Rivi-Anu

"&hellip;Master&hellip;Rivi-Anu saved us&mdash;''" "''Yes, Eon. Greater love has no being than to lay down their life for a friend."

- Eon and Ki-Adi-Mundi, on Rivi-Anu's sacrificing herself to save her allies

Rivi-Anu was a Human female Jedi Knight serving the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. When the conflict erupted across the galaxy, Rivi-Anu took up the title of General in the Grand Army of the Republic and sacrificed her life during an engagement with Separatist forces on Mygeeto.

Biography
"The young Jedi are scared about going into battle, Master""Yes. I regret that all of you had not had more training, but you are all worthy of the name Jedi Knight&hellip;I would never put you in danger if I did not believe that."

- Rivi-Anu and Ki-Adi-Mundi

Rivi-Anu, a Human female, was born during the final decades of the Galactic Republic. She was trained in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order. By 19 BBY, during the Clone Wars, a galaxy-wide conflict between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Rivi-Anu was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight. During that same year, Rivi-Anu, along with the Jedi Eon, a Twi'lek Jedi and a Human Jedi, was placed under the command of Jedi Master and General Ki-Adi-Mundi, and was dispatched to the planet Mygeeto during the Republic's sieges in the Outer Rim Territories to combat forces of the Separatist Droid Army. As the clone troopers under Ki-Adi-Mundi's command were preparing to attack a Separatist base on the planet, Rivi-Anu related her fellow Jedi's concerns about the impending battle to the Cerean after he meditated.

Eventually, Rivi-Anu fought alongside Ki-Adi-Mundi and her fellow Jedi against the Separatists, causing their enemies to retreat. She was instructed by Mundi to secure the west flank, and as she was preparing to execute the order, she was shot in the right arm, losing her lightsaber in the process. At that same moment, a Republic Venator-class Star Destroyer which had been destroyed by Separatist forces plunged down through the atmosphere, endangering the forces on the surface. Rivi-Anu did not flee as Mundi ordered his forces to retreat, and elected to stay and attempt to use the Force to grasp the ship and hold it off long enough for her allies to reach safety. However, she eventually lost control of the ship, causing it to crush her as it crashed on the planet's surface. After the battle, Rivi-Anu's self-sacrifice was noted by Mundi. During his next mission on Mygeeto, the Cerean meditated in the rain on Rivi-Anu's sacrifice.

Personality and traits
"No, Master&mdash;go back!! I'll hold back the ship&hellip; you save the troops!"'' "You're not strong enough&mdash;" "''Go, Master&mdash;please&hellip;"

- Rivi-Anu and Ki-Adi-Mundi, as the former prepares to use the Force to delay a crashing Star Destroyer

The Human Rivi-Anu was concerned about her young age and status as a Jedi Knight, expressing these concerns to Master Ki-Adi-Mundi while on Mygeeto. During the battle against the Separatists on the planet, she displayed her selflessness by forfeiting her life so that her allies could escape as she used the Force to delay the crash of the crippled Republic Star Destroyer. After her death, Mundi noted that her selfless act was a display of great love.

Rivi-Anu was a light-skinned female who had red hair and green eyes. She wore a set of brown Jedi robes, and had a triangular tattoo under both of her eyes.

Powers and abilities
Rivi-Anu was capable of using telekinetic Force powers, displaying this as she delayed the disabled Star Destroyer's crash from Mygeeto's surface.

Behind the scenes
Rivi-Anu was introduced in the short story To the Vanishing Point, which was one of four stories compiled in the sixth volume of the Clone Wars Adventures trade paperbacks. The character was created and drawn by Matthew and Shawn Fillbach. She received an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia. In To the Vanishing Point, the battle in which Rivi-Anu perished was supposed to have taken place on a different world from Mygeeto. However, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia's authors established in Rivi-Anu's entry that the events of the story took place on Mygeeto.