jedi could free it.  Two of Yoda's pupils were the king Empatojayos Brand, and Qu Rahn. Yoda was also the conduit for the rebirth of the nearly-vanished Jedi Knights, accepting Luke Skywalker as his last padawan.
By the time of the Battle of Naboo, Yoda was well into his 800's, making him the oldest member of the Jedi Council. He has visited hundreds of worlds on his own in his endeavor to understand and appreciate the infinitely variable nuances of the Force. The venerable Jedi Master is revered for his wisdom and insight, and prefers careful contemplation to rash action.
Once, Yoda stopped a group of evil Jedi from the planet Bpfassh.  One Jedi got to Dagoba. The Jedi was killed by Yoda, and his essence was absorbed into a tree, forming a dark side nexus.  Yoda might have picked Dagobah to hide on because his good and the tree’s evil would block Yoda from Palpatine’s senses.  To this day only two people ever found out Yoda's hiding place.  Luke Skywalker and Major Arhul Hextrophon. The latter was sworn to secrecy, and never told a soul.
By the time Luke encounters him in the bogs of Dagobah, Yoda is nearly 900 years old and walks stooped over with the help of a gimer stick. He subsists on things that nature offers him, eating plants and fruits and fungi, and building his home of mud, sticks and stones.
Yoda's path to Jedi wisdom seems simple, yet profound. He makes his students unlearn what they had been taught, helping them to tune in to the subtle world around them to learn its truths. "A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge. Never for attack," he tells them. Yoda lectures young Skywalker about the Force while Luke performs rigorous physical and mental exercises. Yoda especially cautions him against the easy path of anger and the lure of the dark side of the Force.
When ordered to undertake a particularly daunting task, Luke says he'll try. "No! Try not," Yoda says. "Do. Or do not. There is no try." Despite Yoda's plea, Luke leaves before his training is complete when he senses that his friends are in danger. By the time Luke returns, Yoda is close to becoming one with the Force.

Coleman Trebor
Classification: Vurk
Gender: Male
Height: 2.13 Meters
Home World:  Sembla
Status: Jedi Master
Weapon(s) of Choice: Green Lightsaber
Born on the aquatic world of Sembla, Jedi Master Coleman Trebor is well known for his calm solution to almost any problem. Trebor is a Vurk, an amphibious humanoid creature with a large shark-like fin on its head, reminiscent of the resonating chamber horns of a hadrosaur. Vurks are a nomadic, amphibious species generally considered primitiveby the rest of the galaxy.
During the late days of the Jedi Order, the Jedi Master served upon the Jedi Council. He was added to the council when former council member Yarael Poof died. A negotiator more than a combatant, Trebor was known to solve problems in a calm manner, although he did not hesitate to ignite his special green eletcrum lightsaber when called upon by Jedi Master Mace Windu during the Clone Wars. During the Battle of Geonosis, Trebor bravely fought against the Separatist army along side his Jedi comrades.
Using the Force to find Count Dooku, the cause of the battle, Coleman leaped on to Archduke Poggle the Lesser's special balcony to try and destroy him. His plan backfired however, when bounty hunter Jango Fett defended Count Dooku and shot the Vurk Jedi off the balcony.
Today, Coleman Trebor, Jedi Master, is archived in the Jedi Temple Archives as being one of the bravest Jedi at Geonosis. He is also known as one of the first Jedi to die in the Clone Wars.

Kit Fisto
Classification: Nautiloid
Gender: Male
Height: Unknown
Home World: Glee Anselm
Status: Jedi Master
Weapon(s) of Choice: Light Green Lightsaber
Fisto’s view on life was laid-back and accepting. He believed it was his Jedi mission to use his gifts for the betterment of the people of the galaxy. He can read the emotions of other beings with his acute sense of smell. Before the Battle of Naboo, Kit Fisto took up a Padawan after her prior Master became one with the Force.
 

Luminara Unduli
Classification: Mirialan
Gender: Female
Height: 1.59 meters
Home World: Mirial
Status: Jedi Master, advisor to Jedi Council
Weapon(s) of Choice: Green Lightsaber
Luminara devoted her life to justice. She earned the rank of Jedi Master more than a decade before the Battle of Geonosis.
Luminara Unduli's eyes were oblique and widely spaced, with large blue irises that seemed to favour her upper lids. Her nose was broad and flat, and her skin was the colour of fruitwood. Her face was triangular in shape and the lower portion was tattooed in small diamond shapes that formed a vertical stripe from her lush, blue-black lower lip to the tip of her round chin. The backs of her hands also bore tattoos, atop each knuckle joint.
Due to a lot of years of practice, she has enhanced the flexibility of her joints. With this, she can make great lightsaber moves that are hard for normal humanoids. Her padawan is a human named Barriss Offee who entered the Jedi Order as an infant.
Luminara shared a homeworld in common with notorious pirate Arwen Cohl, and served as a valuable source of advice when the Jedi Council needed to deal with Cohl's criminal activities.
 

