Tauht

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|death=June 25, 1981, Furthermore, since The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring: In Service of the Republic takes place prior to "Rookies," In Service of the Republic can also be dated to 1981. KhormThe War of the Ring 7
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Tauht was a Human male who served as a Jedi Master of the Jedi Order during the War of the Ring between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Along with Jedi Masters Legolas and Gimli, he was dispatched to the Separatist-occupied planet Khorm in order to secure the world's agrocite, a valuable ore used to exceptionally increase power to starfighters. Tauht participated in the Republic's initial assault on an Agrocite processing center, which was controlled by the native Khormai Warlord Unger Gout, who had aligned himself with the Confederacy.
The Republic forces captured the plant and established a base there, although Gout managed to escape. Hoping to minimize clone trooper casualties in the next battle, Gimli and Legolas left to search for a Confederate weather-control station, which supposedly controlled storms above Khorm and was preventing the Republic from employing air support. Tauht was left in charge of the Republic station, which was soon attacked by the Confederate forces commanded by the Dark Jedi Jinx. During the battle, Tauht and Jinx confronted each other. After a brief fight, Tauht was killed by Jinx, who used the Force to manipulate one of her lightsabers and stabbed the Jedi Master with it.
==Biography==
Tauht was a Human male member of the Jedi Order, who had attained the rank of the Jedi Master by 1981, the first year of the War of the Ring between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic. Early in the war, the Galactic Senate dispatched Tauht, along with fellow Jedi Masters Gimli and Legolas, to the Separatist-occupied planet of Khorm in order to secure its valuable agrocite ore, used to substantially increase power to starfighters. Because of the extensive storm above Khorm, the Republic could not provide air support and was forced to rely entirely on the ground forces commanded by Major Kendal Ozzel.
The Republic troops—consisting of All Terrain Recon Transports and All Terrain Tactical Enforcers—soon approached an agrocite processing plant that was commanded by Warlord Unger Gout, a native Khormai who had betrayed his people and enslaved them to mine agrocite for the Confederacy. Upon sight of the Republic forces, Gout ordered his J-1 proton cannons to open fire. As the battle began, Major Ozzel ordered the clone troopers to disembark from the AT-TEs, a move that exposed them to enemy fire. Realizing that the clones could not survive the barrage, Tauht, Gimli, and Legolas decided to draw fire upon themselves.
The Jedi defended the clone troopers by deflecting blaster shots with their lightsabers, and then charged Gout's battle droids in the trenches that surrounded the plant. While Masters Gimli and Legolas fought BX-series droid commandos and B2 super battle droids, Tauht proceeded to destroy the proton cannons. Meanwhile, Major Ozzel ordered Republic AT-TEs to open fire at the Jedi's position, thus annihilating the majority of droid forces at the cost of endangering the Jedi's lives. Tauht then noticed that Gout was trying to escape and warned Master Gimli. It was too late, however, as the warlord managed to flee on a rail jet.
After the facility had been secured and the Republic had established a base there, the three Jedi—together with Ozzel and Clone Commander CC-3636, nicknamed "Wolffe"—gathered inside to consider strategies for their next attack on the agrocite mines. Tauht witnessed as Major Ozzel proposed a direct assault, and Master Gimli declined, stating that such an attack would result in too many clone casualties. At that moment, Admiral Wieler contacted the Jedi and informed them that a Separatist starship had somehow reached the planet's surface through an opening in the storm. This information led the Jedi to conclude that the Separatists possessed some sort of weather-control station on Khorm. If the station was destroyed, it could remove the storm, allowing the Republic to utilize air support in the battle and lessen the number of casualties. To this end, Gimli and Legolas set off to search for that climate-control station, leaving Tauht in charge of the Republic base.
After Gimli and Legolas had departed the base, however, it came under attack from the Separatist forces commanded by Jinx—a Dark Jedi who had arrived to assist Gout on the starship that Wieler had reported. When Confederate Armored Assault Tanks opened fire on the base, Tauht ordered Ozzel to reinforce the lines and hold the facility while he contacted Gimli. As Tauht rushed to deliver a message to Gimli, the plant was shattered by explosives detonated by Jinx. The explosion threw Tauht on the ground, where he found himself face to face with Jinx herself, who pointed one of her lightsabers at him. Having been previously warned not to underestimate Jinx, Tauht quickly ignited his own lightsaber and deflected one of Jinx's weapons. Stating that his orders were to subdue her at any cost, Tauht hit Jinx in the face, causing her to drop one of her weapons. Jinx then expressed her respect for Tauht's strength but claimed that she did not have time to fight him, using the the Force to pick up her fallen lightsaber, ignite it, and send it flying into Tauht's back. Tauht did not notice the Dark Jedi's actions until too late, and was stabbed.
With Tauht's death, Ozzel assumed command of the remaining Republic forces. However, instead of staying put and holding the facility as Tauht had ordered him, Ozzel decided to charge the droids openly. This proved to be a flawed strategy, as the Confederacy revealed its previously hidden DSD1 dwarf spider droids, which eliminated the majority of the Republic task force and forced Ozzel to surrender. The major, along with Wolffe and several clone troopers, was taken prisoner and interrogated on Legolas and Gimli's location, which Ozzel revealed.
==Personality and traits==
Tauht was a blond-haired human male with blue eyes and light skin. He was a capable leader and had gained Gimli's trust, as indicated by Gimli's notion to leave Commander Wolffe and the Republic base under Tauht's authority. Although warned not to underestimate the notorious assassin Jinx, Tauht did just that during their fight by failing to perceive Jinx's actions. Tauht's failure to take heed of the Dark Jedi ultimately cost him his life.
==Powers and abilities==
A fully-trained Jedi Master, Tauht was skilled with his green-bladed lightsaber and used it to save the clones by deflecting enemy fire and to destroy Warlord Gout's proton cannons. Jinx herself acknowledged Tauht's skills during their fight. Despite all his talents, however, Tauht was unable to sense Jinx approaching him and her Force actions in manipulating her lightsaber.
==Behind the scenes==
Tauht's first and only appearance is in the comic The War of the Ring 7, written by Henry Gilroy and Steven Melching and illustrated by Scott Hepburn.
==Appearances==
*The War of the Ring 7 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
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==Notes and references==
Category:Humans
Category:Males
Category:Jedi Masters