NPC Spotlight: Unaw Aharo
One of my favorite NPCs from the Jedi Knight story is Unaw Aharo. He’s not well developed or anything, but he actually has a meaningful character arc.
When we meet Unaw, he’s a fellow young padawan on Tython. He bravely tried going after the Flesh Raiders, which doesn’t work out for him.
We bail him out of trouble. That’s basically what the Jedi Knight does.
Orgus shows up, helps Unaw to a medic, and that’s the last we see of our new Bith friend.
Until Corellia....
He’s no longer a young padawan. Now he’s on Corellia, kicking ass and taking names, and feeling REALLY badly when the Empire is killing civilians around him.
We exchange pleasantries, and honestly, its kind of cool. Callbacks to characters from early in the story are nice.
See? He believes in us. 😁
When we see him just a bit later, its like... we’ve kind of deputized him? I kind of feel like another cut-scene would have been well-served here.
You’d be like “Well, Bengel is still recovering from his dark turn. Praven has been a Jedi for all of five minutes. Kiwiiks is helping relief efforts..... Yeah, okay. Unaw - you get the nod. Hold the line with these guys while i go know kick someone’s ass.”
So a little while later, he walks in to the room with 20 Jedi behind him. Its a cool scene. Var Suthra almost wets his pants.
Awesome. You’re doing great Unaw.
We get this cameo right after we take down Tol Braga. I took the time to animate the clip because its so sweet. 🤩 🤩 🤩
You’re a god-damned rock star, Unaw.
We don’t get a follow up until this message sent after the Shadow of Revan prelude...
Look at that. Our boy Unaw is now a Jedi Master. We knew each other back when we were Padawans.
And it makes sense. He shows actual leadership during his Corellia appearance, rather than just standing up and bellowing “The Jedi should stand for THIS!” or “The Jedi should eliminate THAT!”
Again - a minor NPC, I know. But he shows actual growth during the story. I hope he turns up again.
