Adi Gallia

**Adi Gallia** was a Force-sensitive female Tholothian Jedi Master during the twilight years of the Galactic Republic and one of Jedi Order's High Council members.

Adi Gallia was one of the Jedi Order's most decorated diplomats from her generation, solving multiple crises throught the decades, such as the Great Red Drought of Vardos, the Hajuun Coup Attempt and serving as the chief negotiator in Malastare during the Stark Hyperspace War. Adi Gallia would end up developing many political contacts arond the galaxy, and would frequently provide intelligence for Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum if it could solve hostilities without violence. although she vocally opposed whenever the Senate's bureaucracy hindered the Jedi's relief actions in the Outer Rim.

The Jedi Master also had two Padawans during her life, Cin Drallig and Siri Tachi. Adi Gallia was also noted for being somewhat of a controversial and unorthodox figure inside the Jedi Order, being one of the few Jedi to ever take the Barash Vow, preach differently about personal attachments, and one of the even fewer to ever wield a red-bladed lightsaber, much to the Council's dismay, although she would later revert it back to her old blue Kyber Crystal once the Sith had been confirmed to have returned for over a thousand years, and Dark Side wielders sporting red-bladed lightsabers became increasingly more common.

During the Clone Wars, she served as a Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic, commanding over the Republic's 9th Legion and the 91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps. Adi Gallia participated on many skirmishes and missions over the course of the conflict, such as rescuing fellow Jedi Master Eeth Koth, who had been captured by General Grievous, with the help of Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker during the Battle of Saleucami; commanding the Republic's forces when aiding Alderaanian Security during the Droid Invasion of Alderaan, as well as supporting their Refugee Relief Movement; and being briefly deployed to Jalindi.

Adi Gallia would later be killed in action near the end of the Clone Wars on the planet Florrum, when the Tholothian Jedi Master and Obi Wan Kenobi confronted the Nightbrothers Maul and Savage Opress. During an altercation with Opress, she would be gored by his horns and then finished off by his double-bladed lightsaber as she bled on the ground.

Her body was later recovered and cremated at the Jedi Temple. Her seat at the Jedi High Council was succeeded by her cousin Stass Allie, while her permanent seat at Council of Reconciliation was succeeded by Khaat Qiyn.

## Biography

### Early Life

Born in a hospital at the Steelpeaks district of Coruscant in 876 PRC (146 BBY) to Vashkal Nuraba and Jessa Gallia, a couple of diplomats from Corellia, Adi Gallia was named after a famous ancient Tholothian war hero. She would come to grow accustomed with following her parents during their diplomatic missions around the galaxy, never settling down at their household or any other planet for very long.

During her childhood, Adi Gallia would soon come to discover her own Force-sensitivity but not quite understand it, choosing to keep it hidden from her parents in fears of being rejected by them or ushering terrible unforeseen consequences for herself. That fear was only made stronger when her younger cousin Stass Allie was taken by the Jedi Order to train at the Jedi Temple in 888 PRC (134 BBY). Gallia would come to grow deathly afraid of being taken by the Jedi as well, whom she percieved as being mysterious and with unknown intentions.

### Induction into the Order

In 890 PRC (132 BBY) Adi Gallia was accompanying her parents on a diplomatic mission on Lannikar to mediate tensions between the Prince of Lannikar and the Red Iaro, a revolutionary group inspired by the anarchic actions of the Nihil, when the conference at the Lannik High Court was suddenly attacked by seven suicidal members of the Red Iaro, under General Myk'chur Finux Zug's orders. Her parents and Justo, the Prince of Lannikar were all held hostage until revered Lannik Jedi Master Even Piell, a mere Jedi Knight at the time, stormed the court, killing six of the terrorists, however Zug managed to take Piell's left eye in the altercation and escape. After witnessing the heroics of the Jedi hero, Adi Gallia slowly began to change her perception of the Jedi Order. Althought safe from the initial suicide assault, the terrorists had also planted bombs around the building's support beams in case their plan had failed, and as Zug escaped, he detonated the explosives and the ceiling started to collapse.

Adi Gallia then instinctively used The Force to hold the falling rubble and save her own parents, and Even Piell, who had used The Force to save the Prince and other diplomats in the building himself, witnessed this event and later contacted the Jedi Order, informing the High Council of such recent events, Adi Gallia's name and location were soon added to the Kyber memory crystal as a potential Jedi recruit.

A few months later, Jedi recruiters appeared at Adi Gallia's household and requested an audience with Gallia's parents. After a long discussion, they were both convinced that Gallia needed guidance with her natural gifts and consented for her to be taken.

