Aayla Secura - Another New Favorite SW Character

Aayla Secura. Before “graduating” from the Jedi Academy, she was Quinlan Vos’s Padawan (but that isn’t why I like her). In fact, she and Quin were promoted to Knight and Master respectively, at the same time.

I like Aayla because she’s a Twi’lek who isn’t a stupid dancing girl. She kicks ass and, in fact, kicked Aurra Sing’s ass, who I can’t stand. Aurra’s pretty cool looking in a Goth (but cooler) sort of way, but she’s a total, total psycho. In fact, the “real” version (played by an actress) isn’t even as scary looking as the comics version. But I have to admit, she has a great hair color.

In the comics where it flashbacks to when Aayla was still Quin’s Padawan, she looked very much like Mission Vao from Knights of the Old Republic (KotOR). The weird thing is, adult Aayla is blue. But as a youngster she was like, turquoise-colored, more like Mission.