#medstar ii jedi healer

[forcesung]

“With all due respect, I seem to be making very little difference here. It’s like trying to move a beach full of sand one grain at a time. I could be replaced easily by any competent physician.” “And you think that your talents would be better utilized elsewhere.” It was not a question. “Yes, my Master. I do.” Master Unduli smiled. Even in the flickering projection Barriss could see those intensely blue eyes twinkle. “Of course you do. You are young, and your desire to be a shining force for good has blinded you somewhat to things all around you that still need attention. But I sense that you are not done there yet, my impatient Padawan. There are still lessons to be learned. Spirits require healing, too, as much or more than do bodies sometimes. I will contact you when I think it is time for you to leave Drongar.” Master Unduli’s image winked out.

—Medstar II: Jedi Healer, Michael Reaves

[coruscantguard]

In Medstar II, Jedi Healer, the book opens with the following scene:

This is a memory Barriss is having of a prior mission, and it's a scene I can't get out of my head. Why? Well, first cause it's an amazing scene, and I love Barriss Offee so much, but second because I can't help but contrast it to her actions in "Brain Invaders"

Now, let's be real. OOC, her actions are absolutely because the writers didn't think that hard about it, and they wanted a cool parallel to Order 66. But I'm more interested in looking at this through an in-character perspective here. Specifically, how much her actions in "Brain Invaders" must have haunted her later.

See, that passage from Jedi Healer is essentially proof that Barriss normally would be expected not to kill Lt. Trap. And that's something I think Barriss would have been all too aware of after the whole Ord Cestus mission wrapped up.

Her actions here make sense. I doubt anyone would truly fault her for what happened here— again, Lt. Trap did pull a blaster on her, and he's absolutely got the size advantage in that fight as well. It makes sense that she did what she did, especially when you consider the fact that she's been fighting in a war.

But would Barriss blame herself? Personally, I think so. After all, she'd know very well that she could've done better. She'd know that this didn't have to end how it did. And— if we're bringing The Wrong Jedi into this— it wouldn't surprise me if canon Barriss ended up resenting the people around her for not blaming her as well.

(She killed one of Ahsoka's men— someone who Ahsoka said was a friend! She panicked, and instead of using the Force to push Trap off her, she used it to grab her lightsaber and gut him! Why is everyone acting like she didn't do anything wrong?)

(Yes, I am absolutely fucking grasping at straws right now for my post order 66 Barriss fic, I know that, shushhhhhh. Trying to make canon actually work is DIFFICULT OKAY. CANON IS COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLSHIT. BARRISS DESERVED BETTER.)

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Star Wars: MedStar II: Jedi Healer Cover Art by Dave Seeley

[polgarawolf1]

Barriss Day fanart collages

As I can no longer access/post on my original Tumblr account (under Polgarawolf), due to a dead computer during home rennovations and issues with the internet that resulted in losing the email attached to the account (and the apparent inability of Tumblr to do anything to help me), I have made a new account, Polgarawolf1. I'm the same person, though, and I'm still a big SW fan, though I generally lean more towards the old EU than the new DISNEY!SW version of SW canon. I tend to have elaborate headcanons for the things that I write or otherwise create in fandoms like this but I'm also an AU girl at heart, so I can and sometimes do entertain multiple possible headcanons for certain characters. I'm hoping to get something written for BarrissDay before the deadline, but that might or might not happen, due to real life issues. I'm not a techy person, so I hope that the person (or people) who has (or have) organized BarrissDay and the Barriss Offee Appreciation blog will know how to find this, based on the BarrissDay tag!

