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Shoaneb Culu was a female Miraluka who served as a Jedi Knight in the days of the Old Republic. She traveled from her homeworld of Alpheridies to seek out a Jedi who could train her in the ways of the Force, planning to return one day to her homeworld and establish a Jedi academy there. She wished to bring Jedi training to the already Force-sensitive Miraluka people, so that others of her kind would not have to travel from their homeworld to learn about the Force. Culu eventually found her way to the Jedi library world of Ossus where she trained under the Jedi Master Vodo-Siosk Baas&mdash;she would ultimately become a very knowledgeable student of the history of the Jedi Order. Following the completion of her training, she was selected to be one of the few Jedi who were sent as reinforcements to help Ulic Qel-Droma during the Freedon Nadd Uprising on Onderon.

The Naddist Revolt helped identify Culu as an aspiring and deserving Jedi. Shortly after its conclusion, she was one of a handful of Jedi who learned how to fly one of the local Beast Riders' war beasts. She later participated in a Jedi Convocation on Deneba, as well as fight against the Krath during the Great Sith War. Culu was an experienced and talented pilot, choosing to fly a S-100 Stinger-class starfighter in most conflicts; during the Great Sith War, she flew as Jedi Three against the Krath at Cinnagar. Later on in the war, Culu, along with fellow Jedi Qrrrl Toq and Dace Diath, was killed at Kemplex IX when Krath sorceress Aleema Keto used Sith powers to destroy a star in the Cron Drift.