Geoja Sueve



Geoja Sueve (pronounced 'jyO-ha SwAv) was a Cylertian male Jedi Master during the time of the Clone Wars. A Padawan learner to Oppo Rancisis, he was promoted to Knight status during the Stark Hyperspace War, and eventually to Master during the Clone Wars, mere hours before the execution of Order 66. Strong and cunning, Sueve was an exceptional lightsaber combatant and master of the two-blade style of Jar’Kai, as well as a pioneer in utilizing the weaknesses of his species as a weapon of the Force through the invention of the Force Flame. After the Great Jedi Purge, he was self-exiled to many different worlds between the end of the Clone Wars and the First Galactic Civil War, gathering other Jedi survivors, including Ahsoka Tano, Sulna Suroc, and fellow Cylertian, Telexa Damagi.

Early Life
Geoja Sueve’s early life is relatively unknown, but he recounted several times that his parents were looked down upon by their fellow Cylertians for giving birth to a Force-sensitive son; the Cylertians had always had a rocky relationship with the Jedi. When Sueve arrived at the Temple, his training as a Jedi Youngling began, although he was frequently plagued by his anger and indignation at being abandoned by his parents, attributed to his natural Cylertian emotion. His Jedi teachings forced him to push away something he couldn’t, but in order to remain a Jedi (as well as to keep the only home he ever truly had), he began experimenting with ways to utilize his negative emotion as a weapon for the Light Side of the Force. Because of this, he was nearly expelled from the Order several times, and almost completely immersed himself in the Dark Side as well.

Sueve was chosen as a Padawan learner to Jedi Master Oppo Rancisis during the start of Mandalorian Civil War. Hearing of a Jedi strike team lead by Master Dooku to aid in the war effort, Sueve was eager to begin his apprenticeship by lending his strength to the war. Rancisis, however, constantly warned his Padawan that this war was none of their business, and that an important part of the Jedi Code was that one must never fight unless it is absolutely mandatory. Nevertheless, Sueve proved his strength as an apprentice, and was thought highly of by his Master, and many other Jedi.

Sueve’s overzealousness urged him to go into battle for years, until the end of the war, when Master Dooku’s strike team was tricked and nearly annihilated. It was this shocking realization that kept Sueve from entering any conflicts that he deemed overly unnecessary; a sentiment he would need to change quickly, for the time for war had begun again.

Stark Hyperspace War
Geoja Sueve’s attitude toward war was no longer as positive as it was during the Mandalorian Civil War; the losses of so many Jedi, including those he knew personally, was traumatizing for him. It is for this reason that his Master, Rancisis, believed he was unprepared for combat. It wasn’t until the Third Battle of Qotile that Sueve’s combat initiative began to shine: while Master Adi Gallia, Knight Qui-Gon Jinn, and Padawan learner Obi-Wan Kenobi escorted Senator Finis Valorum and Minister Nute Gunray back to Coruscant from the battlefront, Geoja sensed an imbalance in the Force. A squadron of Ranulph Tarkin’s paramilitary were awaiting on Coruscant to ambush them there. Sueve alerted his Master, and the two gathered an equal number of soldiers to disrupt the ambush just before the Jedi would arrive. Geoja was commended for his intuition and heroism.

During the Fifth Battle of Qotile, Sueve’s strength was essential; as Master Rancisis conducted his battle meditation, a section of Tarkin’s troops—secretly disguised as a Republic squadron—attempted to navigate through the ship and kill the Thisspiasian. Sueve sensed their treachery and headed them off, killing all of them single-handed while Rancisis’ plan was set in motion, thus ending the Stark Hyperspace War. For his valor, Geoja Sueve was Knighted by the Jedi Council.

Yinchorri Uprising
In 33 BBY, Sueve met and befriended a youngling named Kulin Nightrider, just as the Yinchorri Uprising began. Sueve sensed cockiness in the boy, and asked the Council for permission to train Nightrider as his apprentice, which was granted. During the Yinchorris’ raid on the Jedi Temple, a group of Younglings was threatened by a squad of Yinchorri. Sueve and Nightrider arrived in time to rescue them, thus helping to bring an end to the raid.

Invasion of Naboo
In 32 BBY, the Trade Federation began its invasion of Naboo, and Sueve and Nightrider were considered for the mission to negotiate with the Viceroy Nute Gunray. However, Chancellor Valorum and the Jedi Council jointly decided upon Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, as they felt Jinn and Kenobi had more experience working together, and that Nightrider might be too young for a mission of this magnitude. Instead, later during the conflict, Sueve and Nightrider were sent to protect the political representatives of Naboo from a bounty hunter attack. Sueve and Nightrider successfully repelled the strike, but the bounty hunter in question, Zam Wesell, countered their defense and managed to kill only one Naboo representative. Nightrider blamed himself for the failure, but the Cylertian Knight assured him that success and failure are two halves of one whole, and that learning from them was the best way to better oneself.

Sometime before the Clone Wars, Sueve attended the Knighting Ceremony of his former Padawan, after which he assured him that just because their Master-Apprentice relationship was over, it did not mean they were no longer friends. The two continued to work together until Kulin took an apprentice of his own—his younger brother, Benn.

The Clone Wars
Sueve was granted the position of General, and given control of the 51st Regiment of the Grand Army of the Republic. He and his two trusted clone commanders, CC-1211-811 (nicknamed “Lark”) and CRC-3181-522 (nicknamed “Crow”) won many battles for the Republic; particularly the Battle of Barkhesh, which was enough to promote Sueve to the rank of Jedi Master.

