Xanatos Xanatos was a Human male failed Jedi and the second Padawan of Qui - Gon Jinn , who earlier had trained a young Jedi named Feemor . He was the son of Telosian Governor Crion , the brother of Nason and fathered a boy named Granta with Tura Omega . During the final trial that would have made him a Jedi Knight , Xanatos was corrupted by the mind and power of his father . After he witnessed his sister Nason ' s death in a riot and Crion ' s death at the hands of his former master Jinn , he became a Dark Jedi and the head of a mining facility on his homeworld of Telos IV . Nine years later , Xanatos fought Jinn and his new pupil , Obi - Wan Kenobi , on Bandomeer . Later , he planned to bring the Jedi Temple into ruins , but the two Jedi put a stop to that at once . After one final humiliation that nearly placed him at the hands of Telosian authorities , Xanatos committed suicide by leaping into a pool of acid . Biography . Early life . Jedi Knight Qui - Gon Jinn discovered Xanatos when the boy was very young . Impressed by his Force - potential and his brilliant mind , Jinn decided , after some brief hesitation , to bring Xanatos to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to see if he could be trained . In doing so , Xanatos was taken away from the three things he loved most at an early age : Crion , his father ; Nason , his sister ; and Telos IV , his home planet . Crion gave his consent for Xanatos to leave for the Jedi Order . Once Xanatos arrived to Coruscant , he tried to impress other younglings with his powerful background . Qui - Gon ignored this fault and went on to train him as a Jedi . In the Jedi Order . After achieving the rank of Jedi Master by training his first Padawan Feemor , Jinn took Xanatos to be his second Padawan . Jinn trained Xanatos for a number of years going on various missions , though Xanatos tended to be aggressive , which concerned the Jedi Council . He was the only Padawan in his time to specialize in infrastructure models at the Temple , surpassing his Initiate rival , Miro Daroon . Xanatos met Feemor at least once during a sparring match between the latter and Qui - Gon in 53 BBY . As a final test for Xanatos , Yoda , skeptical of his readiness to be a Jedi Knight , sent him , Qui - Gon , Master Tahl , and Masterless Padawan Orykan Tamarik , to Telos , where the planet was in a brutal crises secretly started by Xanatos ' father Crion — governor of the planet Telos IV . Fall to the dark side . Crion , now a corrupt governor of Telos , regretted sending his sixteen - year - old son to the Jedi Temple . He encouraged Xanatos to stay with him on Telos and enjoy wealth and power . After the death of his sister , Nason , Xanatos sided with his father in the civil war , thus failing his final test . Under Crion ' s direction , he sabotaged the first meeting to rally the Telosians against Toprawa . But as the former Jedi Dairoki confessed having committed crimes in Crion ' s name , Hukowl An Devi , one of the governor ' s top advisers , revealed the truth to the people of Telos . Civil war soon broke out . Xanatos was said to have been appointed as the head of the Telosian army . Jinn went after Crion himself , hoping to rescue Xanatos from the madness his father had caused , but the governor attempted to duel Jinn instead . Xanatos watched in terror as his former master rushed to Padawan Tamarik ' s rescue , thus destroying the sword Crion wielded and knocking the governor into among the decorative fires of his palace . Crion died instantly . Jinn tried to apologize , but Xanatos ' inextinguishable anger at his father ' s death caused him to turn to the dark side . He picked up his father ' s burning right hand from the nearby fireplace and pressed the ring ( which had been cut by Jinn ' s lightsaber ) to his right cheek . The broken - circle scar later became his " trademark " and the symbol for the Offworld Mining Corporation , a company he took control of through deceit and conspiracy . Before Xanatos and Qui - Gon could fight each other , the rioters stormed the palace and Xanatos was forced to escape . He stole the Telosian treasury and fled the planet on a transport . Jinn told the Council that he had " died " in the fighting on Telos . It was also symbolic as he intended to disrupt Jinn ' s life and the lives of others he could exploit . Xanatos would go on to stir up trouble for Qui - Gon Jinn and his new apprentice Obi - Wan Kenobi in the years preceding the Invasion of Naboo . Taking over Telos . At some