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Miraj Scintel
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Red[1] |
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Yellow[1] |
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Light brown[1] |
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Miraj Scintel was a female Zygerrian queen and the ruler of the planet Zygerria. In an attempt to reestablish Zygerria's prominence as a slave empire, Scintel made a bid to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems, eventually becoming a member of the Separatist Council.
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Biography
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A female Zygerrian, Miraj Scintel took the throne of Zygerria sometime before the start of the Clone Wars, a conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. As the Confederacy gained momentum, Queen Scintel saw an opportunity to reestablish Zygerria's ancient slave empire and concocted a plot to gain allegiance with Separatist leader Count Dooku. Dispatching Commander Darts D'Nar to the Togruta colony world of Kiros, Scintel ordered him to capture the colonists and return them to Zygerria so they could be sold to Dooku at auction.[1]
Following the invasion of Kiros and the transfer of the slaves to a processing plant on Kadavo, a group of Jedi infiltrated Zygerria and Scintel's palace. Posing as a slaver named Lars Quell, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker proposed to sell his Padawan Ahsoka Tano, who was also disguised as a Togruta slave, to Scintel. The queen, intrigued by Skywalker's offer accepts the slave and requests "Quell" to remain at her side for a time. During their walk about the palace a young slave girl attempts to assassinate the queen, only to be stopped by Skywalker. The Twi'lek girl fearful of remaining a slave and being punished leaped from the ramparts to her death. While Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and clone trooper Rex infiltrated the nearby slave pits, Jedi Skywalker continued to warm up to Scintel in hopes of discovering the locations of the missing Kiros slaves.[1]
Accompanying Scintel to the auction house, Skywalker witnesses the brutality of Scintel's empire when Master Kenobi, whose cover was blown earlier in the slave pits, is ordered to be beaten on the bidding floor. Scintel orders Skywalker to show his loyalty to her through beating the Jedi and is shocked when Skywalker reveals his identity as a Jedi. As his comrades leaped to defend him from the throng of guards, Padawan Tano attacked Scintel; the queen had already had the Jedi girl's neck fitted with a shock collar and simply activated it to render her inert. With Tano unconscious and the Jedi subdued, Scintel ordered Skywalker to be taken back to her chambers in the palace and the others separated and imprisoned as slaves. Scintel waited for Skywalker to wake in her chambers, offering him an appointment as her personal bodyguard. While the Jedi resisted at first, using the Force to telekinetically strangle her, Scintel persuaded him by threatening to have his friends executed should she die. During their time together, Scintel began to drift closer to Skywalker, deducing that he was once a slave before he became a Jedi. Despite her efforts to convince the Jedi to see the galaxy as she saw it, Skywalker rebuffed all her flirtatious advances even when she offered to free his friends if he swore fealty to her.[1]
Scintel's affections for Skywalker did not go unnoticed; Prime Minister Atai Molec feared the queen had been weakened by the Jedi and contacted Count Dooku to rectify the problem. Upon Dooku's arrival Scintel confiscated Skywalker's lightsaber and dismissed him from her court. Scintel received Dooku in her throne room and detailed her plot to enslave the Jedi as she did Kenobi and Skywalker, crushing the Order and then the Republic. Dooku deemed her plan to ambitious and, seeing through her thinly veiled emotions for Skywalker he demands that the Jedi be disposed of. Infuriated by Dooku's brash statements and Minister Molec;s betrayal, Scintel reveals an electro-whip clipped to her belt and attempts to attack the Count but is quickly disarmed and throttled with the Force. As she struggled to breath against the Count's hold, Skywalker burst into the chamber and attacked Dooku with the electro-whip but was quickly disarmed.[3]
No match against Dooku without a weapon, Skywalker was surrounded by palace guards but managed to abscond from the chamber with the queen before being felled. Fleeing the palace and boarding the ship he arrived in, the Tecora, Skywalker and his freed Padawan Tano prepare to take off in search of Kenobi and the Togruta colonists. As Scintel struggles against her injuries, the dying queen reveals the location of the slaves before succumbing to her injuries. With her last breath she acknowledged that she had become a slave just like Skywalker himself.[3]
Personality and traitsEdit
Miraj Scintel was a typical Zygerrian, she strongly believed it was the natural order for the strong to rule over the weak. She was extremely proud of her people's ways and relished her status as queen. Although she knew most others saw the Zygerrians traditions of slavery primitive, Scintel believed that slavery brought purpose to those who had none. Like most of her race, she was ruthless and had no qualms of using brutal malicious methods to achieve her goals. She also treated her own personal slaves with cruelty and made a point of showing them their place, such was her treatment that one even committed suicide after a failed attempt to kill her.[3]
Due to her Zygerrian nature and status, Scintel was also extremely arrogant, believing that any person could be brought to submission with the proper methods and tools. Thus she also did not enjoy being given orders from anyone and was firm in making her own decisions. Ultimately this trait proved to be her undoing, when she made Anakin Skywalker her slave and imprisoned his friends despite Count Dooku ordering her to kill them and warning her of the consequences. An order Scintel angrily ignored, causing the Count to kill her for her defiance.[3]
AppearancesEdit
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Kidnapped" (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 2: Slave Traders of Zygerria (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars 3: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 3: The Depths of Zygerria (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Slaves of the Republic"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars 4: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 4: Auction of a Million Souls (First identified as Miraj)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars 5: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 5: A Slave now, a Slave forever (First identified as Scintel)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Escape from Kadavo"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars 6: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 6: Escape from Kadavo (Mentioned only)
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