Jedi Knights Join the Battle
The handsome, dashing Jedi Knight standing at the front sneered and walked up to Mal-Tuk. "We're here to help, not to take orders from you. Neimoidian, you'd better show some respect, or I'll teach you what it means to bring disaster upon yourself with your words."
He merely raised a finger as if to jab him, but Mal-Tuk jumped in fright and instinctively took a step back. At the same time, two IG-100 MagnaGuards stepped forward to shield him, their electrostaffs activating with a crackle of current.
"What are you trying to do?!" Mal-Tuk demanded sharply.
"Get our fighters ready. We've been sitting around for so long, I'd like to go stretch my legs," said the other Jedi Knight behind him lazily, dressed in a leather jacket.
Unlike other Jedi Knights, this man had a Lightsaber at one side of his waist and a Blaster pistol on the other. A Jedi Knight who kept a gun on him at all times was truly a rare sight.
"Come on, Ferus-Olin. There's no need to waste time on this guy," said the Jedi Knight.
Ferus-Olin shot Mal-Tuk a sidelong glance and snorted. "Don't say I didn't warn you. Don't put your safety in the hands of those two robots. They're useless."
With that, he turned and walked out.
Ferus-Olin was the apprentice of Jedi Knight Shiri-Tachi, who herself had been the apprentice of Jedi Master Adi-Gallia. Shiri-Tachi had also once shared the beginnings of a romance with Obi-Wan Kenobi.
In the early days of the Clone Wars, Shiri-Tachi had been killed by Darth Malthael, who later revived her as a puppet. Then, in order to lure Obi-Wan Kenobi into falling to the Dark Side, Darth Malthael made Obi-Wan personally kill Shiri-Tachi, who had already become little more