Shaak Ti/Legends

"...and Shaak Ti's the most cunning Jedi I've met. She's even taught me a few tricks."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

Shaak Ti was a female Togruta Jedi Master hailing from the planet Shili in the year 59 BBY. Shaak Ti replaced Yaddle as a member of the Jedi High Council in 25 BBY, in which she served as a High General.

Biography
Mace Windu once described Shaak Ti "as beautiful as a flower, yet as deadly as a viper." A compassionate woman; she always knew when a friendly word was needed to assuage fear or grief from another’s mind. A remarkable swordsman and combatant, she was a prominent figure within the Jedi Order.

Role as a Jedi
After attaining the rank of Jedi Knight, Shaak Ti trained two Padawan learners, but both were killed by criminals shortly after the completion of the training. Her Jedi sense of detachment allowed her to hide her pain caused by the death of one of her Padawans, who was murdered by vicious killers just after passing the trials. One of those students was Fe Sun, who met an untimely end at the hands of the Zeltron criminal Lyshaa. Lyshaa confessed that she killed Fe Sun as a matter of being respected therefore killing a Jedi would gain her reputation as someone dangerous. The loss of her two padawans led young Jedi to speculate that Shaak Ti was somehow an instrument of the will of the Force. Either those she trained would meet untimely ends or her training methods were flawd. A native of the planet Shili, Shaak Ti took her padawan learners to her homeworld where she trained them in the Jedi arts among the vast, dry scrublands where Togruta people evoled from pack hunters to sentient beings. Her padawans experienced a sort of communion with nature, but very little in the way of actual practical application. While they studied the ways of the Force, they learned little else. The Jedi Council could not fault Shaak Ti's logics, but because Shaak Ti showed no remorse over the deaths of her former apprentices, they felt reluctant of assigning her another Padawan.

Clone Wars


She was among the Jedi sent to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi on Geonosis which led to the Battle of Geonosis and the start of the Clone Wars. Shaak Ti survived the onslaught of Separatist battle droids and went on to command the forces of the Grand Army of the Republic.

She fought at the First Battle of Kamino, and worked with Lama Su to protect the adolescent and fetal clones of Jango Fett. Lama Su sought General Ti's permission in order to activate the Advanced Recon Commandos, who at the time were still in stasis and not yet cleared for combat. General Ti was the first Jedi to have ARC troopers under her direct control and command and was among the first to fight alongside them in combat.

Battle of Brentaal IV (Clone Wars)


Five months into the war, Shaak Ti and Master Shon Kon Ray led a strike force on Brentaal IV. Shaak commanded the ground forces and helped to free the prisoners of Shogar Tok. The mission forced Master Ti to confront the criminal known as Lyshaa, who had killed one of her former students, Fe Sun. Master Ti refused to be goaded by Lyshaa, and allowed the Zeltron to help her infiltrate Shogar Tok's chambers. Shaak Ti wasn't prepared for treachery from Lyshaa, however, and was shot by the Zeltron before she could arrest Shogar Tok. As Lyshaa tried to gain Tok's favor, neither party was aware that Master Ti was still alive. She slowed her metabolism down while focusing the Force to heal her injury.

As the rest of the team completed their missions to disable the fortress' defenses, Master Ti revived herself and confronted Shogar Tok. In a fierce duel, she was forced to kill him with her lightsaber. Distrusting of Shaak Ti's mercy, Lyshaa tried to escape, but was killed in a lightstorm chamber protecting Tok's office. With Brentaal freed from Separatist control, Master Ti was rescued and placed in a bacta tank to heal. Her recovery came just before the end of the Clone Wars, and she was assigned to the detail that kept a watchful eye on Chancellor Palpatine.

Later on in the Clone Wars, Shaak Ti participated in countless other battles. After a successful mission on Ando, she was given recognition by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and Masters Mace Windu and Plo Koon. She also became one of the eighty-two Jedi with bounties put on their heads by Dooku's apprentice, Asajj Ventress.

