Ki-Adi-Mundi/Legends

"Good luck, General.''" "''There is no such thing as luck."

- Wullf Yularen and Ki-Adi Mundi, during the Second Battle of Geonosis

Ki-Adi-Mundi was a Cerean Jedi Master and member of the Jedi High Council in the twilight years of the Galactic Republic. Hailing from the planet of Cerea, Mundi was granted the rare exception of being allowed to marry so that he could adhere to Cerean polygamous customs to accommodate for the species' low birthrate.

After being discovered by the mysterious Dark Woman at four years of age, Mundi was older than most when he was accepted into the Jedi Order. The Cerean eventually came under the tutelage of Grand Master Yoda and ascended to the rank of Jedi Knight. As a Knight, Mundi became watchman of the sector in which his homeworld resided.

Later, after becoming a Jedi Master, Mundi was granted a seat on the Jedi Council and was considered among the august body's upper tier along with Masters Yoda and Mace Windu. With the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Master Mundi was forced to take the title of General and take part in the fighting. He survived to the last days of the war and led an attack on Mygeeto, only being gunned down by his own troopers after the issuing of the treacherous Order 66 that largely destroyed the Order.

Birth and infancy
"Take him. We need a Jedi of our own, one who will be here always. This&hellip; must not go on."

- Ki-Adi-Mundi's father giving him over to An'ya Kuro for Jedi training

Ki-Adi-Mundi, a Cerean male, was born in 92 BBY on Cerea. He was one of several children in the Mundi family but was the only boy among his siblings and one of the few males in his home village, as the birth rate for male Cereans to females was twenty-to-one. Among his siblings was an older sister, Droe. His father was a farmer and, for the first four years of his life, Mundi lived on the family farm, where his father and mother were content to raise him in a secluded lifestyle typical of Cereans, who largely shunned Technology and lived in isolation from the rest of the galaxy. As a youth, Mundi was drawn to offworlder technology, but his father warned him embracing it would come at too high a price, something that Mundi did not understand as a young child.

Throughout his early childhood, Mundi demonstrated great skill with the Force and was able to levitate items and sense danger, although his abilities were unstable due to lack of proper training. On at least one occasion, an item Mundi lifted with the Force exploded in mid-air due to this instability. Mundi's home village was periodically attacked and pillaged by a gang of raiders led by Bin-Garda-Zon. During these raids, Zon repeatedly broke into the Mundi household, smashed their belongings and demanded financial tributes from them, which the family always paid to avoid problems. Mundi could sense Zon's approach prior to these attacks, and his family would hide Mundi in concealed floor compartment before Zon arrived because the raiders would kidnap male children due to the species' low birth rate.

Despite the family's seclusion, rumors of Mundi's abilities with the Force began to spread even outside of Cerea. In 88 BBY, when Mundi was four years old, a Jedi Knight named An'ya Kuro, better known simply as the Dark Woman, traveled to Cerea after hearing stories about the child. Although most Jedi are trained starting from infancy, she nevertheless hoped to take Mundi to Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, where the Jedi Order could test him and assign him a Master to train him in the ways of the Force. When Kuro arrived in her starship, which Mundi called the "metal beast," Mundi's siblings fled at the sight of the unfamiliar technology, but Mundi stood his ground and insisted he was not afraid. When Kuro descended from the craft, Mundi immediately sensed she had come for him, even before she identified herself.

Once she explained her motives to his family, Mundi demonstrated his Force abilities for Kuro by levitating items and describing his sensory abilities. After Kuro announced her desire to take Mundi to Coruscant, Mundi's father asked whether he simply be taught in his home village or at the Cerean capital of Tecave City. When Kuro said this was impossible due to the commitment required by the Jedi lifestyle, Mundi's father angrily refused to allow him to leave. During this conversation, however, Mundi sensed that Zon's raiders were approaching the village and that an attack was imminent. As Mundi and his sister Droe were hidden away, Kuro volunteered to defend the village against the raiders, but Mundi's father urged against it because he believed the gang would only act more aggressively toward them later, once Kuro had departed.

Mundi listened as Zon smashed the door in, physically beat his father and stole several of their belongings, although they did not find Mundi himself. Once Zon and his men had departed, Mundi's father lifted him out of the hidden compartment, tearfully wished him goodbye and told Kuro she could take him to Coruscant. He believed Cerea needed a Jedi protector of their own or the attacks from raiders like Zon would never stop. An emotional Mundi promised his father he would work hard in his training, become as powerful and strong as possible, and then come back to Cerea to protect his family and defeat Zon's men.

Jedi training
"Remember, Ki-Adi-Mundi, nobility in many hearts lives! Find it you must, and cherish!"

- Yoda to Ki-Adi Mundi during Jedi training

Some Jedi expressed concern that, having missed four critical years of instruction, Mundi was too old to begin his training and that his childhood on Cerea would impair his judgment. Nevertheless, the Jedi Council agreed to let Mundi be trained, making him one of a very few Jedi, along with Jedi Knights Eeth Koth and Anakin Skywalker, to be accepted at such a late age prior to the New Jedi Order, and he became relatively well-known as a result of this distinction. Kuro would have liked to have taken Mundi as a Padawan herself, and sensed he had the potential to be her greatest apprentice, but the Council only entrusted her with more challenging students. Instead, Jedi Master Yoda was assigned to train Mundi. Nevertheless, Mundi often referred to Kuro as "First Teacher" and remained immensely grateful to her for the rest of his life. While many regarded Kuro with suspicion for her unorthodox and aggressive Jedi training techniques, Mundi regularly defended her and her methods, and refused to refer to her by the name Dark Woman as others called her.

For the next 21 years, Mundi learned the ways of the Force under Yoda's tutelage. Mundi traveled to many different planets as part of his Jedi training, and eventually built his own lightsaber, which had a purple blade. As Mundi got older, his ability with the Force proved strong and his ability with the lightsaber exceptional; he had no difficulty deflecting shots from multiple remotes during training sessions. However, Mundi also showed occasional signs of arrogance and willfulness during his training, which Yoda sought to counter by teaching him humility. During one session, when Mundi fought off remotes, Yoda warned him to watch his "blind spot" and, when Mundi insisted he had no blind spot, Yoda tripped him with his gimer stick. Like most Jedi, Mundi also occasionally experienced difficulty with his both his Force power and lightsaber training, but Yoda provided him reassurance on those occasions.

Throughout his training, Mundi had always made clear his intention to one day return to Cerea and free his family from the persecution of the criminals raiders there. Although Yoda did not sense anger or fear in his Padawan, he was concerned Mundi's motivations were based on a desire for vengeance, which could often lead to the dark side of the Force. Mundi insisted this was not the case and that he was driven by the desire for justice, not revenge. Nevertheless, Mundi admitted he hated Bin-Garda-Zon for what what he had done to his family, and Yoda urged him to avoid feelings of hatred and to instead pity Zon, who Yoda said had already lost his own personal battle with the dark side. The Jedi Master also encouraged Mundi to seek out and cherish the nobility in the hearts of other living beings, and taught him the future was constantly in motion and that the truth of any given situation is not always clear until more time passes. Mundi was the last Jedi directly trained by Yoda before he retired from direct Padawan-Master training and became a staff instructor teaching Jedi Initiates at the Jedi Temple.

Return to Cerea
"This mission you speak of, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Jedi Knight...about justice it is? Or revenge?"

- Yoda to Ki-Adi-Mundi

After passing his Jedi Trials, Mundi was named the Jedi Watchman of the sector that included his home planet of Cerea, just as many Jedi return to the service of their birth planets. Mundi returned to Cerea in 67 BBY at age 25 with the intention of following through on his promise to protect his family from the raider gang, although Yoda again warned him not to become consumed with revenge or anger. Upon arriving home, Mundi was greeted with love and excitement from his family, who he entertained with tales of his Jedi training and experiences on other worlds. Later, his father informed him the village was still persecuted by the raiders, although Zon himself no longer participated in the rides. Although the raider base was rumored to be very dangerous, Mundi insisted he did not require any additional assistance from the villagers and would confront Zon and his men himself.

Mundi rode an Aryx at night to Zon's camp in the hills outside the village, where he disguised himself as a drifter until reaching the inside of the camp. Upon arriving, Mundi revealed his identity and announced his intention to challenge Zon, hoping eliminating the leader would disorganize the rest of the gang and allow the local authorities to deal with the remnants. Mundi overconfidently boasted he could beat the man with both hands tied behind his back. Mundi was taken to the gang's new leader, Bin-Garda-Zon's daughter, who had previously defeated her father in combat to take control of the raiders. Treating Mundi's boast literally, she ordered her guards to tie his hands behind his back, then engaged Mundi in combat with her spear. Taken aback by how quickly his plan fell apart, and not yet strong enough in the Force to win under such circumstances, Mundi was quickly defeated and rendered unconscious.

Mundi later awakened tied to a wooden post inside a tent, where an older and weaker Zon threatened him with a vibroknife. Zon intended to slit Mundi's throat, then use that accomplishment to attempt to regain power from his daughter. However, Mundi used the Force to loosen the ropes binding his wrists, then subdued both Zon and the guards who responded to the commotion. Upon exiting the tent he was confronted by the gang leader, who this time said she would battle him to the death. Mundi offered her the chance to surrender, but she instead attacked. More cautious this time and no longer restrained, Mundi easily disarmed her and won the fight, although he did not kill her. Surrounded by dozens of her fellow raiders, Mundi knew he could not defeat them all based on sheer numbers, so he feigned bravado and ordered them all to disband and stop pillaging the villagers, or else they would have to face him.

