Abigaile Jade Kenobi

Abigaile Jade Kenobi Clan Fett was a human/Zeltron hybrid. She was the wife of renegade Jedi Knight Nathaniel Kenobi and the mother of Abigaile Kenobi. Her resourcefulness as a bounty hunter and Jedi helped to liberate the Kaminoan people from potential slavery at the hand of the Galactic Empire.

After her mother died during childbirth on Mandalore, she was adopted by Jango Fett. When she grew up, Fett taught her everything he knew and, after she passed a test made by Fett, she started to begin bounty hunting as a solo act. Her "winnings" were always sent to fund the cloning factories of Kamino.

The Purge of the Jedi and the introduction of the Galactic Empire brought two distinctive changes to her life. The first was the arrival of her future husband, and the second was her training in the Force by Asajj Ventress. Following the Battle of Kamino, she was forced to flee along with the rest of the planet. She helped to find their new home and founded the planet's first Jedi Temple with Nathan.

However, Nathan's arrogance and pride led to marital problems, and following the birth of their daughter, she left Novus Kamino Prime for Tatooine. She was captured by smugglers and imprisoned on Wayland. Nathan finally realized his mistake and went to rescue her, but she died in the skirmish that followed, but not before telling him that she had forgiven him.

Early Life
Growing up without a true mother or father, Abigaile was adopted into the Fett clan after her real mother died during childbirth. Jango Fett would prove to be a harsh, yet caring father and would teach her everything he knew. When she turned fourteen, Fett offered to take her on an assignment to Armalat-Perbe'la-to, where he intended to teach her the basics of bounty hunting by forcing it upon her.

Her target was a rich Armalat named Oktay-gokce, who had been soliciting several Armalat women for various illegal purposes. She steathily marked and watched him for three days, gathering much needed information on him and discovered his weakness was the very women he solicited.

She walked into the room full of pride and bluntly told Oktay that he was under arrest and she intended to bring him in. Oktay burst out laughing and unleashed his bodyguards: a Gamorrean and a Rodisar, and they attacked Abigaile.

Abigaile then revealed what was in her hand: a remote detonator that would blow the building where the women were kept in sky high if Oktay refused to come out with her. Realizing his entire fortune was at stake, Oktay surrendered voluntarily and followed Abigaile to the local bounty office.

Unfortunately for her, he had friends in high places and they were armed to the teeth with a variety of illegal weapons. Stunned by the unexpected turn of events, she almost lost her composure. She was shot in the left arm, right above the elbow and she yelped in pain.

Oktay seized the chance to flee, but he was knocked down by Abigaile, who had recovered quickly from the blastershot. She pulled her own blaster at Okyat's head and warned the other bounty hunters off. She then received the fee for his capture and left to find Jango at Slave I, ready to complement her on a job well done.



Abigaile experienced many different encounters with smugglers and other less than savory characters over the years, but the one that would hit her the most would come after the devastating Clone Wars. That of the rise of the Galactic Empire.

Clone Rebellion
Abigaile soon returned to Kamino to help out with the planet's defenses following the Jedi Purge. It was there that she met the reclusive Asajj Ventress and they formed a Master-Apprentice relationship. Their first task as protectors of Kamino came with the disposal of the Imperial garrison on the planet.

They both managed to kill the Imperials on the ground and the space station built a few days after the Empire was founded. Using a techinque in the Force, they were able to fool the Empire into thinking that the crew of the space station was still alive and under the command of Frendo Timms.

Conferring with Prime Minister Lama Su and his assistant Taun We, they decided that it would be best to figure out a way to escape the planet, as the Empire wouldn't be fooled for long. They also agreed to support a Jedi training center for Kaminoan Force-sensitives. A Clone Rebellion had begun.

On a routine inspection to make sure the Force illusion on the space station was active, Abigaile received a hail from a freighter identifying itself as a member of the Bornaryn Trading Fleet. The captain, Titus Thul, had requested docking for repairs. Fearing the worst, she decided that she'd let him come on the station and then incapacitate him with a tranquilizer.

The captain boarded the ship with two small children, a human and Bothan. She felt the high Force-sensitivity within the man and wondered if he was a rogue Jedi. Setting that aside, she cancelled the Force illusions and faced the man. Startled by the loss of the "crew" and the arrival of a beautiful woman, the captain was unable to react and was hit by her tranquilizer dart and fell.

Abigaile brought him to Kamino to be cared for by the planet's chief physician: Doc. A strip search revealed him to be a Jedi Knight by the name of Nathaniel Kenobi. She had heard reports of a similar Jedi causing trouble for two bounty hunters, a Devaronian and a ZeHethbra, on Ord Mantell. Puzzled as to why he had chosen to come to Kamino, many lightyears from Ord Mantell, she decided that an interrogation was in order, but she was rebuked by Asajj, who stated that he was simply there to help and they should wait for him to awaken.

When he did, he was informed as to where he was and why he had been captured. Abigaile came into the room about the same time he had awakened and the man grabbed for his two lightsabers and ignited them. After being assured that she meant no harm, Abigaile explained why she had shot him.

Smiling roguishly, the man extended his hand and revealed himself as Nathaniel Kenobi. She replied that she had already known that, but that she wasn't happy he was here. Without another word, she left the hospital wing and laid down to cry. A Jedi, a true Jedi had come to Kamino and she couldn't deal with it.

She tried to rationalize her crying by telling herself the story of her mother's death. A member of the Jedi Order Ilita Jade had fell in love with a Zeltron bounty hunter named Jal during a mission and bore a child with him. When the Council had found out, they were furious and had exiled Ilita from the Order, but they weren't able to take her lightsaber away. Knowing that Jal was a Mandalorian, she had traveled to Mandalore to live with him, but the civil war had prevented that from occuring and she instead met up with Jango Fett, who agreed to take her child should she die. She had died and now, as a result, Abigaile blamed all Jedi for the death of her mother, just for wanting to live a normal life.

