Anya Ser

"She is a troubled girl, my friend. Her visions poison her mind, forcing her to live in constant fear of what might happen in the future. I don't think that she will ever find peace among the living."

- Rodon Wenn, discussing his apprentice with Vandar Tokare.

Anya Ser was a female Human serving in the Jedi Order, born on Chandrila during the days of the Old Republic. She was chosen to be a Jedi, and spent most of her childhood on Coruscant, during which she often experienced traumatizing visions. Ten years after being brought to the Jedi, she became the padawan of Rodon Wenn.

In 3,965 BBY, the Mandalorian Wars broke out. As a reward for her actions during the Battle of Vanquo, in which her master perished, she was knighted by the Jedi Council.

In 3,959 BBY, during the early stages of the Jedi Civil War, she was slain by the former Jedi Revan, who along with his friend and fellow knight Alek Squinquargesimus had assumed the title Dark Lord of the Sith.

Early life
She was born on the agriworld Chandrila in 3,980 BBY, the daughter of two farmers, Rheim and Cila Ser. Her Force-sensitivity was discovered when she was two, by a group of visiting Jedi, who brought her with them to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Her parents were initially reluctant to let them take her, but later agreed.

Her early years among the Jedi were troubled, as she began to experience visions granted to her by the Force at an early age. An incident during her time as a youngling caused her to fear the visions. She warned one of the minders about her soon-to-come death, which caused the elderly woman to suffer from a heart-attack, killing her.

At the age of twelve, Anya was assigned as a padawan to the Ithorian Jedi Knight Rodon Wenn. Like many other padawans, she followed her master on his travels across the galaxy, visiting planets such as Taris, Malastare and Dorin.

Incident on Ithor
After three years of apprenticeship, Anya and her master arrived on a herdship orbiting Ithor in the Outer Rim, Wenn's home world. This was the first time her master had visited the planet in a decade, due to being disowned by his people for breaking the Law of Life, the core principle of Ithorian culture.

They had been called there by the High Priest of Ithor, who had sensed the presence of hostile beings on the planet's surface. The Ithorians viewed Ithor as sacred, which meant that even the possibility of someone else than Ithorians being there was sacrilegious.



In secret, the High Priest gave them permission to visit the suspected area, in order to investigate. Upon arrival, they the remains of several dead of nature priests. As they prepared to leave, Anya experienced the strongest vision she had ever received, showing her a masked warrior, walking trough the ruins of a large city. Rodon immediately notified the Jedi Council of this incident, but it was not until several months later that the vision was fully explained.

The Mandalorian Wars
In 3,965 BBY, several republican convoys came under attack by an unknown force, which previously had been engaging in a secret conquest of the Unknown Regions and various Outer Rim worlds. They were the Mandalorians, a warlike group of clans who believed that one earned honor trough battle. Led by Mandalore the Ultimate, they began a large-scale invasion of the Galactic Republic.

The Jedi Order chose to stay neutral, although a group of more militant Jedi known as the Revanchists joined the war. In 3,963 BBY, Anya and Rodon were stationed on the planet of Vanquo when the Mandalorians invaded. During the long battle that ensued, the two Jedi helped local miners evacuate their camps.

During the later stages of the engagement, they were attacked by an entire Mandalorian platoon. In an attempt to give the group of civilians accompanying them enough time to escape, they rushed towards the Mandalorians, trying to distract them.

The battle lasted two minutes. When it was over, most of the hostile force had been slain, the rest fleeing. The Jedi had also suffered casualties: Wenn had been killed and Anya had received several wounds. She was soon found by a group of republican soldiers who brought her with them to their ship, ready to evacuate the planet - The battle had been lost.

After her eventual recovery back at Coruscant, she found that Rodon had been posthumously awarded the title of Jedi Master, and that the council had been awaiting the day that she was healthy enough to be named a Jedi Knight, as a reward for her actions on Vanquo.



She spent the rest of the Mandalorian Wars at Coruscant, meditating the death of her master. During this time, her visions returned, stronger than before. From them, she gathered that something large would happend. Several years later, she realised what the Force had been trying to tell her.

Jedi Civil War
In 3,959 BBY, the Jedi known as Revan, who along with Alek Squinquargesimus had lead the Revanchists,, returned after disappearing into the unknown. He had become a Sith, and soon began to wage a war against the Republic and the Jedi Order.