This threat largely worked and the gang began to dissipate except for Zon, who hurled a vibroblade at Mundi with the hopes of winning his command back. Mundi used the Force to easily push the blade aside, but left Zon alive, recognizing that leaving the former gang leader powerless and inconsequential was a fate worse than death for Zon. The victorious Mundi then returned to his family.

Establishing home and family
"The Jedi Code forbids attachments. I cared for them but I tried to remain unattached. It was always...difficult."

- Ki-Adi-Mundi speaking about his family

As the planet's Jedi Watchman, Mundi lived on Cerea and quickly cultivated a deep love and appreciation for his home world, and gained a great deal of respect among the Cerean community. Despite having been drawn to offworlder technology in his youth, Mundi came to develop a very different perspective in his adulthood, as did many other Cereans his age. Like his father before him, Mundi now believed Cereans should take pride in their technologically-primitive culture and resist opening itself too much to outside worlds that would seek to change and modernize their planet, which he felt could lead to unexpected and disasterous consequences. As a Jedi Watchman, Mundi developed a network of contacts who provided him information about the activities on and around Cerea, including the Ortolan Ydde, who outwardly claimed to only care about the money Mundi gave him, but secretly admired the Jedi Knight.

Due to the Cerean's social customs and low birth rate for males, Mundi was granted an extremely rare exception to be allowed to marry and have children, which is usually strictly forbidden by the Jedi Order because Jedi are not allowed personal attachments. Although Mundi cared for his family, he was required by the Jedi Order not to view them as attachments, a balance that Mundi found extremely difficult. Like all Cereans, Mundi practiced polygamy due to the 20-to-1 male-to-female ratio among his species. Mundi first married Shea, his bond-wife, and later married four honor-wives, including Mawin. Shea remained Mundi's closest and most trusted wife, and he felt he could hide nothing from her, so much so that Mundi suspected she had some of the Force within her. Mundi had seven daughters with his wives, none of whom were born by Shea, which bitterly disappointed her. Mundi desperately wanted a boy, but tried to conceal his disappointment from his wives; he avoided having children with Shea because he did not believe he could hide his feelings from her.

Mundi and his family lived in a large house not far from Concave City. The polygamist nature of Mundi's family inevitably led to tension and arguments among his wives. The honor-wives occasionally envied Shea's status as the bond-wife and, in turn, Shea was often jealous of them because she had never bore any children. Mundi often had trouble understanding his wives' emotions and responding accordingly, which would upset them further. Among Mundi's daughters was Sylvn, who he had with Mawin. Sylvn demonstrated rebellious tendencies and anger issues as early as age six, when she regularly drew pictures of angry faces. Although this concerned Mawin, Mundi assured her it was normal youthful behavior and nothing to be worried about. Sylvn's rebellious tendencies continued into her teenage years, when she began spending time with the dissident Maj-Odo-Nomor and his swoop gang, the Band of Techrats, but Mundi nevertheless felt she was a good girl and that her actions were not a source of concern.

Early Jedi Council service
"I would urge you to consider Ki-Adi-Mundi. Thought he is still but a Jedi Knight, he previously stood in for Giiett and has demonstrated exceptional judgment and valor."

- Mace Windu recommending Ki-Adi-Mundi for the Jedi High Council

Ki-Adi-Mundi was held in high regard by members of the Jedi High Council, and he was occasionally asked to sit in on High Council meetings and participate in their decisions in the absence of Jedi Master Micah Giiett. Yoda, already very familiar with Mundi from his training, held the Cerean in high regard, and Jedi Master Mace Windu believed he demonstrated excellent judgment and courage. Mundi sat temporarily on the Jedi Council in 44 BBY, a time of particularly high tension and increased security due to a failed assassination attempt against Yoda within the Jedi Temple. Also during this time, Obi-Wan Kenobi, then 13 years old, briefly left the Jedi Order and tutelage of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn to assist with the Melida/Daan Civil War. Mundi was present at the meeting when Kenobi appeared before the Jedi Council to apologize for his brief departure, requesting to return to the Order. Like Council members, Mundi expressed reluctance and disappointment with Kenobi, and said he did not believe Kenobi recognized that he had violated the trust not only of Jinn, but of the entire Council.

Also in 44 BBY, Mundi was present when Sha Koon, a Kel Dor Padawan and niece of Jedi Master Plo Koon, appeared before the Jedi High Council at the behest of her Ithorian Jedi Master Saldith during the Stark Hyperspace War. Sha Koon explained that her uncle had communicated with her via telepathy and asked her to approach the Council so they could speak to Plo Koon through her. When Saldith vouched for Sha Koon's credibility, the Council agreed to join their minds with her, which led them to dispatch a Jedi strike force to Troiken to assist with Plo Koon's mission there.

Following the death of Giiett during the Yinchorri Uprising in 33 BBY, the Jedi Council was forced to consider a permanent replacement for Giiett. Although some considered Jinn for this vacancy, Windu advised against it because of Jinn's headstrong and iconoclastic peronality and instead strongly supported Mundi for the position. Yoda did not object to Mundi's selection, but did not immediately voice support for it either, as he was distracted by his concerns over who was responsible for causing the Yinchorri Uprising. The possibility of Mundi joining the Jedi Council was expressed to him during this time, but before formally accepting the invitation, Mundi returned to Cerea and his duties as a Jedi Watchman so he could consider the matter.

Conflict on Cerea
"Silais looks at our world and sees backwardness. If he could see it through my eyes, he'd find the view far more appealing. I see a world and a people in harmony with nature, who choose not to sully their waters and their air with the noxious emissions of motorized craft."

- Ki-Adi-Mundi urging to Council of Elders to reject Silais' offer to join the Galactic Republic

Despite his allegiance to the Jedi Order, Mundi actively lobbied for Cerea to reject proposals to join the Republic and encouraged his fellow Cereans to maintain their neutrality. In 33 BBY, Silais, a Twi'lek representative, encouraged the Council of Elders to join the Republic and called Cerea a backward world due to its lack of technology. In response to these remarks, Mundi spoke passionately in defense of the planet, calling Cerea's lack of technology as a virtue rather than a detriment. He argued giving greater power to offworlder influences would make the planet as unpleasant and corrupt as the Outsider Citadel cities. The Elders were so moved by Mundi's speech that they rejected Silais' request without even taking the matter to a vote, which prompted the Twi'lek to view Mundi as an enemy. Shortly after this speech, a distraught Mawin informed Mundi that Sylvn had run away with Maj-Odo-Nomor, and Mundi promised to find her and bring her home. He found both Sylvn and Nomor at a Pro-Tech Movement rally, where Republic diplomat Bron was encouraging an agitated crowd of young Cereans to reject their elders advice and embrace offworlder technology.

Emboldened by his earlier speech before the Council of Elders, Mundi attempted to sway the crowd against Bron's way of thinking, but succeeded only in antagonizing them further. Too late, Mundi realized Bron tricked him into addressing the crowd because Bron knew it would anger them and make Bron himself appear accepting of outsider opinions. Incensed by Mundi's words, Nomor encouraged the crowd to physically remove Mundi from the rally. They picked him up and began carrying him, but Mundi resisted fighting back because he felt they were only children and presented no real danger. Distracted while calling out for his daughter, Nomor grabbed Mundi's lightsaber, but accidentally activated it and killed a Cerean bystander. Nomor and Sylvn fled and the confused crowd mistakenly believed Mundi killed the bystander himself, much to Bron's delight. Although the crowd called on Mundi to be charged with murder, surveillance footage and an examination on the skin cells on Mundi's lightsaber proved that Nomor was responsible for the death. Nevertheless, Bron used the incident to spread rumors and create a sense of mistrust about Mundi and the Council of Elders.

The elders allowed Mundi to go free and bring Nomor and his accomplices to justice, which they indicated included Sylvn. They did not, return Mundi's lightsaber, however, because they claimed it was required for evidence. Mundi immediately returned home, where he found four members of the Band of Techrats gang&mdash;Skeel, Kordren, Twin and Sylvn herself&mdash;had broken into his house and stolen his groceries. Mundi suspected they had stolen the food because they were harboring Nomor, and he traveled via Aryx to the Outsider Citadel to find him. There he sought his source Ydde, but learned he had gone into hiding and was missing for the last two days. Ydde's wife told Mundi he had was afraid for his life after overhearing the smuggler Ephant Mon speaking to somebody else about a shipment. Believing the shipment to be related to the Swoops, Mundi found Ydde in a nearby cantina, but Ydde refused to talk to him despite offers of money and stormed off.