Order 66
During another important mission, this time to Nar Shaddaa, Geoja sensed a great tremor in the Force, as if a bright star in space had been extinguished. Mace Windu and his team of Jedi had been slaughtered by Chancellor Palpatine, and the Great Jedi Purge had begun. Sueve managed to win the Battle of Nar Shaddaa, but at a hefty price: while the bulk of his remaining troops patrolled the planet, Commanders Lark and Crow received the orders to execute Order 66. However, as Lark and his men surrounded Sueve, the Cylertian Jedi’s instincts were quicker, and he executed the clones, leaving Lark alive, who subsequently had his arms severed before being forced to reveal his intentions, as well as the intentions of the Chancellor. Panicking, Geoja located his ship, killed Crow and his men along the way, and returned to Coruscant.

Upon his return to the Jedi Temple, Geoja found clones all around, shooting down his Jedi comrades. Successfully sneaking into the High Council chamber, Sueve found a group of dead younglings who had apparently attempted an uprising against the attack. To the shock of Geoja, and before he could stop it, the last youngling of the group, Jasmi Wilth, was cut down by Anakin Skywalker, who had taken up the mantle of the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader.

Last stand
Vader explained his reasons for joining the Sith, and offered Sueve a chance to join him. Astonished and infuriated, Geoja declined and engaged Vader in a fierce duel. Although Sueve pressed the assault with his mastery of Jar’Kai, as well as with his ability to conjure the Force Flame technique, Vader’s strength gained from the Dark Side overwhelmed him, and he lost the tip of one of his upper horns during the duel. Backed into a corner, Sueve was forced to take the battle to the roof of the tower, losing one of his lightsabers in the process. Sueve soon found himself hanging off the edge of the tower, with Vader ready to launch the final blow. With no other option, Geoja sliced off a section of the tower with his remaining lightsaber, throwing both swordsmen off the edge. Unfortunately, Vader was able to save himself in time by cutting into the side of the tower to slow his fall. Sueve, however, engaged in meditation and entered a trance-like state that greatly built his body’s resistance to pain. Sueve suffered two broken arms, a broken leg, and several broken ribs, but was otherwise alive and well after his fall. Nevertheless, he knew he had been defeated by Vader, and was forced to run.

After finding out that Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda had survived and returned, Sueve managed to catch up with Master Kenobi, attempting to lend a hand in tracking Vader down. Kenobi, however, declined, as he felt this was a mission he had to carry out on his own. With no other option (Master Yoda had already left to confront Palpatine), Geoja was forced to stay and hide until his wounds healed. Afterwards, he patrolled the Temple and slew the remaining clones.

The new hope
After several hours, a shuttle was sent to retrieve Sueve, and he was taken to meet with Kenobi and Yoda, who had failed their mission to destroy the Sith Lords. While meditating, Sueve was called by Kenobi to meet the newborn twins of the late Senator Padme Amidala: Luke and Leia. Realizing as well as Kenobi and Yoda had that the children of Skywalker would threaten his control of the galaxy, he agreed with their decision that the children should be separated and kept hidden from their father. Geoja elected to escort Yoda to Dagobah in the meantime (repelling an attack from the space pirate Kaylissk as he did so), then offered to lead the remaining clones away from Kenobi as he delivered baby Luke to Tatooine. So began Geoja’s life as a fugitive.

Personality and traits
A Cylertian by birth, Geoja Sueve carried a plethora of emotion in him that was natural to all Cylertians, thus making his life as a Jedi considerably more difficult than many others. Still, Sueve’s calm cunning and strength of mind allowed him to set aside his emotions many times, especially when it was important to a mission. Sueve had a powerful sense of justice and freedom, and actually skirted on the edge of breaking the Jedi Code with his anger on several occasions, but was also, in the words of many of his Jedi brethren, a loyal and trustworthy ally. During the reign of the Galactic Empire, Geoja’s sense of duty was relegated to protecting the survivors of Order 66, and whenever one of them was killed, he took great amounts of the blame. Still, his troubled mindset would not deter him from protecting those he cared for.

Serra Keto
Sueve worked with Serra Keto on several missions, and for a brief period of time, developed a romantic attraction to her. Keto eventually returned these feelings, however, both Jedi realized that their feelings for each other would disrupt their Jedi duties, and so their relationship was laid aside. Sueve, knowing that Keto was in the Jedi Temple during Operation: Knightfall, would be devastated upon finding out of her death.

Telexa Damagi
In 11 BBY, during a mission to collect an antidote for an infection suffered by Ahsoka Tano, Geoja would meet a Force-sensitive Anti-Imperial vigilante and fellow Cylertian, Telexa Damagi. Their relationship would be rocky at first, but the two would grow closer over the years until, after the end of the Galactic Civil War, the two would escalate their relationship and marry.

Powers and abilities
Sueve was a master of the two-bladed lightsaber combat variant of Jar’Kai, carrying two sapphire lightsabers during the days of the Republic, and later replacing the one he lost with an orange blade. Sueve also professed in the Forms of Makashi, Ataru and Shien, and was regarded as a great and talented master swordsman. Sueve’s Force abilities were great as well; he was one of the few Jedi to be able to turn his emotions into a Jedi asset through the invention of the Force Flame, a technique which no other Jedi (except for a Cylertian, who would have no other choice but to do so) dared to attempt. Geoja would later teach this technique to Telexa Damagi while taking her as an apprentice.