Battle of Dagu


Nine months after the start of the war, Shaak Ti and a large group of clones were captured and imprisoned on the swampy planet of Dagu, which was controlled by of one of Count Dooku's most cunning Dark Jedi, Artel Darc. Darc was unaware that among the prisioners was Shaak Ti the legendary Jedi Master, until it is too late. The Jedi Shaak Ti and her forces attacked Dagu, She leads a revolt against the Confederacy, and goes to deal with Artel Darc. Shaak Ti and Darc fight, but Ti killed Darc and freed the Rybet. The battle of Dagu was won for the Republic. Palpatine, the Republic's Supreme Chancellor, congratulated Shaak Ti for her efforts and awarded her a medal.

Imprisonment on Metalorn
On Metalorn, Tambor's troops had captured Jedi Master Shaak Ti, and in turn imprisoned her in the maximum security section of Metalorn's Unreal City, a gargantuan prison. Shortly thereafter, Viceroy Bail Organa of Alderaan contacted Tambor, citing interest in applying Metalorn's infrastructure template to his homeworld. Meeting with Organa and his aides on Metalorn, he began giving the Viceroy a tour of the planet, spooling off facts and statistics about the economy of the system. Organa, however, expressed an interest in the prison facilities, which Tambor was only too happy to show off. Upon entry, however, Organa was able to pass a lightsaber to the captive Ti, allowing her to escape. Using the Force, Ti ignites the lightsaber within. Fighting their way through droidekas and battle droids, they finally reach the ship, where Antilles safely pilots them off of the planet. On the Tantive IV, Ti tells Organa that if he ever needs anything he should contact her. Organa agrees, not knowing that he will use this promise in the not too distant future.



Battle of Hypori
Master Ti was one of the Jedi to confront General Grievous on the planet Hypori, alongside Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura, K'Kruhk, Daakman Barrek, Tarr Seirr and Sha'a Gi. She held her own against Grievous but eventually she was disarmed by the brutal strength of the cyborg killer. Though critically wounded, she managed to survive the deadly attack.

Battle of Coruscant (Clone Wars)
In the final days of the war, the Jedi were receiving more and more information regarding the supposed "second Sith," Darth Sidious. They traced information to the abandoned industrial sector of Coruscant known as The Works. Along with Master Windu and a group of highly trained clones they arrived at the reported lair of the Sith Lord. Though they found no trace of Sidious's presence, they discovered a network of tunnels leading straight to 500 Republica, confirming Dooku's claims of ties between the Sith and the Galactic Senate.

However, before being able to investigate further, the unthinkable happened. Out of nowhere, Separatist forces led by both Count Dooku and General Grievous attacked Coruscant.



Along with Stass Allie, Ti helped evacuate the Senate Rotunda before heading with Jedi Masters Foul Moudama, Roron Corobb, Roth-Del Masona, and B'ink Utrila to ensure Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's safety. Upon their arrival in his office, however, Grievous broke in. Barely managing to save the Chancellor, the surviving Jedi led Grievous and his MagnaGuards on a chase through Galactic City.

Arriving at the underground pod that would lead to Palpatine's hidden bunker, Shaak Ti remained behind to fight off more MagnaGuards. When the MagnaGuards ceased their attack and retreated into the darkness of the pod tunnel, Ti realized that Grievous had tricked her and already made his way to the bunker. When she arrived Shaak Ti found her remaining Jedi comrades had been killed in combat.

Tired from battle and racing on foot to the bunker, Ti was quickly subdued by Grievous. He took her lightsaber as a trophy, bound her with a force-field rope and escaped with Palpatine as his prisoner. Mace Windu found her in time to save her from death.

Great Jedi Purge
Shaak Ti was selected to safeguard the Jedi Temple while Mace Windu took a group of Jedi Masters to arrest the Supreme Chancellor. Moments before the Great Jedi Purge, Ti encountered Anakin Skywalker, whom she believed was on his way to the Chancellor's office to help Mace Windu, Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar, and Saesee Tiin in the arrest. She tried to stop him from leaving, but the young Knight was persistent, saying he was the Chosen One, and it was his duty to be present.

