Tap-Nar-Pal, nicknamed "Tap", was a Cerean male. He was the Padawan of Jedi Knight Ronhar Kim.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 The Clone Wars 1.2 Battle of Merson 1.3 Legacy 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 Sources 5 Notes and references 5.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

Around 32 BBY, Ronhar Kim selected Tap as his Padawan.^[1]

The Clone WarsEdit

Ten years later, during the Clone Wars, Tap-Nar-Pal came up with a plan to expose the identity of the elusive second Sith. As the Jedi suspected that the second Sith was hidden within the members of the Republic government, Tap-Nar-Pal suggested that they test all the members of the Galactic Senate to determine their respective midi-chlorian counts. Whomever had the highest count would clearly be the Sith they sought.

Ronhar and his Padawan presented the plan to Palpatine, who immediately rejected the idea as too controversial. He pointed out that some Senators such as Bail Prestor Organa would object to the test on principle, but this was not sufficient to dissuade them. Palpatine asked the two Jedi to hold off on suggesting the plan to the Jedi Council until they could discuss it at a later time. Kim said that he and Tap-Nar-Pal were leaving on a simple mission to Merson to battle pirates for a few days, and they would hold off on informing the Council until then.^[1]

Battle of MersonEdit

Almost immediately after landing on the planet, Kim, Clone Commander Dox, and his clone troopers planetside were overwhelmed with battle droids. Tap-Nar-Pal, flying his Delta-7 Aethersprite, and Republic Captain Gilad Pellaeon faced an insurmountable force in orbit. Intelligence reports had put the Separatist forces at five times less than what they were; knowing their destination, Palpatine had ordered Count Dooku to ensure that no one survived the battle.

Pellaeon refused to land transports to evacuate the forces on the ground and decided to order a full retreat. Kim reluctantly agreed with Pellaeon, and ordered Tap-Nar-Pal to accompany the Captain out of the battle. Tap, however, ignored his Master's orders and instead plunged his fighter into Merson's atmosphere in a vain attempt to help Kim. The Cerean believed that he may be able to hold off the attacking droids long enough for Kim and his ten remaining troopers to escape, but he was quickly shot down and killed, crashing his fighter into the advancing columns of droids.

Kim quickly mourned the loss of his Padawan, then ordered Dox to engage the droid forces. He told Dox to die well, and the Jedi joined the clones in attacking the battle droids. Kim was gunned down, wounded in several places, and collapsed to the ground. As he died, he realized he had been set up by the second Sith, until a B2 super battle droid shot him in the head, killing him.^[1]

LegacyEdit

Kim and Tap-Nar-Pal were publicly mourned by Palpatine before the full Galactic Senate. He used their death as an excuse to goad on the war effort and further increase security measures, boosting his own executive power. Just as Palpatine planned, Tap-Nar-Pal's and Kim's idea to expose Darth Sidious died with them.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

Comic writer John Ostrander based Tap-Nar-Pal's name after the screename of a poster on the Dark Horse forums.^[source?] Ostrander speculated that Tap-Nar-Pal was born in 37 BBY.^[2]

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: Republic 64: Bloodlines (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))
• Star Wars: Battle for the Republic

SourcesEdit

• The Official Star Wars Fact File 139 (WEE1-2, Weeding out the Sith)

Notes and referencesEdit