Editing Tap-Nar-Pal 0 You are not logged in. {{Eras|imp}} {{Character |type=Jedi |image=[[File:TapNarPal.jpg]] |name=Tap-Nar-Pal |homeworld= |birth=[[44 BBY/Legends|44 BBY]]<ref name="BL">''[[Republic 64: Bloodlines]]''</ref> |death=[[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]],<ref name="ERC">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref><ref name="Heroes on Both Sides">{{TCW|Heroes on Both Sides}}</ref> [[Merson]]<ref name="BL" /> |species=[[Cerean/Legends|Cerean]]<ref name="BL" /> |gender=[[Sexes/Legends|Male]]<ref name="BL" /> |height= |mass= |hair=Brown<ref name="BL" /> |eyes=Gray<ref name="BL" /> |skin=Pink<ref name="BL" /> |cyber= |affiliation=*[[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]]<ref name="BL" /> *[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]<ref name="BL" /> |masters=[[Ronhar Kim]]<ref name="BL" /> |apprentices=}} {{Quote|You always were a willful, disobedient Padawan.|Ronhar Kim|Republic 64: Bloodlines}} '''Tap-Nar-Pal''', nicknamed "'''Tap'''", was a [[Sexes/Legends|male]] [[Cerean/Legends|Cerean]] [[Padawan/Legends|Padawan]] serving the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]] and the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] as a [[Jedi Commander/Legends|Commander]] in the [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|Grand Army of the Republic]] during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]]. As the war ground onward, Pal approached his Master with the unusual plan to have all the [[Senator/Legends|Senators]] of the Republic tested for [[Midi-chlorian/Legends|midi-chlorians]]. Kim brought the idea to his old friend, [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]]—Palpatine agreed to think about the idea, but asked the Jedi to keep it to themselves for the time being. Immediately after their meeting with Palpatine, Kim and Pal were dispatched to the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] of [[Merson]], to establish a staging area for a larger mission to eliminate the Merson [[Pirate/Legends|Pirates]]. While Master Kim led the ground forces, Pal remained in [[Realspace/Legends|space]], leading the [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighters]] that defended the small fleet that had accompanied them. Both the fleet and the ground forces were ambushed upon their arrival, and were cut off from each other. The ground forces took heavy casualties, and were unable to escape when [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Gilad Pellaeon/Legends|Gilad Pellaeon]] refused to send a rescue ship. Pal took it upon himself to break away from the fight to try and rescue his Master, despite knowing that his ship had already been heavily damaged. He was quickly shot down and [[Death/Legends|killed]], and his master followed soon thereafter, both falling to Palpatine's manipulations. ==Biography== ===Early life=== [[File:RonharKim.jpg|thumb|left|130px|Tap-Nar-Pal's Master, Ronhar Kim]] A [[Force-sensitive/Legends|Force-sensitive]] [[Sexes/Legends|male]] [[Cerean/Legends|Cerean]], Tap-Nar-Pal was [[Jedi training/Legends|trained]] in the ways of [[The Force/Legends|the Force]] by the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]] at the [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] [[Jedi Temple]]. In [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]], Pal was selected for training as a [[Padawan/Legends|Padawan]] by [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Ronhar Kim]] of [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]]. During his apprenticeship, Pal constructed a green-bladed [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]] and learned how to use it under Kim's tutelage.<ref name="BL" /> ===The Clone Wars=== Ten [[Standard year/Legends|years]] later, when the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]] erupted across the galaxy, Tap-Nar-Pal and his master devised a plan to expose the identity of the elusive [[Palpatine/Legends|second Sith]]. After heard the story of [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi's]] imprisonment on [[Geonosis/Legends|Geonosis]], and the report Kenobi had made about his interrogation by [[Count/Legends|Count]] [[Dooku/Legends|Dooku]], Pal believed that the war could be cut short if the second Sith was exposed. As the Jedi suspected that the second [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] was hidden within the members of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic government]], Pal suggested that they test all the members of the [[Galactic Senate/Legends|Galactic Senate]] to determine their respective [[Midi-chlorian/Legends|midi-chlorian]] counts. Whomever had the highest count would clearly be the Sith they sought.<ref name="BL" /> Kim and his Padawan presented the plan to Palpatine, who immediately rejected the idea as too controversial. He pointed out that some Senators such as [[Bail Prestor Organa|Bail Organa]] of [[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaan]] would object to the test on principle, but this was not sufficient to dissuade them. Pal suggested that Palpatine himself be the first to take the test, thereby showing the rest of the Senate that it was a good idea. Palpatine asked the two Jedi to hold off on suggesting the plan to the [[Jedi High Council/Legends|Jedi High Council]] until they could discuss it at a later time. Kim said that he and Pal were leaving on a simple mission to [[Merson]] to battle [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] for a few days, and they would hold off on informing the Council until then.<ref name="BL" /> ===Battle of Merson=== Almost immediately after landing on the planet, Kim, [[Clone trooper commander|clone commander]] [[Dox]], and his [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone troopers]] planetside were overwhelmed with [[Battle droid/Legends|battle droids]]. Pal, flying his [[Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor/Legends|Delta-7 ''Aethersprite'']], and Republic [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Gilad Pellaeon/Legends|Gilad Pellaeon]] faced an insurmountable force in orbit. Intelligence reports had put the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederate]] forces at five times less than what they were; knowing their destination, Palpatine had ordered [[Count of Serenno/Legends|Count]] [[Dooku/Legends|Dooku]] to ensure that no one survived the battle because Palpatine indeed was the second Sith and did not want their plan to interfere in his affairs.<ref name="BL" /> [[File:Merson.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Tap-Nar-Pal's ship explodes, killing him.]] Pellaeon refused to land transports to evacuate the forces on the ground and decided to order a full retreat. Kim reluctantly agreed with Pellaeon, and ordered Pal to accompany the Captain out of the battle. Pal, however, ignored his Master's orders and instead plunged his fighter into [[Merson]]'s atmosphere in a vain attempt to help Kim. The Cerean believed that he may be able to hold off the attacking droids long enough for Kim and his ten remaining troopers to escape, but he was quickly shot down and killed, crashing his fighter into the advancing columns of droids.<ref name="BL" /> Kim quickly mourned the loss of his Padawan, then ordered Dox to engage the droid forces. He told Dox to die well, and the Jedi joined the clones in attacking the battle droids. Kim was gunned down, wounded in several places, and collapsed to the ground. As he died, he realized he had been set up by the second Sith, until a [[B2 super battle droid/Legends|B2 super battle droid]] shot him in the head, killing him.<ref name="BL" /> Kim and Pal were publicly mourned by Palpatine before the full Galactic Senate. He used their death as an excuse to goad on the war effort and further increase security measures, boosting his own executive power. Just as Palpatine planned, Pal's and Kim's idea to expose Darth Sidious died with them.<ref name="BL" /> ==Behind the scenes== Comic writer [[John Ostrander]] based Tap-Nar-Pal's name after the screename of a poster on the [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]] forums.{{Fact}} Ostrander speculated that Tap-Nar-Pal was born in [[37 BBY]].<ref name="jfo">{{JCFcite|postnum=21973967|board=Literature|thread=Getting to know the EU Jedi (John, Jan, Davide, Randy--feel free to help!)|user=[[John Ostrander|jfostrander]]|PTtime=[[October 17]], [[2005]] at 8:43 AM|accessdate=2013-10-22}}</ref> ==Appearances== *''[[Republic 64: Bloodlines]]'' {{1st}} {{Flash}} *''[[Star Wars: Battle for the Republic]]'' ==Sources== *{{FFCite|139|WEE1-2, ''Weeding out the Sith''}} ==Notes and references== {{Reflist}} {{Interlang |de=Tap-Nar-Pal |pl=Tap-Nar-Pal |pt=Tap-Nar-Pal |ru=Тап-Нар-Пал }} [[Category:Cereans]] [[Category:Jedi Commanders]] [[Category:Males]] [[Category:Pilots]] [[Category:Post-Ruusan Jedi trainees]] Loading editor Standard preloads (select a template to preload its contents): Custom preload pagename: Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> <nowiki></nowiki> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ Characters: Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ĺ ĺ Ń ń Ó ó Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ź ź À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù  â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô Ŝ ŝ Û û Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü Ÿ ÿ ß Ã ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ Ñ ñ Õ õ Ũ ũ Ỹ ỹ Ç ç Ģ ģ Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ Đ đ Ů ů Ǎ ǎ Č č Ď ď Ě ě Ǐ ǐ Ľ ľ Ň ň Ǒ ǒ Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ǔ ǔ Ž ž Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ȳ ȳ Ǣ ǣ ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ Ă ă Ĕ ĕ Ğ ğ Ĭ ĭ Ŏ ŏ Ŭ ŭ Ċ ċ Ė ė Ġ ġ İ ı Ż ż Ą ą Ę ę Į į Ǫ ǫ Ų ų Ḍ ḍ Ḥ ḥ Ḷ ḷ Ḹ ḹ Ṃ ṃ Ṇ ṇ Ṛ ṛ Ṝ ṝ Ṣ ṣ Ṭ ṭ Ł ł Ő ő Ű ű Ŀ ŀ Ħ ħ Ð ð Þ þ Œ œ Æ æ Ø ø Å å Ə ə Greek: Ά ά Έ έ Ή ή Ί ί Ό ό Ύ ύ Ώ ώ Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω Please note: No personal information from you is required to edit on Wookieepedia. 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