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a Nautolan, Kit Fisto was the Jedi Master who took over the training of Bant Eerin in the wake of Tahl's death. He was noted for his intense style of swordfighting, practicing Form I style and adapting it to modern combat. Years later, Master Fisto was paired with Belsed-Qan Idan to put together a task force to stop the Iridium Pirates that were ambushing Old Republic supply convoys, shortly before the onsetof the Clone Wars. While the Jedi were successful, they lost three members of their Order and were unable to save their command ship, the Monitor III. Kit Fisto was one of the Jedi Masters who accompanied Mace Windu to Geonosis, as part of the task force sent to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi and determine the level of threat of the Conferedation of Independent Systems. His combat prowess was evident, as Master Fisto was one of the few survivors of the initial stages of the Battle of Geonosis. He went on to serve in many battles, mainly the liberation of Calamari, Devaron, and Ord Cestus. It was on Ord Cestus that he was able to infiltrate the ranks of the Desert Wind terrorist group, winning their confidence by helping them regroup and retrain for more concentrated attacks on the holdings of the Five Families. The mission was simple: discover the truth behind the production of the JK-series of security droids, and whether or not the Five Families were allied with the Separatists. Working with the ARC troopers known as Nate, Forry, Sirty, Seefor, and Xutoo, Master Fisto was able to train the ragtag terrorists into a band of able-bodied commandos who could infiltrate corporate locations and sabotage the efforts of the Five Families. Then, posing as the noted criminal Nemonus, Master Fisto nearly succeeded in manipulating the Five Families into siding with the Republic. Only the savage trickery of Asajj Ventress prevented the ruse for working, but it left Master Fisto and Obi-Wan stranded on Ord Cestus without making any progress. It was then that Ventress revealed that the entire plot to purchase JK-series droids was a carefully orchestrated sham, in which Count Dooku hoped to lure the Republic and the Jedi Order into overreacting. Once the Republic had destroyed the otherwise peaceful Cestians, the Separatist leader believed that the galaxy would flock to his side. The two Jedi, along with the ARC troopers, refused to let this happen, and Master Fisto very nearly gave his life to ensure that it didn't. His heroic efforts also came close to capturing Asajj Ventress, but the Dark Jedi managed to escape at the last moment. As the Clone Wars ground on, Master Fisto was appointed a position on the Jedi Council. As the Clone Wars began to wind down after the First Battle of Coruscant, Kit Fisto was among the group of Jedi Masters who accompanied Mace Windu to arrest Chancellor Palpatine, after it was learned that he had finally been revealed as Darth Sidious. However, the Jedi were unprepared for Palpatine's powers, and Kit Fisto was quickly killed during the fighting, leaving Mace Windu to face Palpatine alone.