Nim Pianna

Nim Pianna was a Force-sensitive Tholothian female member of the Jedi Order who trained under Jedi Knight Rael Averross as a Jedi Padawan during the Republic Era. During her first year of training, her Master helped her refine her lightsaber combat skills. In 48 BBY, Averross and Pianna were tasked with protecting the Advent, a food-carrying cargo freighter, from pirates. When several members of the Advent crew mutinied, Averross led Pianna into a confrontation with the mutineers' droids inside the ship's cargo bay, where she was struck with a slicer dart during the melee. The nanotechnology caused the Padawan to lose control of her physical actions and attack her Master. Averross reluctantly chose to kill Pianna to prioritize their mission of saving the Advent remaining loyal crew members.

After holding hearings, the Jedi Council vindicated Averross's actions concerning Pianna's death, though not all members of the Jedi Order felt he was blameless in the incident. Averross continued to grieve his Padawan's death for several years after the Advent mission and was sent on an extended mission to the Inner Rim planet Pijal to serve as lord regent for the world's Princess Fanry. While regent, he commiserated over the failed Advent mission with the Jedi Master Dooku during a visit to the planet Coruscant. Over time, Averross came to consider his work in preparing Fanry to be a constitutional monarch as a way to make up for the mistakes he had made with Pianna.

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