Shaak Ti/Legends

"...and Shaak Ti's the most cunning Jedi I've met. She's even taught me a few tricks."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

Shaak Ti was a female Togruta Jedi Master hailing from the planet Shili in the year 59 BBY. Shaak Ti replaced Yaddle as a member of the Jedi High Council in 25 BBY, in which she served as a High General.

Biography
Mace Windu once described Shaak Ti "as beautiful as a flower, yet as deadly as a viper." A compassionate woman; she always knew when a friendly word was needed to assuage fear or grief from another’s mind. A remarkable swordsman and combatant, she was a prominent figure within the Jedi Order. Shaak Ti was a close friend to Council members Obi-Wan, Plo Koon, and Kit Fisto and to fellow Jedi Luminara Unduli, Aayla Secura, and Quinlan Vos.

Early career
After attaining the rank of Jedi Knight, Shaak Ti trained two Padawan learners. During their training, she took each of them to her homeworld where she trained them in the Jedi arts among the vast, dry scrublands. There, her Padawans experienced a sort of communion with nature, but very little in the way of actual practical application. Unfortunately for the Jedi, both of her apprentices were killed by criminals shortly after the completion of the training. Her Jedi sense of detachment allowed her to understand, and cope with her pain caused by the death of one of her Padawans, who was murdered by vicious killers just after passing the trials. One of those students was Fe Sun, who met an untimely end at the hands of the Zeltron criminal Lyshaa. Lyshaa confessed that she killed Fe Sun as a matter of being respected therefore killing a Jedi would gain her reputation as someone dangerous. While the Jedi Council respected Shaak Ti's technique, they felt reluctant of assigning her another Padawan.

Clone Wars
She was among the Jedi sent to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi on Geonosis which led to the Battle of Geonosis and the start of the Clone Wars. Shaak Ti survived the onslaught of Separatist battle droids and went on to command the forces of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Later in the Clone Wars, Shaak Ti participated in countless other battles. After a successful mission on Ando, she was given recognition by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine along with Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Plo Koon. She also became one of the eighty-two Jedi with bounties put on their heads by Dooku's apprentice, Asajj Ventress.

First Battle of Kamino


After learning of the Confederacy's plans to strike at the nerve center of the Grand Army of the Republic, the cloning facilities on Kamino, the Jedi sent a defense fleet to protect the planet. Upon arrival, Padawan Anakin Skywalker began to have visions of losing the battle and of his own master's death.

Shaak Ti was present at the First Battle of Kamino, and worked with Lama Su coordinating the surface defenses and protecting the existing adolescent and fetal clones. During the onslaught of battle droids, the Advanced Recon Commandos&mdash;who at the time were still in stasis and not yet cleared for combat&mdash;were activated and turned the tide of the battle. As a group of clone troopers sought to protect the adolescent clones, they were being overwhelmed until three ARCs arrived. Suddenly, two droidekas attacked the surviving children and the ARC troopers of which only one survived to find cover for the children and himself. Shaak Ti destroyed the droidekas and Lama Su took the children to safety. Shaak Ti and the ARC were able to fight more battle droids until they were outnumbered and forced to retreat. They reunited with Lama Su and told him to evacuate the second generation of clones while they protected the third.

With the arrival of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, the combined Jedi set out to protect the fetal clones of the third generation. The Jedi, however, were being pursued by a large group of battle droids. While the three Jedi covered the ARC, a self-destruction system was activated following the wishes of Jango Fett that the clones would not fall into the wrong hands. After being convinced by Shaak Ti to abandon his plan, the ARC requested of the Jedi to use their powers and tear open the transparisteel that crossed the ocean to the labs before another assault reached them. After destroying the tunnel, but sealing off the exposed opening, the Jedi and the clones were safe.

With the ARC changing the outlook of the battle, the Mon Calamari Merai, a tactician for the Separatists, tried to destroy the city's shield generator in a desperate attempt to get an upper hand in the battle. The data gathered regarding the shield generator by the Corporate Alliance was false, and Merai's efforts were in vain. Merai flew into the Jedi hyperspace rings lying in orbit to destroy them and buy his battleships time to retreat. He activated his self-destruct system, but the Jedi were able to pull away from the explosion which destroyed the rings. The CIS retreated upon Merai's death.

