Elzar Mann

Elzar Mann, nicknamed the "laserman" by those on the Galactic Frontier, was a human male Jedi Master during the High Republic Era. A controversial Jedi due to his unorthodox manner of using the Force, Mann remained a Jedi Knight late into his time with the Jedi Order despite his ability to rediscover abilities that had been forgotten. He served along with other Jedi, including his close friends Avar Kriss and Stellan Gios, and members of the Republic Defense Coalition during the response to the Great Hyperspace Disaster, a hyperspace-related cataclysm which sent the remnants of ships torn apart in the hyperlanes hurtling towards inhabited systems. Following their actions during the evacuation of the Hetzal system, Mann was chosen by Kriss to assist her after she was instructed to find the source of the Great Disaster and, as a result of their mission, he was finally promoted to Jedi Master.

In the aftermath of the Nihil defeat at the Battle of Kur, Mann attended the dedication of Starlight Beacon along with Kriss, Gios and dozens of other Jedi, during which time he experienced a distressing Force vision about the future, a vision which badly shook him up and led him to distance himself from his friends, especially Kriss. A year after the Great Disaster, Mann was assigned as the Jedi marshal for Valo, the Frontier world where the Republic Fair was being held to encourage Outer Rim planets to join the galactic government. Mann's vision came true as a large Nihil force attacked and devastated Valo, dealing a blow to the Republic's expansion efforts and leaving hundreds of thousands dead.

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