Etain Tur-Mukan

Etain Tur-Mukan was a female human Jedi Knight who lived during the Clone Wars. She was the Padawan of Jedi Master Kast Fulier. They both were assigned to Qiilura some time before the Battle of Geonosis to collect vital information about the Trade Federation and Separatist infrastructure on the planet.

Etain is described as a thin girl with long, brown hair with streaks of red and blonde. During her time as a Padawan she usually wore the traditional braid, although she deviated from the tradition during some of her time on Qiilura to avoid recognition.

Early years
Little is known about the childhood of Etain Tur-Mukan, but it seems likely that she spent most of it at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant under the training of Master Fulier.

Assignment to Qiilura
Even before the breakout of the Clone Wars, Etain and her Master were entrusted with the intelligence task of monitoring and spying out the Neimoidian Trade Federation on the backwater planet of Qiilura. They worked for several weeks on gathering information on a number of Separatist facilities around the planet's capital Imbraani, including Dr. Uthan's biological research facility and the Separatist communication facility near Teklet. Fulier though, shaken to the core by the way the Neimoidians and the Mandalorian mercenary Ghez Hokan exploited and oppressed the local population, couldn't resist intervening at one point. After defending a couple of locals against one of Hokan's thugs, the same locals turned him in to Ghez for the price of a bottle of Urrqal. He was eventually captured and questioned by Ghez.

Etain and Omega Squad
The next few weeks Etain managed to survive on her own, hiding in the countryside outside Imbraani. Still in possession of the plans, she was desperately looking for a way to either escape the hostile world or at least transmit what she and Fulier had gathered off-planet. Right after she had narrowly escaped a drunk Weequay thug, she met with a Gurlanin by the name of Jinart. Jinart helped Etain by influencing a barq farmer named Birhan in order to get her shelter at his farm, at least for the time being.

When Omega Squad had landed on the planet, it was also Jinart who scouted out the whereabouts of the Clone Commandos and led Etain to meet RC-1136. When she first felt the Clone in the Force, she was confused to sense a child instead of a man. From Darman, Etain first learned of the Grand Army of the Republic, especially the fact that Jedi had been made commanders and generals in charge of leading the army. Given her self-critical nature, feeling she had been a disappointment to the Jedi, Etain refused to take up on that role, but agreed to join Omega Squad in their mission to avert the danger rooting in Dr. Uthan's research of a nanovirus letal to clones and take the scientist prisoner.

With Etain's plans on the Separatist facilities, Etain and Darman tried to make contact with the other three members of Omega Squad. During her march through Qiilura's backlands, Etain got to know the clones as people, and they established a friendship-like relation. Etain felt sorry for the clones, whose only purpose in life was to fight and eventually die for the Republic, and tried to match their expectations as much as possible.

After teaming up with the rest of Omega Squad, who had already destroyed the Separatist communications monitoring facility at Teklet, they proceeded towards the nanovirus research laboratories. Through various dogfights with hostile mercenaries and Separatist Battle Droids, Etain became more and more used to the soldier's ways, learning that sometimes difficult decisions have to be made. Although still feeling under pressure from the faithful expectations from the clones, she did more and more slip into the role of a commanding officer.

Utilizing one of Ghez Hokan's deserted lieutenants the Omega Squad had taken prisoner, Etain spread false information about their numbers to Hokan by using the Jedi mind trick on the lieutenant in order to have the Mandalorian concentrating his forces at one point. However, the bluff turned against the squad: Hokan instead divided his forces between the two possibly endangered locations, attempting to perform a double bluff to get the Omega Squad to attack the villa of Lik Ankkit, which basement he had packed with all kinds of explosives.

Thanks to Jinart, Omega Squad managed to blow up the villa from outside, infiltrate the research facility and take Ovolot Qail Uthan prisoner. While Etain and Clone Commandos Darman and Atin make their way back to the extraction point with their prisoner, Niner and Fi are confronted by Hokan.

During the rendezvous with the landing craft of the warship Majestic Etain realized that two members of her squad are still missing. Even though Jedi Master Arligan Zey insisted on leaving the planet immediately with the prisoner, Etain refused to leave anyone behind. After a short arguement, in which Etain even threatened to disable the landing craft by cutting into important energy systems with her lightsaber. Drawing back, Zey agreed with Etain to have the craft waiting for the rest of Omega Squad, after sensing that her decision rooted deeply in her connection with the Force.