Shaak Ti
Classification: Togruta
Gender: Female
Height: Unknown
Home World: Shili
Status: Jedi Master
Weapon(s) of Choice: Light Blue Lightsaber
Unlike most of her species, Shaak Ti chose a single life as a Jedi, but she still felt lonely despite the Force training she used to keep her emotions in check. She has the innate ability to sense others in close proximity to her; this has served her well in combat situations. Shaak Ti trained only two Padawans in her career. They both fell victim to criminal killers shortly after their graduations to Knighthood.
 

Pablo-Jill
Species: Ongree
Gender: Male
Height: 1.6 meters
Pablo-Jill was an alien Jedi Knight during the time of the Clone Wars. His eyes are on stalks low on either side of his head, and he has remarkable agility, despite the cumbersome hump on his back, because of his multi-jointed legs and bowlegged fighting stance. Stationed at the Jedi Temple, he was one of the heroic protectors sent to Geonosis on a rescue mission to save Obi-Wan Kenobi from a growing Separatist force.
An Ongree Jedi Knight from the Skustell Cluster, Pablo-Jill was famous for his part in bringing a temporary peace to the lawless world of Ord Mantell. Though the Jedi Council encouraged him to take a Padawan, he never began training a student before the start of the Clone Wars.
 

Quinlan Vos
Homeworld: Kiffex
Species: Kiffar
Gender: Male
Height: 1.77 meters
Weapon: Lightsaber
Vehicle: Nebulon Ranger
Affiliation: Jedi
First Appearance: Twilight
It's for good reason that the Jedi Code dictates that initiates into the Order are brought in during infancy. The tenets of the Jedi are repeatedly reinforced during a Padawan's training, to diminish any possibility of transgression into the dark side's seductive grasp.
But what happens when a Jedi loses his memory?
Thus was the saga of Quinlan Vos, a young Kiffar from Clan Vos discovered by Jedi Ki-Adi-Mundi. The tightly knit clans of Kiffex allowed Vos to leave for Coruscant, to undergo Jedi training. They wished greatness for Vos, though privately wished for him to hold Kiffex first in his heart, and the Jedi second.
Quin returned as often to Kiffex as his Jedi duties allowed. Some Jedi frowned upon such sentimentality; they emphasized detachment from personal pasts in favor of devotion to the Force. After achieving Knighthood, Vos took a Padawan, a young Twi'lek girl named Aayla Secura.
A skilled Jedi, Quin excelled in psychometric talents. He could glean emotional imprints off of physical objects, determining their recent past. This aided Vos on the investigative duties the Council often assigned him.
Quin was drugged and robbed of his memory while investigating a glitteryll smuggling racket on Nar Shaddaa. Left only with fragments of his past, Vos still had the power of the Force under his command, but none of the discipline. After that event, he skirted dangerously close to the dark side.
Though his memories were eventually recovered, Vos was continually haunted by the dark side. His missions often tugged him to the galaxy's fringe, and on several occasions he found himself paired with the unscrupulous Devaronian grifter Vilmarh Grahrk. Despite slippery loyalties, Villie proved a helpful ally to Vos on numerous occasions.
 

Aayla Secura
Designation: Jedi Padawan
Species: Twi'lek
Gender: Female
Padawan to Quinlan Vos
 
 
 
 
 

Madame Jocasta Nu
Homeworld: Unknown
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Height: 1.60 meters
Weapon: Lightsaber
Affiliation: Jedi Order
First Appearance: Attack of the Clones, or, in print, the Jedi Apprentice series
A vast repository of information rested within the polished halls of the Jedi Archives. Serving as caretaker of this lore was Madame Jocasta Nu, the Jedi archivist. While her appearance was one of a frail, elderly woman, she possessed a sprightly demeanour and an abrupt temperament.
Jocasta Nu served as Archives Director for over 30 years, attending the position after a decade-long term on the Jedi Council. Her patterned robes bear the symbols of the Ansata, indicating devotion to knowledge and learning. Though not a frontline warrior, Jocasta still wore her lightsaber as testament to her younger days of field service. In addition to serving as custodian of the records, she would prepare mission briefs for Jedi taskforces and Knights on assignment.
During Obi-Wan Kenobi's search for Senator Padmé Amidala's assassin, Jocasta Nu shared information about Count Dooku, a former Jedi much admired in the order. She was mystified, however, by Kenobi's search for the planet Kamino. As the world did not appear in the Archive records, Nu instantly concluded that the planet did not exist. So reliant was she on the Jedi Archive's data, she neglected to consider that perhaps the information could have been tampered with. This was but one example of Jedi complacency getting in the way of their service.