Battle of Hypori
The Battle of Hypori was the result of intelligence gathered by Jedi Master Daakman Barrek and his Padawan Sha'a Gi, which indicated the presence of a large droid factory on Hypori. A Jedi task force, consisting of Barrek and his Padawan, along with Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura, Shaak Ti, K'Kruhk and Tarr Seirr were dispatched to the planet to destroy the factory, reinforced by an army of clone troopers. They were to be led by Barrek, due to his superior knowledge of industrial matters.

As the Republic ships emerged from hyperspace, orbital mines caused the majority of the transports to crash behind the Separatist's lines. The task force was quickly surrounded by the massive droid army that was stationed on the planet, and all the clone troopers present were quickly slaughtered. The seven remaining Jedi retreated to an area of the planet where a large number of the Acclamator-class assault ships had crash landed.

Duel with Grievous
The six remaining Jedi were left surrounded by the hordes of Super Battle Droids produced by the factory. Announced to by Grievous that they would receive a 'warrior's death', they waited as Grievous approached.

Master Ti dueled General Grievous, alongside Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura, K'Kruhk, Tarr Seirr and Sha'a Gi. Grievous managed to defeat four of the six Jedi, leaving Ki-Adi and Shaak Ti on their own. The General was able to kick Master Mundi out of the duel, where Shaak Ti was left to defend herself. Grievous had trouble defeating her as she held her own against him, but eventually she was disarmed by the brutal strength of the cyborg killer. Before Ki-Adi could help, she was wounded and thrown into the wreckage. He defeated five of the Jedi and was about to finish Ki-Adi-Mundi when a rescue team of ARC troopers led by Fordo came to their aid. Ultimately, only three Jedi present were rescued by Fordo's team: Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura and Shaak Ti. Though critically wounded, she managed to survive the deadly attack.

Battle of Brentaal IV (Clone Wars)
Five months into the war, the Galactic Republic had received information that a Separatist stronghold would be lying dormant for a few weeks opening a window of opportunity to attack. In addition, it was learned that the planet was seceding to the Confederacy. The planet, Brentaal IV, was a vital link in the Perlemian Trade Route connecting the Core Worlds and the Tion Cluster. The Republic sent what should have been an adequate task force for the job, comprising of four Jedi and a strong compliment of clone troops and air land vehicles, with the entire effort being coordinated by Jedi Master Plo Koon, in orbit. Shaak Ti and Master Shon Kon Ray led a strike force on Brentaal IV. General Ti commanded the ground forces.

Part way through the battle, Shaak Ti sent word to Plo Koon that she was going to attempt to rally the Republic forces at the fortress for one last push. About four troops found their way to meet Jedi Master Shaak Ti at the entrance to the fortress sewers. They decided that the Republic's best chances laid in the destruction of the fortress' ion cannon batteries and shield generators. With those destroyed, an airship could execute a bombing run and decimate the opposition.

As Master Ti lead the group into the fortress, it became realized that the fortress was truly a prison and that the commotion on the surface had incited a jail break. Master Ti, realizing the need for more troops, guaranteed the prisoners their freedom if they would help her bring the fortress down. The group of prisoners included the hidden Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos&mdash;who had been lost to the Jedi Council for some years&mdash; along with the renegade Senate Guard Sagoro Autem and the criminal Lyshaa. The mission forced Master Ti to confront Lyshaa, who had killed one of her former students, Fe Sun.

Eventually, the force split apart to accomplish their mission. Quinlan Vos and Autem were sent after the guns, the single clone trooper left in the company went toward the shield generators, and Master Ti and Lyshaa went to capture Shogar Tok. Master Ti refused to be goaded by Lyshaa, and allowed the Zeltron to help her infiltrate Shogar Tok's chambers, using Lyshaa's ability to project and control other's emotions thereby allowing the mission to end bloodlessly. Meanwhile, Agen Kolar who had captured and imprisoned was being questioned by Count Dooku. Dooku was very interested about what became of Shaak Ti. Agen Kolar told Dooku that the High General had been slain. Dooku, nevertheless, did not fully trust Kolar's words and ordered Shogar Tok to send a detail in search of her body and confirm her death.

As Shaak Ti and Lyshaa reached Tok's chambers, Lyshaa attempted to attack Shaak Ti and escape, in which both became trapped in a lightstorm chamber that was an automated device that was triggered by Lyshaa's presence. After both escaped the deadly chamber, Lyshaa actually having been saved by Shaak Ti, they continued their way to Tok's chambers. When they finally reached the chambers, Lyshaa was able to cloud Tok's emotions but also turned on the General. Shaak Ti was shot by the Zeltron before she could arrest Shogar Tok. As Lyshaa tried to gain Tok's favor, neither party was aware that Master Ti was still alive. She slowed her metabolism down while using the Force to heal her injury.

As the rest of the team completed their missions to disable the fortress' defenses, Master Ti revived herself and confronted Shogar Tok. Shaak Ti engaged Tok and Lyshaa in a fierce duel but pushed Lyshaa out of the fight before Lyshaa could strike her down. In the ensuing duel, she was forced to kill Shogar with her lightsaber. Distrusting of Shaak Ti's mercy, Lyshaa tried to escape, but was killed in a lightstorm chamber protecting Tok's office. With Brentaal IV freed from Separatist control, Master Ti was rescued and placed in a bacta tank to heal.

Battle of Dagu
Nine months after the start of the war, Shaak Ti and a large group of clones were captured and imprisoned on the swampy planet of Dagu, which was controlled by one of Count Dooku's most cunning Dark Jedi, Artel Darc. Darc was unaware, however, that Shaak Ti was among the prisoners. She and her forces began to lead a revolt against the grip of the Confederacy on Dagu. Shaak Ti and Darc clashed, but Ti struck down Darc and freed the native Rybet. For the victory, Shaak Ti was awarded a medal by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.

Imprisonment on Metalorn
On Metalorn, Tambor's troops had captured Jedi Master Shaak Ti, and in turn imprisoned her in the maximum security section of Metalorn's Unreal City, a gargantuan prison. Shortly thereafter, Viceroy Bail Organa of Alderaan contacted Tambor, citing interest in applying Metalorn's infrastructure template to his homeworld. Meeting with Organa and his aides on Metalorn, he began giving the Viceroy a tour of the planet, spooling off facts and statistics about the economy of the system. Organa, however, expressed an interest in the prison facilities, which Tambor was only too happy to show off. Upon entry, however, Organa was able to pass a lightsaber to the captive Ti, allowing her to escape. Using the Force, Ti ignites the lightsaber within. Fighting their way through droidekas and battle droids, they finally reach the ship, where Antilles safely pilots them off of the planet. On the Tantive IV, Ti tells Organa that if he ever needs anything he should contact her. Organa agrees, not knowing that he will use this promise in the not too distant future.

Battle of Coruscant (Clone Wars)
In the final days of the war, the Jedi were receiving more and more information regarding the supposed "second Sith," Darth Sidious. They traced information to the abandoned industrial sector of Coruscant known as The Works. Along with Master Windu and a group of highly trained clones they arrived at the reported lair of the Sith Lord. Though they found no trace of Sidious's presence, they discovered a network of tunnels leading straight to 500 Republica, confirming Dooku's claims of ties between the Sith and the Galactic Senate.

However, before being able to investigate further, the unthinkable happened. Out of nowhere, Separatist forces led by both Count Dooku and General Grievous attacked Coruscant.

Along with Stass Allie, Ti helped evacuate the Senate Rotunda before heading with Jedi Masters Foul Moudama, Roron Corobb, Roth-Del Masona, and B'ink Utrila to ensure Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's safety. Upon their arrival in his office, however, Grievous broke in. Barely managing to save the Chancellor, the surviving Jedi led Grievous and his MagnaGuards on a chase through Galactic City.

Arriving at the underground pod that would lead to Palpatine's hidden bunker, Shaak Ti remained behind to fight off more MagnaGuards. When the MagnaGuards ceased their attack and retreated into the darkness of the pod tunnel, Ti realized that Grievous had tricked her and already made his way to the bunker. When she arrived Shaak Ti found her remaining Jedi comrades had been killed in combat.

Tired from battle and racing on foot to the bunker, Ti was quickly subdued by Grievous. He took her lightsaber as a trophy, bound her with a force-field rope and escaped with Palpatine as his prisoner. Mace Windu found her in time to save her from death.

Great Jedi Purge
"Anakin, should your place not be here, to help with our forces, if Palpatine retaliates?"

- Shaak Ti to Anakin Skywalker while Master Windu, Fisto, Tiin, and Kolar head to the Chancellor's Office and Anakin trys to leave the Temple against orders.



Shaak Ti was selected to safeguard the Jedi Temple while Mace Windu took a group of Jedi Masters to arrest the Supreme Chancellor. Although she possessed considerable fighting prowess, Master Windu had instructed one of the few Council members present, Shaak Ti, to prepare the Temple for a possible counterattack. Moments before the Great Jedi Purge, Ti encountered Anakin Skywalker, whom she believed was on his way to the Chancellor's office to help Mace Windu, Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar, and Saesee Tiin in the arrest. She tried to stop him from leaving, but the young Knight was persistent, saying he was the Chosen One, and it was his duty to be present.

