Kelbis Nu

"Ya—ya—ya...Yag'Dhul"

- Kelbis Nu

Kelbis Nu was a male Rodian Jensaarai who went on to become a Jedi Knight in the New Jedi Order.

Jensaarai
"You did what you felt was right to save others from being hurt."

- Luke Skywalker comments on the actions of the Jensaarai

Kelbis Nu grew up on Susevfi as part of the Sith sect, the Jensaarai. There he constructed his own orange-bladed lightsaber and a suit of cortosis armor, and was promoted to the rank of Defender. He worked with four other Jensaarai Defenders stationed on ex-Moff Leonia Tavira's Star Destroyer Invidious. Tavira was holding the Susevfi population hostage to ensure co-operation from the Jensaarai.

While Nu was serving Tavira, Corran Horn disguised himself as a Jedi Knight and started haunting one of Tavira's pirate bases. Tavira had kidnapped Horn's wife, Mirax Terrik Horn and infiltrated the Khuiumin Survivors to get close to her. The five Jensaarai were dispatched to apprehend Horn. They tracked him down on Courkrus and trapped him in an alley. Just as Kelbis and the other four were about to attack Horn, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker appeared (guided by Ooryl Qrygg) and helped him defeat the Jensaarai. While three of the Jensaarai attacked Skywalker, Kelbis and another fought Horn. Corran quickly defeated them both, catching Kelbis by the wrist and knocking him out with the end of his lightsaber pommel.

Using a ysalamir to confuse them, and the presence of Skywalker as intimidation, Horn interogated each of the Jensaarai until they revealed their origins and the location of the Jensaarai base. While Skywalker and Horn traveled to Susevfi to defeat Tavira and rescue Mirax, the five Defenders, including Nu, were kept on Courkrus in the custody of pirate Jacob Nive, remaining under the Force-neutralizing presence of a ysalamir.

Corran and Luke went to to defeat the Jensaarai and convince their leader, the Saarai-Kaar, that the Jedi were not evil as they had believed. Luke then extended an invitation for the Jensaarai to join the Jedi and train at the Praxeum. In due course, Kelbis Nu took up this offer and became a Jedi Knight in the New Jedi Order.

Jedi Knight
"He's gone." "He can't be. I was going to save him."

- Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila

As a Jedi Knight, Kelbis took an active role in the Yuuzhan Vong War. It was while monitoring Yuuzhan Vong fleet movements, that he was caught on the Outer Rim planet Eriadu by members of the Peace Brigade. In a parallel to his encounter with Corran Horn years ealier, Nu was cornered in an alley by five assailants; two armed with blasters and three with stun batons. His former opponent and now fellow Jedi, Corran Horn, was on Eriadu at the time but detected Nu's presence too dimly in the Force to be able to help him. Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila, however, were much closer and came running to his aid. While managing to chase off the Peace Brigade thugs, they were too late to save his life. Straining with his last breath, Kelbis managed to whisper to the young Jedi the Vong's next target, "Yag'Dhul"—homeworld of the mathematical Givin.

Though it cost him his life, this information would be enough to enable a Givin-New Republic victory at the Battle of Yag'Dhul. Kelbis Nu, Jensaarai Defender and Jedi Knight, died nobly in the defense of innocent lives.

Behind the scenes
Kelbis Nu appeared briefly in Edge of Victory II: Rebirth. It was the later article, Who's Who in the New Jedi Order that made the link with the appearance of a Jensaarai Rodian in I, Jedi. Kelbis Nu was erronously called "Kubis Nu" in that article.

In the computer game Jedi Academy, a number of Rodian Jedi fight in the large battles. It is possible that one of these Rodians could be Kelbis. There is only one other known Rodian Jedi around this period; Jovan Drark (another young Rodian, Twool, is in training during the Dark Nest Crisis).

Appearances

 * I, Jedi
 * Edge of Victory II: Rebirth