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Bardan Jusik, is a human Jedi character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe who was borm in 43 BBY and apprenticed to Jedi Master Arligan Zey. He is a character in several books, most notably the Republic Commando series. A Jedi Padawan at the start of the Clone War, Commander later in the Clone War, and towards the end of the war, medic, he eventually left the Jedi Order due to philosophy differences between him and it.

Childhood
Little information is available on Bardan Jusik, but he probably spent most of his childhood on Coruscant, at the Jedi Academy, being trained by Arligan Zey, who was a minor Jedi Master during the Clone Wars.

Jedi Life
Bardan Jusik is first introduced in the book Hard Contact. His only appearances in this book were the debriefing of the main characters, who were an elite group of clone commandoes, and the evacuating of them from a military mission. He helped the same group of commandos in a mission on Coruscant to neutralize a group of terrorists working for the CIS. Jusik became a great friend of the commandos, and their commander, Kal Skirata,who was a Mandalorian. By the end of the mission, Jusik had developed a great attachment to the Mandalorian culture and people, donning Mandalorian armor to fight. Bardan knew that his affinity for the Mandalorian culture would be viewed by the Jedi Council as attachment, but he did not see it in the same light. Bardan was against the creation of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). The GAR was an army made entirely of clones, clones of the bounty hunter Jango Fett. These clones were given no rights. They were denied citizenship, and were forced to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic. Deserters were shot on sight. A limited amount of enlisted men and women served in the GAR, but nearly none actually fought, they served in roles such as strategic analysts, intelligence procurement, and other non-combat roles. Jusik resigned from the Jedi Order to join the Mandalorians, saying "I left the Order because I could not stomach how we talked about compassion and then turned a blind eye to using human clones for our slave army." Feeling an affinity for the Mandalorian culture, disapproving of the Jedi Council's decision to continue fighting the war, and being unable to justify the creation and continued use of a slave army, he leaves the Jedi Order to become a combat medic at age 22. Jusik's activity during the rest of the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War is unknown, but he would eventually come to live on Mandalore under the name Gotab, posing as a Kiffar healer with psychometric abilities.

Mandalorian Life
60 years later, at the age of 82, Bardan Jusik, now known as Gotab, a Mandalorian farmer and healer, encounters Jaina Solo. Gotab is accopanied by Venku, the son of Jedi Knight Etain Tur-Mukan and Darman, who was RC-1136 in the GAR. Venku is a Force-user who was forced to go into hiding during the clone war. Since he was the son of a perfect genetic replica of Fett, he would have been in much demand by cloning companies. He possesses the lightsaber of his mother's master, Kast Fulier, who was killed in a mission on Qiilura during the Galactic Civil War. Gotab Force-heals Boba Fett's estranged wife, Sintas Vel, who was in carbonite for 30-odd years, had amnesia, was blind, could not walk, and was beleived dead by Boba. After the Battle of Fondor, in which the Mandalorians had taken part, Jaina seeks the advice of Gotab, because she believes the former Jedi could guide her. Bardan and Jaina had a long discussion about the Jedi Order, compassion, and what Jaina should do about her brother, Jacen, who was a Sith Lord. Jacen had killed Mara, Luke Skywlakers wife, and was bent on taing over the galaxy. Gotab revealed that he had twenty great-great-grandchildren, through the many sons and daughters he and his wife had adopted. Jaina, he, and Venku then spar upon Jaina's request. It grows late, so they then retire to their homes.