time after the civil war had ended , Xanatos became the first citizen of Telos . His first order of business was to " investigate " his late father ' s deeds and made fraudulent evidence to clear Crion ' s name . He became a hero to his fellow Telosians and possessed immense influence within the government , including the current Governor of Telos . Xanatos became the head of the Offworld Corporation , which was mining in Telos ' restoration areas , such as the Park of Sacred Pools . He distracted the citizens with a gambling project supposedly controlled by the government called Katharsis , which would provide " tax breaks . " The profits from Katharsis were supposedly used for the restoration of Telos ; he supported libraries , parks , medcenters , and founded a healing institute named after him in Thani . In truth , Offworld , under the name of UniFy , controlled Katharsis , which was fixed so the winner was only given a fraction of the credits and the rest , including profits , were used by Offworld to conduct its mining programs . Any political group who spoke out against UniFy , such as the POWER party , was outlawed . Around 45 and 44 BBY , Xanatos learned from Treasurer of Telos Vox Chun that the latter ' s son , Bruck , was training at the Jedi Temple . Somehow , he had managed to get a hold of the boy ' s file and filled his head with ambition , just as his father had done to him years ago . No doubt , Chun would one day prove useful to Xanatos in the future . Family man . At some point in the early rise of his career , Xanatos met a woman named Tura Omega . They had an affair and later conceived a son , Granta . Xanatos had hoped that the boy would inherit his Force sensitivity , but he had learned otherwise . Nonetheless , in his will , he intended to leave everything , including Offworld , to his own prodigy . When Granta turned three , Xanatos sent him and Tura into hiding on Nierport VII , a moon orbiting Eeropha . Tura worked at a refueling station to support Granta . Xanatos confided his past — his pure hatred of the Jedi and Qui - Gon Jinn — to Granta and taught him a few of his tricks , such as the " back door " strategy and his own modus operandi : " Disruption + Demoralization + Distraction = Devastation " , a maxim inspired by a tyrant in a previous mission that Xanatos underwent with Jinn at age sixteen . The Final Campaign . Bandomeer . In 44 BBY , Xanatos was contacted by VeerTa , head of the Home Planet Mine on Bandomeer . Hoping to make a profit , the Meerian told Xanatos that she had discovered ionite . In return , Xanatos said that if Offworld took control of the mines , it would be " for the good of Bandomeer . " But it was far from the truth . While " galactically insignificant , " Bandomeer would make him and Offworld very wealthy . Seeing an opportunity to enact his revenge on Qui - Gon Jinn , Xanatos arranged a backup plan , in case his scheme for profiting off Bandomeer didn ' t succeed . He arranged VeerTa to sneak Offworld mining supplies into storage rooms of the Agricultural Corps ' s Enrichment Zones and hid it with coated transparasteel made from his homeworld of Telos IV . What VeerTa didn ' t know was that among the items were ion bomb s , which encased in boxes imprinted with the broken circle . Xanatos then set up a series of charges to ignite a chain reaction around Bandomeer , planning on killing Jinn . More importantly , he wanted to see Jinn die knowing that he could not save Bandomeer ' s citizens . Later , Xanatos forged a message to Supreme Chancellor Kalpana that looked like it came from Bandomeer ' s governor , SonTag , requesting Jinn to act as a diplomat for the peace meeting between Offworld and its rival company , the Arcona Mineral Harvest Corporation . He also sent a somewhat taunting message to Jinn that read : " " I have been looking forward to this day , " " Beside his name was a drawing of the broken circle . Since Jemba the Hutt had recently died , Xanatos would have to take his place as Offworld ' s representative . Before attending the meeting in Bandor , the capital of Bandomeer , he arranged for a bomb to placed in the Home Planet Mine , where its sensor was sabotaged . Arriving late , he found Jinn with Arcona Mineral Harvest chief operations manager Clat ' Ha , Governor SonTag , and VeerTa ; he adopted a cheery disposition to his former master and went on how he " went astray " from the Jedi teachings before going to Offworld . Moving on to business , Xanatos claimed that he desired peace between Offworld and Arcona Mineral Harvest . To further his ruse , he proposed sending ten percent of Offworld ' s profits for the Bandomeer reclamation effort . Then , the bomb went off in the Home Planet Mine . VeerTa , suspecting Offworld , lunged herself at Xanatos , but was stopped by Jinn . Xanatos , feigning surprise , denied all involvement . SonTag sent VeerTa off to help the miners out of the wreckage . When the rescue was completed , Xanatos sent SonTag an offer to rebuild the mine : not only would he send credits , droids , and anything else Bandomeer would need , but also put recently unemployed miners to work at Offworld . Sure enough , Offworld was as good as its word — they even cleared the tunnels of debris before starting to repairing them — but only to sell the deception . Later , Xanatos traveled at the Eastern Enrichment Zone with five members of the Offworld Security Force , intent on capturing the failed Jedi Initiate , Obi - Wan Kenobi . Entering alone , he traveled to the Dome and found Kenobi inside the secret storage compartment . He ensured Kenobi that he was a " friend " and warned him that the boy would not make it as Jinn ' s apprentice , thanks to his cold nature . It was enough to fill Kenobi ' s mind with doubts . Then , as if signaled by Xanatos , the guards stormed in while pretending to identify their employer and Kenobi as thieves . Xanatos activated his lightsaber and made a feigned attack on the guards , with Kenobi on the defensive : neither were willing to kill the guards . After Kenobi dealt with three guards , a fourth raised an electrojabber against Xanatos , under the feigned intent to strike the Dark Jedi . Kenobi rushed to apprehend the guard , only to be shocked in the ribs . He was then knocked unconscious from behind , either by Xanatos or another guard . Xanatos then sent Kenobi off to the mines within the Great Sea of Bandomeer , but not before taking the boy ' s lightsaber and comlink . Once that was out of the way , the Dark Jedi returned to Bandor to oversee operations at the northern azurite mining quadrant , which was the largest in the outskirts of the city . It was nightfall when he started leaving the administrative building . The shifts had been changed and all miners vacated the vicinity . Just as Xanatos passed the yard , Qui - Gon Jinn emerged from the shadows of surrounding slag piles and blocked his path . Xanatos did not show any surprise ; whether he was inwardly startled that Jinn had been waiting for him or he had just felt his former mentor ' s presence and deliberately came to meet him , it was hard to say . After Jinn declared Xanatos ' plans for Bandomeer put to an end , the latter revealed his lightsaber . He was angered when told that he had disgraced the weapon he carried , but smiled with mirth . The two men circled each other , verbally clashing on who betrayed who and which one relished over the other ' s misery . As Jinn explained that Yoda foresaw that Xanatos would fail back on Telos , the Dark Jedi seethed in anger . To him , Yoda did not understand a tenth of true power : the power of the dark side . Xanatos reasoned that that Jinn would ' ve been rich by now , if he had not been made " too good " by the Jedi teachings . Jinn countered that Xanatos would never own Bandomeer . When the time for words had passed , Xanatos activated his lightsaber and attacked . Jinn measured up a sterling defense , managing to block and evade his former pupil ' s strikes . Knowing he could not wear Xanatos down , he went to the offensive , but Xanatos just laughed , countering Jinn ' s every move . The two combatants appeared to be evenly matched . Xanatos proclaimed that because of the suffering Jinn had caused him , he had surpassed him . But then , a mistake with his footwork caused Jinn to wound his shoulder ; the Jedi Master pointed out that he was only deluding himself . Suddenly , Xanatos drew out Kenobi ' s lightsaber with his other hand , causing Jinn to lose his focus momentarily . The Dark Jedi taunted him on the whereabouts of his " new apprentice " before lashing out with both weapons , hoping to intensify the duel . But Jinn remembered Xanatos ' moves while training him in the Jedi Temple and evaded his attacks . He grabbed Kenobi ' s lightsaber from Xanatos and escaped the mine to search for the missing Padawan ; this was the first time he had ever fled from a fight . Xanatos called out after him , claiming that the Jedi had only escaped for now . Two days later , Xanatos