Jaesa Willsaam

Jaesa Willsaam was a Human female Jedi Padawan active during the Cold War. While she started out under the tutelage of Jedi Master Nomen Karr, the apprentice of Darth Baras convinces her to abandon the Jedi and join the Sith.

Early life
Jaesa Wilsaam was born on Alderaan, and spent her early life as a handmaiden to House Organa. Her family was not wealthy, and her parents had hoped to increase their family's lot when it was decided that she would marry an Organa noble. Fate interceded when her Force-sensitivity manifested itself. Recognizing the tremendous opportunity for their child, her parents allowed her to be taken for training by the Jedi.

Jedi apprentice
For an unknown length of time, Willsaam was tutored in the ways of the Force by Jedi Master Yonlach on Tatooine.

But soon Nomen Karr recognized that Willsaam had a unique Force ability, the ability to see and effortlessly determine the true nature of other sentients. In her, Karr saw an opportunity root out and dismantle the intelligence network of his longtime Sith rival, Darth Baras. At her master's behest, Willsaam was able to identify some of Baras' operatives on Balmorra and Nar Shaddaa.

Her existence and talent–though not her identity–were uncovered by Baras on Dromund Kaas, by torturing the information out of a captured agent of the Republic. Baras quickly assigned his most promising new apprentice to seek out and destroy individuals from Willsaam's past, hoping to draw her out of anonymity.

After some of the spies she had uncovered were silenced by the Sith apprentice, Willsaam began more and more to feel the approach of the dark side. With the deaths of Master Yonlach on Tatooine and finally her own parents on Alderaan, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She contacted the Sith Warrior to arrange a one-on-one meeting without her Master's knowledge.

Master Karr quickly discovered Willsaam's plan and, after judging it foolish and forbidding her to go through with it, sent Jedi Knights Zylixx and Ulldin to eliminate the Sith threat. The two Knights would prove to be no match for the Sith, and were easily defeated. Karr was finally determined to end the threat to Willsaam's life, and arranged for a duel to the death with Darth Baras on Nal Hutta to resolve their conflict.

In order both to protect himself and to put Karr off-balance, Baras sent his mighty apprentice to the duel in his stead. As Jedi Master and Sith apprentice clashed, the Sith taunted the old Jedi into falling to the dark side in order to further taunt Willsaam.

When her Jedi Master was defeated, Willsaam finally emerged from hiding and battled the Sith Warrior herself. The Warrior was easily able to defeat the young Jedi, and she agreed to join up on the Warrior's mission.

Agent of the Sith Empire
Willsaam joined the Sith Warrior as a newly-anointed Sith apprentice when they departed from Nal Hutta. The Warrior was granted the title of Sith Lord for success in hunting her down, and she became a willing agent of both the dark side and the Sith Empire.

Their adventures would take them across the galaxy, as they sought to undermine both the Republic and the Jedi, and worked tirelessly to re-ignite open war between the Republic and the Sith Empire.

Powers and abilities
Jaesa is adept at wielding a Double-bladed lightsaber and demonstrates her ability at using the Soresu form while she is fighting the Sith Warrior. Jaesa also has a special talent similar to Force sight that allows her to see the alignment and personality traits of other people.

Behind the scenes
Whether Jeasa remains on the light side or falls to the dark side depends on how the Sith Warrior recruits her.

Jaesa Willsaam is voiced by Rachael Leigh Cook.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic