Tru Veld

Tru Veld was a Force-sensitive individual who served as a Jedi of the Jedi Order by the time of its destruction^[1] in 19 BBY.^[2] At one point, they were involved in an incident at the reflecting pond within the Jedi Temple on^[1] the Core Worlds planet^[3] Coruscant that included fireworks. According to^[1] eventual Jedi Master^[3] Obi-Wan Kenobi, the incident caused^[1] Grand Master^[3] Yoda to crack.^[1] In 3 ABY,^[4] as Yoda began to grow frustrated with the Jedi-in-training Luke Skywalker while on^[1] the Outer Rim^[3] planet Dagobah, Kenobi mentally recalled the incident with Veld, noting it was the only instance that he could remember where Yoda had displayed a similar reaction.^[1]

Behind the scenes

Tru Veld was mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in "There Is Always Another," a short story written by Mackenzi Lee that was published in the 2020 anthology From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back.^[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Tru Veld was a Teevan Jedi Padawan that first appeared and was identified in Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice, a young-readers novel written by Jude Watson^[5] as the second installment in the Star Wars: Jedi Quest series that was released in April 2002.^[6] Veld was depicted on the novel's cover, which was illustrated by Alicia Buelow and David Mattingly.^[5] Prior to the release of The Way of the Apprentice, Veld was first revealed in a post on StarWars.com on January 31, 2002.^[7]

Appearances

• "There Is Always Another" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook) (First mentioned)

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