Skarch Vaunk
Physical description
Species	Anx[1]
Gender	Female[1]
Hair color	None[1]
Eye color	Green[1]
Skin color	Orange[1]
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Old Republic era[1] Rise of the Empire era[1]
Affiliation	Jedi Order[1]

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Skarch Vaunk was a female Anx Jedi Master and the battlemaster at the Coruscant Jedi Temple in the years preceding the Ruusan Reformation. Among her many contributions to the Jedi Order during her years of service was her authorship of several chapters of the Temple guidebook titled, The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force. Writing down her knowledge of the seven forms of lightsaber combat and meditation, Master Vaunk left a lasting impression on future generations through her words.

BiographyEdit

Like most Jedi of the era, Master Vaunk served the Order as a member of the Army of Light in the crusades against the Brotherhood of Darkness known as the New Sith Wars. At some point Master Vaunk was appointed the battlemaster of the academy on Coruscant and considered one of the most knowledgeable Jedi in the art of the lightsaber. A companion since the end of the war, Master Vaunk's sparring partner Snar Extruct helped build on her strengths and weaknesses.^[1]

As battlemaster, Master Vaunk held her students to very high standards; as chief lightsaber instructor Vaunk decided who was admitted to classes where live lightsabers were used in addition to overseeing the Jedi Trials. Vaunk was given the authority to teach Form VII to whom she felt were capable of handling it, while refusing to allow the Form to be abused as it had been during the Sith Wars. In fact, Vaunk was a staunch supporter of Form "Zero", the act of solving a problem without a lightsaber. Codifying the lightsaber construction ceremony and the ceremonies of the Mid-Year Fete, Vaunch was confident that the Sith had been defeated during the Seventh Battle of Ruusan.^[1]

When her fellow Masters proposed that a guidebook to the life of the Jedi be written, Master Vaunk agreed to work on the project, contributing three chapters. Penning the chapter on the Third Pillar of the Jedi: Self-Discipline, Master Vaunk described the three main forms of meditation and how knowledge of each was vital in order to be able to handle lightsaber combat. Additionally, she wrote the "Introduction to the Lightsaber," and a guide to "Form I Combat." The second chapter she contributed was titled, "Lightsabers: Their Construction and Use." This chapter described lightsaber variants, countermeasures, and detailed Forms II through VI. She finished off the chapter with a detailed explanation on the Marks of Contact. Her final chapter was on advanced lightsaber techniques which explained Form VII and additional techniques.^[1]

SourcesEdit

• The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force

Notes and referencesEdit

External LinksEdit

•  First Look: The Jedi Path on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)