Dordi

Dordi was a female Barabel Jedi Knight serving in the New Jedi Order. During the Yuuzhan Vong War, she served under Jedi Master Saba Sebatyne in the Wild Knights starfighter squadron. In 43.5 ABY, Dordi and fellow Jedi Knights Zal and Wilyem served as gunners for former smuggler Han Solo in the Millennium Falcon. They were to distract Galactic Alliance forces while Jedi Knight Leia Organa Solo smuggled four psychotic Jedi offworld in the Gizer Gut, before Galactic Alliance Security could capture the affected Jedi and encase them in carbonite.

Biography
"When you need crazy&mdash;''" "''&mdash;call a Barabel. Got it."

- Han and Allana Solo

Dordi was a female Force-sensitive Barabel who trained in the ways of the light side of the Force with the New Jedi Order. During the Yuuzhan Vong War she served under Jedi Master Saba Sebatyne in her all-Jedi starfighter squadron, the Wild Knights. By 43 ABY, Dordi had completed her training and ascended to the rank of Jedi Knight. Around this time, Dordi and fellow Barabel Jedi Knight Zal began to consider starting a nest with Sebatyne's son, Tesar Sebatyne. In 43.5 ABY, a mysterious illness began to befall young Jedi Knights, causing them to believe that everyone they knew had been replaced by impostors. The Galactic Federation of Free Alliances decided to deal with the issue by encasing the affected Jedi in carbonite. The Jedi Order resented this, however, and attempted to keep as many of the ill Knights as possible hidden secretly in the New Jedi Temple on Coruscant to be studied, rather than letting them fall into Galactic Alliance hands.

To prevent Galactic Alliance Security forces from discovering and capturing these Jedi, former smuggler Han Solo and his wife, Leia Organa Solo, decided to attempt to take the Jedi offworld. Dordi, along with fellow Barabel Jedi Knights Zal and Wilyem, served as gunners in the Millennium Falcon under Han and his granddaughter, Allana Solo, in order to distract Galactic Alliance forces in orbit over Coruscant. The Falcon broke every procedure for departing the planet, and Bolt Squadron, a squadron of XJ5 X-wing starfighters, along with the Fast Death, a Nargi-class pursuit frigate, began chasing down the Falcon. However, after maneuvering around PharmCom Orbital Processing Plant One&mdash;a pharmaceutical production facility&mdash;the Fast Death stayed behind, and was replaced by another pursuit frigate, the Quick End. Han then ordered Allana to alert Master Sebatyne, and proceeded to tell Dordi and Zal to ready their guns and targeting computers as a bluff. Sebatyne soon arrived on the scene with a squadron of StealthXs and quickly broke up Bolt Squadron. At Han's orders, Allana reached out in the Force and gave her grandmother the order to leave. Organa Solo quietly escaped Coruscant, smuggling the four Jedi to Shedu Maad aboard the Gizer Gut. Han then revealed to the Galactic Alliance that he had Allana on board and claimed to be taking her for a joyride, and the Galactic Alliance forces let them go. They then made the jump into hyperspace to meet up with the Jedi at Shedu Maad.

Personality and traits
"Did I say something funny?''" "''Nope. They're just Barabels."

- Allana and Han Solo

As a Barabel, Dordi shared a sense of humor with the other members of her species that other beings rarely understood. Much of what was said between Dordi and the others on the Millennium Falcon was taken as a joke between the Barabel Jedi Knights. Dordi seemed to keep her high spirits even when it seemed like there would be trouble.

Powers and abilities
"Dordi, Zal, time to bluff. Bring up your guns and targetting computers."

- Han Solo to Dordi and Zal, after being targeted by Bolt Squadron and Quick End

Dordi was trained in the ways of the Force as a Jedi, and was also a skilled pilot, as she served as a member of Master Sebatyne's Wild Knights during the Yuuzhan Vong War. She was also an accomplished gunner, although she was forbidden to open fire on Galactic Alliance ships during her mission with Solo.

Behind the scenes
Dordi was first appeared in Troy Denning's 2009 novel, Abyss, his first installment, and the third book overall, in the nine-part Fate of the Jedi series.

Appearances

 * Abyss