learned of a deactivated transmitter in the Offworld loading dock on Bandor ' s harbor . He knew that Jinn was there . He mounted a speeder bike and traveled to meet his former Master , planning to chase him all the way to the Home Planet Mine . There , he would trap him and activate the ion bombs to enact his revenge . Xanatos found Jinn and an escaped Kenobi on an Offworld landspeeder entering Bandor ' s outskirts . He fired with his speeder bike ' s laser cannon , driving them to his trap . As they reached the Home Planet Mine , Jinn and Kenobi jumped from their speeder . Xanatos sped toward them and narrowly missed a fatal blow from Jinn , all the while causing the elder Jedi to hurt his own shoulder . Knowing that Xanatos was too fast while mounted on his speeder , the Jedi fled into the mine . Xanatos followed his quarry down the mine levels . On the way , he overheard Jinn telling Kenobi in Core 6 of what he had been told by VeerTa : Xanatos had no knowledge of the north turbolift leading to Core 5 . The Jedi would be able to either catch the Dark Jedi by surprise or escape from the mine . But Xanatos caught up with the Jedi and blocked their path , proving Jinn ' s assumptions wrong , all the while rubbing all the elder Jedi ' s mistakes in his face . When he started referring Kenobi as " clumsy , " the boy leapt over Xanatos and wounded him in the lightsaber hand . A brief duel started between Xanatos and the Jedi before the former broke off and ran into Core 5 , luring the latter into his trap . As the Jedi entered Core 5 , Xanatos set the ion bombs on a timer , blocked the tunnel with a hidden panel , and shut off the lights . He used the dark area to his advantage , attacking and withdrawing at a very fast , vicious pace . But Jinn and Kenobi barely managed to defend themselves and each other from Xanatos ' onslaughts . As the Jedi ' s Force bond grew stronger , they drove Xanatos into a corner . But Xanatos knew that the wall was a coated transparisteel door to a hidden turbolift . He slipped inside and shut the door before Jedi struck the impervious transparisteel . He told the Jedi through an amplifier that they were going to die , lying about there being mixed gases to disguise the bombs . Then , the Dark Jedi ascended to the mine , wishing Jinn a painful death . He prepared to immediate takeoff from Bandomeer , believing Bandomeer and the Jedi to be now doomed . However , with the help of Kenobi , Jinn had enough time to deactivate the bombs , ending Xanatos ' plans . When Xanatos had heard about this , he returned to Bandomeer . He infiltrated Governor SonTag ' s quarters , sneaked into Jinn ' s guest chamber , and stabbed a message through the Jedi ' s sleep - couch with a vibro - shiv . In the message , he vowed never to underestimate Jinn again , while looking forward to their next meeting . Then he had likely returned to Telos , where he planned to stripmine the planet to obtain wealth . Gala . For some time , Xanatos had been involved in the changing political climate on Gala . When head of the Ministry of Councilers Lonnag Giba feared that Prince Beju would lose the gubernatorial election , he secretly asked Xanatos to lend Offworld financial support for Deca Brun , who was another candidate , and many Galacian industries . In return , Brun had created a company called Galacian Mining Corporation , a front for Offworld ' s activities , which would include the enslavement of his own people . Half of Gala would be under Xanatos ' control . However , Obi - Wan Kenobi discovered the plans in Brun ' s records and exposed the conspiracy to Queen Veda , the ruler of Gala , resulting in Giba ' s arrest and the election of Wila Prammi as governor . At first , when he had been captured by Brun ' s men , Kenobi feared that Brun would contact Xanatos about the boy ' s and Qui - Gon Jinn ' s presence on Gala ; Xanatos would use him as bait for his former master . Now that the elections had brought a peaceful transition to Gala , Jinn knew that he would place everyone on the planet in jeopardy , if and when Xanatos came after him there . He and Kenobi left as quickly as possible . Attack on the Jedi Temple . Elsewhere , things were looking bad for Offworld . A mining operation on an " inhospitable world " was proving futile , but Xanatos stubbornly kept pouring more money into it , putting the company into a financial crises . When he had learned that the Jedi Council was holding a ship full of crystalline vertex for safekeeping in the Temple ' s