Shaak Ti was present during the fall of the Jedi Temple, during which Darth Vader himself set out to kill the Jedi Master. She managed to avoid Vader and the 501st, and went into self-imposed exile on Felucia, where fellow Jedi Aayla Secura was shot down. Some time later she met Jedi Maris Brood, who was bent on revenge against Vader. Shaak Ti convinced her to go into hiding on the planet Felucia, where she was training the Force sensitive natives for an eventual conflict with Vader and his secret apprentice.

She, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Yoda were the last four known surviving members of the Jedi Council.

Portrayal


Shaak Ti was played by Orli Shoshan in Attack of the Clones and voiced by Grey DeLisle in the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated television series. Though Shoshan returned twice to film the two death scenes for Revenge of the Sith, in the final cut Shaak Ti is seen only when the Jedi Council appears in hologram form, played by Maria Brill. Shaak Ti’s skill in hand to hand combat is believed to be a tribute of sorts to Orli Shoshan, who served in the Israeli military as part of the Israeli defense force and is a well versed hand-to-hand and melee weapons fighter.

Name origin
It is possible that Shaak Ti's name is based on the similarly spelled Shakti, the female Hindu deity of strength. The Sanskrit word Shakti also means "strength," or "energy."

In-story, she shares her name with shaak, a species of grazing beasts native to Naboo.

Unused death scenes
"A tragic ending of a gallant warrior, no doubt."

- Grievous



Shaak Ti had two different death scenes at various stages of Revenge of the Sith's development, but they were both deleted and confirmed by Star Wars Insider 87 that neither scene is canonical, and that she was still alive at the end of Revenge of the Sith as Shaak Ti is later seen alive in hologram form during a Jedi Council meeting. This was later backed up by her appearance in the video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

The first version was leaked to many Star Wars fan sites and described in the Hyperspace article "Into The Fuel Chamber" and the book The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith. In various forms of this scene, General Grievous ignites a lightsaber through her heart on the Invisible Hand with Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi looking on. This was Lucasfilm's original idea, and appeared in storyboards and early drafts of the screenplay. When it was planned for her to die onboard the Invisible Hand, her seat on the Council was going to be given to Tsui Choi, an Expanded Universe Jedi. In an earlier version Grievous reportedly decapitated her, but this death was deemed too graphic.



Another version, which was scripted, and shown in LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game, moved Shaak Ti's death to the Jedi Temple. Here, Darth Vader walks in her room, finds her meditating, and stabs her in the back. This scene was deleted, though she is still described as in meditation during the Jedi Temple assault according the the novelization. Though not described first-hand, Vader asks the Gate Guard Jurokk where Shaak Ti is. According to her article at the Databank, she is officially "believed to be killed" during the Jedi Temple assault, but her fate has not yet been canonically established.

Originally the Revenge of the Sith Shaak Ti action figure had a hole in its chest all the way through its back, but in the final released version it was filled in.

Escape from Dagu
Shaak Ti was originally slated to be the star of a novel called Escape from Dagu which was cancelled. The novel, written by William C. Dietz, was apparently completed when it was decided to scrap it in favor of Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, due to greater public appeal to Yoda. However, Darc, Dagu, and Shaak Ti's mission were referenced in Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:3:22 and The Official Star Wars Fact File 116, making the general storyline of Escape from Dagu still canon.

