Darra Thel - Tanis Darra Thel - Tanis , also known as Darra Haariden , was a female Human Jedi Padawan of Master Soara Antana in the waning years of the Republic Classic era . In 27 BBY , she and her master joined fellow Jedi Masters Obi - Wan Kenobi with his Padawan Anakin Skywalker ( who was her same age ) , Siri Tachi with Ferus Olin , and Ry - Gaul with Tru Veld on a mission to the planet Radnor , where some deadly toxins were accidentally released into the atmosphere , resulting in a bioplague . The Jedi were briefed and tasked by the Jedi Council to aid the evacuation of the surviving Radnoran s from the Twin Cities Tacto and Aubendo . Biography . A Human female , Thel - Tanis was taken to the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant due to her being Force - sensitive . There , she was to be trained to become a Jedi Knight . Around 27 BBY , she was taken as an apprentice by the Jedi Master Soara Antana , who was famous for her skill with a lightsaber . With her Master , Darra accompanied Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi on missions to worlds such as Radnor ( her first mission ) and Haariden . On the mission to Haariden , Thel - Tanis was badly injured , after being shot in the thigh with a blaster . During her recovery she developed a friendship with Skywalker . At some point before 24 BBY , Thel - Tanis was sent together with Skywalker on a mission to Norah , where she was wounded again . She also served on a escorting mission to Nuralee in 24 BBY . The next year , Thel - Tanis and her Master once again accompanied Skywalker and Kenobi , as well as two other Jedi pairs ( Siri Tachi with Ferus Olin and Ry - Gaul with Tru Veld ) to Korriban to stop Granta Omega and Jenna Zan Arbor . During this mission , influenced by the dark side energies of the planet , the apprentices started to argue rather than work as a team . The situation was aggravated when Ferus Olin offered to fix Tru Veld ' s lightsaber , which Anakin Skywalker had worked on before they left the Temple . Unfortunately , not being aware of Anakin ' s repairs to Tru ' s weapon , Ferus ' repairs caused the lightsaber to drain power faster . This made the confrontation with Granta Omega deadly . Ferus saw that Tru ' s lightsaber was shorting out and quickly switched weapons with him , but Granta Omega slipped around and surprised them , coming at them from behind . Seeing that Ferus was in trouble , Darra Thel - Tanis leaped forward to protect him , determined to save her friend , but when the faulty saber failed , Granta Omega ' s KYD - 21 blaster bolt sped past Olin and hit Darra in the chest , killing her . Soara Antana gently unwound the ribbon in Darra ' s Padawan braid as she wept over her beloved apprentice . Darra ' s death deeply saddened her fellow Padawans . Olin blamed himself for her death and left the Jedi Order after this mission because of guilt , but not before strengthening the bonds of his friendship with fellow Padawan Tru Veld . Personality and traits . Darra Thel - Tanis was described as a slender girl with lively , rust - colored eyes and hair that is described both as auburn and as a combination of bright copper and gold . While she impressed others as being kind and polite , she was also very cheerful , of quick and sarcastic wit , and " crackled " with a positive energy that could almost be felt when she was near . She furthermore possessed " a cool grace " that Anakin Skywalker admired , and she was especially skilled at not favoring one hand over the other , when Jedi were required , as per their lightsaber training , to switch their Jedi weapons from the right hand to the left . Darra ' s lightsaber fighting style ― graceful , fluid , in constant motion , perfectly planned and executed , seemingly effortless ― was testament to her superb training by Jedi Master Soara Antana . Darra ' s concentration and combat discipline were unparalleled . She also developed her talent for communications , such as the ability to " jam " varied and complex signals — a sensitive gift at which she became an expert . Darra , always a vivid presence among the apprentices , seems to have undergone a change , however , following her experience on Haariden , when she was wounded in battle . Thereafter , a new maturity and a hardened sense of purpose marked her actions and demeanor . She seemed to Anakin Skywalker to carry a sense of gravity along with her trademark humor . The incident on Haariden had " brought death so close , " she told Anakin , " that she ' d made friends with it " — a remark that was meant to have been a joke , but a joke that was weighted with a seriousness that Skywalker had trouble accepting . Anakin wanted the old , wise - cracking Darra back , whose jokes were simply jokes , not keys to her own sorrows . Indeed , even Anakin ' s Master noted while journeying to their final mission together on Korriban , that the accustomed exuberance that had danced in Darra ' s unusual , rust - colored eyes would often shift to a shadowy sadness . Darra was fond of having a piece of bright fabric , or ribbon , woven through her Padawan braid . Behind the scenes . Darra Thel - Tanis was created by the author Jude Watson and first appeared in her young readers novel , " " . She remained a major character in the series and was killed in the final installment , " " . Darra ' s " alternate " " surname " ' Haariden ' appears to be a writing error , perhaps slipping through in final edits from earlier working drafts , as the name appears " only once " in the " Jedi Quest " novels ( whereas ' Thel - Tanis ' appears repeatedly ) , but also in conjunction with a mention in the very next sentences of the character being " wounded " on a " mission " ― the same mission in which her friend Anakin Skywalker says was the last time that he ' d seen Darra for any significant duration of time before working with her on Coruscant to foil a joint heist - assassination attempt by Omega and Zan Arbor . As a surname for Darra , the name is given no in - story explanation or rationale . The fact that readers last engaged with Thel - Tanis on a mission with Skywalker to the " planet " " also called " ' Haariden ' , where she was " also wounded " ( a key incident involving Skywalker that proved an important character - development point in both that earlier story and a subsequent tale ) also points to the surname ' Haariden ' being an " early " " designation " in Jude Watson ' s development of the wide story - arc that became her eleven - book " Jedi Quest " series . In the three sentences that appear together in " " ― which mention Darra ' s alternate surname , her wound , and her mission ― the planet where that mission with Anakin took place is named ' Norah , ' perhaps " also " an early discarded name , for , as with the alternate surname , it nowhere thereafter appears as a planet - name in the corpus of Star Wars Legends . It appears that Watson simply " renamed " Darra ' Thel - Tanis ' , swapping her original surname ' Haariden ' with the planet where she was ultimately wounded on her mission with Skywalker ― with later book drafts of the continuing storyline simply escaping the name changes , the original designations slipping their way into print . The last volume in the " Jedi Quest " series , " The Final Showdown " ― sequel to " The False Peace " ― poignantly references only Thel - Tanis ' wound that she received on her mission to Haariden , with no mention of the supposed intervening planet , mission , wound or alternate surname . Nor does Watson , even in her capstone " Last of the Jedi " series , ever again mention the alternate nomenclature specific to Darra ' s character .