Yord Fandar

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"My name is Yord Fandar, Knight of the Jedi Order."

―Yord Fandar^[7]

Yord Fandar was a human male Jedi Knight of the Jedi Order who lived during the High Republic Era. As a Jedi Padawan, he befriended Verosha "Osha" Aniseya. Eventually being promoted to a Jedi Knight, he took on Tasi Lowa as a Padawan.

In 132 BBY, Fandar and Lowa were sent to the Trade Federation freighter Fallon, where he took Osha into custody after she was named a suspect in Jedi Master Indara's death on Ueda. Soon after, he accompanied Jedi Master Sol and his Padawan Jecki Lon to Carlac to find Osha. Osha was later cleared of her crimes when her twin sister, Mae-ho "Mae" Aniseya was discovered to be alive and involved in Master Torbin's death on Olega.

Fandar later joined a team of Jedi led by Sol to Khofar to extract Master Kelnacca and capture Mae. However, they were ambushed by Mae's master, "The Stranger", who had already killed Kelnacca. Fandar was injured by "The Stranger" before being ordered by Sol to bring Osha back to their ship. However, Osha eventually convinced Fandar to rejoin the fight and help the others. This came at the cost of his life when "The Stranger" promptly overpowered him and snapped his neck. His corpse was later found by Master Vernestra Rwoh, who gathered the casualties of the battle for a proper burial.

Biography

Early life and becoming a knight

A Force-sensitive human male, Yord Fandar was born during the High Republic Era in the year 157 BBY^[2] on the planet Alderaan and was inducted as a child into the Jedi Order and trained in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.^[8] As an Initiate, Fandar spent several years helping Master Robula maintain the Temple vestry and later as a Padawan organized intramural sporting events for his fellow apprentices.^[1] Eventually Fandar was chosen as a Padawan by the Pantoran Jedi Master Elishe.^[8] During his time as a Padawan, he befriended Osha Aniseya.^[7] By 134 BBY,^[9] Fandar had been a Padawan for many years—^[8] for which he had received multiple awards—^[1] and impatiently wanted to become a Jedi Knight, but his Master thought that he wasn't ready yet.^[8]

Mission to Siline

Yord Fandar and fellow Padawan Jecki Lon on Siline.

That year, Elishe and fellow Jedi Master Sol were ordered on a diplomatic mission to the planet Siline and took their Padawans Fandar and Jecki Lon with them. The planet was in talks of joining the Galactic Republic, but after the previous Jedi delegate on the planet had accidentally angered a member of the Silinese war council the talks came to a standstill, leading to Elishe and Sol being sent to clear up the misunderstanding. The team arrived at the beginning of the most recent of the Silinese's Crowning Convocations and as a token of respect the two Padawans entered into the competition. Fandar spent most of the time of the Convocation together with Lon and the Silinise Rhos and Sitia Arthyst and the Siline-native human Lionine Graf. In the third and final stage of the Convocation, mercenaries enter the Hunting arena and after being disturbed by the group, abducted Lon and Graf. Fandar and Rhos Arthyst—who was in love with them— investigated Graf and managed to uncover that they were behind the sabotage, but had accidentally been captured, and tracked them to the Heart of Siline cave. After their rescue, the Jedi returned to Coruscant.^[8]

Afterwards^[8] that same year,^[10] Fandar passed his Jedi Trials and was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight.^[7] Shortly afterward, he took on the Zygerrian Tasi Lowa as his own Padawan learner.^[1] Fandar also often helped as a volunteer Jedi Temple Guard.^[1]

Retrieving a suspect

Yord Fandar and his Padawan learner, Tasi Lowa, question Osha Aniseya.

In 132 BBY,^[11] when Jedi Master Indara was murdered by the Force-sensitive assassin Mae-ho Aniseya on Ueda, Fandar and Lowa traveled to the Trade Federation freighter^[7] Fallon^[12] to apprehend the meknek Osha Aniseya—who had left the Order some six years prior and Mae's twin sister—who had been incriminated for the crime. The two Jedi landed on the freighter in a Jedi Vector and made their way to the bridge, where Fandar introduced himself and Lowa before asking the Neimoidian Captain Blex about Osha. Although the captain denied having mekneks aboard, another Neimoidian officer revealed Osha's whereabouts instead. Fandar then waited in Osha's room until she arrived.^[7]

Yord, Sol and Jecki attempt to retrieve Osha.

