Meetra Surik

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**Meetra Surik**, also known as the **Jedi Exile** after the Mandalorian Wars, was a Human female Jedi Master. As a Padawan, she chose to disobey the orders of the Jedi High Council and aid the Galactic Republic in its war against the invading Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders. Rising to the rank of Jedi Knight during the conflict, she served with distinction under the command of her fellow Jedi Revan and Malak and was eventually commissioned as a General in the Republic Military. Surik played a vital role in defeating the Mandalorians during the latter stages of the conflict, but as a direct result of her controversial actions during the cataclysmic final battle, she was struck a heavy blow through the Force. Afterwards, out of all those who went to war, she was the only Jedi to avoid the call of the Dark Side and return to the Jedi Council to be judged for her crimes. After being exiled from the Jedi Order, she wandered the periphery of known space for nearly a decade before returning to the Republic during the conflict with the remnants of Revan's Sith Empire.

## Biography

### Early Life

As a child, **Meetra Surik** was initially found and separated from her parents by the Jedi Order. Like many pre-Jedi younglings of her day, Surik started her training as a Jedi Padawan on the planet Dantooine. She was taken as an informal Padawan by a Knight of the Jedi Order. After her master left to fight the Mandalorians in the early conflicts, she trained under many Masters, including the daughter of the famed Nomi Sunrider. Master Sunrider would often caution the young Surik to be mindful of her powers.

### Mandalorian-Jedi War

When the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders launched an invasion of the Galactic Republic, Surik had overwhelming compassion for the lives lost in the Outer Rim. Inspired by her former Master, who had fought in the early skirmishes, she soon joined the ongoing battle, and became part of the Jedi Knight Revan's faction of Jedi after being personally recruited by Malak himself. Surik would serve as Revan's most trusted General, during the Mandalorian Wars. She would prove her skills in battle and her knowledge of warfare in many of the war's bloodiest battles and campaigns. She also attained the rank of Jedi Knight during the war, but how she achieved that rank has been lost to history. Taking part in the final battle at the Sith planet Malachor, she silently watched from the bridge of her command ship as both Republic and Mandalorian forces were devastated in the wake of a merciless campaign.

The ensuing death and destruction, particularly that of the comrades she had led and befriended during the war caused such a substantial wound in the Force that caused Surik a great deal of pain. She was the only Jedi under Revan who proved able to turn away from the Dark Side after Malachor, and was also the only Jedi to willingly return to Jedi Order and face trial for her actions, and also to defend them. Because of her deserting their forces, Malak had for a time planned to use Revan's HK-47 assassin droid to eliminate her, but Revan referred to her as a Jedi "who was already dead", and wanted her to face the Council and show them the hypocrisy of their teachings, and so let her leave.

### Exile of the Jedi Order

Despite an impassioned plea, the Jedi High Council decreed that because she had followed Revan to war, she was to be cast out of the Jedi Order. In defiance when they asked for the surrender of her lightsaber, she stabbed it into the center stone. After she left, the Council discussed the true nature of her exile; they feared the "wound" in the Force that surrounded her. Some on the Council, most notably Jedi Master Zez-Kai Ell, felt that they were punishing her not because of what she did, but because she was symbolic of the many Jedi that had fallen to the dark side over the course of history. These Council members felt that she was the perfect opportunity to examine *why* and *how* so many Jedi fall to the dark side.[17] But more conservative Council members, such as Master Atris, felt that the Council was too lenient on Surik, fearing that she may join Revan. The Council, however, felt that the wound in the Force already left Surik dead.[7]