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Muln, Garen

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this restless boy was one of Obi-Wan Kenobi's friends, during the time he trained at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. The two boys fought over the most trivial things, but maintained a strong friendship. Because they were of similar size, Garen was used as Obi-Wan's double during the search for Xanatos. Xanatos had infiltrated the Jedi Temple with the intent of stealing a cache of vertex crystals and destroying the Temple, but Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn managed to thwart the attempt. Garen later trained as a starfighter pilot, in an effort to augment the ranks of pilots among the Jedi. Garen was among the first Jedi chosen to train at Clee Rhara's starfighter facility on Centax 2, later apprenticed with Clee Rhara as a Padawan. Despite their efforts, the starfighter training facility eventually closed its doors, but Garen and Clee went on to have distinguished careers among the Jedi. Just prior to the Clone Wars, Muln was elevated to the rank of Jedi Knight, and accompanied Siri Tachi on a mission to the Xanlanner System. While en route, they discovered Obi-Wan's distress signal from TY44, and helped him reach Vanqor to rescue his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker. When the Clone Wars broke out, Garen was placed in charge of a small group of clone troopers. Just before the First Battle of Coruscant, Muln and his team were dispatched to Acherin to free the planet from Separatist control. He managed to broker the surrender of General Toma's forces, and was about to sign a peace treaty with the Acherin government when the command to execute Order 66 was given. For his actions in the fighting, Garen had earned the respect of Toma, and Toma was able to hide him from the clone troopers for several weeks. In order to protect his friend, however, Garen took the first ship to Ilum, and chose to hide in the Crystal Cave. He left Toma with orders to tell only a true Jedi about his location, hoping to gather other Jedi on Ilum.