Cere Junda is the main protagonist of the Star Wars comic book series Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple and the deuteragonist of the 2019 video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. She is a former Jedi Knight during the Clone Wars. She took on Trilla Suduri as her apprentice and the two survived Order 66. Suduri turned to the dark side and became the Inquisitor known as the Second Sister. Junda became a mentor to another survivor of the purge, Cal Kestis.
Background[]
Personality[]
During her lifetime, Junda experienced a moment of weakness while being interrogated by Darth Vader and tortured in an interrogation chair when she revealed the location of her hidden apprentice and younglings, leading to their capture and the induction of one of them into the Inquisitorius. After she witnessed the cost of her mistake, used the dark side of the Force to escape imprisonment. Her guilt for her betrayal was insurmountable, and she developed suicidal thoughts, eventually choosing to cut herself off from the Force for a time. She later admitted that the very idea of her using the Force after that was considered dangerous.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- The Force: Cere has a very strong connection to the Force. Towards the end of her life as a Jedi Master, her force abilities also made her a match for Darth Vader enough to contend with him.
- Telekinesis: Cere can telekinetically move objects or other individuals without physically touching them, and she utilized it for offensive or defensive purposes.
- Force Push: Cere can telekinetically send her opponents flying through the air, causing serious injury or temporarily incapacitating/knocking them unconscious, depending on how much power is unleashed.
- Force Repulse: Cere can create a pulse of telekinetically-derived force that could stagger, shove, or knock over anyone within the radius of the attack.
- Force Pull: Cere can telekinetically pull her opponents or objects towards him.
- Force Push: Cere can telekinetically send her opponents flying through the air, causing serious injury or temporarily incapacitating/knocking them unconscious, depending on how much power is unleashed.
- Force Dash: Cere can move at amazing speeds.
- Telekinesis: Cere can telekinetically move objects or other individuals without physically touching them, and she utilized it for offensive or defensive purposes.
Abilities[]
- Expert Lightsaber Duelist: Cere is a highly skilled lightsaber duelist.
- Form I: Cere has some skill in Shii-Cho.
- Form II: Cere is highly skilled in Makashi.
- Form III: Cere is highly skilled in Soresu.
- Form IV: Cere has some skill in Ataru.
- Form IV: Cere has some skill in Shien/Djem So.
- Form VI: Cere is highly skilled in Niman.
- Expert Hacker: Cere is highly skilled in hacking technology.
- Expert Pilot: Cere is an expert pilot in speeders and starships.
Weapons and Equipment[]
Lightsaber[]
- Lightsaber: Cere carried a green0blades lightsaber. Although she trades the kyber crystal to help clear Greez Dritus' debts to the Haxion Brood, but kept the hilt. She later gave it to Cal Kestis on Ilum for him to create a new lightsaber with its parts.
- Second Lightsaber: During the five years separated from Cal, Junda created a new lightsaber with a blue blade.
Blaster[]
- DL-18 blaster pistol: Cere carried a DL-18 blaster pistol while hiding from the Empire.
Biography[]
Cere Junda was the Padawan of Jedi Master Eno Cordova during the reign of the Galactic Republic. Later, Junda and Cordova were sent by the Jedi High Council to oversee an excavation of a temple located on the planet Ontotho, but in the process, they were caught in a battle between the Fylar Freedom Fighters and local security forces. During the course of the battle, Junda worked with the Fylar Freedom Fighters. She eventually became a Jedi Knight and took Trilla Suduri as her Padawan.
When Order 66 was issued, Junda and Suduri attempted to escape from the forces of the Galactic Empire while protecting a group of Jedi initiates. Captured and subjected to torture, Junda surrendered her Padawan to the Empire, leading to Suduri falling to the dark side of the Force and becoming the Inquisitor known as the "Second Sister". Though Junda managed to escape, she chose to repress her connection to the Force, having experienced the power of the dark side, as well as feeling burdened by guilt over Suduri's fate.
After years of living in seclusion, Junda rescued Cal Kestis on the planet Bracca, where her fallen apprentice attempted to kill the fugitive Jedi. Junda took it upon herself to mentor the former Padawan and complete his training, while striving to rebuild the Jedi Order. During their time together, she gave her old lightsaber to Kestis, who used it alongside his first master's lightsaber to create his own weapon.
In 9 BBY, Junda distanced herself from the crew of the Mantis, formed a Jedi hideout on the sacred moon of Jedha, and became a member of the Hidden Path, a clandestine network that sheltered Force-sensitives from the Empire.
Junda was also reunited with his former master, Eno Cordova, and they worked together to preserve the Jedi Archives. After being visited by Cal Kestis, Bode Akuna alerted the Empire about the hideout on Jedha. Junda died fighting Darth Vader before bidding farewell to Cal.
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