Bardan Jusik (Jedi Renaissance)

"So how do we justify what we are doing now? Breeding men without choice, and without freedom, to fight and die for us? When do the means cease to justify the end? Where is our society heading? Where are our ideals, and what are we without them? If we give in to expedience in this way, where do we draw the line between ourselves and those we find unacceptably evil? I have no answer, Masters. Do you?"

- Bardan Jusik, as a Jedi Knight, addressing the Jedi High Council on the matter of clone troopers.

Bardan Jusikwas a Human male Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic as a Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. Against the creation and use of the clone troopers and even addressed his negative ideas to the Jedi High Council, Jusik later resigned from the Order to join the Mandalorian forces, saying that he couldn't fight for a Council that approved the slave labor. Jusik was later convinced to return to the Order as a healer and a diplomat for the Mandalorians to the Republic.

Early life
A Force-sensitive Human from the snow-covered planet of Diado, Bardan Jusik was turned over to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant for training in the ways of the Force. Unable to remember his parents, the Jedi were his family and he was eventually selected for further training by the Jedi Master Arligan Zey. Under Zey's tutelage, Jusik learned the arts of manipulating the Force with a focus on the strengths of a healer. Constructing a green-bladed lightsaber on Ilum, Jusik found his abilities to heal were stronger then his peers and sought out the academy on Rhinnal for additional training. As a senior Padawan, Jusik was stationed on Rhinnal when the Clone Wars erupted on Geonosis between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Returning to Coruscant, Jusik took on the title of Commander in the Grand Army of the Republic, though for the first weeks of the war had little exposure to the clone troopers which filled the army's ranks.

Clone Wars
Three months after the Battle of Geonosis, Padawan Jusik helped brief and equip Omega Squad for their mission to Qiilura, where they were tasked to destroy a Separatist nano-virus facility and kidnap the scientist Ovolot Qail Uthan. At the time Jusik was very unfamiliar with clones looking all the same, and kept staring at them during the squads preparations. This was the first time Jusik had come in contact with Omega Squad, and would not work them again for sometime. Returning to Coruscant with his master, Master Zey was placed in command of the Special Operations Division and would remain on Coruscant for most of the war. Assisting Zey in his clerical work, Jusik took a liking to a Null ARC Trooper named Ordo, and respected him as a soldier. Because of his rapport with Ordo, the Mandalorian warrior Kal Skirata selected the Jedi to be part of a black ops team whose mission was to neutralize CIS terrorist cells operating on Coruscant. For this mission, Jusik would work with Skirata himself, Ordo, Null ARC trooper Mereel, Delta Squad, Omega Squad, Mandalorian warrior Walon Vau, and fellow Jedi Etain Tur-Mukan.

Throughout the course of the operation, Jusik grew steadily closer to the clones and Skirata, the former often referring to him as "vod'ika" (an affectionate form of the Mando'a word for "little brother"), and the latter often calling him "Bard'ika" (Mando'a for "Little Bardan", expressing fatherly affection). By the end of their mission, he had been accepted into the fold as a Mandalorian warrior, even donning borrowed Mandalorian armor from Kal Skirata for the final battle with the terrorists. The armor was Munin Skirata's green armor, with green meaning duty. Jusik fought the terrorists valiantly and he and his comrades won the day. Following the battle, he knew that his affinity for the Mandalorian culture would be viewed by the High Council as attachment, but he did not see it in the same light. He decided that if he were asked to choose, he would leave the Order and become a Mandalorian.

Following his knighting ceremony, Jusik would continue to serve in the GAR, leading troops on several fronts until he was assigned to track Ko Sai with Delta Squad. He mind-wiped a worker in the process of searching for Ko Sai, though he was forced to blow the mission in order to allow Skirata to get to Sai first. After being confronted with increasing amounts of evidence pointing to clone executions by the Republic, Jusik declared to Zey that he would follow his heart; that of a Jedi's, and protect innocents. By doing this he resigned from the Order, stating he couldn't betray his men to death. Zey was sorry to see him go, but allowed him to keep his lightsaber. Retreating to Mandalore, Jusik was shocked when the Clone Wars came to an abrupt end and was interested when word came that the Order was going to oversee the retirement of the clone army and their assimilation into society. Interested, Jusik contacted his former master and questioned him about whether he could assist in the relocation of the clones. Agreeing to allow Jusik assist, the Mandalorian joined Master Shaak Ti in finding homes for the thousands of clones who wished to retire from service.

Watchmen of Mandalore
Following the completion of his task in the military, Jusik spoke one-on-one with Grand Master Tomac Moorcé who implored him to return to the Order full time. Citing his ties with the Mandalorians, Jusik was ready to cut ties with the Order until Moorcé encouraged the young man to reanalyze his allegiances and to look to where he could be most influential. Because of the upheaval in Mandalorian government during the war, Moorcé offered to make Jusik Watchmen of the planet to ensure that it complied with Republic or Confederate law as it decided which galactic government to join. Agreeing to Moorcé terms, Jusik took up the title of Knight once more and approved of Moorcé's new High Council and their work.

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