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| “ | One doesn't need to be a Jedi to feel the stress on your mind. | „ |
| ~ Shaak Ti to a clone. |
| “ | The Sith always betray one another. But I'm sure you'll learn that soon enough. | „ |
| ~ Shaak Ti to Galen Marek. |
Shaak Ti is a supporting character in the Star Wars franchise.
She was a power female Togruta Jedi Mistress, hailing from the planet Shili, serving the Galactic Republic as a member of the Jedi Order in the final decades of the Republic era. In addition to her strength and power in the Force and her great prowess in lightsaber combat, Shaak Ti was known for her wisdom, kindness patience and empathy. During the Clone Wars, in addition to fighting many battles, she was the Jedi Master in charge with assisting the Kaminoans in the training of clone troopers.
Portrayals[]
- She was portrayed by Orli Shoshan in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
- Grey DeLisle voiced her in The Clone Wars, who also voiced Padmé Amidala in Star Wars media, Mandy in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Emily Elizabeth Howard in Clifford the Big Red Dog, Tootie in The Fairly OddParents, Kimiko Tohomiko, Daphne Blake in Scooby-Doo franchise, Betty Rubble in The Flintstones, Lor McQuarrie in The Weekenders, Frankie Foster in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Sam Manson in Danny Phantom, Miss Viola in Happy Feet, Yumi Yoshimura in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Frida Suárez in El Tigre, Wubbzy in the titular series, Wonder Woman in DC Super Hero Girls, Kitty Katswell in T.U.F.F. Puppy, Arcee in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Nova Terra in StarCraft, Carmelita Fox in Sly Cooper, Arkham Catwoman, her Injustice incarnation, Moon Butterfly and Jackie Lynn Thomas in Star vs the Forces of Evil, Lola Loud, Lana Loud, and Lily Loud in The Loud House, and Maz Kanata in EA's Battlefront 2.
- Tasia Valenza voiced her in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, who also voiced Poison Ivy in the Arkham series. Susan Eisenberg voiced the character in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, who also voiced Wonder Woman, her Injustice incarnation, and Gearshift in Skylanders.
Biography[]
Joining the Jedi High Council in the years before the Clone Wars, she took up the ranks of General within the Grand Army of the Republic and was tasked with the oversight of clone trooper training on the ocean world Kamino.
As a Jedi Councilor, Mistress Shaak Ti was involved in many epic conflicts during the Clone Wars, including planning and engaging in the opening Battle of Geonosis on Geonosis. In addition, Mistress Ti was instrumental in the First and Third Battles of Kamino, where she helped to protect the future generations of clone troopers growing at the facilities, as well as during the Battle of Hypori where she became one of the few Jedi to survive an encounter with Artel Darc, before which she served with distinction during the conflict on Brentaal IV.
Shaak Ti was assigned to protect the Jedi Temple in the final days of the war as the threat of the hidden Dark Lord of the Sith became clear. Stationed there during the initiation of Operation: Knightfall, Ti escaped with her life when the Temple and the Republic fell into the hands of the Sith Lords. Fleeing Coruscant and traveling from world to world, Ti finally landing on Felucia with the orphaned Padawan Maris Brood. Once on Felucia, Shaak Ti trained Brood and the local Force-sensitive Jungle Felucians for an inevitable confrontation with the Sith. Mistress Ti was eventually tracked by Darth Vader who sent his secret Sith apprentice, Galen Marek to kill her. Starkiller and Shaak Ti engaged in a vicious duel, ending when an injured Ti toppled into the Ancient Abyss.
Personality[]
Shaak Ti was regarded as wise, kind, agile, smart, loving, motherly, and compassionate. According to Mace Windu, she is "as beautiful as a flower, yet as deadly as viper". Along with Plo Koon and Obi-Wan Kenobi, she was regarded as one of the purest Jedi. She was a deeply compassionate individual, effectively serving as a mother figure to the clones on Kamino. It is completely possible that her presence helped the clones develop more unique personalities, despite the Kaminoans original programming to make them basically living droids who only followed orders. Her presence was overall rather calming and serene.
Alongside her compassion, her most prominent traits was her sense of forgiveness and empathy. In essence, she was incapable of hating anyone. When she was forced to team up with a Zeltron assassin, Lyshaa, who murdered one of her Padawans, she put their past aside in order to survive. She even agreed to let the murderer go if she helped her win a battle. When facing the berserker Wookie Ryyk, Shaak Ti expressed sorrow towards the Wookiee after learning his family was killed in front of him, calming the Wookiee down. When Ryyk died, Shaak Ti felt sad. Throughout the battle, Lyshaa expressed hostility towards Shaak Ti, believing Ti hated her and wanted revenge when that was not the case at all. Shaak Ti did try to place Lyshaa back into prison, but only because Lyshaa went back on her promise and aided the Separatists. When Ti survived, Lyshaa ran away in fear, believing Ti would kill her, despite Ti pleading to her she had no hatred for her and she had no desire for revenge, leading to Lyshaa accidentally killing herself by setting off a CIS booby trap.