Personality and traits
Shaak Ti was a notable exception to her communal species, preferring to operate alone as possible, despite the wishes and assistance of her fellow Masters. Unlike most members of her communal species, she was solitary by nature; though, she fought at her best when in large groups. Shaak Ti felt on a primal level that the training was more important than experience. The Jedi Council bore the responsibility of deciding whether a Jedi applied it well in actual practice. This mentality illustrated her pack hunter heritage -those who cannot run with the pack are left to die. according to Shaak Ti, this is the way of nature, and therefore the will of the Force. Shaak Ti has an unusal training style for a Jedi Master who porfessed to be more interested in talking than in a fight. This reflected more the way of a Jedi Guardian than the one of a Jedi Consular. Despite her seemingly unfeeling demeanor, Shaak Ti had a subtle sense of humor. Her natural patterning could be quite startling when Shaak Ti moved. Shaak Ti used her species' reputation to its full adavantage when it was convenient to do so, frequently stealing up behind before speaking to a person or baring her sharp incisors in a grotesque approximation of a human smile, though she was entirely capable of managing perfectly ordinary smile.

Powers and abilities
Shaak Ti was regarded as a Jedi Master of legendary power and strength in the Force. Through her training as a Consular, she was able to focus more on her mastery of the Force through knowledge than through physical combat, which came natural to her. The hollow spaces in her decorated montrals allowed her to ultrasonically perceive her surroundings, especially in bustling crowds. She used this ability during the battle of Brentaal IV, where she evaded blaster bolts instead of deflecting them. As with many Consulars, Shaak Ti had the Force ability to deflect Force lightning.

Hand-to-hand combat
Shaak Ti was known to be a skilled hand-to-hand combatant and excelled in multiple weapons practices. Her natural ability to sense others' movements was drastically increased by her Force abilities. Shaak Ti's physical skills were critical in the defense of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine during the Battle of Coruscant, during which Shaak Ti buys time for Palpatine's escape from Grievous and his MagnaGuards by battling the entire group with her lightsaber, an electrostaff, and her bare hands. Grievous thought of her as a most gallant warrior. Even though Shaak Ti focused more in the Force than on combat, she was gifted in the art of Lightsaber combat gaining her the reputation as one the finest swordsmen of the galaxy. Though she was skilled in many lightsaber forms, she prefered the dueling style in which she was known as a master lightsaber duelist. Mace Windu and Yoda considered her as one of the greatest duelists in the Order's history. Chancellor Palpatine found her abilities considerable and kept her in his inner circle of protectors.

Form II: Makashi


In the novelization of Revenge of the Sith, it is said that "Soresu lacks the grace of a Shaak Ti or Count Dooku," leading to some speculation that she is a Makashi user.

In Attack of the Clones, Shaak Ti survived the Geonosis arena battle, where Jedi were faced with an overwhelming force of blaster-wielding battle droids. Makashi as a lightsaber combat style was known to provide inadequate defense against incoming blaster bolts. However, the fact that she survived the battle does belie her preferred form being Form II, although Shaak Ti may have been practitioner of Makashi and any other form.

Form IV: Ataru
In the Clone Wars animated series, Shaak Ti was performing large amounts of acrobatics, leading some fans to believe that she was a Form IV: Ataru practitioner, a form that was known to heavily utilize acrobatics.

Subform: Niman/Jar'kai
Along with the announcment of the upcoming game, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, many pictures were released as well. Among these depicts Master Shaak Ti wielding dual blades, thus possibly stating that she is, in some form, a Niman/Jar'Kai user.

Considering no source has even directly stated that she was a practitioner of any of these forms, Shaak Ti's canonical lightsaber combat form remains unknown.

Appearances



 * Jedi Quest: The False Peace
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
 * Star Wars Republic 50: The Battle of Kamino
 * Star Wars Republic 53: Blast Radius
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * "Chapter 1"
 * "Chapter 20"
 * "Chapter 21"
 * "Chapter 23"
 * "Chapter 24"
 * "Chapter 25"
 * Jedi: Shaak Ti
 * Escape from Dagu
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:3:22
 * CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 15:01:15 Edition
 * Bailed Out
 * Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Sithisis
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * Evasive Action: End Game
 * The Force Unleashed webstrip
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
 * Star Wars Empire: "General" Skywalker
 * Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga
 * Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga