Cilghal Cilghal was a female Mon Calamari Jedi Master who served the New Jedi Order and also a former senator of the New Republic Senate . She was one of the first students at Luke Skywalker ' s Jedi Praxeum and a skilled healer . Tekli , a young female Chadra - Fan , was Cilghal ' s Jedi apprentice . Cilghal was later a member of the Jedi High Council and the most skilled member of the Order in the healing arts . Biography . Diplomat . A niece of Admiral Gial Ackbar , Cilghal was an ambassador to the New Republic . She helped Leia Organa Solo locate Ackbar when the admiral retreated to his homeworld after the disaster on Vortex in 11 ABY . She also showed Leia the Startide while it was under construction . Under the ocean , she showed Leia the Knowledge Bank . After the two women located Ackbar in his personal seapod , Imperial Admiral Daala attacked Dac . As Ackbar led the defense , Cilghal was able to predict who would die in the battle , and during the ensuing triage , which patients were injured beyond saving . Leia identified Cilghal as a Force - sensitive and sent her to Luke Skywalker ' s Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 , where Cilghal trained as a Jedi healer . Although not one of the original twelve students , Cilghal was one of the first graduating class of Jedi Knights . While there , she constructed her lightsaber with an Ultima - Pearl from her homeworld . When a poisonous drink almost killed Chief of State Mon Mothma , Cilghal healed her through the Force . Cilghal went on to become Mon Calamari ' s senator . In 19 ABY , she attended the wedding of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade and supported their appeal to the Senate concerning the Diversity Alliance . Later she helped the young Jedi Knights Jacen and Jaina Solo and their friends destroy a large stash of illegal spice . Jedi Master . Cilghal later left her position as a senator and became a Jedi Master , taking the Chadra - Fan Tekli as her Padawan . She helped Mara Jade Skywalker survive the coomb spore disease with which she was infected by Nom Anor , but was unable to cure it . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , Cilghal helped Danni Quee unravel the mysteries of the voxyn and other Yuuzhan Vong creations and helped her apprentice Tekli become a notable Jedi healer . In time , Tekli graduated to the level of Jedi Knight and became a Magister - in - training on Zonama Sekot following the end of the war . Cilghal herself became one of the six Jedi to sit on the High Council of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . She also learned Vergere ' s Force ability " Art of the Small " . With the establishment of the Ossus Academy , she established a lab where she could heal and study individuals and the affect the Force has on life . During the Dark Nest Crisis , Cilghal became a member of the Masters ' Council and helped uncover the existence of the Gorog , which was manipulating the conflict between the Killik s and the Chiss without the knowledge of UnuThul and the rest of the Colony . As a Jedi Master - healer , she used medical experiments to reveal the true nature of the Dark Nest , analogous to the unconscious mind of the Colony . She , with the permission of Luke Skywalker , helped in an unorthodox interrogation of the young Jedi from the Mission to Myrkr , where a captive Killik was given a short round of non - harmful , but painful , electrical shocks , to see how closely its mind was linked to the Joiner s . She and Luke were very uncomfortable with using the Force for such dark purposes , and after the interrogation , she informed Master Skywalker that she would not willingly involve herself in such activities again . This incident , while very helpful and informative for the Jedi , helped spur Luke to reconsider the Potentium view of the Force , and begin leaning back towards the traditional light and dark side views . Cilghal also developed a weapon called the Dazer designed to temporarily disrupt the hive mind of Killiks . This weapon proved life - saving when Skywalker fought Lomi Plo . After the Swarm War , Cilghal instituted a reconditioning progress to help Joiners adjust in other environments outside of their nest . Jaina Solo and Zekk , joined to one another , were the first to go through the process . Second Galactic Civil War ( 40 ABY — 41 ABY ) . During the Second Galactic Civil War , Cilghal continued to sit upon the Jedi High Council and did not approve of Jacen Solo and Ben Skywalker ' s actions against civilians . Later she believed that plastic surgery would help Raynar Thul in his recovery and would be a big step for him as he had already accepted a prosthetic arm . She was called upon once again to help Master Luke Skywalker analyze a device given to him by Jagged Fel which transferred memories from short - term to long - term memory . This meant that Alema Rar ' s power of making anyone that sees her forget about her after she leaves defunct to the user of the device . Cilghal , by request of Luke Skywalker , developed a Force power that was able to duplicate the abilities of the device . During a Council meeting she voiced her concerns about more Jedi Knights being injured or killed in the war and she believed that there weren ' t enough Masters , something Luke took to heart and asked all the members of the Council to make a list of senior Jedi Knights they believed were ready to be elevated to the rank of Jedi Master . When the Jedi learned of Gejjen ' s assassination on Vulpter and that Omas was off on " personal business " at the time of the killing , Kyp thought it wise to begin opening up cordial relations with Cha Niathal as Omas ' potential successor . Cilghal claimed that just because they were both Mon Calamari hardly meant they came from the same schools of thought . Nevertheless , she agreed to the role . She was also a proponent of the Jedi having no attachments . When Mara Jade Skywalker was killed on Kavan and brought back to Coruscant , Cilghal performed the autopsy . Later , she attended the Funeral of Mara Jade Skywalker . When the Jedi where preparing to fight in the Battle of Kuat , Cilghal notified the other Jedi there of Cal Omas ' death and that Ben had been reported to have been the one to kill him , forcing the Jedi to leave Kuat and stop supporting Jacen . She later healed Kyle Katarn after he was wounded on his mission to Coruscant . Cilghal , along with the rest of the Jedi Council , lead a force of fifty Jedi Knights in a bid to secure the " Anakin Solo " following the death of Darth Caedus and used her talents to heal Jaina Solo after her final duel with the Sith Lord . Rising tensions ( 43 ABY ) . With the death of Caedus , came the rise of Natasi Daala as the new Galactic Alliance Chief of State . Daala fostered a wide spread anti - Jedi sentiment which culminated in the arrest of Grand Master Luke Skywalker in 43 ABY . Chief Daala blamed Skywalker for not stopping Jacen Solo ' s transformation into Darth Caedus , and after negotiations with the Chief , only regained his freedom by exiling himself from the Jedi Order . Master Cilghal was involved in testing the mentally addled Valin Horn , and continued his examination following his escape and subsequent recapture . Cilghal noted that Horn displayed an ability only Jacen Solo had previously shown , which prompted Master Skywalker , while exiled from the Order , to retrace Jacen ' s steps before his fall . When the time came for Master Skywalker to hand over the duties of Grand Master of the Order to Kenth Hamner , Cilghal was particularly emotional and embraced her old friend at the conclusion of the Jedi High Council meeting . Cilghal was one of many friends of the Grand Master to see him off from Coruscant , and privately offered to advise him secretly on his journey to discover what had caused the fall of Jacen Solo . Later , Galactic Alliance Security forces arrived at the steps of the Jedi Temple Main Entrance . Master Cilghal , along with Master Kyp Durron , confronted the squad , led by Captain Oric Harfard , who demanded that they hand Valin Horn over to the Alliance . The pair was ultimately forced to allow him to be taken into custody . Cilghal later found Seff Hellin , who suffered from the same disease as Horn , in a secret medical bay in the Jedi Temple . Hellin had been captured by Jaina Solo ' s secret organization , Darkmeld , which sought to counter Daala ' s attempts to undermine the Order . In this capacity , she eventually began studying Seff Hellin , in the hopes of finding a cure for the Force - based disease . While in the First Wing of the Jedi Archives researching cases that may help Jedi Horn , Cilghal was approached by Jysella Horn , who offered her assistance . Jysella suddenly came down with the same psychosis as her brother , and when Jysella suddenly froze , Cilghal looked up in time to see the girl ' s hand fly up , thrusting the healer into the stacks with the Force . As Jysella Horn ran for the turbolift , Cilghal contacted Temple Security and ordered them to detain the Jedi and to contact Master Hamner . Aided by Jedi Knights Natua Wan and Radd Minker , Cilghal pursued Jysella as she made for the main entrance and escaped . After Jedi Wan succumbed to the disease , Cilghal and Tekli took both Hellin and Wan to the Asylum Block where they were locked in solitary , ysalamir i Force - deprived rooms . While Organa Solo and her husband came to assist the Healers , they were able to persuade Raynar Thul to leave after having spending many weeks in the Asylum with an open door . Having brought C - 3PO along with them , the golden droid was able to translate Wan ' s insistent hissing as a sacred oath to remove Han Solo ' s internal organs . Startled by the threat , the Solos moved to Hellin ' s room where the healers hoped to distract him long enough to be able to perform a test on him . Hellin was at first quite docile and kind to the Solos , however , things quickly deteriorated and Cilghal was forced to tranquilize him . When Leia Solo called Master Cilghal to the southern subsurface speeder garage to help carry away the psychotic Bazel Warv and Yaqeel Saav ' etu . Before she could exit the hangar with her patients , Grand Master Hamner stopped her and reprimanded Jedi Solo for evading a Galactic Alliance warrant . When Hamner demanded that they honor the warrant and turn over the two psychotic Jedi , Cilghal refused and demanded that they take the matter before the Council . Accepting this , Hamner allowed the healer to take the two infected Jedi to the Asylum Block for study . After hours of debating in the High Council Chamber , the Jedi Masters , including Cilghal , agreed that the warrant would not be honored , and that Jedi Organa Solo would be responsible for smuggling all four patients to the Jedi Academy on Shedu Maad . Powers and abilities . Cilghal ' s main focus in her training was on developing her powers rather than her combat abilities though she was proficient with a lightsaber nonetheless . As the most adept healer in the entire New Jedi Order , Cilghal naturally possessed an immense knowledge of biology , medicine and Force healing techniques which only grew further with the discovery of Vergere ' s Art of the Small technique . In addition to her healing affinity , Cilghal was adept in countering unique Force abilities such as Alema Rar ' s power of forgetfulness . She also possessed an advanced mastery in Mind Manipulation as well as battle meditation . Despite her preference for healing and focusing on her Force powers , Master Cilghal was a talented swordswoman . Though Luke Skywalker felt her style of combat was diffident when compared to the style of Masters such as Kyp Durron and Kyle Katarn , Sothais Saar noted that " she fought like a Jedi Master , lightning - fast , anticipating every attack , not being fooled by feints " . Chief Daala later commented that Saar " was flattened like a bug " in his duel with the Mon Cal healer . Behind the scenes . Several sources misspell her name as Clighal .