The JEDI HERETIC that the Jedi Order Decided to KILL! | Star Wars Canon Explained | #Shorts
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Date: 2023-06-19

he JEDI HERETIC that the Jedi Order Decided to KILL-Oo'ob, known as Oo'ob the Apostate, was a male Gigoran Jedi who existed before the Imperial Era. He utilized a unique lightsaber sniper rifle hybrid known as the Farkiller, created by fellow Jedi Var-Whill, to take out targets from a hundred kilometers away. However, he and Whill were declared apostates by the Jedi High Council for this and were both purged within a decade of the Corsair Wars. Professor Korin Aphra eventually uncovered evidence that Oo'ob existed, believing it would help him find the Fortress of Garn and the Ordu Aspectu. A Gigoran male, Oo'ob served as a Master in the Jedi Order prior to the rise of the Galactic Empire. In the wake of the Corsair Wars, he broke Jedi doctrine to pursue a pre-emptive approach to threats. He coaxed his fellow Jedi and noted crystallist Var-Whill to create the Farkiller, a unique hybrid of lightsaber and sniper rifle, which Oo'ob used to take out targets from a hundred kilometers away. In the words of Professor Korin Aphra, Oo'ob's work with that could be conjectured to have killed several hundred "emergent" despots. The Jedi High Council, however, felt that the Gigoran's methods lacked restraint. Within the decade, both Oo'ob and Var-Whill were declared apostate and purged. Sometime later, during the Imperial Era, Korin Aphra, the father of Chelli Aphra, obtained stolen memory crystals with evidence of Oo'ob's existence as well as his "crimes." Korin believed he could use this to find the Fortress of Garn and the Ordu Aspectu and he recorded the story of Oo'ob in his "Notes on Jedi Heresies." Twenty years later, Korin's daughter, Chelli Aphra, discovered the Farkiller when infiltrating a Slinani Migration Shrine and recalled Oo'ob's use of it. After stealing the Farkiller, she was captured by the Alliance to Restore the Republic, who wished to use its technology to build their own weapon and assassinate the Emperor. The Farkiller was a unique weapon that belonged to the Jedi Oo'ob the Apostate, and was created by his fellow Jedi Var-Whill. A magnification attenuator, it used lightsaber technology inside a sniper rifle, which allowed its user to take out targets from a hundred kilometers away. The very existence of such a weapon earned Oo'ob and Var-Whill an excommunication. For a time, the Farkiller was kept on Red Mist, a Slinani Migration Shrine located in the Outer Rim Territories, until it was stolen by the rogue archaeologist Chelli Aphra, who stole it and put it up for sale on the Shadow Market. The Jedi High Council deemed Oo'ob and Var-Whill were apostates, and both were ordered killed by the Jedi Council.