Please be aware that my version of Barriss Offee is based largely on the original version of the character, as she appears in cut scenes, etc., from AotC and RotS (and therefore has very little to do with Filoni's Star Wars: The Clone Wars nonsense, except for what I've modified to fit with my headcanon version of Barriss. Apologies, though, for the one image of Barriss with her hair loose/uncovered - it's how they drew her for the cover art of one of the MedStar books, during an unexpected attack, and unfortunately I'm just not artistically talented enough to believably alter it to try to cover her head/hair!), and as she was originally written in EU books such as The Approaching Storm and the MedStar duology. My Barriss is closer in age to Anakin Skywalker than Ahsoka Tano and is most emphatically not a terrorist who willingly helped bomb one of the hangars in the Coruscanti Jedi Temple, just in case anyone is wondering!

In any case, the collages are behind the cut! There are some just for Barriss, some for Barriss and Luminara as Padawan and Master, and a few based specifically on the MedStar books, with Barriss and Kornell "Uli" Divini (I have filled in for him as best I can, since there aren't any good images of him online. For those who are unfamiliar with the character, Uli is from Tatooine, attended Coruscant Medical, did his internship at "Big Zoo" or Galactic Polysapient Medical Center on Alderaan, and is something of a wonderkid, as he's already a fully qualified surgeon when either still eighteen or just nineteen, during the events of MedStar II: Jedi Healer, and is maybe barely 20 when the Clone Wars ends. Uli has something of a baby face but is extremely good at sabacc, which the various Healers - Jedi and otherwise - and surgeons and nurses of Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 7 often play with their friends during downtime. Uli's mother, renowned mudopterist Elana  Divini, is known for collecting "Alderaanian flare-wings" and one of his first meetings with Barriss happens when she's out doing a lightsaber kata and accidentally injures herself while he's in the swamps of Drongar looking at the local insects, sees her, and helps deal with her injury), who were at the very least written as good friends with the potential for more (if not for Order 66, etc.).

Apologies in advance for repetitiveness - I figured more would be better, even if it meant that I basically had to keep using the same scant handful of official images for Barriss from the films over and over, plus a few from the various animated shows. I'm aware that hex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, but I've had it in my head for years (since long before Star Wars: The Clone Wars was made) that Mirialan art and particularly their folk art involve very similar motifs and also often the use of colorful stained glass and tiles, which is why I've used several of them here along with images meant to evoke stained glass artwork. No disrespect is meant to anyone and if anything bothers anyone, please let me know about it and why, so I can try to fix it or offer an alternative!

[illisurevimurasi]

Luminara Undili Appearances

Books // Comics // Shows // Movies // Video Games // Misc.

Canon // Legends // Both

32 BBY

Cloak of Deception

22 BBY

The Approaching Storm (Supplemental: HoloNet News vol. 531 #54)

Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy - A Graphic Novel

Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Supplemental: Dark Horse Adaptation)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars: Clone Wars Chapters 1, 14, and 16 (Supplemental: Cine-manga adaptation)

Clone Wars Adventures "Training Room"

Star Wars: Battle for the Republic

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures vol. 2 "Hide in Plain Sight"

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Supplemental: Novelization)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Destroy Malevolence" (Hologram only)

21 BBY

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Cloak of Darkness" (Supplemental: The Clone Wars: Transfer comic)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Lair of Grievous" (Hologram only, Supplemental: The Clone Wars: Grievous Attacks! comic)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Holocron Heist"

Stories of Jedi and Sith "A Jedi's Duty"

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Landing at Point Rain" (Hologram only)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Weapons Factory"

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Legacy of Terror"

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Brain Invaders"

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Grievous Intrigue" (Hologram only)

Star Wars Adventures #20 "Tales from Wild Space: The Journey" (Exact placement unknown)

20 BBY

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Gungan Attack" (Hologram only)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "The Rise of Clovis"

Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Voices"

Star Wars Republic: Show Of Force (Issue #?)

MedStar I: Battle Surgeons (in flashbacks)

MedStar II: Jedi Healer (Hologram only)

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures vol. 8 "Versus"

Star Wars Republic #72

19 BBY

Boba Fett: Pursuit

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Supplemental: Dark Horse Adaptation Issue #3)

Star Wars Republic: Hidden Enemy (Issue #?)

