The Aing-Tii Monks. The Jal Shey

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1 The Aing-Tii Monks. The Aing-Tii are a reclusive species that is described as being mammalian despite their insectoid appearance. The monks are the only Aing-Tii to ever leave their planet, and they are reported to take a very different view of the force in comparison to the Jedi and Sith philosophies that we know so well. Rather than a light or dark side, the Aing-Tii believe that the force has many shades like a rainbow, and that nothing and no one is completely light or dark.this morally relative view of the force was one of the many things that led Darth Caedus to fall to the dark side in the decades following the events of the New Jedi Order. The Jal Shey

The Jal Shey are an ancient order of force users (some believe their order to be older than the Jedi) who studied the force through a purely intellectual lense, contrasting sharply with the spiritual

2 The Jal Shey are an ancient order of force users (some believe their order to be older than the Jedi) who studied the force through a purely intellectual lense, contrasting sharply with the spiritual bent of the Jedi. Also unlike the Jedi, the Jal Shey are completely nomadic, and do not have a central planet from which they based their operations, such as the Jedi have had on Coruscant and Ossus. Because the Jal Shey focus primarily on the more esoteric/philosophical aspects of the force rather than its physical manifestations, their ability to use the force in combat pales in comparison with the jedi. They would craft and utilize lightsabers, but rarely specialized in combat. As a result, they became experts at crafting various armours to protect themselves in the rare instances when diplomacy failed and combat became necessary. The Jensaarai

The Jensaarai were formed during the time of the old Republic shortly before the clone wars when a Jedi Knight named Nikkos Tyris discovered a document claiming that the established Sith/Jedi

3 The Jensaarai were formed during the time of the old Republic shortly before the clone wars when a Jedi Knight named Nikkos Tyris discovered a document claiming that the established Sith/Jedi narrative was a lie. The document, which Tyris took to heart, claimed that the Sith were actually the original order of force using guardians who aimed to protect the galaxy, and that the Jedi stole their teachings, defeated them, and then exiled them, forcing them to turn to the Dark Side to survive. Tyris formed the Jensaarai (which means "followers of the hidden truth" in ancient sith) as an order that aimed to recapture the true teachings of the Sith and Jedi. Due to their belief in the false lessons of the ancient Sith document, the Jensaarai were a light side leaning order that paradoxically emulated the Sith and hated the Jedi. After several skirmishes with the old republic Jedi and with the Empire (who they at first offered to help but who later betrayed them, since they were light side force users) the Jensaarai were eventually rediscovered by the New Jedi Order under Grandmaster Luke Skywalker. From that point onward, the Jensaarai became close allies of the Jedi. The Matukai

4 The Matukai are an order that arose completely separate from the Jedi/Sith tradition. During the time of the Old Republic in the era of the Old Sith Wars (Exar Kun, Revan, etc) a martial arts expert on the planet Karvos II discovered her force sensitivity during an intense session practicing a form of martial arts. For the next several years, she developed a force discipline which blended the intense physicality of martial arts with the intellectual and spiritual philosophies of the force, and shared her teachings with the force sensitives who came to learn from her. The Matukai fought with polearms called Wan-Shen (shown in the picture) and were experts at using their bodies as conduits for the force, stressing a balance between the spiritual and physical self. During the time of the Old Republic, the Jedi unsuccessfully attempted to integrate the Matukai into their order. Similar to the fate of the Jensaarai, the Matukai were persecuted under the Galactic Empire before eventually coming out of seclusion and joining Luke Skywalker's more inclusive New Jedi Order. The Witches of Dathomir (Dathomiri Witches)

6 The Witches of Dathomir are a matriarchal society of force using female shamans who rule over the primitive, clan based human civilization on the planet Dathomir. They were formed around 3000 years before the present time period by a female Jedi named Allya who was exiled to the planet. While on Dathomir, she discovered both that she could tame the local Rancors using the force, and that there was a significant tribal society of humans that appeared to be survivors of a penal colony on the planet. Over the years, Allya and her daughters created a society that became split into regional clans. Despite their savage appearance and primitive customs, every clan save for the outcast Nightsisters share a strong distaste for the dark side. In battle, Witches ride on rancor mounts. The Ysanna

8 These people are a unique and ancient culture of force users who are descended from a long lost Jedi colony on the planet Ossus. Ossus was once a green and populous world that housed a great Jedi Library and academy. During the Exar Kun wars, the planet was devastated, and the only survivors were those hardy few Jedi who took shelter in the great library. Over the centuries, their descendants regressed into a primitive tribal society, albeit one with an understandably high percentage of powerful force users, as every one of the Ysanna was descended from Jedi. Grandmaster Luke Sywalker made contact with them several years after the events of Return of the Jedi, and successfully reintegrated many of them into his New Jedi Order. The Zeison Sha

The Zeison Sha are a survivalist warrior culture that evolved after a colony on the harsh planet Yanibar became abandoned and forgotten during the New Sith Wars.

10 The Zeison Sha are a survivalist warrior culture that evolved after a colony on the harsh planet Yanibar became abandoned and forgotten during the New Sith Wars. The colony that would eventually give rise to the Zeison Sha was a secret refuge for close friends and family of Jedi who had been in danger of Sith attack if they had remained on their homeworlds. Hidden away on the incredibly dangerous planet Yanibar, they expected to be rescued by the Jedi once the war ended. However, all of the Jedi who knew of the colony's location had died in the war, and so the colonists were alone in the galaxy. In order to survive, the colonists developed a fierce survivalist culture, and force sensitives born into their communities became Zeison Sha, warriors who specialized in Telekinetic uses of the force, and who fought using razor sharp Discblades. Contact was eventually re established between the Zeison Sha and the Republic/Jedi, but all Jedi attempts to reintegrate the Zeison Sha ended with failure. Zeison Sha society was very family oriented, and the Jedi practice of separating force sensitive children from their parents was viewed as barbaric and cruel. Honorable Mention- Baran Do Sages

11 The Baran Do sages are the resident force using order of the Kel Dor species, made famous by Jedi Master Plo Koon. The Kel Dor take on an advisor role in Kel Dor society, and are renowned for their ability to use the force to amplify their senses to well above super human levels, as well as seeing into the future. Honorable Mention- Fallanassi

13 The Fallanassi were an order composed, like the Witches of Dathomir, almost entirely of women. They referred to the Force as "The White Current" and revered it as a religion. Their particular skills in the force centered around illusions, and some of the more skilled practitioners can cloak themselves entirely in the force, rendering them invisible to the naked eye, the force, and sophisticated technological instruments alike. like the Aing-Tii monks, the Fallanassi were one of the orders that Darth Caedus studied under prior to his fall

Origins. Rebirth. The Jensaarai. "We are not evil." "No, the Jensaarai are not, nor are they wholly good."

Origins. Rebirth. The Jensaarai. We are not evil. No, the Jensaarai are not, nor are they wholly good. The Jensaarai "We are not evil." "No, the Jensaarai are not, nor are they wholly good." The Jensaarai were an order of Force-users from the Suarbi system, who arose during the Clone Wars. Their name was