Here is some information on the beings who compose the Jedi Council of Twelve....

Mace Windu

Species-Human

Weapon-Blue Lightsaber

A senior member of the respected Jedi Council, Mace Windu now rarely leaves the Jedi Temple. His wisdom and experience are remarkable, and so his words, softly spoken within the chambers and hallways of the Temple, bear great weight throughout the galaxy. J edi Master Windu regularly confers with Yoda and the ten other members of the Council on the balance of the Force and the general affairs of the Jedi Knights. His authority is as high as that of Master Yoda, which makes his opinion, during debates, greatly revered. A lthough nowadays he almost never picks up his blue-bladed lightsaber to face an enemy in battle, Mace Windu remains a fearsome warrior with a perfect mastery of the Jedi fighting techniques.

Ki-Adi-Mundi

Species-Cerean

Weapon-Purple Lightsaber

Taught by Jedi Master Yoda himself, Ki-Adi-Mundi is the only Jedi Knight to serve on the council. This humanoid from the utopian world of Cerea possesses a high-domed head holding a complex binary brain supported by a second heart. Before the Battle of Naboo, he became embroiled in a political struggle on Cerea, which lead him to Tatooine where he uncovered signs of the Trade Federation's clandestine war preparations.

Adi Gallia

Species-Human

Weapon-Dark Red Lightsaber

Born to high-ranking Corellian diplomats living on Coruscant, this beautiful and intuitive Jedi Master is a female member of an unknown humanoid alien species. Gallia possesses a deep understanding of the Republic's complex political system, and has carefully developed a network of contacts and informants throughout the government, making her one of the Supreme Chancellor's most valuable intelligence sources. Through her contacts, Gallia gained knowledge of the Trade Federation's plans to invade Naboo. She promptly warned Supreme Chancellor Valorum, who in turn asked the Jedi Council to send ambassadors to deal with the situation.

Depa Billaba

Species-Chalactan

Weapon-Dark Red Lightsaber

A new addition to the Jedi Council, Depa Billaba brings an air of order, culture and perspective to the Council Chamber. When she was just six months old, Billaba's entire family was killed by marauding pirates. Mace Windu was able to save the young Chalactan child, and he immediately sensed her strong connection to the Force. On Coruscant, Depa has learned to use her special abilities for the good of the galaxy. She has embraced the traditional culture of Chalacta in honor of her slain parents, and as a result the Jedi Master is particularly attuned to the minds and personalities of her peers in the Council Chamber.

Eeth Koth

Species-Irdonian Zabrak

Weapon-Dark Green Lightsaber

Born in squalor on Nar Shaddaa, the "smuggler's moon" orbiting the Hutt homeworld of Nal Hutta, the Zabrak Jedi Master is known for his highly developed willpower and ability to withstand intense pain. He was recognized as a Jedi prospect at age four, and was initially considered too old to be trained, although he later proved himself worthy after demonstrating extreme mental discipline. Eeth Koth trained the Jedi hero Shared Hett, who later disappeared to live among Tatooine's Tusken Raiders.

Oppo Rancisis

Species-Thisspiasian

Weapon-Light Green Lightsaber

As a baby, Oppo Rancisis was offered to the Jedi Order by his mother, the Blood Monarch of Thisspias, and was apprenticed to Jedi Master Yaddle. At age 20, he inherited the title as Monarch of Thisspias when his younger sister was killed. He declined the role, however, abdicating the throne in order to serve the entire galaxy among the Jedi Order. Rancisis is a master of Malacia, a Jedi technique that induces a powerful dizziness and nausea in enemies. It is completely incapacitating like a hammer blow, but does not cause any lasting physical damage. He has taught the technique at the Jedi Temple for over two decades, but only a few other Jedi have come close to mastering the difficult discipline. When peaceful negotiations fail, Rancisis ensures that Jedi-counseled military tactics are cunning and effective using his artful strategies and battle plans.

Even Piell

Species-Lannik

Weapon-Dark Red Lightsaber

Standing little more than one meter tall, Jedi Master Even Piell is nonetheless highly respected for his combat abilities. Although he is typically contemplative and reserved, Piell becomes fiercely aggressive when forced into combat. During one conflict, Piell single-handedly battled and defeated seven dangerous terrorists, even after sustaining a grisly eye injury. Due to his developed code of honor, he refuses to wear a prosthetic replacement for the lost eye, and bears the scar as badge of honor -- a reminder that it was he who survived despite enormous odds.

