Tainer Croft

Tainer was a Jedi Knight during the time of the Great Jedi Purge, working on missions alongside Drosk. Tainer took up Xero Heng as his apprentice until the latter was eligible to become a youngling and was placed in the hands of the Jedi Masters instructing the Anju Clan.

Early life
On his home planet of Neque, Tainer lived with his family of three, excluding himself. At some point, the planet was bombarded and most was left annihilated. His father and brother died during the attack, whilst the history of his mother from that point remained unknown to Tainer. It was after this event that Tainer was brought to the Jedi Temple.

Time on Itari (—32 BBY)
During his time on Itari, Tainer sensed Xero Heng's birth immediately after the event took place. Under orders from the Jedi Order, Tainer and Drosk were asked to bring the child to the Jedi Temple after reporting the child's Force-sensitivity to the Masters. The two walked into the Kessler household, and after Drosk had cut off the hand of Salvor Kessler and engaged Koryn in a lightsaber duel, Tainer reluctantly took Xero from his mother's hands and brought him to their ship.

After facing a barrage of blaster shots from the area's residents, Tainer piloted the ship back to Coruscant.

Xero's apprenticeship (32 BBY—29 BBY)
After returning to Coruscant with Xero, Tainer presented the infant to the High Council, who allowed the child to stay after debate. Tainer kept Xero in his quarter's and trained the infant in both lightsaber combat and manipulation of the Force.

Behind the scenes
Tainer was created by Mikah as an on-the-spot addition to his rewrite of Star Wars: Plight of the Padawan. Tainer's physical appearance was modeled off Mikah's tenth grade biology teacher, making him the only character in Plight of the Padawan to draw inspiration from a real person in Mikah's life.

Despite the name Tainer being somewhat common as a surname in the Star Wars universe—as in Doran and his parents Kell and Tyria Tainer—Mikah's character shares no background with any pre-existing Tainer.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Plight of the Padawan