Saturday, 20 September 2014

Star Wars Profile: Barriss Offee

Star Wars Profile: Barriss Offee

Barriss Offee was a Mirialan Jedi Knight who lived during the time of the Clone Wars, when the vast Clone army, led by the Jedi, attacked the Battle Droids of the Separatists, led by Count Dooku. Trained by Jedi Master Luminara Unduli, she preferred studying in the Jedi Archives than fighting on the battlefield. As a result, she willingly became a Jedi Healer, being trained to heal almost any wound, from blaster fire to even Lightsaber cuts. She was trained in the healing arts by Tholothian Jedi Stass Allie.

Being a Mirialan, Barriss was naturally more agile and flexible than humans, and frequently used her agility to evade or counterattack opponents. Offee was involved in the first and second Battles of Geonosis, in the latter forming a close friendship with Ahsoka Tano. However, this friendship nearly shattered when Barriss was infected by a Geonosian brain worm and forced to attack Ahsoka. Even when Offee asked her friend to kill her, Tano refrained, and instead cut the worm out of Barriss' mouth, where it was protruding.

Eventually, Barriss became angry with the Jedi, thinking the Jedi Council only believed in violence. In result, she orchested the bombing of the Jedi Temple, using protester Letta Turmond to frame for it, before killing Letta in front of Ahsoka, framing her for killing the human. Tano was arrested, but soon broke out because of Offee. Killing many Clones, Offee then followed Asajj Ventress and Ahsoka to a warehouse, before knocking Ventress out and taking her Lightsabers and mask. She attacked Ahsoka, who thought she was Asajj due to the mask, and kicked Tano through he ceiling, right in front of Commander Wolffe, who was looking for her. Ahsoka's master, Anakin Skywalker, confronted Ventress, who told him Barriss had spoken to Ahsoka, and she was the one that led them to the warehouse. Skywalker confronted Offee, and took her Lightsaber, forcing her to use Ventress' red sabers, revealing herself as the true culprit to the incident. Anakin wounded her, and took her prisoner. Just as Ahsoka was about to be arrested, Anakin burst in with Barriss, and she explained that many people in the Republic had realised that the Jedi were the ones responsible for the Clone Wars, and that all of the peacekeepers-turned warriors should be put on trial. After her speech, Chancellor Palpatine ordered her to be arrested and executed, although she survived in the end, thanks to her old friend she had framed, Ahsoka. Nothing canonical is known about her after this point.   

Thanks to Crimsonight



As this is my first post, I figured it should be a celebration, and this seemed to fit the bill!

A few days ago, I joined DeviantArt, a site where you can post art and writing where other artists can see them. As most of my peers say I am a natural artist, I figured I should give it a try! It turned out that, when I posted my first piece of writing, Criminal Saviour, featuring ex-Jedi Ahsoka Tano and Barriss Offee! Then, my favourite DeviantArt-er, Crimsonight, commented on it and said he would make a special picture of Barriss for me, for my profile picture! Here is the picture: