Jem Ysanna
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Jem Ysanna is a character from the Star Wars: Dark Empire series of graphic novels, published by Dark Horse Comics. A Shaman Warrior and Jedi Apprentice, Jem and her brother, Rayf, first appear in the Dark Empire II series of comic books.
Jem first meet Luke Skywalker and Kam Solusar on the Ysanna homeworld of Ossus. Following a battle with darkside forces, Jem and Rayf make the decision to go with Luke and become Jedi Apprentices. Their father, Okko, the chief of the Ysanna tribe, is not pleased with their decision, but he does not try to stop them.Later, when Luke is attacked during his sleep by Dark Jedi Tedryn-Sha and another Dark Jedi, Jem kills the other Dark Jedi but in the process is killed by a blaster bolt shot by Tedryn-Sha.
[edit] Background
When Luke first finds the two young Ysanna they are tied to a withered old tree. They have obviously been put here by the other members of the tribe, who are displeased when Luke and Kam free them. It is most likely that the tying up is some sort of rite-of-passage. The time soon comes for the two new apprentices to leave their homeworld, bound for exploits better covered in the Dark Empire main article.
