Aayla Secura

**Aayla Secura** was a female Rutian Twi'lek who was a Jedi Knight in the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars. Secura was born on Ryloth in 26 BEF, where she was kept alongside her uncle's slaves. There, she was discovered by Quinlan Vos and brought into the Jedi Order. She would go on to become Vos' Padawan, become friends with Anakin Skywalker, and obtain the rank of Jedi Knight by the Clone Wars.

Secura was one of the survivors of the execution of Order 66, having escaped her troops as she fought on Felucia. She was aided in her escape by Hondo Ohnaka, a pirate and self-proclaimed friend of the Jedi. During the reign of the Galactic Empire, Secura reunited with Skywalker and found herself embroiled in the Great Outer Rim Revolution, where she assisted in Skywalker's quest to free all of the slaves in the galaxy.

## Biography

### Early life

"*I grew up near slaves. My uncle Lon thought I was worthless after my dad died.*"
―Aayla Secura[src]
A Rutian Twi'lek female, Aayla Secura was born on the Outer Rim Territories planet of Ryloth in 26 BEF. At a young age her father died, and she was sent to live with her uncle, Lon Secura. Her uncle thought that she was worthless, and so sent her to live with his slaves. There, she learned that their slave chips were located in the back of their neck at their spine, where a scar could be seen.

Secura would eventually be discovered by Quinlan Vos, a Jedi Padawan at the time, who took her back to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant where she would become a Jedi Initiate. Eventually, Vos would take her as his own padawan once he ascended to the rank of Jedi Knight.

### Life as a Padawan

#### Meeting Anakin Skywalker

"*My name’s Aayla. What’s yours?*"
"*Anakin. Anakin Skywalker.*"
―Secura and Skywalker[src]
Early on in her time at the Jedi Temple, Secura encountered her fellow Padawan Anakin Skywalker, the apprentice of Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Skywalker had only arrived at the temple several months prior, having been freed from slavery on Tatooine by Kenobi's now-deceased master Qui-Gon Jinn. Secura approached Skywalker in the Temple's cafeteria and started conversation with him, and noticed that he bore the scar of a slave chip's insertion in his neck. After learning that he had not had it removed, she took him to the Halls of Healing where Vokara Che and Rig Nema prepared him for a surgery, informing him of her own experiences with slaves in the past.

Secura attempted to calm the younger Skywalker prior to the procedure, and had Che contact Kenobi, who was on Foerost, of what had transpired. The surgery, done by the surgeon Rengas, successfully removed the chip, and when Skywalker woke up Secura was waiting for him alongside Kenobi and Vos. The two Knights, who were good friends, bickered while Secura gave Skywalker a hug.

#### Forming bonds

"*So when is your birthday? I know you said month ten or eleven, but I have to know when to get you a gift. It’s the start of month ten, and I don’t want to miss it.*"
―Secura to Skywalker[src]
About four months after Skywalker's chip was removed, Secura and Vos went away from the temple to Lantillies, to Skywalker's chagrin. While they were away, Skywalker met Kit Fisto, a friend of Vos and Kenobi, as well as Fisto's padawan Nahdar Vebb, the former having heard of Skywalker and Secura's new friendship from Vos. Upon Secura's return, Vebb became a close friend to the both of them.

##### A quest to Sleheyron

"*Master, we* have *to find out when his birthday is! I don’t want to just give it to him on some random day, it has to be the* actual *day!*"
―Secura begging Vos to help her find Skywalker's birthday[src]
Another five months afterwards, Secura, curious about Skywalker's birthday, asked him when it took place but he did not know, only knowing a general timeframe. Afterwards, Secura begged Vos to take them to Sleheyron, where she knew Skywalker was born, but Vos was apprehensive as he did not know the exact location, and his ability of psychometry would be unable to tell him that. Secura probed her Force bond with Skywalker, to Vos' surprise and admonishment, but learned that he was born near a desert.

After determining that the only desert on Sleheyron was the Egijila Desert in a short trip to the Jedi Archives, Vos procured a JumpMaster 5000 called *Miracle III* and the duo traveled from Coruscant to Sleheyron via the Perlemian Trade Route, Triellus Trade Route, and the *Pabol Hutta*. Upon arriving at Voggha, the only city near the desert, they found it abandoned but upon approaching the slave quarters encountered a group of survivors from an attack five years prior. The leader of the group, a midwife named Elli, told them Anakin's birthday through her remembrance, while holding Vos at knifepoint.

Vos agreed to transport the group of slaves to freedom at Kegan Spacedock, in orbit around Kegan, and they barely fit inside the *Miracle III* on that journey. When they arrived at Kegan, a Wookiee slave gave Secura a golden-starshine, a gemstone which, in Wookiee culture, were priceless and given to defenders and friends of Kashyyyk. Not knowing the story behind the gemstone, when Vos and Secura returned to the Temple they searched the Jedi Archives before encountering Tyvokka, a Wookiee Jedi Master, who informed them of the gemstone's meaning. Secura attempted to give the gift to Skywalker, but he refused as it had been her who helped guide those slaves to freedom, and she had already given him a gift for helping get his slave chip out.

### Later adventures as a Padawan

Secura and Skywalker would continue to have a close bond, and she and her master would teach Skywalker lightsaber combat techniques using wooden poles in katas.

