Kul Teska
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- "My name is Kul Teska. And what I want, you don't have. But I'll settle on seeing the looks on your faces as your precious Clones die."
- ―Kul Teska[src]
Kul Teska was a Skakoan cyborg assassin living during the Clone Wars.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
- "Unlike General Grievous, I have no interest in trophies."
- ―Kul Teska[src]
The Skakoan male Kul Teska was a scientist in the Techno Union. He was especially knowledgeable in cybernetics and was considered one of the Union's most brilliant minds. However, an accident occurred with his pressure suit; one that left his body damaged beyond repair. Ashamed of his disfiguration, Teska left the Techno Union to focus on his personal experiments with gravity and began developing the Gravitic polarization beam, a powerful superweapon capable of moving a sun from its orbit. In addition to his research, Teska—using his knowledge of cybernetics—rebuilt his suit, equipping it with a vast array of weapons, and became a mercenary. Eventually, Teska's reputation in that field rivaled the likes of the Duros bounty hunter Cad Bane, and his research in gravity technology captured the attention of the leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Count Dooku.[3]
[edit] Theft and Juma 9
- "You and this station are finished, Jedi!"
- ―Kul Teska to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Plo-Koon[src]
During the Clone Wars between the Confederacy and the Galactic Republic, Dooku hired Teska and let him continue his research in a Techno Union base on the planet Behpour in the Naboo system.[2] In around 22 BBY,[1] the Gravitic polarization beam was finished and ready for testing, and its crucial part, the Gravitic Core, was to be delivered to Behpour on a Munificent-class star frigate. However, Cad Bane infiltrated the frigate in orbit over the planet Alzoc III and stole the core. To cover his tracks, Bane destroyed the starship that was carrying the weapon; the frigate crashed on Alzoc III and created a gravitational anomaly. In order to recover the stolen part, Teska devised a plan to trace the Core by the unique energy signature it radiated. To do that, the Skakoan initiated an attack on the Republic space station Juma 9, which possessed a radar suited for such a purpose. Separatist droid forces under Teska's command fought against clone troopers stationed at Juma 9, and Teska also had the entire station, including escape pods, rigged with explosives. As the battle continued, Teska himself infiltrated the station's communications room and initiated a radar search for the core. He soon discovered that the Core was located on the planet Ryloth, where the remnants of the Separatist army still fought the Republic.[2]
Teska contacted Dooku, requesting the remaining droid forces on the planet to distract the Republic while he retrieved the weapon core. As Teska prepared to leave, however, he was confronted by Plo Koon and Obi-Wan Kenobi, two Jedi Masters who happened to be at the station at the time of the Skakoan's attack. Igniting their lightsabers, Kenobi and Koon told Teska that they were placing him under arrest, but he ordered them not to move and demonstrated his remote detonator that was linked the explosives. The Jedi complied and lowered their weapons, but Teska—stating that they were no fun—triggered the explosives anyway and rocketed away farther into the station, saluting his adversaries. Eventually, Kenobi and Koon caught up with Kul Teska, cornered him inside one of the station's chambers and sealed the only door so he could not escape. Teska was not willing to give up easily and once again pulled out his detonator, threatening to destroy the escape pods, which the clone troopers were using to escape from the exploding station.[2]
At that moment, however, Teska's attention was distracted by a sound of explosion, and this allowed Kenobi to Force-push the detonator out of the Skakoan's hands. In response, Teska attacked the two Jedi using his vast arsenal of weapons. After a lengthy battle, he was defeated and thrown into a glass window; the glass shattered and broke, leaving Juma 9 open to the vacuum of space. Teska was almost sucked out of the station, but managed to cling with his hand onto the edge. The vacuum also affected Teska's fallen remote detonator, and it flied over to him. The Skakoan tried to reach for it, but Kenobi threw his lightsaber at the detonator, slicing it in half. Koon then threw his own weapon at a nearby control panel, and an emergency blast door came down; Teska let go of his grasp and was sucked outside the station. His suit allowed him to survive the vacuum and he veered off toward Ryloth, leaving Kenobi and Plo Koon stranded on the station without their weapons, which had also been sucked outside.[2]
[edit] Ryloth and Behpour
- "Bane? Ha ha ha. Forgive my surprise. I didn't think even you were foolish enough to steal from me."
"Pity you didn't go down with the ship, Teska." - ―Kul Teska and Cad Bane upon their meeting on Ryloth[src]
On Ryloth, Teska found the Gravitic Core still in the possession of Cad Bane, who had been taken into custody by Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano. The two Jedi and Bane were on their way to Bane's ship, the Telgorn dropship The Sleight of Hand, which they hoped to use to fly from Ryloth and secure the Core on behalf of the Republic. Teska ambushed them near the ship, emerging from a pile of wreckage surrounding Bane's starship, and, after exchanging insults with the Duros, ordered him to return the Core; Teska then gripped the crate containing the Core with his built-in grappling hook and pulled it over to him. Skywalker, however, stated that the Core was not Bane's to give and threw the crate into Bane's ship with the Force. Bane then tried to leave the scene, but Tano trapped him under a slab of metal.[2]
Teska attacked the Jedi and eventually managed to trap them inside an energy field. At that moment, two clone troopers, CS-2207 and CC-7567, arrived and engaged the Skakoan. After a shootout with the clones, Teska decided that it was time to retreat and activated the force field; the field began to shrink, threatening to crush the two Jedi inside. Teska then gave the clones a choice: either they pursued him or rescued Skywalker and Tano. The clones chose the latter option, and Teska boarded The Sleight of Hand, leaving Ryloth and making his way to Behpour. Teska planned to use the weapon to destroy the Naboo star. His plan, however, was uncovered by Senator Padmé Amidala and the Galactic Republic launched an assault on the planet.
During the battle Teska prepared to activate the gravity weapon and planned to use Amidala as hostage to keep the Jedi away from himself. However, he was cornered by Skywalker and Tano and eventually defeated and killed. The weapon, too was sabotaged and exploded when fired.
[edit] Personality and traits
- "I am unbeatable!"
- ―Kul Teska[src]
Teska was extremely arrogant and believed no Jedi could match his strength. He also loved to taunt his opponents during the battle. Kul Teska was known for his ruthlessness and excessive methods.[4]
[edit] Equipment
- "He's resourceful, I'll give him that."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi[src]
[edit] Behind the scenes
[edit] Nintendo DS edition
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes (First appearance)
[edit] Sources
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Holonet News
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes holocomm transmissions
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Game Q&A: Cad Bane
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Game Q&A: Kul Teska
- LucasArts Discusses Clone Wars Republic Heroes
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Prima Official Game Guide
