Xiaan Amersu Xiaan Amersu was a female Rutian Twi ' lek Jedi Knight who fought during the Clone Wars . She was the Padawan of J ' Mikel , an Anx Jedi killed by the bounty hunter Aurra Sing . Biography . Broken childhood . Discovered to be Force - sensitive by doctors on the planet Ryloth , Amersu was taken to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to begin training in the Jedi Order . While still in the academy , Amersu was approached by Padawan Aayla Secura who presented her with a Heart of Fire , a stone that Secura ' s master had given her during her training . Eventually the Twi ' lek graduated from the academy and was selected by the Anx Jedi Master J ' Mikel to become his Padawan . During her early years of training with him , the pair were exploring the Coruscant underworld in the Temple Precinct with Master Peerce when the three were ambushed by the bounty hunter Aurra Sing . Amersu could do nothing but watch as both Peerce and her master were slain by the bounty hunter , who only spared the young girl so that she could grow stronger in the Force to make a worthy opponent one day . Heart of Fire . Returning to the Temple to report the attack by Sing , the Council of Reassignment paired her with another master to continue her training . Not long after J ' Mikel was killed , Amersu sought out the amnesic Jedi Quinlan Vos in one of the meditation gardens high in the Temple Ziggurat . Telling how he had kept informed on Vos ' s Padawan , her old friend Aayla Secura , Amersu gave Vos her Heart of Fire in hopes it would jog his memories . After years of training with her new master , Amersu passed her Trials of Knighthood and was elevated to the rank of Jedi Knight . When the Clone Wars broke out across the galaxy , Amersu dutifully took up the rank of General in the Grand Army of the Republic . As she prepared to lead her first battle , her old friend Jedi Secura approached her and returned Master J ' Mikel ' s lightsaber to Amersu ; Sing had taken the weapon as a trophy when she killed the Anx , and Secura had retrieved it when she arrested Sing on Devaron . Siege of Saleucami . Over the years of war Amersu developed a close relationship with fellow Jedi A ' Sharad Hett . Accepting many missions together , she sobbed on his shoulder during a brief pause in the fighting on Saleucami when she learned of Councilor Oppo Rancisis ' death . With the Thisspiasian ' s passing , Master Vos was placed in charge of coordinating the assault on the Morgukai clone army base . Leading Blue Squadron during the air battle , Jedi Amersu ' s interceptor sustained critical damage during the battle . Despite the urging of Jedi Hett to withdraw from the fight , Amersu directed her doomed fighter into the heart of the CIS ' s ion cannon and deflector shield generator , knocking out their defenses . Her death proved vital to the Republic ' s victory at Saleucami , though it was short lived as the Order and the Republic were overthrown by the Galactic Empire in the ensuing weeks . Legacy . While attachment was strictly forbidden by the Jedi Code , Amersu and fellow Jedi A ' Sharad Hett developed strong emotional ties to one another during the Clone Wars . When Amersu gave her life during the Siege of Saleucami , Hett appeared to come to terms with his loss ; however , he soon fell to the dark side of the Force following the start of the Great Jedi Purge . Reappearing after more then a century in hiding , Hett reemerged as Darth Krayt and the leader of a new empire of Sith . Amersu , Hett ' s love , still haunted his thoughts a century after her death . Behind the scenes . Xiaan Amersu first appeared as an unnamed character in " " comic , written by Timothy Truman and pencilled by Davidé Fabbri . Using the character again in " Heart of Fire " , writer John Ostrander and artist Jan Duursema decided to base her name on Duursema ' s daughter Sian . As it was Sian who had convinced Ostrander and Duursema not to kill off Aayla Secura — another Twi ' lek Jedi who has since grown to be a fan favorite — early in the " " comic series , Ostrander and Duursema thought it appropriate to name Xiaan Amersu after her . Though Amersu ' s skin is brown in " The Hunt for Aurra Sing " and " Heart of Fire " , in every other appearance she is turquoise .