5 BBY

Star Wars Rebels "Rise of the Old Masters" (Supplemental: The Inquisitor's Trap, The Secret Jedi: The Adventures of Kanan Jarrus: Rebel Leader, Droids in Distress, Star Wars Rebels Webcomic)

[gwiazdowe]

— (MedStar II: Jedi Healer by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry)

[yave-ren]

Hello MTV and welcome to my AU

[Regel Movie Theater, December 2015]

“A group of mysterious darksiders? Cool.”

*several scenes later*

“Oh, no, he’s hot.”

An AU in which the Knights of Ren were also students at Luke’s Jedi Academy who fell with Kylo Ren, or at least joined him. They are similar to cannon in name only.

Changes to Continuity

Episodes I - VII are the same

Episode VIII - Mostly the same plot-wise, expect it happens ~2 years after TFA rather than immediately after

Episode IX - Approximately 6 months after TLJ, things are very different: Snoke comes back all Maul-like instead of Palpatine, Rey is not a Palpatine, Ben Solo lives, there is no Reylo, (honestly I haven’t watched it since 2019 I should do that again soon)

I have no idea what happens in like 98% of the comics so safer to assume that that stuff doesn’t happen (the Handmaidens/Sabé stuff from Darth Vader 2020 very much happens)

I haven’t seen any of the live-action shows yet so who’s to say what I’m keeping from that

Timeline Changes

TFA still takes place in 34 ABY, TLJ and not-TROS take place in 36 ABY

Ben Solo/Kylo Ren is younger: born in 11 ABY and falls at age 15 in 26 ABY

Ben is one of Luke’s later students, rather than a founding student

The new temple is founded in 21 ABY with The First Five

Other Changes

The Naboo Handmaiden program is run differently by the fall of the Empire and Sabé is/was in charge of it

Rey officially has psychometry I guess? That’s how I’m explaining her vision at Maz’s castle and also I like the storytelling possibilities

Force healing doesn’t kill you or whatever. Medstar II: Jedi Healer cover art my beloved

Stormpilot my beloved is cannon to me

Jaina and Jacen are not Jaina and Jacen Solo from Legends, they just have the same first names and are also twins

[jewishcissiekj]

MedStar - Intermezzo down, starting MedStar II - Jedi Healer now

[stellanslashgeode]

Always reblog the cover of Medstar II: Jedi Healer. Dems the rules.

Cover art for Medstar: Jedi Healer by Dave Seeley

[star-wars-forever]

Star Wars Medstar II: Jedi Healer (2004)

by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry

cover art by Dave Seeley

[booklindworm]

Amatakka word list part 4

ek- - regarding the sky or firmament (not gendered) [conjecture re: ekkreth]

elat, el - in addition, apart from, except (not gendered) [BLW]

ema/eme/emi/emu - his/xir/their/her, his/xirs/theirs/hers, for him/xem/them/her [conjecture re: em]

em - my, mine, for me (not gendered) [conjecture re: te masu em lukkema]

ena, ena-ki - parent (n) [fialleril, 15 Apr 2016]

ena-ka - male parent (m) [conjecture re: ena]

ena-ke - third- or fourthgender parent (o) [conjecture re: ena]

ena-ku - female parent (f) [conjecture re: ena]

eopi - eopie, … (n) [TPM //translation by BLW]

eperukuru - dust-corn, a variant of space!corn, grows on Tatooine, originally from the planet Skann (not gendered) [SW Galaxies // translation by BLW]

eperu-lappa - "dustcrepes," flat, round pancakes made from dustwheat flour, commonly filled with nausage, meat, or vegetables (not gendered) [SW Galaxies // translation by BLW]

eperu or epiru - dry earth, dust (not gendered) [BLW]

epiru-kibtu - literally dust-wheat, a different name for kibtatoo (not gendered) [SW Galaxies // translation by BLW]

Er-Amma - Tusken word for Ar-Amu (f) [fialleril, June 08, 2016]

ereibu - - come to an end, finish (travel, life) (not gendered) [BLW]

erqu - grey, also other light, pale (colors), basic neutral colors (not gendered) [fialleril, June 01, 2016 //translation by BLW]

erretu - improvised weir, little dam, barrage (reeds, stones) (not gendered) [BLW]

essa- - as …, through…, by way of (not gendered) [BLW]

eta/ete/eti/etu maas - he/xe/they/she is, has, represents [conjecture re: te masu]

eta - he/him, third person male pronoun (m) [conjecture re: te masu]

ete - xe/xir, third person other pronoun (o) [conjecture re: te masu]

eti - they/them, third person neutral pronoun (n) see also tur [conjecture re: te masu]

etu - she/her, third person female pronoun (f) [conjecture re: te masu]

falolesk - hell (not gendered) [BLW] from Ryl Faho'lalesk, the “plague moon” (adapted from Zach Lee's Project Twilex)

ferfek - fierfek, Huttese meaning hex, curse, or poison; became a common swear word during the height of the clone wars (not gendered) [SW: Republic Commando //translation by BLW]

flensor - flensor, a species of carrion bird capable of flight (n) [MedStar II: Jedi Healer]

gal-ena - grandparent, older, honored parent (n), (o) [fialleril, June 20, 2016]

gal - older, honored person (n), (o) [conjecture re: gal-ena]

galump - large even-toed ungulate herd beasts, mammaloid, herbivorous, named for the sound they made when foraging for food at dawn or dusk (n) [Wildlife of Star Wars //translation by BLW]

gan-amu - grandmother, older, honored mother (f) [fialleril, June 20, 2016]

ganno - small, mound-forming succulent-like plants native to Tatooine, the Jawas cook a bitter liquid from their leaves [The Official Star Wars Fact File 63 (JAW6, Jawas)]

gan - older, honored woman (f) [conjecture re: gan-amu]

gapash - slime pods, creatures bloated with gas that floated in the swamps on Nal Hutta, part of the Hutts' diet [TCW Hunt for Ziro //translation by BLW]

gar-ipa - grandfather, older, honored father (m) [fialleril, June 20, 2016]

gar - older, honored man (m) [conjecture re: gar-ipa]

gavin - 1 fair, handsome, good-looking, pretty (not gendered) (from Huttese gaween) [BLW]

gavin - 2 name of a member of the Darklighter family on Tatooine, Gavin Yanome (m), a cousin of Biggs' [ANH novelization]

gilkah - sand bat, a venomous, nocturnal, predatory mammaloid creatures native to Tatooine, adaptable to many environments, and sometimes hunting in massive swarms, possibly semi-sapient (n) [SWtOR //translation by BLW]

gilu-khepa - Amatakka name for Tatoo I, one of the two sister suns of Tatooine, a yellow star (class G); lit: the leading sun; (the Hutts say Gi Dopa Gasha for both) [starwars.com/databank][BLW]

ginsu - ginsu bush (a Tatooine word) (not gendered), a squat, straggly plant; its strongly flavored bark and roots have a bitter, astringent taste; used as painkiller or spice (not gendered) [fialleril, january 02, 2017]

gizka - gizka, small, cute lizard/amphibian animals that breed like rabbits and can be an absolute nuisance (n) [SWtOR]

gugallu - fire-kraken, a marine predator on Nal Hutta with snake-like tendrils, skin-contact with those can cause temporary pain and localized swelling (n) [Cestus Deception //translation by BLW]

hahu - spew, spit out (not gendered) [BLW]

hala - 1 milky, sweet, nourishing, good (not gendered) [BLW]

hala - 2 name of a member of the Green family on Tatooine, Hala Tenek, mother of Amee and Jenna (f) [starwars.com/databank]

