Jaden Kentar

Found by the Jedi Order

Jaden was discovered by the Jedi Order after the liberation of Naboo from the Trade Federation in 32 BBY.  3 years old at the time, his origin was shrouded in mystery, yet the Jedi could tell he had a connection to the force.  Brought to Coruscant, Jaden began his training to become a Knight of the Jedi Order.  With no family of his own, Jaden had grown to be close to the Jedi Order, hence his strong devotion to defend it and the Galactic Republic.  While training, it was shown that he wasn’t all too powerful in the force, but what made him different from his fellow younglings was his strong sensitivity to the force, able to feel it at a deeper level.  Despite this, he was not one of the top tier trainee’s compared to others even though the masters believed he had great potential, yet Jaden was able to make some friends, including his friend and rival, a female Tortuga named Ahsoka Tano.

Apprentice to the Negotiator

In 22 BBY, the Galaxy found itself embroiled in a galactic conflict known as “The Clone Wars”.  By this time, Jaden had turned 13 years old and though he may have been younger than others, it was decided that he would begin his training under a master.  Despite willing to follow the Jedi code, he was still considered to be overconfident and a bit of a jokester, thus the order decided that there was one person who would be perfect to teach him (considering that his previous Padawan had become a Knight).  Traveling to the Planet Christophsis with Ashoka, Jaden was assigned to Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi while Ashoka was assigned to Anakin Skywalker.  Working together with his new master on the defense, he witnesses his masters abilities at negotiation and drawing out the time while Anakin and Ashoka disabled the ray shield.

Search for Jabba’s Son

After the battle of Christophsis, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and their Padawans were assigned to find and return the son of one of the biggest crime syndicates in the Galaxy, the Hutt Cartel’s “Jabba the Hutt”.  While Anakin and Ashoka traveled to the Teth system, Obi-Wan took Jaden with him to Jabba’s Palace on the desert world of Tatooine to negotiate with Jabba. Before leaving the planet, Jaden had overheard Skywalker about the fact that Ashoka was not Obi-Wan’s Padawan but his and that this was a plan in place by Masters Yoda and Kenobi.  When he asked about if he was really supposed to be his apprentice, Kenobi told him not to think too much about it since he’s here now as his Master.  After the negotiations were done, the two were ready to head out to the Teth system to aid Skywalker and Tano, but before they left, Jaden could feel the presence of a dark being there, Count Dooku.

Mission to Vergesso

Republic intelligence believed that the CIS were hiding a base within the Vergesso Asteroid Field in the Lybeya system.  Scouting the field alone, Jaden would report to the Republic fleet if he spotted any presence of the Separatists in the field.  However, while exploring the field, his communications were jammed and he was captured by the CIS.  His capture was ordered by Count Dooku to his assassin “Asajj Ventress”, in an attempt to turn him to the dark side with a promise of strength and true freedom. They believed the fact that he wasn’t one of the top tier Jedi of the Order and knew of his slightly rebellious ways would sway him to join the Dark Side.  However, his devotion to the Jedi Order and to the Republic were strong and he showed no signs of wanting to betray them, and even turned Ventress’s words against her.  Furious, Ventress brought her lightsaber blades to his neck, but he didn’t flinch one bit and reminded her that he needed to stay alive as was the order from Dooku.  After being left alone with a few B1 Guard Droids, Jaden managed to escape from his cell after fooling the droids.  Using the ventilation system he snuck into the communications center, which fortunately was where his lightsabers were being held, and managed to get a hold of the Republic to let them know where the base was hiding.  

Duel and Defeat

After sending word to the Republic, Jaden made his way to the hangar of the facility.  Feeling a little overconfident, he was confronted by Asajj Ventress, who was determined to keep the Jedi from escaping, even if it meant killing him.  The two would engage in a lightsaber duel each using their dual wield lightsabers. Jaden’s use of the Ataru style made it difficult for Ventress at first, but her form II style gained the upper hand and with relative ease, Ventress’s lightsaber would cut off Jaden’s right arm from the forearm down.  Despite losing his arm and being knocked down, Jaden would get back up and attempt to fight again even with just his left arm.  Ventress decided to humor him and fight with just one lightsaber.  Despite his best efforts, Jaden would also lose his left arm as well and was almost killed by Ventress.  Fortunately, Obi-Wan and the 212th managed to rescue him and drive off Dooku’s assassin.  Despite his rescue, Jaden needed both of his arms replaced with robotic limbs.  After his defeat, Jaden nearly fell into a state of depression, feeling that he had failed, but encouragement from his friend Ashoka would help him bounce back from that depression.  After his defeat, he promised to take his Jedi training more seriously and made a promise to Obi-Wan that he wouldn’t let his master down again.  Though at times he would still wisecrack, he did follow through on his promise to improve.  However, he would still be haunted for years to come after this battle and he saw his robotic arms as a sign of his failure.

(More to come later)