User:Jedi9/SiriTachi

Siri Tachi is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. She is a contemporary of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and at one time they are involved in a forbidden relationship.

Siri first appears in the Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice series by Jude Watson. As a youngling, she is noted for her skills in lightsaber combat, and has a spirited disposition which often sets her as a foil to young Obi-Wan. Jedi Master Adi Gallia takes her on as a Padawan learner. During a mission together in their late teens, Siri and Obi-Wan fall in love, though they know such feelings are forbidden by the Jedi Code. After being counseled by Qui-Gon Jinn and Yoda when the mission ends, the two Padawans resolve to suppress their feelings for each other so both could stay on the Jedi path.

By the time the first Jedi Quest book takes place, Siri Tachi has abandoned the Jedi Order after a severe disagreement with her Master while tracking smugglers on the Kessel Run, and allied herself with the ruthless pirate and slave trader Krayn. Her supposed treason is later revealed to be a secret mission to infiltrate Krayn's organization. After finishing her mission, she returns to the Order and takes a Padawan, Ferus Olin, who is a rival of Obi-Wan's headstrong apprentice, Anakin Skywalker. Ferus leaves the Jedi before taking the trials, and Siri never trains another.

In Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, Siri pilots her Jedi Starfighter alongside her former Master Adi Gallia in the space battle above the planet Geonosis (as portrayed in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones). Then in Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive, she is dispatched to Kamino to inspect the Galactic Republic's clone army, and also to investigate the sighting of Jango Fett's ship.

Siri Tachi dies in Secrets of the Jedi during the Clone Wars, shot and killed by a bounty hunter. Obi-Wan Kenobi is devastated at her death and wants revenge; he nearly kills the bounty hunter in cold blood. He relents at the last moment, but Anakin feels his Master come perilously close to the dark side of the Force.

Siri is frequently mentioned and appears in flashbacks in Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi, the series in which her former apprentice Ferus Olin is a major character.