Otah

Otah was a Gungan born on the Mid rim system Naboo in 352 BBY. He was orphaned after an accident in the gungan leader's ballroom which caused it to flood and sweep away all inside. He was taken to Coruscant in 350 BBY to become trained in the arts at the Temple.

Early years
Since he became orphaned at such a young age he and his Gungan caretakers did not know his real name, so they had no name to give the Jedi. They settled on Goon Gun until Otah was old enough to choose his own name. By the time Otah was 10 years old, he changed his name from Goon Gun to Otah, because he said he wanted to remember his heritage proudly, but wanted to keep an unique identity. After he completed his trials and became a Jedi Knight.

Yoder Gree
He spent the next twenty years, from 332-352 BBY training two Jedi Padawans. Shortly after completing the training of his second padawan, he was sent on a solo mission to the wookiee planet of Kashyyyk. After helping the natives with repelling a slave run by the Trandoshans he discovered an anisodactyl sentient living among them. It was of no known species in the Republic files and was short and green, but he looked young and was strong in the Force. He inquired to the wookiees where this young being's family was and the wookiees told him that they had been killed in a planetary crash. Otah decided to take the little boy, whose name was Yoder Gree, back to Coruscant to train to be a Jedi and take him away from a life he considered unfit for one of his species.

Behind the scenes

 * Otah was named after the Gungan cities that usually begin with the word Otoh, his name was spelled differenty to set him apart. His other name Goon Gun was a tribute to the Star Wars character Boss Nass, whom said Goon Gun, rather than Gungan