The taras-chi was allegedly a Jedi debating "tradition" invented by Kyp Durron, though in actuality, it was a gambit created by Durron so that he could express solidarity with Luke Skywalker. Named after an insect native to Kessel, the technique was spontaneously created by Durron in order to hide his true feelings on the matter of Jacen Solo's ascension toward mastery from Chief of State Cal Omas and Admiral Niathal. Prompted by Niathal to affirm his previously stated position, he told her that she was "unfamiliar with the role of the taras-chi in Jedi debates." He then explained that the taras-chi was a member of a debating body who was appointed to float ideas that run counter to the accepted way of thinking in order to test the validity of ideas. He likened the concept to the court jes