Rasi Tuum

"The weak will always perish."

- Rasi Tuum, to the Sith Yuln and Bokar

Rasi Tuum was a Cathar male who served the Jedi Order as a Jedi Master during the Sith-Imperial War and Second Imperial Civil War. He and his brothers Ahn and Zho all served the Jedi, with Rasi Tuum eventually becoming a Jedi Master. He took the Human female Azlyn Rae as his Padawan, training her in the ways of the Jedi. At one point, during a mission to the planet Roon, he defended a camp of miners that the pirates Rav and Zareb Syn were attacking. During the ensuing skirmish, Rasi Tuum maimed Rav and slew Syn, earning the hatred of Syn's son Jariah. In 130 ABY, at the end of the Sith-Imperial War, Sith forces under Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Krayt attacked the Jedi Temple on the galactic capital Coruscant. During the attack, Rasi Tuum instructed Rae to flee the Temple. He ultimately managed to escape, and eventually made his way to the hidden Jedi Temple on the planet Taivas.

Seven years after the Massacre at Ossus, Rasi Tuum was reunited with Azlyn Rae&mdash;now an Imperial Knight serving Emperor Roan Fel's Empire-in-exile&mdash;when she, the bounty hunter Cade Skywalker, and their companions arrived at the Hidden Temple. After speaking with Rae, he was attacked by Jariah Syn, one of Skywalker's companions, who tried to avenge the death of his father. The Cathar Jedi Master managed to restrain Syn, and explained the actual events of his father's death and why he had killed the pirate. Sometime after Rae, Skywalker, and their allies seemingly assassinated Darth Krayt, Rasi Tuum traveled with a Jedi contigent, led by Jedi Master K'Kruhk, to the planet Agamar in order to meet with Emperor Fel and his Imperial Knights to discuss an alliance between the Jedi and the Fel Empire. After K'Kruhk and Emperor Fel reached an agreement for a mutual alliance, the Sith attacked the Jedi and Imperial delegations, and Rasi Tuum participated in the ensuing battle. In the aftermath, both he and Azlyn Rae were unsuccessful in their attempt to to rescue Princess Marasiah Fel from Sith forces above Agamar. Both Rasi Tuum and Rae traveled to the Imperial stronghold of Bastion and informed Emperor Fel's Imperial Knights of the Princess' location.

Early life
"I was on Roon on a mission when I felt a strong distrbance in the Force. Something harsh and deadly. I came upon your father and Rav despoiling the gem miner's camp. The rest you saw."

- Rasi Tuum explains the actual events of Zareb Syn's death to Jariah Syn

Rasi Tuum, a Cathar male, was born along with his brothers Ahn and Zho in the decades leading up to the Sith-Imperial War. Both he and his siblings were found to be sensitive to the Force, and were trained in the ways of the Jedi Order, with Rasi Tuum eventually becoming a Jedi Master. During this time, he took the Human female Azlyn Rae as his Padawan.

At some point, Rasi Tuum was sent on a mission to the planet Roon. While he was there, the Jedi Master felt a disturbance in the Force, and came across the pirates Rav and Zareb Syn raiding a miner's camp. He pursued the pirates, who kidnapped a young Arkanian girl, as they retreated to their ship. After Rasi Tuum used his lightsaber to cut off Rav's right leg, Syn stabbed him in the back, causing both the Jedi Master and the pirate to fall off the loading ramp. The Cathar killed Syn, and used the Force to jump on the ship's loading ramp in an attempt to pursue the pirates. However, Rav shot Rasi Tuum in the chest, causing him to fall to the surface. The Jedi Master managed to survive, and from that point would wonder if the girl he attempted to rescue was alright.

At the end of the Sith-Imperial War in 130 ABY, Sith forces under Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Krayt attacked the Jedi Temple on the galactic capital Coruscant. During the attack, Rasi Tuum instructed Azlyn Rae to flee the Temple. He survived the attack and managed to escape, eventually making his way to the hidden Jedi Temple, which was built by Jedi Master Nat Skywalker and the Jedi Council, on the planet Taivas.

Confrontation with Jariah Syn
"Think, Jariah Syn. You know Rav&mdash;and you know, deep down, what your father was really like. You need to stop wishing your father was better than he was."

