Micah Giiett Respect Thread

[Darth Durin's Baneling]

Micah Giiett is one of my favorite Jedi, and is unfortunately also relatively lesser-known and hardly talked about. Respect the Pudgy Jedi!

Power

C-Canon

33 BBY

Micah Giiett is one of the best Jedi in the Order.

Though the cruisers carried some of the best Jedi in the order -- including Windu, Adi Gallia, Eeth Koth, Plo Koon, Micah Giiett, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Qui-Gon's Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi -- the Yinchorri possessed cortosis-weave armor that could resist lightsaber cuts. They also had the advice and silent backing of Darth Sidious.

Obi-Wan Kenobi states matter-of-factly that Micah Giiett has the superior mastery of the Force to himself and K’Kruhk.


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #1 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett’s death sends reverberations across the entire galaxy, sensed by the Council and Palpatine back on Coruscant, who instantly realizes that it was a Councilor who died. Palpatine is visibly pleased by this revelation.



-Jedi Council: Acts of War #4 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Telekinesis

C-Canon

33 BBY

Micah Giiett flips a lever with the Force.


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #2 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett contributes to a powerful concerted Force push that repulses the attacking Yinchorri warriors.


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #3 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Telepathy/Force Sense

C-Canon

33 BBY

Obi-Wan Kenobi wonders if Micah Giiett used the Force to cloud his and K’Kruhk’s perceptions, implying that it's within the realm of possibility.


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #1 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Speed/Precognition/Agility

C-Canon

33 BBY

Micah Giiett is fully confident in being able to block K’Kruhk’s attack with a cortosis gauntlet, and does so.


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #1 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett deflects a blaster bolt fired by a Yinchorri at point-blank range and cuts both him and his companion down in a blinding whirl, leaving afterglows in both his sabers’ wake.


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #3 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett deflects blaster fire as he hangs from a rope with one hand, leaving an afterglow with his lightsaber.



-Jedi Council: Acts of War #3 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett times his fall perfectly to land inside the Jedi shuttle.



-Jedi Council: Acts of War #3 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Lightsaber Combat Skill

C-Canon

33 BBY

Micah Giiett effortlessly dispatches two Yinchorri warriors at once with his twin lightsabers, and moves to try to help Plo Koon against one of his own opponents.



-Jedi Council: Acts of War #3 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett acts as rear-guard for Plo Koon, Lilit Twoseas, and K’Kruhk, deflecting blaster fire as he hangs from a rope with one hand.



-Jedi Council: Acts of War #3 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett survives a battle in which he, Plo Koon, Lilit Twoseas, and K’Kruhk leap into a sea of Yinchorri to help Mace Windu, Saesee Tiin, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Obi-Wan Kenobi evacuate. Though we don’t see specifics, he’s clearly holding out well enough and killing several Yinchorri.






-Jedi Council: Acts of War #3 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Off-panel, Micah Giiett, Plo Koon, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Obi-Wan Kenobi hold off another large Yinchorri attack.


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #4 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Intelligence/Wisdom/Tactics

C-Canon

33 BBY

Of the Council, Micah Giiett is the most knowledgeable on the properties of Cortosis.


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #1 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett fools Obi-Wan Kenobi and K’Kruhk with his game, teaching them to use their minds and other senses as well as the Force. According to Qui-Gon, the same trick had worked on almost every other Padawan he could remember.




-Jedi Council: Acts of War #1 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett immediately grasps K’Kruhk’s meaning and turns it into a plan, successfully diverting the Yinchorri from downing their shuttle.


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #1 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #2 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett thinks to force the Yinchorri to come at them with melee weapons instead of blasters by positioning themselves atop the supporting balloon. Plo Koon notes that he’s impressed by this quick-thinking.



-Jedi Council: Acts of War #2 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett tricks the Yinchorri into delaying their attack against the retreating Jedi and coming close enough that their strike was destroyed in the explosion he created.


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-Jedi Council: Acts of War #4 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

S-Canon

<33 BBY

Micah Giiett comes up with a plan to get Corpo the Hutt to release Slabba Drewl from custody.



-Star Wars Tales #7: Jedi Chef (2001, Randy Stradley, Franscisco Ruiz Velasco)

Reputation/Authority

C-Canon

53 BBY

Micah Giiett sits to Yoda’s right on the Council and assigns Qui-Gon Jinn, Tahl, Xanatos, and Orykan to Telos IV along with the ancient Master.




-Jedi: The Dark Side #1 (2011, Scott Allie, Mahmud Asrar)

Micah Giiett again presides on the Council with Yoda, while Adi Gallia, a future Councilor, stands to the side.



-Jedi: The Dark Side #5 (2011, Scott Allie, Mahmud Asrar)

44 BBY

Micah Giiett is seated on the Jedi High Council to Yoda’s right.


-Republic #39 (2002, John Ostrander, Davide Fabbri)

33 BBY

Micah Giiett is one of the most respected Jedi Masters and teachers, and Bultar Swan was fortunate to have him as her teacher.

[...]

Micah Giiett is seated on the Jedi High Council to Yoda’s right.


-Jedi Council: Acts of War #1 (2000, Randy Stradley, Davide Fabbri)

Micah Giiett’s permanent seat on the Jedi High Council is given posthumously to Ki-Adi-Mundi, who was a senior member of the Council and the third highest in authority, at least heavily implying that Micah Giiett had been as well.

It was the death of Master Micah Giiett during the conflict with the Yinchorri that tragically left a space in the ranks of the Jedi Council. Mace Windu suggested that Ki-Adi-Mundi fill that position.

Following his exploits on Tatooine, Ki-Adi-Mundi was invited to permanently join the Jedi Council, filling a space left vacant by the recently deceased Master Micah Giiett. It was at this time that he was officially granted the rank of Master.

The Jedi Council failed to apply any learnings from the debacle, passing over the iconoclastic Qui-Gon Jinn for Micah Giiett's Jedi Council seat in favor of the by-the-book Cerean Jedi Ki-Adi-Mundi.

Cooking

S-Canon

<33 BBY

Micah Giiett handily wins a cooking competition against Mohreemohtwo, a robot designed for cooking with 5 million recipes in its logs, despite the biased judges.






-Star Wars Tales #7: Jedi Chef (2001, Randy Stradley, Franscisco Ruiz Velasco)

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In combat scenes, Micah Giiett is always taking point in the Jedi's charges and bringing up the rear in the Jedi's retreats, deflecting any attacks to come their way. It's arguable that he has the most consistently impressive combat performance of any Jedi in the Acts of War series.

Micah is an incredibly quick thinker, an intent carried over by his main writer to even "silly" comics, often outshining even Plo Koon, who's consistently lauded as a tactical genius in his own right.

Micah was almost certainly the third in authority leading up until the Phantom Menace, which has great implications for his combative ability.

Micah's death, brought on by a shot to the back from an enemy whose mind is immune to the Force, was sensed by the most powerful Force users across the galaxy, and was seen as a major boon by Darth Sidious.

Atop all that, he's a godly chef.

All in all, he's definitely one of the Jedi High Council's heavy hitters, and extremely underrated. Respect Micah Giiett!