### Life as a Jedi

After arriving at the Jedi Temple of Coruscant, Adi Gallia had her Midi-chlorian count tested and would later have an audience with the Jedi High Council, who then proceeded to put her Force-sensitivity to the test, questioned her about her attachments to her own parents and inquired about what she hoped to accomplish by becoming a Jedi. At the end of the interview the Council had reached the conclusion Adi Gallia was free from the binds of attachment, but she was too old to be an initiate. However the Council member Indeera Stokes, a fellow Tholothian, reminded the Council that for the Tholothian species, Adi Gallia was still no more than a small youngling, making the Council reconsider their decision. At the end of the day, Adi Gallia was accepted into the Order by 7 votes to 5, with Yoda's final vote sealing her fate.

Like all Jedi Initiates, Adi Gallia would then be sorted into a Jedi Initiate Clan and be trained in the very basic aspects of The Force by Grandmaster Yoda for the years to come. A year later, she would undertake her pilgrimage to Ilum along with her class to obtain her very first Kyber Crystal, which became blue in color once she attuned to it, indicating her propension to developing the more physical aspects of The Force and perhaps becoming a Jedi Guardian in the future. She would then use the blue crystal to power her newly forged lightsaber. Adi Gallia, along with other younglings with more talented at dueling, was sent to train with Jon Ynvernus, the Temple's Battlemaster at the time.

By 894 PRC (128 BBY) Yoda and the other instructors had realized that Adi Gallia was clearly more advanced than her classmates, both in her knowledge of The Force and as well as her dueling skills, and thus she was chosen to prematurely undertake the Jedi Initiate Trials, which she completed with flying colors. During her trials, Adi Gallia was closely watched by Jedi Master Indeera Stokes, a veteran of the skirmishes against the Nihil, and the Jedi Master who had vouched for Gallia years prior. Indeera then requested making the young girl her Padawan, which was promptly accepted by the Council.

During her time as Indeera's Padawan, she formed a strong bond with her Master and was ingrained with values that were rapidly changing inside the Order as the High Republic Era neared its end, but ones that were still firmly held by Indeera, such as freely embracing emotions and not being afraid of forming attachments, as love was different from passion in Indeera's point of view, for passion would lead to the Dark Side, but love would always save Gallia from it. The two would also undertake many humanitary missions, such as aiding the world of Vardos during the Great Red Drought of 897 PRC (125 BBY), as well as helping and allocating hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Outer Rim throught the years.

By 899 PRC (123 BBY), the two Jedi had solved the Red Drought after a long series of diplomatic meetings and deals with Republic-friendly terraforming companies, who ended up sending their atmospheric satellites to Vardos.

In 917 PRC (105 BBY) Indeera requested the Jedi Council for her Padawan to be allowed to undertake the Trials of Knighthood, as she felt Gallia was ready for them, with what the Council agreed.

Adi Gallia would endure the trials and pass them, thus becoming a full fledged Jedi Knight. In that very same year, she would undertake special training, officialy becoming a Jedi Guardian.

A year later, she would join the Jedi Starlight Corps and train under Saesee Tiin, specializing as a Jedi Ace, in order to have more tools to aid those neededing protection from evil.

### Promotion to Master and Barash Vow

In 940 PRC (82 BBY), Adi Gallia would prove herself instrumental with disarming tensions during the Hajuun Coup in Jaguada. She would specialize as aJedi Peacekeeper during the conflict in order to perform her duties more effectively. For her exemplary role in the conflict, Adi Gallia would be promoted to the rank of Jedi Master.

However, she had become increasingly disillusioned with Jedi Order's current inability to properly aid the Outer Rim region. Only a year later after becoming a Master, Gallia chose to undertake the Barash Vow and recluse herself to the agricultural planet of Stewjon, where she would pursue a living as a painter, something she had desired to become ever since she was a child, had she not joined the Order.

Gallia would constantly meditate about the very nature of The Force and what emotions truly drew people closer to the Dark Side, until the day her true path as a Jedi became clear. She would also come to be locally known on the planet as a talented painter and a recluse Jedi hermit; In Stewjon's most remote and recluse regions however, Gallia would be rumored to be an ageless sorceress of some sorts, which she found quite ironic considering she herself thought much the same of the Jedi when she was a child.

