Barriss Offee (HarmonyGrex)

Barriss Offee was a Force-sensitive Mirialan female who lived in the twilight years of the Galactic Republic. Born in 40 BBY, Offee was quickly taken in by the Jedi Order and eventually became Padawan to Jedi Master Luminara Unduli; in keeping with the tradition of their species, Unduli took her fellow Mirial native as an apprentice. Offee trained in the years preceding and during the Clone Wars, and fought notably alongside her master in both Battles of Geonosis, in the second of which she formed a firm friendship with fellow Padawan Ahsoka Tano.

Late into the conflict, Offee ascended to knighthood and began studying the ways of the Jedi healer alongside Stass Allie. She did not take an apprentice, but became famed for her skills in diplomacy. Offee remained close with her former master and her friend Tano throughout the war, until she became disillusioned with the Jedi and orchestrated a bombing of the Jedi Temple in retaliation, framing her associate Letta Turmond and later Tano for the crime. After being arrested by Tano's master Anakin Skywalker and confessing to the crime, she was dismissed from the order and taken into custody.

Her ultimate fate remains unknown, although it is known that she survived Order 66 and the following Jedi Purge by the Galactic Empire.

Personality
Offee was known to many as a loyal and studious Padawan to Luminara Unduli, and the two got on very well, though they never breached the teacher-student relationship like some other Jedi. They were renowned for their skills in tandem fighting and shared a close bond throughout Offee's training. As an individual, Offee was very logical and sometimes found it difficult to adjust to new and unexpected situations. She was known to be very polite and often formally introduced herself whenever she met somebody new, but became increasingly more relaxed and jovial around her friends.

Close to the end of the Clone Wars, Offee became disillusioned with the methods and messages spread by the Jedi High Council, believing it was their aggression that began the war in the first place and that they should all be imprisoned for war crimes; her feelings were echoed by many civilians who had been caught up in the war, especially on Coruscant. As part of her orchestrating of the Jedi Temple bombing, she proved to be an excellent liar, feigning grief for victims of the bombing and pretending to assist Tano in her escape from Republic security, when in reality she was leading her into a trap. She was ruthless and cunning in her methods, even going as far as killing Letta Turmond to stop her from revealing that she was the true perpetrator of the attack.

40 BBY - 22 BBY: Early Life and Jedi Training
Offee was born in deep space on a starliner to Mirialan parents, and was almost immediately taken to the Jedi Temple for training. From a young age, she showed remarkable aptitude in the Force and was selected for Padawan training, being taken in by fellow Mirialan Luminara Unduli, as per the traditions of their people within the order. They worked well together and developed a shared skill in tandem fighting, which was noted by many Jedi. During this time, Offee was known to have made friends with another Jedi, Tutso Mara, who taught her to hold a lightsaber correctly.

Unduli and Offee were usually dispatched on diplomacy missions during this time, as there was little to no conflict in the galaxy to be involved in and both proved to be very skilled in negotiation. At some point in her training, Offee and Unduli travelled to Ilum to acquire a blue lightsaber crystal for Offee to utilise, which she continued to use as the focusing lens of her weapon throughout the rest of her time with the Jedi.

22 BBY: Battle of Geonosis and Outbreak of the Clone Wars
In 22 BBY, Unduli and Offee were present at a meeting between the Jedi High Council and Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, discussing the threat of a Kaminoan clone army. As Unduli was one of several Jedi advisors to the Senate assigned by the High Council, she and Offee often spent much of their time in the Galactic Senate building and the Office of the Supreme Chancellor.

It soon came to pass that Offee's contemporary Anakin Skywalker, alongside his master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Naboo Senator Padmé Amidala, had been captured in the Petranaki Arena on Geonosis to await execution. Master of the Order Mace Windu ordered for Unduli and Offee to accompany him and approximately 200 other Jedi to the desert planet to rescue them. When the Jedi made landfall on the planet, Unduli and Offee split up and snuck into the arena. At Windu's command, Offee ignited her lightsaber next to Master Agen Kolar on one of the may floors of the arena's viewing area, and thus the Battle of Geonosis began.

Offee, alongside her fellow Jedi, jumped down into the central area of the arena and began fighting against the onslaught of battle droids. At some point during the battle, Offee was ostracised from the rest of the group and forced into the tunnels surrounding the arena. Unduli, who was among the group of Jedi who survived the battle, believed her to be dead as she was not standing in the ring of Jedi survivors at the end of the arena conflict. When Grand Master Yoda arrived with gunships ready to rescue the Jedi, Offee, alongside several other Jedi who had survived the battle by hiding in tunnels, followed the gunships out of the arena and rejoined with the rest of the Jedi and her master for the continuation of the battle, which she also survived. Afterwards, the two of them returned to Coruscant.