- Rasi Tuum, to Jariah Syn

By 137 ABY, during the Second Imperial Civil War, Rasi Tuum was at the hidden Jedi temple when the bounty hunter Cade Skywalker and his crew arrived, having been guided there by his uncle Nat Skywalker, who had changed his name to "Bantha" Rawk. An Imperial delegation loyal to deposed Emperor Roan Fel arrived shortly after Skywalker's starship landed. While Skywalker, the Imperial Knights, and Rawk met with the Jedi Council, Rasi Tuum recognized his former Padawan Azlyn Rae, who arrived at the Temple with Skywalker, and approached her. She asked about his brothers, and he told her that while Ahn had been slain by the Sith, Zho was alive and searching for any remaining Jedi to bring to the Temple. As they headed to meditation garden Orenth, Rasi Tuum began questioning Rae's emotions, asking her whether or not she felt loyalty to the Jedi or to the Imperial Knights, who rescued her after the events of the Massacre of Ossus and completed her training. Rae explained that, as an Imperial Knight, she took an oath to serve the Force through Emperor Fel. Rasi Tuum stated that he could sense her true feelings, and that she would always long to serve the Jedi in her heart. As she departed, he implored her to meditate on their conversation.

Shortly after Rae left his presence, Rasi Tuum was attacked by Jariah Syn, who sought to kill the Cathar and avenge the death of his father, Zareb Syn. He was hit in the back by one of Syn's Yuuzhan Vong thud bugs, but managed to evade Syn's blaster fire, and disarmed the man by using the Force to call Syn's blaster to him. As Syn threw three more thud bugs at Rasi Tuum, the Jedi cut them in half with his lightsaber and asked Syn why he was attacking him. Syn merely replied that Rasi Tuum had murdered his father, and attempted to kill the Cathar with a knife. Rasi Tuum used the Force to throw and pin Syn against a pillar and tangled him with nearby vines. He introduced himself; as Syn repeated his allegations, Rasi Tuum replied that he never slew anybody if he could prevent it. After Syn told his version of the events of his father's death, Rasi Tuum explained what really happened, and that he sought to protect the miners which were being attacked by Syn's father and Rav. He implored Syn to face the truth and admit his father was a bad man, and asked about the girl that Rav had taken. Syn replied that she was not alright, and left Rasi Tuum, who remained in the meditation garden. Later that night, Rasi Tuum&mdash;along with Skywalker's crew, Rawk, Azlyn Rae, and Jedi Shado Vao and Wolf Sazen&mdash;witnessed as Skywalker's plan to assassinate Darth Krayt was rejected by the Jedi Council. Despite this, Skywalker's crew, Vao, Rae, and Imperial Knights Ganner Krieg and Antares Draco traveled to Had Abbadon and seemingly killed the Dark Lord of the Sith.

Alliance with the Fel Empire
Sometime after Shado Vao informed the Council that Krayt had been killed, Rasi Tuum traveled with a Jedi contingent led by Jedi Master K'Kruhk to the planet Agamar, in order to rendezvouz with Emperor Fel and discuss an alliance between the Jedi and Fel's Empire. On the night before they met with Fel, Rasi Tuum had a discussion with Masters K'Kruhk and Hira about Fel and his Empire. Rasi Tuum questioned whether they could trust Fel after the Sith were defeated, and while the Whiphid Jedi Master understood the Cathar's emotions, he insisted that the alliance was necessary for the moment. The next day, Rasi Tuum was present for the successful negotiation of the alliance between the Jedi Order and the Fel Empire. Shortly after this, Moff Nyna Calixte arrived and warned the Jedi and Fel loyalists that the Sith-Imperials knew of the meeting and were coming to capture or eliminate Emperor Fel.

Rasi Tuum, his fellow Jedi, and the Imperial Knights prepared for battle as the Sith revealed themselves. K'Kruhk instructed the Cathar and the other Jedi to defend the Emperor, believing that the galaxy's fate depended on Fel's survival. During the battle, Rasi Tuum was informed by Azlyn Rae that they needed to escort Imperial Princess Marasiah Fel to the Imperial delegation's shuttle Defender One. As the Cathar, Rae, and Princess Fel approached the shuttle, a group of Sith fighters shot at the ship. The explosion caused by the fighters incapacitated Rasi Tuum and Rae, allowing the Sith to capture Princess Fel after the Imperial shuttle carrying the Emperor evacuated the planet. Three days later, Rasi Tuum and Rae awoke to find that the Princess had been captured. They reached out with the Force and sensed that the Sith were taking Princess Fel to Coruscant.

Soon after, the Jedi Master and the Imperial Knight ambushed the Sith Yuln and Bokar and killed them. After finding the deceased Sith's ship, Rae expressed her distraught over failing her duty to protect Princess Fel. Rasi Tuum insisted that it was the Force's will that she was captured, as it was that Rae's armor protected her and that they managed to locate a ship. Rae argued that it was the Force's will that they rescue the Princess, but Rasi Tuum suggested they return to Bastion and inform the Emperor of his daughter's capture. However, he eventually agreed to help Rae and attempt to save Princess Fel. They attempted to infiltrate the Sith-Imperial fleet above Agamar aboard the Sith attack ship, and tried to board their flagship War Hammer. However, the docking recognition codes were changed, and Rasi Tuum and Rae were attacked by the Sith. They managed to escape and headed for Bastion to inform Emperor Fel and the Imperial Knights of the Princess' location.

After arriving, they transmitted the codes to Fel's forces, and landed on a docking pad with Imperial Knights Antares Draco and Ganner Krieg, Imperial armorer Hogrum Chalk, and Jedi Shado Vao waiting for them. When Draco verbally berated Rae for not successfully protecting Princess Fel, Rasi Tuum attempted to calm him down, reasoning that no one would know her location if they had not escaped the Sith-Imperial fleet. Rasi Tuum was Force-pushed by Draco, and Vao warned the Imperial Knight not to strike against his ally.

Personality and traits
"I do not like killing, but sometimes the Force wills that we take a life&hellip;sometimes an evil life needs ending."

- Rasi Tuum, to Jariah Syn

The Cathar male Rasi Tuum believed strongly in the will of the Force, and felt that every action was guided by the Force. Although he did not enjoying taking an individual's life, he believed that the Force willed that a Jedi ended a life on occassion, and also felt that sometimes a wicked person's life needed ending. However, Rasi Tuum never killed anyone when there was another choice, and sought only to protect those he deemed innocent. Despite questioning whether the Jedi could trust Emperor Fel after the Sith were defeated, he nonetheless helped to protect him when the Sith-Imperials attacked the delegations on Agamar. After reuniting with Azlyn Rae and discovering that she was an Imperial Knight, Rasi Tuum questioned her as to whether she was loyal to the Jedi or the Imperial Knights. While he understood that the Imperial Knights completed her training, he believed that Rae was truly a Jedi in her heart, and that she would always yearn for the Jedi way, despite the fact that her duty to the Imperial Knights was clear in her mind.

Rasi Tuum wore a set of brown Jedi robes, and possessed a necklace. He used a lightsaber containing a green crystal up to the events of Operation: Thunderstroke. During the battle with the Sith on Agamar, Rasi Tuum utilized a blue crystal in his lightsaber.

Powers and abilities
Rasi Tuum possessed powers with telekinesis, using this to shove his enemies or disarming them. He also could use the Force to manipulate plant life in order to disable his enemies. Rasi Tuum was also capable of utilizing the Force to leap large distances. On Roon, he was able to sense a disturbance in the Force, and successfully traced the source of the disturbance. He was also able to sense Princess Marasiah Fel's presence after the battle on Agamar. Rasi Tuum was proficient at lightsaber combat, using his lightsaber to deflect enemy blaster fire, and managed to surprise and kill the Sith Bokar by cleaving him in two.

Behind the scenes
Rasi Tuum was created by John Ostrander for the Star Wars: Legacy comic series. He was first featured, along with his brothers Ahn and Zho, in an image in the resource comic Star Wars: Legacy 0. He first appeared in The Hidden Temple story arc, which revealed that Rasi Tuum was not the Cathar Jedi who died in the series' second issue. Although The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia has an entry under the name "Rasi Tuum," the Cathar that the entry describes is Ahn Rasi Tuum, who died on Daluuj while fighting the Sith in Star Wars: Legacy second issue. He was later featured in the third and fourth issues of the Monster story arc, and was also in the first and second issues of the Extremes story arc. Rasi Tuum has been penciled by Jan Duursema in all his appearances in Star Wars: Legacy.

The cover of Star Wars: Legacy forty-ninth issue was originally set to feature Rasi Tuum and Azlyn Rae, before being swapped for a cover depicting Cade Skywalker and Wolf Sazen instead.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Legacy 24: Loyalties, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Legacy: The Hidden Temple
 * Star Wars: Legacy 29: Vector, Part 10
 * Star Wars: Legacy 45: Monster, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Legacy 46: Monster, Part 4
 * Star Wars: Legacy 48: Extremes, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Legacy 49: Extremes, Part 2