And may the Force be with you." ―Jaro Tapal, to Cal Kestis ĭuring the Clone Wars that spanned across the galaxy, Kestis, like many other Padawans, served in the Grand Army of the Republic as Jedi Commander while training as a Padawan under the command of Jedi General Jaro Tapal. I will seal the blast doors but if any cross your path, do not hesitate. Later, he would learn to use the power of telekinesis. Master Tapal taught Kestis that with persistence and the Force as his ally, he would overcome any obstacle. As such, he was assigned to Jedi Master Jaro Tapal, a disciplined Jedi, specifically to address that concern. Īs a youngling, other Jedi noticed that, while he rarely struggled with his training and showed promise with his skills wielding a lightsaber, Cal was ill-suited to deal with adversity when he experienced failure. During his training to become a Jedi, Kestis traveled with Grand Master Yoda to the ice planet Ilum and participated in The Gathering, a rite of passage where Jedi younglings retrieved a kyber crystal to build their lightsabers. 1.3.10 Retrieving the Astrium and the holocronĬal Kestis was a young member of the Jedi Order during the last years of the Galactic Republic.1.3.5 Assisting the Kashyyyk Resistance.
By then, Kestis had been recognized as a fully- trained Jedi by his new mentor. Though they retrieved the holocron while surviving an encounter with the Sith Lord Darth Vader, Kestis chose to destroy the holocron in order to protect the galaxy's Force-sensitive children from the Sith. They attempted to locate Eno Cordova's Jedi holocron, which contained information that was vital to creating a new generation of Jedi. Over the course of their journey, Kestis befriended the droid BD-1, the former Jedi Cere Junda, the Mantis ' captain Greez Dritus, and the Nightsister Merrin. Kestis joined the crew of the starship Stinger Mantis after they rescued him from the Inquisitors. After his master's death, Kestis lived in exile on the planet Bracca, working as a rigger for the Scrapper Guild until he was discovered by the Second and Ninth Sisters, Inquisitors of the Empire. As a result, the clone troopers of the 13th Battalion attempted to execute Kestis as a traitor to the Galactic Republic, forcing General Tapal to sacrifice himself in order to save his apprentice. The Padawan of Jedi Master Jaro Tapal, Kestis served alongside his mentor in the Clone Wars until the Grand Army of the Republic betrayed its Jedi officers, after receiving the command to execute Order 66 from Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine. Hunted across the galaxy by the Empire's Jedi hunters, Kestis embraced his connection to the Force once more, having decided to restore the Jedi Order. As one of the few Jedi who survived the purge that all but destroyed the Jedi Order, Kestis lived in seclusion for years until a confrontation with the Inquisitorius compelled him to openly resist the Empire's rule. Maybe we're done hiding." ―Cal Kestis, to BD-1 Ĭal Kestis was a Force-sensitive human male who became a Jedi Knight during the reign of the Galactic Empire. " You know I've been alone for…a while now.