   Nearing the end of her period of seclusion, Adi Gallia would entirely rethink her views on The Force and the Council's inflexibility when it came to embracing emotions or forming attachments, as well as their ever-increasing alienation to the general populace. She would later rejoin the Jedi Order in 953 PRC (69 BBY), after feeling a "ripple" through The Force, which seemed to call to her. Unknown to Gallia at the time, that "ripple" was the birth of Cin Drallig, her future Padawan.

After rejoining the Jedi Order, Gallia made another pilgrimage to the sacred planet of Ilum in order to acquire a new Kyber Crystal. After attuning to her new crystal, it became bright red, indicating Gallia's connection to the Force was now fuelled by strong emotions. She would then proceed to slot the red crystal into her lightsaber, keeping her old blue crystal safe in her quarters. This decision was met with either derision or outright rejection by most of her Jedi peers, due to the blade's connection with the defunct Sith Order, and more specifically, with its associations with strong emotions, which were believed to lead to the Dark Side.

Adi Gallia would make a point that her emotions were pure unfiltered love for all living being suffering throught the galaxy, and not a fruit of material passion. She would also argue that the Sith were extinct for almost a milennia and, from her point of view, it would be significant if the Jedi Order repurposed the meaning of the red blade, a symbol of hatred, and transforming it into a tool of protection instead of destruction.

Whilst back in the Jedi Order, Adi Gallia would still keep making art, however now as form of hobby, and her works would be frequently displayed around the Temple. She would also keep close contact with her cousin Stass Allie and her old mentor, Indeera Stokes. In 963 PRC (59 BBY), Adi Gallia was invited to permanently take a seat at the Jedi Council of Reconciliation, despite not being a Jedi Consular herself, due to her exemplary diplomatic work in the past. She would later accept the invitation and officially become a Jedi Councilor, taking over Gabriel Sandros' seat.

Unbeknownst to Gallia, her period of seclusion would greatly influence Obi-Wan Kenobi's destiny, as his mother, having heard the many legends about the "hermit sorceress", would end up contacting the Jedi Order after her newborn son started displayed similar "magic powers".

### First Padawan, Cin Drallig

   In 968 PRC (54 BBY), Adi Gallia would oversee the Jedi Initiate Trials of Cin Drallig, as she soon recognized that the "ripple" in The Force she felt more than a decade ago was the birth of that youngling boy. She would later request to take Cin Drallig as her very first Padawan, which was met without any rejection by the Jedi Council. That very same year, Cin Drallig became Gallia's Padawan, and both Master and student would take take part in the Mid Rim Pirate Raid Crisis, like many other Jedi at the time.

Adi Gallia would teach Cin Drallig to hone his dueling skills as sharp as he could, as the defenseless of the galaxy needed the Jedi's protection, but to always keep in mind that violence should always be the last option for a Jedi, as he should never be the one to first draw his lightsaber, but to always be the last.

These teachings would later prove crucial to Cin Drallig's formation, as he would end developing a deep sense of honor in battle and become the Temple's very own Battlemaster, replacing Adi Gallia's own Battlemaster from years prior, Jon Ynvernus, once he passed away of natural causes.

8 years after becoming Gallia's Padawan, Cin Drallig would become a full Jedi Knight, and as such, Gallia would begin looking after a new potential Padawan.

### The Stark Hyperspace War and a new apprentice

As the Stark Hyperspace War broke out in 44 BBY, Adi Gallia would prove to be a key player in conflict as she served as Chief Negotiator during talks aimed at mending ties between various warring factions of Malastare. She would be condecorated for her role in a mission which ended up saving the life of future Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, earning his friendship. Their amicable relationship would prove crucial to the Chacellor, as Gallia had many political contacts she made around the galaxy during her diplomatic missions, becoming one of Valorum's most valuable intelligence sources when it came to peacefully solving hostilities ater he became Chancellor. During the war, Gallia's first lightsaber ended up destroyed during one of her assignments, she would later retrieve her red crystal and forge a new lightsaber.

In 979 PRC (43 BBY), following the Xanatos Incident, Adi Gallia watched closely for the Jedi Initiate Siri Tachi as the young girl displayed bravery and emotional confusion in equal measure during the incident, which would make her be considered too "unstable" and even potentially dangerous to be trained by most fellow Jedi Knights. Gallia however, desired to aid her with proper emotional guidance, and would later take the girl as her second Padawan once she passed her Jedi Initiate Trials two years later.

Shortly after taking Siri Tachi as her new apprentice, Adi Gallia's mentor, Indeera Stokes, would come to peacefully pass away in deep meditation inside her own quarters, due to the Tholothian condition known as Iajukku ye Lanaddi or *Eternity's Cost,* the most common cause of death in the species. Adi Gallia would be one of the many Jedi to be present at her cremation ceremony, along with Indeera's other former students.

