Lulad

Lulad was a Force-sensitive human who served as a Jedi Master of the Jedi Order during the High Republic Era and was the Master of Jedi Padawan Yarzion Vell. During a mission to Vell's homeworld, Lulad learned that Vell had himself tattooed with her name in accordance with the planet's tradition of being tattooed with the name of one's greatest teacher. She then had herself tattooed with Vell's name, believing a Jedi Master's greatest lessons came from those they taught.
In 230 BBY, Lulad died when the space station Starlight Beacon was destroyed. Following her passing, Jedi Master Kelnacca became Vell's new Master. Vell later spoke about Lulad with Kelnacca and his own Padawan, Ordea.
==Biography==
Lulad was a human Jedi Master of the Jedi Order during the High Republic Era. She was the Master of Padawan Yarzion Vell. A few months after Vell became a Padawan, he and Lulad went on a mission to Vell's home planet. While there, Vell decided to follow his homeworld's tradition of being tattooed with the name of one's greatest teacher as a sign of respect and had a skin-scribe tattoo his head with runes that spelled Lulad's name in his ancestor's language. When Lulad walked in halfway through the procedure, Vell expected her to be angry or disappointed and thought she would make him remove the tattoos. Instead, she had the skin-scribe give her a tattoo of her own, with runes spelling Vell's name, and explained that a Jedi Master's greatest lessons came from those they taught.
In 230 BBY, Lulad died when the Starlight Beacon space station was destroyed by the Nihil pirates and crashed into the planet Eiram.Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi On Eiram, Vell approached Jedi Master Elzar Mann and told him that he was Lulad's apprentice, but struggled to speak about her death. Mann responded by assuring Vell that Lulad was with the Force and at peace. Vell thanked the Jedi Master and asked about who would complete his training. Mann then introduced him to Jedi Master Kelnacca, who took on Vell as his Padawan.
In 227 BBY, in the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant, Kelnacca spotted Vell looking at a hologram of Lulad. Vell said he would turn it off, but before he did, Kelnacca saw Lulad's tattoos and noticed that they were similar to Vell's. The Padawan then explained about his decision to be tattooed with Lulad's name and how Lulad had then had herself tattooed with Vell's name. Later, after knighting Vell, Kelnacca also had himself tattooed with Vell's name. By 133 BBY,"Day"—which the events of take place in 132 BBY per the reasoning here—establishes that Kelnacca had lived on Khofar for at least a year. As the present day events of The Acolyte - Kelnacca 1 occur before Kelnacca lived on Khofar, they must take place by 133 BBY. when Vell was dying, his own Padawan, Ordea, was unsure about who would complete their training, so he related his own experience with Lulad's death to Ordea's feelings and told his Padawan about her.
==Personality and traits==
Lulad was a human with light skin. She was bald and had tattoos on her head spelling Vell's name in runes. Lulad believed that a Jedi Master never stopped learning and that their greatest lessons came from those they taught.
==Powers and abilities==
As a member of the Jedi Order, Lulad was Force-sensitive and trained to wield the Force.
==Equipment==
Lulad wore brown Jedi apparel with white wrappings on her arms.
==Behind the scenes==
Lulad appeared in flashbacks in the one-shot comic The Acolyte - Kelnacca 1, written by Cavan Scott, illustrated by Marika Cresta, and published by Marvel Comics on September 4, 2024. Prior to the comic's release, a StarWars.com article published on July 26 of that year pictured Vell's tattoos of her name, although she was not identified until the issue's publication.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 1 
*The Acolyte - Kelnacca 1 
==Sources==
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==Notes and references==
Category:Humans
Category:Individuals of unspecified gender
Category:Individuals with she/her pronouns
Category:Jedi Masters during the High Republic Era