Taria Damsin Taria Damsin was a female Human from the colony world of Ghaina , who served as a Jedi Master and Shadow of the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars . A contemporary of fellow Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , she was dying from a disease known as Borotavi syndrome . History . Taken from her parents at a young age , Taria Damsin was the first and only Jedi her homeworld , Ghaina , ever produced . During her early life at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , Damsin had a very close friendship with Obi - Wan Kenobi , one which would carry on over the years despite the missions that would send them to other sides of the galaxy for extended periods of time . After passing her Jedi Trials and becoming a Jedi Knight , Damsin was sent on extended missions away from the Temple . On one such mission to Pamina Prime , having eaten a poisonous mollusk , Damsin was diagnosed with the incurable Borotavi syndrome . Unwilling to be brought down by the terminal illness , Damsin continued to take on missions , though most of her time she was forced to stay at the Temple and take on a teaching role . During the Clone Wars Damsin did not take on the title of Jedi General , but focused on teaching the next generation of Knights . Having run into Master Kenobi on her way to teach an advanced lightsaber class , she asked her old friend to join her in the teaching as her assistant had food poisoning . Agreeing , the two taught the class , though Kenobi constantly fretted over Damsin ' s supposed overexertion . Damsin later saw Kenobi off as he left for his secret mission assigned to him by Grand Master Yoda . During Kenobi ' s mission , Master Yoda summoned Damsin and Padawan Ahsoka Tano to his personal chambers in order to send them on a mission to Corellia . Following a visit to the Temple ' s wardrobe warehouse to pick suitable disguises , the pair landed in Coronet and made use of the Transit Authority to get to the retirement suburb Visk where their target , Mata Fhernan , resided . Discovering that Fhernan was in fact out to the market in Tiln , the pair made their way to carefully extract the woman and take her back to the Temple . Unbeknownst to Fhernan , an Anzati assassin was tracking her on the orders of Separatist General Lok Durd , who was holding Fhernan ' s daughter , Bant ' ena , captive . Escorting the woman out of the market with some Force - assistance , the Jedi were ambushed by the Anzati but managed to capture him without any harm to Fhernan . During the assault , Damsin ' s illness caused sharp pains and her blood flowed from her nose and eyes . Though discomforted , she managed to get the woman safely offworld , and back to Coruscant . After being released from the Halls of Healing by Chief Healer Vokara Che Damsin finally revealed her illness to Padawan Tano who , like most of Damsin ' s fellow Jedi , was ignorant of her fatal disease . While waiting for Obi - Wan and Anakin Skywalker ' s return , Taria suggested that Ahsoka help her organize a tournament for some of the younger Padawan ' s in the Temple . Each of them lead a team through the artificial environments of a state of the art training dojo . Fighting against remote training droids , the teams raced to the top of a tower in the center of a mini city replica . Their teams ended up tying . Upon learning that Bant ' ena and her relatives were captured and held hostage , Taria was sent by Master Yoda to assist Kenobi and Skywalker in breaking the Separatist blockade and destroy the Separatist bioweapon . She had learned that the power was the most suitable for the mission . As they flew near the blockade , she and her squad came under fire by the Separatists , but were able to make their landing near the capital of Lanteeb . Slightly injured from the crash , Taria refused to leave the ship and went unnoticed as she penetrated inside the laboratory to Bant ' ena . The scientist briefly described the events while Taria informed Kenobi and Skywalker about the superweapon . Apart from the explosives , which she had already deposited in different places , Taria still had a supply of the lab and the bioweapon itself . The scientist asked the Jedi to leave her with the explosives and promised to destroy the facility along with the weapon . Taria refused , but Bant ' ena explained how she had to use the explosives . She promised to tell her mother of her sacrifice and said goodbye to Bant ' ena . She managed to escape the base before Bant ' ena blew up the plant . On her way to Torbel , she witnessed a Separatist Droid Army approaching the village . When she was able to arrive in time before the attack , Taria was able to contact Obi - Wan and inform him about the situation . As the droids entered the village , Taria sprinted her way through the droids , where she was hit by blaster shot to the upper back . After destroying a number of droids , Obi - Wan was able to carry the wounded Jedi to safety while Anakin could enable the deflector shield . Badly wounded , Taria informed the two Jedi about the mission and gave them her com link to contact the Jedi Council . The Council was able to retrieve their message and send in reinforcements to get through the blockade . After the interview , Obi - Wan took the wounded Taria to the healing house of the village . As Obi - Wan was able to bring Greti , who had great potential power in the Force , she used her ability to heal Taria . After recovering from her wound , Taria helped keep the shields up until the droid army attacked again , causing one of the generators to collapse . She took command of the defenders to the side of Obi - Wan and Anakin and defended the village against the droids as the Republic fleet reached in time to finish the rest . After the battle was over , the remaining villagers were given sanctuary on the planet of Naboo . Personality and traits . A strong woman , Damsin was thought of as peculiar for a Jedi by many of her peers . Eager to accept a mission and get out of the Temple , she was known to skirt the rules while still acting rationally . Refusing to let her terminal illness slow her down , she would refuse to accept pity from her fellows and preferred to be called Taria to Master Damsin .