Zule Xiss Zule Xiss was a female Falleen who served as a Jedi Padawan during the waning days of the Old Republic . Aggressive and headstrong , she was apprenticed to the Human Jedi Master Glaive prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars . Several weeks after the Battle of Geonosis , she and her Master were dispatched to the Naboo system with fellow Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in response to a loss of communication with the Gungan colony on Naboo ' s moon of Ohma - D ' un . Upon arriving on Ohma - D ' un , the Jedi and their clone troopers found the Gungans dead , victims of the Confederacy of Independent Systems ' experimental swamp gas biological weapon . Before Xiss and the Republic forces could warn Naboo of the threat posed by the gas , they were assaulted by Durge and Asajj Ventress , agents of the Confederacy . In the ensuing skirmish , Ventress killed Glaive and sliced off Xiss ' s arm . The Falleen was able to escape Ohma - D ' un alongside Kenobi , Skywalker , and Advanced Recon Commando Alpha - 17 . Xiss , now bereft of a Master , joined the " Padawan Pack , " a group of Jedi apprentices whose Masters had been killed over the course of the war . A year after the genocide on Ohma - D ' un , the Padawan Pack was dispatched to the embattled world of Jabiim to fight there on the Republic ' s behalf . Command of the Republic army on Jabiim fell to Xiss and her fellow orphaned Padawans , as all higher ranking Jedi eventually fell to the Jabiimi Nationalists , a pro - Confederacy political movement that wished to secede Jabiim from the Republic . After weeks of fighting , the Padawan Pack pulled their forces back to Cobalt Station , where they were assaulted by the army of Alto Stratus , the leader of the Jabiimi Nationalists . The conflict at Cobalt Station lasted for several days , and Xiss gradually began to slip to the dark side of the Force , becoming more and more brutal on the battlefield . On the forty - first day of the Battle of Jabiim , Zule Xiss was crushed to death by a damaged Republic AT - AT while attacking enemy forces . Except for Anakin Skywalker , every other member of the Pack was killed by the end of the battle , and the Republic was forced off the world only days later . The surviving Republic forces fled to New Holstice , where Skywalker added Xiss ' s name to a memorial for fallen Jedi . Biography . Troubled Padawan . The female Falleen Zule Xiss served the Galactic Republic as a member of the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars . Xiss was headstrong and quick to anger , becoming a difficult student who was shifted between several Jedi Masters during her time as a Jedi Padawan . At some point , her rogue attitude led the Jedi High Council to predict that she would some day die in a bar fight . She was eventually apprenticed to Glaive , a Human Jedi Master with an abrasive disposition . During her training with Glaive , she became acquainted with the Gand Vaabesh , a fellow Padawan . Vaabesh admired Glaive ' s instruction of Xiss , but the Falleen would later claim that she despised her Master . Following the Battle of Geonosis and the start of the Clone Wars , Xiss and her Master joined the Grand Army of the Republic in its fight against the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Loss on Ohma - Du ' n . Ten weeks into the conflict , the Gungan leader Boss Rugor Nass lost contact with a colony of Gungans on Ohma - D ' un , a moon of their homeworld of Naboo . Naboo ' s Queen Jamillia , believing disgruntled spice miners were behind the loss of communication , contacted the Jedi Order and requested an investigation team . The Jedi Council believed that the loss of contact was in fact caused by a Confederate attack and so dispatched Zule Xiss , Glaive , Obi - Wan Kenobi , and his apprentice , Anakin Skywalker , to the moon . The four Jedi traveled to the Naboo system alongside a contingent of clone troopers and the Advanced Recon Commando Alpha - 17 . Upon reaching the system , Xiss and her companions were briefed on the situation by C - 3PO , a protocol droid in the service of Queen Jamilla . The Jedi , Alpha , and several clones then descended to the surface of Ohma - D ' un in a single LAAT / i gunship and began to search for the Gungans . Xiss and the Republic forces soon came upon a massacre , discovering that every Gungan in the colony had been killed . The Jedi engaged several Confederate battle droids that were examining the Gungan bodies , concluding that the massacre was not the work of spice miners . The true culprit , the Confederacy ' s Gen ' Dai