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| - Jedi Master Makaera Tor was born on Shili in 21 BBY She was only a baby during the Clone Wars, and with all of the galactic upheaval, she was overlooked by the Jedi Order. When Order 66 happened, one of the Jedi that survived came to Shili to attempt to lay low. It was there that the Jedi came across Makaera and found her to be strong in the ways of the Force. As Togruta work well together in tribes, it was decided to bring the Jedi into the tribe and have him teach Makaera within the confines of the tribe. From what her parents understood, the Jedi had known Shaak Ti and had been close to her and that was one of the reasons why he had come to Shili. During the dark times, Makaera Tor was trained in secret and that was how it had to be maintained for safety’s sake. As she grew up, Makaera learned how to channel the ways of the Togruta, the pack mentality, into her lessons on the Force. A treat for Makaera were visits from Jedi Master Shaak Ti, who journeyed from Felucia to her homeworld of Shili. She personally instructed Makaera in lightsaber combat, while also teaching her the ability to channel the Force into her lightsaber and how to commune with the natural fauna of an area. Another Jedi that visited a few times was Jedi Master Rahm Kota When she was sixteen, or five years before the Battle of Yavin, Makaera Tor began undergoing the trials, while still on Shili. She and her master had so far managed to escape the attention of the Galactic Empire. Her master and her had gained a name for themselves on Shili as true keepers of the peace, and people who could be trusted to properly mediate a problem. However, all was not well, and some of the people who felt that the two Jedi had been unfair to them, went to the Empire to tell them that there were Jedi on Shili. The Empire responded in true fashion, sending a pair of Dark Jedi to Shili to apprehend the two Jedi. With stormtroopers given orders to crack down on the people, Makaera and her master had to make a decision on whether or not to stay and cause more harm or whether to leave and find safe haven elsewhere. Before they could act on their decision, which was to stay, the two Dark Jedi found them. Up until this point, all of her knowledge of lightsaber combat had been theoretical, her practice simple duels with the blades powered down. But this, this was true fighting. Makaera did not do that well and was injured, taking a stab wound to her right shoulder. However, her master was able to defeat the two Dark Jedi on his own. He put a message out to Rahm Kota that they were in dire need of help. Kota was unable to respond to the call, and by the time he was able to, the Emperor had received word of what had happened to his two Dark Jedi and had decided to up the ante. An Imperial Inquisitor was sent to deal with Makaera and her master. With the Inquisitor’s Victory-class Star Destroyer in orbit on “routine patrol”, the Inquisitor had free reign on the ground below. When he found Makaera and her master, this time they were not so lucky. Her master was killed and she was captured by the Inquistor who decided that she was not too far gone to be turned to serve the Emperor’s will. Tortured on board the Victory-class Star Destroyer, Makaera tried to resist as best as she could. Before her spirit completely broke however, the Force helped and intervened. The people of Shili, who had respected her master and her had informed Obi-Wan Kenobi of what had happened. He reached out to an old friend, another Jedi who he kept in touch with, Carsis Masi, of the Masi family. Carsis staged a rescue mission and the Jedi Knight saved Makaera while she was in transit to Coruscant for further mental and Force torture. Masi brought Makaera to a safe location, to a place called Ord Mantell. There, they were able to blend in with the riff raff, the bounty hunters, and the mercenaries. Scared and confused, Makaera was unsure of what to do next, but Carsis Masi insisted that she needed to finish her Jedi training. Her training was finished when she turned twenty, accelerated by the Jedi Knight so that she could help fight against the Empire, as revolt was brewing on a number of different planets around the galaxy. As Starkiller was putting together his Rebellion, Makaera Tor became a Jedi Knight.
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