Mathis

Mathis was a  and a Jedi Master in the decades prior to the. He took on Gruu Funkistann and trained him in the Jedi arts. Mathis also carried a green lightsaber.

Biography
In 65 BBY, Ard Zil murdered a podracer named Morfit on. Jedi Master Mathis went in to investigate. Zil fled Malastare and hoped to hide on nearby, but Mathis followed. When the Jedi Master finally caught up with him in the swamplands, Zil was threatening to kill children, including the young Gruu Funkistann. Mathis was forced to kill Ard Zil to save the Gungans.

Mathis could sense within Gruu, and, with the 's permission, took Gruu to  to be trained. Over the years, Mathis raised Gruu as if he was his own son, and eventually took him on as his Padawan.

Behind the scenes
Mathis was named after the literary version on from the 1953  novel .

Appearances

 * A Force-Sensitive on Naboo