Even Piell

Even Piell was a male Lannik Jedi Master that served on the Jedi Council during the Invasion of Naboo and the Clone Wars. Regarded as brusque, bellicose, and even gruff, Master Piell was well regarded for his excellence in lightsaber combat; namely his adoption and integration of numerous fighting styles. During the later years of the Clone Wars, the aged Jedi was tasked with investigating shortcuts into Separatist-held space. Master Piell had discovered the Nexus Route, a hyperlane route that allowed one to access both Separatist and Republic homeworlds. The Nexus route held strategic importance for both The Confederacy of Independent Systems that in the course of returning from an assignment, Jedi Master Even Piell's ship was waylaid by Separatists. Piell and his crew (including Captain Wilhuff Tarkin) were eventually captured and imprisoned at the Citadel. In the course of escaping the detention facility, due to the assistance of a Jedi and Clone strike team, Even Piell was gored by a vicious Anooba and, subsequently, expired from his wounds--after having revealed his part of the co-ordinates of the Nexus Route to Padawan Ahsoka Tano.

Behind the scenes
In the 2015 reference book Ultimate Star Wars, Even Piell's species was mistakenly identified as Zabrak.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
 * Tarkin
 * Tarkin
 * Tarkin
 * Tarkin