Kirlocca

Kirlocca was a renowned Wookiee male Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order as an instructor of lightsaber technique during the last decades of the Galactic Republic. Raised on the planet Kashyyyk, during his youth Kirlocca was enrolled as a Jedi and trained at the Almas Academy on the planet Almas in the Cularin system. He eventually became a teacher at the Academy, training countless students.

Around 31 BBY, Kirlocca and the Almas Jedi faced a series of challenges as a result of the rising power of the dark side of the Force in the Cularin system brought about by the emegence of the Believers, a powerful Sith cult. While Kirlocca was leading a Jedi camping trip into the desolate Almas Wasteland, several Jedi accompany the expedition fell to the dark side. They turned on the Wookiee and the rest of their party, and Kirlocca barely escaped with his life. Kirlocca later recovered the Pulas, an ancient Sith artifact from a Sith fortress on Almas, and he assisted with an effort to transport the relic to the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant, to keep it out of the hands of the Believers. Roughly ten years later, during the Clone Wars, Kirlocca was killed while confronting the Dark Jedi Raik Muun aboard the liner Luxury. Kirlocca's passing was mourned by many across the Cularin system and a series of festivities were held to celebrate his life.

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