Zelice Sturm Zelice Sturm was a female Human , who served as a Jedi Knight during the waning years of the Galactic Republic . Biography . Discovered to be Force - sensitive at birth , Zelice Sturm was taken to Almas and inducted into the Jedi Order ' s experimental academy there where she was trained in the ways of the Force . The academy , experimental because it allowed older students to enter into training and several teaching structures differed from the traditional methods set down by the Council of First Knowledge on Coruscant , was Sturm ' s home for the first decade of her life , becoming one of the academy ' s most promising students . As she progressed through the academy and was selected by a Jedi Master for one - on one training as a Padawan , Sturm was of the opinion that older Force - sensitives should not be trained as Jedi . On a mission , Sturm was paired for the first time with one such " latecomer " Padawan who died accidentally during the assignment . Disturbed by her partner ' s death , Sturm refused to be paired with a " latecomer " again . Petitioning her master and the Academy ' s Council for a low - threat solo mission , Sturm was dispatched to the floating city of Tolea Biqua above Genarius to investigate a rumored smuggling gang active there . During her search for evidence , Sturm was attacked by a street gang and seriously outnumbered . While Sturm attempted to intimidate the gang members her efforts only incited violence . Scared , Sturm exerted herself through the Force as her attackers charged her , killing five members of a gang and one of its leaders . Realizing how under - skilled and under - equipped her attackers were , Sturm was consumed by regret and shame and she felt that she was no longer fit to be a Jedi . She decided that she was only fit to be a hunted criminal , so she confronted the leader of the smuggling ring and demanded to be made a full partner . The leader responded by attacking her , so she killed him and took over control of the gang . Attempting to remain in the light of the Force , Sturm ruled the gang with an iron fist for two years , calling herself the Black Queen . When the so called Heroes of Cularin were said to be involved in the upcoming Trial of Knighthood at the Almas Academy , Sturm began to plot the group ' s demise as a way to discredit the Jedi on Almas . In order to gauge the group ' s abilities , Sturm activated a series of battle droids she had reprogrammed to attack the group . The droids , owned by the local academy supplier Snem Noonb , attacked a group of the Heroes while they toured Noonb ' s factory . Defeating the droids , the group later encountered Pindy Streeto , a thug from the Rancor Riders gang that Sturm had hired to assassinate the group . Subduing the gang and Streeto , Sturm assisted in smuggling Streeto offworld and into hiding . Posing as Streeto , Sturm tried to manipulate the Jedi who hunted her but she was eventually captured and taken back to the academy . Back at the academy , Sturm under went therapy with the masters there and was eventually brought back into the Order as a fully ranked Jedi Knight . Once more an active Jedi , Sturm selected Meera Lisso as her Padawan , and the pair worked together on many missions from the Council . Having sat out the Clone Wars during her rehabilitation , Jedi Sturm fit well with the other Jedi at the academy , most of whom had invoked the Right of Denial when the Jedi High Council on Coruscant demanded all Jedi fight in the war . Circa 19 BBY the Dark Jedi Garth Ezzar led an attack on the Almas Academy . Defending the academy and its students to her last breath , dying at the hands of Ezzar just as the Heroes of Cularin arrived to help defend the academy .