### The Clone Wars begins

Secura took part in the First Battle of Geonosis, the first battle of the Clone Wars, as a member of the Jedi strike team which infiltrated the Petranaki Arena where Kenobi, Skywalker, and Senator Padmé Amidala were being held captive and made to participate as gladiators. Secura joined the circle of Jedi at the center of the arena when Count Feln Dooku ordered his battle droids to kill the remaining Jedi, however this was thwarted by the arrival of Grand Master Yoda and the clone troopers making up the new Grand Army of the Republic.

### Becoming a Jedi Knight

Secura was granted the rank of Knight early on in the Clone Wars, around the same time as her friend Skywalker. Their mutual friend Nahdar Vebb was killed by General Grievous on a mission early in the war as well, and Secura sought out Kit Fisto, who she believed needed comfort. In Fisto's chambers in the Jedi Temple, Secura kissed him, but he denied her, however still expressed he was willing to see if a relationship could form between them. The two of them embraced in a non-romantic matter afterwards.

### The war's conclusion

"*Look, I apologize for your injury, my friend—*"
"*—we are not friends—*"
"*—but why don’t we put this past us, and I can help you get off here? I owe some Jedi for saving my life, a couple of times, and it’s the least I could do for you.*"
―Ohnaka and Secura, on Felucia[src]
In 0 BEF, Secura appeared in a Force vision to Grand Master Yoda, undergoing his trials on the Wellspring of Life, where she appeared dead in the halls of the Jedi Temple. At the same time, Secura was stationed on Felucia, and remained there when Order 66 was issued by Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, ordering the deaths of all Jedi at the hands of their clone troopers. Secura was chased into the planet's jungles by her men, believing it was her time to die when she heard approaching footsteps and her arm was shot by a blaster. However, instead she encountered the pirate Hondo Ohnaka and his henchman Parsel, the former a sometime-acquaintance of the Skywalker-Kenobi duo. Ohnaka apologized for her injury and agreed to transport her off-world, to his compound on Florrum.

### A new purpose

"*You’re on Tatooine, doing what you always said you would do. I’ll be there. Just you wait.*"
―Secura to Skywalker[src]
Secura remained on Florrum for several years, finding work under Ohnaka but remaining out of sight for the most part. In 5 AEF, however, while meditating she was contacted over her Force bond by Anakin Skywalker. The duo entered a dual meditation in a combination of their mindscapes, where they embraced and Secura forgave him for falling to the dark side. Secura vowed to meet him again, as he was on Tatooine working to free the slaves there. She would eventually travel from Florrum to Tatooine, and the two would then together infiltrate the palace of Gardulla Besadii the Elder.

In the process, the two would meet the clone trooper Cody, formerly of Obi-Wan Kenobi's 212th Attack Battalion, and the trio moved through the palace to the throne room, where Skywalker had Gardulla fed to a krayt dragon. Mos Espa as a whole was declared free, and Gardulla's castle was renamed to Castle Krayt and repurposed into a base of operations for their new movement. Secura witnessed as Skywalker tamed the krayt underneath Gardulla's palace, Kranh'ghash'oor'kiliin, and she also took part in the Battle of Ben's Mesa when Jabba Desilijic Tiure attacked the palace and their defenses. The battle was a victory, and Jabba was killed. Secura manned the guns of Skywalker's ship, the *Midnight*, in the destruction of Jabba's Palace.

Secura performed recon work for the Battle of Mos Eisley, determining that all of the starships were being redirected to Mos Shuuta, and that the Kintan Striders made up a good portion of Mos Eisley's defenses. Secura was also present for the Battle of Mos Shuuta, and the arrival of Clan Beroya to assist their efforts in the Great Outer Rim Revolution.

## Personality and traits

Secura was a female Rutian Twi'lek, a distinction made by her blue skin tone. She stood at 1.7 meters in height, and possessed hazel eyes. Secura was gregarious and able to make friends easily, exemplified by the quick trust Skywalker gave her upon their first meeting. She was also very protective of these friends, and stubborn when she wished to help them. Vos believed that she had not yet learned of boundaries, and considered her "a lot."

## Powers and abilities

Secura possessed the innate abilities of any Force-sensitive individuals, and was able to form Force bonds, forming one with Anakin Skywalker which she was also able to probe into, past his mental shields, in order to figure out where he was born.

### Equipment

Secura wielded a blue-bladed lightsaber of her own make.

## Appearances

* *A Fleeting Tempest*
* "Water"
* *The Quest for Anakin Skywalker's Birthday*
* *The Rite of the Crystal* (Mentioned only)
* *Reticence*
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice* (Vision to Yoda)
* *Survivors* 1: *Secura*
* *Soul Searching* The Liberator — *Freeing the Body*
* *Soul Searching* Anakin III — *How A Revolution Begins*
* *Burning Galaxies* I — *The First Signs of Storm*

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 *A Fleeting Tempest*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Water"
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 *The Quest for Anakin Skywalker's Birthday*
6. ↑ *A Fleeting Tempest* is established as having taken place in the first month of 13 BEF, and "Water" four months later, and *The Quest for Anakin Skywalker's Birthday* is said to take place in month ten, five months after "Water" takes place.
7. ↑ *The Rite of the Crystal*
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 *Star Wars*: Episode II *Attack of the Clones* (Wookieepedia)
9. ↑ *Reticence*
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 *Survivors* 1: *Secura*
11. ↑ *Secrets Revealed* Chapter IV — *Plans*
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 *Soul Searching* The Liberator — *Freeing the Body*
13. ↑ *Soul Searching* Anakin III — *How A Revolution Begins*
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 *Burning Galaxies* I — *The First Signs of Storm*
15. ↑ *The Astronomy Guide*