Kit Fisto

SW Character


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name = Kit Fisto
position = Jedi Master, Council Member, Republic High General
species = Nautolan
gender = Male
height = 1.96 meters (6 ft 5)
hair = Tentecoles
eyes = Black (pupiless)
weapon = Lightsaber,Green
vehicle = Jedi Starfighter
planet = Glee Anselm
affiliation = Jedi Order, Galactic Republic
portrayer = Zachariah Jensen
Ben Cooke

Kit Fisto is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" universe. He is portrayed by Zachariah Jensen and Industrial Light and Magic employee Daniel Zizmor in ', Ben Cooke in ', and Seth Green in . The character also appears in the animated series "".

Fictional History

Attack of the Clones

In the climactic battle scene of "Attack of the Clones", he is rescued by Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi and after the battle he fights in his Jedi starfighter above Geonosis. Fisto is one of the four commanders of the Jedi taskforce sent there to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi. In the clash, Fisto leads the army of Jedi into the oncoming droid army. When Master Yoda arrives with the clone strike force, Fisto leads three squads into the battle outside of the execution arena.

Expanded Universe

In his first appearance in the "Clone Wars" series, Fisto is given a seat on the Jedi Council, replacing the late Coleman Trebor. Fisto then leads a battalion of clone scuba troops to Mon Calamari to end a civil dispute with the Quarrens, who are in league with Separatist leader Count Dooku. Fisto's troops there enjoy a swift victory.

In the novel "The Cestus Deception", Fisto and Kenobi are sent to the planet Ord Cestus in an attempt to persuade the planet's leaders, known as the "Five Families" to discontinue the production of their exclusive and lethal super battle droids for the Separatists. Using the alter ego of Dark Jedi "Nemonus", Fisto claims that Count Dooku was greatly upset with the Five Families' decision to raise the price of their battle droids, and that he feared they could no longer be trusted. To enforce this, the two Jedi came up with an ingenious plan that involved Kit Fisto, as dark Jedi Nemonus, kidnapping several members of the five families in an attempt to make them believe that Count Dooku had betrayed them, and then having Obi-Wan Kenobi rescue them in order to lure them into siding with the Republic. However, while the incident did convince the Five Families that Edge had betrayed them and caused them to briefly side with the Republic, Asajj Ventress, a Sith who had been recording the entire event, quickly revealed to the Five Families that the entire kidnapping was a fake, and that all the Jedi had said about Dooku and his betrayal were lies.

This led to a confrontation between the two Jedi Knights and Ventress. Although Fisto puts up a valiant fight against the Dark Jedi, he eventually loses, suffering a blow to his right arm. As Ventress prepares to deliver the final strike, Kenobi quickly jumps in, saving Fisto's life. Fisto returns the favor by blocking Ventress' would-be killing blow on Kenobi.

Some time during the Clone Wars, Kit Fisto and Jedi Master Plo Koon encountered the Separatist General Durge en route to quell an uprising at a prison. Eventually, the two Jedi defeat the General in combat, and trap him in the catacombs beneath the prison. Kit Fisto fears the Catacombs would not hold the seemingly invincible General for very long, but Koon assures him that reinforcements would arrive by then. However, as Fisto had predicted, General Durge escapes and returns to Count Dooku, who sends him to aid the Separatist forces on the planet Muunilinst.

Revenge of the Sith

Fisto makes his final appearance in "Revenge of the Sith". After learning that Chancellor Palpatine is in fact a Sith Lord, Mace Windu leads a strike team consisting of Agen Kolar, Saesee Tiin, and Fisto to arrest the corrupt Chancellor. After the short talk between the Chancellor and Windu, Palpatine draws his lightsaber, quickly killing Kolar and Tiin. Fisto blocks several blows from Palpatine, but is eventually killed when the Chancellor slashes into his stomach. In the , before Anakin Skywalker pulls into the landing station, he witnesses a small part of the battle between Kit Fisto, Windu and Palpatine. He does not see who the combatants are yet, only their lightsabers. When Fisto's green blade disappears, he rushes into the office to see who was killed. There, he finds Kolar's dead body and the bodies of Tiin and Fisto.

Merchandising

Hasbro has also released several action figures of Kit Fisto. Sideshow has released a limited edition 12" figure of Kit Fisto as well. Early in July 2007 Kit Fisto was, for the first time, produced in Lego form in a new Jedi Starfighter set with hyperspace ring.

Kit Fisto appeared in the PSP game . Kit Fisto also appeared on Star Wars Battlefront II in only the Xbox version. Kit Fisto also appeared in the first Lego Star Wars video game and the Complete Saga.

Behind the scenes

Originally, Kit Fisto was conceived as a Sith apprentice. The character was later modified into a Jedi Master.cite web|url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/kitfisto/?id=bts |title=Sith apprentice to Jedi Master]

In other media

*He is an unlockable character in "" for PS2, Nintendo DS, PC, Gamecube, and Xbox.
*He is a Striker-type figurine in the "Star Wars" figure game Attacktix.
*Kit Fisto is a selectable model in the "" modification "Movie Battles".
*Kit Fisto appears on the cover for ", but was neither a playable Jedi nor appeared in any cut scenes until the downloadable content for the Xbox version via Xbox Live were released.
*He appears in the PSP exclusive game Star Wars Battlefront Renegade Squadron.
*An Xbox 360 achievement is awarded in for using the unlocked Kit Fisto to kill The Emperor.
*Kit Fisto is scheduled to be a downloadable character in the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed by late 2008.

References

External links

*databank|category=character|subject=kitfisto|text=Kit Fisto
*sww|Kit Fisto
* [http://www.freewebs.com/fistofan/ Kit Fisto Fan Site]