Tsui Choi

"Whatever our fate, let us meet it as Jedi."

- Tsui Choi

Tsui Choi was a male Aleena who served as a Jedi Master in the final years of the Galactic Republic. During the Clone Wars between the Republic and a separatist faction, he accepted the position of a Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic.

He was known to have been a skilled pilot and diplomat throughout his career as a Jedi. When Order 66&mdash;a mandate given to the Grand Army's clone trooper forces that commanded them to execute their Jedi officers&mdash;was issued, Choi was stationed on Eriadu and managed to survive his assailants' efforts. However, approximately one month after the end of the war, he was killed by a barrage of blaster fire from clone stormtroopers during a confrontation with Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader on the planet Kessel, along with a number of other Jedi who had also survived Order 66.

Yinchorri Uprising
"Stay alert, Theen. This is a perfect setup for an ambush."

- Tsui to his apprentice Theen.



In the years leading up to the conflict between the Jedi Order and the reptilian species known as the Yinchorri, Jedi Master Tsui Choi took an Anx, Theen Fida, as his Padawan. In 33 BBY, Choi volunteered to go as part of one of three Jedi task forces being sent to investigate Yinchorri agression in the star systems neighboring their homeworld of Yinchorr. Choi was sent to the oceanic world of Yitheeth alongside a team consisting of himself, Fida, Human Adi Gallia and Zabrak Eeth Koth; specifically to locate a Yinchorri compound on the planet. While on board a Consular-class cruiser, the four Jedi crash-landed on that world, to find that there was no such base on the planet. There was only a force of Yinchorri warriors there to ambush them.

Choi and the other Jedi fought their way through the Yinchorri and find transport off the planet. The four Jedi then traveled to a nearby planet, Yibikkoror, where another of the task forces was carrying out a similar mission. The two groups of Jedi met and set a course to Yinchorr, where Jedi Masters Mace Windu, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Saesee Tiin, along with Jinn's Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi; were busy holding off a massive Yinchorri attack. Choi and the other Jedi joined the fight and, during the ensuing battle, Theen Fida was killed. Tsui caught a Devaronian smuggler, Holmar Grahrk, trying to steal a Consular-class cruiser to escape Yinchorr. Choi later attended the funeral of his Padawan on the planet Coruscant&mdash;where he was cremated alongside Micah Giiett and Lilit Twoseas, other Jedi who were killed during the excursion.

Clone Wars
"Perhaps Jedi are not so easy to kill when they know who their enemies are."

- Tsui Choi



Tsui went on to become a Jedi General in the newly-formed Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars between the Republic and a group of planets that wished to seceed from the galactic government. He lead a group of clone trooper pilots known as Red Squadron into battle alongside another Jedi, Aayla Secura, at the beginning of the war. Red Squadron fought in the First Battle of Kamino, when separatist forces attacked the Kaminoan cloning facility on the planet Kamino where the majority of the Republic's forces were produced and were being produced. The Jedi battle plan assigned Tsui's squadron the task of taking on attacking Separatist starfighters in Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptors, while Blue Squadron, under the command of now-Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, attacked incoming troop transports. During the battle, Master Kossex, a member of Choi's squadron, was shot down and was killed by the opposing force. .



Later in the war, Master Choi was one of several Jedi who were on the Republic Troopship VCD987. While traveling to the planet Drongar, VCD987 came under attack by a large Separatist force and sustained massive damage to its engines. With the engines no longer functioning, Separatist troops under the leadership of a Sith Lord, Count Dooku, boarded the ship and cornered Tsui and his companions. In an attempt to appear merciful and sway the Jedi team to the Separatist cause, Dooku allowed the captives to go free, opting to only kill the clone troopers accompanying them instead.

During the fight to rebuff Separatist invaders of the planet Kashyyyk three years later, Tsui Choi and a team of Aleenan scouts performed reconnaissance missions for the Republic, riding can-cells through the forests of the planet.

Great Jedi Purge
"Many deaths are on your hands&mdash;and many more will stain them if you are simply allowed to walk away."

- Tsui speaking to Darth Vader.

Tsui Choi survived Order 66, and managed to evade and kill his clone trooper commander, and a squad of clone troopers, on Eriadu during the first month of the Great Jedi Purge. Immediately afterwards he was reunited with fellow Jedi survivor Bultar Swan, who told Choi of the imminent rendezvous on Kessel with six other Jedi survivors. The other Jedi, particularly Koffi Arana, wanted to strike back at Palpatine and Darth Vader, but Tsui disagreed, refusing to go down the path which would lead to the dark side. However, Tsui was shocked to learn that Master Shadday Potkin had leaked information of the Conclave to Darth Vader and that Obi-Wan Kenobi would be present. Tsui originally didn't want to fight Vader, but after Sia-Lan Wezz was killed, he told Bultar he had no other choice, and threw himself into the battle. During the ensuing fight, he managed to slice off Vader's robotic hand with his lightsaber. Despite losing his hand, Vader managed to kill Sia-Lan Wezz, Ma'kis'shaalas, Koffi Arana and Shadday Potkin. Although many Jedi were lost, Tsui, along with Roblio Darte and Jastus Farr, used the Force to launch a barrage of boulders at the Dark Lord.



With Vader outmaneuvered and apparently outnumbered, Tsui was left with no choice but to strike down the fallen Jedi. However, before he could do so, Imperial stormtroopers arrived. Initially, Tsui was able to block their shots, and Roblio Darté shielded himself with a piece of rubble. Choi selflessly leapt up to the balcony, where the troopers were standing, to give Darté, the only other survivor, cover, but before he could cut them down, Vader used a Force Grip on him, holding him in mid-air. Tsui, knowing that he was close to death, launched one last attack against Vader by throwing his lightsaber at Vader, cutting a hole in his helmet. Immediately thereafter, Tsui was gunned down by the stormtroopers, and Vader released his Force Grip allowing the body to fall to the ground.

When the Galactic Empire emerged, "official" records compiled by Sate Pestage stated that Choi was executed for illegal spice trafficking.

Personality and traits
"Your insight and wisdom would be most welcomed."

- Bultar Swan speaking to Tsui Choi



Tsui Choi was a peaceful Jedi Master, and was not fond of conflict though he used his blue lightsaber, which he later changed to green, when it was required of him. Tsui was a brave and noble being, who would gladly give up his life to save the lives of others. He was considered for a place on the Jedi Council due to his diplomatic, wise, and insightful way. However, he never became a member. Choi excelled at both piloting and swimming, skills which came in handy during his many adventures.

Powers and abilities
As a Jedi Master, Choi was very skilled in the use of the Force and in lightsaber combat. Choi generally used his small stature to his advantage in battle, incorporating a wide array of acrobatic feats and quick attacks when he fought, which he gained through his mastery of the lightsaber form known as Ataru. Before his death, he was capable of holding his own against a Sith Lord in a lightsaber duel.

Behind the scenes


Tsui Choi, an Expanded Universe character, almost made an appearance in Revenge of the Sith as one of the Jedi Council members. However, this appearance was taken out after it was decided that Shaak Ti wouldn't be killed on the Invisible Hand as originally planned. Choi can still be seen riding a can-cell during the Battle of Kashyyyk.

All of his dialogue in the comics is written in sentence case, even though all other speech is written in all capital letters.

Randy Stradley originally planned to make the character a Vulptereen, the species of the podracer Dud Bolt in The Phantom Menace. He was told by Lucasfilm that the Vulptereen were too un-intelligent to become a Jedi, so settled on the species of another Podracer, Ratts Tyerell, instead.

In April 2008, a figure of himself was released along with a yellow BARC Trooper by Hasbro as part of the Target Store Exclusive Order 66 series 2.

Appearances

 * Jedi Council: Acts of War
 * Star Wars Republic 41: The Devaronian Version, Part 2
 * Star Wars Republic 50: The Defense of Kamino
 * Jedi: Count Dooku
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars: Purge