Yoshi Raph-Elan

Yoshi Raph-Elan was a Jedi Knight prior to the Clone Wars.

Biography
Shortly after Raph-Elan was knighted, he was shot down over a backwater planet and forced to crash-land. There he assisted Princess Lourdes in her repulsion of the forces of the Yahk-Tosh conqueror, Lord Gar-Oth. Soon after, a Jedi rescue team was sent, and Yoshi was returned safely to Coruscant.

Behind the scenes

 * Abel G. Peña originally had Yoshi Raph-Elan on General Grievous's Jedi kill list in Unknown Soldier: The Story of General Grievous, but it was removed by Lucasfilm before being published.
 * Yoshi is one of the few characters in Star Wars to wield an orange lightsaber.
 * The story of Republic 27: Starcrash was loosely based on the Nintendo game series The Legend of Zelda, so it is possible that he is named after another Nintendo character, Yoshi.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Republic 27: Starcrash