Yoda trained Ikrit, a male Kushiban hailing from the planet of Kushibah, in the ways of the Jedi. He later achieved the rank of Jedi Master. Early in his service to the Jedi Order, he stumbled upon a Massassi Temple on Yavin 4 that held captive the souls of numerous Massassi younglings. Unable to release them, he chose a path of self-imposed isolation, waiting for the individual destined to free them to arrive at the temple. Consequently, he entered a Jedi Hibernation trance that spanned centuries, effectively removing himself from all Jedi affairs for four hundred years, including the Clone Wars and the Great Jedi Purge.
During his extended solitude on Yavin 4, he encountered a young Anakin Solo, who initially mistook him for a mere animal. After it was revealed that he was a Jedi Master in exile, Ikrit, Anakin, and Tahiri Veila collaborated to unravel the mystery of the Golden Globe, ultimately liberating the souls of the imprisoned Massassi children. Following the resolution of the puzzle, Ikrit disclosed his true identity as a Jedi Master to the members of the New Jedi Order. He accompanied Anakin and Tahiri on their various adventures until the Yuuzhan Vong War, during which he made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure their escape. He was subsequently killed by the Peace Brigade.
Ikrit's origins lie on the Outer Rim world of Kushibah. Like many Kushibans, he worked as both a farmer and a weaver, however his weaving skills were lacking. When he was young, Jedi Master Yoda visited his village, seeking a Padawan. During this visit, Ikrit offered his assistance to Yoda in any capacity. However, the Jedi Master declared that Ikrit himself was the Padawan he had been searching for. Despite initial disbelief from his fellow Kushibans and even Ikrit himself, he departed Kushibah with Yoda and began his Jedi training.
After a year of training with Master Yoda, he made a return trip to his village to see his family and friends. They were pleased by his visit, although they still teased him about becoming a Jedi. However, on the eve of the silkweed harvest, a Kushiban returned home wounded. She warned the village about a pack of dangerous xinkra. The Kushibans were ill-equipped to handle this threat, so Ikrit addressed his people and volunteered to confront the danger alone to prevent widespread death.
He then rushed into the fields to confront the beasts. As the xinkra surrounded the Kushiban, Ikrit stood on top of a stack of harvested silkweed. Ikrit then used his Force powers to project a message into the minds of the vicious creatures. In that message, he falsely told them that his village was burning before convincing them to seek food elsewhere by sending them a picture of plentiful food—other creatures—in the forests and streams of the mountains behind them. A victorious Ikrit then returned to his village where he was treated as a hero.
Ikrit would return to his Master and complete his training as a Jedi Knight. On one occasion, he lost control during a petty disagreement and almost murdered a friend with his lightsaber. Yoda risked his life to stop him, and as a result Ikrit forsook the use of lightsabers, much like Nomi Sunrider had years and years ago.
By 378 BBY, Ikrit had attained the rank of Jedi Master. He journeyed to the moon of Yavin 4 and discovered the Golden Globe within the Palace of the Woolamander. Unable to break the curse and free the countless trapped Massassi children, he waited in a hibernation trance, until someone came along who could.
During the Separatist Crisis between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems immediately before the Clone Wars broke out, Biscuit Baron, the Tagge Company's largest chain of quick service restaurants, launched its month-long "Heroes of the Republic" campaign. This consisted of including commemorative holocubes in QuickSnack and QuickSnackLite bundles depicting notable historical figures of the last thousand years of the Galactic Republic. These included Jedi Masters Ikrit, S'diawae, and Jojighar, and Supreme Chancellors Anwis Eddicus and Vaila Pecivas.
Thus isolated from the wider galaxy on Yavin 4 for three and a half centuries, Ikrit avoided Order 66 and the Great Jedi Purge.
In 22 ABY, the individuals destined to break the Golden Globe's ancient curse finally arrived: Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila, who discovered him in hibernation near the Golden Globe. Initially, they mistook him for a simple animal and left the building, but Ikrit, now awakened, followed them. Later that night, he entered Anakin's room through the window and revealed his true identity to the young trainee. He also informed Anakin that the Golden Globe contained countless trapped souls which he had failed to free. Anakin later shared this information with Tahiri.
Later, as Anakin and Tahiri were about to leave with their Melodie friend Lyric to accompany her to her homeworld of Yavin 8 where she was to undergo an important form-changing ritual known as the Changing Ceremony, Ikrit told the pair to follow her. Ikrit was right since the two young Jedi would help the Melodies fight off several vicious native predators including an avril, a reel, several raiths and a purella. The two Jedi also discovered ancient carvings deep within a cave on the moon which matched those found at the Palace of the Woolamander. From these carvings, the duo learned that the Golden Globe contained the souls of the children of the Massassi that had been imprisoned by the Dark Lord Exar Kun in 3997 BBY. They also learned that it was held together by Sith magic that could only be broken by Force-sensitive children, exactly as Ikrit had told them.
Later, Anakin and Tahiri left for Tatooine after the Tusken clan that had raised Tahiri demanded that she return to Tatooine. There Tahiri learned that her real parents were Tyrst and Cassa Veila, also Force-sensitive like their daughter though they had been accidentally killed in a Sand people raid. The two young Jedi also had to use their Force abilities as never before and defeated a Krayt dragon and survived the harshest deserts of the Dune Sea. Following this ordeal, they returned to Yavin 4 and freed the trapped souls within the Golden Globe. When they emerged from the Palace of the Woolamander, waiting for them were Ikrit and Master Luke Skywalker. Ikrit had already revealed his identity to Luke and promised to help Anakin in his training.
Ikrit later accompanied Anakin, Tahiri and Peckhum to Dagobah after Anakin was troubled by visions of himself as a Dark Jedi as a result of being the grandson of Anakin Skywalker, who had become the infamous Darth Vader. To ensure he had no potential for evil, the young Jedi asked if he could go to the very same cave on Dagobah that Luke Skywalker had gone years earlier, and face himself. Skywalker allowed though on the condition that Ikrit accompany him.
However, before they could leave, a youth named Uldir Lochett was found stowed away on one of the supply ships to the Praxeum Lightning Rod. In spite of his optimism, he lacked obvious Force sensitivity—in his own later, rueful opinion, all he had were good hunches, a whisper-like ability to sense when the Force was being used, and a habit of causing trouble. Later, when Ikrit, Anakin, Tahiri and Peckhum arrived at Dagobah, they discovered that Uldir had stowed again on their transport Lighning Rod. During their adventure, they encountered swamp creatures before finally reaching the cave where Skywalker had faced his own Dark Side years earlier. There, Anakin faced the manifestations of his own doubts though he emerged victorious in the end.
Later, the Jedi historian Tionne Solusar discovered that Darth Vader had saved Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber after their duel on the First Death Star. The captured artifact had been sent to Vader's fortress at Bast Castle on Vjun. Since an information broker had sold this information to them, she feared that others may have gotten to it first. Thinking it was just a simple trip and time for training, Tionne allowed Anakin, Tahiri, Uldir and Ikrit to accompany her. They left on her Jemlaat-class yacht Lore Seeker. Having arrived on Vjun, they discovered another vessel and feared another group had reached it first. Having survived the fortress's automated defense systems, they discovered the lightsaber in a protected alcove. Unfortunately, a group of mercenaries under a self-proclaimed Mage named Orloc arrived. Orloc claimed to possess great powers and then stole Kenobi's lightsaber. During the confrontation, he easily defeated Ikrit since the Kushiban was without a lightsaber. This caused Uldir to believe Orloc's words. However, the Jedi managed to escape from Orloc with Kenobi's lightsaber and the ancient holocron of Jedi Master Asli Krimsan.
This encounter with Orloc convinced Ikrit to construct a new lightsaber and get back into the practice of using such a weapon. However, since no one at the Academy had been able to awaken Uldir's powers, Uldir stole the two Jedi artifacts and then went to find Orloc, believing he could help—and took Ikrit's ship, Sunrider, (named after Nomi Sunrider) with him, a small ship Anakin gave to Ikrit when the Jedi Master had found it in the hangar of the Bast Castle. He found Orloc at Exis Station. Orloc then recruited the young man and promised to train him as a Jedi. In reality, Orloc had no Force powers and had used technology to deceive others with demonstrations of Force power. However, Uldir did not realize this.
Later, Ikrit, Tionne, Anakin and Tahiri discovered Exis Station and fought Orloc. During the fight, Tionne was wounded and Ikrit—who had sworn not to wield a lightsaber until he had found worthy students—made his decision and join Anakin and Tahiri in their fight. Uldir then saw that Orloc was little more than a charlatan whom use technology to deceive others with demonstrations of power. Together, the Jedi defeated Orloc, thus removing a threat to the New Jedi Order. Following this, Ikrit shared his knowledge with the Jedi of the New Jedi Order whenever possible.
During the attack on Yavin 4 by the Peace Brigade and the Yuuzhan Vong, Ikrit assisted Tionne and Kam Solusar in concealing the young trainees from the invaders. Ikrit returned to aid Anakin in defending the Great Temple from the attackers. He learned that Tahiri, Sannah, and Valin Horn had remained behind to assist them. After commandeering a Brigade shuttle and abducting the pilot, the group attempted to escape. However, during the attempt, a group of Brigade ships tried to stop them. Ikrit jumped out of the ship to drive them back and draw their fire. His gambit was successful, but cost him his life. Ikrit's spirit gave an encouraging, loving farewell to Anakin Solo, who escaped the Brigade and became one with the Force.