At the end of the battle, the Clone Wars officially began, and the Jedi Order became militarised for the first time in centuries. Unduli was made a Senior General in the Grand Army of the Republic, leading the 41st Elite Corps, while Offee became a Jedi Commander.

At an early point in the conflict, while Unduli oversaw the protecting of Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray, Offee was dispatched on a second mission to Geonosis.

21 BBY: Brain Worms and Friendship with Ahsoka Tano
Unduli and Offee continued training together throughout the conflict, and they were eventually called to return to Geonosis to halt the production of a new droid factory built by Archduke Poggle the Lesser. Travelling via gunship to the planet, Offee had memorised every catacomb underneath the factory prior to the battle, as per her master's instruction. Upon arriving at the landing zone, Offee introduced herself to fellow Padawan Ahsoka Tano, who was being trained by Anakin Skywalker. Unduli and Skywalker discussed the battle plan before proceeding into action. Unduli and Skywalker served as distractions for the Separatists, drawing out their droid armies, while Offee and Tano journeyed along the catacombs of the factory to find the command centre and blow the factory up. However, their plan was foiled when one of the Geonosians informed Poggle the Lesser that the Jedi had infiltrated the factory, and a super tank was sent to stop them. Tano was indisposed, and Offee did her best to defend against the blaster fire as the explosive grenades they had planted on the control hub were removed. Barriss then used her initiative to take over the super tank and, once Tano recovered, allowed her to jump in before they agreed to sacrifice themselves to destroy the factory. Ahsoka contacted her master to inform them of their plan, and they shot the command centre with the super tank's weapons, blowing up the factory.

Unduli presumed her Padawan to be dead, but Skywalker refused to accept Tano's demise and the two Jedi lifted rubble to find Tano and Offee still inside the super tank, unharmed; they could be found due to Tano generating a signal from a leftover electric current. Unduli congratulated her Padawan on their success, and questioned Anakin over whether he would ever be able to let his student go.

After the battle was concluded, Offee and Tano were sent to make a supply run to Dantooine via a space station close to Ord Cestus. Unbeknownst to them, Geonosian brain worms had infiltrated the medical frigate TB-73 and infected one of the clone troopers, who then infested the rest of the soldiers with the parasites to take control of the ship. After being attacked by a pair of troopers, Tano and Offee continued to investigate until they discovered that the bridge of the frigate had been overtaken by mind-controlled soldiers. The duo traversed the ship, encountering many brain-controlled troopers along the way, in an attempt to find a solution and contact Master Kit Fisto, who was in charge of the Ord Cestus station. While attempting to disable the ship's thrusters, Offee was captured and a brain worm was transferred to her, taking control of her actions. She then attacked Tano against her will and, unlike the other clones, proved to be fairly resistant to the cold which weakened the worms, likely due to her Jedi training. When Ahsoka reached the bridge, she was attacked by Offee but Barriss was overpowered by the cold filling the room. Regaining control for a moment, Offee pleaded for Tano to kill her, but the Togruta Padawan refused. Offee's brain worm attacked Ahsoka again, forcing itself from her mouth until Tano used her lightsaber to cut it out. Both Padawans eventually succumbed to the cold and collapsed in each other's arms, being rescued by Master Fisto once the ship docked with the medical station. Thanks to Tano's actions, Offee survived and made a full recovery, alongside the rest of the clone troopers.

20 BBY: Mission to Neimoidia and Disillusionment
At some point in 20 BBY, Offee completed the Trials of Knighthood and became a Jedi Knight, completing her training. She chose to dedicate herself towards becoming a Jedi healer and was educated in the practice by High Councillor Stass Allie, with whom she became close friends. She did not immediately take on a Padawan of her own, likely because there were no other young Mirialan Jedi ready to be trained. Late into the year, Offee was tasked with assisting High Councillor Coleman Kcaj and Masters Agen Kolar and Sora Bulq on a diplomatic mission to Neimoidia, after Nute Gunray invited them for trade negotiations, insisting that the Trade Federation was an entirely separate entity from the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Upon arrival, they were greeted by Gunray's lieutenant Rune Haako and the steward of the viceroy's palace, Seemla Wib. The four Jedi, who were unaccompanied by clones at the request of Gunray, were given a wing of the palace to spend their trip in and quickly became suspicious. They devised a plan that Kcaj and Offee would attend the negotiation talks at dinner, while Kolar and Bulq investigated the palace. However, Haako overheard them on the security system and captured the two Jedi Masters while Coleman and Barriss dined with Haako. A fight broke out between the Jedi and the Neimoidian security team assisted by battle droids, and in the confusion Offee saw Haako and Wib leaving the dining hall through a back exit. She followed them through the corridors, and overheard that the only reason the fake invitation was given out by Gunray was in retaliation to Trade Federation Senator Lott Dod being suspended from power due to his numerous traitorous dealings being uncovered by the Jedi, despite there being no hard evidence. Offee was also shocked to know that other Senators representing Separatist-aligned planets had been removed, despite not actually being members of the CIS themselves. Barriss was then discovered by a group of battle droids and, after defeating them, was approached by Wib, who promised to stop the attack if they assisted him; Wib had served Gunray for years prior to the Clone Wars and had seen how the war and the demands of Count Dooku had changed him. The steward wanted to be away from the war and asked to be put forward as replacement for Lott Dod in the Senate. Barriss agreed and explained the situation to the other Jedi, and the battle was called off. The four Jedi escaped the planet, and Wib pretended to Haako that they had been killed and their bodies were being taken off-world in order to not arouse suspicion.