Plo Koon

Species-Kel Dor

Weapon-Yellow Lightsaber

A Kel Dor from Dorin and descendent from a long line of Jedi, Plo Koon masterfully uses his highly-developed extrasensory organs to enhance his Jedi mind powers to extremes. P lo Koon is legendary for his leadership in the Stark Hyperspace Wars, during which he took up the Republic banner after a great Jedi Master was killed. Koon rallied the disheartened troops to an unlikely and miraculous victory, and has ever since been a trusted ally to the Republic Army and Navy as a Jedi Council member. P lo Koon has fought along side Qui-Gon Jinn on several occasions, and looked forward to the day his friend might consider filling one of the Council's short-term positions.

Saesee Tiin

Species-Iktotchi

Weapon-Dark Purple Lightsaber

Hailing from the wind-beaten moon Iktotch, Jedi Master Saesee Tiin possesses natural telepathic abilities and an exceptionally strong connection to the Force. He is well known for his abilities as a pilot, and is at his best while traveling at extremely high speeds at the controls of virtually any spacecraft. Saesee Tiin trained under the great Omo Bouri, a Wol Cabasshite Jedi Master who orchestrated the famed Treaty of Trammis a century ago. When Master Bouri perished, Saesee Tiin reinvigorated his Jedi training - with the hope that he might gain sufficient insight into the Force to communicate with his vanished master.

Yaddle

Species-Unknown

Weapon-Orange Lightsaber

Young at only 477, Yaddle is one of the Jedi Council's most compassionate, balanced and patient members. In any debate or discussion, she will listen quietly and absorb all arguments before supplying her characteristically single and insightful opinion. Yaddle is head of the Librarian Assembly, a group of Jedi scholars who maintain the Temple's collection of holocrons, ancient scrolls, and Sith writings. Her private quarters in the Jedi Temple are filled from floor to ceiling with thousands of tiny trinkets. Yaddle has trained dozens of Padawan learners in her life, including Jedi Master Oppo Rancisis. With centuries of training behind her, Yaddle is skilled at all Jedi techniques and is one of few Jedi entrusted with the dangerous knowledge of Morichro - a forbidden Jedi art that rapidly slows the body functions of other beings, easily resulting in death.

Yarael Poof

Species-Quermian

Weapon-Dark Yellow Lightsaber

Quermian Jedi Master Yarael Poof is a sentient invertebrate being with a long neck and four arms. Like all members of the Quermian species, his olfactory glands are located in his hands, and a second brain is positioned in his chest. Yarael Poof is known to be a consummate artist of Jedi mind tricks, including the ability to quickly (and nonviolently) subdue opponents by using the Force to conjure images of whatever that opponent fears the most.

Yoda

Species-Unknown

Weapon-None

B y the time of the Battle of Naboo, Yoda was well into his 800's, making him the oldest member of the Jedi Council. He has visited hundreds of worlds on his own in his endeavor to understand and appreciate the infinitely variable nuances of the Force. The venerable Jedi Master is revered for his wisdom and insight, and prefers careful contemplation to rash action. A long-lived Jedi Master, Yoda was the conduit for the rebirth of the nearly-vanished Jedi Knights. For more than 800 years, the diminutive green being has trained Jedi Knights in the ways of the Force, but rarely has he faced such a challenge as the impetuous young Luke Skywalker.

By the time Luke encounters him in the bogs of Dagobah, Yoda is nearly 900 years old and walks stooped over with the help of a gimer stick. He subsists on things that nature offer him, eating plants and fruits and fungi, and building his home of mud, sticks and stones.

Yoda's path to Jedi wisdom seems simple, yet profound. He makes his students unlearn what they had been taught, helping them to tune in to the subtle world around them to learn its truths. "A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge. Never for attack," he tells them.

When Emperor Palpatine ordered his purge of the Jedi, Yoda went into hiding on Dagobah. He uses the Force and the planet's own natural defenses to discourage visitors. But he has kept watch on Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. After escaping almost certain death from a wampa ice creature on Hoth, Luke sees Ben Kenobi in a vision, telling him to go to the Dagobah system to continue his Jedi training with Yoda.

Yoda lectures young Skywalker about the Force while Luke performs rigorous physical and mental exercises. Yoda especially cautions him against the easy path of anger and the lure of the dark side of the Force. When ordered to undertake a particularly daunting task, Luke says he'll try. "No! Try not," Yoda says. "Do. Or do not. There is no try." Despite Yoda's plea, Luke leaves before his training is complete when he senses that his friends are in danger. By the time Luke returns, Yoda is close to becoming one with the Force.

As seated around the council chamber: (Clockwise)

1. Mace Windu
2. Plo Koon
3. Depa Billaba
4. Eeth Koth
5. Yarael Poof
6. Saesee Tiin
7. Oppo Rancisis
8. Even Piell
9. Yaddle
10. Adi Gallia
11. Ki-Adi-Mundi
12. Yoda