Shaak Ti maintained this profound sense of compassion and empathy even after Order 66 during the Age of the Empire. When Galen Marek arrived to kill her, Shaak Ti was not mad at him at all. Rather she felt deep pity for Marek, realizing Darth Vader was using him as a pawn and foreseeing that Vader would betray him. After a fierce duel, Shaak Ti warned Marek outright that his Sith master would betray him, and sacrificed herself to the sarlaac, effectively allowing Galen Marek to win out of pity.
Powers and Abilities[]
A powerful and experienced Jedi Master, Shaak Ti was regarded as an immensely skilled and formidable duelist, her skill being considered near equal even to the likes of Count Dooku. Shaak Ti is shown as an aggressive fighter, being a master of both Makashi, the fencer's form, and Ataru, the aggresive form. In the Legends continuity, nearly twenty years after the Clone Wars, her skill was shown to have greatly increased with age. She survived two encounters with General Grievous and fought off dozens of MagnaGuards at once during the Battle of Coruscant. This is especially impressive since MagnaGuards are noted Jedi killers. When facing Galen Marek, Vader's secret Sith apprentice, she fought him as an equal and even began to gain the upper hand. She ultimately allowed Galen to win, mainly out of pity.
Shaak was an immensely powerful force user, one of the strongest Jedi of her time, comparable to Plo Koon. She especially was capable with telekinesis, being able to hold her own against Galen Marek, an immensely skilled Force user.
Physical appearance[]
Shaak Ti was regarded as serene and beautiful. She also dons a brown Jedi robe with a hood that she never puts on her head and matching Jedi boots. (But in Star Wars: Clone Wars it looked like she was always barefoot). She wears a dress consisting of both a floor-length dark crimson skirt and long-sleeved black shirt with lower-cut neckline. Beneath her skirt are her dark sienna trousers. She wears a thin sienna scarf with circle print that should extend down to about knee-length. She also sports a brown leather belt with gold rectangle buckle and a calf-length leather sash with orange and silver designs that hangs down her belt.
As Chieftain after she sneaked away from the Great Jedi Purge to Felucia, she wears a cream backless top with a deep V-front (that shows both her bare back and shoulders) and brown straps around her midriff that seem to accentuate her breasts and bellybutton. She has both a tan loincloth (which only covers her groin) and homemade briefs. She also sports a bit of gray cloth wrapped around her feet (that shows both her bare toes and heels) and most of it around both leg calves (that shows her right knee) and left forearm (with a couple silver spikes on it). Brown straps she's tied around her lekku and montrals are long enough that they almost reach the ground behind her. She carries white stripes of war paint marked on both her bare arms and thighs and silver toenails with each black line on one when goes half barefoot. She also dons a white tooth necklace, silver chains around her waist, 3 gold thin bracelets on her right wrist, and silver armband on her upper right arm.
Quotes[]
| “ | You must let the doctors do their work. Do not be afraid your friend is in quite capable hands. | „ |
| ~ Shaak Ti |
| “ | I will stay and hold them off. | „ |
| ~ Shaak Ti |
| “ | Not while I live. | „ |
| ~ Shaak Ti |
| “ | Keep fighting we will count our losses later | „ |
| ~ Shaak Ti |
| “ | Surrender and avoid further loss of life | „ |
| ~ Shaak Ti |
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–05)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–13)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Deleted Scene, non-canon)
- Star Wars Rebels
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- Star Wars: Episode VII (as her Force spirit)
Trivia[]
- There is a recurring joke about Shaak Ti referring to her many retconned deaths. In a deleted scene, Shaak Ti was captured by General Grievous and then killed in front of Anakin and Obi-Wan while onboard Grievous' ship but the scene was declared non-canon. In another deleted scene, Anakin killed her during Operation: Knightfall while she was meditating. These are just a few examples, also.
- In the legends prequel novel: "Labyrinth of Evil", Shaak Ti along with Foul Moudama and Roron Corobb were accompanied with two other Jedi: Roth-Del Masona and B'ink Utrilla to protect the Chancellor from Grievous. In "Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003)", Roth-Del Masona and B'ink Utrilla are absent.
