Valara Saar

Valara Saar was a female Human Force adept from the world of Yashuvhu. When the Republic vessel Pathfinder III landed on Yashuvhu, she eagerly learned of the Jedi and sought to join the Jedi Order. In spite of her skill and eagerness to learn, she was unable to join the Order and proceeded to wander. After a period wandering the galaxy, she returned to her native planet and continued learning of the Force.

Biography
Saar was a descendant of a Human Jedi who had crashed on the incommunicado planet Yashuvhu sometime during the Old Republic. Saar's talents with the Force were evident when she was a small child; she also inherited the sacred scroll, a document where her long-dead relative had written a part of the Jedi Code. Also, early in her life, Saar adopted a duuvhal as a pet, naming it Zeev.

In 33 BBY, the Republic exploratory vessel Pathfinder III landed on Yashuvhu in the course of its First Contact mission. They discovered that the Human population wanted to talk with the Jedi among the vessel's crew and learn about them. The First Contact specialists were able to teach the Yashuvhi some information about the Jedi, which was accepted with religious fervor. It was Valara Saar, however, who was the most interested of the Yashuvhi. Her ability to quickly learn and understand language enabled her to communicate with the explorers, who spoke Galactic Basic Standard.

Saar convinced the Pathfinder III crew to take her to other worlds, with the hope of learning the path of the Jedi. Nevertheless, the Jedi were too restrictive for her free soul. While she was taught some important skills and worked diligently, she eventually left the Jedi without any hope of joining the Order. Valara decided instead to look for her destiny elsewhere in the Galaxy, becoming a wanderer. She exchanged her Force skills for passage to other planets. She helped those in need wherever she found them, and continued to learn more and more of the Force without the guidance of a master. She also made a number of important friends during her travels. During one such mission on Aargau, her pet Zeev was killed.

After years of wandering, Valara eventually returned to her native Yashuvhu. The Yashuvi had nicknamed her "Prophetess," and she isolated herself, living in a hut ensconced somewhere in the Yashaka Mountains. She became a teacher of the Force, teaching never more than what she felt her students were ready to learn, and learning much at the same time. Nobody could visit her if she was not willing, as her fighting skill was greater than any other, even apart from her Force abilities. She also took a new duuvhal pup to replace Zeev, calling it Jedi. Although Saar lived in isolation, she was known as a defender of her people, particularly against the Chiss Ascendancy.

Valara believed that she could only grow in the Force when traveling the Galaxy and considered wandering again. Some of the friends she had made during her prior travels promised to take her wherever she would want or need to go. It was unknown if she returned to wandering or simply stayed put.

Behind the scenes


Valara Saar's image was first used in the Star Wars Roleplaying Game as an example of a first-level character from the Force adept class. Her background would be later provided by Wizards of the Coast on its website.

Valara's likeness is used in Star Wars Miniatures: Alliance and Empire to represent a "generic Human Force Adept".

Appearances

 * Force Heretic II: Refugee

Notes and references
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