Saesee Tiin (Powerstaark)

Saesee Tiin was an Iktochi Jedi Master and a member of the Jedi Council. During his career Tiin only trained one Padawan Carmen Conrose. He fought in the Clone Wars and was the best pilot in the Jedi Order with the possible exception of Anakin Skywalker.

Early life
Saesee Tiin was discovered on Iktotch at a young age and brought to the Jedi Temple to be trained. Tiin was older than most people allowed into the Order. His exact age at the time of him being found by the Jedi is unconfirmed, but he was already talented at flying, but not as old as Anakin Skywalker was when he joined the Order, so it is presumed he was about six or seven. Either way the Jedi that found him thought his Force connection was too strong to be ignored so the Council allowed him to join the Order.

Saesee was eventually selected as a Padawan by a Jedi called Omo Bouri. He became very close to his Master and when his Master died 27 years before the Clone wars Tiin was very upset. The cause of Omo's death is unconfirmed but Saesee never truly recovered from it until his Master appeared to him in a dream as a Force Ghost 5 years later. Tiin never told anyone about his dream dismissing it as unimportant to anyone except him. However if he had told someone the Jedi might have discovered the secret of eternal life sooner. In the same year Saesee was selected as a member of the Jedi Council and continued to be a member for the rest of his life.

Jedi Council member
One year after becoming a Jedi Council member Saesee fought in the Stark Hyperspace War A Jedi team had been sent to settle the dispute, but had been caught up in the fighting. With his telepathic abilities, Saesee was able to channel the Force of the rest of the Council and so communicate with the away team over vast distances. When it came to be a fighter attack against Iaco Stark's forces, Saesee, with his astonishing flying skills and firm leadership, was an obvious choice to command the fighter squadron. He led Red and Blue Squadrons to victory in the Fifth Battle of Qotile.

On numerous occasions, Master Tiin's flying skills saved the lives of his fellow Jedi. During the highly dangerous mission to Yinchorr, Saesee was the pilot of one of the Republic cruisers delivering Mace Windu, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Obi-Wan Kenobi to the trouble spot. On arrival at their destination, the Jedi were ambushed by Yinchorri fighters. The Republic cruisers were unarmed and so Saesee was forced to take evasive action. However, his ship was caught between the planet and the ambushers. Saesee flew directly at the planet and then engaged the hyperdrive engine for a split second, which took them to the other side of the planet. It was a highly dangerous maneuver, and one that only a pilot with the skills of Saesee could have performed successfully. On the same mission, Saesee also demonstrated his skill and bravery in ground combat. In the middle of battle with the Yinchorri, Saesee single-handedly defeated a battle tank with his lightsaber.

Of all of Saesee's epic acts of bravery and skill, none surpassed those he achieved in his own specialized starfighter, Sharp Spiral. Saesee had been awarded the SoroSuub Cutlass-9 patrol fighter by a group of grateful Duros diplomats after the Jedi had saved them from space pirates. Due to his skills as a pilot, Saesee was permitted to keep the gift and immediately set about modifying it. The already superb performance of the ship was improved to levels that matched Saesee's skills. He saw about the removal of electronic sensor systems and map systems, since these have little use to one attuned to the Force. With the removal of these systems, it made the SoroSuub even more nimble than it was, making it a very formidable dogfighting starship.

It was in Sharp Spiral that Master Tiin, performed one of his most famous deeds. For some years, Saesee had established close links with a group of independent conscience-fighters called Sons and Daughters of Freedom. The group fought for the cause of liberty and were usually allies of the Republic. However, when a faction within the Freedom's Sons became corrupt, Saesee set out to apprehend them. It was an unbalanced fight—Saesee in Sharp Spiral and the rogue Freedom's Sons in three battleships. Despite outgunning Saesee many times over, the renegades could not land a single shot on Sharp Spiral. With cool calm, Saesee went about destroying the shields, engines, and weapons systems of all three ships. He then left the ships stranded for the Republic forces to pick up.

Saesee was one of the few Jedi who didn't train a Padawan before becoming a member of the Council. Ten years before the Clone Wars though the Iktotchi finally decided to take a student and took a sixteen year old Twilek called Carmen Conrose as his Padawan. Carmen respected her Master but Tiin refused to allow himself to become attached to her for fear of suffering the way he had when his master died. Tiin usually kept their relationship formal but as Carmen was quite a talented student he would compliment her from time to time. However unlike her master Carmen hated flying.

Carmen became a Jedi Knight eight years later; two years before the beginning of the Clone Wars. Tiin was proud of her and continued to see her from time to time; despite himself he was quite close to Carmen though not as close as he had been to Omo.

Battle of Geonosis
Prior to the Battle of Geonosis, Master Tiin helped Adi Gallia flight-test a Delta-7 Aethersprite prototype over Coruscant. Thanks to this trial, Saesee Tiin made several modifications to the starfighters for increased performance. He participated in the Battle of Geonosis, where he took part in the rescue attempt of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Senator Padmé Amidala in the execution arena, and was one of the few survivors of the task force. When Yoda arrived with the Grand Army of the Republic, Saesee followed Luminara Undui onto a Republic gunship with fellow Jedi Roth-Del Masona and Shaak Ti. After being dropped off, he took off in his starfighter, Sharp Spiral, to aid Adi Gallia in the battle above Geonosis.. http://

The war continues
As the Clone Wars spread, Tiin and many of his fellow Jedi took the mantle of Jedi General, commanding both ground and air/space forces. Five months after the start of the war Saesee hear about his former Padawan's death and was on the Jedi Council when the Council assigned her Padawan Tom Norton to Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Saesee had gained mastery of his emotions since Omo Bouri's death and though he was a bit upset he was nowhere near as upset as he had been when Omo died.

Personality and traits
Saesee Tiin was a serious person and like Mace Windu he rarely showed a sense of humour or smiled. Saesee was extremely loyal to the Jedi Order and the death of his master Omo Bouri increased his loyalty. Saesee was very attached to Bouri and was very upset when he died but eventually got over it when Bouri visited him as a Force Ghost after his death. Tiin was unsure if Bouri had really visited him or if it had been just a dream but it stopped him from mourning his former master and he finally learnt to let him go. Tiin had a formal relationship with his Padawan Carmen Conrose but would compliment her from time to time and was at least a little upset when she died.

Saesee loved flying and was known for being a very cool and calm pilot no matter what the situation. He was very confident in his flying skills.

Powers and abilities
Saesee Tiin was trained as a Jedi Guardian and was a talented swordsman being a master of Shii-Cho. Tiin's mastery of the style made him one of the few Jedi to survive the Battle of Geonosis. He also gave his Padawan Carmen Conrose some training in Shii-Cho but Carmen's preferred style was Soresu.

Saesee possessed a strong conection to the Force and was a master of reading other peoples minds and communicating with people telepathically over long distances. He was also considered the Jedi Order's finest pilot, with the exception of Anakin Skywalker and his incredible flying skills allowed him to get through numerous air and space battles unscathed.