Due to the hands-on nature of both Maru and Keen, the two men developed a tense working relationship. Maru was assisted by the astromech droid KC-78.

In around 232 BBY, Maru was placed in charge of organizing operations aboard the Starlight Beacon, a space station situated on the frontier of the Outer Rim Territories and co-managed by the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic, where he was to work alongside the Republic's own head of operations, Controller Rodor Keen, and would serve Starlight's marshal, at that time set to be Jedi Master Jora Malli. But something else is about to happen, something terrible, and we all need to act together to stop it.' ―Avar Kriss calls for help during the Great Disaster Įstala Maru was a Jedi of the Jedi Order during the time of the High Republic Era, attaining the rank of Jedi Master. You know I've been watching you all work so hard to save this system and its people.

The investigation led to the sentient carnivorous plants known as the Drengir emerging from the corpse, and Maru attempted to defend the station from the Drengir attack. Maru provided the Jedi with information pertaining to the Vratixian barley that the ship had carried from the planet Sedri Minor, as well as begrudgingly undertaking an autopsy of the dead Hutt found in the wreckage. From Starlight, Maru also worked alongside Kriss, the Jedi Master Sskeer, the Jedi Knight Keeve Trennis, and the Jedi twins Ceret and Terec as they investigated the circumstances behind a Hutt starship that was attacked by Nihil marauders. Sarcastic yet hands-on, Maru coordinated numerous tasks on Starlight, monitoring the station's various departments.ĭuring the Great Hyperspace Disaster, which threatened to destroy the Hetzal system, Maru assisted the Jedi rescue effort and coordinated the medical care of victims of both the disaster and its resulting Emergences. Aboard Starlight, he worked with Jedi Master Avar Kriss, marshal of the station, and Controller Rodor Keen, Maru's Republic counterpart. Maru was the Jedi head of operations aboard the Starlight Beacon, a space station on the frontier of the galaxy that served as a symbol of unity between the Jedi and the Galactic Republic. ' He's not what I expected.' ―Velko Jahen, on Estala Maru Įstala Maru was a Kessurian male Jedi Master of the Jedi Order during the High Republic Era.

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