Jyl Somtay

Jyl Somtay was a female Human Jedi Knight who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the final decades of the Republic Classic era.

Biography
Discovered to be Force-sensitive as a child, Jyl Somtay entered into the academy at the Coruscant Jedi Temple and began to learn the ways of the Force. Eventually graduating the academy, Somtay was selected as a Padawan by Jedi Master Lura Tranor to travel the galaxy and train one-on-one. During this time, Somtay became well acquainted with Jedi High Councilor Coleman Trebor. Constructing for herself a blue-bladed lightsaber and growing knowledgeable about the Force, Somtay spent many years with Tranor until she was ready to pass her Trials of Knighthood. Completing the trials and becoming a Jedi Knight, Somtay was not among the Jedi to travel to Geonosis at the height of the Separatist Crisis between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems; a mission that would spark the tragic and bloddy Clone Wars. While both Somtay's former master and her good friend Master Trebor died on the dust fields of Geonosis, Somtay accepted a mission to the battered world immediately after the battle there. Having been given the rank of General in the Grand Army of the Republic, Somtay was placed in charge of several clone troopers.



Leading an occupation force of clone troopers, Somtay was assigned to oversee the local population's cooperation in transitioning into a Republic-occupied society. During her work there Somtay was contacted by Doctor Frayne, a scientist studying the world's local culture, and asked to join the Jedi in her work. Volunteering to aide Somtay uncover and contain Geonosian war technology, Frayne secretly desired to steal the tech and sell it on the black market. Upon meeting with Frayne, Somtay was rendered unconscious and awoke some time later tied back to back with Frayne's companion, Naj Pandoor. After freeing themselves and fighting off a group of Geonsosians, the pair set out in search of Frayne. Jedi Somtay and Pandoor quickly discovered the doctor's severed head; the woman had been killed by a loosed nexu. Somtay, who had met up with her clone troopers by this time, managed to escape the nexu herself when the beast was attacked by a pack of rogas.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 6: The Starcrusher Trap
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 6: The Starcrusher Trap