As the Jedi Temple's commander and defender, Shaak Ti was present during the fall of the Jedi Temple, during which Darth Vader himself set out to kill the Jedi Master. Shaak Ti as the Temple's finest swordsmaster was still no match for Anakin and the stormtroopers of the 501st legion her best efforts were hardly enough to repel an entire legion of his handpicked troops. So many Jedi were away that only a token force remained behind to defend the younglings. Almost unopposed, Vader's blade and the clones mowed down the Temple's younglings and their minders. The Jedi losses were tragic. Aside from that singular surprising incident, Palpatine had expected that a few dozen Jedi would have survived the slaughter, either by eluding or overpowering their assassins. But that was immaterial; they too would be erased eventually. She managed to avoid Vader and the 501st, and went into self-imposed exile on Felucia, where fellow Jedi Aayla Secura was shot down. Some time later she met Jedi Maris Brood, who was bent on revenge against Vader. Shaak Ti convinced her to go into hiding on the planet Felucia, where she was training the Force sensitive natives for an eventual conflict with Vader and his secret apprentice.

She, Obi-Wan, and Yoda were the last 3 known surviving members of the Jedi Council.

Personality and traits


Shaak Ti was a notable exception to her communal species, preferring to operate alone whenever possible, despite the wishes and assistance of her fellow Jedi. Unlike most members of her communal species, she was solitary by nature; though, she fought at her best when in large groups. Shaak Ti felt on a primal level that training was more important than experience. The Jedi Council bore the responsibility of deciding whether a Jedi applied it well in actual practice. This mentality illustrated her pack hunting heritage -those who cannot run with the pack are left to die. According to Shaak Ti, this is the way of nature, and therefore the will of the Force. Shaak Ti had an unusual training style for a Jedi Master who seemed to be more interested in talking than in battle. This reflected the way of a Jedi Guardian more than the one of a Jedi Consular. Despite her seemingly unfeeling demeanor, Shaak Ti had a subtle sense of humor. Her natural patterning could be quite startling when Shaak Ti moved. Shaak Ti used her species' reputation to its full advantage when it was convenient to do so, frequently stealing up behind a person before speaking to them or baring her sharp incisors in a grotesque approximation of a human smile, though she was entirely capable of managing a perfectly ordinary smile.

Powers and abilities
Shaak Ti was regarded as a Jedi Master of legendary power and strength in the Force and also of combat. Through her training as a Consular, she was able to focus more on her mastery of the Force through knowledge than through physical combat, which came natural to her. The hollow spaces in her decorated montrals allowed her to ultrasonically perceive her surroundings, especially in bustling crowds. She used this ability during the battle of Brentaal IV, where she evaded blaster bolts instead of deflecting them. As with many Consulars, Shaak Ti had the Force ability to deflect Force lightning. She was also a skilled healer using her healing powers at the battle of Brentaal IV when she was shot by Lyshaa.

However, she was by no means lacking in the physical aspect of the Force. She was a master of lightsaber combat, which she mastered to a degree that made her one of the finest swordsmen in the Order. Obi-Wan Kenobi regarded Shaak Ti as one of the most cunning warriors in the Jedi Order. She stunned with her great bravory and skill with the Makashi lightsaber form, and she even threw in quite a few Ataru acrobatic moves, as well as a Soresu guard when a large group of General Grievous' bodyguards approach her in the bus tunnel. Shaak Ti also appeared to have some training in the style Niman/Jar'Kai, as she expertly wielded an electrostaff in conjunction with her lightsaber during the Battle of Coruscant, and sources describe her wielding dual lightsabers during the Jedi Purge. Shaak Ti was grouped among the six "great swordbeings" of the Jedi Order.

Hand-to-hand combat
Shaak Ti was known to be a skilled hand-to-hand combatant and excelled in multiple weapons practices. Her natural ability to sense others' movements was drastically increased by her Force abilities. Shaak Ti's physical skills were critical in the defense of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine during the Battle of Coruscant, during which Shaak Ti buys time for Palpatine's escape from Grievous and his MagnaGuards by battling the entire group with her lightsaber, an electrostaff, and her bare hands. Grievous thought of her as a most gallant warrior. Even though Shaak Ti focused more in the Force than on combat, she was gifted in the art of Lightsaber combat gaining her the reputation as one the finest swordsmen of the galaxy. Though she was skilled in many lightsaber forms, she preferred the dueling style in which she was known as a master lightsaber duelist. Mace Windu and Yoda considered her as one of the greatest duelists in the Order's history. Chancellor Palpatine found her abilities considerable and kept her in his inner circle of protectors.

