Yoder Gree

Yoder Gree was a frog-like born in the year 321 BBY on an unknown planet. He went on to become Grand Master of the Jedi Order in 250 BBY. During his time before the Coo-Neo Crisis he trained future Jedi Master's Mason Quarrell, Anon Sel-Kerris and Pup Kickto. Mason and Pup were considered by many fellow Jedi to be two of the most powerful Jedi the Order had ever produced. Pup and Mason were considered his most notable trainee's among historians. They served along with Yoder on the Jedi Council.

He had become known for his sage advice in times of great need by the Jedi, including most notably by Scott Borek with whom he had kept close watch on. He was a supporter of Scott Borek and he accepted the theory that Scott was the Chosen One along with Pup Kickto, Ike Carcharias, Dug Anguis, Nubolo Corno and gradually Mason Quarrell. He supported the decision to send Scott Borek to face his brother Zell Coo-Neo. He was the Grand Master during and after the Coo-Neo Crisis and the Great Galactic War.

Early years
Yoder was discovered on Kashyyyk living with the Wookiees in 312 BBY at the age of nine by Gungan Jedi Knight Otah. Yoder told the that he was stranded on Kashyyyk for "three rotations" or three years after his family's freighter crash landed there. He was the only one to survive. Due to his strong he was taken to Coruscant for training. He was accepted into training and was assigned to Otah. In the year 300 BBY he was Knighted and he took on an unnamed Padawan.

Grand Master Gree and his apprentice's
After completing the training of his 3rd apprentice he took his position of Grand Master nearly two years after the death of the previous Grand Master and his election, he was Seventy-one standard years old. He also became the first Grand Master to come from his species.

Yoder took on a Bothan apprentice name Anon Sel-Kerris. He was the 1st he had trained in fifty standard years. Though he was successful at instilling certain Jedi values, he had quite a bit of trouble trying to flush out some of the Bothan's darker habits and prejudice’s. He was said to be very arrogant and had a very snooty personality and aura. He often looked down upon common civilians, and found that their lives were often too wretched and disgusting for him. This attitude led him down a dark road later in life, though he managed to join the Jedi Council and rise through those ranks quickly. By 23 BBY he ranked behind only Yoder and a 2nd Jedi on the Council.

In 62 BBY he took on an apprentice named Mason Quarrell, the ten year old Mason learned quickly and developed a close friendship with his master and constantly listened to Yoder's advice. By the time Quarrell turned eighteen standard years old he was promoted to Jedi Knight, the youngest Knight Yoder ever trained. He eventually rose to the rank of Senior Jedi Master on the Jedi Council and was only 2nd to Yoder in terms of rank and power.

A few standard years later he moved on to another promising student named Pup Kickto. Kickto was just as eager to learn from Yoder as his celebrated predecessor. The Nautolan had become a master swordsman under Yoder and a skilled negotiator. Learning came fairly easy to him and he became Knighted at age twenty-one. By that time Mason Quarrell had joined Yoder on the Jedi Council.

The Corellian kid


Yoder Gree retired from training any apprentice's on an individual level after Kickto passed the Trials. He focused on his duties as the Grand Master and he trained classes of Jedi Initiates and ineligible Padawan learners. When a young boy from Corellia was brought to the Temple for training by Jedi Master Will-Tye Ford he declined to train what appeared to be the most powerful initiate in recorded history, potentially. He felt it was unwise to train an individual Padawan and potentially neglect his leadership duties, even if the apprentice was the Chosen One.

He had advised Mason Quarrell, his old Padawan and at the current time the 3rd ranked member of the Council (behind Sel-Kerris) to train him. Mason refused on the grounds that his future was too dangerous and the boy was not ready yet. Yoder felt that Quarrell was best equipped to take on this task, but he did not press the issue, sensing that Mason was slightly jealous and envious of the boy's potential. He gave the job to Ford whom discovered the boy.

Coo-Neo Crisis
He was one of the few members on the Council to fully support the notion of sending Scott Borek, the Corellian Kid, off to confront his brother Zell Coo-Neo. He supported the belief that he could handle himself against him, and that he was the Chosen One. He held reservations about Borek's announcement that the Sith have returned, but kept it at the back of his mind. He also believed that Borek was right in his assessment that Coo-Neo was a Dark Jedi and agreed to send back to to confront him one last time.

Behind the scenes
Yoder Gree takes his likeness exactly from the original Star Wars character Yoda. Along with his appearance, Yoder's personality and speech patterns resemble those of the original character exactly. Yoder's last name is an homage toward the  character Commander Gree, who is the author's favorite clone.

He serves as the guiding light and kept Scott Borek aligned on the path of the light side. He is also meant to be the mentor of Borek, since he has no "Master" to help him post Knighthood, like many other Knights did, and Alec Prime couldn't fulfill the role.