Sta-Den Eekin/Legends

Sta-Den Eekin was a male Klatooinian Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order during the final years of the Galactic Republic. In 22 BBY, Eekin joined a a task force consisting of 200 Jedi Knights that was sent to the planet Geonosis. There, fellow Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, was about to be executed after being captured on a scouting mission. Eekin was killed in the ensuing fight, which sparked the galaxy-wide Clone Wars.

Biography
A Force-sensitive male Klatooinian, Sta-Den Eekin was trained by the Jedi Order in the ways of the Force, eventually attaining the rank of Jedi Master. Eekin possessed the power to manipulate and cloud the minds of large crowds. In 22 BBY, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, was captured and sentenced to death by the Confederacy of Independent Systems after being captured during a mission on the Outer Rim planet Geonosis. Jedi Council member Mace Windu quickly assembled a strike team consisting of 200 Jedi Knights, including Eeekin, to rescue Kenobi from execution.

Infiltrating the Petranaki arena, where the execution was about to take place, Eekin and his fellow Jedi revealed themselves by activating their lightsabers. However, the strike team was immediately attacked by Geonosian warriors and Separatist battle droids. Eekin fought on the top ranks of the tribune, but his power to manipulate minds proved ineffective against the battle droids and the Klatooinian perished in the fight. The battle on Geonosis cost the lives of many Jedi and marked the beginning of the galaxy-wide Clone Wars.

Powers and abilities
Eekin was able to use the Force to effect and cloud the minds of large crowds. However, this did not help him on Geonosis and he was killed during the battle.

Behind the scenes
Sta-Den Eekin was first mentioned in Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, a 2003 reference book written by Simon Beecroft and Curtis Saxton. In 2008, Eekin received an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, which confirmed his death at Geonosis and his gender.