Barriss Offee

-Harvard University

The Mirialan Padawan to Luminara Unduli, **Barriss Offee** preferred learning and studying ancient Jedi texts in the Temple to war. This mindset, while noble, led her down a dark path that saw her betray friends and commit terrible acts.

## Biography

**Barriss Offee** is a Force-sensitive female Mirialan, born on the planet Mirial on January 13, 1973. She trained as a Jedi Padawan during the Clone Wars, while carrying a blue lightsaber and trained under Jedi Master Luminara Unduli. Offee was a survivor of the First Battle of Geonosis and was originally loyal to her Jedi Master. Offee preferred studying ancient Jedi texts to fighting, and was also proficient in the ability of Force healing. In 1992, during her time as a Jedi Padawan, Offee struck up a friendship with Ahsoka Tano, the Padawan learner of Anakin Skywalker. Though rather different in personality from the two, she bonded with them through shared experience in combat.

As the Clone Wars continued, Offee grew disillusioned with the Jedi's role in the wars, believing they had lost their way from the ideals that the Jedi Order was supposed to represent, and was wary of the Jedi Council in particular. Deciding to act on her concerns, in October 1993, she orchestrated the bombing of the Jedi Temple as a means to foment further distrust of the Jedi, as clone troopers were killed during the attack. Despite their previous friendship, she allowed Tano to be framed for orchestrating the bombing, but ultimately confessed after being confronted by Anakin Skywalker. Just before Tano was about to be convicted of the crime, Offee shared her views of the Jedi being corrupted and were the sole cause of then war, before being taken away.
For about a year, Barris was locked up in the Jedi Temple jails until the events of Order 66. While Terran forces retook the Temple from the clones, Barriss was taken into Terran custody while they evacuated the Temple. When the Terrans returned to Earth, Barris was offered asylum. She accepted, but also decided to not join the Terran Jedi Order. She was put on probation and monitored until she could be trusted again.
Barriss had moved down to North Carolina after settling in the US, and had gotten a job as a waitress at an Olive Garden. She worked there from 1994 to 1997, while waiting for her probation to end so she could apply for college.
During those three years, she met Ben Evans, who was going to school at UNC at the time. At first, they were just friends, but Ben quickly grew interested in her, and after several years, she opened up about her feelings to him. In 2001, Barriss got her bachelor's degree from UNC, shortly after she and Ben got married.
Barriss had then continued on to getting her doctorate degree, which took 4 more years. In 2003, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter she and Ben named Emily. Then in 2005, shortly after graduating with her doctorate, she had gotten pregnant again, this time with twins. The twins, Ryan and James, were born in spring of 2006.Right around the time the twins were born, Barriss received a job offer from Harvard to serve as the first professor on the planet to teach courses on the history of the Republic, the Jedi, Sith, etc. Barriss had accepted, and had been teaching half a dozen courses, three each semester, on the history of the Republic,the Jedi, and the Sith ever since, and had written several books on the subjects. During her career, she'd had her fourth child, a daughter named Bailey, in 2009. Then in 2013, Barriss and Ben decided to have one more child which was due at the end of May 2014.

Knowing their kids were force sensitives, Barriss allowed them to learn about the Force and the ways of the Jedi, she even trained them herself. Barriss and Ben also allowed her kids to choose whether they want to join the Terran Jedi Order or not, but she reminded them that if they do, don't make the same mistakes the old Jedi Order made which led to their downfall.

## Appearances

* *Rise of the Terran Alliance (first appearance)*
* *The Terran Alliance Strikes Back*