Tru Veld Tru Veld was a male Teevan Jedi Knight serving the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars as a Jedi General . Biography . A Force - sensitive Teevan , Tru Veld was born to a family on Teevan who gave him to the Jedi Order for training in the ways of the Force . A student of the Coruscant Jedi Temple ' s academy , Veld was selected as the Padawan of Jedi Master Ry - Gaul at the start of the Separatist Crisis which would plague the Galactic Senate for the next decade . During his apprenticeship Veld would construct a crimson - bladed lightsaber , which he wielded with his left hand . Despite the functionality of the weapon , Veld ' s lightsaber was poorly designed and had many vital flaws . Becoming close with fellow apprentice Anakin Skywalker after meeting in an alley searching for droid parts , the pair joined their masters on several missions together that led them to worlds such as Radnor , where they assisted in the world ' s evacuation , and Euceron where they served as security at the Galactic Games with Ferus Olin . On a mission with Darra Thel - Tanis , Veld was shocked when she was injured on Haariden . Assigned to practice his sparring with Master Soara Antana to assist Skywalker hone his battle skills , Veld became very loyal to Skywalker , standing up for his friend when Olin questioned his loyalties to his master , Obi - Wan Kenobi . Despite their friendship , Skywalker grew more and more confrontational as time passed , and Veld ' s failure to understand the antipathy between Skywalker and Olin would only lead to more trouble in the future . Along with their Masters , Veld , Skywalker , Olin and Thel - Tanis were dispatched to Korriban by the Jedi High Council to locate and detain the mysterious Granta Omega . As the Padawans worked together , Veld became truly aware of Skywalker ' s failings when confronted with Olin and was dismayed by their failure to cooperate . When Veld was injured while fighting super battle droids in the Sith Academy and his lightsaber was damaged , Olin noticed that the weapon was on half - power and offered to fix it ( although Skywalker , eavesdropping on the interaction , wrongly assumed that Veld had betrayed their friendship and gone to Olin for help instead ; as such , Anakin allowed his jealousy to cause him to forget to remind Veld to adjust the flux aperture , to ensure Olin ' s fix held ) . Ferus did not report the saber damage to the Masters ( as was required ) and assisted Veld , much to the Teevan ' s surprise . Veld continued to fight with a flawed weapon , for Olin ' s repair inadvertently reversed the fixes Skywalker had applied earlier , and the lightsaber ' s power supply dwindled . Unwittingly , Veld entered the Valley of the Dark Lords alongside the other Jedi with a useless weapon , and when a firefight broke out , his lack of a well - tuned lightsaber proved fatal . After he and Olin had swapped lightsabers at a moment when Veld ' s weapon began to flicker and fail , Omega unexpectedly came at them from behind , leaving Ferus ( who had assumed a backup position ) open to attack with the faulty saber . As he attempted to block Omega ' s blaster bolt from striking him , the weapon would not activate and it shot past Ferus , striking down Padawan Thel - Tanis , who was just then leaping into the fray to protect Olin . While the Jedi ultimately completed the mission successfully , Thel - Tanis died from her wounds , filling Veld with grief . Because of his failure to report the malfunctioning weapon , Olin resigned from the Order and departed for the Outer Rim Territories , no longer a Jedi . Veld eventually came to realize that Skywalker had been aware of Olin ' s faulty fixes to his lightsaber , but he chose to remain silent in order to shame Olin . Confronting Skywalker with his suspicions outside of the High Council Chamber at the Jedi Temple , Veld ended his friendship with Skywalker that day , a friendship Skywalker knew would never be mended . When the Clone Wars erupted between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , Veld was elevated to the rank of Jedi Knight and served as a General in the Grand Army of the Republic . Having constructed a teal - bladed lightsaber to replace his faulty one , Veld served throughout the war until the very end . When his former Master was dispatched on a top - secret mission to the Outer Rim , Veld was assigned to remain at the Temple to collect and compile very important information which would aid Ry - Gaul in his mission . Veld was in the Temple Archives when Anakin Skywalker , now the Sith Lord Darth Vader , initiated at the Temple . As the Temple burned , Veld was able to flee the slaughter and escape through the Coruscant underworld . A special bulletin was issued to Coruscant Security personnel warning that they should call in assistance from the 501st Legion before opening fire on the Teevan Knight . Despite his efforts , Veld was unable to escape the devastation of Order 66 . Veld was ultimately found and executed by clone troopers who were once loyal to him and his lightsaber was confiscated . Returning it to the Jedi Temple , the clones added the weapon to a collection of other lightsabers in the Temple ' s storage sub - basement as part of a trap to lure other Jedi survivors into the basements to be killed . Having returned to the Temple to investigate the rumored Jedi prison , Ferus Olin discovered Veld ' s weapon and reflected on his fallen friend , returning the weapon to the pile of lightsabers as a way of honoring his lost friend . Personality and traits . A Teevan with silver eyes , Tru Veld ' s skin had a silvery cast and his tall , lanky frame was exceptionally flexible and could bend in surprising ways . His long , many - jointed arms and legs caused him to move " like a rolling wave of water . " It was this quality that made him an exceptional , versatile fighter . As a matter of habit , Tru carried small bags of sweet figda candy in the pocket of his tunic , which he often shared with his friends . Powers and abilities . While moderately skilled in lightsaber combat , Veld was less seasoned when it came to a saber ' s construction , and his crimson - bladed weapon was produced with several flaws , requiring frequent repairs and maintenance , which he relied on others to perform for him . Notwithstanding his weakness in Jedi weapons construction , he possessed a photographic memory and a keen mind that , ironically ( in light of his faulty lightsaber ) , seemed otherwise to grasp with great facility all aspects of technical design and wizardry .