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Gella Nattai

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"Do you think…that if you weren't a Jedi and I wasn't, well, whoever I am, that perhaps you and I could be real friends?"
"If I were not a Jedi, then I would not be who I am. I have dedicated my life to my vow. I—I can’t separate that person."
―Axel Greylark and Gella Nattai[2]

Gella Nattai was a human female Jedi Knight and Wayseeker[4] who was active during the High Republic Era. She wielded two purple-bladed lightsabers.[2]

Nattai was essential in helping negotiate peace between the warring planets Eiram and E'ronoh[2] in 382 BBY.[5] She protected the planets' heirs, Prince Phan-tu Zenn of Eiram and Princess Xiri A'lbaran of E'ronoh, in the lead up to their wedding being held to promote peace. She developed a close yet tumultuous relationship with Axel Greylark, son of Chancellor Kyong Greylark, who she helped bring to justice for crimes he committed despite their companionship.[2] Though she inadvertently assisted with Greylark's escape from prison, she was also instrumental in helping defeat Binnot Ullo, one of the leaders of the Path of the Closed Fist, during the devastating battle on the planet Dalna known as the Night of Sorrow.[6]

Biography[]

Early life[]

Gella Nattai was born around 412 BBY[1] When she was young, she was dropped off by her parents at the Jedi temple on Devaron to be trained as a Jedi. She was trained by Arezi Mar as a Padawan.[2] By 382 BBY,[5] Nattai had achieved the rank of Jedi Knight.[2]

Eiram and E'ronoh[]

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Gella Nattai during her mission to the Eiram and E'ronoh War

In 382 BBY,[5] after a failed expedition to Orvax with her Pathfinder team left her shaken, Nattai accompanied Jedi Masters Creighton Sun and Char-Ryl-Roy as well as Roy's Padawan Enya Keen on a relief mission to the planet Eiram, which was in the midst of a five-year-long war with its twin planet E'ronoh. Nattai helped oversee a summit for a potential peace between the two planets aboard Supreme Chancellor Orlen Mollo's ship the Paxion. The other Chancellor, Kyong Greylark, sent her son Axel Greylark to represent her there, and Nattai immediately disliked him, finding him pompous and immature.[2]

After it was decided that peace would be pursued via a wedding between E'ronoh's princess Xiri A'lbaran and Eiram's prince Phan-tu Zenn, Nattai and Greylark acted as bodyguards to the couple as they toured E'ronoh before their wedding. Though Greylark was distrustful of the Jedi, Nattai and Greylark grew close and developed a respect for one another. However, it was eventually revealed that Greylark was part of a conspiracy to prolong the war, and Nattai was forced to talk him down after his conflicted allegiances and brash feelings caused him to attempt to destroy Eiram's Erasmus Capital City during the heirs' wedding. Afterward, Axel Greylark was detained, and his ship, the Eventide, was gifted to Nattai by Kyong Greylark. Nattai then decided to become a Wayseeker as she felt the Force was calling on her but she could not answer until she was in the right place.[2]

The Path of the Open Hand[]

In the aftermath of the events, Nattai blamed herself for what happened with Greylark and began to suspect he had been working for an anti-Jedi cult called the Path of the Open Hand. After the Battle of Jedha was suspected to have been instigated by the Path, Nattai went with Jedi Master Orin Darhga to Pipyyr, where Greylark was imprisoned, to interrogate him about the organization. When the facility received a transmission that Greylark was to be transferred, Nattai and Darhga offerred to do it. However, the message had been fabricated and Greylark was taken by the Path and his old friend Path member Binnot Ullo, escaping with them. After faking their deaths, Nattai and Darhga followed them to Jedha, where they stowed away on their ship and ended up at the Path compound on Dalna. Nattai tried to confront Greylark and get him to stop, but she and Darhga were discovered, leading Ullo to kill Darhga. Nattai was imprisoned in the compounds caves as a large-scale battle erupted between the Path and the Jedi that became known as the Night of Sorrow.[6]

After turning against the Path, Greylark immediately freed Nattai and they joined the fight alongside Kyong Greylark. The two then took down Ullo, who had been leading the Path in the battle, while united forces from Eiram and E'ronoh turned the tide of the battle. When the caves of the compound flooded and collapsed, Nattai and Greylark were saved by Grand Master Yoda and Master Yaddle, who used the Force to pull them to the surface. With the battle over, Greylark willingly returned to finish his sentence and Nattai planned to truly begin her Wayseeker journey on Jedha. First, though, Nattai decided she would visit Greylark in the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center.[6]

Personality and traits[]

Gella Nattai had tan skin, brown eyes and shoulder-length dark brown hair. Nattai was a solitary Jedi, not working well with groups, which resulted in a failed Pathfinder mission to the forested world of Orvax. She later warmed up to Axel, Xiri, and Phan-tu during their voyage across E’ronoh, and protected them from any dangers they faced whilst on their journey. Nattai was also, according to Jedi Master Creighton Sun, impulsive[2] and found her emotions clouding her focus whenever she was around Axel, which led to his escape.[6] As a youngling, she was also isolated and quiet, having spent a lot of her spare time wandering the temple alone in search of secret tombs or passages. Nattai was nonetheless devoted to the Jedi, as she would not be who she was if she weren’t a Jedi.[2]

Equipment[]

She wielded twin lightsabers made from moonstone that both emitted a purple blade.[2] The kyber crystals in Gella's lightsabers were connected to one another through the Force, which she used to track down Axel Greylark when he stole one of her lightsabers during his escape from custody.[6]

Behind the scenes[]

Gella Nattai first appeared in the 2022 novel The High Republic: Convergence, written by Zoraida Córdova as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic initiative's Phase II.[2] In the audio drama The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha, Nattai was voiced by Cassandra Morris.[7]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of The High Republic: Convergence to 382 BBY. Gella Nattai is thirty years old in The High Republic: Convergence, dating her birth to approximately 412 BBY.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 The High Republic: Convergence
  3. ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
  4. ↑ The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of The High Republic: Convergence to 382 BBY.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 The High Republic: Cataclysm
  7. ↑ StarWars Two Jedi Knights Look to Negotiate a Truce in Star Wars: The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha – First Listen on StarWars.com (backup link)
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