Barriss Offee

**Barriss Offee**, later known as the **Grand Inquisitor** and **First Sister**, was a female Force-sensitive Mirialan who served as the Padawan of Jedi Master Luminara Unduli until she betrayed the Jedi Order by bombing the Jedi Temple and framing Ahsoka Tano for the crime. Eventually, Tano was found to be innocent and Offee was put in prison, however she would later be freed by a former Temple Guard and brought to the LiMerge Building.

There, Offee was given the name First Sister and Grand Inquisitor, and became leader of the Inquisitorius, a group of dark side assassins and warriors overseen by the Sith Lords. Offee would find herself separated from the Inquisitorius due to the machinations of the Jedi Shadow Prosset Dibs, who had infiltrated the organization.

## Biography

### Jedi Padawan

Barriss Offee was a female Mirialan born on her species' homeworld of Mirial in the Avalu Hills, and found to be Force-sensitive at a young age, prompting her to be brought into the Jedi Order for training. She was trained by Luminara Unduli, who in accordance to Mirialan tradition was of the same species, and served under her during the Clone Wars, fighting in the Second Battle of Geonosis where she began a friendship with her fellow padawan Ahsoka Tano. In her quarters in the Jedi Temple, she kept a shrine to She of the Flowing Water, a minor deity from the region on her homeworld in which she was born.

#### Jedi betrayal

"*No, I’m not sure I will ask you the same question this time. I’ve gotten to the point that I understand. You won’t tell me* why *you framed Ahsoka, because that’s all I want from you. Once that happens, I’d execute you myself. You want to stay alive, for whatever reason. Thinking that maybe the Seppies will come in and save you, and you’ll become one of Dooku’s apprentices which he will inevitably throw away. Just like Ventress.*"
―Anakin Skywalker to Offee in prison[src]
Near the end of the war, Offee became disillusioned with the Jedi cause, believing that they had turned against their original purpose as guardians of the light side, leading her to bomb the hangar of the Jedi Temple. Offee framed her once friend Tano in the process, but ultimately her involvement was discovered by Tano's master Anakin Skywalker, who confronted Offee then brought her to Tano's trial in order to confess her crimes. Here, Offee was able to speak her truth, and her words resonated with some members of the Jedi Order including a Temple Guard who had escorted her.

During her imprisonment, Offee was visited by Skywalker multiple times, who asked her repeatedly why she framed his padawan, to no avail. However, one visit, Skywalker had a heart-to-heart with Offee, revealing that his mother died in his arms, and that he finally understood why Offee turned against the Jedi. Not long after this occurred, she was freed by the same Jedi Temple Guard who she had convinced the Jedi were in the wrong, and she was taken to the LiMerge Building. There, she was given the title of Grand Inquisitor, and thus leadership of the new Inquisitorius program, by Sly Moore, and then given the lightsabers once belonging to Asajj Ventress. Offee led the Sack of the Jedi Temple, leading the other Inquisitors to destroy the Temple and attempt to destroy the Jedi along with it.

### Grand Inquisitor Offee

"*What you suggest I cannot help you with. And I greatly advise against it. It will only be your undoing.*"
"*I must try. If I don’t, I could lose myself forever. I have to find him.*"
―Dibs and Offee[src]
In 5 AEF, Offee sought out Quinlan Vos, and learned from Prosset Dibs, masquerading as Second Brother, that Vos was on Takodana. This conversation was overheard by Darth Vader, who was once Anakin Skywalker, and he thus followed her there. While she was there, she found Vos as well as Asajj Ventress, and immediately confronted them but was able to escape. As a result, she was considered to have defected from the Inquisitorius, a fact relayed to Darth Sidious by First Brother.

## Personality and traits

Offee, a Mirialan female, had green skin, black hair, and blue eyes before she fully gave in to the dark side, having red eyes afterwards. Her body was covered in traditional Mirialan tattoos which indicated the various events that shaped her as a person in her life.

Offee was greatly concerned with the path of the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars, believing that the Senate could become bogged down in procedure and become unconcerned with internal issues. Despite framing Tano, she did not want her to be executed and instead wanted to broadcast her ideas by admitting the crime in a publicized trial, which she was able to do. Offee was unconcerned with killing others to achieve her goals, seen through her bombing of the Temple and through leading its sack.

## Powers and abilities

Offee, due to being Force-sensitive, was competent in powers with the Force and in lightsaber combat due to her training as a Jedi, being able to duel Anakin Skywalker, one of the best duelists in the Order, for some time.

## Appearances

* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter III — *Darkness Falls*
* "Disillusionment" (Mentioned only)
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter IV — *Plans*
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter V — *Sith*
* *Soul Searching* Obi-Wan I — *Rebellion's Beginnings* (Mentioned only)
* *Soul Searching* Ahsoka II — *Old Friends* (Indirect mention only)
* *Soul Searching* Darth Vader — *Freeing the Mind*
* "The Sith Wheel" (Mentioned only)
* *Soul Searching* The Liberator — *Freeing the Body* (Mentioned only)

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter III — *Darkness Falls*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter IV — *Plans*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter V — *Sith*
5. ↑ *The Astronomy Guide*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Expanding the Unexpanded*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Disillusionment"
8. ↑ *Soul Searching* Darth Vader — *Freeing the Mind*
9. ↑ "The Sith Wheel"