She heard a knock at the door and discovered that Nathan had come to find out why she had left so abruptly. Hating herself for doing so, she told her mother's story to him and he listened sympathetically. He told her that he had never known his parents until a chance encounter on the planet Jrack had brought them back into his life. He told of how his parents had always been proud of him for his acheivements, but yet felt an emptiness without him in their lives.

Asking what that had to do with what she had said, Abigaile became incensed. Nathan replied calmingly that no matter who had raised them, the both of them would only be defined by what they did with their lives. He admitted that what he had said was harsh and that he should have been more respectful, but, he noted, bluntness usually helps move things along faster. He also asked how she could hate the Jedi, but still support Asajj's training facility. Realizing her own hypocrisy, Abigaile cried again, but this time, she had someone to share her sorrow with.

A month passed by without incident and they got to know each other a little better. A mutual attraction began, but, for some reason, Nathan always seemed to hold back and stay away from her for periods of time. Mostly it was because he had agreed to ghost away the growing clones into special vats inside of the planet's Acclamator defense force.

Growing weary of waiting, she confronted him about it and he agreed to talk to her. He explained that it had been hard for him to realize that he truly loved her, because of his Jedi training that forbade attachment. Over the past couple of days, he had realized that there was some very wrong teachings in the Jedi Code, and that he had been missing the most important of them all.

"The Jedi Code states that a Jedi is to avoid attachment, it says nothing about celibacy."

- Nathan



Touched by his words and his usual jocular way of bringing them out, she hugged him and he told her to close her eyes. He revealed that he, with assistance from Doc, had found the ancient ruins of a Kaminoan city, and in their search, they had found a marvelous crystal, which would later be called Abigaile's Heart. He proposed right then and there, to which she gladly accepted.

When reports of an Imperial attack were substantiated, they moved the wedding date to the day they planned to leave Kamino. As soon as the wedding ceremony ended, the Empire came in full force. The Battle of Kamino had begun.

Novus Kamino Prime
She later helped the Kaminoans to rebuild their position in the Galaxy alongside her husand. When the Ottiumigons were attacked by the invading Yuuzhan Vong, she was an integral part of stopping them. During the Battle of the Ottiumigos Centrality, she was instrumental in weeding out the Yuuzhan Vong&mdash;although they didn't know that was their name yet&mdash;spies hidden on the Ottiumigon people by theorizing that if she couldn't feel them in the Force then they must be the invaders. (This theory of hers had been based on Nathan's encounter with a pilot who he couldn't find in the Force.)

After the battle, she became pregnant with her and Nathan's child. She watched with sorrow when her husband left her to scout out the Vong.

Relief came when she helped the Belsavis Jedi to land safely on Novus Kamino Prime, got them adjusted to life on the colony, and directed the defense of the planet&mdash;with co-pilot Amord&mdash;when the Yuuzhan Vong invaded and instigated the Battle of Novus Kamino Prime.

Love Lost
When her husband returned from his mission, she begged him to reconsider his position on the Empire. Not wanting to harm his wife, Nathan agreed to not attack, unless attacked first. Unbeknowest to his wife, he, Alpha, and Doc had formulated a plan to get the promise to come to life. When it happened she watched again as the love of her life left her yet again. But that was only the tip of the iceburg, a guilty Doc came to her and gave her the words that she didn't want to hear: Nathan had lied to her. That was more than she could take and, taking her child with her, left Nathan a cryptic message, should he decide to repent of his actions.

She went to Tatooine with the intent to help Obi-Wan Kenobi&mdash;her husband's uncle&mdash;with the safety of the growing Luke Skywalker. Unfortunately, Emperor Palpatine had given notices that contained her face, profile, and a reward for her capture. She and her child were kidnapped and all would have been lost, if not for her faithful droid Kex, who delivered all of her information to Obi-Wan. When Nathan came five days later, Obi-Wan gave the information to him and left his nephew in the desert alone in his self-pity.



She was subjected to torture from Darth Vader and was told that she and her baby were to become Emperor's Hands. She resisted and when her husband came forgave him, but to his horror, was killed by a blastershot in his arms. Her Force ghost denied that he had caused her harm and told him to protect their child.

Legacy
After her death, there was a funeral held in her honor on Novus Kamino Prime. She was buried near the future spot of the Memorial Hall.

Nathan, destitute, left the Colonies in the hands of several trusted Masters and went with his daughter to a never-ending sojurn through the Unknown Regions.

Her daughter would grow up to be a fine woman, but after the manipulations of Nat-ahn Mandrex, she was a shadow of her former self. Abigaile Kenobi's son would later help to fulfill a prophecy he had made concerning the Colonies' future.

Her Force ghost helped her grandson to help make an important decision for the Colonies.

Personality
Growing up without a real mother to guide her, Abigaile was a bit rough on the edges. She was a little brash and always spoke her mind. She hated to be betrayed, but hated failure even worse.

She was also kind when she needed to be and was a great organizer. She could absorb information like a Malastarian jeno sponge and, as a result, she spent countless hours in Kamino's&mdash;later Novus Kamino Prime's&mdash;databases, trying to figure out everything the Galaxy had to offer.

When it came to her family, she was one of the most protective, caring individuals the Galaxy had to offer.

Appearances

 * Last of the Jedi: Nathaniel Kenobi
 * The Redemption of Korriban: A Tale of the New Jedi Order
 * Schism: A Tale of the New Jedi Order (Force ghost only)