Serenity

"*We have been waiting for you to say those words, Yoda. To admit that you do not know everything. It may seem that our guidance is over, but the Force will always be with you.*"
―Serenity, to Yoda[src]
**Serenity** was the leader of the five Priestesses of the Force, female Force-sensitive cousins who resided on the Wellspring of Life and had access to the secrets of immortality via manifesting a physical form after death. The five Priestesses represented five emotions: Serenity, Joy, Anger, Sadness, and Confusion. They trained Jedi Grand Master Yoda in the art of manifesting one's consciousness after death, and through five trials of the five emotions, Yoda received their masks.

## Biography

### Origin

"*I am no priest, only a follower. I have what you seek, as do they and Qui-Gon Jinn.*"
―Revan[src]
Serenity and her "cousins" were originally one female person, who was able to manifest into five emotions: Serenity, Joy, Anger, Sadness, and Confusion, and only able to completely manifest on nexuses of the Force, such as the Wellspring of Life or Korriban. Due to her trait as being a balance of emotion at the center of the Force, and her neutral opinion on subjects, Serenity was chosen to lead the other four emotions.

The Priestesses resided mostly on the Wellspring of Life, where they were visited by both the former Jedi Revan and Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn at some point, who was seeking the power to manifest a physical form after death, by using the powers of the Cosmic Force. Jinn's training was incomplete, and he was never able to manifest beyond a voice, unless on worlds of great Force power.

### Training Yoda

"*You are late. We have been waiting for you, Master Yoda.*"
―Serenity[src]
In 0 BEF, Jedi Grand Master Yoda travelled to the Wellspring of Life, on the suggestion of Qui-Gon Jinn, in order to seek the same power that Jinn sought. Yoda was greeted by Serenity, the leader of the priestesses, who brought him to the Cave of the Priestesses, where the Priestesses convened. Joy expressed optimism for Yoda's training, Sadness expressed pessimism, Confusion asked Yoda why he had come there, and Anger attempted to discourage Yoda. Despite the others, Serenity called for a blessing to begin Yoda's training and teleported him away.

Serenity floated alongside Yoda and demonstrated her powers, while taking him to the site of his first trial: the Island of Darkness, where he would have to face his inner evils and conquer them. After completing that trial, Serenity took Yoda to the site of his second test at the Valley of Extinction, where he had to face his greatest fear: the destruction of the Jedi Order. After completing that test as well, Serenity gave him her mask, and the other four priestesses gave Yoda the site of his third and final test on Korriban.

On Korriban, Yoda faced a test where the Priestesses had no power, and he had to fight against the alchemy being used by the Dark Lord of the Sith, which Yoda discovered to be Sheev Palpatine, the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. The priestesses and Jinn expressed that this was not an expected outcome, but that it could not be reversed.

### Post-training

"*Five trials, I must take, to achieve what Qui-Gon could not. The trial of serenity, the first, it was. Anger, the Sith shrine beneath. Joy. Reuniting young Tano with Skywalker. Two remain.*"
―Yoda[src]
After departing Korriban, Yoda returned to Coruscant with Serenity's mask in his possession. Yoda deduced that he had to undergo five more trials, one for each of the five emotions, the first being Serenity, and the second being the trial of anger when he travelled to the Sith shrine beneath the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. The third was of joy, which was reuniting Ahsoka Tano with her former master Anakin Skywalker. Yoda would later realize that his trial of sadness was to endure the Great Jedi Purge and lead the Jedi to safety, and the trial of confusion was to search the galaxy for what Qui-Gon sought on Ossus and Lothal.

Some three years after the end of the Clone Wars, the five masks joined together into a ring after Yoda admitted that he did not know everything. After this occurred, Serenity told him that their guidance was over. However, Serenity advised him that there were still other Jedi who remained throughout the galaxy, away from safety at Salekelahn, and so Yoda set out to find them and bring them back to the Order.

### Further appearances

"*Obi-Wan Kenobi. You are conflicted. Your darkness is powerful...*"
"*There is much darkness in her. If you were to kill her… that power could be yours. The power that you felt, it could be yours.*"
"*Lies can come from anywhere.*"
―Serenity and the Father, to Obi-Wan Kenobi[src]
A vision of Serenity later came to Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mandalore alongside a vision of the Father of Mortis, where Serenity told him that his dark side was powerful, and also advised him that some of his visions may be lies.

## Personality and traits

"*For we are Confusion…"
"Anger…"
"Sadness…"
"Joy…"
"And Serenity. We are the Priestesses of the Force.*"
―The five Force Priestesses identify themselves[src]
As Serenity, she represented a "balance" of emotion, and was the leader of the priestesses. Serenity made most of the decisions for the group, and was the one who spoke with Yoda the most. Serenity, as well as her four "cousins," had glowing yellow eyes and wore simple black robes with gray lines that covered almost her entire body. The priestesses all had gray-colored skin, five-fingered bony hands, and two-toed feet.

## Powers and abilities

"*We are one, and one is all.*"
―The Five Priestesses, blessing Yoda to begin his training[src]
Serenity as well as her four cousins had the power to manifest themselves physically despite being dead, and could appear as fully corporeal entities in places of great Force power, such as the Wellspring of Life or Korriban. They could also disappear and leave behind vestiges of their previous existence, such as their masks. The priestesses travelled around primarily as balls of light floating through the air to different destinations. Serenity had the power to kill plant life by touching it, and she demonstrated this to Yoda while explaining the Living Force and Cosmic Force.

Serenity specifically could appear as a voice in Yoda's mind after his training had concluded, her voice speaking to him when he was on Salekelahn in 3 AEF.

## Appearances

* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice*
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter IV — *Plans* (Mentioned only)
* *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan II — *Dawn* (Vision to Obi-Wan Kenobi)
* *Soul Searching* Yoda I — *Understanding* (Voice only)

## 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 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
3. ↑ *Secrets Revealed* Chapter IV — *Plans*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Soul Searching* Yoda I — *Understanding*
5. ↑ *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan II — *Dawn*