Saesee Tiin
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| Star Wars character | |
| Saesee Tiin | |
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| Position | Jedi Master/ Council Member |
| Homeworld | Iktotch |
| Species | Iktotchi |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 1.88 meters |
| Affiliation | Jedi, Galactic Republic |
| Portrayed by | Khan Bonfils |
Saesee Tiin is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe. He appeared in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, the animated Clone Wars series, and in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. In the live action films, he was portrayed by Khan Bonflis.
[edit] Biography
Master Tiin appears as a tall, peach-skinned humanoid with long, inwardly curved horns on each side of his head. His grim appearance made him a very intimidating figure in the Jedi Order. In the Expanded Universe, Tiin is identified as a member of the Iktotchi race with telepathic abilities and superb Force-enhanced piloting skills. Helming his SoroSuub Cutlass-9 craft, the Sharp Spiral, through the relentless winds of Iktotch taught him unparalleled control. Tiin was so in tune with his vessel, that he had no need of a navigational computer; he relied on the Force to instinctively astrogate his way through lightspeed. He also made one of the few successful in-system hyperspace jumps toward the close of the Battle of Geonosis.
As a member of the Jedi Council prior to the rise of the Empire, he held the title of Jedi Master, even though he had (according to the Expanded Universe) never been known to take a Padawan learner—a testament to his skill as a Jedi and starfighter pilot. Saesee Tiin was mistakenly reported to have been killed during the Battle of Geonosis; this error was later attributed to the confusion of wartime journalism.
Secretly, his colleagues on the Jedi Council questioned his contributions to that body, as he usually sat in solemn silence. Despite their doubts, however, Master Tiin was firmly loyal to the Order. It seemed the death of his master, who would later visit him as a Force ghost, had deeply affected him. It was perhaps for reasons like this that he never took an apprentice.
In The Phantom Menace, Saesee Tiin was seen with the Jedi Council and as a mourner at Qui-Gon Jinn's funeral on Naboo. In Attack of the Clones, he was a participant in the Battle of Geonosis, the opening battle of the Clone Wars. Saesee Tiin also appeared in the second volume of the Clone Wars cartoon, where upon Master Mace Windu's orders, he led a battalion of clone troopers into the heated space battle above Coruscant with Kel Dor Jedi Master and Council member Plo Koon. He boarded a Separatist cruiser and seized it with his troops.
In Revenge of the Sith, Saesee Tiin was one of four Jedi Masters who attempted to arrest Chancellor Palpatine after learning that he was actually a Sith Lord. He was eventually killed by Palpatine when he was slashed across the right armpit and chest. Jedi Masters Kit Fisto and Mace Windu would soon join him. Tiin was the second to die, after Kolar, and before Fisto.
[edit] Behind the scenes
An issue of Star Wars Insider explained that costume designers for Attack of the Clones made Tiin's costume in anticipation of the battle scene at the end of the film and didn't know whether he'd appear in Revenge of the Sith, and so made the damaged aspect, a missing horn from his head, a highlight of the character. To establish a canonical explanation for why the horn returns in the next film, it was established that his species has regenerative abilities.