Later, Adi Gallia would be invited to take her old mentor's seat at the Jedi High Council, due to her advanced dueling skills, but calm and diplomatic mind and many past achievements. This invitation was met with contemption by some members of the Jedi Order, as they percieved Gallia's teachings about emotions to be dangerous and even somewhat heretical. Nevertheless, Gallia would later accept the invitation and become a Jedi High Councilor.

In 983 PRC (39 BBY) Adi Gallia's father would also come to pass from Iajukku ye Lanaddi, she would later attend his funeral in Corellia.

### Naboo Crisis

During the time of the Naboo Crisis, Gallia was present when Qui-Gon Jinn, a Jedi whom Gallia would had come to respect for his unorthodox views on The Force, went to the Jedi Temple to report an attack by a mysterious dark warrior, whom he believed to be a Sith Lord to the Jedi Council.

    Jinn also requested that a boy he found on Tatooine, Anakin Skywalker, to be trained as a Jedi, as he believed the youngling was the Chosen One of prophecy. Gallia, along with the rest of the Jedi Council, was skeptical of this claim, and even though agreeing to test the young Skywalker, the Council denied him training, for he was too old and still bore strong attachments to his mother, leaving him vulnerable to the Dark Side of The Force. Gallia being the only Council member to vote for accepting the boy. She related to Anakin deeply, as she almost had suffered from the same rejection ages ago when she herself had first joined the Jedi Order.

The Tholothian Jedi Master would later spend the rest of the day meditating in her chambers over the Council's decision, believing that althought she also felt the boy's strong propension to the Dark Side of The Force due to his immense fear of loss, he could be eventually taught to control his fear, instead of repressing it.

She would also grow dismayed once she heard that her long time friend, Finis Valorum, had been impeached after Queen Amidala called for a Vote of No Confindence.

After Jinn's death at the hands of the Sith Lord Darth Maul during the Battle of Naboo, Gallia and the Council agreed to allow Obi-Wan Kenobi to train Anakin Skywalker as his apprentice to fulfill Jinn's dying wish. She, along with the rest of the Jedi Council, would later attend Qui-Gon Jinn's funeral.

As her fellow colleague was cremated, Gallia would reflect at how her extensive longevity made sure she witnessed the deaths of many beings whom she respected and admired, without ever aging. Later that night, Adi Gallia would meditate about the apparent return of the Sith, and would end up reaching the conclusion that she should go back to honing her lightsaber and piloting skills, as they had grown rusty over the years, for Gallia felt that they would soon be needed to protect the innocent once again.

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### Legacy

Her body would later be retrieved and cremated at the jedi temple, her funeral was attended by grandmaster yoda, her former student cin drallig, anakin skywalker, obi wan kenobi, her cousing stass allie among others.

her seat on the council would be later passed unto her counsin stass allie and her mother would be informed of her passing. seat at Council of Reconciliation was succeeded by Khaat Qiyn

Years later during the reign of the empire, adi gallia's mother would advocate against the empire as an embassador, claiming their claims of the jedi being traitors were lies, her mother would be imprisoned for her campaign in 3 BBY in the Imperial Prison ISO-L8 and die of pneumonia in her cell 5 years later.

## Appearance

* Adi Gallia Circa 953 PRC (69 BBY)
* Adi Gallia Circa 990 PRC (32 BBY)
* Adi Gallia Circa 1000 PRC (22 BBY)
* Adi Gallia Circa 1002 PRC (20 BBY)
1/4Adi Gallia was a Force-sensitive female Tholothian of Tholothar heritage, possessing her species' characteristic dark blue irises, dark skin and soft blue-green patches around the eyes and scalp. She was 1,80 meters tall and weighted 50 kilograms throught most of her adult life.

Also, like all Tholothians, Gallia's scalp was scaled, from which several long rough-textured tendrils called Kamasha hung down to the back of her head.

From 953 PRC (69 BBY) to 1000 PRC (22 BBY), Gallia mostly wore plain Jedi robes along with a dark cloak, tall leather travel boots, an utility pouch and most characteristically, a Tholoth headdress, which framed her face, indicating her Tholothar heritage, being an item which she seldom removed.

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## Equipment

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## Personality

### Relationships

Even Piell

Indeera Stokes

Parents

Finis Valorum

Stass Allie

Cin Drallig

Siri Tachi

Obi-Wan Kenobi

## Appears In

* Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
* Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Visual Dictionary

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Visual Dictionary
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace