Duel in the Senate Plaza

"Jedi Saar, I suspect I know what you are experiencing.''" "What have you done with Master Cilghal?" "''I know how this conversation progresses. There is no point to it. You cannot be reasoned with."

- Cilghal and Saar, shortly before their duel

This duel took place in the Senate Plaza in 43 ABY. Around this time, several Jedi Knights began contracting a mysterious psychosis which caused them to believe that everyone they knew had been replaced by impostors. The Chev Jedi Knight Sothais Saar developed the psychosis when he was giving a report to Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala's personal aide, Wynn Dorvan, in the Senate Building. Dorvan soon realized what had happened to Saar and told the Jedi that he was unarmed; Saar then decided to flee, and with the aide of the Force, managed to evade Dorvan's attempted lockdown of the building. However, Saar was quickly confronted in the Senate Plaza by Jedi Master Cilghal, who knew from past experiences with Jedi affected by the psychosis that he could not be reasoned with. They began to duel and Saar quickly took the offensive, but Cilghal didn't fall for his feints or his attempts to get her off-balance. Finding himself overpowered, Saar attempted to backflip away from her, but the Jedi Master pushed him in mid-air, slamming him against a nearby building and knocking him unconscious. The Galactic Alliance soon dispatched Coruscant Security officers to force the Jedi Order to hand over the psychotic Knight, but the Jedi refused. Daala then decided that she needed to teach the Jedi a lesson, and hired Mandalorians to attack the Jedi Temple.

Appearances

 * Backlash