Ferus Olin

Ferus Olin (43 BBY &mdash; ) was the Jedi Apprentice of Siri Tachi. He had brown hair with a golden streak in the middle. As a teenager, Ferus was very mature for his age, something that impressed many Jedi Masters and most of his peers, though he never had any true close friends. Many Jedi were surprised when he constructed a lightsaber with a red blade. During his times back at Temple, Ferus made it his top priority to focus on his training, which led to some students considering him boring and dull.

Biography
Ferus got to know Anakin Skywalker at about 27 BBY during their first mission together to evacuate the planet Radnor. They were sent with their masters, Siri Tachi and Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as two other Master and Apprentice pairs, Ry-Gaul with Tru Veld, and Soara Antana with Darra Thel-Tanis. At one point in the mission, the masters and apprentices were forced to split up and soon trouble began between Anakin and Ferus. The two Padawans did not get along, with Ferus being the rule follower, and Anakin being the rule bender. They argued over who would be better fit to lead the group. At the end of the mission, they both swore to keep an eye on each other, not sure of what the other might do.

Over the next few years the two apprentices encountered each other again numerous times, such as at the Galactic Games on Euceron. Back at the Jedi Temple, Ferus and Anakin were assigned to a special lightsaber session with master Soara Antana in the back alleys of Coruscant. Ferus easily outmatched Anakin, who let his anger get the best of him. This only fueled the tensions between the two Jedi.

Ferus and Anakin were sent on a mission to Andara posing as students at a senatorial school. Anakin infiltrated a secret society in the school. Ferus warned Anakin about the risks of joining them but Anakin scoffed at his warnings. Anakin started becoming involved with the society a little too much and started helping them, when he should have been focusing on the mission. This led to Anakin getting into a lot of trouble with Obi-Wan when the mission was over.

Once again Ferus and Siri were paired with Anakin and Obi-Wan, this time to locate the deranged scientist, Jenna Zan Arbor on the planet Romin. Anakin and Ferus were assigned by their masters to disguise as criminals to explore the capital city of Romin, Eliior. It was during this time that Anakin and Ferus started to forget their past rivalry and started to understand each other better, learning each other’s reasons for acting the way they do.

The two began to work as a team. Their pursuit of Jenna Zan Arbor, Granta Omega, and the dictator of Romin, Roy Teda led back to Coruscant. They averted an assassination attempt on Chancellor Palpatine’s life but later on they realized that Omega planned to use seeker droids to kill Palpatine and a number of other Senators inside the Galactic Senate building. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Siri, went on to find Omega, while Ferus remained at the Senate to protect the Chancellor and the Senators. Ferus fought bravely to fight off the droids, but a few casualties were taken, including Roy Teda. For his actions, Ferus was chosen by the Jedi Council to participate in a program to advance Padawans to Knights earlier. He was to keep quiet about this, however this would lead to problems later on.

Siri and Ferus were again paired with Anakin, Obi-Wan, Soara, Darra, Ry-Gaul, and Tru to confront Omega and Zan Arbor on the ancient Sith world of Korriban. It was on this mission that the Padawans split up from the Maters again and Anakin found out about Ferus’ advanced training. Anakin became jealous of Ferus, feeling he should have been chosen to be trained. Ferus began to befriend Tru, who agreed that Anakin was being irrational and putting his own problems before the mission. When Tru’s lightsaber was damaged in a battle in the tombs of Korriban, Ferus offered to fix it. What the two did not know and Anakin did was that his repairs would lead to its energy to decelerate faster. Anakin didn't do anything about it to try and make Ferus look bad, but in a battle with Omega’s traps, Tru’s lightsaber shorted out and was unable to stop blaster fire from hitting Darra in the chest. Ferus was guilty about Darra’s death, feeling that it was his fault. When the Jedi defeated Omega and returned to Coruscant, Ferus announced that he would resign from the Jedi Order.

Ferus went from world to world looking for a place to call home until het met a man around his age named Roan Lands on the world of Bellassa and the two started a business together, Olin and Lands. They essentially did what Ferus did as a Jedi, without aid of the Force however. Together they would protect people who would expose intentional wrongdoing going on in various companies. Ferus and Roan had also been officers in the Republic Army for sometime. Then the Galactic Empire was formed. Since he was no longer a Jedi, Ferus was saved from the Jedi massacre known as Order 66. But he still was not entirely safe, for the Empire was imprisoning all Force-sensitive beings now. Learning of the atrocities that occurred across the galaxy, Ferus, Roan, and nine other people of Bellassa started a resistance movement known as The Eleven. Over this time Ferus changed from the strict, “dull”, Padawan he used to be. He became the charismatic leader of the Eleven and also a target for the Empire. Ferus and Roan made a pact that if one of them were captured, the other would not come to rescue them for the sake of the survival of the Eleven. Ferus and Roan were arrested by Imperials, however Ferus managed to escape.

