Bruck Chun

"That's right, Obi-Wan. Bant is dying. I won't have to do a thing. I'll just make you watch."

- Chun to Kenobi

Bruck Chun was a youngling at the Jedi Temple two months younger than Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Biography
"I was always better than you. Now I am even stronger."

- Bruck Chun, taunting Kenobi

A Human male with ice-blue eyes and white hair, Chun was native to Telos IV, the son of Vox Chun and brother of Kad Chun. He was close friends with Aalto. The two boys liked to pick on fellow student Obi-Wan Kenobi, whom they called "Oafy-Wan."

After Kenobi beat Chun in a training lightsaber contest, Chun deliberately picked a fight with Kenobi, and used his own bruises to blame Kenobi for attacking him. Chun and Kenobi competed to be chosen as Padawan by Qui-Gon Jinn, who chose neither at the time (but later did choose Kenobi). When Kenobi temporarily turned his back on the Jedi Order to fight with the Young on Melida/Daan, Chun once again tried to get Master Jinn to take him on as Padawan, but Kenobi and Jinn were soon reconciled.

The Dark Jedi Xanatos, a business partner of Vox Chun, corrupted Chun to the dark side and used him as a pawn. On Xanatos' behalf, Chun stole many artifacts within the Jedi Temple, including the Healing Crystals of Fire. Chun and Xanatos were caught by Master Jinn and Kenobi when they attempted to steal the vertex in the Jedi Temple. Xanatos also hid a transmitter inside the hilt of Chun's red lightsaber to spy on conversations in the Jedi Temple. Chun attempted to cover Xanatos' flight from Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Chun and Kenobi became locked in combat in the Room of a Thousand Fountains. Chun was told by Xanatos to come to the Room of a Thousand Fountains to make sure the young Jedi friend of Kenobi, who was tied to the bottom of the pool, was dead. Kenobi pushed Chun back leading to Chun, who slipped off the side of the cliff and hung by one hand. Kenobi tried to help him, but could not reach Chun's hand in time, and Chun fell to his death, breaking his neck. In years to come, Kenobi would frequently would think of seeing Chun fall off the cliff and him being too slow to save him.

To an extent, Kenobi blamed himself for Chun's death. Chun's family absolutely blamed Kenobi, and brought him to a hearing before a committee of Senators, employing Sano Sauro as prosecutor. Master Jinn eventually revealed the transmitter in the lightsaber hilt, which had recorded the dialogue between Chun and Kenobi during their duel: the evidence proved Kenobi innocent, although it would be many years before Kad Chun would forgive Kenobi and before Kenobi could forgive himself.

Behind the scenes
Bruck Chun was created by the author Dave Wolverton for the first young readers novel Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force in the Jedi Apprentice series. He was used later by fellow author Jude Watson who wrote the rest of the series and he would appear in the novel The Uncertain Path before his death in The Captive Temple.

Appearances

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Captive Temple
 * Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions
 * Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise
 * Precipice

Notes and references
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