Following Osha's return to her room, the two had a quick catch-up before Fandar accused her of Indara's murder. Osha reluctantly went along and was transported back to Coruscant with the prison transport^[7] Palwick.^[13] Later on however, Fandar was pulled along Jedi Master Sol and Jecki Lon to retrieve Osha after the Palwick's crash on Carlac following a prison breakout from several of the other prisoners.^[7]

Traveling to Olega

After retrieving Osha from Carlac, Fandar, alongside Verosha Aniseya, Jedi Master Sol and his Padawan Jecki Lon, traveled to Olega in a failed attempt to save Jedi Master Torbin.^[14]

Confrontation on Khofar

After the mission to Olega, Fandar joined a group of Jedi led by Sol to travel to the planet Khofar, where they hoped to locate and apprehend Mae-ho Aniseya before she killed the Wookiee Jedi Master Kelnacca. Accompanied by Osha and the Tynnan tracker Bazil, Fandar and the group eventually located Mae, but were too late to save Kelnacca. However, Mae had not been responsible for Kelnacca's death—instead, it had been her master, who suddenly ambushed the group and began attacking them.^[15] After being injured in the skirmish, Fandar located Osha and began escorting her away from the skirmish for her safety. While on the run, Osha—fearing for the safety of everyone else—managed to convince Fandar to return to the fight. Upon arriving, Fandar attacked Mae's master—now revealed to be Qimir—using the Sith's cortosis helmet against him to deactivate his lightsaber. However, Qimir quickly overpowered Fandar and knocked him down before promptly snapping the Jedi Knight's neck, killing him.^[4]

Legacy

After Sol sent a Distress signal to the Jedi Temple, Vernestra Rwoh brought another team of Jedi to Khofar to speak with him about the mission. However, Sol departed from Khofar before Rwoh's team arrived. Rwoh and Mog Adana found the corpses of Fandar and his fallen comrades. She ordered him to take them to the ship, so they could all receive a proper burial.^[16]

Personality and traits

Yord Fandar was a human^[7] male^[5] with brown hair, brown eyes, and dark skin.^[7] He was deeply devoted to the Jedi Order and believed in it's ideals^[1] and dedicated to protecting the Galactic Republic^[6] and wanted to make a positive difference for the galaxy.^[1] He was an overachiever and a rule follower and highly disciplined. However, his need to be a by-the-book Jedi sometimes could cloud his focus^[6] and he at times lacked social skills and experience with the galaxy outside of the Jedi Order—abilities that he envied Jeckie Lon for at times.^[8] He always tried to improve his already impressive skills and meticulously journaled his progress.^[1]

Relationships

Fandar was a good friend of Osha Aniseya and her departure from the Order impacted him. After a rough start, he became good friends with Jecki Lon^[8] and the two began to see themselves as being like siblings.^[1]

Powers and abilities

As a Jedi Knight, Fandar was highly trained in the ways of the Force.^[6] He was skilled in the piloting of Vector V-3.2 Tandem light interceptors and Polan-717 Jedi transport shuttles and lightsaber combat^[8] and fluent in 16 languages, including Tynnan, Shyriiwook, Sy Bisti and Old High Trammic.^[1]

Equipment

Like the other Jedi of his era, he wore Jedi apparel with gold accents, and wielded a lightsaber with a yellow blade.^[7] He treated his synthleather boots with oil to keep them supple.^[1]

Behind the scenes

"The friends invented a character named Yord Fandar on the game, and she stole the name and they didn't know basically until they read the first couple scripts and they're like, 'Hey, that's our guy,' and she was like, 'Trust me, he is very Yord.' So I think I have to give credit to them."

―Charlie Barnett, on the story behind Yord Fandar's name^[17]

Yord Fandar first appeared in the first two episodes of the Disney+ live-action series Star Wars: The Acolyte, "Lost / Found"^[7] and "Revenge / Justice,"^[14] which premiered on June 4, 2024.^[18] The character was portrayed by Charlie Barnett.^[7] According to Barnett, the name "Yord Fandar" came from an original character made for a role-playing game played by Leslye Headland and her friends.^[17]

Following the series premiere, the character quickly gained popularity within the Star Wars community through the trending phrase Yord Horde,^[19] which was first coined by Hayden Kirkeide.^[20] The phrase was later officially recognized by Star Wars.^[21] Barnett^[22] and another cast member Dafne Keen,^[23] who portrayed Jecki Lon in the same series,^[7] also recognized the popular phrase.^[23]

In an interview, Tessa Gratton, the author of the novel The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown, said that they thought that Fandar could likely be somewhere on the autistic spectrum.^[24]