A number of months following Order 66, Ferus was reunited with one of the only Jedi left alive in the galaxy, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan was astonished at how different Ferus had become. Ferus learned from Obi-Wan exactly what happened to Jedi Order and was equally astonished. Obi-Wan told him that Anakin had died (or at least the Anakin he knew) and made no mention of his transformation into Darth Vader. Obi-Wan also did not tell him of his plans with Yoda to wait for Anakin’s children Luke and Leia to be trained in the ways of the Force. Ferus wanted to bring the fight to the Empire, and couldn’t believe Obi-Wan wanted to wait until the time was right. They planned to rescue Roan and to escape from Bellassa, however they were both targets of Boba Fett and the cyborg D'harhan, who were hired by the Imperial Inquisitor, Malorum. Ferus, Obi-Wan, and Trever Flume were able to escape Bellassa and headed for the Red Twins Spaceport where they found Boba Fett and D'harhan waiting for them.

After a brief confrontation in the spaceport, which led to the arrest of D'harhan, the three of them escaped and tricked Boba Fett into crash landing on Deneter. They headed for the world of Acherin where the local resistance was fighting a doomed war with the Empire. They met a commander of the resistance, Raina Quill, who led them to their base in the city of Eluthan. There Raina introduced them to fellow commander Toma. While Obi-Wan discussed battle tactics with Toma, Ferus flew with Raina to hold off the invading Imperials. It was to no avail though, as the bombing of Eluthan began, under orders of Imperial Admiral Riwwel. Regrouping with Obi-Wan, Toma, and Trever, Raina and Ferus fled Acherin.

The group landed on an asteroid in a thick atmospheric storm, safe from Imperial detection. Leaving Toma and Raina behind for a few days, Ferus, Obi-Wan, and Trever headed for Ilum to rescue the Jedi, Garen Muln, who was reported to have been hiding from the Imperials there.

On their way to Ilum, Ferus thought about how he left the Jedi Order, only to rejoin with one to save the others years later. Obi-Wan explained that Ferus must rescue Garen alone in Ilum's Crystal Caves, for he had to deal with some business on Polis Massa. Ferus was angered that Obi-Wan was leaving him to do this on his own, but Obi-Wan assured him that it would be a test to prove himself as a Jedi once more. Obi-Wan also informed him that no doubt, there would be an Imperial presence on the world, so he would have to enter the caves through a secret entrance. Kenobi also warned him that the secret entrance was the nest of beasts called gorgodons.

Arriving on Ilum, and with Trever standing guard outside the caves, Ferus narrowly evaded the gorgodons and found Garen Muln malnourished and weak. Using Garen's lightsaber (the first time he used a lightsaber in years), Ferus helped Muln escape the caves. Along with Trever, Ferus eliminated the Imperials camped near the caves and they waited for Obi-Wan's return. While waiting, Ferus contacted an old friend, Roan Lands.

After being picked up by Kenobi, Ferus explained that Garen told him there was another Jedi at the caves who went to Coruscant. Obi-Wan felt that Ferus would risk to much by going there, but Ferus felt determined to find her. He also told Obi-Wan that they could form the asteroid they found into a sanctuary for surviving Jedi. When Obi-Wan countered, saying that there are no supplies or shelters, Ferus told him to head for the Nixor Spaceport to meet with Roan.

After arriving at the spaceport, Roan reunited with Ferus, and gave him the necessary supplies and prefab shelters that he would need for this new safe haven. Returning to Raina and Toma, Ferus, Obi-Wan, and Trever, set up the shelters and created a clinic to help Garen recover. Ferus thanked Raina and Toma for their help and asked them to help him with this new sanctuary, to which they humbly agreed.

When Ferus asked Obi-Wan to come with him to Coruscant, Obi-Wan refused, asking him to return him to Tatooine. Obi-Wan could not tell him what secret he was hiding, for it would risk the lives of the Skywalker twins. Ferus, who had been disappointed, understood and took him to Mos Eisley. He bid him farewell and, accompanied with Trever, set Toma's ship for Coruscant.

Arriving at Coruscant for the first time in years, Ferus was shocked to see the Jedi Temple in its battle scarred form. He vowed to save as many Jedi he could, no matter what it took. Ferus and Trever flew into the Temple, and discovered that there were no Jedi; it was just a trap, and the Empire had been spreading rumors just to bring Jedi to the Temple. Ferus then sought out the help of Dexter Jettster, but found that his diner had been destroyed and Dex had been evicted or had run away. Ferus tracked down Dex and found that he had been living with a group of people who call themselves The Erased. Dex tells Ferus that he met a Jedi named Fy-Tor-Ana. She had told Dex that if he ever needed her help, he should find Solace. Ferus, Trever, and the rest of The Erased found Solace and realized that she was Fy-Tor-Ana herself. Ferus convinced Solace to go to the Temple with him and they did. However, they encountered stormtroopers at the Temple and Ferus was captured. Solace and Trever were able to escape.

Appearances

 * Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice
 * Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games
 * Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise
 * Jedi Quest: The School of Fear
 * Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth
 * Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard
 * Jedi Quest: The False Peace
 * Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown
 * The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
 * The Last of the Jedi: The Dark Warning
 * The Last of the Jedi: Underworld
 * The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo