Shylar

"Really, Master Shylar, is this necessary? We've known each other a long time. It grieves me to have to do this."

- Dooku, while torturing Shylar

Shylar was a female Human Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars. In 22 BBY, she tried to infiltrate the headquarters of the Confederacy of Independent Systems leader and Sith Lord Count Dooku. However, Shylar was captured and subsequently tortured to death by Dooku and his Dark Jedi Kadrian Sey.

Biography
"I will die before I talk, Dooku." "No. You will talk and then you will die. All of the mind tricks you know to control pain are known to me as well. And, I know to circumvent them. You will suffer, you will tell me what you learned while you were sneaking around my camps, and you will die. Painfully. Increase the power, Kadrian."

- Shylar and Dooku during torture

A Force-sensitive Human female, Shylar lived during the waning years of the Galactic Republic and was trained in the Jedi Order, eventually attaining the rank of a Jedi Master. At some time during her youth, Shylar had a relationship with fellow Jedi Quinlan Vos. However, as the Order forbid any relationships of its members, both ended it eventually. In 22 BBY, the Clone Wars broke out between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the latter one led by the former Jedi and now Sith Lord Count Dooku.

Six months after the beginning of the war, Shylar volunteered to infiltrate the headquarters of Dooku located on the moon Antar 4 as one of the agents of Jedi Master Tholme. However, she was captured and soon the subject of intensive torture by Dooku and his Dark Jedi Kadrian Sey. Shylar refused to reveal any information about her mission, although the Count was unimpressed and simply continued torturing the Jedi. During one of these torture sessions, Shylar's old friend Quinlan Vos&mdash;like her on a mission to infiltrate Dooku's inner circle&mdash;returned from a mission for the count. Shylar was furious upon seeing Vos, cursing him and calling him a traitor to the order. Vos, unable to help his friend unless he wanted his cover exposed, was forced to let her anguish continue. Shylar was eventually killed during another torture session.

Master Vos, eventually withdrawing from the Confederacy, reported back to the Council of Reconciliation and his former master Tholme, after coming out of cover. Detailing his interaction with Shylar in Dooku's retreat, he cleared her name of any suspicion of being a possible traitor, as the Order had no information about her status. Vos revealed the history to the Council and would fight the rest of the war hoping to one day atone for the death of his old friend.

Personality and traits
"Years ago, when we were young Padawans, Shylar and I... had a relationship. you never knew about it, Master. We eventually broke it off; we knew that to be Jedi, we could not allow ourselves possessions, including each other. Part of me loved Shylar; always will. She died thinking me a traitor and cursing my name."

- Vos, to Tholme and the Council of Reconciliation

Behind the scenes
Shylar first appeared in Jedi: Count Dooku (2003), the fourth issue of the Star Wars: Jedi comic series, which was written by John Ostrander and drawn by Jan Duursema. Shylar once again appeared, although only as a flashback and in a hologram, in the Star Wars: Republic 71: Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 3 comic, which was also made by Ostrander and Duursema (2004). Further, the character was mentioned in The Official Star Wars Fact File 134 (2004) and in the 2005 Star Wars: Republic 75: Siege of Saleucami, Part 2.

Appearances

 * Jedi: Count Dooku
 * Star Wars: Republic 71: Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Republic 75: Siege of Saleucami, Part 2