Daakman Barrek

Daakman Barrek was a Human Jedi Master and Senior General in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars.

Biography
Daakman Barrek was born to highly-educated professors on Mrlsst, and it was his mother, a famed geneticist, who discovered Daakman's high midi-chlorian count through a blood screening. She contacted the Jedi Council, hoping her son would find greatness serving the Republic. Daakman was indeed trained as a Jedi, and achieved the rank of Jedi Master in his mid-thirties after successfully training his first Padawan to Knighthood.

Master Barrek later took a second Padawan, Sha'a Gi. Barrek and Gi were investigating pirate activity on the Outer Rim when the Clone Wars began, and Daakman was saddened to learn of the death of his first Padawan at the Battle of Geonosis. Daakman Barrek committed himself fully to the war effort, accepting the position of Senior Jedi General in command of a Sector Army in the Republic's military forces.



Three months into the Clone Wars, Barrek and Gi discovered a secret droid foundry on the industrial world of Hypori. They alerted the Jedi Council, who dispatched an elite task force to assist. Barrek was to take command of the Jedi and clone trooper units upon the task force's arrival. However, the Acclamator-class transports were ambushed in orbit, and the survivors crashed behind enemy lines. The dreaded General Grievous led the assault to finish off the Jedi task force and entered into single combat with Barrek.

Realizing he was no match for Grievous, Barrek contacted Obi-Wan Kenobi on Muunilinst, asking for immediate evacuation from Hypori. Grievous struck Barrek down as he was making his distress call. His Padawan was also killed by the cyborg general, though four of the remaining Jedi managed to escape Grievous's clutches when Kenobi's evacuation squad blasted its way through the Separatist frontlines.

Behind the scenes
In "Chapter 20" of Star Wars: Clone Wars, Daakman Barrek is voiced by Daran Norris, who also provides the voice of Cosmo on The Fairly OddParents.

Barrek's name is derived from that of Darrick Bachman, Production Coordinator on Star Wars: Clone Wars.

Appearances

 * Clone Wars Chapter 20
 * Star Wars: Battle for the Republic
 * Labyrinth of Evil