Nahdar Vebb/Legends

"But in this war, strength prevails. The rules have changed." "Perhaps you are the one who has changed."

- Nahdar Vebb and Kit Fisto

Nahdar Vebb was a male Mon Calamari who served as a Jedi Knight during the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independant Systems. Vebb was the Padawan of Jedi Master Kit Fisto prior to the Clone Wars. With the outbreak of the war, Fisto became a Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic and was unable to see Vebb's apprenticeship through to the end. Sometime around the beginning of the war, Vebb completed his training in his master's absence and ascended to the rank of Jedi Knight. With the war still raging, Vebb joined the Republic's forces as a Jedi healer.

Around 22 BBY, Nute Gunray, a leading member of the Separatist Council, was captured by Republic forces on Rodia. Gunray escaped captivity in a stolen Republic vessel and fled to the Outer Rim world of Vassek. Vebb, accompanied by a group of clone troopers under Commander Fil, tracked the stolen vessel to the planet's moon in hopes of recapturing Gunray. Shortly after arriving, Vebb and the clones were met by the Mon Calamari's former master, Kit Fisto, who had also followed Gunray to Vassek. On the planet, the Jedi and clones discovered a large fortress in which they began to search for the Nemoidian. However, after confronting both Gunray and Confederate Head of State Count Dooku via hologram, it became evident to Vebb and Fisto that they had been lured into a trap. Unbeknownst to them however, the trap had been laid by Count Dooku in order to test General Grievous, the Supreme Commander of the Confederacy's droid army and a notorious Jedi hunter.

Vebb and the Republic forces discovered that they were indeed in the general's castle shortly before he arrived. The group initially planned to engage the Kaleesh general, however Grievous was able to kill most of the clones and escape Vebb, Fisto, and Fil. The three were trapped in the castle and hunted down by Grievous, during which time Vebb became increasingly angered and aggressive. When he saw an opportunity to kill the general, Vebb took it against his former master's orders. The Mon Calamari was quickly slain by Grievous, however his death bought Fisto enough time to escape the castle.

Clone Wars
"In this war, a danger there is of losing who we are."

- Yoda

A Mon Calamari, Nahdar Vebb was the second Padawan learner of his species that had been assigned to the Nautolan Jedi Master Kit Fisto. Following the Battle of Geonosis and the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Master Fisto was called upon to serve as a Jedi General to the Galactic Republic's Grand Army in the conflict against the droid armies of the Confederacy of Independant Systems. Fisto's duties as a general kept him away from both the Jedi Temple and Vebb, forcing the apprentice to continue his training bereft of a master.

Vebb soon passed the Jedi Trials and became a full-fleged Jedi Knight. With the Clone Wars still being waged across the galaxy, Vebb joined the Republic's forces as a Jedi healer, working to aid clone troopers and other Republic personnel that had been wounded in battle. At some point over the course of the war, Vebb served with both the 21st Nova Corps and Clone Commander Fil's forces. Around 22 BBY, Separatist Council member Nute Gunray was captured by Republic forces after his failed attempt to bring Rodia into the Confederacy. With the aid of Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress and the Republic traitor Argyus, Gunray escaped from Republic captivity aboard the Star Destroyer Tranquility and fled to the Vassek system in a stolen Republic frigate.

Tracking Gunray
Vebb was in the Outer Rim Territories during the escape, and was able to track Gunray's stolen vessel to a rocky moon of the planet Vassek alongside Fil and a small contingent of clone troopers. Shortly after making landfall in a Nu'-class shuttle, Veb and the troopers were met by the Mon Calamari's old master, Kit Fisto, who had also tracked Gunray to Vassek. Fil reported to the two Jedi that the Republic frigate's tracking beacon had been pinpointed in the south end of the foggy gorge that the Nu-class shuttle had landed in. In what Fisto considered an unnecessary show of Force ability, Vebb parted the dense fog that concealed the gorge, revealing a set of large, vaulted doors set into the rock-face. As the Jedi and clones approached the doors, Vebb moved to slice through the entryway with his lightsaber, however Fisto took a calmer approach and examined the doors, finding a concealed switch that granted them access.

Vebb and his comrades entered the doors, finding a dark labyrinth of halls and corridors. While moving down the halls towards the only lit room, they heard the voice of Nute Gunray ordering a group of B1 battle droids to protect him from his Jedi pursuers. In reality, the Viceroy had left Vassek long before the Jedi's arrival, and Fisto and Vebb now approached only a hologram of the Nemoidian. Believing Gunray to be seated in a large chair faced away from them, the Jedi began to cut through his battle droid protectors. The young Jedi exhibited particular brutality in during the fighting, Force pushing the segments of droids that had already been destroyed. Once the battle droids were defeated, Vebb used the Force to spin the Viceroy's chair around, revealing Gunray's hologram. The gloating viceroy explained to the clones and Jedi that they had walked into a trap shortly before being replaced by a hologram of Count Dooku, the Confederate Head of State. The count sardonically apologized for inconveniencing the Republic forces, and claimed he would be offering them a different prize in place of Gunray. Dooku's image faded away, leaving a flashing button on the chair's control panel. Anxious for answers, Vebb pushed the button, revealing another dark hallway. At the end of the hall, the Jedi and clones came upon a room filled with spare cybernetic limbs, bringing them to the realization that they had entered the lair of General Grievous, the cyborg Supreme Commander of the Confederate Droid Army and a notorious Jedi hunter.

Unbeknownst to Vebb, Fisto, and the clones, Dooku was using them as pawns in a test of Grievous, who's abilities as a general had been called into question after a recent string of Confederate defeats. The Jedi and clones continued to search the general's castle, and Vebb was greatly angered upon finding a trophy room filled with items the cyborg had taken from the Jedi he had slain over the course of the war. His anger turned to excitement upon receiving a report that General Grievous's starfigher was approaching the moon, providing the Republic forces with an opportunity to kill the Confederacy's best general and turn the tide of the war.

Grievous, who was unaware that Republic forces had infiltrated his lair, returned to his castle only to be quickly ambushed by Vebb, Fisto, and the clones. While the Jedi engaged the general, the clones attatched ascension cables to his legs, preventing him from escaping. After Fisto severed Grievous's legs, Vebb attempted to kill the general while he was on the floor; however, he was blocked and then beaten back when Grievous threw the corpse of a clone trooper at him. The cyborg retreated into the depths of his castle by brachiating from the wall and ceiling fixtures, with Vebb attempting to give chase. He lost the general after a pair of clones were killed while trying to prevent the cyborg's escape. Vebb was infuriated by the loss, having believed he could have killed Grievous had the clones not been in the way. The Mon Calamari's old master was troubled by his anger, and suggested that they instead focus on their wounded. With only Veb, Fisto, Fil, and one other trooper still alive, Fisto decided that retreat was necessary, despite Vebb's insistance that he be allowed to hunt down Greivous. The general, viewing the remaining Republic forces in his lair's control room via holocam, sealed his castle, trapping Vebb and his comrades.

Hunted
Grievous, determined to kill all the intruders, activated a trap door where Vebb, Fisto, and the clones stood. Though the two Jedi leapt to safety, Commander Fil and the only other survivng clone fell towards a molten incinerator vat. While Vebb saved Fil by grabbing onto his ascension cable, which the commander had towards the ceiling, the other trooper fell to his death. Vebb, Fisto, and Fil were shortly after confronted with Gor, Grievous's pet Roggwart. Vebb attempted to save Fil after Gor grabbed the commander with his prehensile tail, however the Roggwart knocked him into a wall and continued to slam Fil into the ground, killing him. Attacking agian, Vebb severed Gor's tail while Fisto drove his lightsaber into the beast's neck. With Gor dead, Nahdar held Fil's dead body, swearing to avenge the trooper. His old master was again weary of his anger and reminded him that revenge was not the Jedi way, to which Vebb replied that the war had changed the rules, and now strength was required for survival. Still troubled by Vebb's actions, Fisto suggested that it was Vebb who had changed, but nevertheless insisted that the two continue moving.

Vebb and Fisto eventually arrived outside Grievous's control room. The general, who had been repaired by his medical droid EV-A4-D, was going in search of the two Jedi alongside a group of his IG-100 MagnaGuards. Fisto was successful in repeating a specific touch sequence that Grievous used to seal the entry to his control room, granting both he and Vebb access. EV-A4-D monitored the Jedi's progress from the control room and alerted Grievous to their presence over the castle's speaker system. As the general turned back to battle the Jedi, Vebb insisted on confronting him in order to buy Fisto enough time to get to the control room. Vebb's former master ordered him to follow, and while the two argued, EV-A4-D resealed the control room door, separating the Jedi. The young Mon Calamari, still determined to defeat Grievous, attacked and destroyed four of his MagnaGuards before engaging the general himself. The two entered a brief duel that resulted in Vebb's death when Grievous used his extra arms to repeatedly fire a blaster into Vebb's abdomen.

Having killed Vebb, Grievous calimed the fallen Jedi's lightsaber. From the control room, Fisto wittnessed is former Padawan's death, and although grief-striken, he was able to use the time Vebb had bought him and make it to the castle's south landing platform, where his starfighter was waiting. On the platform, he had a short duel with Grievous, during which he was able to reclaim Vebb's lightsaber. He eventually escaped Grievous and returned to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where he reported the mission and Vebb's death to Jedi Masters Yoda and Mace Windu. Vebb's death and his actions durig the mission caused Yoda to question the war's effect on the Jedi Order.

Personality and traits
"His heart was in the right place, but he tried to answer Grievous's power with his own."

- Kit Fisto

Nahdar Vebb had orange skin and a single barble on his chin, and indicator of his youth. Although Vebb was honored to serve as a Jedi Knight, he was an impulsive individual who often sought conflict instead of peace, contrary to the Jedi Code. While on Vassek, Vebb insisted upon using the Force for simple tasks, such as making his way through a dense fog bank and spinning Nute Gunray's chair. Unlike the calm approach of his master, Nahdar was prepared to force his way into Grievous's castle with his lightsaber.

While he was within the castle, Nahdar became increasingly brutal, first in his dismembering of the battle dorids, and later during his attacks on Grievous. Upon discovering that he was indeed within the Confederate general's sanctuary, Vebb excitedly jumped at the oportunity to fight Grievous, both for the sake of the war effort and to avenge the Jedi that had been slain by the general. Nahdar was angered after seeing the trophies Grievous had taken from Jedi he'd cut down, and attacked the cyborg mercilessly during their first encounter. When Greivous escaped, an infuriated Vebb blamed the clone troopers for getting in his way.

Despite his anger at the troopers, Nahdar was greatly upset by the death of Commander Fil, swearing retribution on Grievous for the loss. Fisto reprimanded him for his anger, though Vebb's views on the matter went unchanged - the war had already taken its toll on the young Jedi. Although the Mon Calamari disagreed with his old master, Vebb eventually gave his life so Fisto could escape the castle.

Powers and abilities
Nahdar Vebb was capable of healing wounds through the Force, and used this ability to aid Republic forces during the Clone Wars. Vebb was capable enough in the Force to clear the air around Grievous's castle of the dense fog that covered the surrounding region. The Mon Calamari was also a skilled duelist, able to single-handedly defeat four IG-100 MagnaGuards and defend himself against General Grievous for a short time. Despite his Force talents and abilites with a lightsaber, Vebb's life ended when he was bested by Grievous in a duel.

Behind the scenes
Nahdar Vebb first appeared in season one of The Clone Wars television series. His character was first seen during the opeing "newsreel" of the episode "Rookies" and was later introduced in "Lair of Grievous". Vebb was voiced by Tom Kenny, who also provided the voices of Silood and Nute Gunray in the two episodes prior to "Lair of Grievous".

The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, which was published shortly before the Lair of Grievous ' s original air date, introduced inconsistencies in the character's backstory. While Lair of Grievous and the young reader book Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Grievous Attacks! indicate that Vebb's training was completed during the Clone Wars, the Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia claims that his training was completed before the training of Fisto's other Mon Calamari apprentice, Bant Eerin. Eerin's knighthood was established in the young reader novel [Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard, which takes place several years prior to the Clone Wars. The Changing of the Guard was published 2004, four years before the publishing of either Lair of Grievous or the Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Grievous Attacks!
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Grievous Attacks!

Notes and references
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