Serra Keto

"Serra. Cin Drallig's greatest pupil has come to greet me."

- Darth Vader

Serra Keto was a female Human Jedi Knight and General in the Clone Wars. A former Padawan of Cin Drallig's, she was considered to be his most trusted and gifted student. She died during Operation: Knightfall, killed while dueling Darth Vader in an attempt to stop the newly-turned Sith from killing other Jedi at the Temple.

Early life
Trained by the skilled lightsaber master, Cin Drallig, Serra became his prize pupil. He passed on everything he knew of lightsaber skills to his young Padawan. In time, Serra became a Jedi Knight herself. Like her Master, she also became known for her skills with a lightsaber, and was known as Cin Drallig's finest pupil.

Clone Wars


Some time during the Outer Rim Sieges, a ship carrying Serra and a unit of her clone troopers was attacked by a mysterious species able to combine and morph into machinery. Serra managed to survive the assault and sent out a distress signal in the Outer Rim Territories that caught the attention of Anakin Skywalker. Leaving his ally, Obi-Wan Kenobi, the "Hero With No Fear" traveled to the vessel where he encountered Serra. She demanded immediate transport off the facility. Anakin, however, refused in order to find out what happened to Serra's unit. Because of his desire, Anakin and Serra were forced to fight the dangerous creatures who enigmatically shaped themselves into two Separatist spider droids. They were eventually defeated, but the Jedi were forced to break a wall, exposing them to cold, hard vacuum of space. In order to prolong the ship's existence, Anakin wanted to activate the emergency ray shields. Serra, however, believed that the only way to destroy the blobs was to allow the station to destroy itself, and them along with it. Anakin refused to give in to the prospect of death, so he and Serra quickly rushed to the hangar and barely escaped with their lives in Anakin's Jedi Interceptor.

Raid on the Jedi Temple
Shortly after the Battle of Utapau, Palpatine managed to turn Anakin Skywalker to the dark side, and launched Order 66. Anakin, now known as Darth Vader, was sent to the Jedi Temple to kill all the Jedi there. Serra and Cin Drallig made a last stand together, fighting off countless clone troopers until they were separated by All Terrain Recon Transports. Finally, Keto faced off against Vader in the Jedi briefing room.



Despite her emotion-laden dual lightsaber attacks, she deemed Vader to be stronger. During the fight, Serra taunted and provoked Vader, hoping that he might make a mistake and give her an advantage. Unfortunately for her, Vader was able to corner the young Jedi, trapping her in the training room at the base of the Tower of First Knowledge. Though she fought valiantly, her efforts proved fruitless as Vader backed her into the corner of the room. In desperation, Serra used the Force to throw a huge pillar between her and her attacker to make an escape. However, Vader dodged the attack and followed her up on a balcony. After a short but furious battle against the Sith, the young Jedi managed to pin Vader to a pillar and attempted to behead him. Vader managed to block it, and ducked away from the strike, causing Serra to instead slice through the pillar. Before the exhausted Jedi could attack Vader again, he used the Force to cause the pillar she had cut to fall into her, knocking her off the balcony and crushing her in the courtyard below. Serra Keto was dead, one of the many Jedi to fall at the hands of Vader.

Personality and traits
Serra was confident in her abilites, as shown during her duel with Darth Vader. A selfless women, she was prepared to sacrifice herself if necessary. She was willing to destroy the ship along with herself to defeat the "machine-aliens", believing it to be the Jedi way. Keto was also bold, taunting her opponents in an attempt to distract them.

Powers and abilities


While Cin Drallig developed his own unique style of lightsaber combat, relying on enhanced speed and unconventional and unpredictable movements, so did Serra. Her combat style was fast, dynamic and acrobatic. Like most dual lightsaber practitioners, she used Jar'Kai. Serra often used both lightsabers to strike harder and perform more powerful attacks, while most other Jar'Kai practitioners used one lightsaber to attack and the other to parry.

Behind the scenes
Serra may have been related to Satal and Aleema Keto.

Serra was created for the Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video game. Her voice was performed by Kari Wahlgren. She later appeared in The Brink, a story in Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 4.

Appearances

 * The Brink
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video game