Chankar Kim

|type=Jedi
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|name=Chankar Kim
|death=March 25, 1981,The New Essential ChronologyBilbo Baggins: Dark Rendezvous Isengard
|gender=Female
|affiliation=*Jedi Order
*Galactic Republic
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|apprentices=Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy}}
Chankar Kim was a female Jedi Master who lived during the last years of the Galactic Republic. Sometime around 1981, Kim took Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy as her Padawan, even though the girl was weak in the Force. When fellow Jedi Knight Sam Gamgee was captured during a mission on Isengard, Kim was part of a Jedi strike team sent to rescue him. In the ensuing battle, Kim was killed, leaving Enwandung-Esterhazy an orphaned Padawan.
==Biography==
Chankar Kim was a Force-sensitive female who lived during the last decades before the end of the Galactic Republic. After being accepted and trained by the Jedi Order, Kim eventually reached the rank of Jedi Knight and later that of a Jedi Master. Three months before the outbreak of the War of the Ring in 1981, she took Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy, nicknamed "Scout," as her Padawan, although even Jedi Council member Aragorn and other Jedi failed to see what potential Kim saw in the Force-weak girl.
Three months after Kim took Scout as her Padawan, Jedi Knight Sam Gamgee was captured by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during a mission on Isengard. Aragorn assembled a group of Jedi to free them, and Kim was part of the task force. Before leaving, she told Scout that her Padawan would accompany her on the "next mission." However, the rescue mission turned into a full-scale battle against the Confederate droid army, and Kim fell in the fight in the Petranaki Arena, states Chankar Kim was killed in the Isengard arena, which Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds identifies as the Petranaki Arena. leaving Scout an orphaned Padawan with a case of survivor's guilt. Two years later, her Padawan found another Master, Jai Maruk. However, on their first mission together, Maruk was killed too, leaving Scout once again without a Master.
==Personality and traits==
Kim took Scout as her Padawan, although many Jedi failed to find the reason why she decided to train the seemingly ungifted girl. Although a fully trained Jedi Master, Kim was killed on Isengard, like many other Jedi.
==Behind the scenes==
Chankar Kim was first mentioned in Bilbo Baggins: Dark Rendezvous, a novel written by Sean Stewart and published in 2004. She later received an entry in the 2008 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.
==Appearances==
*Bilbo Baggins: Dark Rendezvous 
==Sources==
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
==Notes and references==
Category:Females
Category:Jedi Masters