Samuro

"I have served the countess all these many years. But I once served another&hellip; My true master was Samuro&hellip; a Jedi Knight."

- Z-18, to Mace Windu regarding Samuro

Samuro was a Jedi Master who lived centuries before the onset of the Clone Wars. He recognized the threat posed by the fellow Jedi Countess Rajine, who was an energy vampire. Samuro imprisoned Rajine and the victims of her life-draining powers on a remote world. He used the Force to raise a barrier over the world, sacrificing himself to ensure that Rajine and her victims could not leave the world. Sometime before he died, Samuro recorded a message for Rajine in his Jedi holocron and instructed his droid, Z-18, to give it the Jedi that would eventually arrive on the world. Centuries later, during the Clone Wars, the Jedi Master Mace Windu arrived on Rajine's world in search of a squad of clone troopers. After he was captured and imprisoned by Rajine, Z-18 freed Windu and gave him Samuro's holocron. Windu confronted Rajine and activated the holocron, and Samuro's message revealed that while he could not defeat her alone, he would be able to defeat her with Windu's assistance. After Samuro's image and Windu recited an incantation that freed the life-forces of Rajine's zombies, the victims turned against the countess and killed her.

Biography
Samuro was a male Jedi Master. He acknowledged the threat that was posed by the Jedi Countess Rajine, who was an energy vampire that drained the life-forces from sentients. He imprisoned Rajine and her victims in a city on a remote planet. Samuro sacrificed himself by using the Force to raise a barrier over the world to ensure that Rajine and her victims could not leave the planet. After his death, Samuro left behind his lightsaber and droid Z-18, whom Rajine kept in her service. He also left a Jedi holocron with Z-18, instructing the droid to give it to a Jedi who would eventually come to Rajine's world.

Centuries later, during the Clone Wars, the Jedi Master Mace Windu arrived at the city on Rajine's planet searching for the Alpha-2 Squad of clone troopers. He was captured by Rajine and her zombies and imprisoned within the city. Samuro's droid, Z-18, freed Windu and revealed to the Jedi Master that he had served Samuro. The droid gave Windu his master's holocron, stating that Samuro had said that Windu would know what to do with it and when. Windu confronted Rajine&mdash;who destroyed Z-18 for his part in freeing Windu&mdash;and activated the holocron, which contained a message from Samuro to Rajine. Samuro's message stated that he alone was not powerful enough to defeat Rajine, but he would be able to defeat her with the assistance of Windu. The message revealed that when he and Windu spoke the "words of banishment", the life-forces of Rajine's victims would be free from her control. After Samuro's image and Windu recited the incantation, the zombies turned against Rajine and killed her.

Personality and traits
"He gave his life to imprison Rajine here."

- Z-18, to Mace Windu regarding Samuro

The male Samuro was a Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order. He recognized the threat that his fellow Jedi Rajine posed as an energy vampire, and imprisoned her on a remote world. He was willing to sacrifice himself in order to trap Rajine and her victims on the world. He recognized that he was not powerful enough to destroy Rajine. In his message to Rajine in his holocron, Samuro stated that as a Jedi he could not seek revenge. However, he was not opposed to allowing Rajine's victims to seek vengeance against her.

Samuro possessed a lightsaber and wore a set of brown Jedi robes. He also owned the droid Z-18.

Powers and abilities
"His Force power has kept her within these walls for eons. He knew that his power would not last forever&hellip;and that one day another Jedi would come."

- Z-18, to Mace Windu regarding Samuro

When he imprisoned Rajine on a remote world, Samuro used the Force to raise a barrier over the world in order to trap both Rajine and her victims. His Force powers kept Rajine and her zombies contained in the city on the remote world.

Behind the scenes
Samuro was introduced in the short story No Way Out, which was one of four stories compiled in the ninth volume of the Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures trade paperbacks. He was drawn by Matthew and Shawn Fillbach, who also scripted No Way Out. Samuro received an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.