Talia Sadow was an accomplished philosopher, orator, politician, and warrior, regarded as a very great Jedi for her strength of character and her strength in the Force. Even as a youngling, Sadow felt driven to succeed. She was fully devoted to the ideals of the Jedi Order and the ideal of service to the galaxy. She sought to become a great Jedi Master, and did not even consider the possibility of a life outside the Order, though she knew of her heritage as a Princess of Pravus. Sadow held very high expectations of government as a Jedi, and was perceived by her peers as a political idealist. She became increasingly disillusioned with the Republic in the period before her defection from the Jedi Order, and eventually held the opinion that the Jedi betrayed themselves by serving the politici