Rancisis, Oppo

• Appeared in:
  
  I
  II
  III
  IV
  V
  VI
  CW

• Homeworld:
  Thisspias

• Species:
  Thisspiasian

• Gender:
  Male

• Size:
  1.38 meters tall

• Weapon:
  Lightsaber

• Affiliation:
  Jedi Council

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From the Movies

The shaggy-haired serpentine Jedi Master Oppo Rancisis sat on the Jedi Council during the waning years of that august order. He was present when maverick Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn brought young Anakin Skywalker before the Council to be trained as a Padawan.

From the Expanded Universe

A former student of fellow Council member Yaddle, Oppo Rancisis was a well-respected Jedi Master known for his unerring tactical mind and military expertise. His familial heritage earned him the title of Blood Monarch of Thisspias, though Rancisis denied the position, choosing instead to devote his life to the ways of the Force. His elegant strategies have allowed the Jedi to emerge victorious from several large-scale conflicts.

Rancisis was a master of malacia, a Jedi technique that produced powerful dizziness and nausea in his targets. The results are incapacitating, though do not do any permanent physical damage. Rancisis trained fellow Jedi in this art, but few mastered it to his level of proficiency.

Rancisis was 174 standard years old during the Battle of Naboo, an incredibly ancient age for a Thisspiasian. Among his exploits was serving as a fleet battle strategist during the bloody Stark Hyperspace Wars.

Rancisis was one of the more conservative members of the Jedi Council, as far as Jedi traditions and tenets of the Jedi Code were concerned. He had reservations over the number of exceptions afforded young Anakin Skywalker, including his joining of the order at such an advanced age, and his ascension to Knighthood without the formal passing of the Jedi trials. Rancisis had misgivings about Skywalker's lack of discipline, though Jedi Master Yoda would remind Rancisis that as a young one, the Thisspiasian had his own share of transgressions.

When it became clear the demands of the Clone Wars often superceded antiquated traditions of the Jedi Council, Rancisis softened and began to tolerate more exceptions, even accepting the rogue Jedi Quinlan Vos back into the order. When Rancisis was placed in command of Republic operations on Saleucami to destroy a Confederacy cloning operation involving Morgukai warriors, Rancisis chose Vos as his second-in-command.

Rancisis and Vos led three battalions to Saleucami. Rancisis was trained in the ancient art of Jedi Battle Meditation, and was soon deep in contemplation, subtly altering the will of the fighting forces to coax victory for the Republic. The prolonged siege at Saleucami took five long months of grueling warfare. Though the Republic was ultimately victorious in stopping the Confederacy plot on the planet, Rancisis was killed by the traitorous Jedi Sora Bulq.

Behind the Scenes

Storyboard Artist Benton Jew found inspiration for this wizardly Jedi Master in a most unlikely source. The character is based on a picture of an old man from a Chinese calendar hanging in his grandparent's home.