Tenuuri

Tenuuri was a small countryside village located on the planet Haariden.

During the time of the Separatist Crisis, the settlement was comprised of small clustered buildings built close to the ground. Beyond the village, trees stretched to the hills.

In 26 BBY, a group of Galactic Senate-sponsored scientists happened upon Tenuuri in their flight from militant tribal factions engaged in the planet's prolonged civil war over mineral rights, specifically the lucrative though difficult-to-mine titanite. The scientists, in fact, had made their expedition to Haariden, ironically, to globally map the very mineral that was in dispute, in order for the Senate to equitably divide its wealth among the warring tribes, in order to secure a lasting peace.

The five scientists—including Fort Turan (mission leader), Tic Verdun (scout, Force Blank Granta Omega in disguise), Joveh D'a Alin, Talie Heathe, and Reug Yucon—found Tenuuri deserted, all of its homes and businesses evacuated, as the town had suffered both siege and battle. But it suited their purposes, for they had been caught in a war that was not their own. They therefore hunkered down in a war-pocked but still serviceable café, to await a Coruscant rescue team that was being sent in response to their urgent distress call.

The Tenurri holdout was discovered by a four-member Jedi team consisting of Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Soara Antana with their Padawans Anakin Skywalker and Darra Thel-Tanis. As the Jedi approached the village, its surrounding trees appeared strange to them. They suddenly realized why, for the Tenuuri trees still had leaves upon them: since they'd landed on Haariden, all of the trees they'd seen had been bare, their branches blasted away by battles.

Arriving at Tenurri, the Jedi observed that none of the empty village's houses or businesses were intact. The wood had burned and the rocks lay in piles, some as tall as themselves. Direct blaster and missile-fire hits had reduced buildings to rubble. The Jedi searched through the half-destroyed buildings, kicking through the debris of ordinary lives, until they came upon the café in which they at last sensed the Living Force. The scientists had sequestered themselves in a very large oven that sat in the middle of the room, the size of a small landspeeder.

After grateful introductions, the scientists permitted the Jedi to lead them forth from Tenuuri through the planet's perilous terrain—through which they endured violent attack—until they finally reached the safety of their transport. Having provided matchless protection for them, saving their lives from both relentless militants in close-quarter combat, as well as from sure starvation, the Jedi spirited away the beleaguered expedition team back to Coruscant.

Appearances

 * Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise