Tesar Sebatyne

"The flame of a warrior burns bright in you, Tesar. You have shown that you will never falter or abandon a stricken comrade. May the Force guide you in all you do."

- Luke Skywalker

Tesar Sebatyne was a Barabel Jedi Knight who was trained under his mother, Saba Sebatyne, and flew in their squadron of Force users, the Wild Knights.

Yuuzhan Vong War
Due to Barabel mating customs, Tesar shared a father with either Bela Hara or Krasov Hara. It was impossible to know which one Tesar could call his sister. Nevertheless, all three were hatchmates and had a sibling like bond.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Duro, Tesar, his hatchmates and Jedi Izal Waz assisted Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo in escaping assassins from Corellia and escorting their master Eelysa.

Two years into the war, Tesar, his hatchmates, and the Wild Knights entered the war effort in visible fashion. Tesar, Bela, and Krasov made an impression on their fellow Jedi with their impressive coordination and tactics through the battle meld during the skirmish at Froz.

As the threat of the voxyn became clear to the Wild Knights in the wake of Master Eelysa's death, Tesar opted to go on the strike team to Myrkr, and was one of the few who survived. Sadly, both his hatchmates died during the mission.

After a brief stint on Hapes following Myrkr and the fall of Coruscant to the Yuuzhan Vong, Tesar rejoined the Wild Knights and fought bravely during the campaign at Borleias under the command of General Wedge Antilles.

As the war wore on into its third year, he was formally given the rank of Jedi Knight in a ceremony on Mon Calamari and fought under Admiral Traest Kre'fey's command as a flight leader in Jaina Solo's Twin Suns Squadron. At the Battle of Ebaq 9, Tesar was stranded alongside Jaina and Lowbacca inside the bunker on the surface. He was incapacitated during the fight against Tsavong Lah.

Tesar alternated between Twin Suns Squadron and the Wild Knights for the remainder of the war, and piloted a Zonama Sekotan Fighter at the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War during the Battle of Yuuzhan'tar.

Dark Nest Crisis
In 35 ABY, Tesar and the other survivors of the Myrkr strike team received a mysterious Force-call from the Unknown Regions. They set out to discover the source of the call, and found that it was the creature which had once been their fellow Jedi Raynar Thul, believed slain at Myrkr, but now transformed into the Prime Unu of the hive-minded Killik species.

Along with Tekli, Alema Rar, Jaina Solo, Zekk, Lowbacca and Tahiri Veila, Tesar was coerced into joining the Killiks by UnuThul's exploitation of the Myrkr battle meld, and he became a "Joiner"&mdash;someone who was influenced and was subject to the control of the Colony, subjected to Force and pheromonal manipulation so profound as to physically affect brain-structure. The Joiners then helped the Killiks to defend their nests against the Chiss. However, Tesar was convinced to return to known space by Luke Skywalker. After the Truce at Qoribu, Tesar and Lowbacca went on to hunt pirates hijacking Abaarian water shipments.

Just as Jaina and Zekk came to form a dyad within the Joiner meld, Tesar seemed to grow particularly close to Lowbacca and Tahiri. During the closing months of the Killik conflict, the three of them conspired to reveal Raynar's survival to Aryn Dro Thul, his powerful mother. Tesar and Lowbacca were the ones to tell Madame Thul about the New Jedi Order's possible plans to assassinate her son, because Raynar, as UnuThul, was believed to either intentionally or inadvertently be causing the Dark Nest to keep coming back. When Luke Skywalker found out what the three Jedi had done, he viewed their actions as a betrayal of their allegiance to the Jedi Order by undermining his attempts to bring unity to the Knights as Grand Master. Tesar and his friends attempted to redeem themselves by telling Luke about Jacen Solo's attack on Supply Depot Thrago, but to no avail. Luke sent them to Dagobah to meditate on what it meant to be a Jedi. He told them that he would call them once he felt they were ready to rejoin the order, and that they were not to leave until they felt that call.

Second Corellian Insurrection
By 40 ABY, Tesar and Lowbacca were operating under Admiral Nek Bwua'tu's command. They were specifically tasked with monitoring the secret Kiris shipyards.

Appearances

 * Recovery
 * Star by Star
 * Dark Journey
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
 * Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
 * Destiny's Way
 * Ylesia
 * The Unifying Force
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
 * Tempest