Due to the rumors Bron had spread about Mundi, most of the Outsider Citadel citizens distrusted Mundi. A group of alien outsiders&mdash;led by a Devonian who previously lost half of his left horn in a fight with Mundi&mdash;attacked the Cerean, overconfident because he lacked a lightsaber. Mundi easily fended them off with hand-to-hand combat, but when the attackers continued to heavily outnumber him, he summoned his Aryx, who rushed into the fray and helped Mundi defeat them. Citadel security forces arrived after the scene ended, which meant Mundi had to face another inquiry before the Elders the next day. Not far away, Mundi discovered the dead body of Ydde, who had been shot to death at close range by what a Mundi determined was likely a skilled assassin. The guilt-stricken Jedi blamed himself for Ydde's death. During the inquiry the next day, Elder Nar-Somo-Dali, a friend of Mundi, insisted the search for Nomor was growing out of control and considered relieving Mundi of the duty due to his personal involvement because of his daughter. Dali refused to return Mundi's lightsaber and explained the council was proceeding with caution because some members of the public saw the pursuit of Nomor as prosecution for his Pro-Tech beliefs, but Mundi said the council should instead be focused on doing the right thing.

After using a Jedi mind trick on a Gran prisoner with knowledge of Ephant Mon's activities, Mundi learned where the smuggler was hiding Nomor, but they were gone before Mundi arrived. He discovered a sketch of an angry face that Sylvn used to draw when she was young, and felt despair over never recognizing how troubled she was. Distracted, he nearly failed to detect an attack by FLTCH R-1, a huge mercenary droid left behind by Mon to attack the Jedi. In his haste to depart, however, Mon failed to calibrate the droid's target system, so Mundi was able to dodge it's attacks and escape. As he was fleeing, Mundi ran into a Cerean messenger sent by Nar-Somo-Dali. The Jedi directed the messenger into the sewers with him and drew FLTCH R-1's fire away from the boy, but was struck and injured by one of the droid's blasts and nearly crushed by falling debris. The messenger ran to assist him and delivered Dali's message by returning Mundi's lightsaber and explaining that Dali had taken to heart Mundi's earlier statement about doing the right thing. The now-armed Mundi disabled the approaching FLTCH R-1 with one swoop of his lightsaber, then collapsed. The messenger took the unconscious Mundi back to Dali, who placed Mundi into a bacta tank to treat his injuries. Upon learning that Mon had fled the planet with Nomor and Sylvn, Dali obtained permission from the Jedi Council to extend Mundi's jurisdiction, freeing the Jedi to pursue Nomor anywhere in the galaxy. These efforts furthered Bron's arguments that the Cerean search for Nomor was personal and unjust, as many Cereans felt the pursuit should be dropped now that he was off the planet.

Rescuing Mundi's daughter
"Valuable he has been already. More valuable he yet will be."

- Yoda recommending Ki-Adi-Mundi for the Jedi High Council

Dali received word that Mon's ship was located in orbit around the planet Tatooine, but that it was infested with 2,000 dangerous divvik pupae ready to hatch. When communication with the ship failed, Dali freed Mundi from the bacta tank early so he could continue his pursuit right away, even though the Jedi was still not fully recovered. Silias provided Mundi with a starship and a crew of marginally-effective droid prototypes from a bankrupt manufacturer, which Silias insisted were the best he could provide on short notice. They included maintenance droid J1M, navigator B3NK, medical droid 2-ROB and pilot FLTCH R-1, who had been reprogrammed since previously attacking Mundi. After a 10-hour flight, the crew arrived at Tatooine, where it was impossible for B3NK to detect whether Sylvn was alive because the thousands of divviks aboard Mon's ship made it impossible to separate lifeforms. Mundi detected Mon's presence aboard the ship and, despite the mortal danger presented by the divviks, donned a spacesuit and boarded the craft. Aware there were too many divviks to fight single-handedly, Mundi attempted to move quickly through them and fought his way through the ship. Mundi used the Force to navigate himself to an escape pod where Mon, Sylvn, Nomor and Twin were hidden inside.

Mundi offered to bring them back to his ship, but Mon instead explained the pod's electrical circuit was damaged and the outside hatch could only be opened manually from outside the pod. Mon ordered Mundi to open the hatch, which could fatally expose Mundi to the vacuum of space, or else Mon would manually eject the pod himself and kill all the occupants, including Mundi's daughter. When Nomor tried to resist Mon, the smuggler shot him to death. Mundi recognized Mon intended to follow through with this threat and agreed, but first ordered FLTCH R-1 to get a reading on both the escape pod and Mundi himself. After opening the hatch and allowing the pod to eject, Mundi lept through the airlock door and toward his own ship, where the robot crew quickly picked him up and safely brought him aboard. Mundi pursued the escape pod into Tatooine's atmosphere, where they initially met resistance from Trade Federation ships, despite the fact that Tatooine was outside the Trade Federation's jurisdiction. Mundi used the Force to trick the pilots into abandoning their pursuit, then landed the ship on Tatooine and tracked the pod, but found it empty besides Nomor's body. The crew followed the trail until it was lost in an ion storm, prompting the Jedi to become distraught over the thought of losing his daughter, and regret having previously desired a son rather than appreciate his own daughters.

Upon learning Sylvn was taken to a Hutt Citadel owned by the crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure, Mundi believed his daughter was being held as bait in a trap meant for the Jedi himself. Mundi secretly ordered J1M to enter the cargo bay, where he planned to drop the droid along with non-essential material from the ship. Mundi hoped Jabba would believe unloading the cargo was an attempt by Mundi to simulate damage to his own ship, but in fact, Mundi planned to have J1M infiltrate Jabba's shuttle and download his cargo manifest. Mundi then ordered his crew to prepare for an air battle and piloted the ship toward the Hutt Citadel, where they were pursued by several atmospheric flyers. Mundi recognized they depended upon air circulation to fly, so he flew his ship close to the planet's surface to create a sandstorm, clogging their air intakes and destroying several of the ships. He then dropped his cargo, including J1M, and Jabba fell for the ruse and launched a shuttle to collect the debris. Upon arriving at the Hutt Citadel, Mundi found Sylvn and Twin surrounded by guards and chained to an ion attractor atop of a tower during an ion storm, where they were at risk of becoming electrocuted by bursts of plasma. Mundi had the robot crew take over piloting, then dropped onto the tower along with FLTCH R-1 to assist the girls. Mundi blocked a plasma blast with his lightsaber just as it was about to strike the ion attractor, then killed the guards while FLTCH R-1 untied Sylvn and Twin.

After embracing his daughter, the four returned to the starcraft and exited the system just as Jabba's shuttle was releasing it's garbage, including J1M. Mundi picked up the droid, who had successfully downloaded the cargo manifest, revealing the Trade Federation had obtained several illegal items from Jabba, violating the Republic's rules of engagement. Mundi decided not to continue pursuing Ephant Mon and instead left Tatooine and dispatched the Trade Federation information to Coruscant. After returning to Cerea, testimony from Sylvn and Twin dispelled the public's suspicions about the pursuit against Mondi and calmed the hysteria previously caused by Bron's rumors. Around this time, Mundi sensed a disturbance in the Force among the Republic, but it was too diffuse for him to determine a specific cause. Dali suggested he spend as much time with his family as possible before Jedi Order business would force him away from Cerea. With his outlook on family changed by Sylvn's recent abduction, Mundi finally got Shea preganant and this time insisted he did not care whether it would be a boy or a girl.

Upon learning of Mundi's recent actions, Yoda became impressed that the Cerean was able to carry out his mission and obtain helpful information about the Trade Federation even while his own daughter's life was at risk. Yoda formally recommended that Mundi indeed be selected for the vacancy on the Jedi High Council. Mundi was summoned to Coruscant, where after a vote among the Council he was inducted to their ranks despite not yet having obtained the title of Jedi Master, an extremely rare accomplishment. Mundi continued to serve as the Jedi Watchman for the Cerean sector while serving on the Council, and although he now began spending more time on Coruscant and less on Cerea, he often missed his home world and felt uncomfortable among the modern cities and excessive technology of Coruscant.

Mission to Asmeru
Ki-Adi-Mundi joined the Jedi High Council just as the Nebula Front terrorist organization made an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum. Mundi was present during a Council discussion with Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn about the matter, where Jinn said he did not believe Valorum was really the Nebula Front's intended target and that he felt the organization had more duplicitous motives. Mundi was one of seven Jedi&mdash;along with Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Saesee Tiin, Yaddle, Vergere and Depa Billaba&mdash;selected to investigate the attempted assassination and apprehend leaders of the Nebula Front. Following a lead, the Jedi traveled to the planet Asmeru aboard the Consular-class cruiser Prominence, accompanied by another cruiser, Ecliptic. Mundi watched from a starboard viewpoint as the Prominence navigated the minefield around the planet and listened as the Nebula Front contacted the ship and asked them to leave one of their vessels in orbit around the planet, as a sign of good faith, while the other one landed. Mundi, like the other Jedi, did not feel comfortable with the proposal, but they ultimately agreed to it.

As the Prominence approached the planet, they were attacked by Nebula Front Tikiar starfighters and the Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser Famulus, which destroyed Ecliptic and forced Prominence to crash into a lake on the planet's surface. Mundi, the other six Jedi and a few surviving members of the Judicial Forces escaped from the ship and swam to a nearby island; the diminutive Yaddle rode on Mundi's shoulders to safety. The survivors traveled to a high vantage point among the boulders where they watched vehicles searching for them and, when a Human from the Nebula Front approached and asked to speak peacefully to them, Mundi revealed himself to him along with Jinn and Tinn. The man said they felt the Republic was allying itself with their enemy, the Trade Federation, by hosting the upcoming Eriadu Trade Summit. While the Nebula Front said they would not attack the Jedi and other survivors, they intended to leave them stranded on Asmeru and effectively hold them hostage unless the Republic canceled the summit. By nightfall, Mundi took turns at guard duty along with Jinn, Kenobi, Depa and Saesse.

