Pix

"Hit the tanks and speeders first!"

- Jedi Commander Pix, leading clone troopers during the Battle of Thustra

Pix was a young, female Human Jedi Padawan of Master Tyr during the Clone Wars. She wielded a blue-bladed lightsaber and served as a Jedi officer in the Grand Army of the Republic. During a mission for the Republic on the planet Thustra, Pix served under Grand Master Yoda and fought alongside Commander Clutch.

The mission, however, turned out to be a detriment to the Galactic Republic's war effort against the Separatists. Pix's efforts to restore Republic control over Thustra by force, combined with the martyrdom of King Alaric, motivated the Sephi people to fight back against the clone forces. Although Thustra was lost to the Republic, Pix helped to expose Senator Navi as a traitor to the Galactic Senate.

Biography
"We hadn't been on Thustra ten standard hours before the natives, the Sephi, attacked our outpost. Our orders were specific. Establish a 'beachhead,' make a strong show of force, but avoid engaging the Sephi at all costs. No one told them that."

- Jedi Commander Pix

In the early phase of the Clone Wars Commander Pix accompanied her master, General Tyr to the planet Thustra where threats of secession were threatening the Galactic Republic's control in the system. While trying to prevent Thustra's secession through negotiation, Pix and her fellow Padawan Cal were Force pushed out of the Republic command center by Cal's Master Tyffix just before the center was destroyed by an incoming bomb, killing both Tyr and Tyffix. With both Jedi Generals dead, command of the Republic forces on Thustra defaulted to Pix and Cal.

Grand Master Yoda later arrived to ensure that Thustra stayed within the Republic's fold. While Cal accompanied Yoda to the palace of King Alaric, Pix was left in command of the Republic clone troopers and assault walkers. Together with Commander Clutch, she was under strict orders to hold the position of her soldiers until further instructions.

Meanwhile, Senator Navi of Thustra undermined the negotiations to ensure their failure. Despite being a self-proclaimed loyalist to the Republic, Navi's true allegiance belonged to the Separatists. Thus, the corrupt senator conspired to manipulate the Republic garrison into preventing Thustra's secession by force, knowing that the Sephi would be incited to full rebellion. He managed to convince Commander Pix that the negotiations had not only failed, but that Yoda and Cal had also been executed by the order of King Alaric. Pix believed the senator's lie and retaliated against the Sephi by launching an attack on the capital of Thustra. In response, King Alaric forced Yoda to kill him, making himself a martyr and inspiring the Sephi people to successfully repel the Republic assault. Pix later testified against Senator Navi, who was arrested by order of the Galactic Senate and convicted as a traitor.

Personality and traits
Pix was a teenage, female Jedi Padawan. Physically, she had an athletic build and was considered pretty by her fellow Padawans at the Jedi Temple; her hair was braided and kept in a ponytail. Pix did not wear traditional Jedi attire&mdash;or at least not during her time on Thustra&mdash;in preference of a tight top and a rather short skirt. Despite her unorthodox Jedi attire, Pix did retain the symbolic hooded-cloak that virtually all Jedi often wore.

As a Jedi Commander in the Grand Army of the Republic, Pix was absolutely loyal to both the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic. She exhibited the usual Jedi traits of bravery and confidence by leading her clone troopers on the front lines of battle. As a tactician, she possessed an understanding of strategy as seen when she ordered Commander Clutch and the clones to destroy the Sephi tanks and speeders, thereby depriving the enemy of their assets. Even after the loss of her master, she was still able to focus on her duties as a Jedi officer and was able to lead her troops in battle without the aid for her mentor.

But despite her loyalty and Jedi skills, Pix also exhibited the less commendable traits that were apparent in most Jedi Padawans&mdash;overconfidence and a slight disregard for authority. Although she was commanded to remain with the Republic troops and to hold her position no matter what the circumstances, she disregarded Master Yoda's orders and launched an attack on Thustra's capital after being convinced by a lie that Yoda and Cal had been executed by King Alaric. However, Pix also upheld the Jedi sense of justice when she helped to convict Senator Navi of treason for manipulating her into attacking the Sephi.

Appearances

 * Jedi: Yoda

Notes and references
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