Arrikazza

"'If your Skywalker isn't the Chosen One, that Arrikazza may be.' 'Arrikazza may be powerful, but he seems more like a Gray Jedi to me.' -Quinlin Vos and Obi-Wan-Kenobi."

Arrikazza was an force-sensitive wookie who was born on 35 BBY on the jungle planet Kashyyyk in the Union city of Kachiho. He was first discovered by the Jedi Order during the Battle of Kashyyyk in 26 BBY and would become friends with fellow Jedi Knights, Wyatt Morel and Inadase Alhenes. During the Clone Wars Arrikazza was noted as an brave General of the clone 44st Legion alongside CC-1328, nicknamed Ackaly and led them through many battles, their most famous being the Third Battle of Geonosis along with their battles with the Dark Hand, an criminal empire that was controled by the Sith Order members Darth Plagus and his apprentices, Darth Var and Darth Rhen. After Order 66 was executed, Arrikazza hid from the Empire with the Jedi Remanet before it was destroyed by Darth Vader in 17 BBY, once this took place, Arrikazza and the other surviving Jedi regrouped with the 44st legion and the remains of the ARD to form the Renegade Republic to fight the Empire. They won many battles against the Empire, but were eventually destroyed when Grand Moff Tarkin during the Ambush at Yavin 3. When all hope seemed lost at this point, Arrikazza and his Jedi friends, Wyatt and Inadase joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic in 3 BBY and gained the rank of Jedi Generals in the rebel army. Three years later in 0 BBY Arrikazza met Luke Skywalker and began to complete his training after his original master, Obi-Wan-Kenobi's, death. Arrikazza would only teach the young jedi for two years before the events that took place on Hoth. With the Alliance scattered, Arrikazza flew his starship, The Can-Cell, into deep space and rediscovered the Dark Hand, expossing them to the galaxy an sent a distress call to Wyatt and Inadase, but not before being turned to the Dark Side of the Force and becoming the apprentice to Darth Krayt and taking the name, Darth Kash. When Wyatt and Inadase arrived to the planet the Dark Hand was based on, Rakata Prime, with a rebel commando squad named Sarlacc Squadron, only to be defeated by Arrikazza, now Darth Kash, who placed his former friends in a cell with the the only two surviving members of Salacc Squadron. During this time, Kash began to realize that he had become the one thing he never wanted to be, but still did not allow Arrikazza to return, in fear of dying. Darth Kash would continue fighting for the Dark Hand up until the year of 4 ABY, just a few moments before the Battle of Endor, when Kyrat ordered Kash to accompany him and his master, Darth Plaguis in attacking the Empire's new weapon, the Second Death Star and killing the Emperor. Kash and his Sith masters then traveled to the Death Star on a stolen Star Destroyer and attacked the Emperor while he was in his throne room. They first caught the old sith by surprise and damaged him but was able to regain strenght and ordered his apprentice Darth Vader and his Red Guards to attack the intruders. Darth Kash personally fought Vader while Kyrat fought off the Red Guards and Plaguis dueled his former apprentice. The attack resulted in faliure as Wyatt and Inadase, who were onboard the Star Destroyer, broke out of prison and intervined. They tried turning Darth Kash back to the light but were stopped when Kyrat attacked them, upon defeating the Red Guards, using red force lightning. Kash, upon seeing this died and Arrikazza was brought back to the light. Arrikazza, now redeamed, shocked his sith master to death and escaped the Death Star with his friends and stole the Dark Hand's Star Destroyer, leaving Darth Plagus outmatched, but his fate is unknown. Once they returned to the Rebel Alliance, the three Jedi were sent back to the Death Star and participated in the Battle of Endor, with Arrikazza and Inadase helping fight in space with their captured Star Destroyer while Wyatt was sent to help the rebels on Endor repel Imperial forces near the sheild generator. The battle ended in sucess and Arrikazza, Wyatt, and Inadase became parts of both the New Republic and New Jedi Order.

Early Life
Arrikazza was born in the Wookie city of Kachiko on 35 BBY. He grew up in his father's tree hut and started working with his father in the Wookie Trade Union in 30 BBY when he was only five years old. A few years later, a the age of seven, Arrikazza caught and tamed a Can-Cell, naming it Wisp.

Discovering his powers
Battle of Kashyyyk

On 26 BBY, a criminal empire that had risen to power in the Outer Rim called the Dark Hand attacked Kashyyyk, as it was an Republic-occupied world, and sent multiple bombers to assualt Arrikazza's home town of Kachirho, which Arrikazza did not die in as he was ridding Wisp at the time. Upon seeing the city get bombed, Arrikazza quickly raced to the burning remains of the city and discovered that his father, Jaybacca, was injured in the bombing. Before his death, however, Jaybacca told his son of his special powers and gave him his uncle's (who was a Jedi) lightsaber. Shortly after this, a squad of seven battle droids led by OOM-12, and Arrikazza first tapped into his force powers and destroyed the entire droid squad. After this, Arrikazza rode Wisp far away from were the Dark Hand was absed, in fear of being hunted for destroying a squadron of their droids. Arrikazza was correct in his feelings, as almost an minuet after the left three starfighers covered in the Dark Hand colors and symbol came out of the sky and attacked him. Arrikazza was unable to dodge the blaster fire and Wisp was eventually shot in his thrid wing and was about to drop out of teh sky when two Jedi Starfighters came flying out of the sky and shot down all of the Dark Hand ships.

These two Jedi Starfighters were flown by Jedi Knights, Wyatt Morel and Inadase Alhense, who guided the young wookie to safty in a nearby Republic-Wookie Base. Upon arriving, Arrikazza asked why the Republic didn't engage the Dark Hand earlier, and he was answered by Republic Captain Taggert, who told the wookie that they wanted to ambush the Dark Hand, since their forces were few. It was at that moment when Arrikazza used the force again to throw a rock into the trees in anger. When this happened another Jedi that was ther, Plo Koon, went up to Arrikazza and started teaching him the ways of a Jedi Knight for two days while Wyatt, Inadase, Captain Taggert, and Republic IG Droid, IG-14, came up with the battle plans for the upcoming battle. After four days of training as a jedi with Plo Koon, the plan was finished, Taggert and Wyatt would lead the main army to assault the main Dark Hand base in Kachirho, while Arrikazza, Plo Koon, Inadase, IG-14, and Wisp would attack and attempt to commander the Dark Hand's droid control tower to stop their droid forces from continusly hunting down the wookie survivors. .

First encounter with the Sith
So, while the Republic forces engaged the Dark Hand's amry of Battle Droids and Blade Troopers, Arrikazza and the rest of his team arrived at the Droid Control Tower and took it over. But, before they could do anything to the main panel, two sith lords from the Dark Hand came in named Darth Var and Darth Rhen, and were prepared to do whatever it took to defeat the Jedi.

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