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This article is non-canon within the Star Wars Legends continuity. This article covers a Star Wars Legends subject that was published under the Infinities label or that Lucasfilm otherwise declared non-canon within the Legends continuity.

Mr. Garfield was a male Dathomirian Jedi Master serving as an instructor at the Jedi academy at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant during Roan Novachez's time of attendance there. Mr. Garfield was a skilled Jedi, adept in lightsaber construction, lightsaber combat^[1] and the piloting of starfighters.^[3] He taught courses in these subjects to students at the academy and demanded a high level of performance, and also oversaw extracurricular activities involving lightsaber combat. He also taught extracurricular home economics,^[1] but in Roan's second year was replaced in this subject area by the chef Gammy, who taught this as a regular subject.^[3]

Biography

Garfield was a male Dathomirian Jedi Master who worked as an instructor in the Jedi academy at the Jedi Temple on^[1] the Core Worlds^[4] planet Coruscant.^[1]

The 196 BBY school year

For the 196 BBY^[5] school year, Mr. Garfield was assigned as a teacher of lightsaber combat and home economics. Alongside his fellow teachers, Garfield was featured in the teachers of a pamphlet welcoming new students of the academy.^[1]

During the first semester, between the times of 14:00 and 14:50, he taught the "Intro To Lightsaber Construction" class, which promised to teach students the process of building a lightsaber. During orientation, Mr. Garfield met with the members of his course, which included the new student Roan Novachez. Novachez believed that Garfield was not fond of him, as they hadn't talked much during the orientation. On Duoday of the school year's eighth week, Mr. Garfield instructed his students to connect their stabilizers to their lightsabers so the group could test them out, also reminding them to wear their goggles at all times. All students were able to turn their lightsabers except Silva, who activated his lightsaber incorrectly and split part of his table, prompting his lab partner Cronah to request to change partners. By the end of the first semester, Mr. Garfield gave Novachez a grade of A-, stating on the Roan's report card that he was skilled, but lacked creativity.^[1]

The 195 BBY school year

The 194 BBY school year

Mr. Garfield's personality was somewhat cruel and sarcastic at times, and Roan came to believe that he had it in for him, even before classes officially started.^[1] He often criticized Roan's answers in class and marked him low on papers and examinations for reasons that Roan didn't believe were fair. Despite this, Roan still achieved passing marks in all of Mr. Garfield's courses, ranging from A to C+, though in at least one instance, Mr. Garfield initially gave a mark of C-, but was persuaded by Jedi Grand Master Yoda to change it. At the end of his second year at the Jedi academy, Roan was horrified to learn that Mr. Garfield had been assigned as his personal Jedi Master and he was to train the next term as his apprentice. He displayed a soft side at the school's Satine Hawkins dance, dancing with the Wookiee gym teacher Kitmum, though he seemed reluctant to accept at first.^[3] As Novachez progressed under Mr. Garfield, he began to show recognition of Novachez's skills, and it became evident that he was pushing his student to show his best effort.^[2]

Behind the scenes

Mr. Garfield's personality was inspired by the character of Severus Snape from the Harry Potter book series, but also in large part by a teacher of Jedi Academy series author Jeffrey Brown named Mr. H. who was stern and had a dry sense of humor. His criticisms of Brown's artwork were often a deflation to his ego, but at times would have a big smile upon seeing his artwork. The character's name is a tribute to Garfield, the titular cat of the comic Garfield, written and drawn by Jim Davis.^[6]

Appearances

• Jedi Academy (First appearance)
• Jedi Academy: Return of the Padawan
• Jedi Academy: The Phantom Bully

Sources

• Jedi Academy: Attack of the Journal

Notes and references

[[Category:Dathomirians]] [[Category:Lightsaber combat instructors]] [[Category:Males]] [[Category:Post-Ruusan Jedi Masters]]