Vera Kryoff

Vera Kryoff was the second padawan of Jedi Anakin Skywalker. Assigned to him after the mission involving Chancellor Palpatine's rescue, Vera helped stop the fall of Anakin to the dark side.

Birth
Vera's parents, Luna and Gerard Kryoff, met after Gerard's family bought Luna. When the pair fell in love, Gerard was disowned by his family, but had enough credits stored away to buy Luna's freedom. The pair got married, and a few months later, Vera was born. Luna was a close friend of Shmi Skywalker, as the two women had worked together before she was bought by the Kryoff's. Shmi and a young Anakin Skywalker visited the baby Vera a few hours later.

''"No wonder you seemed so familiar. I remember me and my mother visited your family after you were born. I was 7." ''- Anakin Skywalker to Vera (The Force is With Her, written by -venusrosy)

Departure from Tatooine and Early Life at the Temple
At age 4, Vera was discovered by Jedi Master Aayla Secura and taken to the temple on Coruscant. She had trouble adapting at first, but was soon able to start her training.

At age 7, she met Cassie Condi, another human girl, and the pair instantly became friends. Cassie and Vera also met an older girl, a 9 year old togruta name Ahsoka Tano. The three were very close, up until they were seperated. Cassie became the padawan of a Jedi named Mioko, and Ahsoka was moved into a different level due to her older age. Vera wasn't a popular choice among the masters due to her tendency to talk back and her stubbornness. She was scheduled to become the padawan of Aayla Secura, but the masters deemed her inadequate and sent her back to training.

However, they did not overlook her entirely. Despite never being officially trained, Vera helped out with younglings on lightsaber techniques, due to being quite skilled on them.

Attack of the Clones
Vera was helping during the session in which Obi-Wan intruded to ask Master Yoda about the missing planet of Kamino. Curious, she followed him onto his ship by hiding in the shipping compartment. When they arrived, he discovered her and ordered her to stay in the ship. During the fight between Jango Fett and Obi-Wan, Vera disobeyed his orders and came out to fight, which caused her to get captured right along side him. Vera was then sentenced to death alongside Anakin, Padmè, and Obi-Wan, and fought alongside the Battle of Geonosis. She, however, was not present for the duel with Dooku, as she was knocked unconscious at the end of the battle.

The Clone Wars
During the Clone Wars, Vera was still without a master, but still invested in training. She was involved in a few missions, mostly small ones. However, she was still a vital part in training younglings. Vera also first met Chancellor Palpatine, where he criticized her skills as a Jedi, saying "it's surprising for a girl Jedi to be so good", and made inappropriate comments about her.

''"Vera wiped her eyes and took a deep breath. "He said he was surprised I was so good. At first I thought it was because of my age, but no. He said "girls don't make good Jedi." Vera took another deep breath. "He then commented about my 'scandalous outfits' and said I should consider a career in concubining if the Jedi thing didn't go well." - ''Vera to Anakin after running out of the opera (The Force is With Her)

Due to this comment, Vera worked even harder on developing her skills, and started taking weekly meditations with Master Yoda to calm her anger. She was also involved in a mission with Anakin and Obi-Wan near the end of the war.

Revenge of the Sith
Vera was made Anakin's padawan after his mission to rescue the Chancellor. They instantly clicked, and their similar personalities made them good team.

Anakin was assigned to spy on the Chancellor, and Vera was told to go with him. The stress of seeing him up close again after what he had said caused her to run out of the opera, Anakin running after her. This ultimately changed the course of events. Now that Anakin didn't know the power of Darth Plageuis, he wasn't as influenced towards the Dark Side. Once Vera told him about what he said, he begun to distrust the Chancellor, realizing he was clearly different with him.

Later, after making a joke about Anakin's "crush" on Senator Amidala, Anakin blurted out his secret marriage and how Padmè was pregnant with his child. Vera was stunned, and it led to an argument, and Vera told Obi-Wan, who helped Anakin with his dreams.

Vera and Anakin confronted the Chancellor along with Mace Windu, and the three of them defeated him, causing him to fall to his death after pushing him out of the broken window.

Legacy
Vera was cited by the galaxy as the unsung hero of saving Anakin. Many people agreed that without her, Anakin might have been seduced by the dark side.