Darra Thel-Tanis

Darra Thel-Tanis was a female Human Jedi Padawan of Master Soara Antana in the waning years of the Galactic Republic. In 27 BBY she and her master joined fellow Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi with his Padawan Anakin Skywalker, Siri Tachi with Ferus Olin, and Ry-Gaul with Tru Veld on a mission to the planet Radnor, where some deadly toxins were accidentally released into the atmosphere. The Jedi were briefed and tasked by the Jedi Council to aid the evacuation of the surviving Radnorans from the Twin Cities Tacto and Aubendo.

Biography


A Human female, Thel-Tanis was taken to the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant due to her being Force-sensitive. There, she was to be trained as a Jedi Knight. Around 27 BBY she was taken as an apprentice by the Jedi Master Soara Antana, who was famous for her skill with a lightsaber.

With her Master, Darra accompanied Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi on missions to worlds such as Radnor and Haariden. On the mission to Haariden, Thel-Tanis was badly injured, after being shot in the thigh with a blaster. During her recovery she developed a friendship with Skywalker.

She also served on a escorting mission to Nuralee. A few years later, prior to the Clone Wars, Thel-Tanis and her Master once again accompanied Skywalker and Kenobi, as well as two other Jedi pairs (Siri Tachi with Ferus Olin and Ry-Gaul with Tru Veld) to Korriban to stop Granta Omega and Jenna Zan Arbor. During this mission, influenced by the dark side energies of the planet, the apprentices started to argue rather than work as a team. The situation was aggraveted when Tru Veld asked Ferus Olin to fix his lightsaber, which Anakin Skywalker had worked on before they left the Temple. Unfortuantely, not being aware of Anakin Skywalker's repairs to Tru Veld's lightsaber, Ferus Olin's repairs led the lightsaber to drain power faster. This made the confrontation in Granta Omega deadly. Ferus Olin saw that Tru Veld's lightsaber was shorting out switched lightsabers with him, but Granta Omega sneaked around begind Ferus Olin. Seeing that Ferus Olin was in trouble Darra Thel-Tanis jumped toward them, determined to save Ferus Olin. Granta Omega shot her in the chest with his KYD-21 blaster pistol.Her death deeply saddened her fellow Padawans. Olin blamed himself for her death and left the Jedi Order after this mission due to guilt, but not before becoming more amicable with fellow padawan Tru Veld.

Personality and traits
Darra Thel-Tanis was described as polite and kind, and had golden-brown/rusty hair. She braided a colorful ribbon into her Padawan braid.

Behind the scenes
Darra Thel-Tanis was created by the author Jude Watson and first appeared in her young readers novel, Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice. She remained a major character in the series and was killed in the final issue, Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown.

Appearances

 * Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice
 * Jedi Quest: The Trail of the Jedi
 * Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise
 * Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard
 * Jedi Quest: The False Peace
 * Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown
 * The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
 * The Last of the Jedi: Underworld
 * The Last of the Jedi: Reckoning
 * Rebel Force: Renegade

Notes and references
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