Tutaminis can also be used to block blaster shots and Force Lightning as well, and it can be used to increase a Force user's telekinetic powers." Master Kao was the most principled Jedi I have ever met, staunchly opposed to the dark side of the Force in all its forms." ―Satele Shan Shan was also skilled in the ability known as tutaminis, which allowed her to block and absorb the energy from a lightsaber. She can also apply Force Cloak, which can hide her from from other Force users. She had well developed telepathy, and could use the Force to strengthen the morale of her allies by use of the ability battle meditation, something she inherited from her ancestor Bastila Shan. Her use of physical augmentation brings her physicality to levels of superhuman power, particularly her speed and agility. Satele Shan was one of the most powerful and diverse Force users in the Jedi Order during the Galactic War. As such, the Force provided her with a strong resolve and a will to fight for the Order she believed in. While the enlarged hilt was a chief weakness in the weapon's design, skilled wielders of the saber staff can fight well against multiple opponents.Īs a Jedi, Satele had a strong faith in the light side of the Force.
A saber staff's longer hilt provided more leverage and power attacks, with the second blade providing more extra service area for striking and parrying. Her most notable choice of weapon was a blue double-bladed lightsaber. Satele Shan has wielded many lightsabers during her time as a Jedi.
However, against most foes, Shan has proven to difficult to keep track of. Only warriors such as Darth Malgus had the power necessary to overwhelm her. Shan was one of the Order's best duelists of her time, gaining plenty of experience over the course of the Galactic War. Her physicality is no doubt sustained by her connection to the light side of the Force. She has displayed advanced speed while cutting down multiple Sith wariors at once, high levels of strength which could break a person's hands, and impressive resilience. Satele Shan is a human female who is in excellent physical condition despite her age. Eventually, Shan would achieve knighthood and become the Jedi Order's new Grandmaster, becoming regarded as one of the Republic's greatest heroes of the era. In the decades that followed, Satele made a name for herself, and participated in the retaking of Alderaan. Ultimately, Darach would tell Satele to leave while he covered her escape, wanting her to live to warn the Republic though Darach lost his life as a result, his final wish was fulfilled. There, the two of them would become the first Jedi to cross blades against the Sith in over three hundred years, facing off against Lord Vindican and his then apprentice Darth Malgus. At the start of the war Satele Shan was stationed on Korriband with her mentor Kao Cen Darach, the Jedi Order's battlemaster of the time.
3681 years before the Battle of Yavin, the ancient Sith Empire launched a massive offensive against the Republic and Jedi Order, taking back the ancient Sith homeworld of Korriband and declaring the great Galactic War.