Upon returning to Coruscant, Offee spoke to her former master as the three other Jedi delivered the results of the mission to the High Council. Barriss questioned Unduli on the Senate controversy, and Luminara remarked that the Jedi would not be able to interfere in government dealings, while her former apprentice remarked whether they should be allowed to. Later on, Master Kcaj visited her in her chambers to inform her that he had spoken with the Supreme Chancellor regarding Wib's senatorial nomination, which Offee was pleased about. Looking outside her window, she saw a mob of people protesting the Clone Wars, and promised to meet with them and assist them as much as possible, having grown to hate the war herself. Having been given several days off to recover from her mission to Neimoidia, Barriss left the Jedi Temple and pulled a protestor, Letta Turmond, aside. After ensuring her that she would not kill her, they met in Turmond's apartment and discussed the Clone Wars in great detail. Offee left feeling elated, knowing that her views were shared by others, and later contacted Letta by holocommunicator to assure her that she will make things right.

In the Jedi Archives, with the help of Chief Librarian Jocasta Nu, Offee constructed an official report denouncing the suspension of Lott Dod from the Senate without evidence, and met with the Senator in his Coruscant apartments (where he had been placed under house arrest) to get his support. He agreed that in exchange for his return to power, he would accept Seemla Wib as his Junior Representative. After running the report through High Councillor Oppo Rancisis under the guise that it was from an anonymous friend, Offee handed it to Stass Allie and Luminara Unduli, who were on their way to an advisory meeting with the Chancellor. They agreed to hand it to the Vice Chair, Mas Amedda, with Barriss again telling them that she did not write it.

Upon reading the report, Palpatine was pleased to have reason to reinstate Dod, as Viceroy Gunray had been pestering him over it for several weeks, and managed to win favour for the ruling in the Senate. As promised, Dod contacted Gunray to inform him that Wib would become his Junior Representative. Palpatine ordered Offee to his chambers, as he had felt through the Force that it was her work, and encouraged her to continue fighting for what she believed was right before dismissing her.

19 BBY: Jedi Temple Bombing and Arrest
Offee next turned her attention towards getting justice for Letta Turmond and the rest of the civilians affected by the Clone Wars. Convinced that it was the Jedi who were the true perpetrators of the conflict, Offee used her connection with Turmond and nanobomb technology to orchestrate an attack on the Jedi Temple, which killed her friend Tutso Mara. She attended the funeral for the Jedi killed alongside Ahsoka Tano, and conversed with her friend afterwards on whether ignoring emotion was the right thing.

Turmond was convicted of the bombing and Tano visited her in prison; Letta pleaded that she was innocent and was about to tell Ahsoka who was truly behind it when Barriss Force-choked her from outside the room, killing her. Tano was convicted of murdering Letta and of the bombing, and was subsequently removed from the Jedi Order and imprisoned. She managed to escape the prison and evaded clone troopers with the help of Barriss. She soon encountered Asajj Ventress, and the two formed an uneasy alliance with Offee guiding them from the Jedi Temple. It later transpired that she was leading them into a trap, and quickly departed to their location in a disguise. When Ventress left Ahsoka, she was cornered and attacked by Barriss posing as an unknown assailant, and her twin red lightsabers were stolen, which Barriss used to attack Tano to make her believe that it was Ventress that she was fighting. After the duel, Ahsoka was found by clone troopers amongst a pile of nanobombs, the technology used to blow up the temple, and was taken into custody.

As Ahsoka's Senate trial went on, her master Anakin searched for evidence that she did not commit the crime. He met with Ventress, who revealed that her lightsabers had been stolen and Ahsoka had been communicating with Offee. Skywalker met with Barriss in her chambers, and attacked her with her own lightsaber, causing her to brandish Ventress' stolen lightsabers in defence. They duelled on the roof of the Jedi Temple until Anakin overpowered her and Force pushed her into a tree, knocking the wind out of her. She was captured and taken into the trial, where she admitted, to the shock of Ahsoka, to bombing the temple because she believed the Jedi Order to be responsible for the Clone Wars. Palpatine then ordered Barriss be taken away. Ahsoka was invited back into the order but refused, citing the betrayal by her friend and nobody in the order other than her master believing her story, and turned her back on the Jedi forever.