Age of the Republic
Discovered by a Jedi seeker as an infant, Cere Junda was trained in the Jedi arts at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Like many other younglings, Cere was taken to Ilum to construct her lightsaber. Master Yoda was present to guide the younglings during her trip there. Junda was a Padawan to Jedi Master Eno Cordova during the reign of the Galactic Republic. At one point the two travelled to the planet Nameel where they attempted to settle a feud between a gang of Trandoshans and a group of Dupei monks. Junda was easily provoked by the situation, using the Force to push the two sides away from each other during the heated confrontation. Master Cordova was intrigued by the presence of the monks and wished to interview both sides regarding the matter, starting with the monks. While he was doing that, Junda attempted to quell an argument between the Trandoshan's warlord Vurrsk and a member of his gang who challenged his authority. Her intervention was seen as unwelcome, thus temporarily uniting the whole gang in a fight against her. At the height of the battle, Cordova emerged from his interview with the monks and revealed that they had confessed having stolen credits from the Trandoshans who were trying to purchase weapons from them. Junda became apologetic to the gang and self-conscious about having jumped to conclusions too soon. She later attempted to explain her actions to the Jedi High Council, with Cordova defending her. Ultimately, Mace Windu concluded that the situation was rather complicated and proceeded to move the discussion to the topic of their next assignment. Junda and Cordova were then sent by the Council to oversee an excavation of a temple located on the planet Ontotho but in the process, they were caught up in a battle between the Fylar Freedom Fighters and the local security forces. During the course of the battle, Junda worked with the Fylar Freedom Fighters. She eventually became a Jedi Knight serving the Order as a Jedi seeker, and took Trilla Suduri as her Padawan. During the Clone Wars, after Order 66 was implemented and the Jedi were declared traitors, Junda and Suduri's clone troopers turned against them, but they were able to take several Jedi younglings and go into hiding. At some point during this time, Cere witnessed the Jedi Archives on Coruscant burning.
Capture by the Empire
Junda, Suduri, and their group of Jedi younglings tried to escape from the forces of the Galactic Empire, but Junda was eventually captured in an attempt to lure the Empire away from the others. Captured and subjected to torture at the Fortress Inquisitorius on the moon Nur after leading away the Imperial forces hunting Suduri and the younglings, Junda initially held firm under the harsh questioning, even when the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader became personally involved. Ultimately, though, Junda broke and gave up Suduri to the Empire, leading her to fall to the dark side of the Force under similar torture and become an Inquisitor, taking up the name of the "Second Sister."
After Suduri's transformation, she was brought into the room to mock and taunt Junda and her failed protection efforts. As she looked upon her fallen apprentice, Junda became overwhelmed with anger and regret, and tapped into the dark side in this rage, killing everyone in the room and that she came across during her escape, except Suduri herself. During her escape, Junda managed to steal several Imperial code clearances.
Over the years, Junda decided to suppress her connection to the Force, having felt the power of the dark side and overcome with fear of falling completely into it, as well as becoming burdened by guilt over Suduri's fate.
Travels with Greez Dritus
At some point after her escape from the Empire, Junda met the pilot Greez Dritus and joined the crew on his ship, the Stinger Mantis, hiring him for his services to her. Junda chose him because he was cheap, had no qualms about breaking the law. Junda also had a hunch that he wouldn't betray her.
At one point the two traveled to the Slag Pit cantina on Nar Shaddaa. There, Greez was ambushed by a group of smugglers, causing them to all be kicked out. Greez ended up drinking rum from Junda's flask in the alley outside. According to Junda, that day became memorable as one of the best days of her life.
During one of their missions, Junda and Greez travelled to Todola after having heard that there was a possible Jedi in hiding within the area. When the two arrived, they quickly discovered the system to be heavily-occupied by a strong Imperial presence. They also learned that the location was being used as a secret walker production site. The Imperials then contacted the Mantis, warning that they would fire upon the ship. Junda responded quickly, apologizing and coming up with an excuse of how their pilot was sick and that the ship's sensors were currently offline.
Attempt to rebuild te Jedi Order
After years of living in seclusion, Junda and Dritus rescued Cal Kestis on the planet Bracca, where her fallen apprentice was attempting to kill the Jedi fugitive. She took Kestis to Bogano, where an ancient vault previously visited by Cordova was located. There, Kestis discovered a droid, BD-1, who played a message from Cordova telling the viewer that he had hidden a Jedi holocron inside the vault. The holocron contained the names of Force-sensitive children across the galaxy. Junda, realizing that the holocron could be the key to rebuilding the Jedi Order, took it upon herself to mentor the former Padawan and complete his training. She and Kestis embarked on a quest to unlock the knowledge necessary to recover the holocron that took them across the galaxy. During their time together, she gave her old lightsaber to Kestis, who used it in conjunction with his first master's lightsaber (which had been damaged on one of the planets they visited) to create a weapon of his own on Ilum.
With Kestis, she infiltrated the Fortress Inquisitorius in an effort to recover a Jedi holocron containing a list of Force-sensitive children, which was in the possession of Suduri. Using Suduri's lightsaber (which Kestis had stolen during a duel on Bogano) as a weapon, she and Kestis succeeded in reacquiring the holocron. The mission brought her face-to-face with her former Padawan, who she attempted to make amends with. However, her efforts were cut short when Darth Vader murdered Trilla. Junda and Kestis made a frantic escape from the Sith Lord, including a brief duel in which Junda was thrown into an abyss and injured. Kestis almost drowned trying to save Junda before they were both rescued by Merrin.
Back on the Mantis, Junda and Kestis discussed what to do with the holocron, deciding to destroy it to prevent it falling into the Empire's hands.
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