halbantu - milk from banthas, distinctively blue, is a stable in Tatooinian diet, plain, raw, cooked, or used in yogurt, ice cream, cheeses, and butter (not gendered) [ANH //translation by BLW]

halbukal - milkbread, a bread baked with milk instead of water, and usually fortified with what herbs and desert seeds could be foraged (not gendered) [Naasade DS 3 Fallout //translation by BLW]

halbu - milk in general [BLW]

halged - milk liquor, the cheapest drink on Tatooine (not gendered) [Naasade DS 20 Mirage //translation by BLW]

hallulta - Duodecipedes, spiky-shelled, twenty-legged non-sentient invertebrates (space!centipedes) native to Tatooine, live in burrows, are very tasty roasted [Attack of the Clones Incredible Cross-Sections //translation by BLW]

hallulta - spiky-shelled, twenty-legged non-sapient invertebrates (space!centipedes) native to Tatooine, live in burrows, are very tasty roasted (not gendered) [BLW]

halmaru - sop or milktoast made by Amavikkans for the feeble or injured members of the community by mixing mashed roots with nutrient powder and bantha milk [Naasade DS 3 Fallout //translation by BLW]

hamaru - spit, saliva (not gendered) [BLW]

haro - 1 dusk or dawn, morningstar or eveningstar (n) [BLW]

haro - 2 Amatakka name of the second planet of the Tatoo system, a hydrogen/helium gas giant, usually visible between sunsets/sunrises from Tatooine; the Hutts call it Ohann [BLW]

haro - 2 name of a member of the Whitesun family on Tatooine, Haro Whitesun (m) [Star Wars Galaxies]

harukal - haroun bread, a type of flat-bread sold all over the galaxy (not gendered) [TPM][Episode I The Visual Dictionary]

hinil - 1 pirate, Robin-Hood-type of robber and outlaw, probably inspired by Akar Hinil (n) [BLW]

hinil - 2 last name of Akar Hinil, famous freedom runner (m) [fialleril, August 16, 2016]

[coruscantguard]

- Medstar II: Jedi Healer

Oh, this section is so good, but absolutely brutal. Everytime I think about how the clones were perceived by the public, my heart breaks a little further.

[oh-no-eu-didnt]

Venator-class Star Destroyers were large capital ships that formed the backbone of the Republic Navy during the Clone Wars. These powerful ships performed multiple roles, although designed for ship-to-ship combat, their size allowed them to serve as starfighter and troop carriers as well. Venators would be the first of many Star Destroyers.

Source: Star Wars PocketModel TCG (2007)

First Appearance: MedStar II: Jedi Healer (2004)

Read more on Wookieepedia.

[arctic-hands]

[Image Description: a cropped facebook post that says "Thoughts from Caitlin:

"I'm reading a Star Wars novel now. Medstar II: Jedi Healer. It's about a mobile hospital unit near the front lines on a war ravaged planet. There's a drunk captain of a doctor who's sick of the war and patriotism and senseless Ness of all the death on both sides, a good natured but no nonsense colonel doctor in charge of the unit, and they practice mimm'yet surgery named 'after a meat dish of questionable origin...It was a vivid metaphor, illustrating the fast and furious patchwork pace they had to follow. Stop the bleeding, slap a synthflesh patch or spray a splint, and move on.'" End ID]

This facebook memory popped up of the inexplicable Star Wars/M*A*S*H crossover novel I read six years ago

[padawanlost]

Hi, reading your posts explaining part of sw universe (your post really make me think in some aspects of sw that I have never thought) fragments of books and comics make me want to read it, do you have or know some post to indicate how I should start in the prequels stories and what books are the most interesting according you? I have tried to understand how to start, but its a bit confused due to the big numbers of books/comics (specially due to the legend and new canon). Thanks you very much!

Hi! I’ve a book rec tag where I suggest PT books, if you’re interested. As for where to start, my usual advice is start with what you love: your favorite movies and characters. Forget the idea that there’s a right place to start or that you have to read everything to enjoy the EU. You already know the story, the EU is about exploring the details so it does’t really matter where you start because you already know exactly how it goes. The EU does not have to be a chronological experience. 

Let me tell you how I started: wookieepedia. A knew a little about the EU but the wookieepedia got me deep into it. I used to read Anakin’s page all time and it was filled with little bits of information but I needed more. It wasn’t enough to know *something* happened to Anakin, I wanted to experience it for myself. That’s when I started checking the sources at the bottom of the articles. It wasn’t enough to know Shmi and Anakin belonged to Gardulla before Watto, I wanted to know *how* they lived. So I checked the source and read the book. My first two SW books were Stover’s Revenge of the Sith Novelization and James Luceno’s Labyrinth of evil because they focus on events related to my favorite SW movie (ROTS) and they heavily featured my favorite character (Anakin). 

I didn’t read them because I wanted to know the EU or be THAT kind of fan. I was just curious so I started with what I was most curious about. Real talk, when I first heard about the EU and thought about exploring I was thought that the only quality content was Timothy Zahn’s OT books. It’s been 20 years and I still haven’t finished a single one of his books. It’s not because they are bad, I’m simply not interested in that part of the story so I don’t go there. Don’t fall into the trap of believing you NEED to know everything. That’s gatekeeping and it’s been used to keep away from the EU for years. So my advice is always read what you want to, if you want to.

Here are my favorite PT novels (in chronological* order):

From TPM to AOTC

Darth Plagueis by James Luceno

The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi by Ryder Windham

Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions by Jude Watson

Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: The Followers by Jude Watson

Secrets of the Jedi by Jude Watson

The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader by Ryder Windham

Episode I Adventures 5: The Ghostling Children by Dave Wolverton

Episode I Adventures 6: The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker by Dave Wolverton

Episode I Adventures 7: Capture Arawynne by Dave Wolverton

Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine by Dave Wolverton

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel by Terry Brooks

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace junior novelization by Patricia C. Wrede

Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul by Jude Watson

Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala by Jude Watson

Star Wars Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker by Todd Strasser

Rogue Planet by Greg Bear

Jedi Quest: Path to Truth by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Trail of the Jedi by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The School of Fear by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The False Peace by Jude Watson

Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown by Jude Watson

The Approaching Storm Alan by Dean Foster

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novel by R. A. Salvatore

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novelization by Patricia C. Wrede

From TCW TO ROTS

Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover

The Cestus Deception by Steven Barnes

Jedi Trial by David Sherman

Yoda: Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart

Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel by Karen Traviss

The Clone Wars: Wild Space by Karen Miller

The Clone Wars: No Prisoners by Karen Traviss

Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth by Karen Miller

Clone Wars Gambit: Siege by Karen Miller

MedStar II: Jedi Healer by Michael Reaves, Steve Perry

Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel by Matthew Stover

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novelization by Patricia C. Wrede

*some novels cover many years worth of story, so listed them first.[

COMICS

If you are interested in comics, please check this post where @cienie-isengardu and I listed some of our favorite sw comics :)

GUIDES

If you still don’t know where to start  Jedi vs Sith - The Essential Guide to the Force by Ryder Windham complies the most important events of the GFFA. It’s like reading book report disguised as a history book. It’ll give you the gist of what the EU has to offer. 

Jedi vs Sith - The Essential Guide to the Force by Ryder Windham

The jedi path - A manual for students of the force by becker mayer

The new essential guide to warfare by jason fry

The essential readers companion by pablo hidalgo

Btw, this is all original canon :)

[gwiazdowe]

A litany that every Jedi student grew up hearing: When in doubt, trust the Force. You may not always interpret it correctly, but the Force never lies.

— (MedStar II: Jedi Healer by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry)