Jaska ( Mandalorian Knight ) Jaska was a female Falleen Jedi Knight who eschewed Jedi teachings for Mandalorian culture during the Mandalorian Wars . Believing that the Galactic Republic was corrupt , she became a member of Jedi Master Dorjander Kace ' s Mandalorian Knights , a rogue faction of the Jedi Order that sought to help the Mandalorians win the war and become better rulers of the galaxy with the guidance of the Jedi . Joining the Revanchist movement , an organization of Jedi who aided the Republic war effort , Jaska and the Mandalorian Knights participated in a battle on the planet Essien in 3962 BBY . During the engagement , she and her fellow Knights were able to use deception to lead the Phaeda militia , the unit under their command , into Mandalorian captivity and seize the Republic command ship , the Axehead frigate " Reciprocity " . After successful attacks on the planet Halthor and the space station Phaedacomm , Jaska followed Kace in the final step of his campaign — the capture of Jedi trainees on the planet Dantooine , with the purpose of converting them into future Mandalorian Knights . Jaska and the Mandalorian soldiers attacked the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine . However , Kace ' s plans were foiled by the Phaeda militia , and particularly by former Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick . Jaska and the Mandalorian Knights were captured and faced public trial for their treason against the Republic . Biography . A new purpose . Jaska was a Falleen female who was trained as a Jedi during the reign of the Galactic Republic . After passing the Jedi Trials and becoming a Jedi Knight , she served the Jedi Order and the Republic during the Mandalorian Wars , a galaxy - wide conflict between the Republic and the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders . By 3962 BBY , Jaska had become disillusioned with the Republic , however , believing it to be overly corrupt . Coincidentally , she was not the only Jedi to have come to such a conclusion during that period of time . Former Jedi Council member , Jedi Master Dorjander Kace — who had spent much time in Mandalorian captivity during the recent Great Sith War — had come to believe that , sooner or later , the Republic would inevitably lose the Mandalorian Wars . However , Kace , having embraced Mandalorian culture during his time as a captive , thought that the Mandalorian rule over the galaxy would be a better alternative for the Republic , provided the Jedi Order was there to guide the victors . Jaska and several other Jedi were approached by Kace and accepted his teachings , forming the clandestine Mandalorian Knights group . Never officially leaving the ranks of the Jedi Order , Jaska and the Mandalorian Knights pledged their allegiance to Mandalore the Ultimate , the leader of the Neo - Crusaders , who , in turn , provided the turncoat Jedi with a detachment of Mandalorian troops who were strictly instructed to follow Kace ' s commands . To bring about his dream of a Jedi Order – supported Mandalorian rule of the galaxy sooner , Kace then developed a plan to kidnap Jedi Younglings from the Jedi Enclave on the planet Dantooine . He planned to raise them in Mandalorian traditions inside a prospective training center on the planet Ordo , thus expanding the ranks of the Mandalorian Knights . Jaska , Kace , and the rest of Kace ' s disciples then volunteered to join the Revanchist s , a faction of Jedi who fought on behalf of the Galactic Republic in the war . The Mandalorian Knights were dispatched to the planet Essien , alongside a Republic military unit called the Phaeda militia , consisting of natives of the planet Phaeda and commanded by Captain Dallan Morvis . Once there , Jaska took a speeder bike and followed Kace in an attack on the Mandalorian defenses along the beach line of an island , on top of which was located a mountain called Mount Savage . The mountain served as the location of the main Mandalorian bastion . When Jaska and the Mandalorian Knights returned to Morvis ' s position , Kace claimed that the Mandalorians had retreated into the forests surrounding Mount Savage . He asked Morvis to help his Knights root out the enemy from the forest , a task which Morvis planned to accomplish by burning the forest with a substance known as Tibanna Six . Kace specifically asked the Captain to bring every man from his command ship , the Axehead frigate " Reciprocity " , claiming that there were prize vessels to claim at the Mandalorian shipyards . Jaska and the Mandalorian Knights then left Morvis and rendezvoused with the Mandalorian forces . With the " Reciprocity " left without guard , the Mandalorians secured it . They then ambushed the Phaeda militia while Morvis ' s men were trekking through the forest . Kace ' s followers and Mandalorian soldiers surrounded Morvis and his troops and forcibly conscripted them to join their cause . Abducting the children . Kace next employed the Phaeda militia in a successful conquest of a signal station on the planet Halthor . Jaska was present at a motivating speech that Kace gave to the Mandalorian warriors after the battle , and then embarked on another mission alongside Kace and the Mandalorian Knights . In his effort to sever all communications between Dantooine and the Core Worlds , Kace had originally targeted Phaeda itself . However , Zayne Carrick , a former Jedi Padawan and a member of the Phaeda militia , was hoping to save his homeworld . Therefore , he proposed a plan to infiltrate Phaedacomm , a Bith - operated space station located within the Phaeda system . Phaedacomm handled all signal traffic for Phaeda and connected the planet to the rest of the galaxy ; therefore , holding the station for a few days would satisfy Kace ' s plan . Following Carrick ' s idea , the Mandalorian Knights and warriors took the " Reciprocity " to Phaeda . On the approach to the planet , they were intercepted by the Phaeda Planetary Defense Force cruiser " Derapha " . The " Derapha " refused to let the " Reciprocity " approach Phaeda without speaking to Captain Morvis , since they had received no word from him since the battle on Essien . However , Carrick answered to the cruiser ' s hails and lied that he was the only crew member left standing , after Morvis and the rest of the militia had been exposed to an unknown bioweapon used by the Mandalorians on Essien and were currently in sick bay . Kace stated that his Jedi were unaffected but that Carrick required immediate medical help . The crew of the " Derapha " were hesitant to let the " Reciprocity " land on Phaeda and potentially spread the unknown disease there , so the cruiser instead directed the Republic ship to Phaedacomm , which possessed a medical station with a quarantine area . After docking with Phaedacomm , Jaska and the Knights delivered Carrick and the Mandalorian strike team inside the medical facility , using sealed biohazard - containment bags and lying to the Bith station operators that the bags carried the infected members of the Phaeda militia . Before the bags could be delivered inside the quarantine area , Carrick , who was wearing makeup applied to make him look infected , broke out of his bag and started calling for help . By doing so , Carrick had hoped to leave the Bith with no choice but to quarantine the entire station or risk the disease breaking out . However , the Bith wanted to evacuate from the facility instead . Kace tried to use a mind trick to convince them to stay , but at that point , the Mandalorians emerged from the containment bags , tired of waiting and acting covertly . The crusaders attacked the Bith , so Jaska and the Mandalorian Knights were forced to join the fight as well . The Bith were quickly killed , and Kace established his control of Phaedacomm . Shortly afterward , the former Jedi Master rallied Jaska and the rest of his Knights aboard the " Reciprocity " for the final attack on Dantooine . The Mandalorian Knights and an advance force of Neo - Crusaders used the Republic vessel to reach Dantooine , while a trio of " Kandosii " - type dreadnaughts provided by Mandalore were supposed to arrive later . When hailed by the Dantooine Enclave , Kace claimed that the " Reciprocity " had been dispatched by the Republic to reinforce the Jedi Enclave ' s security until the communications problem was fixed . The bluff worked , and Jaska and the Mandalorian Knights were allowed to land on Dantooine . Once there , Kace ' s forces rounded up the Enclave ' s staff and trainees . Jaska herself spotted and captured a pair of Younglings who were trying to slip away unnoticed during the hassle . The invaders then locked Jedi Master Zhar Lestin and the rest of the staff inside the local Jedi Council ' s convocation chamber . Meanwhile , Kace explained to the Younglings that they were going to be joining the Mandalorians . At that moment , a " Shaadlar " - type troopship landed near the Enclave to bring the trainees to the dreadnaught waiting above the surface of the planet . Kace , Jaska , and the Mandalorians escorted the Jedi children to the troopship , where they met a squad of Mandalorians led by a Field Marshal , who introduced himself as Glomkettle , the commander of the dreadnaught " Parjai " in orbit . The Field Marshal claimed that the other two dreadnaughts had been delayed and assured Kace that the " Parjai " was ready to take aboard all of the Younglings . However , Kace quickly deduced that Glomkettle and his men were , in fact , Carrick and the members of Phaeda militia in disguise . Kace exposed them and ordered Jaska and the others to cut them off from their troopship . However , Carrick created a distraction by activating the troopship ' s self - destruct mechanism . A firefight broke out , in the midst of which the Phaeda militia evacuated the children aboard the " Reciprocity " . Kace and Carrick clashed in a fight that culminated with a lightsaber duel inside the Jedi Enclave . Meanwhile , the Mandalorian forces on Dantooine received news that Mandalore had broken the deal he had with Kace — providing him with soldiers in return for future Mandalorian Knights raised on Ordo — and recalled the two remaining dreadnaughts following Carrick ' s capture of the " Parjai " . Already viewing Kace ' s motives of capturing children as not fitting the Mandalorian code of honor , the Neo - Crusaders started to leave the planet . Eventually , Kace stood down as well , and Jaska and the rest of the Mandalorian Knights were taken into custody and faced public trial on the galactic capital world of Coruscant . Personality and traits . Jaska had green skin , brown eyes , and black hair , styled in a dreadlocked ponytail . By the height of the Mandalorian Wars , Jaska started to believe that the Galactic Republic had become too corrupt and that being a Jedi ultimately equaled merely protecting the Republic ' s wealth , something she did not agree with . Therefore , she readily accepted Dorjander Kace ' s offer to join the ranks of the Mandalorian Knights . Alongside other Knights , she believed that they had been wasting their lives on small tasks for the Order until Kace gave them purpose . Jaska held high respect for her mentor , calling him " Master Kace , " even though he asked her countless times to call him by his first name , trying to teach Jaska that they were all equal among the Mandalorians . Powers and abilities . Trained as a Jedi Knight , Jaska was skilled at using her lightsaber in battle , which she demonstrated while fighting on Phaedacomm and Dantooine . As a Mandalorian Knight , Jaska wore a suit of gray Mandalorian armor , donned with green markings and equipped with a jetpack , and wielded the same bronze - colored lightsaber as the other members of Kace ' s faction . On Dantooine , Jaska also demonstrated her affinity with the Force , using telekinesis to stop two Younglings from escaping the Mandalorian attack . Additionally , Jaska was able to pilot a speeder bike . Behind the scenes . Jaska was created as a minor character in the 2012 five - issue comic book miniseries " " . Initially unnamed , Jaska was identified by her name only in the of the story arc . Published from January 11 th to May 9 th , the series was written by John Jackson Miller and penciled by Andrea Mutti .