Ekria Ekria was a female Barolian Jedi Padawan who served the Jedi Order , and the Galactic Republic as a Commander in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . Biography . Padawan . A Force - sensitive near - Human from Baroli , Ekria was trained in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order . Selected as a Padawan during the Separatist Crisis , Ekria took on the mantle of Commander in the Grand Army of the Republic when the Clone Wars erupted between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . When her master was killed during the fighting , Ekria was orphaned and stationed at the Coruscant Jedi Temple while she awaited reassignment . During the third and final year of war , Padawan Ekria was assigned to the ongoing campaign on Felucia and placed under the command of Jedi Master Aayla Secura . Combining her troops with those of Secura ' s , Ekria aided the Twi ' lek Jedi in the hunt for the Commerce Guild ' s Presidente Shu Mai , using her skills as a slicer and her knowledge of a variety of mathematical techniques to infiltrate systems and analyze Mai ' s financial transactions . Using the girl ' s calculations the Jedi were successful in locating Master Barriss Offee and Padawan Zonder , both of whom had been captured by the Confederacy . In the following days , Padawans Ekria and Zonder were joined by recently orphaned apprentice Drake Lo ' gaan ; the three Jedi commanders were assisting their masters in thwarting the Commerce Guild ' s plan to poison Felucia ' s ecosystem . While separated from their Masters and clone troopers , the Padawans intercepted a transmission direct from the Office of the Supreme Chancellor which declared the initiation of Order 66 . Order 66 and exile . Unnerved by the fact the transmission had been sent using a Confederate encryption over Republic channels , the Padawans were further shocked when they hacked into their clone troopers ' helmet cams and witnessed the brutal execution of Master Secura . Realizing they were in danger , the three fled Felucia and managed to return to Coruscant where they quickly went to ground . Using her skills , Ekria hacked into the Temple Archives ' rosters and deleted all traces of her companions ' identities . As she and her friends were attempting to stay alive and limit their use of the Force , Ekria strove to uphold the Jedi principles despite the increasing difficulty to irk out an honest living in the underworld . In an attempt to find employment on Coruscant , Padawan Zonder was to be deported to Byss where he unknowingly faced execution . Using her expert slicing skills , Ekria , or " Blue , " was able to get access to the transport carrying Zonder and falsify documents for Lo ' gaan to board as well to rescue their friend . Fleeing the retribution of the Empire , the three continued to risk exposure as they agreed to assist a man named Kodo Finn work out an agreement with Prince Xizor of Xizor Transport Systems where in Finn would trade secret information on rival company TaggeCo in exchange for freedom . While the deal seemed confirmed , the three Padawans had in fact been double - crossed by Xizor and Zonder was captured in the ensuing firefight . Unable to intervene when their Selonian friend was taken before Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader , Ekria and Lo ' gaan watched in horror via their comlinks as the Sith beheaded their ally . Splitting up to lessen the possibility they would both be captured , Ekria could do nothing when Lo ' gaan was captured by the Empire . Tracking his movements to the planet Tepasi , she rescued her fellow Padawan from sharing Zonder ' s fate through a fair amount of deception . Wielding a training lightsaber when she attacked Vader , Ekria sustained several blaster - inflicted wounds and appeared dead . Taking up her lightsaber , Vader struck down Lo ' gaan and left them for dead . Surviving the encounter thanks to her body armor , Ekria and Lo ' gaan had successfully faked their own deaths and the pair escaped off world . As Imperial records identified them as having been killed in the fighting , the two were free to travel without fear of being hunted , as long as they refrained from using the Force . After recovering Zonder ' s body , the two took his body to his homeworld Selonia and gave him a traditional Jedi funeral . Behind the scenes . The character of Ekria was created by Paul Ens , who has stated that his favorite " Star Wars " character is Zakarisz Ghent . Both Ekria and Ghent ( Thrawn Trilogy depiction ) look very similar and share a homeworld ; they have the same hair color and similar facial tattoos . It has yet to be revealed if the two characters are somehow related .