Yaddle's Tale: The One Below

Yaddle's Tale: The One Below is a 16-page comic published in Star Wars Tales 5, featuring the Jedi Master Yaddle. The comic takes place sometime before the Battle of Naboo, telling the story of how and why she was granted the title of Master and her seat on the Jedi Council.



Credits

 * Script: Dean Motter
 * Pencils: Jesus Saiz
 * Inks: Fernando Blanco
 * Colors: Dave Nestelle
 * Letters: Vickie Williams

Plot
Whilst discussing the possibility of knighting Yaddle the Jedi Council revisit the story of her training under the tutelage of Polvin Kut, two-hundred years prior.

On a mission to liberate the colonies of the Advozse Warlock Tulak the duo are betrayed on Koba, leading to Kut's death. The Padawan Yaddle is taken hostage by the Warlock but is impervious to his interrogations, warning him 'Rule by terror you do, die by fear you will'.

In time Tulak tires of the colony and leaves Koba. However, he seals Yaddle in a pit with the hope that he can use her as a future bargaining tool but she is soon forgotten. She is confined for a century, surviving on food and water provided by wardens left behind when Tulak left. Over the generations the primitives come to speak of her as The One Below. During this time Yaddle hones her Jedi skills.

Eventually an earthquake brings down the roof of her pit, allowing her to escape. Seeing the destruction of the nearby village she remains on the planet to aid the Kobans. Bringing the citizens to prosperity, she is quietly content with her work until the day Kalut, Tulak's son, returns to Koba claiming it as his heirloom. Forced to fight, Yaddle defeats him, finally finishing her master's mission.

On hearing the story the Jedi Council, in particular Yoda, are swayed to initiate her as a Jedi Master.

Continuity
As the comic is part of a Star Wars Tales issue preceeding Issue #21 its level of canon is unclear. Elements of the story are referenced to in canon-source (Cloak of Deception), however, the framing story can not be canon due to a timeline conflict. Oppo Rancisis is present on the Jedi Council for the confirmation of Yaddle in the last panel of the comic but Oppo was trained by Yaddle, and at this time was only a padawan.