Izal Waz

"As far as I'm concerned, you still look more like a bounty hunter than a Jedi Knight."

- Han Solo

Izal Waz was a sharp-tongued salt-addicted Arcona Jedi Knight during the Yuuzhan Vong War.

Jedi training
While training on Yavin 4 under Kenth Hamner, Waz developed a salt addiction after eating some nerfloaf that was served by Hamner. He then went on a salt binge, consuming months worth of salt in only a number of days. He fled the Praxeum after less than four months.

The Yuuzhan Vong War
"Hey&mdash;look at this! I'm a hero!"

- Izal Waz

Waz was trained by Jedi Master Eelysa, who eventually helped him overcome his salt addiction. Some two years into the war, he served as a member of Saba Sebatyne's Wild Knights squadron. While among them he learned to speak the Barabel language and constructed his own lightsaber.

Prior to the Fall of Coruscant, while Leia Organa Solo was recovering from her injuries received on Duro, Waz aided Han Solo in escaping from a Corellian medical station with Eelysa. Waz was captain of the YT-1300 freighter Sureshot, and flew his ship until it was sacrificed returning to Coruscant. The ship was destroyed by orbital mines.

As the conflict against the Yuuzhan Vong wore on, Waz participated in key battles at Froz, Reecee, Arkania, Talfaglio, Coruscant, Borleias, and Yuuzhan'tar. He made a key contribution to the Jedi with the invention of the glowball. Using the Force to gather light together, he created a globe within which the Jedi fighters could be protected. The technique required his concentration, but was vital in enabling the Wild Knights to gather data on how yammosks worked.

The Dark Nest
Six years after the war, Waz was one of many Jedi siding with Kyp Durron during the Killik-Chiss conflict. He volunteered to fly a StealthX in a mission designed to rescue Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, who were being held prisoner by the Killiks.

Rising Tensions
"All through your life,, you fulfilled your duties with strength, grace, and honor, and we will remember. Only one duty remains. Go onward and break trail so that we may someday follow."

- Waz, giving Master Hamner's elegy

In 44 ABY, Izal was one of several veteran Jedi pilots to help lead the StealthX wing to aid Luke Skywalker and Ben Skywalker in their fight against the Lost Tribe of the Sith and Abeloth. Later he pronounced an eulogy during the funeral of his former master Kenth Hamner, who had been killed in a duel with Master Saba Sebatyne after being deposed as acting Grand Master by the rest of the Jedi Council. Waz was filled with sorrow over what had happened, and after he finished the eulogy, he lit the funeral pyre of his late master.

Powers and abilities
He was known to make use of a technique that he called a "Glowball". It was a ball of light that he used to cover his and allied ships while in space combat. Used during the Yuuzhan Vong War, it helped the all Jedi squadron led by Saba Sebatyne. He also once used this technique to disguise a large block of durasteel.

Appearances

 * Recovery
 * Star by Star
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
 * The Unifying Force
 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
 * Vortex
 * Conviction

Notes and references
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