Luminara Unduli

-Terran Alliance (1994 - present)

-Terran Jedi Order (1994 - present)

**Luminara Unduli** is a green-skinned Mirialan, Luminara Unduli served the Jedi Order during the final years of the Galactic Republic, and trained the capable Padawan Barriss Offee. A no-nonsense Jedi Master, Luminara fought in Clone Wars battles such as Geonosis and Kashyyyk, in 1994 she managed to survived on the Order 66 with the help of her Terran Allies.

## Biography

**Luminara Unduli** is a Force-sensitive female Mirialan who served as a Jedi Master and Jedi General in the fading years of the Galactic Republic. During the Clone Wars, she fought with her previous Padawan, Barriss Offee, and she was a common and formidable presence at points of crisis, on worlds such as Ilum, Nadiem, and Geonosis. She was almost killed during the Battle of Kashyyyk when Order 66 was enacted, but was saved by the Terran Alliance. currently she lives on Earth and is a member of the Terran Jedi Council.

Luminara Unduli was born on December 28, 1955 or 58 BBY, on the planet Mirial, a cold, dry, and despondent world oppressed by the Trade Federation. In 1957, Luminara was discovered to be Force-sensitive, was taken into the Jedi Order at a young age, and so lived through little of the misery known to most Mirialans. At the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, throughout the 1960s and 70s, Luminara received training in the ways of the Force, becoming skilled in manipulating it and honing her skill with a lightsaber. Luminara trained independently as a Jedi Guardian, though she was a skilled and respected Diplomat and adviser to high-profile senators in the Galactic Senate. Eventually by 1980, Luminara became a Master, prior to the Invasion of Naboo.

In 1985, Master Luminara selected the young Mirialan Initiate Barriss Offee as her apprentice, continuing the tradition of Mirialans teaching Mirialans. In early 1991, Luminara and another Jedi Master named Kit Fisto served as Jedi Advisors to the Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Shortly after Luminara and Offee returned from the mission to Ansion, it became apparent that a full-fledged military conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems would occur. Obi-Wan Kenobi was captured by the Confederacy on Geonosis, and Luminara and her Padawan joined Master Mace Windu's quickly launched rescue mission. Accompanied by the newly-created Grand Army of the Republic in several LAAT gunships. Master Luminara boarded a gunship with Masters Shaak Ti, Saesee Tiin, and Roth-Del Masona and presumably led clone troopers into battle in what would be the first conflict of the Clone Wars.

After the conclusion of the battle, Master Luminara reported back to Coruscant where she took up the mantle of Senior Jedi General in the Grand Army. Units under her command included the 41st Elite Corps and a Republic naval task force. On January 31, 1992 Luminara was sent to Geonosis to help Masters Ki-Adi-Mundi and Obi-Wan Kenobi destroy Poggle the Lesser's new droid foundry there. Along with her Padawan, Barriss Offee, she joined Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Colonel Tyler Hall, and Lieutenant Nathan Allen in the storming of the droid factory, which ended in victory.

Throughout the Clone Wars, Luminara continued fighting the CIS alongside the Terran Alliance, but unfortunately lost her Padawan Barriss Offee in October 1993, when she betrayed the Jedi by bombing the Jedi Temple. In 1994, Luminara was sent to Kashyyyk in an effort to aid the Wookies in their fight against the CIS. After the battle dwindled on July 24, Luminara was surrounded by both her clone troops and Vietnamese soldiers as they initiate clean up procedures. While preparing to assist in the healing of the wounded, Order 66 was transmitted to the clone troopers under her command directly from Supreme Chancellor turned Emperor Palpatine. As the clones aimed their blasters at Luminara, a couple Vietnam soldiers defended her as they get into a firefight against the clones. Thankfully, the Vietnamese escorted Luminara to a nearby Terran shuttle and evacuated the planet, she was then taken to the Terran Starfleet for her safety.

In the aftermath, Luminara along with 8 surviving Jedi took refuge on Earth and took residence in Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA. As of 2022, she continues to train Force sensitive people in the Terran Jedi Order.

## Appearances

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