Jyl Somtay Jyl Somtay was a female Human Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the final decades of the Republic Classic era . Biography . Early life . Discovered to be Force - sensitive as a child , the Human female Jyl Somtay entered into the academy at the Coruscant Jedi Temple and began to learn the ways of the Force . Eventually graduating the academy , Somtay was selected as a Padawan by Jedi Master Lura Tranor to travel the galaxy and train one - on - one . In 22 BBY , Somtay became well acquainted with Jedi High Councilor Coleman Trebor . Constructing for herself a blue - bladed lightsaber and growing knowledgeable about the Force , Somtay spent many years with Tranor until she was ready to pass her Trials of Knighthood . Completing the trials and becoming a Jedi Knight , Somtay was not among the Jedi to travel to Geonosis at the height of the Separatist Crisis between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems ; a mission that would spark the tragic and bloody Clone Wars . While both Somtay ' s former master and her good friend Master Trebor died on the dust fields of Geonosis , Somtay accepted a mission to the battered world immediately after the battle there . Having been given the rank of Commander in the Grand Army of the Republic , Somtay was placed in charge of several clone troopers . Leading an occupation force of clone troopers , Somtay was assigned to oversee the local population ' s cooperation in transitioning into a Republic - occupied society . During her work there Somtay was contacted by Doctor Frayne , a scientist studying the world ' s local culture , and asked to join the Jedi in her work . Volunteering to aide Somtay uncover and contain Geonosian war technology , Frayne secretly desired to steal the tech and sell it on the black market . Upon meeting with Frayne , Somtay was rendered unconscious and awoke some time later tied back to back with Frayne ' s companion , Naj Pandoor . After freeing themselves and fighting off a group of Geonsosians , the pair set out in search of Frayne . Jedi Somtay and Pandoor quickly discovered the doctor ' s severed head ; the woman had been killed by a loosed nexu . Somtay managed to escape the nexu herself when the beast was attacked by a pack of roga s . The Clone Wars . Around the year 21 BBY , Somtay joined on an attack against a Separatist munitions factory . She recovered Master Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker after their fleet of " Venator " - class destroyers were obliterated by the Separatist battleship " Starcrusher . " Somtay piloted a T - 6 shuttle into hyperspace past the " Starcrusher . " Upon their return to Coruscant , the Jedi Council decided to send a strike team to destroy the " Starcrusher . " The strike team consisted of Masters Kenobi , Master Mace Windu , and Ki - Adi - Mundi , along with Somtay and Skywalker ' s Padawan , Ahsoka Tano . Skywalker was sent to the planet Daltarri at the behest of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine . The strike team , along with three " Venator " - class Star Destroyers , attacked a Separatist refueling ship in deep space . The Jedi team left one of the warships in a T - 6 shuttle and Somtay flew them under the refueling ship ' s detection grid . The " Starcrusher " then arrived , and the Republic ships left . The Jedi team snuck aboard the refueling ship as the " Starcrusher " Admiral Kirst launched reinforcements . The refueling ship ' s Captain Jorm met the squad of B2 super battle droids as they came onboard . Once the droids were out of sight , the Jedi attacked the droids and used their shells as a disguise . The strike team then took the droid ' s " Sheathipede " - class shuttle to board the " Starcrusher . " Once aboard , the Jedi left their disguises . The crew of the Separatist warship detected their presence , and Admiral Kirst ordered his crew to abandon ship — the ship the Jedi had boarded was a decoy . When the Jedi went back to the hangar , the shuttle exploded . The Jedi were stuck onboard with a failing life support , and the decoy was heading into the nearby star . Tano and Somtay split off from the others to explore the ship . They discovered a Separatist officer , Lieutenant Daan . Somtay tried a mind trick on the woman , but the crew had been conditioned to resist such tricks . The two Jedi convinced her to help them . Daan showed the Jedi a cache of space suits . Kenobi was then contacted by Skywalker , who had arrived after feeling a premonition of danger on Dalltarri . Just then , the real " Starcrusher " arrived . Kenobi came up with a plan to escape . He had the strike team pull up wire as Skywalker attacked the warship . Kenobi succeeded in magnetizing the decoy ' s hull and drew the real ship in . The strike team escaped from the decoy as both Separatist warships were drawn into the star , and the team was picked up by a tow cable from Skywalker ' s starfighter . The team later returned to the Jedi Temple , and Somtay and Tano planned on going out for caf and " girl talk . "