Mace Windu is one of the recurring characters in the Star Wars saga. Mace is a Jedi Master and one of the last members of the Old Jedi High Council before the fall of the Galactic Republic. He was the Jedi High Council's primary liaison to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, although the Clone Wars cause him to question his firmest held beliefs. Prior to the First Battle of Geonosis; he was the leader of the Jedi Order and head of the Jedi High Council.