Portrayal
Shaak Ti was played by Orli Shoshan in Attack of the Clones and voiced by Grey DeLisle in the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated television series. Though Shoshan returned twice to film the two death scenes for Revenge of the Sith, in the final cut Shaak Ti is seen only when the Jedi Council appears in hologram form, played by Maria Brill. Shaak Ti’s skill in hand to hand combat is believed to be a tribute of sorts to Orli Shoshan, who served in the Israeli military as part of the Israeli defense force and is a well versed hand-to-hand and melee weapons fighter.

Name origin
It is possible that Shaak Ti's name is based on the similarly spelled Shakti, the female Hindu deity of strength. The Sanskrit word Shakti also means "strength," or "energy."

In-story, she shares her name with shaak, a species of grazing beasts native to Naboo.

Unused death scenes
"A tragic ending of a gallant warrior, no doubt."

- Grievous

Shaak Ti had two different death scenes at various stages of Revenge of the Sith's development, but they were both deleted and confirmed by Star Wars Insider 87 that neither scene is canonical, and that she was still alive at the end of Revenge of the Sith as Shaak Ti is later seen alive in hologram form during a Jedi Council meeting. This was later backed up by her appearance in the video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

It has been reported that Shaak Ti will appear as the main antagonist in The Force Unleashed, and will be the primary enemy of a Sith under Vader's command which tells us that she survived Order 66 since this game is set after the events of Episode III. The exact way by which she survived is yet to be chronicled, The upcoming LucasArts video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is expected to shed additional light on these events, as well as her ultimate fate.

Shaak Ti is to appear on the planet of Felucia, along with several rancor under her control. Players will assume control of Darth Vader's apprentice, with Shaak Ti on the player's hit list. But rumor has it that you will have the option to side with her and turn against Vader.

The first version was leaked to many Star Wars fan sites and described in the Hyperspace article "Into The Fuel Chamber" and the book The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith. In various forms of this scene, General Grievous ignites a lightsaber through her heart on the Invisible Hand with Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi looking on. This was Lucasfilm's original idea, and appeared in storyboards and early drafts of the screenplay. When it was planned for her to die onboard the Invisible Hand, her seat on the Council was going to be given to Tsui Choi, an Expanded Universe Jedi. In an earlier version Grievous reportedly decapitated her, but this death was deemed too graphic.

Another version, which was scripted, and shown in LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game, moved Shaak Ti's death to the Jedi Temple. Here, Darth Vader walks in her room, finds her meditating, and stabs her in the back. This scene was deleted, though she is still described as in meditation during the Jedi Temple assault according to the novelization. Though not described first-hand, Vader asks the Gate Guard Jurokk where Shaak Ti is. According to her article at the Databank, she is officially "believed to be killed" during the Jedi Temple assault, but her fate has not yet been canonically established.

Originally the Revenge of the Sith Shaak Ti action figure had a hole in its chest all the way through its back, but in the final released version it was filled in.

Escape from Dagu
Shaak Ti was originally slated to be the star of a novel called Escape from Dagu which was cancelled. The novel, written by William C. Dietz, was apparently completed when it was decided to scrap it in favor of Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, due to greater public appeal to Yoda. However, Darc, Dagu, and Shaak Ti's mission were referenced in Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:3:22 and The Official Star Wars Fact File 116, making the general storyline of Escape from Dagu still canon.

Appearances



 * Jedi Quest: The False Peace
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
 * Star Wars Republic 50: The Battle of Kamino
 * Star Wars Republic 53: Blast Radius
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * "Chapter 1"
 * "Chapter 20"
 * "Chapter 21"
 * "Chapter 23"
 * "Chapter 24"
 * "Chapter 25"
 * Jedi: Shaak Ti
 * Escape from Dagu
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:3:22
 * CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 15:01:15 Edition
 * Bailed Out
 * Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Sithisis
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * Evasive Action: End Game
 * The Force Unleashed webstrip
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
 * Star Wars Empire: "General" Skywalker
 * Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga
 * Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga