Yarael Poof/Legends

"Master Poof sacrificed himself not only to preserve billions of lives, but so the Republic itself would live on. I can think of no more fitting tribute than this: He gave his life for a cause he believed in."

- Mace Windu

Yarael Poof (&mdash; 27 BBY) was a Quermian Jedi Master who served on the Jedi Council during the twilight years of the Galactic Republic. He trained Roron Corobb as his Padawan. While he carried a lightsaber, Yarael Poof preferred to use his mastery of mind tricks to avoid conflict.

Biography
A sly Jedi Master, Poof was a consummate master of Jedi mind tricks and could use the Force to quickly befuddle and mislead targets by conjuring false images in their minds. Yarael Poof was powerful and skilled in the rare art of Battle Meditation, which helped him to give courage to an army while the opposing army suddenly was mentally weakened.

He was a member of the Quermian species, a race of sentient invertebrates related to the Xexto of Troiken. Hidden beneath his traditional robes were four delicate arms which granted Yarael Poof remarkable dexterity. Poof's sensitive olfactory glands were located in his hands. He had two brains, one located inside his skull and the other in his chest cavity.

The Jedi Master was present when Qui-Gon Jinn brought young Anakin Skywalker before the Council for training.

Yarael Poof died defending Coruscant from General Ashaar Khorda's attempt to use the Infant of Shaa in 27 BBY. While fighting Khorda's thugs, Poof was stabbed in the gut by the General himself, and used his last moments to render the Infant useless. He was later cremated in a service held by the High Council on Coruscant.

Behind the scenes
Yarael Poof would have been cast in Attack of the Clones, but George Lucas found this character too hard and expensive to be animated, so he removed him from the Council. He imagined the Battle of Geonosis to be a battle where all the Council members would attend. Poof's absence in Episode II helped avoid any confusion between his species and the newly-introduced Kaminoans.

Appearances

 * Jedi Council: Acts of War
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Republic: Emissaries to Malastare
 * Star Wars Republic: The Hunt for Aurra Sing
 * Star Wars Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War
 * Star Wars Republic: Darkness
 * Star Wars: Obi-Wan
 * Star Wars: Zam Wesell