Cin Drallig

Cin Drallig was a [|human] [|male] [Master|Jedi Master] who served the [Order|Jedi Order] during the [Wars|Clone Wars]. He was the head of the [Temple Guard|Jedi Temple Guard] and a [|lightsaber] instructor who was nicknamed "the Troll" by fellow [|Jedi]. Drallig was killed by [Skywalker|Darth Vader] during the [on the Jedi Temple|attack] on the [Palace|Jedi Temple].

Biography
Cin Drallig, a [|human] [|male], was a master swordsman who served the [Order|Jedi Order]. Drallig rose to the rank of [Master|Jedi Master] and led the [Temple Guard|Jedi Temple Guard] during the [Wars|Clone Wars]. As a Master, he was a teacher of [|lightsaber] combat who passed his skills onto new generations of [|Jedi]. He earned the nickname "the Troll" from other members of the Jedi Order.

Guarding the Temple
During the [Wars|Clone Wars], the [Palace|Jedi Temple] was [of the Jedi Temple hangar|bombed] by [|Padawan] [Offee|Barriss Offee]. Before the perpetrator had been caught, the Jedi led an investigation to determine who was behind the attack. [Skywalker|Anakin Skywalker] approached Drallig, who was standing guard with the Temple Guard at the gates of the Jedi Temple, where protestors were demonstrating against the war and the Jedi Order's involvement in it. Skywalker showed Drallig a [|holographic] image of their then-suspect, [Bowmani|Jackar Bowmani], and asked the Jedi Master to be on alert for him. This led to the suspect's wife, [Turmond|Letta Turmond], being taken into custody after spotting the holographic image, and the Jedi ultimately learned that Turmond was part of the plot to attack the Jedi Temple.

The Temple was later [at the Jedi Temple|attacked] by [|Captain] [Sear|Rackham Sear] of the [of Independent Systems|Confederacy of Independent Systems]. During the attack, Drallig led two Temple Guards in securing the quarters of the Jedi [|youngling]s. He arrived just in time to cut a small explosive drone in half before it detonated in a room with several younglings. He ordered the guards to stay with the younglings and destroy any more explosives that entered the area. Draligg then joined Masters [Windu|Mace Windu] and [Kenobi|Obi-Wan Kenobi], reporting to them that there were the Younglings were safe, but that there were explosions throughout the Temple and that the source was unknown. Master [Billaba|Depa Billaba] and [Initiate|Initiate] [Jarrus|Caleb Dume] ended the attack by confronting Sear on the roof of the Temple, where he committed suicide by leaping off the building.

Fall of the Jedi Temple
At the end of the war, Skywalker turned to the [side of the Force|dark side of the Force] and became Darth Vader, apprentice to [Chancellor|Supreme Chancellor] [Sidious|Sheev Palpatine]&mdash;secretly Darth Sidious, the [Lord of the Sith|Dark Lord of the Sith]. Vader [on the Jedi Temple|attacked] the Jedi Temple with the [Legion|501st Legion] of [trooper|clone trooper]s, while Palpatine issued [66|Order 66] to force the clones to turn against the Jedi Order. Drallig fought to defend the Jedi Temple alongside Padawans [|Whie] and [|Bene]. The three Jedi were eventually confronted and slain in lightsaber combat by Darth Vader.

Powers and abilities
Drallig, the wielder of a [|green] lightsaber, was a skilled swordsman who used his knowledge of lightsaber combat to train other Jedi. He was nonetheless killed in lightsaber combat by Darth Vader during the attack on the Jedi Temple.

Behind the scenes
For his brief appearance in [Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith|Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith], Cin Drallig was portrayed by [trilogy|prequel trilogy] stunt coordinator [Gillard|Nick Gillard], whose name was used as the basis for the character's name. Drallig was later voiced by [Atkin Downes|Robin Atkin Downes] in "[(episode)|Sabotage]," the seventeenth episode of the [Clone Wars: Season Five|fifth season] of the animated television series [Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars].