Tu-Kar Shekal

Tu-Kar Shekal was a former Jedi Padawan from Mandalore during the fall of the Republic. When the Great Jedi Purge took place, Shekal was forced into hiding when his Master was killed by Clones. When in exile on the planet Geonosis, he found a Mandalorian that recognised him as a Jedi and tried to turn him in to the Empire. Shekal killed him with his lightsaber and stole his Mandalorian armour, before repainting it black and using it as a disguise. Eventually this led to him becoming a bounty-hunter. With the Force and Mandalorian weapons, he was a deadly individual.

Introduction to the Temple
Shekal was born in the year 35 BBY and was found by a Jedi Knight at the age of four in the capital of Mandalore. He was trained in the Jedi temple until he was ten, and became a Padawan to the same Jedi that found him, a Nautolan named Cindrus Akri.

Shekal showed great levels of power from a young age, being one of the best in his class of Younglings. When he was inducted as a Padawan, his powers only grew. When his powers were developed enough, he started to focus his training on the mastery of a lightsaber. Within a few years, he was one of the best Padawan duelists in the temple.

The Clone Wars
In 22 BBY, when Tu-Kar was 13, the Clone Wars begun. Shekal and and Akri were assigned to the 107th (one-oh-seventh) Clone battalion. Shekal formed close friendships to several Clones, including one called CT-2347, nicknamed “Hawk.” As the Clone Wars went on, Shekal was aged sixteen by the time they ended.

When Clone protocol 66 was activated in 19 BBY, Shekal and his Master Cindrus Akri were on board a Venator. Their Clones suddenly turned on them, killing Tu-Kar’s Master, but not managing to kill Tu-Kar. The Padawan escaped on an escape shuttle that landed on the desert planet of Geonosis.