Barriss Offee

Barriss Offee

Theme:	Star Wars
Variations:	Film variant The Clone Wars variant 2018 variant
Accessories:	Blue-bladed lightsaber Black hood Black cape Blue hood Blue shortened cape
Years:	2010 - 2012, 2018
[List of appearances]

Barriss Offee is a minifigure originally introduced in 2010, based upon the character of the same name in the Star Wars universe.

Description[edit | edit source]

The first Barriss minifigure is based upon her film appearances, and features a completely black leg piece, with a black torso. The torso has printing on the front only- dark blue printing to depict the attire Barriss commonly wore, with a printed belt (brown with a shiny gold buckle) at the bottom of the piece. The torso also had black arms, with yellow-green hands, reflecting the skin tone that Barriss has in the Star Wars universe.

For the same reason, Barriss' head piece is also primarily yellow-green, with printing in various colours to represent the face- black printing for the eyebrows, eyelashes, eyes and detailing for the mouth, white for the pupils, and a dark blue for the mouth and tattoos in the centre of Barriss' face. There is also some additional printing around the top of the eyes for extra detail. Barriss has three accessories- a black hood piece accompanied by a matching cape, and a blue-bladed lightsaber with a silver hilt.

In 2012, a new variant of Barriss Offee was made, this time for The Clone Wars subtheme. This variant once again has a plain black leg piece, and a black torso with yellow-green hands. Grey printing is used on the front of the torso for detailing of the clothing as well as outlining, and the belt is brown with a utility pouch and clasp printed on it. The back of the torso does not feature any printing, but is covered by a blue cape which is smaller than most minifigure capes- it can be worn by minifigures with shortened legs- and reflects the shortened cape that Barriss wore during the Clone Wars. The head piece is yellow-green, with printing for the eyes, eyebrows and facial tattoos, along with the lips which are purple for this design. A blue hood is worn over the head piece, matching the colour of the cape. Once again, Barriss comes armed with a blue-bladed, silver-hilted lightsaber.

In the Video Games[edit | edit source]

Barriss Offee in LEGO Star Wars III

Barriss made her debut video game appearance in LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. The character's appearance is based upon her original minifigure. In the game, like most Jedi she has the ability to double-jump, use the Force to build or push certain enemies, perform attacks with her lightsaber including a lightsaber throw, defeat certain enemies and cut through certain walls that only lightsaber wielders can, and jump up certain pairs of walls by burying her lightsaber in one wall and jumping to the other. She was a playable character in the story mission "Weapons Factory" along with Ahsoka Tano.

Background[edit | edit source]

Barriss Offee was a Mirialan Jedi Knight who trained under Jedi master Luminara Unduli throughout her apprenticeship. She participated in many battles in the Clone Wars, including the Second Battle of Geonosis and the Second Battle of Felucia.

During the second Battle of Geonosis, Barriss Offee and Ahsoka Tano infiltrated a Separatist weapons factory in order to destroy it while Anakin Skywalker and Luminara Unduli fought aboveground. After that battle, she was infected by a Geonosian brain worm, but recovered through the actions of Ahsoka Tano.

Later in the Clone Wars, Offee was responsible for the bombing of the Jedi Temple, ironically doing so because she believed that the Jedi Order had abandoned their ways of peace keeping and became weapon of the Republic. She set Ahsoka Tano up as being the one who bombed the Temple, but the truth was found out by Tano's Master, Anakin Skywalker, just before Ahsoka's sentence was to be read at her Republic hearing.