Kit Fisto

**Kit Fisto** was a male Force-sensitive Nautolan who served as a Jedi Master on the Jedi High Council during and after the Clone Wars, trained by the Quarren Kali Qosh. Fisto was one of the most well-known and respected members of the Order during the war, and was able to survive a duel with Darth Sidious and continue to serve on the Council when the Jedi Order relocated to Salekelahn as one of its senior members.

## Biography

### Early life

"*Glee Anselm. It’s covered in water, practically the whole world. I was born underwater, believe it or not.*"
―Fisto, on his homeworld[src]
Fisto was born underwater on the planet Glee Anselm, his species' homeworld, in 34 BEF. He was found by the Jedi Order at an early age and brought in to be trained, eventually becoming the Padawan of Kali Qosh. He was an old friend of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and became a Jedi Knight at a similar time as him, soon taking on his first Padawan, Nahdar Vebb.

### Jedi Knight Fisto

"*Don’t worry about it, Anakin. I’ve seen many padawans more enthusiastic than you. My name’s Kit Fisto, but just call me Kit.*"
―Fisto, to Skywalker[src]
Fisto, as a friend of Kenobi's, would eventually encounter Kenobi's own padawan Anakin Skywalker, and gave him swimming lessons at the Coruscant Jedi Temple's Heart Lake. Skywalker had been from Tatooine, a desert planet, and was inexperienced with water unlike the amphibious Fisto. Skywalker and Vebb would soon become friends, alongside Aayla Secura, the padawan of Fisto and Kenobi's friend Quinlan Vos. The group would often meet in the pools of the Room of a Thousand Fountains. Fisto gave the young Skywalker lessons in telekinesis.

### Clone Wars

#### Vebb's death

"*I’m angry at Grievous, at myself, even at the Council for letting Nahdar become a Knight—I could have prepared him more, he was too young, too* inexperienced*...*"
―Fisto discusses his Padawan to Aayla Secura[src]
During the early stages of the Clone Wars, a galaxy-spanning conflict between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems, Vebb was Knighted himself, and Fisto was subsequently made a Jedi Master. Though he was proud of his Padawan, he was concerned that Vebb had been knighted too early, and was not experienced enough. These fears would ultimately prove well-founded, as Vebb would die at the hands of the Jedi killer General Grievous, with Fisto as a witness. In the aftermath, Fisto took Vebb's lightsaber as a keepsake and kept it within his chambers in the Jedi Temple.

After receiving condolences from his former master Qosh, Fisto returned to his chambers and was alone for a time pondering over Vebb's death before Aayla Secura arrived. Secura attempted to comfort Fisto by kissing him, but Fisto became upset, at both the power dynamic, age difference, and the forbidden nature of relationships in the Jedi Order. Their conversation, despite that, gave Fisto some comfort.

#### Latter stages of the war

"*Kit! Get back to the temple, and tell them to evacuate.*"
―Windu's final order to Fisto[src]
Fisto was soon also placed on to the Jedi High Council, replacing Depa Billaba who had fallen into a coma following the Battle of Haruun Kal. Upon Grand Master Yoda's return from Korriban, near the end of the war, Fisto was present in the High Council Chamber alongside most of his colleagues and listened to Yoda's recounting of his journey. Soon after, when Yoda returned from the Sith shrine beneath Coruscant alongside Asajj Ventress and Ahsoka Tano, he was apprehensive of Ventress' appearance due to her former allegiances with the Sith.

Fisto was one of the high-ranking Jedi Masters who joined Mace Windu's strike team to attack the position of Darth Sidious at the LiMerge Building, who Master Yoda had informed them was actually Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine. During the duel, several of Fisto's makihi were cut off by Sidious' lightsaber and he was forced to back out of the fight. Windu, in the process, prevented Sidious' new apprentice Darth Vader, who was actually Anakin Skywalker, from striking the killing blow. Fisto then fled the scene on Windu's order, returning to the Jedi Temple to warn them of an imminent attack. Aayla Secura attempted to reach out to Fisto, from her position on Felucia, as her clone troopers turned on her due to the activation of Order 66, but her message never got through.

### Jedi in exile

"*Come on, Master Sitra. I believe it is time we look at our new home.*"
―Fisto and Rachi Sitra, on Salekelahn[src]
As the highest-ranking Jedi remaining at the Temple, Fisto organized alongside Jocasta Nu and Luminara Unduli the departure of the Jedi from Coruscant and travel to Salekelahn, a world discovered by Rachi Sitra and deemed safe for their exile. Fisto was in a medbay on a praxeum ship when he learned that the Republic had been transformed into the Galactic Empire, and Windu had failed in his mission. In the aftermath, Fisto also made time to contact other Jedi sects, including the Corellian Jedi, and informed them of Palpatine's plot. He also informed his uncle Neaed Fisto, leader of the Sälãi Käsi, of the Imperial threat, allowing them to abandon their temple. On Salekelahn, Fisto was the only remaining member of the Council other than Yoda who was elsewhere, though Fisto was injured with a bandage wrapped around his head.

At the Temple of Salekelahn, Fisto took on a leadership role and proposed that they search for worlds in the Utegetu Nebula rich with resources to improve the temple, as well as beginning to search for wildlife to serve as a supply of food. He was appropriated a room in the temple due to his high status, which he kept his padawan's lightsaber, a pair of macrobinoculars, the lightsaber of Oppo Rancisis, who had fallen at the hands of Sidious during the duel, and a statue of a Nautolan Jedi given to him by Jocasta Nu.

Two years after the Jedi's departure from Coruscant, Fisto was sent on a mission by Nu alongside Jedi Knight Tyzen Xebec to determine where a star compass found in the temple's basement led. Fisto and Xebec traveled out into the wilds and found the Archonaeum Salekelahn, where a map of various other archonaeums was located, as well as several artifacts including fragments of the Codex of Tython and a bas-relief displaying King Adas.

## Personality and traits

Fisto was a male Nautolan with black eyes and green skin and long, flowing makihi. He was known to be kind, especially to younglings, and his smile was considered one of his best traits. Following his Padawan's death, Fisto became depressed and was tempted to start drinking alcohol as a coping mechanism, though this never came to pass. Fisto was comfortable taking a leadership role, especially in the early stage of the Great Jedi Purge, when he had to organize the Jedi as one of the only remaining members of the Jedi High Council.

## Powers and abilities

Fisto was Force-sensitive, and as such received Jedi training, which gave him a great deal of experience in lightsaber combat as well as Force abilities, such as telekinesis. As a member of an amphibious species, he was very comfortable swimming in water. Fisto's makihi made him receptive to pheromones, as well as providing him better balance.

## Appearances

* "Water"
* *The Quest for Anakin Skywalker's Birthday*
* *The Rite of the Crystal* (Mentioned only)
* *Reticence*
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter II — *Decisions*
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter III — *Darkness Falls*
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter V — *Sith*
* *Secrets Revealed* Epilogue
* "The Corellian Stand" (Mentioned only)
* *Survivors* 1: *Secura* (Mentioned only)
* *Secrets of Salekelahn*
* "The Blood Boils" (Indirect mention only)

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter II — *Decisions*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 *Reticence*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *Secrets of Salekelahn*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Water"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 *The Quest for Anakin Skywalker's Birthday*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *The Rite of the Crystal*
8. ↑ *Secrets Revealed* Chapter III — *Darkness Falls*
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter V — *Sith*
10. ↑ *Survivors* 1: *Secura*
11. ↑ "The Corellian Stand"
12. ↑ "The Blood Boils" note 6, "Kit Fisto once again saves the day"
13. ↑ "The Blood Boils"
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 *Secrets Revealed* Epilogue