The next day, when the Jedi heard someone approaching, Jinn and Mundi investigated and captured an Ossan, one of the enslaved natives of the planet. The Ossan offered to help the stranded survivors escape the planet, and led Mundi and the others through underground tunnels to a nearby city, where they planned to commandeer a ship and escape. As they arrived, however, they were attacked by members of the Nebula Front. Mundi, Jinn and Kenobi stood back to back and deflected blaster bolts with their lightsabers as they worked their way into a plaza, trying to reach the nearby CloakShape fighters before any of the terrorists could get to them. They were attacked by a gunship, however, which forced Jinn and Kenobi to take cover as Mundi wildly parried the vehicle's shots. The three Jedi were forced to pull back, but eventually they made their way forward again, along with Tiin. As the four Jedi spread into a wedge formation and deflected shots with their lightsabers, a group of Ossan slaves revolted against the Nebula Front just as Lancet starfighter reinforcements from Eriadu arrived to help the Jedi. The tide of the battle was quickly turned and the Nebula Front militants surrendered.

Eriadu Trade Summit
Mundi returned to Coruscant after the Asmeru incident to await the Eriadu Trade Summit. During this time, Mundi received a transmission from Jinn and Kenobi that they were pursuing Nebula Front official Arwen Cohl to the Eriadu, and Mundi delivered that message to the others on the Jedi High Council. When the date of the Summit arrived, Mundi traveled to Eriadu along with other fellow Jedi to provide protection. Mundi and Tiin patroled the seats of Seswenna Hall, where the Summit was held, searching for any disturbances in the Force. The two Jedi learned that Cohl's freighter had been spotted at a nearby customs warehouse, where several custom agents were attacked and tied up by armed assailants. Mundi and the other Jedi traveled to the warehouse, where they split up on airspeeders to search for the assailants. Mundi, riding along with Vergere, helped locate the Nebula Front militants, who opened fire on the airspeeders with missile launchers from the rooftop of a building. Mundi and the Jedi engaged the attackers along with help from Judicial Forces members. They eventually captured six terrorists, including a Gotal wearing a mimetic suit that Mundi and Vergere subdued, but found neither Cohl or the Nebula Front leader Havac among them.

Interrogating the captured assailants, the Jedi quickly realized the entire encounter was a distraction to keep the Jedi occupied while the Nebula Front advanced their secret plans back at the Eriadu Trade Summit. The Jedi returned to Seswenna Hall where, later, Kenobi and Jinn shared with Mundi and the other Jedi information they had obtained from Cohl: that Havac planned to use a droid from the Trade Federation Directorate to assassinate Chancellor Valorum. Kenobi suggested ordering all droids removed from the delegation, but Mundi said that could prompt the Nebula Front to trigger the droids into opening fire. Mundi suggested getting someone aboard the Trade Federation freighter to shut down the central control computer, thus disabling the droids, but there was no time. Mundi, Tiin and Kenobi took positions in front of the Trade Federation rostum with their lightsabers ready to deflect fire from the droids. However, when the Trade Federation Directorate activated their force fields, thus ensuring no blaster shots could enter or leave their shielded area, their droids suddenly turned on them and opened fire, killing all present Directorate members as Mundi and the other Jedi looked on helplessly. They later learned it was the Trade Federation Directorate, not Valorum, who had been Havoc's target all along.

Later, also in 33 BBY, Mundi attended a Jedi High Council meeting during which Jinn and Kenobi were informed Jedi Master Adi Gallia had gone missing during a covert mission to the planet Esseles. The Council had obtained a datacard informing them the research facilities on Esseles had progressed to the full-scale manufacturing, and that a factory owned by Trinkatta Starships was building 50 experimental vulture droid starfighters equipped with hyperdrives. Concerned about this potential threat, the Council had dispatched Gallia to investigate. After losing contact with her, the Council assigned Jinn, along with Vel Ardox and Noro Zak, to travel to Esseles and find Gallia. The Council ordered Jinn to leave Kenobi behind, but Jinn brought his Padawan along with him anyway.

Reemergence of the Sith
In 32 BBY, Mundi was still working toward the rank of Jedi Master, when he and the rest of the Jedi High Council were approached by Qui-Gon Jinn, who had recently escaped the Trade Federation's blockade of the planet Naboo. Jinn told the council of a lightsaber duel he had with a Zabrak warrior who was well trained in the dark side of the Force. Jinn believed the attacker was a Sith Lord, a claim that the Council met with incredulity. Mundi, in particular, insisted it was impossible as the Sith had been believed extinct for a millennium. Mace Windu agreed with Mundi, but the Council agreed to further investigate the attacker's identity.

Jinn also presented the Council with a nine-year-old Human boy named Anakin Skywalker, who he had discovered during his recent stay on Tatooine. The child had a very high midi-chlorian count and Jinn believed him to be the Chosen One, identified in a prophecy as the one who would restore balance to the Force. Mundi and the other Jedi were skeptical, but agreed to see the boy. Upon meeting Skywalker, Mundi sensed a danger in the child that he could not fully explain, and felt leery not of the boy himself but of what he could become in the future. The Cerean came to believe the disturbance he felt in the Force during his previous trip to Tatooine was somehow connected to Skywalker's presence on the planet. Mundi was so amazed by Skywalker's strength with the Force that the Cerean questioned the reliability of his perceptive abilities for failing to have located the boy on Tatooine himself, which he considered a personal failure.

It was initally decided, however, that Skywalker was too old to begin Jedi training. Mundi agreed with this ruling, although he felt he should have been more empathetic since he himself had also been trained at a later age. Later, Jinn's suspicions about the Sith were proven correct when the Zabrak warrior, later identified as Darth Maul, killed him in a lightsaber duel during the Battle of Naboo. Mundi grew extremely troubled by his failure, and the failure of the Council, to recognize that the Sith had indeed returned as Jinn foresaw. He had trouble finding peace in the months that followed, even during meditation. Under the circumstances, Mundi and the rest of the Council agreed that Skywalker would be trained as a Jedi, but Mundi secretly harbored feelings of discomfort about the boy and intended to be more watchful of him than of other Padawans. The Cerean traveled to Naboo to attend Jinn's Jedi funeral, and was also present the next day at the Theed Royal Palace for a celebration about Naboo's liberation from the Trade Federation. Upon the realization that the Sith had indeed resurfaced, Mundi and the other members of the Jedi began feeling major disturbances in the Force.

Seeking Sharad Hett
"I've had dreams! Great dangers await you&mdash;dangers that whisper of the Dark Side! Within the deserts of another's heart, your life will be changed forever! Listen to the Force! Let it guide every step and thought! Beware on this world to which you go, Ki-Adi-Mundi! Beware!"

- An'ya Kuro, to Ki-Adi-Mundi

By 32 BBY, Mundi formally obtained the title of Jedi Master, although he modestly continued to refer to himself as a Jedi Knight in the weeks immediately following this promotion. Following an attack on Mochot Steep, a Jawa trading site on Tatooine, the Jedi Council recieved word about a series of increasingly violent attacks by Tusken Raiders on that planet. Yoda and Eeth Koth spoke privately to Mundi about the matter in the Jedi Temple, and revealed they believes one of the Tusken leaders was Sharad Hett, a famous Jedi Knight who had gone missing 15 years earlier. Mundi knew Hett by reputation, but had falsely believed him to be dead. In light of the recent reemergence of the Sith, Yoda feared that if Hett were still alive, or whether he had succumbed to the dark side of the Force, which they felt could make him vulnerable to being recruited by the Sith. Yoda asked Mundi to seek Hett because they believed he was the only Jedi powerful enough to fight him who did not know him personally, thus Mundi would harbor no reservations if Hett had to be fought or killed. When Mundi accepted, Yoda explained he would first have to seek an audience with Jabba Desilijic Tiure to request safe passage through the desert without Jabba's forces interfering with the mission. Mundi expressed disgust with the concept of meeting the Hutt, still angry over Jabba's previous abduction of his daughter Sylvn, but he agreed to do so and departed for Tatooine.

Due to the secretive nature of Mundi's assignment, he was to depart from Coruscant in a Consular-class cruiser via a nondescript building rooftop rather than a spaceport. As he awaited the cruiser, Mundi was visited by An'ya Kuro, who he had not seen for several years after she went into a self-imposed exile for allowing the Jedi trainee Aurra Sing to be kidnapped and lost as a child. Mundi comforted Kuro and assured her Sing's fate was not her fault. He could not tell Kuro details about his upcoming mission, but as his ship arrived, Kuro warned him she had dreamt of a great darkness awaiting him on the planet he was visiting, and urged him to beware of the dark side of the Force. Mundi traveled to Tatooine and landed at one of the Mos Eisley Spaceport docking bays owned by Ohwun and Chachi De Maal which, although run-down and cheap, provided Mundi's mission with further cover and was the closest available port to Jabba's Desilijic Complex. Unbeknownst to him, Mundi's movements were being tracked by Sing, how a bounty hunter, who nad been hired by the Hutt crimelord Gardulla Besadii the Elder to find and kill Hett. Upon arriving at Jabba's complex, the Hutt explained he would normally seek revenge for Mundi having stolen Sylvn, who he considered his slave and property, but Jabba feigned ignorance over the identity of Sylvn's rescuer so he would not have to attack Mundi.

