At the Academy, she quickly made friends with Jacen and Jaina Solo, the twin son and daughter of Leia and Han Solo, and Lowbacca, a young Wookiee nephew of Chewbacca. The four of them found an old crashed TIE Fighter in the Yavin IV jungle and repaired it, even adding a hyperdrive motor, before realizing that the pilot, Qorl, was still alive. He captured the twins, but Tenel Ka made it back to the Academy in time to get help and rescue them, although not before Qorl escaped.

When I began instructing this class on building their first lightsabers, Tenel Ka didn't devote her full attentions to the task. The components in her hilt were cramped and the lightsaber's crystals had small flaws -- but she was tired and figured they would suffice. During a practice session, however, Tenel Ka's lightsaber blade sputtered out just as Jacen's blade was coming down -- and Tenel Ka's left arm was severed above the elbow. She returned to Hapes to recover and questioned whether she should continue Jedi training. But after she and her young Jedi friends staved off an assassination attempt on her grandmother, she returned to the Jedi Academy. Later, she also helped me in rescuing the twins from the Shadow Academy over Dathomir.

Tenel Ka adapted well to life with one arm. She is truly a resilient girl. She helped her friends bring down the Diversity Alliance and stopped a lethal galaxy-wide plague before it started. Then, in a truly surprising turn of events, her ship, the Rock Dragon, won the annual Ord Mantell Blockade Runners Derby of which Han Solo was Grand Marshal. Zekk piloted the craft while Lowbacca sat as co-pilot. The group met and befriended Anja Gallandro, though Anja felt otherwise about the kids. Eventually, Tenel Ka, Jacen, Zekk, and Mon Cal Ambassador and Jedi healer Cilghal helped Anja overcome her addiction to andris spice. Tenel Ka was present on Hapes when my sister, Leia Organa-Solo, persuaded the Consortium to join the fight against the Yuuzhan Vong. According to Leia, the way her father Isolder fought against Thane Beed, it's no wonder Tenel Ka is such a fierce warrior.

She has also participated in many recon missions into Vong-held space, including one to Bilbringi with Rodian Jedi Jovan Drark. Both she and Jovan volunteered for the strike team to Myrkr to destroy the "queen" of the voxyn, a deadly creature made by Vong Shapers and based on the Force-hunting vornskrs. The "queen" was the prime from which all other voxyn were cloned. Tenel Ka's unmatched fighting skills and solid practicality were great assests to the team. Unfortunately, she witnessed the deaths of Anakin Solo and Jovan Drark, among others, as well as the disappearance of friend Raynar Thul. She also saw the capture of her close friend Jacen Solo by the Vong. Though the mission was successful, it was paid at a high price.