bounty hunter Durge , soon revealed himself and confronted the Republic force . During the ensuing melee , Xiss was able to stab Durge directly in the abdomen ; however , the wound did not kill him , as his Gen ' Dai physiology allowed him to sustain heavy wounds and remain standing . Durge struck Xiss across the face , rendering her unconscious while Glaive attacked the bounty hunter . An overwhelmed Durge called for reinforcements in the form of super battle droids bringing the swamp gas that had killed the Gungans . While Kenobi and Glaive struggled with the gas and Skywalker and Alpha searched for hostages that had been taken by Durge , the Gen ' Dai bounty hunter found Xiss ' s unconscious body and lifted it off the ground . Glaive attempted to mind trick Durge into releasing her , but she was instead saved by Kenobi , who attacked the bounty hunter from behind . Glaive was killed shortly after in a surprise attack from the Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress , Durge ' s compatriot and the Separatist commander behind the genocide of the Gungans . Durge and Ventress nearly killed Kenobi , but the Jedi Knight was saved by a revived Xiss when she drove her lightsaber into Durge ' s back . However , Durge ' s lack of a central nervous system allowed him to continue fighting , as he explained while tackling Xiss . He smothered the young Falleen and began cutting her face with a large blade , but before Durge could kill her , Xiss grabbed the blasters from his holsters and shot him in the chest . As she rejoined Kenobi , Durge left to hunt down Alpha and Skywalker while Ventress remained to finish off Kenobi and Xiss . Using the dark side , Ventress reanimated many of the dead Gungans in order to keep the two Jedi off - balance during the fight . Xiss recovered her lightsaber that she had lost while fighting Durge ; however , before she could use it against Ventress , the Dark Acolyte cleaved off her left arm . Weakened by the poison gas and wounded by Ventress , Xiss was nearly killed before Skywalker and Alpha returned to aid her and Kenobi . Outnumbered , Ventress and Durge abandoned their mission and fled Ohma - D ' un . Xiss accompanied Alpha as he carried Glaive ' s body onto their LAAT / i alongside Kenobi and Skywalker . The group then left the moon to warn the Jedi Order about the new swamp gas weapon threat . Blood and rain . In the wake of the genocide on Ohma - D ' un , Xiss received a cybernetic arm to replace the one that she had lost to Ventress . She eventually joined a group of Padawans whose Masters had also been killed over the course of the war . This group , colloquially known as the " Padawan Pack , " consisted of Xiss , the Aqualish Windo " Warble " Nend , the Sullustan Elora Sund , the Zabrak Kass Tod , the Humans Tae Diath and Mak Lotor , and Xiss ' s old acquaintance , Vaabesh . The Padawan Pack was assigned to the embattled world of Jabiim , where political unrest had resulted in a civil war . Jabiim was a Republic world that had been largely ignored by Coruscant and was left to deal with local problems without the assistance of the Jedi or the Republic ' s Judicial Forces . Alto Stratus , a vocal Jabiimi politician and leader of the Nationalist party , called for the succession of Jabiim to the Confederacy and killed most of the pro - Republic members of the Jabiim Congress after forming an alliance with the Confederacy ' s Head of State , Count Dooku . However , before Stratus could use the Confederate droids and arms provided by Dooku to finish off pro - Republic forces , the Grand Army of the Republic invaded the world to aid Captain Orliss Gillmunn and his Jabiimi Loyalists in their fight against Stratus and the Nationalists . Xiss once again fought alongside Alpha - 17 , Anakin Skywalker , and Obi - Wan Kenobi , as Kenobi had been assigned as theater commander for the Jabiim conflict . By the thirtieth day of battle , eighteen Jedi and nine thousand clones had been killed . Kenobi and Jedi General Sirrus were presumed to be among the dead , adding Skywalker and Sirrus ' s apprentice , Aubrie Wyn , to the Padawan Pack . General Leska , now the highest - ranking Jedi on Jabiim , ordered the Padawan Pack to avoid the front lines and protect a supply convoy headed toward Cobalt Station , as she refused to send more Padawans to their deaths . While guarding a convoy of All Terrain Experimental Transport s and All Terrain Tactical Enforcers , the Padawans were attacked by Stratus ' s droid forces . Xiss followed Skywalker and several other members of the Pack into battle against the droids while Wyn and Nend remained