Going after the missing two members of Omega Squad, Etain arived at the battle between the two clones and Hokan, seeing Niner down, screaming for his instructing sergeant, while Hokan stood over him, about to finish him off with a vibroblade. Just in time she managed to get behind the Mandalorian and behead him. Even though it turned out that Niner was just pretending the pain and fear to create a distraction, that event touched her deeply.

After retrieving Kast Fulier's lightsaber from Ghez Hokan's body, Arligan Zey offered Etain to stay with him on Qiilura and assist the Gurlanin in establishing a working restistance against the remaining Separatist forces on the planet. Etain knew that she had to adhere to the Jedi code and turn from the attachment she was about to form. Staying with Master Zey, she took farewell of Omega Squad.

The 41st elite
For a time, Etain worked with the 41st Elite Legion and commander Gett, who commanded Improcco company. She battled with the clones on Dinlo, and after battle would help the wounded and dying. She made a point of getting to know the clones' names, and not their numbers, and treated them as humanly as possible.

Mission on Coruscant
Etain was later recruited by Kal Skirata to participate in a black op to destroy CIS terrorist cells on Coruscant. She worked with commandos Omega Squad and Delta Squad; along with fellow Jedi, Bardan Jusik; Null ARC Troopers Ordo, and Mereel; and Mandalorian warrior, Walon Vau.

Despite the Jedi code of non-attachment, her previous time spent with Darman had caused her to develop romantic feelings for him. She expressed these feelings to Darman during the course of the mission, and Darman reciprocated. Thus the two began a romantic relationship which would result with Etain being pregnant with Darman's son.

In the final operation against the terrorists, Etain was teamed up with Vau to eliminate the terrorist leader, Perrive. Accomplishing that, the two then worked together to eliminate a terrorist who had fled from the main battle.

Following the operation, Etain told Skirata about her pregnancy. The two agreed that the time was not right to tell Darman as it could distract him during battle. Kal was adamant that the child would be raised Mandalorian, and knew it would not be safe for the child of a clone and a Jedi to become known to the Republic. So Kal arranged to have Etain sent to Qiilura until she came to term. After the boy's birth, in the event that Darman (for whatever reason) was unable to raise the boy, Kal would adopt the child. Etain agreed to all Kal's demands. Although she was heart-broken that she may not be able to be part of her child's life, she knew that the Mando way would be best for him. However, it is her hope that she and Darman will be able to raise the child together after the clone wars end. Etain decided she would leave the Jedi order at the end of the war to be with Darman and her baby. However, the ultimate fate of Etain after Order 66 is unknown.

Personality and traits
Etain was a caring, but very insecure person. Even after getting used to her role as commander of Omega Squad, she was often shocked or disgusted by the action of the troopers, even though later she used to get over it within the blink of an eye. She also felt sad and sorry about the clones' pre-destined life.

On the other hand, she did very much doubt her own abilities, her worth and usefulness as a Jedi and commander. Her fear of disappointing those who relied on her made her drawing back from responsibility, sometimes, especially under stress, made her desperate and angry. She usually noticed these outbreaks in time, but the unability to control her feelings to the degree she assumed as adequate for a Jedi made her even more insecure.

During her time with Omega Squad she grew more mature and destined and finally overcame the doubts that haunted her, culminating in taking responsibility for her troops. This was eventually noticed by Jedi Master Arligan Zey, who did then agree to wait with the takeoff until her return with Niner and Fi.

Powers and abilities
Etain displayed surprising physical resilience throughout her ordeal on Qiilura, keeping pace with Darman and Omega Squad despite her emaciated appearance. Her greatest weakness was her self-doubt. Through some of her actions she showed an amazing potential to control the Force, but her insecurity restricted her in many ways, especially when she tried to employ her various Force powers under stress. Some of the abilities she displayed during the Mission to Qiilura are listed below:
 * Etain employed a Jedi mind trick to keep multiple weak hostiles from discovering her and her squad at once and to influence a Weequay lieutenant of Hokan's militia actively.
 * She used her telekinetic abilities in addition to her physical strength when carrying equipment and to protect herself and Darman from deadly shrapnels from an explosion. Her most impressive display of telekinesis was the re-shaping of a gdan warren tunnel to allow Darman and Atin egress.
 * Etain was also able to use the Force to calm and comfort a disturbed mind. She used this ability at least once on Atin, who still suffered from the loss of his former squad brothers, and on the other clones as well to calm and encourage them. This could even be an indication that she had sufficient potential to achieve the ability of Battle Meditation, or at least a lesser form of that ability.

Appearances

 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero