Tera Sinube/Legends

The venerable Tera Sinube was a male Cosian who served the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars as a Master within the Jedi Order. Sinube had an intimate knowledge of the workings of Coruscant's criminal underworld, and was regarded as an expert on the subject. Around 22 BBY, Master Sinube's services were called upon by the Togruta Padawan Ahsoka Tano, whose lightsaber had recently been stolen from her. He and the young Jedi's quest initially led them to a thief named Bannamu, who had sold the lightsaber to Nack Movers, a Trandoshan assassin. They tracked Movers down only to find him dead in his apartment, but the premises occupied by two suspicious females: Cassie Cryar and Ione Marcy.

Once Sinube determined that Cryar and Marcy had killed Movers and taken possession of the lightsaber, the two criminals fled, forcing he and Tano to give chase. Their pursuit led them throughout Coruscant, and they eventually located the fugitives on a train platform. While Marcy was arrested by several nearby Police droids, Cryar ran, only to be cornered by Tano on the train. Sinube then surprised Cryar just as she prepared to exit the train with two Twi'lek hostages, and swiftly disarmed her with his own lightsaber before returning the stolen lightsaber to its rightful owner, Ahsoka Tano.

Jedi Master
Tera Sinube was an elderly male Cosian who served as a Jedi Master in the years up to and during the conflagration between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems known as the Clone Wars. Master Sinube refrained from battle while many of his fellow Jedi actively participated in the war by leading the Grand Army of the Republic's clone troopers in battle. Instead, he resided on Coruscant and focused his talents on compiling a wealth of knowledge about the intricacies of the galactic capital's criminal underworld. Around 22 BBY, Sinube had developed a detailed database which included the biographical information of nearly every criminal on the planet.

Although Sinube abstained from taking a martial position in the Clone Wars, he allowed to participate in the development and implementation of strategy alongside other Masters. The Cosian was present in the Jedi Temple communication room when General Grievous, supreme Commander of the Separatist Droid Army, contacted the Jedi and advised them of his capture of Zabrak Master Eeth Koth. Sinube, however, was not selected to join Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, and Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia in the subsequent rescue attempt.

Meeting Ahsoka Tano
In 22 BBY, Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, were on assignment in Coruscant's Slum district G17, during which time Tano's lightsaber was stolen from her. Believing that she could find more information on the pickpocket in the Jedi Temple's archives, Tano went there and requested help from the library's administrator, Jedi Master Jocasta Nu. Nu was unable to assist Tano and instead pointed her in Tera Sinube's direction&mdash;who was also in the library and had fallen asleep at his workstation&mdash;citing the aged Cosian's expertise in Coruscant criminality. After being roused from his slumber, Master Sinube searched his database for a being whom Tano believed was of an aquatic species. Sinube believed that the larcenist intended to sell the stolen weapon and, based on the young Togruta's visual identification, determined that a Patrolian named Bannamu had lifted the lightsaber from her person. After thanking the Jedi Master, Tano abruptly bid him farewell as she prepared to go after the thief. However, Sinube feared that in her haste, Tano's quest would ultimately end in failure. He decided then to join Tano on her mission, embarking on what would be his first assignment in years.

Plot thickens
Sinube and Tano returned to Coruscant's underworld and began their search at the noodle shop of Quarren Lauli Wahlo who, after some preliminary questioning, claimed to have access to a lightsaber. Sinube feigned interest in purchasing the weapon after Wahlo demanded twenty-thousand credits for it, much to Ahsoka's outrage. Further examination by Sinube revealed that the Quarren did not actually possess the weapon, but instead knew from where he could obtain one. When shown a hologram of Bannamu, Wahlo and his companion, Jan Dez, realized that Sinube and Tano were Jedi, with whom they wanted no conflict. The Cosian Master and his companion were then told that they could find Bannamu in district G17's Spider Arms Hostel.



Performing a Jedi mind trick to bypass the Hostel's Rodian attendant, Sinube and Tano entered the establishment in search of Bannamu. Sinube sensed the Patrolian's distress, and attempted to explain to the impulsive Tano that she would also be able to perceive Bannamu's anxiety if she simply stilled her mind to concentrate on the Force. They found the thief in one of the Hostel's private rooms, and began to interrogate him regarding the whereabouts of Tano's lightsaber. Master Sinube had to intercede on Bannamu's behalf when Ahsoka threatened to do the Patrolian bodily harm, but he eventually ceded to their questioning and confessed that he had given the lightsaber to the notorious Trandoshan criminal Nack Movers.

When Tera Sinube and his Padawan companion arrived at Movers' apartment, they noticed that someone had forced their way inside. Upon entry, they discovered the Trandoshan's dead body in the middle of an apparent crime scene. At that moment, a woman named Ione Marcy stepped out of the shadows, and told Sinube and Tano that she had been hiding from the men who had murdered Movers. Even though she appeared to be visibly frightened by what had transpired, Master Sinube sensed that something else was troubling her. While he comforted Marcy, Tano searched the rest of the apartment and discovered Movers' assailant, a female Terellian jango jumper named Cassie Cryar, hiding in the Trandoshan's bedroom and in possession of the stolen lightsaber. Sinube was contacted by Tano via comlink, who had pursued Cryar as the thief immediately fled the apartment by leaping through the bedroom window.

