In the ''
Star Wars ''
Expanded Universe , was a powerful
Jedi Master who was trained by
Mace Windu .
Echuu Shen-Jon and his
Padawan ,
Stam Reath , were two of the many
Jedi who were sent to
Geonosis to rescue
Anakin Skywalker ,
Padmé Amidala and
Obi-Wan Kenobi . Echuu survived the battle, but his padawan was killed by
Sev'Rance Tann , one of
Count Dooku 's generals. The Jedi Council assigned Echuu Shen-Jon a new apprentice,
Naat Reath , Stam Reath's sister. They were given orders to reclaim the world of
Sarapin from the
Confederacy Of Independent Systems ' control.
They then tracked Sev'Rance Tann to the remote world of .
Several years later, during the
Galactic Civil War ,
Princess Leia 's ship, ''The Cretacian'', crashed on Krant. Princess Leia and her honor guard were confronted by Echuu Shen-Jon, who helped them liberate the planet so they could meet with
Bothan Spies on the island of Le'Roche. With information from the Bothans, Echuu went with Leia to the asteroid of
Geddes . Echuu and the
Rebels , with the help of a small army of
Wookiee s led by
Chewbacca 's father,
Attichitcuk , infiltrated an
Imperial base to recover an ancient Jedi artifact. Just as the Rebels reached their transports, they were intercepted by
Darth Vader . Fearing what the Empire would do if they obtained the artifact, Echuu destroyed the relic and confronted Vader in a duel to buy the transports some time to take off. Echuu fought with courage and honor, making his last stand as a Jedi Master before being decapitated by the
Dark Lord Of The Sith .
His spirit would later contact Leia to return to Geddes, now Hanoon, to retrieve the shards of the artifact with Luke Skywalker.
