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Even Piell was a long-lived Lannik Jedi Master who served on the Jedi High Council during the waning days of the Galactic Republic. A native of the war-torn planet Lannik, he was taken from poverty and trained as a Jedi Knight at a young age, and proved to be a fierce warrior and talented Force-user. He became a Master, and was given a long-term seat on the Jedi High Council, serving on the Council during the Stark Hyperspace War, Yinchorri Uprising, and Eriadu Trade Summit. Piell also occasionally served with the Palace Guard of his species's prince, and foiled an assassination attempt on the prince&mdash;at the cost of one of his eyes.

In 31 BBY, Piell was part of a team of Jedi sent to Malastare to conduct peace negotiations between the newest prince of Lannik, R'cardo Sooflie IX, and the Red Iaro revolutionaries, who wanted the fighting to stop. The negotiations proved fruitless, and several of Sooflie's guardsmen&mdash;one of whom Piell had once served alongside&mdash;attempted to assassinate the Jedi to win support for the Red Iaro. Piell managed to foil the attempt, and later helped save Sooflie from an attempt on his life by the remaining Red Iaro members. He continued to sit on the Council during the Separatist Crisis, and fought at Geonosis and in many other battles during the Clone Wars. He evaded Order 66 and Operation: Knightfall in 19 BBY, hiding in Coruscant's underlevels for several months, searching for a droid containing many secrets about the Empire, but was killed by stormtroopers before he could locate it. He entrusted the mission to his former Padawan, Jax Pavan, though the information contained in the droid turned out to be a ruse orchestrated by Darth Vader, in an attempt to lure out Pavan.