Ki-Adi-Mundi

Ki-Adi-Mundi was a Force-sensitive male Cerean Jedi Master of the Jedi Order who served on the High Council in the twilight years of the Galactic Republic and played a major role in several battles during the Clone Wars. Born in 93 BBY, Mundi was discovered at age four by the Jedi An'ya Kuro and became one of the few permitted by the Jedi Order to be trained starting beyond infancy. After more than two decades as a Padawan to Master Yoda, Mundi was named a Jedi Knight and returned to Cerea to liberate his home village from a gang of raiders. Assigned the Jedi Watchman of the Cerean sector, Mundi was granted a rare exception to the Jedi Order's ban on marriage due to his species' low birth rate and had a polygamous family of five wives and seven children, although he was able to love them without being attached.

Like many Cereans of his generation, Mundi favored his homeworld's isolation from the galaxy, speaking out against off-worlder technology and encouraging Cerea to maintain their independence from the Republic. Mundi was held in high regard by members of the Jedi High Council, on which he occasionally sat in during the absence of Master Micah Giiett. He was eventually offered a permanent seat on the Council despite not yet having obtained the rank of Jedi Master. Before accepting, Mundi rescued his daughter Sylvn from the captivity of an agent of the crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure, and in doing so uncovered a secret Cerean smuggling ring and illegal Trade Federation activities. Shortly after formally joining the Council in 33 BBY, Mundi was sent to seek the lost Jedi Sharad Hett on Tatooine. Following Hett's death, Mundi agreed to continue the Jedi training of his son, A'Sharad Hett.

While Mundi and Hett grew close, the Cerean eventually agreed to turn his training over to Kuro after Hett felt tempted by the dark side of the Force during a lightsaber duel with bounty hunter Aurra Sing. As the Confederacy of Independent Systems uprising threatened the stability of the Republic, Mundi was among the Jedi dispatched to Geonosis in 22 BBY to confront the Separatist Droid Army, marking the beginning of the Clone Wars. Now a Jedi General commanding the Galactic Marines branch of the Grand Army of the Republic, Mundi participated in several major battles, including the battle of Hypori, where he barely survived a lightsaber duel against General Grievous. Mundi's entire family was killed during the Battle of Cerea, but the Jedi overcame his grief by further committing to his Jedi duties. He briefly assumed the Jedi training of Anakin Skywalker following Obi-Wan Kenobi's presumed death.

Mundi also dueled the Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress on Coruscant after exposing a spy from within the Galactic Senate working with her. Along with Kenobi and Luminara Unduli, Mundi led an assault against several Separatist battle droid foundries on Geonosis. Following the assault Mundi earned the "everlasting respect" of Anakin Skywalker, as Mundi killed a total of 65 droids and Geonosians during the assault. As the Clone Wars approached conclusion, Mundi suggested to the Jedi High Council that Supreme Chancellor Palpatine may have become too powerful and that the Jedi Order might need to assume control of the Republic for an interim period until a transition of power could commence.

Ki-Adi-Mundi was a Cerean male who had white hair, yellow eyes, light skin, and a height of 1.98 meters. He was a logical and methodical Jedi Master who was well-known for his wisdom, his noble thinking, and his courage. Like other Cereans, he was highly intelligent due to his binary brain, which allowed him to observe both sides of a situation simultaneously. His wise way of thinking made him an excellent strategist. When Jedi Masters needed advice, they often sought Mundi's opinion.

Ki-Adi-Mundi was an extremely wise and stoic Jedi who was well known for his strong judgment, his practical thinking, and his courage. Like all Cereans, his binary brain made him extremely logical and insightful and he was a skilled tactician and diplomat. Unlike many of the other Jedi on the Jedi Council, Mundi acknowledged the deep connection that once existed between the fallen Dooku and Yoda, as master and apprentice.

When he was granted the rare exception of being allowed to marry, as a husband and father Mundi had to face a difficult struggle to find the balance between attachment and love, but managed to do so. Although he cared for his family and loved them, Mundi was able to remain a Jedi Knight above everything else. This was particularly evident when, after his family was killed following the Battle of Cerea, Mundi was able overcome his grief during a situation in which other Jedi would risk falling to the dark side of the Force.

Mundi harbored a deep love of his homeworld of Cerea, and felt the Cereans were in perfect harmony with nature. Like many other Cereans of his generation, Mundi was suspicious and distrustful of technology and preferred that his home planet remain technologically primitive and relatively isolated from the rest of the galaxy.

By the time of the Clone Wars, Ki-Adi-Mundi was considered by many to be one of the best swordsmen in the Jedi Order. He used a blue lightsaber. Mundi was a powerful practitioner of Form IV, Ataru, and was second only to Grandmaster Yoda in his mastery of the style, and was rivaled only by Agen Kolar. Mundi also mastered Form III, Soresu, and was highly proficient with it. He was also very skilled in Form II, Makashi. Mundi was also skilled in the use of several Force powers. During his duel with Grievous, Mundi displayed the ability to produce powerful telekinetic blasts capable of creating a crater in the ground. The Cerean could also leap incredible heights, such as when he launched himself onto a moving gunship during his battle with Ventress. He was also able to use Force healing to some degree.

The 21st Nova Corps, also known as the Galactic Marines, was a prominent military unit of clone troopers noted for their unique armor and relentlessness in combat. The corps served in the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic as part of the 4th Sector Army under the leadership of Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi and Marshal Commander Bacara.

The Clone Wars, also known as the Clone War and the Great Clone War, was the name given to the major galactic conflict fought between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The war was named after the clone troopers utilized by the Republic against the battle droid forces of the Separatists. These armies, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Separatist Droid Army, were two of the largest ever pitted against each other in galactic history, and the fighting between them rapidly spread to countless inhabited worlds.