Yoja Sihan

Yoja Sihan was a male, near-human Jedi Master during the end of the Old Republic Era.

Early life
Yoja Sihan was born on the Mid Rim planet, Ruusan, 1,051 years before the Battle of Yavin. He was first brought to the Jedi Temple in 1,048 BBY, at the young age of three. Instantly the Jedi could feel the amount of Force power flowing through this small boy. After about 5 years of training, everyone noticed his amazing skill with a lightsaber that no other padawan had shown before. At the age of fourteen, Yoja Sihan was a Jedi Knight. Yoja would never train a padawan of his own, but all the same, through many acts of bravery, and showing great skill, Yoja Sihan was granted the rank of master in 1,020 BBY. He earned a seat on the Jedi High Council just 6 years later.

New Sith Wars
"Lord Hoth, may I ask you a question?" "Of course, what is it Master Sihan?" "Do you fear death?" "There is no death, there is the force" "So is that a yes, or a no?"

- Yoja Sihan and Lord Hoth right before the Seventh Battle of Ruusan

Yoja Sihan began fighting in the New Sith Wars as soon as he became a Jedi Knight. At first he was very scared of all the fighting, and the Sith themselves were very intimidating, but soon he began to realize how powerful he truly was with a lightsaber, and then he began to really enjoy the thrill of battle. He seemed to be unstoppable on the battle field, one by one he would slice right through the Sith with his blue lightsaber. Near the end of the war, Yoja Sihan was well known throughout the Jedi, and the Sith, but his best fighting was still to come. Yoja truly became a war hero during the Ruusan campaign. He was a major help to the Jedi due to the fact that he new the land better than anyone else, making him a good strategist during the seven battles, but what made him a true hero was his, and ninety nine other brave Jediʻs sacrifices during the Seventh Battle of Ruusan.

Death
"Let everyone remember this day, not as the day that that many brave Jedi were killed in battle, but as the day that the evil rule of the Sith was brought to an end, we shall not be forgotten, our stories shall be told throughout the ages! Now, may the force be with us all, charge!"

- Yoja Sihan leads ninety nine Jedi (one hundred total) into the Seventh Battle of Ruusan

In 1,000 BBY, Yoja Sihan, and ninety eight other Jedi were chosen by Lord Hoth (one hundred total) to stay behind while the thousands of other Jedi escaped from Ruusan. Lord Hoth knew of Lord Kaanʻs plan to use his suicidal thought bomb to wipe out not only all the Jedi, but the Sith as well. You see the thought bomb was designed by the Sith to consume the souls of all Force-sensitive beings and torture them for eternity. Lord Hoth hoped that the hundred Jedi would be able to reach Lord Kaan and be rid of him before he could detonate the thought bomb, but he did not want to risk killing all of the Jedi so thats why he picked one hundred of only the strongest Jedi the Army of Light had to offer. Yoja helped lead the Jedi into battle, he cut down many Sith as fast as possible, but they just kept coming, finally by the time he reached the cave where Lord Kaan and the thought bomb were, he was too late, the thought bomb had been detonated, and all of a sudden both Jedi and Sith began to shriek as the horrible thought bomb consumed them all.

Legacy
After the Seventh Battle of Ruusan, Johun Othone, Lord Hothʻs former padawan and one of the many Jedi to escape Ruusan before the last battle, decided to build a memorial to the heroes who were destroyed by the thought bomb, this place became known as the Valley of the Jedi. A statue of Yoja Sihan was placed there. Five years after the Battle of Yavin, Yoja Sihan's, and all the other spirits trapped in the thought bomb, were freed by Kyle Katarn. We do know the Yoja Sihan became a force ghost, because almost one thousand years after his death, Yoja's spirit would appear and haunt Darth Vader nearly driving the dark lord insane. Master Sihan also had a holocron that could be found in the Jedi Archives, this holocron was used by Mace Windu to help him create his his new lightsaber form, Vaapad.



Personal appearance
Yoja Sihan never wore Jedi robes once his whole life. Even at a very young age he wore Jedi armor, as a matter of fact, he wore that same outfit you see in the picture above his whole life. This way he would not only stand out, but he would always look like a war hero/general, or just even someone who should be feared and respected. He was a tall stern man, with a very heavy upper body build. It is still unknown what species he came from, but what made them separate from humans were their white eyes, and they have about twice the strength of the average human.