Rivi - Anu Rivi - Anu was a Human female who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars , a galaxy - spanning conflict between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . In the war ' s final year , she was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight and came under the command of Jedi Master and General Ki - Adi - Mundi . She , Mundi , and the Republic forces under their leadership were dispatched to the planet Mygeeto to attack a Separatist base on the world . During the ensuing battle , Rivi - Anu was injured as the Republic forced the Separatists into retreat . However , a " Venator " - class Star Destroyer was disabled and plummeted to the planet ' s surface , threatening the lives of the Republic troops on the battlefield . Rivi - Anu implored Mundi to get the forces to safety and used the Force to delay the ship ' s crash . After her allies were secure , Rivi - Anu lost control over the Star Destroyer , which crushed her as the ship finished its descent to the surface . Biography . Rivi - Anu , a Human female , was born during the final decades of the Galactic Republic . She was trained in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order . In 19 BBY , during the Clone Wars — a galaxy - wide conflict between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems — Rivi - Anu was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight , due to the increasing need for Knights in the war . During that same year , Rivi - Anu , along with the Jedi Eon , a Twi ' lek Jedi , and a Human Jedi , was placed under the command of Jedi Master and General Ki - Adi - Mundi . They were dispatched to the planet Mygeeto during the Republic ' s sieges in the Outer Rim Territories to combat forces of the Separatist Droid Army . As the clone troopers under Ki - Adi - Mundi ' s command were preparing to attack a Separatist base on the planet , Rivi - Anu related her fellow Jedi ' s concerns about the impending battle to Mundi after he finished meditating . Eventually , Rivi - Anu fought in a battle alongside Ki - Adi - Mundi and her fellow Jedi against the Separatists , causing their enemies to retreat . She was instructed by Mundi to secure the west flank , but as she was preparing to execute the order , she was shot in the right arm , losing her lightsaber in the process . At that same moment , a Republic " Venator " - class Star Destroyer which had been destroyed by Separatist forces plunged down through the atmosphere , endangering the forces on the surface . Rivi - Anu did not flee as Mundi ordered his forces to retreat , and elected to stay and attempt to use the Force to grasp the ship and hold it off long enough for her allies to reach safety . However , after the Republic troops were successfully secured , Rivi - Anu lost control of the ship , causing it to crush her as it crashed on the planet ' s surface . After the battle , Rivi - Anu ' s self - sacrifice was noted by Mundi . During his next mission on Mygeeto , the Cerean meditated in the rain on Rivi - Anu ' s sacrifice . Personality and traits . Rivi - Anu was concerned about her young age and status as a Jedi Knight , due to the fact that her training was rushed because of the Republic ' s increasing need for Jedi Knights , and expressed these concerns to Master Ki - Adi - Mundi while on Mygeeto . Despite these concerns , she was reassured by Mundi that he had faith in her and her fellow Jedi ' s abilities . During the battle against the Separatists on the planet , she displayed her selflessness by forfeiting her life so that her allies could escape as she used the Force to delay the crash of the crippled Republic Star Destroyer . After her death , Mundi noted that her selfless act was a display of great love . Rivi - Anu was a light - skinned female who had red hair and green eyes . She wore a set of brown Jedi robes and had a triangular purple tattoo under both of her eyes . During combat , she used a lightsaber with a green crystal . Powers and abilities . Rivi - Anu was a capable user of telekinetic Force powers , displaying that as she delayed the disabled Star Destroyer ' s crash from Mygeeto ' s surface . Behind the scenes . Rivi - Anu was introduced in the short story " To the Vanishing Point " , which was one of four stories compiled in the of the " " trade paperbacks . The character was created and drawn by Matthew and Shawn Fillbach . She received an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . In " To the Vanishing Point " , the battle in which Rivi - Anu perished was implied to have taken place on a different world from Mygeeto . However , " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " authors established in Rivi - Anu ' s entry that the events of the story took place on Mygeeto .