Zia Zaldor Zanna

Zia Zaldor Zanna was a Jedi Master stationed on the planet Tenoo to teach Jedi Initiates during the High Republic Era.

Biography[]

Early life[]

During her training on a planet, Zanna befriended a Houk technician Faraz, at some point wrecking one of his speeders, and became rivals with the thief Ace Kallisto. However, the rivalry would turn into more of a friendly squabble as Zanna grew older.^[7]

Stationed on Tenoo[]

Years later in 232 BBY,^[8] Zanna, now a Jedi Master along with other Jedi was in the training ground of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant when Grand Master Yoda announced that Jedi Initiates would be sent to an Outer Rim outpost temple for further training. As most of the Jedi left, Zanna's droid Dee noted that some of the younglings weren't present and were missing. Zanna laughed and easily guessed that Kai Brightstar, Lys Solay, Nubs were the last missing Initiates. Zanna soon told them to get to the last shuttle Crimson Firehawk via a holoprojector.^[4]

Blast from the past[]

Old friends[]

Sometime later, Zanna was planning on going to meet Faraz to trade for a cryo-spanner to repair the Jedi Temple's cooling unit. However, she noticed that Brightstar made fun of the pirate Taborr Val Dorn with a make-shift helmet. Zanna decided to invite Brightstar along for her mission to get the cryo-spanner. As they arrived on the planet, Zanna introduced Brightstar to her old friend Faraz. Faraz and Zanna traded for the cryo-spanner and reminisced on their past, but the discussion was cut short after Brightstar notified her that their shuttle was stolen.

Zanna and Brightstar quickly took Faraz's speeder bike to chase after their shuttle. They then made a daring jump from the speeder bike to the top of the shuttle, though the speeder exploded after they jumped off. Entering the shuttle and into the cockpit, it was Kallisto who hijacked their shuttle. Kallisto told the Jedi that their shuttle sold well. Brightstar drew his lightsaber to protect Zanna but accidentally damaged the ship with it. The damage caused the shuttle to crash into a cave nearby. As they got up from the crash, Zanna's ankle was injured in the process, and was unable to move.^[7]

The crash[]

They noticed that the cave they crashed into was not an empty cave, but rather a home of a stalaat. With Zanna's ankle injured during the crash, she used it as an opportunity to teach Brightstar a lesson about the choice to do good and tasked him to work with Kallisto. Brightstar and Kallisto then went out of the shuttle to signal for help. Another stalaat quickly jumped in and startled Brightstar and Kallisto. Seeing an opportunity, Kallisto returned to the ship and use the armaments of the ship to scare the stalaats away with Zanna. Brightstar used the comlink and called for help.^[7]

Soon, backup arrived to help and assist Zanna and the rest. As DUM-series pit droids repair the shuttle, an AZ-series surgical assistant droid used bacta spray on Zanna's injured ankle. Zanna and Kallisto sat down and reminisced for a bit before leaving. Zanna later approached Brightstar and seeing that he had learn his lesson, they went back to the Jedi Temple on Tenoo. Brightstar quickly removed the make-shift helmet from the training droid and continued training with Nubs and Solay.^[7]