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Maks Leem

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this female Gran was one of the many Jedi Masters who remained on Coruscant during the Clone Wars, teaching the young students who were too green to participate in the fighting. She had been one of the participants in the Battle of Geonosis, and had regretted the slaughter of lives that accompanied the so-called Republic "victory." She feared that the younger generation of Jedi students and Padawans would emerge into the galaxy having only known combat and violence. As Master Leem put it, they were being "weaned on poisoned milk." She spoke to Master Yoda about moving the Jedi Temple away from Coruscant, to escape the clouding of the Force that was experienced by the Jedi Knights of the era. Upon her return to Coruscant after leaving Geonosis, Master Leem took Whie Malreaux as her Padawan. Years later, they were dispatched - along with Yoda, Jai Maruk, and Tallisibeth Enwandung-Esterhazy - on a mission to meet with Count Dooku on Vjun. It was on Phindar that the Jedi were caught by Asajj Ventress and a squad of assassin droids. It was during the fighting that Master Leem realized that her aversion to the war had led her away from combat training, and that her skills as a fighter were rusty. Although she managed to destroy several droids, Master Leem took a spray of flechette razors in the leg, dropping her to the ground. She managed to take out a couple more of the assassin droids before being faced with Ventress herself. The Dark Jedi was able to slice a gaping wound across Leem's stomach before Maruk could reach her side. As she lay dying, she tried to keep Maruk from joining the fight, knowing that Ventress would kill him, too. Maruk failed to see her silent plea, and was eventually killed by Ventress as well. Master Leem knew that she would go to her death knowing that he had fought as hard as he could. With Maruk vanquished, Ventress returned to Maks Leem and drove her red-bladed lightsaber through the Gran's chest, making Master Leem the eighteenth Jedi Ventress had killed. The deaths of the Jedi Master left their Padawans alone, until they were rescued by Yoda.