Mace Windu is a legendary Jedi Master who was a Master of the Order before the Battle of Geonosis, after which he ceded his title to Supreme Master Yoda. A native of Harun Kal, Mace Windu was one of the last members of the Supreme Jedi Council before the Great Jedi Purge. Windu is often seen as the second in the Order after Yoda, although he is eight centuries younger than him. The wisdom and power of Windu are legendary, as is the weight of the words.

Considered one of the most skilled with the lightsaber in the Jedi Order, Windu created the waapad style, the new seventh form of weapon handling that he mastered to perfection. He is the only one who uses this form without going to the dark side of the Force. Windows served the Jedi Order throughout his life and trained several Jedi, including Depa Bilaba and Echu Shen-John.

Mace Windu leads two hundred and twelve Jedi in the Battle of Geonosis arena and kills the famous bounty hunter Jango Fett. He served the Republic during the Clone Wars as a supreme general, often on the front lines of battle. Towards the end of the war, Windu faced Darth Sidious and defeated him in a difficult duel. However, he was later betrayed by Anakin Skywalker and then killed by Sidious - thrown out of the window of the sieve office.