Luminara Unduli was a Mirialan female who served as a Jedi Master and General in the fading years of the Galactic Republic. She was a valued advisor to the Jedi Council, the Supreme Chancellor, and the Galactic Senate. With her last Padawan, Barriss Offee, she was a common and formidable presence at points of crisisLuminara was born on the planet Mirial, a cold, dry, and despondent world oppressed by the Trade Federation. She was taken into the Jedi Order at a young age, and so lived through little of the misery known to most Mirialans.As a Jedi, she dedicated herself to physical disciplines; her patterned tattoos were a traditional Mirialan reflection of this somatic commitment. She trained heavily to improve her corporal prowess, working over the course of years to enhance her flexibility and agility in combat.She became a Master in the years prior to the Invasion of Naboo. Honoring the cultural traditions of her native people, which required that any Mirialan child given to the Jedi Order be trained by Mirialan masters, she took only Mirialans as apprentices.She was a close friend to fellow Masters Shaak Ti and Quinlan Vos.