Anya was soon stationed on the Zabrak home world of Iridonia, as a part of the Jedi group assigned to protect the planet. Three days after information about the bombing of Telos IV reached the Republic, Iridonia was attacked by Revan's new Sith empire.

The invasion force was lead by none but Darth Revan himself. After bombarding the planet for several days, the Sith lord and his army reached Iridonia's capital.

The republican garrison held out for several days, but it's defences were eventually breached. The few remaining soldiers, along with the Jedi, withdrew further and further into the building complex, eventually coming to a dead end. Cornered as they were, they decided to make a last stand. The fight lasted for hours, and it was only when the enraged Revan arrived, determined to crush all opposition, that it came to and end.

At this point, only the Jedi were left. Dueling the Sith lord among the corpses of a dozen soldiers, they were killed one by one. Merely minutes after his arrival, Revan was left alone with Anya, who had survived only due to her skills in Battle Precognition.

Just when it seemed as if Revan would win the duel, a timed fragmentation grenade, which a recently killed Sith trooper had accidentally activated, exploded. The blast left both of the duelists wounded, Revan receiving the most serious injuries.

Anya, overwhelmed by her hate for the man and the grief the deaths of a thousand Jedi had caused, prepared to strike him down. Just as she was about to execute the sai cha maneuver, which would have beheaded Revan, she received what would become her final vision.



She saw Revan, standing over the body of his apprentice, wielding the lightsaber of a Jedi. This was only the first image of a sequence, showing the Sith lord's redemption and what eventually became of him. She realised that if she struck him down, the Galaxy would be doomed, as Revan one day would become the only thing protecting it from an unknown threat.

Lowering her lightsaber, she allowed the confused and enraged Revan to strike her down.

Legacy
Years later, the events that Anya had seen in her vision came true. As the the memories of the amnesiac and now redeemed Revan began to return, one specifically stood out: That of Anya's sacrifice. He realised that she must have seen that he would accomplish that which he initially thought impossible. And so, he set out, into the Unknown Regions.

What then happened to him is unknown.

Personality and traits
"Aiding those in need are the foremost responsibility of a Jedi, master."

- Anya Ser, after being questioned by Rodon Wenn during her apprenticeship to him.

Anya was originally an open person, sharing her thoughts with everyone around her. After an incident in her youth, however, her entire personality changed. She became reclusive, actively avoiding interaction with anyone except for Rodon Wenn, who she subconsciously viewed as a father-figure.

She believed that helping others was the only way to "repent" for unintentionally killing a fellow Jedi, and did so as often as she could.

As it was her visions that led to the old minder's death, as they often contained for her frightening messages, Anya lived in fear of her own ability, despite the constant assurances of her master.

Talents and abilities
Anya had a stronger connection to the Force than the average Jedi, but had substantial difficulties in actively channeling it. Instead, it came to her as strong visions, subconscious use of Force Sense and skills in precognition far above that of most Force-users.

Her skills in lightsaber combat was on a technical level worse than most's, but due to the fact that her precognition made her sense almost every move an opponent would make, she was able to pose a challenge to most.

She spoke several languages fluently, among them her native Galactic Basic Standard, Bocce and that of her master, Ithorese.

Behind the scenes
"Well.. what can I say.. Cheesy and poorly-written in one language means awesome and superbly-written in another. Kind of."

- Antonstaen

Anya Ser was created by Antonstaen in September 2009, and was his first "serious" article on the Star Wars fanon wiki.

The author was inspired to write the article by a multitude of things, mainly his deep fascination for dreams and what might happen in the future. Anya herself was inspired by the Jedi Bultar Swan, with whom she shares her appearance.

Her name was decided after the author discovered that Anya means "eye" in the Igbo language. Her surname was chosen due to the fact that it means "sees" in swedish, and because it's similar to the word "seer".

During the time the article was being developed, several key details changed. Most notably, Anya's species. The author was originally going to make her a Kallidahin, most commonly known as Polis Massans, but then discovered that the species lacked a mouth, which would have made everything rather complicated. Another thing that the constantly changed was her age, as the author wanted her to be fairly young at the time of the Mandalorian Wars but not as much during the Jedi Civil War.

Originally, all locations, events and people except for Rodon Wenn and Anya herself were going to be canon, with just "minor" things added. However, this proved impossible, as it turned out that the Republic already knew about the Mandalorian threat long before 3,965 BBY and that Ithor was actually located in the Mid Rim, and not in the Outer. Thus, several canon facts had to be changed, which eventually influenced her entire later life.