Aqinos

Aqinos was a Jedi Master who survived the Great Jedi Purge.

Biography
A Sunesi male from Monor II, Aqinos was the former Padawan of Jaled Dur. He trained a number of Padawans on Coruscant and on the second Chu'unthor. Aqinos later took on a number of Shard as Padawans without the approval of the Jedi Council, including Ilum. Trained on Dweem, these Shard Jedi, with various droid bodies, became known as the Iron Knights, and fought in the Arkanian Revolution alongside Mace Windu and Aqinos in 50 BBY.

Offended that he had taught inorganic crystals and droids about the Living Force, the Jedi Council excommunicated and exiled Aqinos. During the Great Jedi Purge, Aqinos hid with the Iron Knights on Dweem, and was later invited to join the New Jedi Order, as Luke Skywalker did not possess the distrust of machines that the old Order had. Aqinos was killed in the Yuuzhan Vong War.

Behind the scenes
Aqinos first appeared in Star Wars Missions 14: The Monsters of Dweem, but was not given a name or species. Abel G. Peña identified him as a Sunesi, and, following the lead of Kathy Tyers, who named her Sunesi characters after historical figures, chose the name Aqinos. This was a homage to St Thomas Aquinas because of the "overt parallels between the Sunesi religion and Christianity." Thomas Aquinas was a famous philosopher and theologian in the Scholastic school. This was a methodology that made use of fine distinctions, and, in an ironic move, Peña had Master Aqinos criticise this methodology with the essay.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Missions 14: The Monsters of Dweem