Mission success
Sinube, surprised that Tano had encountered a female when Marcy had specifically said that Movers' attackers were men, discretely notified the Coruscant authorities, and also managed to place a small tracking device on Marcy's shoulder while he comforted her. He continued to investigate the crime scene as well, and determined several inconsistencies in Marcy's story through further questioning. He surmised that Movers had been poisoned, despite Marcy's claim that several men had murdered the Trandoshan. Her increasing agitation suggested to Sinube that Marcy was indeed lying. He finally deduced that she was in collusion with Cassie Cryar, and confronted the grieving woman about her involvement in Movers' death. Three Police droids then entered the apartment, at which time Ione Marcy fled through the window and fled in a remote-operated airspeeder. Perturbed by his interaction with yet another impatient individual, Master Sinube borrowed a BARC speeder from the Police droids and leisurely set off after Ione Marcy.

Sinube eventually caught up with Tano, whose own pursuit of Cassie Cryar had ended in vain; the thief managed to escape capture and disappeared yet again with Tano's lightsaber. Allowing the Padawan to join him on the speeder bike, Sinube continued the chase at a reduced speed, much to the chagrin of Tano, who believed that they would lose Cryar at their current pace. Sinube, after reminding again Tano to have patience, advised her that they would intercept their quarry at the train platform. Sinube's tracking device began to signal more vigorously when they arrived, and just when it seemed that they were getting closer, it abruptly stopped. He and Tano spotted the two lightsaber thieves at that moment, and Tano ordered several nearby police droids to apprehend the criminals. Ione Marcy was taken into custody, but Cassie Cryar escaped, forcing Tano to chase her onto the departing train. Sinube followed at his own stride and eventually caught up the train just as Cryar&mdash;who had taken two Twi'lek hostages under threat of Tano's ignited lightsaber&mdash;was preparing to make another getaway. He immediately activated his own lightsaber and briefly dueled Cryar before disarming her and knocking her unconscious with the base of his cane. The Jedi Master then returned Tano's weapon to her while Cryar was placed under arrest.

Upon their return to the Jedi Temple, Master Sinube conversed with Tano as they walked the halls. Confident that she had learned the necessity of patience, Sinube had one final request of the Padawan before they parted ways: to pass on what she had learned. He then led her to a classroom of younglings who were being instructed in the basics of lightsaber combat by Jedi Grand Master Yoda, with whom Sinube stood while Tano explained the importance of keeping track of their own lightsaber.

Personality and traits
Master Sinube was a Jedi of both advanced years and wisdom. He had yellow eyes, speckled brown-green skin, and white hair. He wore a slight variation of the traditional Jedi robes which accommodated his Cosian physiology enough to allow his lengthy tail to move about freely. He required a cane to support his gnarled frame and moved about at the same measured pace with which he approached every situation. With age came great patience for Sinube, who believed that taking his time allowed him to always see clearly what lay ahead. Indeed, he valued this philosophy highly, and imparted it on the younger and more hasty Ahsoka Tano who in turn shared it with a class of Jedi younglings. Sinube also had a sense of humor, and made light of Tano's misfortune by engaging in situational anecdotes.

Sinube was recognized by the Jedi Order as the foremost authority on the inner workings of Coruscant's criminal underworld. Even the Jedi Archives' Chief Librarian Jocasta Nu deferred to Sinube's superior experience in the subject, and directed related inquiries to him when he was available. Sinube was also old friends with Yoda, and greeted him as such when visiting the diminutive Grand Master's classroom.

Powers and abilities
As he grew older, Tera Sinube undertook fewer field assignments, and instead focused on cultivating an expansive database on Coruscanti criminals. Around 22 BBY, he had not been on a mission in years, and was delighted with the prospect of joining Ahsoka Tano in her quest for her stolen lightsaber. He was an observant Jedi Master who was able to glean information by reading a being's body language. This along with his aptitude with deductive reasoning allowed him to catch Ione Marcy in several lies.

Sinube was skilled with the Force, and used it to sense the emotions of those around him. He taught Tano how to still her own mind that she might be able to perceive the anxiety of Bannamu. Sinube was able to conjure Jedi mind tricks, successfully performing one on the receptionist at the Spider Arms Hostel. He was skilled with a lightsaber, and wielded a pale blue-bladed weapon when necessary. When not in use, Sinube attached the hilt of his weapon to his cane, effectively concealing it from view. He also used the base of his cane as a bludgeon, doing so to incapacitate Cassie Cryar.

Behind the scenes
Tera Sinube first appeared in the ninth episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series' second season, titled Grievous Intrigue. He was later featured alongside Ahsoka Tano as the main protagonist in the eleventh episode, titled Lightsaber Lost wherein he was voiced by American actor Gregory Baldwin. While his first television appearance was on January 1st, 2010, in Grievous Intrigue, Sinube's character was actually designed for Lightsaber Lost, which was produced first but aired three weeks later.

The design for Sinube was based on an abandoned alien concept illustration for senators from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, while his personality was modeled to resemble that of a aged yet experienced samurai warrior who gets better with time. Giancarlo Volpe, director of Lightsaber Lost, correlated Sinube's constant reminders for Ahsoka Tano to trust her feelings to Obi-Wan Kenobi telling Luke Skywalker of the same thing in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

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