Zesh-Zesh Kreeko (Jedi Renaissance)

Zesh-Zesh Kreeko was a male Kerkoiden Jedi Master who served both the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic as a General during the Clone Wars. A member of the Jedi High Council, Kreeko was trained as a Watchman by Evrios, serving as the Watchman of Kerkoidia for thirty-two years.

Knighted 25 BBY Master 0 BBY

Early Career
A Force-sensitive Kerkoiden, Zesh-Zesh Kreeko was detected by the Jedi Order's Acquisition Division and brought to Coruscant to begin his education in the ways of the Force. A student of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Kreeko was an altruistic young being from an early age and quickly befriended his peers and his teachers as he moved through the Temple academy. Preforming averagely in the Temple Apprentice Tournament, Kreeko put himself down for his poor skills with a lightsaber and vowed to improve upon them once apprenticed to a master. When he was selected by the Abinyshi Jedi Master Evrios, Kreeko traveled to the planet Ilum where he constructed his own lightsaber using a green crystal. Alongside Evrios, Kreeko traveled to the ancient ruins of the Jedi outpost on Inquirius. Within the ancient temple's walls, Kreeko and his master sought out an ancient seeing stone which was fabled to reveal the answers to any question. Wrapping the stone in thick cloth, the pair returned to the Temple on Coruscant Temple for safe-keeping. When his master departed aboard the Outbound Flight on behest of the High Council, Kreeko remained behind and completed his training under the tutelage of Soara Antana.

Attaining the rank of Jedi Knight in 25 BBY, Kreeko vowed to become a Watchman for his homeworld of Kerkoidia as it struggled through a time of political unrest. When the Clone Wars erupted between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic, Kreeko was forced to take up the title of General in the Grand Army of the Republic. Taking on assignments which put his skills with a lightsaber to the test, Kreeko prevented the assassination of Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin during the final year of war. Taking on the young Duvandis Gilp as his Padawan, Kreeko and his Padawan were in a meeting with Captain Gilad Pellaeon within the Coruscant Naval base when Mace Windu alerted all Jedi that their clones were not to be trusted, and to be wary of all Republic personnel as they made their way immediately to the Temple. Pellaeon, overhearing the message, considered the Jedi before allowing them to leave the building without incident and the Jedi pair made it safely back to the Temple without issue. There, it was announced that newly appointed Grand Master Tomac Moorcé would lead the Order into a new age of healing and self-discovery as the Clone Wars came to a close.

Jedi Renaissance
As the Jedi gave up their roles in the Grand Army of the Republic, Kreeko continued training his apprentice as they moved to the newly rebuilt world of Ossus. Setting up his residence in the city of Knossa, Kreeko trained Gilp to knighthood and eventually attained the rank of Master himself after serving in a task force to Yavin IV where he assisted in the historic Battle of Yavin. As a master, Kreeko was appointed as the Watchman of the Kerkoidia system and would lead the government to many successful political and social reforms over the years. In 15 ABY Kreeko was appointed to replace outgoing Master Qiyat Fendel on the High Council. Serving on the Council while retaining his position as Watchman, Kreeko was seldom seen on Ossus and often attended Council meetings via holocom. Stepping down in 25 ABY, Kreeko was eager to devote all of his time to the Kerkoiden government and help negotiate peace treaties with several neighboring systems. As an arbiter of justice, Kreeko was revered among his people and idolized as the most import Jedi in the system's history. As Kerkoidia entered into an era of peace which would last three centuries, Kreeko lived on the planet for the first seven years of that peace before becoming one with the Force. His body was carried reverently down the streets of the capital city in a procession larger then any world leader had or ever would receive in the planet's history before his corpse was laid on a funeral pyre and cremated. His lightsaber was memorialized within the capital building with the permission of the High Council.