with the convoy . Knowing that the battle droids were single - minded , the Padawans distracted them with an obvious target before launching a successful ambush . The tactic , which had been developed by Skywalker and his Master , repelled the droids and allowed the Padawans to get the convoy moving once more . Despite the victory , Xiss remained pessimistic of the situation , citing that even the most advanced Padawan , Mak Lotor , was inexperienced in war . Later , Windo Nend attempted to make conversation with Xiss , but she quickly became annoyed and threatened the Aqualish . Vaabesh explained to Nend that she was only defensive as a result of the loss of her Master on Ohma - Du ' n , whom Vaabesh believed to have truly taught Xiss what it meant to be a Jedi . On day thirty - four of the battle , the convoy protected by the Padawan Pack walked directly into a minefield set up by Alto Stratus ' s Nimbus commando s . Unable to safely navigate the field , the trapped convoy was quickly attacked by Stratus ' s forces . Although Kass Tod ordered that the convoy remain stationary in order to avoid the mines , Xiss and Skywalker insisted that they fight back against their attackers . After Mak Lotor passed out from overexerting himself in the Force while remotely detonating several mines , Xiss aided him in moving to cover . The Jabiimi Nationalists soon retreated , allowing the convoy to continue on to Cobalt Station . Once there , while enjoying a brief break in the rain , Xiss and the Padawans witnessed Confederate reinforcements landing on the planet . During a communication with Orliss Gillmunn , the Padawans were informed that General Leska had gone missing and that they were now the highest ranking members of the Grand Army of the Republic on Jabiim . Cobalt Station was the last remaining Republic fortification on the planet , and it stood between Stratus ' s approaching forces and Monsoon Mesa , the evacuation site for the remaining Jabiimi Loyalists and clone troopers . Despite their likelihood of defeat , all of the Padawans agreed to remain at Cobalt Station in order to buy time for the escaping Republic forces . Xiss was initially reluctant to commit herself to what would be an almost certain death , but ultimately decided to stay and fight . While preparing for Stratus ' s assault , she armed herself with a DC - 15S . The Confederates eventually attacked and found the defense of Cobalt Station to be far stronger than they had anticipated . Xiss spent time in the station ' s trenches with Windo Nend , encouraging her allies to push their attacks . On the second day of the assault , Xiss was running about the battlefront , using both blaster rifle and lightsaber to assail her enemies . By this point , her aggression had begun to worry her fellow Padawans , with Mak Lotor going so far as to say that she was falling to the dark side . Embracing the anger that her Masters had long warned against , Xiss was able to kill many members of the Nimbus Commandos . Fighting in the shadow of one of the Republic ' s few remaining AT - AT walkers , Xiss maimed a Nimbus and prepared to execute him . However , before she could , the AT - AT was hit by heavy fire and fell to the ground , crushing Xiss and the commando . Legacy . The Battle of Jabiim ended two days later with the death of Alto Stratus at the hands of Aubrie Wyn . Despite Stratus ' s death , all of the Republic forces at Cobalt Station were killed , including the remaining members of the Padawan Pack . Anakin Skywalker , who had been recalled from the battlefront days earlier , arrived at Monsoon Mesa to oversee the evacuation of the surviving Republic forces there . Despite the pleas of the Jabiimi Loyalists looking to flee their home and reprisals from the Nationalists , Skywalker chose to evacuate only the Republic ' s clone troopers , as the number of transports was limited . Having earned the hatred of Orliss Gilmunn and the Jambiimi despite the Padawans ' efforts to protect them , Skywalker and the clone forces pulled off the planet and headed for the Republic hospital world of New Holstice . On New Holstice , Skywalker was shown a monument for fallen Jedi built by the planet ' s natives . Skywalker added the names of his fallen comrades to the monument , including Zule Xiss , by whispering their names into memory moth s which would in turn be whispered by the wings of the moth for eternity . The struggles and failure of Xiss and the Padawan Pack on Jabiim were later covered up by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ' s administration in an effort to keep negative news of the