Saesee Tiin
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| Saesee Tiin | |
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| Portrayed by | Khan Bonfils |
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| Position | Jedi Master/ Council Member |
| Homeworld | Iktotch |
| Species | Iktotchi |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Jedi, Galactic Republic |
Saesee Tiin is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe. He appears in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, the animated Clone Wars series, and in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. In the live action films, he is portrayed by Khan Bonfils.
[edit] Biography
Saesee Tiin appears as a tall, peach-skinned Jedi Master with long, inwardly curved horns on each side of his head. In the Expanded Universe, Tiin is identified as a member of the Iktotchi race with telepathic abilities and superb Force-enhanced piloting skills.
In The Phantom Menace, Saesee Tiin is seen with the Jedi Council and as a mourner at Qui-Gon Jinn's funeral on Naboo. In Attack of the Clones, he fights in the Battle of Geonosis, the opening battle of the Clone Wars. Saesee Tiin also appears in the second volume of the Clone Wars cartoon, where upon Master Mace Windu's orders, he leads a battalion of clone troopers into the heated space battle above Coruscant with Kel Dor Jedi Master and Council member Plo Koon. He boards a Separatist cruiser and seizes it with his troops.
In Revenge of the Sith, Saesee Tiin is one of four Jedi Masters who attempts to arrest Chancellor Palpatine after learning that he is actually a Sith Lord. In the ensuing struggle, the Chancellor kills Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar, and then Palpatine stabs and kills Saesse with his lightsaber.
[edit] Behind the scenes
An issue of Star Wars Insider explained that costume designers for Attack of the Clones made Tiin's costume in anticipation of the battle scene at the end of the film and didn't know whether he'd appear in Revenge of the Sith, and so made the damaged aspect, a missing horn from his head, a highlight of the character. To establish a canonical explanation for why the horn returns in the next film, it was established that his species has regenerative abilities.
