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Lanchu Skaa
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- "I miss your former Master too. We lost many friends on Geonosis."
- ―Ring-Sol Ambase, to Nuru Kungurama
Lanchu Skaa was a male Jedi Master who lived during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Sometime before or during the year 22 BBY, he took the Chiss Nuru Kungurama as his Padawan. In 22 BBY, Skaa was part of a Jedi task force sent to the planet Geonosis to rescue Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, Senator Padmé Amidala, and Kenobi's apprentice Anakin Skywalker from execution. Skaa was killed in the ensuing battle, which sparked the Clone Wars.
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Biography
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- "If there had been more time, Master Skaa would have said farewell. You know that."
- ―Ring-Sol Ambase, to Nuru Kungurama
Lanchu[3] Skaa was a Force-sensitive male who lived during the last decades of the Galactic Republic. Skaa was trained in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order and eventually reached the rank of Jedi Master.[2] Before or during the year 22 BBY,[1] he took the Chiss Nuru Kungurama as his Padawan.[2] In 22 BBY, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, his Padawan Anakin Skywalker, and Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo were captured by the Separatists on the planet Geonosis, and the Jedi sent a task force to rescue the trio from execution.[1] Master Skaa was part of the strike team and left his Padawan without a chance to say goodbye. Skaa was killed during the mission, and his fellow Jedi Master Ring-Sol Ambase accepted Kungurama as his Padawan. Both Ambase and Kungurama mourned Skaa during the ensuing Clone Wars.[2]
Personality and traitsEdit
Although Skaa left Nuru Kungurama without saying farewell, both Ring-Sol Ambase and Kungurama believed that he would have done so if he had had the time. Both liked Skaa and felt immense grief after the death of the Jedi Master.[2][3]
Powers and abilitiesEdit
Skaa possessed the knowledge and the skills required to become a Jedi Master. Although he was a trained Jedi, he was killed during the Battle of Geonosis[2] like many other Jedi.[1]
Behind the scenesEdit
Lanchu Skaa was first mentioned in Star Wars: The Clone Wars Secret Missions 1: Breakout Squad, a novel written by Ryder Windham and published in 2009. Skaa's first name was revealed in the following novel, Curse of the Black Hole Pirates.
AppearancesEdit
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Secret Missions 1: Breakout Squad (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Secret Missions 2: Curse of the Black Hole Pirates (Mentioned only) (First identified as Lanchu)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Strange Allies (Mentioned only)