warfront from reaching the public . Personality and traits . Zule Xiss was an abrasive Padawan , quick to anger and often demeaning to others . Her attitude problems led her to be passed from Master to Master in her early career until she was placed under the instruction of Glaive . Glaive , who was similarly abrasive , served as her final Master up until the mission to Ohma - Du ' n . During the briefing for the mission , Xiss expressed her skepticism of the combat abilities of Gungans , claiming that they would be no match for spice miners with a vendetta . The Padawan also thought little of clone troopers and was surprised when Alpha - 17 rebuked her , as she was under the impression that clones lacked independent thought . When Glaive was killed by Ventress , Xiss continued to fight in his honor , claiming that she and Kenobi would kill Durge and the Dark Jedi for her Master ' s sake . Xiss ' s reverence for her late Master faded quickly in the wake of Ohma - Du ' n , however . Xiss grew colder and less tolerant of others , and by the time of her tour of duty on Jabiim , the young Falleen was completely distanced from her peers . She refused to make conversation and had a highly pessimistic outlook on the abilities of the Padawan Pack . When Windo Nend attempted to interact with Xiss , he was met with threats and irritation . As Vaabesh attempted to rationalize her anger by claiming that her difficult apprenticeship and the loss of her Master led her to act out , Xiss denied Glaive ' s influence on her . She claimed that she hated the man and often wished she had killed him herself . When it came time to decide whether or not to abandon Cobalt Station or to stay and fight to the death , Xiss was the only Padawan hesitant to stay . She eventually relented , however , glad that her death would now be on the battlefield instead of in a cantina brawl . As the battle wore on day after day , the jaded Xiss slid toward the dark side , embracing her aggressive nature and using it to her advantage while battling the Confederate forces . At least one member of the Nimbus Commandos referred to her as a monster after witnessing her brutality . Despite her resentment of both her allies and enemies , Xiss wished the best for her comrades in the final moments before her death . Xiss behaved unlike most members of her species , openly displaying raw emotions to others and maintaining a constant shade of red in her skin pigmentation . She commonly wore sleeveless robes and carried a green - bladed lightsaber . Powers and abilities . As a Jedi Padawan , Xiss was trained in both the usage of a lightsaber and of the Force . On Ohma - Du ' n , Xiss dueled both Ventress and Durge and was able to land surprise blows on the latter several times — an impressive feat , given the bounty hunter ' s Gen ' Dai physiology and skill . Xiss was not as successful in her battles with Ventress , as the Dark Acolyte was able to cut of the Padawan ' s arm before the two even engaged one another . Despite the beating Xiss received from Durge , the amputation at the hands of Ventress , and the effects of the swamp gas she had inhaled , Xiss remained determined to survive , picking up her lightsaber once more and joining Kenobi , Skywalker , and Alpha in their advance on Ventress . On Jabiim , Xiss fought for days with little rest in unforgiving environments . Although she had only been trained to use a lightsaber , the Falleen took up a blaster rifle while defending Cobalt Station . As she began to slip toward the dark side of the Force , Xiss used her hatred and anger to fuel her aggression on the battlefield . In her final battle , Xiss took up her lightsaber once more , and her brutality inspired fear in her enemies . Behind the scenes . The character of Zule Xiss first appeared in " " , a story arc of the " " comic book series . Xiss later returned to the series in , which depicted her death . Xiss later received an entry in the 2008 " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . The script of " The New Face of War " identifies Xiss as a Falleen , despite her appearance indicating otherwise . Xiss lacks many characteristics commonly found on Falleen , including green skin , scales , clawed hands and feet , and prominent ridges on the face and spine . While the red color of her skin can be attributed to the natural ability of a Falleen to alter skin pigmentation from green to red , some have interpreted her species to be Zeltron , as her appearance matches theirs much more closely . When questioned on this topic , Lucasfilm official Leland Chee confirmed that Xiss was indeed a Falleen .