Depa Billaba was a Jedi Master and member of the Jedi High Council. She was the Padawan of Mace Windu.[1][2] In New Canon, she was the teaching master of Caleb Dume[5] and died in Order 66.[4]
Personality[]
Depa Billaba was known for her spirituality, wisdom, and "ordered perspective".[1][2] She valued questions and peaceful dissent, and was sometimes "glib".[6]
During the Clone Wars, she came to believe that it was a mistake for Jedi to have taken military titles.[6]
Biography[]
Depa was brought into the Jedi Order as a young child, after Mace Windu rescued her from the pirates who killed[1] ("destroyed")[2][note 1] her parents. She later became his Padawan. Depa and Mace had a close relationship.[1][2]
At some point, Depa became a member of the Jedi High Council;[1][2] she stood among other members in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, so this happened sometime before 32 BBY (as that film's dated in all-the-date-things).
Depa became a Jedi General in the Clone Wars[source in Legends?][2] when Jedi were drafted into the Grand Army of the Republic.[source?] She fought in a battle on Mace's homeworld, Haruun Kal.[1][2]
The Clone Wars, in New Canon[]
You believe you know how to defeat me... ... But the Jedi you fought then did die... ... And the Jedi you face now is one you've never encountered before.
On Haruun Kal, 90% of her clone battalion was lost. In the same campaign, General Grievous seriously injured her, and she was in a coma for some months. When she woke, Yoda, Mace Windu, and Obi-Wan Kenobi were concerned about her mental and physical state. She went through testing to determine her fitness, and was restored to her seat on the Jedi Council. Not feeling that she was worthy of the position, she stated that she had failed, but Obi-Wan Kenobi stood from his own seat and bowed to her, and she acquiesced, once again taking her seat.[6]
Depa defending Caleb Dume.
Shortly afterwards, the bombing of the Jedi Temple occurred; after this, Depa took Caleb Dume, later known as Kanan Jarrus, as her Padawan. They were sent to Mygeeto, where her life was saved by Fenn Rau and she once again faced General Grievous, this time surviving the encounter.[6]
After this, they were sent to Kaller, where Billaba died while giving her Padawan time to escape, gunned down by her most trusted troopers.[6][8]
Continuity differences[]
In Legends, Depa Billaba's species is Chalactan and she fell to the dark side on Haruun Kal.[1] She is then absent from further storytelling.
In New Canon, she is human and of the Chalactan culture. She was wounded physically and psychologically on Haruun Kal[2] instead of falling to the dark side.
Inconsistencies[]
In Kanan: The Last Padawan, Depa has a green lightsaber.[6] In The Bad Batch, Depa has a blue lightsaber.[8]
Additionally, the two media also portray her death on Kaller differently. The Order 66 page has more information on this.
Fan resources[]
- Depa Billaba character tag on Archive of Our Own (NOTE: This link has NSFW content only appropriate for those 18+.)
- Depa Billaba character filter on FanFiction.net
- Depa Billaba article on Fanlore
Notes[]
- ↑ Star Wars publishing for younger audiences often uses the word "destroyed" as a euphemism for "killed", so...
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Legends · Star Wars Character Encyclopedia by Simon Beecroft. Published 2011 by DK.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 New Canon · Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded by Simon Beecroft, Pablo Hidalgo. Published 2016 by Penguin Random House.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Legends & New Canon · Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Canon · Star Wars Timelines, "Order 66", by Kristin Baver, Jason Fry, Cole Horton, Amy Richau, and Clayton Sandell. Published 2023 by DK.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 New Canon · Rebels, Season 1, Episode 5: "Rise of the Old Masters"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 New Canon · Kanan: The Last Padawan by Greg Weisman. Published 2015 by Marvel Comics.
- ↑ New Canon · Kanan, issue #11, First Blood — "Part V", by Greg Weisman. Published 2016 by Marvel Comics.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Canon · The Bad Batch, Season 1, Episode 1: "Aftermath"