With little patience for Jabba's antics, Mundi repeatedly insulted the Hutt and insisted he would one day pay for his crimes, but for now demanded free passage to The Needles, where the Tuskens had established camp. Jabba claimed to admired Mundi and granted this request, offering him a Bantha-II cargo skiff along with his henchman Hoonta and five other guards to accompany Mundi on the trip. The Jedi suspected it was a trap, but nevertheless accepted. His suspicions proved true when the skiff was piloted into a dangerous sandstorm and the guards attacked the Cerean. Mundi tried to persuade them to surrender, but when they instead attack, the Jedi easily killed them all with his lightsaber and Force skills. However, the skiff crashed and flipped over, leaving Mundi with a broken arm and forcing him to travel the rest of the trip on foot. While climbing the mountain foothills at The Needles, Mundi was attacked by womp rats and, while fending them off, fell into a krayt dragon lair. As Mundi attempted to fend off the creature, he was watched from above by a band of Tusken Raiders, including Sharad Hett and his son and Jedi learner, A'Sharad Hett. Sharad was originally suspicious of Mundi's motives for seeking him, but when he learned he had been sent by Sharad's former teacher, Eeth Koth, he and the Tuskens jumped down into the lair to help Mundi and slayed the krayt dragon.

Afterward, Hett explained to Mundi that Jabba had recently flooded the Tatooine black market with a surplus of outdated weapons he had received, then provoked farmers and offworlders into a conflict with the Tusken Raiders to drive up the demand for those weapons. Around 100 Tusken Raiders were killed as a result, and the recent barrage of brutal attacks by the Tuskens were conducted in an attempt to repel those attacks. Mundi condemned Hett's justifications, claiming the Jedi should use their power to defend and protect others rather than attack. Nevertheless, Mundi detected that Hett remained with the light side of the Force and asked him to return to the Jedi Order to help combat the rising threat of the Sith. Hett refused to abandon his fellow Tuskens. However, as they were speaking, the tribe was attacked by dozens of skiffs and speeder bikes commanded by Gardulla, who hoped wiping out the Tuskens would end her rival Jabba's weapon profits and improve her own stature. Mundi, Sharad and A'Sharad attempted to reach the rest of the Tusken tribe before they charged, but were too far away and they attacked Gardulla's forces. As the Tuskens were getting bombarded by Gardulla's explosives, Mundi and A'Sharad took to higher grounds as Sharad rallied his warriors and helped organize their attack. From afar, Aurra Sing used a sniper rifle to kill the Bantha Mundi and A'Sharad were riding, thus slowing their ability to assist with the battle.

Sing engaged Sharad in a lightsaber duel and, before Mundi and A'Sharad could arrive to help him, she stabbed Sharad through the heart. Mundi recognized Sing as Kuro's former student, and he was disturbed not only with her abilities with the Force, but also by the fact that she had killed multiple Jedi in the past, which was evident from her collection of stolen lightsabers. Mundi tried to persuade her to turn away from the dark side of the Force, but she nevertheless attempted to finish off Sharad with her lightsaber. When A'Sharad stopped her and nearly killed her himself, Mundi implored him not to do so for fear of succoring to the dark side himself. A'Sharad hesitated long enough for Sing to escape. With the majority of their Tusken tribe wiped out from the battle, A'Sharad announced his intention to return with Mundi to Coruscant to further learn the ways of the Force. With his dying breaths, Sharad asked Mundi to take A'Sharad as his Padawan and continue his Jedi instruction, a request the Cerean accepted. After Sharad died, Mundi and A'Sharad departed Tatooine for Coruscant.

Upon his return, Mundi presented a report to the Jedi High Council and announced he had taken A'Sharad. Due to Sharad Hett's wide recognition among the Jedi, Mundi also issued a recording to the entire Jedi Order about Hett's death, explaining that he had stayed true to the light side of the Force right up to the end. A'Sharad, who had never before left Tatooine, had difficult adjusting to life on Coruscant and the other worlds of the galaxy, but Mundi was able to empathize because of his feelings for Cerea and helped A'Sharad with the transition. Mundi allowed Hett to receive some training from An'ya Kuro, who sparred with the young Padawan and trained him in her unconventionally violent and brutal method. Some, such as Jedi Masters including Mace Windu and Even Piell, found her approach unorthodox and disturbing, but Mundi defended her and insisted she be allowed to continue.

Emissary to Malastare
Later in 32 BBY, Mundi attended a meeting where the Jedi High Council described the long-standing conflict between the government of the planet Lannik and the Red Iaro terrorist organization, which appeared to be drawing to a stalemate. When the Red Iaro sought peace negotiations on the Gran-dominated planet Malastare, they asked for six Jedi to attend and ask as arbiters for the negotiations. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine requested that all six come from the Jedi High Council given the importance of maintaining peace with both sides of the conflict. Mundi agreed with this logic was among the first Jedi to volunteer, along with Mace Windu, Even Piell, Adi Gallia, Plo Koon and Yaddle. The group, along with A'Sharad Hett, traveled to Malastare within a matter of days, where they were greeted by Gran Senators Ainlee Teem and Baskol Yeesrim. The Jedi were suspicious of their Gran hosts, who they sensed that ulterior motives for hosting the negotiations.

While the rest of the group were escorted to their quarters by Teem and Yeesrim, Mundi lagged behind to offers words of comfort to Hett, who felt continue to feel uncomfortable on worlds other than Tatooine. Once the two caught up with the others, they found Piell and Gallia being fired upon by a Red Iaro Lannik and a hooded member of the theocratic sect Order of the Ffib. Mundi and Hett drew their lightsabers and ordered them to surrender, but the two attackers fled. The Jedi gave chase and Mundi questioned two nearby Gran guards as to their whereabouts but, much to the Cerean's frustration, the Grans claimed not to have seen anybody pass by and the duo escaped. Mundi noted that for them to sneak blasters onto the spaceport, the attackers must have been either very cautious, or they received assistance in getting past security. The Jedi sensed growing danger on Malastare, but nevertheless continued with their mission, although Mundi ordered A'Sharad to remain alert. The emissaries were next taken to Governor Gujdim Wiphshun's palace, where the negotiations were to take place involving Gran Senators Wphshun and Aks Moe, Lannik Prince R'cardo Sooflie IX and Red Iaro leader Myk'chur Finux Zug.

The Jedi attempted to guide the peace negotiations, but the talks failed to lead to any significant progress, with both sides becoming combative and refusing to consider demands from the other. Matters were further complicated by the fact that both Sooflie and Zug treated the Jedi disrespectfully and felt their presence was there was not required. After Windu called a recess in the talks for a day to allow all parties to calm down, Sooflie's military advisor Hutar Zash offered to give the Jedi a ride on to their quarters on their two EasyRide passenger airspeeders. Mundi, A'Sharad, Yaddle and Koon rode on an airspeeder with two Lannik escorts, while Windu, Piell and Gallia rode in a second with Zash and another Lannik. However, it turned out to be an ambush: the Lanniks wore thermite bombs around their torsos with the hopes that sacrificing themselves to kill the Jedi would help Red Iaro's cause. Piell thwarted the attack on his airpseeder by literally cutting the vehicle in half with his lightsaber, causing the three Jedi occupants to fall into the path of podracers participating in the Phoebos Memorial Run. The Lannik on Mundi's airspeeder were so distracted by this development that the Jedi was able to push them both out of the vehicle. Yaddle and Hett then took the speeder's controls, while Mundi directed them down into the podracing event and helped them catch and rescue Windu, Piell and Galla.

The Jedi realized the Red Iaro terrorists who attacked them had been wearing uniforms from the House of Lannik, and that they had meant for the attack to have been ordered by Sooflie, thus ensuring his rule would be brought to an end and the Red Iaro would assume his power. This led the Jedi to conclude that, once the attack against them failed, the Red Iaro would try to assassinate Sooflie himself. They sped to Sooflie's chamber, where Mundi was the first to crash through a ceiling window with his lightsaber drawn to defend the Lannik prince. The Jedi arrived just as Zug and his men were preparing to feed Sooflie to a pair of akk dogs, non-sentient predators native to Haruun Kal. The Jedi successfully defeated Zug and his men, during which time Mundi provided instruction to Hett, warning him not to underestimate the enemies nor to boast upon defeating them. Although Sooflie was saved, the peace negotiations were called off in light of the recent developments, and Mundi and his fellow Jedi returned to Coruscant.

Hunt for Aurra Sing
Over the next two years, the mutual respect between Mundi and Hett continued to grow, and Mundi not only taught the Padawan everything he knew, but felt he was learning from Hett as well. However, the Cerean began to sense that Hett's instruction would need to continue elsewhere and that Mundi would soon have to pass him along to another Jedi Master. In 30 BBY, Mundi and the rest of the Jedi High Council received reports that the Jedi J'Mikel and Peerce, as well as a squad of Republic Peace Officers, were slain by Aurra Sing within the walls of the Jedi Temple. Council members were disturbed by such a vicious attack right in the heart of Coruscant, but when they suggested Sing had fallen to the dark side, Mundi insisted he did not believe it was so and that Sing fell somewhere between the light and dark sides. The Council was approached by An'ya Kuro, who wished to track down and kill Sing, but Mace Windu felt her past connection to the bounty hunter would cloud her judgment. Kuro sought support from Mundi, who said he had to support the Council's decision, but volunteered to seek out Sing himself in Kuro's place. Hett also volunteered, prompting concerns from Yoda that Hett was simply seeking to avenge his father's death, but Mundi defended his Padawan and insisted Hett would resist such temptations from the dark side. Adi Gallia also volunteered to accompany the two Jedi.

Traveling in a Consular-class cruiser, the three Jedi followed intelligence from Republic scouts and tracked Sing to Talas, where they engaged her cruiser in orbit around the planet. Mundi locked his proton torpedos onto Sing's ship and sent her a transmission ordering her to surrender to Republic arrest or be destroyed. When Sing did not slow down, Mundi felt he had no choice but to destroy Sing's ship, and disregarded a warning from Gallia that she felt a disturbance in the Force. Sing, howver, had ejected from her cruiser in a starfighter, which Mundi's sensors failed to pick up due to cover from a nearby asteroid belt, allowing Sing to get behind the Jedi craft and opened fire on them. Since Mundi had diverted all power to the front shields, Sing caused critical damage to the Consular-class cruiser. Mundi, A'Sharad and Gallia fled to an escape pod and ejected seconds before Sing took another pass and destroyed the ship. Sing believed the Jedi dead and exited the system. The escape pod's comlink and thrusters were defective, so the Jedi were left to drift in space until its distress beacon was detected by a Mon Calamari ceremonial ship carrying Tikkes, a Quarren senator from Dac. The ship took the pod aboard and rescued the Jedi.

Tikkes claimed to be on Galactic Senate business to inspect unclaimed investment properties, but the Jedi sensed he had his own agenda and that his plans were somehow connected to their quest to find Sing. Although Tikkes offered to drop them off at the nearest outpost, Mundi insisted they remain with the Senator until he work was complete, much to the Quarren's discomfort. The Mon Calamari vessel then traveled Cophrigin V, a jungle planet regularly bombarded by meteor showers. Upon landing, Mundi discovered traces of the mineral quald runium, which is what Tikkes actually traveled to the planet to mine. Mundi and the other Jedi sensed danger and remained on guard, although the Cerean explained to Hett that it could simply be a natural feeling from the planet itself. Shortly after venturing into the planet, several of Tikkes' Quarren guards are killed by deliberately-set traps and mines. The ensuing explosion caused Kuro, who had secretly established her own safe haven on Cophrigin V, to reveal herself. The Quarren, believing her to have set the traps, open fire and shoot Kuro through the shoulder, prompting a horrified Mundi and Hett to run after her. As they approached, however, they were intercepted and attacked by Sing, who had traveled to Cophrigin V to kill both Kuro and Tikkes.

Hett wished to pursue and attack Sing, but Mundi ordered him to stay focused on the mission and get Tikkes and his men safely back aboard their ship. Mundi ordered Gallia to pursue Sing as the Cerean himself aided Kuro. After finding her alive, Mundi and Kuro raced to assist Gallia, who was wounded by one of Sing's mines but still alive. As Mundi and Kuro tended to Gallia, Sing infiltrated Tikkes' ship and killed all his Quarren guards before engaging Hett in a lightsaber duel. Mundi and the other Jedi arrived back at the ship just as Hett defeated Sing and rendered her unconscious. Although Mundi congratulated his Padawan on the victory, Hett was disturbed because he had desired to kill Sing, and he feared he was still at risk of falling to the dark side despite all of Mundi's teachings. No longer feeling worthy of his Jedi training, Hett asked to renounce his Padawan status and return to exile on Tatooine. However, Kuro asked to continue Hett's training herself, explaining she had more experience in struggling with the dark side and could pass these skills on to Hett. Mundi left the choice with Hett, who felt he needed Kuro's instruction and accepted. At that moment, Cophrigin V was bombarded by another meteor shower, which provided Sing the cover she needed to escape. Tikkes, Mundi and the rest of the Jedi departed the planet on the Mon Calamari ship and returned to Coruscant.

Pre-Clone Wars years
Mundi missed Hett like a son, but accepted the Padawan's decision to leave with pragmatism and concentrated his focus on serving serving the Jedi Order. Later in 30 BBY, Mundi and the rest of the Jedi High Council attended a private ceremony in which the Kiffar Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos was named Jedi Master, and the Twi'lek Padawan Aayla Secura was named Jedi Knight, following both their roles in the successful rescue rescue of Nat Secura on the planet Kintan. Mundi continued to serve on the Jedi High Council in 29 BBY, when they received reports that a Sith holocron had been located on Kodai. Concerned that the holocron could fall into the hands of the Sith, the Council dispatched Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, to recover the holocron. Mundi shared with the two Jedi his deep concerns about not only the holocron, but about disturbing messages Jedi across the galaxy had recently received making threats that the Sith were returning to power, some of which contined images of Jedi being violently killed. Mundi was also present at a later meeting when Kenobi and Skywalker brought the holocron to the Jedi Temple after successfully recovering it, much to the Cerean's visible happiness and relief.

The next year, Mundi was present when Kenobi appeared before the Council to report information he had obtained that the insectoid species Colicoid may have been working with the T'surr slave trader Krayn to take over the galactic spice trade. The Council agreed to Kenobi's request to investigate the Colicoids' activities on Nar Shaddaa and attempt to infiltrate and expose their operation. In 27 BBY, Mundi participated in a conversation among his fellow Council members about the threat posed by the Annoo-dat Prime General Ashaar Khorda, who was rumored to have obtained a mysterious weapon that he planned to use against the Republic. Upon narrowing Khorda's list of possible targets to Coruscant, Corellia and Alderaan, the Council decided to dispatch the Jedi Masters Yarael Poof, Oppo Rancisis and Eeth Koth, respectively, to safeguard those worlds. The strike proved to later take place at Coruscant, where Poof helped to successfully repel Khorda's attack at the cost of his own life. Mundi later attended Poof's Jedi Funeral, where he stood behind Mace Windu as he delivered Poof's eulogy.

Later that same year, Kenobi appeared before Mundi and the Council to warn them of the danger posed by the Dark Jedi Granta Omega, who Kenobi believed was planning to dominate the galactic bacta market through the mining of titanite on the volcanic world of Haariden. Mundi pointed out the Council's options in dealing with Omega were limited because he had not yet committed a crime. When Kenobi said Omega had paid bounty hunters and soldiers to attack the Jedi, and claimed Omega had drugged Skywalker, Mundi pragmatically claimed that Kenobi could not prove those accusations. Nevertheless, the Council authorized Kenobi to search out Omega. In 24 BBY, Mundi and Plo Koon helped disperse a mob of 20 sociolog students from the University of Coruscant who broke into and vandalized a Jedi Temple lobby in protest of the "Baby Ludi" custody case. Jedi Padawans had originally attempted to contain the mob but they pushed through and the Padawans were unwilling to harm them with their lightsabers. Mundi and Koon used Jedi mind tricks on the mob to make them leave peacefully.

Battle of Geonosis
"He is a political idealist, not a murderer."

- Ki-Adi-Mundi defending Count Dooku

In 22 BBY, Mundi was attended a meeting with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in his private chambers, along with felow Jedi Mace Windu, Yoda, Plo Koon, Kit Fisto, Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee. Palpatine explained an alarming number of star systems were breaking away from the Republic to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems, a Separatist movement led by the former Jedi Master Count Dooku. The Senate was to consider a vote on the establishment through the Military Creation Act, a move Palpatine claimed he wished to avoid if possible, as some feared it could lead to war with the Separatists. As the meeting concluded, Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, woh had just survived an assasination attempt, arrived and explained she believed Dooku was the attack. Mundi, who knew Dooku from the Jedi Temple before he had left the Jedi Order, expressed strong doubts and insisted Dooku was merely a political idealist who was incapable of murder. Nevertheless, Palpatine requested that Amidala be placed under the protection of Obi-Wan Kenobi to ensure her safety.

Later, when Kenobi reports that the bounty hunter Jango Fett had attempted to arrange Amidala's assassination, Mundi and the Council order Kenobi to track the bounty hunter down, and command Anakin Skywalker to bring Amidala safely back to Naboo. Later, Mundi listened along with the rest of the Jedi High Council to a message from Keobi, who explained he had tracked Fett to the droid foundries of Geonosis, where it appeared the Trade Federation was about to take delivery of a droid army. Kenobi explained Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray was behind the attempts on Amidala's life, and that the Trade Federation was committing its army to Dooku and the Seperatists, along with the Commerce Guild and the Corporate Alliance. Kenobi's transmission was interrupted as he was attacked by a droidekas, prompting a meeting in the Republic Executive Building between Mundi, Yoda, Windu, Palpatine and the Senators Bail Organa, Ask Aak, Jar Jar Binks and Mas Amedda. When the Jedi explained only about 200 fellow Jedi were available to go to Geonosis to stop the Separatist forces from assembling, the Senators made plans to vote Palpatine emergency powers so he could call into the recently-discovered clone army into battle.

Windu assembled a strike team of 212 Jedi to rescue Kenobi on Geonosis. Mundi was among the Jedi who traveled to the planet's surface and infiltrated the Petranaki arena, where Kenobi, Skywalker and Amidala were about to be executed. Mundi appeared at a ledge overlooking the arena along with Aayla Secura and Plo Koon, all of whom ignited their lightsabers as Windu personally confronted Dooku. Although they were desperately outnumbers by the Separatist Droid Army, Mundi and his fellow Jedi engaged the droids in a bloody battle. After several tense minutes of fighting, the majority of the Jedi are slain and Dooku's forces gained the upper hand, rounding Mundi and the other Jedi into the center of the arena. Before he could kill them, however, the Jedi were rescued by the Republic's newly-aquired clone army, led into the arena by Yoda aboard Low Altitude Assault Transports. As the gunships opened fire on the droids, the Jedi resumed their lightsaber battle against the droids, with Mundi deflecting blaster shots and fighting back-to-back with Amidala.

Mundi and Windu got aboard the gunship with Yoda, and the Cerean helped Kit Fisto get aboard before taking off and escaping the arena. As they flew away, Yoda insisted to Windu and Mundi that they must attempt to prevent Dooku's escape or he would rally more systems to his cause. Windu ordered the pilot to land in an assembly area in the desert where he, Mundi and Fisto met up with five clone commando units. Mundi took command of one of the clone units and led them into a fierce ground battle, where they engaged B2 super battle droids, W-series droidekas, DSD1 dwarf spider droids, OG-9 homing spider droids and other battle droids. Mundi continued to fight until the Separatists ordered a full retreat. Mundi was one of the few Jedi to survivor the battle at Geonosis, which formally marked the beginning of the Clone Wars. The Cerean took no comfort in surviving the battle, however, as he knew the conflict ahead would be brutal. Shortly afterward, Mundi was named a Jedi General and became one of the forefront Jedi leaders of the Republic's military forces during the Clone Wars.

Battle of Hypori
Four months after Geonosis, Masters Mundi and Shaak Ti of the Jedi Council led clone forces and a team of Jedi consisting of Tarr Seirr, Aayla Secura, K'Kruhk, Sha'a Gi, and Daakman Barrek to Hypori. The force was dispatched based on intelligence gathered by Master Barrek and his apprentice that indicated the presence of a large droid factory on the planet. The mission was doomed from the beginning; as soon as the Republic assault ships exited hyperspace, orbital mines surrounding the planet decimated the cruisers, causing them to crash land behind enemy lines.

The entirety of the clone troops were slaughtered, while the seven remaining Jedi fled to the ruins of a crashed assault ship, hunted by the droid armies new leader; General Grievous. The Jedi were ultimately forced into battle against the cyborg, who defeated and killed a majority of them before a team of Advanced Recon Commandos sent by Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived to save Mundi, Ti and Secura were the only Jedi believed to have survive (K'Kruhk, though believed dead, did survive). Ki-Adi Mundi proved his skill with a lightsaber as he was the last Jedi standing against General Grievous despite being exhausted and facing a combat style never before seen by the Jedi and wielding an unfamiliar lightsaber.

Training Anakin
For a brief time during the wars, Ki-Adi-Mundi took over as Anakin Skywalker's master when Obi-Wan Kenobi was presumed dead after the Battle of Jabiim. When Obi-Wan was later found to have survived, Ki-Adi-Mundi returned Anakin to his Master, happy to be relieved of such a difficult and headstrong student.

Secret grieving
Ki-Adi-Mundi's duties as a General of the Grand Army of the Republic meant he was unable to go to the assistance of his own world, Cerea, when it was attacked. In the ensuing Battle of Cerea, Ki-Adi-Mundi's entire family&mdash;wives and daughters&mdash;all were killed by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Keeping the Jedi Code in mind, he grieved privately, but then returned to his duties.

Duel with Ventress
"Another time, Jedi.''" "It will be the last'' time, Sith."

- Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress and Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi.

After Republic troops were repeatedly ambushed and defeated by General Grievous, the Jedi Council deduced that the Separatists were somehow aware of their plans, and dispatched Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi to investigate the matter. The Cerean Jedi Master ultimately uncovered a traitor amongst the Senate and moved in to stop the Senator before he could provide the Confederacy with further details of the Jedi's war strategy. Master Mundi ambushed a meeting on Coruscant with a small force of clone troopers just as the Senator began the handover of a data disk with Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress. However, the treacherous Senator seemed to have second thoughts about his betrayal, and as he stalled, was in turn betrayed by his aide Messo, who stole the disc in the chaos as Mundi attacked. Launching himself from his transport, Mundi immediately engaged the Dark Jedi in a ferocious lightsaber duel. Ventress eventually made to escape, unable to withstand the combined onslaught from Mundi and the blaster fire of the clone troopers.

The Dark Acolyte made to commandeer the clone transport, however, was followed by Mundi and forced to abandon the vessel, which plummeted to its destruction, injuring the Jedi Master. Immediately afterwards, Ki-Adi rushed to the side of the Senator, who had been mortally wounded by Ventress, and learned that his treacherous aide would rendezvous with the Separatists on Mon Gazza.

Spurred by Palpatine to continue with their offensives, Mundi and Grand Master Yoda ultimately decided to send Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano to Mon Gazza in an effort to retrieve the stolen data; which they ultimately did.

Back to Geonosis
After Senator Padmé Amidala learned that Archduke Poggle the Lesser of Geonosis was conspiring with the InterGalactic Banking Clan to create huge droid foundries on his planet, the Jedi Council dispatched Jedi Masters Ki-Adi-Mundi, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luminara Unduli to lead a full scale planetary invasion of the world. Meanwhile, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his apprentice Ahsoka Tano were set to reinforce the invasion force when free from their duties battling General Grievous at Dorin.

Mundi, Kenobi, and Unduli departed Coruscant alongside Admiral Wullf Yularen with a massive invasion fleet consisting of Venator-class Star Destroyers and Acclamator I-class assault ships. After the invasion force had arrived in Geonosian space and entered the planet's orbit, Skywalker and Tano&mdash;having who had met with success in their intervention at Dorin, joined Mundi and Kenobi on the bridge of a Star Destroyer at the head of the fleet. With their ships in position, the four Jedi opened a communication to the Outer Rim Command and conferred with Jedi Generals Unduli, Yoda, and Mace Windu, and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Based on intelligence they had received, Mundi and Kenobi concluded that Poggle the Lesser was holed up within his primary droid factory, which was protected by a massive ray shield.

With their primary target being the shield generator, the Jedi planned to execute a three-pronged attack on the Geonosian defenses. Mundi and Clone trooper commander Jet would lead the northern advance, while Kenobi and Clone trooper commander CC-2224, nicknamed "Cody," commenced the central push. Skywalker, Tano, and Captain Rex, meanwhile, would execute the southern assault with their forces. The troops would rendezvous at a point a short distance away from the shield and converge on the generator to eliminate the threat and establish a defensive perimeter to their staging area. Although Tano noted that the defenses were heavily fortified, particularly a large wall armored with artillery emplacements, Skywalker believed that their approach would not lead them to the barricade. With their planning complete, the Jedi split up to mobilize forces for the coming battle.

Unfortunately, both Skywalker and Mundi's gunships were shot down during the first wave of the attack, while Kenobi suffered heavy losses. Luckily for the Cerean's forces however, he had ordered his AT-TE walkers to be released shortly before his ship succumbed to the Separatist fire, and as such, his injured men were able to take refuge in their as the small force made to rendezvous with Skywalker and Kenobi. As the walkers pressed forward, Mundi was forced to cut through a massive caltrop field with his lightsaber, so that the walkers could make it through unhindered, while Commander Jet had his request for reinforcements denied by Admiral Yularen.

Later, Mundi split up his troops, sending his AT-TE walkers to take a longer route to the rendezvous point while he himself went with a squad to examine a shortcut through a cave. There, the Jedi Master and his men were besieged by a group of Geonosian warriors. Although his men sustained heavy losses from the Geonosians, Mundi was able to cut through the grotto. At the other side of the cave, the Jedi Master had his flamethrower-wielding clone troopers fire their weapons at the Geonosians, killing most of them and unblocking the path out of the cave. Skywalker, Tano, Rex, and their detachment arrived to find the smoldering Geonosians falling out of the clifftop cave. Joining forces with Mundi, Skywalker contacted Admiral Yularen to request air support. Having reallocated resources since Commander Jet's previous request, Yularen dispatched a free Y-wing squadron to the rendezvous point, where Kenobi and Cody were suffering numerous casualties at the hands of the Geonosians initiating flying attacks from the sky and attack runs on the ground. As the Jedi Master prepared to take up arms alongside his men in what he believed would be a final stand against the Geonosians, the Y-wing bombers arrived, dropping their munitions on the advancing Separatist tanks. With the rest of his troops pressing on, Kenobi was greeted by the arrival of Skywalker, Tano, Mundi, and the rest of the forces.

The Jedi and their clone officers convened on the task still at hand: the destruction of the shield generator. Skywalker would lead a small squad into the shield and jam the Geonosians' scanners, rendering them unable to target the incoming AT-TE walkers. Once the walkers had taken out the shield, Mundi would then bring the rest of the troops in with the gunships. After all of the Republic forces were in position, Skywalker and Tano initiated their attack and charged through the shield with their men. Exchanging fire with the Geonosians, the Jedi and troopers took cover and threw EMP grenades at the proton and LR1K sonic cannons, temporarily disabling the Separatist guns. Unopposed by heavy fire, the AT-TE walkers marched through the shield and blasted the artillery stations and shield generator. As the shield was deactivated, Mundi and his gunships landed with additional reinforcements. All of the Geonosians in the area were forced to surrender, and the injured Generals Kenobi and Mundi were taken away in the gunships with Skywalker's expectations to see both of them back in action by the time the main droid foundry had been destroyed.

After the main foundry was destroyed, Master Mundi was fully healed of his injuries after a lengthy period in a bacta tank. He and Master Kenobi later communicated with Luminara Unduli as she tracked Poggle the Lesser across the Geonosian desert. General Mundi advised Unduli against continuing with the search, due to an incoming sandstorm, however, she insisted on pressing forward as Poggle was too important to the Separatists to be allowed to go free. When Unduli took refuge from the storm inside the Progate Temple, she contacted Masters Kenobi and Mundi who advised her to stay put and await reinforcements. However, during this conversation Unduli was attacked and overcome by zombie Geonosian warriors. Fortunately, however, Skywalker and Kenobi managed to rescue the Jedi Master and capture Poggle. Mundi with fellow masters Undulli, Kenobi and Skywalker, later escorted Poggle to coruscant to be interrogated.

Mundi was later present via hologram in the Jedi Temple's War Room when Grievous broadcasted his capture of fellow Jedi Council Member Eeth Koth.

Battle of Mygeeto and death
"Just like the rest of them, though, he never caught whiff of what was really going on. Not until it was far too late."

- Entry from the Journal of the 501st

When the 21st Nova Corps became the Galactic Marines and were made independent of the 4th Sector Army, the Marines were placed under Ki-Adi-Mundi's command.

In the last months of the Clone Wars, Ki-Adi-Mundi fought alongside Commander Bacara of the Marines in the Battle of New Bornalex, Outer Rim Sieges and the Battle of Mygeeto where he was killed during Order 66. Surviving to the last days of the war, Ki-Adi-Mundi was one of the countless Jedi to fall to Order 66. During the Outer Rim Sieges, he was stationed on Mygeeto with Commander Bacara. He led the clones into the battle. Ki-Adi-Mundi didn't know that the clone troopers were given a secret mission to attain a powerful Mygeetian power crystal for Palpatine. Ki-Adi-Mundi helped clear the way so the clones could get the crystal without him knowing, the troopers realized that if Ki-Adi-Mundi could be fooled, he could be killed. As the battle commenced, Ki-Adi-Mundi led a force of troopers along one of the city bridges, fighting hard against the droid forces. However, when Mundi ordered the clones to continue advancing, they refused the order, having just received Order 66. Confused, Mundi turned to the clones to find them all pointing their weapons at him. He managed to deflect five shots, killing two clones, before being overwhelmed by the barrage. Hit several times, the Cerean Jedi fell to the ground, dead.

When the Galactic Empire emerged, official records compiled by Sate Pestage stated that Ki-Adi-Mundi was executed because he was arming an explosive device on one of Mygeeto's bridges.

Legacy
During his exile on Raxus Prime the Aleena Jedi Knight, Kazdan Paratus, erected junk puppets based on members of the Jedi High Council at the end of the Clone Wars. The junk puppet based on Ki-Adi-Mundi, like all the other puppets, was destroyed by Darth Vader's secret apprentice, Galen Marek, when he dueled Kazdan Paratus.

Personality and traits
"Our predicament is dire, but do not despair. Focus. We are Jedi!"

- Ki-Adi-Mundi during the Battle of Hypori

Ki-Adi-Mundi was well known for his exceptional courage. Like all Cereans, his binary brain made him extremely logical and insightful and he was a skilled tactician and diplomat. His distinctive head shape was often regarded with a certain curiosity by other species, and as a result, Ki-Adi-Mundi sometimes went to the extent of hiding it when on missions to remote, backwater worlds such as Tatooine. Unlike most Jedi, Mundi was given permission to marry, and when his family was killed in the Clone Wars he grieved for a while but soon let them go and returned to his duties.

Like many other Cereans of his generation, Mundi was suspicious and distrustful of technology and preferred for his home planet to remain technologically-primitive and relatively isolated from the rest of the galaxy. Although drawn to offworlder technology during his youth, Mundi in his adulthood came to respect what his Cerean ancestors had built, such as the planetary capital Tecave City, and looked upon the Outsider Citadel]]s, more modern cities built by offworlders, with disgust and contempt. Mundi did not oppose the use of all technology altogether, but felt it should be used in moderation and not simply for the sake of having it. Mundi felt uncomfortable on technologically-advanced worlds when he left Cerea for Jedi business &mdash; particularly on the cities of the capital planet Coruscant &mdash; and feared Cerea could one day become like them.

Powers and abilities
"Of all living Jedi, have you only the skills to defeat Sharad Hett."

- Yoda



Ki-Adi-Mundi was trained as a Jedi Guardian and was considered to be one of the best swordsmen in the Jedi Order. An Ataru practitioner, Mundi demonstrated his skill against General Grievous and Asajj Ventress, who were both dangerous Jedi killers. Mundi was the last Jedi standing during the grueling duel against Grievous, and managed to force Ventress to retreat during their engagement. Master Mundi had very fast reflexes and even managed to react in time to temporarily defend himself from his treacherous Clone troopers despite being caught off guard. However before he could fully come to terms with the clone's betrayal and mount a proper defense he was shot down, though he succeeded in taking two clones down with him.

Though he was trained as a Guardian, Mundi was also skilled in use of the Force. During his duel with Grievous, Mundi displayed the ability to produce powerful telekinetic blasts capable of creating a crater in the ground. Later, while battling Ventress, the Cerean demonstrated the ability to leap incredible heights; such as launching himself onto a nearby gunship in midair. He was also able to use Force healing to some degree as proven when he healed a broken collar bone during his mission to find Sharad Hett.

Behind the scenes
Ki-Adi-Mundi was played by Silas Carson in the movies; voiced by Jess Harnell in the Star Wars: Obi-Wan, Jedi Power Battles and Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns video games; by Daran Norris in the 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars animated television series; and Brian George in the 2009 series.

Pre-Episode II videogames and the Episode I Ki-Adi-Mundi reveal that he had a purple lightsaber in 32 BBY, but later switched to a blue lightsaber. However, in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns, he uses a purple lightsaber.

The design of a powerful Jedi character, later becoming Ki-Adi-Mundi, began as a reinterpretation of the elder Obi-Wan Kenobi and was then given whale-like characteristics.

Ki-Adi-Mundi's marriage and children appeared in the comics before Attack of the Clones, and thus prior to the knowledge that Jedi weren't allowed attachments such as marriage. This has since been retconned so as to be explained by the gender ratio on his home world having been 20 females to 1 male, thus requiring him to have several wives to allow the continuation of his species.

A scene was planned for Attack of the Clones in which Ki-Adi-Mundi and Plo Koon led four other Jedi on a raid of a Trade Federation ship. This scene did not appear in the final version of the film, but the rough cut and animatics later became available on the official website for registered Star Wars Hyperspace customers.

Ki-Adi-Mundi is the only major Jedi Council member other than Yoda and Windu to have a speaking role in the first three films, with the exception of Shaak Ti's deleted scene in Revenge of the Sith. Ex-Council member Jocasta Nu also had some dialogue in Episode II, but she had already left the august body.

In a few Expanded Universe sources such as the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace scrapbook and The New Essential Guide to Characters, it is stated that Ki-Adi-Mundi was a Jedi Knight when he served on the High Council in Episode I. This conflicts with Episode III, in which Anakin Skywalker states that someone's being on the Council and not being a Master had never happened before in the history of the Jedi. As the films remain the highest level of canon, G-canon, the Expanded Universe has implemented a retcon which implies that Ki-Adi-Mundi's promotion to Jedi Master was still in progress right before the Naboo crisis. Later, Databank retcon locked Ki's promotion as being definitely before he took his first Padawan.

In a possible error in Episode II, Ki-Adi-Mundi is shown fighting with a green-bladed lightsaber, caught in a shot of Padmé. Every other shot in the movie containing Ki-Adi-Mundi wielding a lightsaber shows him using a blue-bladed one.

In the Outlander story arc of the Star Wars: Republic series, Ki-Adi-Mundi can be seen wearing a conical hat similar to the one made famous by the Whiphid Jedi K'Kruhk.

Early concept art for Episode III shows Ki-Adi-Mundi with an eye patch over his left eye. This concept art was later made into an action figure.

Mundi made a non-canonical appearance in a flashback in Star Wars: Republic 41: The Devaronian Version, Part 2, the 41st issue of Star Wars: Republic comic book series by Dark Horse Comics. The story features the Devaronian smuggler Vilmarh Grahrk describing his own, obviously false and exaggerated version of his encounters with the Jedi Council. Grahrk describes returning a lost treasure to the Jedi Council, prompting each of its members, including Mundi, to drop to their hands and knees and literally worship him out of gratitude.

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Star Wars Episode I: I Am a Jedi
 * The Sith in the Shadow
 * The Lesson
 * Republic Commando: Order 66
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game
 * ''LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace