Numidian Prime strike team

"Master, stop. Please. I'm all right. We're taking her into custody. It's over."
"It's over. […] Let me summon the others."

―Qui-Gon Jinn and Dooku, after capturing Shenda Mol as part of the strike team^[1]

The Numidian Prime strike team was a strike team assembled by the Jedi Order to capture the bounty hunter Shenda Mol. Around 66 BBY, the team was sent to the Mid Rim planet Numidian Prime, where Mol was operating, to apprehend her and her followers. Jedi Master Dooku and his Padawan, Qui-Gon Jinn, tracked the bounty hunter to her stronghold, with the latter being held by her at blaster-point on arrival to the hideout. However, Dooku arrived shortly afterward and attacked Mol with Force lightning. Afterward, the Numidian Prime strike team took Mol into custody, and she was then imprisoned on the Outer Rim planet Stygeon Prime.

Description[]

Around 66 BBY,^[2] the Numidian Prime strike team was formed by the Jedi Order. The group consisted of Jedi Master Dooku, his Padawan, Qui-Gon Jinn, and several other Jedi.^[1]

History[]

"What am I to do with you?"
"The smartest thing to do would be to turn around and leave. Of course, that's what I want you to do, but it happens to be true. Others are coming. The sooner you leave, the more chances you'll have to lose them."
"When you'll just hunt me down again."

―Shenda Mol and Qui-Gon Jinn^[1]

Justice — As part of the strike team, Dooku and Qui-Gon Jinn captured Shenda Mol.

During the reign of the Galactic Republic, the Falleen bounty hunter Shenda Mol began mass-murdering individuals indiscriminately while collecting her bounties, purposefully trying to kill as many targets as possible in her endeavors.^[1] By around 66 BBY,^[2] she began operating on^[1] the Mid Rim planet^[3] Numidian Prime in a valley hideout. Several Jedi were dispatched to the world as part of the Numidian Prime strike team, hoping to apprehend Mol and put her into custody. After arriving on Numidian Prime, the team successfully captured Mol's followers.^[1]

Jinn and Dooku then tracked the Falleen to her hideout, with the former pursuing her on a speeder bike. However, after the Padawan had arrived at the stronghold, she held him at blaster-point. As Jinn conversed with Mol to stall for time, she expounded on her goals to end the life of one target of every age up to two hundred years old, which disgusted him. The bounty hunter intended to kill Jinn to progress toward her goal, but Dooku arrived at their location and struck Mol with Force lightning before she could. Afterward, Mol was imprisoned on^[1] the Outer Rim planet^[3] Stygeon Prime. Following the strike team's disbandment and the mission's end, Jinn worried about his Master's use of Force lightning on Mol, feeling Dooku might have slipped toward darkness.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

The Numidian Prime strike team first appeared in a flashback in Master & Apprentice, a novel written by Claudia Gray^[1] that was released on April 16, 2019.^[4] Prior to the novel's release, the team was included in a StarWars.com excerpt for the book released on April 5 of that year.^[5]