Azarp Bark

Azarp Bark was born among Tusken Raiders and taken to the Jedi Order by Sharad Hett. He was trained as a padawan by High Councilor Plo Koon. During his padawan days the Clone War broke out and he was one of many Jedi to fight on Geonosis and become Jedi Generals in the war. During the Siege of Telmaros, his affair with fellow padawan Mihra Reyven was discovered and he was expelled from the Order and took sanctuary with his family on Tatooine.

After Order 66, Mihra joined him there and they had two sons, but domestic life proved difficult for Azarp as he itched to join the fight against the Empire. In 3 BBY, he left his family behind and joined Saw Gerrera's Partisans, a rebel sect headquartered on Jedha. However, at some point before the Battle of Yavin, Azarp came into contact with former Jedi medic Aelynn, who brought him into the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Because of his difficult history with it, Azarp kept his former Jedi identity a secret to all but Aelynn.

In 6 ABY, after the Alliance received a crushing blow on Coruscant at the hands of an unknown military group, Azarp became part of Casaya Team, a special forces unit with the task of investigating. That took him to Telmaros and then Karmathia, where he was badly injured and the only way to save himself was to tap into the Force, which he had been separated from for so long. Though some team members were becoming suspicious of him, none guessed at his Force sensitivity. On Karmathia, Azarp also acquired a lightsaber.

Next, the team, with the aid of Khlorinne Bloed, Bestine Holvin, and Sironne Ostobel, infiltrated the enemy headquarters of Taldornadi. The goal was to disable the shield that protected the city, thus opening it up to an Alliance attack which would draw out the self-declared emperor Nioman Dakara. However, at the gate of Nioman's palace, Casaya Team was confronted by his apprentice, Gareth Holvin. With the mission and his team members' lives at stake, Azarp revealed himself and was able to draw Gareth away long enough for the team to complete its mission, but was unable to defeat him. Azarp died in the arms of his son, Jorum.

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Born: 39 BBY; Tatooine.

Died: 6 ABY; Taldornadi.

Species: Human.

Family: Mihra Reyven Bark (wife), Jorum Bark (son), Will Bark (son).

Affiliation: Jedi Order, Partisans, Rebel Alliance, Casaya Team.

Weapon: Blue Lightsaber (Jedi), unknown (later).

Lightsaber Form: Shien.

Master: Plo Koon.