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- Kenobi: "Master Piell, are you all right?"
- Piell: "Obi-Wan, what took you guys so long?"
- Skywalker: "At least your sense of humor is still intact."
- Piell: "It takes more than they got to break me, young Skywalker."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker free Even Piell from his containment field[src]
Even Piell was a male Lannik Jedi Master who served on the Jedi Council during the Invasion of Naboo and the Clone Wars. Considered brusque, bellicose, and even gruff, Master Piell was nonetheless respected for his immense courage.
Biography
Even Piell was at the Jedi Temple when Qui-Gon Jinn told them about his encounter with a Sith Lord. He was also there to test Anakin Skywalker to see if he was the Chosen One. Following the death of Qui-Gon Jinn, Piell and the rest of the Jedi Council then went to Naboo to attend his funeral pyre and the Victory parade.[5]
Clone Wars
During the later years of the Clone Wars, the aged Jedi was tasked with investigating shortcuts into Separatist-held space. Master Piell discovered the Nexus Route, a hyperlane route that allowed one to access both Separatist and Republic homeworlds. The Nexus route held strategic importance to both the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic, to the extent that while returning from an assignment, Jedi Master Even Piell's ship was waylaid by Separatists. Piell and his crew (including Captain Wilhuff Tarkin) were eventually captured and imprisoned at the Citadel.[7] In the course of escaping the detention facility, after being freed by a Jedi and clone trooper strike team,[8] Even Piell was gored by a vicious Anooba and, subsequently, expired from his wounds--after having revealed his part of the co-ordinates of the Nexus Route to Padawan Ahsoka Tano.[3]
Personality and traits
Even Piell had a distinguishing scar on his face, which rendered his left eye useless. He wore his scar as a badge of honor.[1]
Powers and abilities
Master Piell was well regarded for his excellence in lightsaber combat; namely his adoption and integration of numerous fighting styles.[9]
Piell was also revered for his courage and telekinesis powers.[1]
Behind the scenes
In the 2015 reference book Ultimate Star Wars, Even Piell's species was mistakenly identified as Zabrak.[10]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Citadel"- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Counterattack"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Citadel Rescue"
- Tarkin (Mentioned only)
Sources
- Even Piell in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- I Am a Jedi (Picture only)
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- Clone Commander Cody Biography Gallery in the Databank (backup link); images #14-16 (of 21)
- Even Piell in the Databank (backup link)
- Lannik in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Citadel Rescue" to 20 BBY.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Citadel Rescue"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Even Piell in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Citadel"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Counterattack"
- ↑ Tarkin
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars