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this ancient Kushiban Jedi Master travelled to Yavin 4 to research the Massassi people, centuries before the Battle of Yavin. A small, meter-long quadriped covered with creamy white fur, Ikrit had large eyes and floppy ears. His eyes were a swirl of browns, greens, and blues, and he could turn his fur black if needed. As a youth on his homeworld of Kushibah, Ikrit tried to be like other children, but he knew that his mind worked in different ways. When Jedi Master Yoda arrived on Kushibah to locate a potential student, Ikrit was surprised to learn that it was he himself who was to be trained. The rest of his family and friends laughed at him when he decided to train to become a Jedi Master, until he diverted the attack of a pack of xinkras without raising a paw. He was regarded as a hero by his people, who realized that anything was possible. Ikrit then traveled with Yoda back to Coruscant to begin his training. While he was quite skilled with a lightsaber, Ikrit chose never to use one in combat, after he nearly killed a friend with his lightsaber during a petty argument. Even after he was elevated to the rank of Jedi Master, Ikrit refused to use a lightsaber, prefering to find other ways to mediate a potentially dangerous situation. He arrived on Yavin 4 some 385 years before the Galactic Civil War, and discovered the Golden Globe deep beneath the Palace of the Woolamander. He recognized that it could not be opened by an adult Jedi, and curled up at its base to await a child Jedi strong enough to solve its puzzle. The Jedi he waited for were Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila. He helped them as best he could, but he refrained from any direct help for two reasons: first, he knew that any adult Jedi would adversely affect the Globe's contents; second, he knew that as a Jedi Master, he needed to let the young Jedi find their own way through the Force. When Ikrit revealed himself to Luke Skywalker, Luke asked Ikrit to remain at the Jedi praxeum as a teacher. Ikrit agreed, becoming Anakin Solo's informal mentor and guide, since the Force told him that Anakin's development needed to be carefully guided. Over time, Ikrit also become one of the praxeum's main instructors, a position he held when the Yuuzhan Vong invaded the galaxy. The praxeum remained a neutral site, primarily because Ikrit had worked with Kam Soluar and Tionne to maintain an illusion that hid the training center, until the Peace Brigade decided to turn the Jedi over to the alien invaders in return for a tenuous cease-fire. As the Peace Brigade attacked the training complex on Yavin 4, Ikrit sacrificed himself in order to allow his students to survive and reach the safety of the Errant Venture.