Treasury Room , he sensed an opportunity and personally traveled to Coruscant . He infiltrated the Temple through its water tunnels , hiding his airspeeder there for his means of escape . He had also brought along a waterproof satchel for his back . When he discovered Bruck Chun feeling his chances of becoming a Padawan destroyed , he manipulated the young Initiate into becoming his apprentice , teaching him the ways of the dark side . To make sure that Chun was firmly put under his control , he slipped a listening device planted into the hilt of his accomplice ' s lightsaber . The Dark Jedi planned to see the whole Temple be destroyed and walk away with all the vertex in his possession . To carry out his plan , Xanatos instructed Chun to steal a number of items : a toolbox from the servo - utility unit for him to bypass security and sabotage the systems of the Temple ; holographic files and computer records containing the names of students from A to H , which contained Chun ' s file ; the meditation robe of a Jedi instructor , which Xanatos could blend in with the other Jedi undetected ; a fourth - year student ' s sports activity kit full of rebreathers to use underwater ; every single lightsaber from the senior training rooms , thus rendering all older Padawans defenseless for an attack ; and the Healing Crystals of Fire , which Xanatos would plant into the Temple ' s fusion furnace for its destruction . That had put all the classes and activities to a halt . At the training facility , Xanatos had a threatening message intended for Yoda written on the wall : " COME YOUR TIME WILL . BEWARE YOU MUST , TROUBLE I AM . " Xanatos prodded Chun to bring him updates on Obi - Wan Kenobi and Qui - Gon Jinn . It was through this method that he had learned of Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s leaving the Order to support a rebellion on Melida / Daan . Chun had also told Xanatos of his rivalry with Kenobi , which , in one instance , led to a brawl in the Temple . At the same time as the thefts began , Xanatos discovered that Yoda was supplying a blinded Tahl with a navigation droid 2JTJ . He stealthy placed a transmitter inside TooJay to spy on Tahl and Qui - Gon Jinn , who were in charge of the investigation . He would always keep an eye on them . Chun hid most of the stolen artifacts into a crate , which he hid in the Jedi Temple Lake Level . Unknown to him , Qui - Gon Jinn and a blinded Tahl had found the chest and were waiting in the darkened level to trail the thief . When Chun came back to retrieve the chest , Xanatos had already been aware of the trap and concealed his presence from the Jedi . He started following Jinn , who was trailing Chun ; his intention may have been to assassinate his former Master from behind . However , while blind , Tahl could make out the intruder by his heavier boots and the brushing of the icus leaves . Suddenly , TooJay accidentally alerted Chun , causing him and Xanatos to disappear . Later , when Jinn left for Melida / Daan to rescue Obi - Wan Kenobi , Xanatos made a false assassination attempt on Yoda to strike a blow into the Jedi ' s hearts . Disguised in the stolen meditation robe , he had placed a bomb under a footbridge in the Room of a Thousand Fountains , where Yoda would usually meditate . He gave off a surge of his dark side power , alerting Yoda to the bomb before it exploded . Satisfied , he ducked into a waterfall to escape and left a scaring message for the Council members in a meditation chamber : " MEDITATE ON THIS , MASTERS : NEXT TIME I WILL NOT FAIL . " By the time Jinn and Kenobi returned , Xanatos had entered the Tech Center via the water purification tanks and tampered with the cooling unit as well as the lighting and communication systems ; the disruptions frustrated the efforts of his old rival Miro Daroon , who was now the Tech Center supervisor . Later , he slipped into the lake level and placed a time bomb into all but one of the repulsorlift engines in the horizantal turbolift , which was carrying caretaker Ali - Alann and a bunch of younglings . In addition to this , he placed a bug on the Temple ' s central core to shut down every single comm unit and turbolift in the Temple . All of his were designed to divert the Jedi ' s attention away from him . Furthermore , with all the danger going on , wing after wing had been down , placing every Jedi in the central building ; Xanatos ' job of destroying them would be much easier . When Xanatos heard Jinn and Tahl had finally identified him as the intruder and that a Mon Calamari Padawan named Bant Eerin discovered how he accessed the Temple , he submerged in one of the purification tanks to await the Jedi , cloaking his presence for a surprise . As he sensed Jinn , Kenobi , and Eerin arrive on the platform above the tank , he emerged from the water . He began taunting Jinn on how slow he was to realize the Dark Jedi ' s involvement and his needing children for help . He jumped up after the Jedi , causing Eerin to dive and swim for help . Xanatos engaged Kenobi and Jinn , hoping to lure them away from his airspeeder . He knew the Jedi were trying to back him toward the tank , so that either his lightsaber would short out or he would lesson his attacks . He could use the water to cover his escape . Moments later , a large wave rushed from a conduit in the tank . After the Jedi leaped out of the way , Xanatos , instead of following them as they expected , turned off his lightsaber and allowed the water to take him . Soon , the airspeeder had been found and was under guard by the Temple Security Force . But as night came , Xanatos and Chun kidnapped Bant Eerin . They brought her to the Room of a Thousand Fountains , where Xanatos personally chained her under the waterfall pool . He taunted her with the promise of her own imminent death , as Jinn and Kenobi would fail to save her in time . Then , the Dark Jedi contacted Jinn via his own comlink . He demanded that the Jedi give back his airspeeder , have it fueled and placed in the spaceport , and hand over the vertex in fifteen minutes . If they refused , Eerin would die . As Jinn asked Xanatos to confirm his claim to holding Eerin , the Dark Jedi allowed the Mon Calamari to speak before cutting transmission . Minutes later , through 2JTJ , Xanatos had heard Jinn and Kenobi argue on whether or not they should give him the vertex and the airspeeder . Then , Jinn had said that Miro Daroon would shut down power to the Temple for twelve minutes while searching for bugs . While watching them head for the north wing , Xanatos brought along Bruck to steal the vertex in the security chamber through the duct system . He knew that when Daroon started getting every last system , the Temple would be doomed . Little did Xanatos know that the transmitter he slipped inside TooJay had been discovered by the Jedi . Furthermore , what appeared to be Kenobi and Jinn were actually Ali - Alann and Initiate Garen Muln dressed in the former pair ' s clothes . The conversation was forged in a voice track to make Xanatos think that Kenobi was impatient for battle , thus underestimating the boy . His own devices had been used against him . Now he and Chun were heading into a trap . As the Dark Jedi exited the grate leading to the Treasury Room door , Jinn and Kenobi activated their lightsabers , taking them by surprise . Xanatos managed to react in time , but Chun was swiftly disarmed by Jinn . Now it was Xanatos ' turn to surprise the Jedi . He took Chun hostage and threatened to kill him as well as Eerin . Kenobi feigned his part of impatience and indifference to Chun , causing Xanatos to speculate the Padawan learning this from Jinn . Then , both Jedi charged simultaneously . Xanatos pushed Chun to engage Kenobi , then ordered him to ensure Eerin ' s death . Chun obeyed and Kenobi went after him , leaving Jinn to face Xanatos alone . Former master and student fought and taunted each other all the way up to the High Council Chamber . Xanatos cut a window open and exited on a ledge for the hanger s fifteen stories below . Jinn followed and caught up to him right above the landing platform . They battled atop the narrow ledge , each combatant careful not to fall . Feeling desperate , Xanatos revealed that he had rigged the fusion furnace to implode and gave a small hint to the Healing Crystals of Fire : Jinn hesitated as the lights from the Council chambers began turning back on . Xanatos taunted him on the issue of Kenobi ' s decision to remain behind on Melida / Dawn , as if the Padawan wanted to get away from Jinn . Then , he spotted an air taxi twenty meters below and jumped to meet it , throwing the hapless driver to his death . He drove away , forcing Qui - Gon to go descend toward the tech center . As Xanatos escaped to Telos IV , Jinn and Kenobi stopped Miro Daroon from reactivating the last system and managed to retrieve the crystals , saving the Jedi Temple . Later , Xanatos learned of Bruck Chun ' s death . He would reveal this to Chun ' s father , Vox , making him believe that Kenobi struck the boy down in cold blood . He also told Vox everything about Bruck ' s struggles and all he knew about Kenobi , which would used for a trial on Coruscant in the near future . Then , the Dark Jedi set out to prepare whatever he had in store next for his nemesis . Downfall on Telos . Jinn and Kenobi doggedly tracked Xanatos all the way to Telos , but the Dark Jedi had led them into a trap . He had used his influence to frame the Jedi for violating the Galactic Criminals Act , offering large rewards for those who would turn them in . While making an appearance at the Katharsis dome in Thani a day before the main event , Xanatos went outside for a walk . Then , sensing the presence of Jinn and Kenobi , he stopped . He knew that the Jedi were on the planet , possibly also felt them near his position . Grinning and chuckling in satisfaction , he went back inside the dome . Later that day , Jinn and Kenobi were captured while infiltrating UniFy . Xanatos denied them a chance to appear at their trial to clear their names , claiming that they were " too dangerous to attend . " Instead , he appeared as the " star witness " with false evidence of every single supposed crime the Jedi had committed in the galaxy . He also had Vox Chun to testify against Kenobi for the " murder " of his son , Bruck . As a result , the Jedi had been sentenced to be executed . It was nighttime when Xanatos visited the Jedi in their cells at the Central Booking Station , explaining the proceedings in the courtroom . When Kenobi deemed the trial unfair , the Dark Jedi outwardly reflected back to how " fair " his life had been meeting Jinn . He seethed in annoyance when Jinn countered with the usual Jedi " riddles . " Then , he played on Kenobi ' s guilty feelings for Bruck Chun ' s death , followed by clapping his hands to mimic the crack of the fallen Initiate ' s neck . Laughing at Jinn ' s belief that the Jedi Council would react decisively once they learned of the situation , Xanatos revealed to the Jedi their fate . He was reveling in his revenge , watching his archenemy — his former master — die . Before leaving , he ordered a troop of TSF guards to watch the prisoners . In the morning , Xanatos stood the top of the courtyard stairs amongst an angry crowd of Telosians . He watched with enthusiasm as Kenobi and Jinn were led into an energy cage . But when the executioner s arrived and the bars of the cage were deactivated , the Jedi activated their hidden lightsabers , deflecting blasterfire as they fled aboard two unidentified swoop drivers that came to their rescue . Xanatos could only look hatefully at his escaped quarry . He would meet them again . Xanatos later attended Katharsis and a man named Denetrus had won the wager . The Dark Jedi rose from the center ring and spoke to address the crowd on how Katharsis was helping Telos . Then , he noticed that the crowd was shouting in fits of outrage and looked at the viewscreens . He saw images of Offworld ' s operations in the Sacred Pools , but did not panic . He had no doubt that his Jedi adversaries took the recordings . Xanatos calmed the crowd as the crowd demanded an explanation . He assured them that this was a conspiracy ; the Sacred Pools were in perfect form . As he asked the Governor if he would open the Sacred Pools for the public to see for themselves , the old man conceded . Winning over the people ' s trust , Xanatos stepped away for a moment . He ordered a TSF guard to display the faces of Jinn and Kenobi on the screens . As he returned to the crowd , the Dark Jedi proclaimed that these two men were the ones responsible for this deception . He asked if anyone had seen them . Then , someone in the crowd spotted the Jedi , exposing their position . The guards caught them before they could escape . Den , appearing to be impatient and indifferent to the situation , asked for his reward , drawing everyone ' s attention . Xanatos brought the vertex and credits over to the winner , wanting to get this ceremony done as quickly as possible . As Den turned toward the crowd , he asked the Governor to read aloud the durasheet he had given him before the final Katharsis round . The Governor complied , quoting ever last detail of Den ' s wager , which foretold what exactly happened in the ring . Den revealed to the crowd that he had rigged the Katharsis computer to win the lottery ; in fact , every last contest had been fixed . He went on , shouting on how everyone on Telos had been played by UniFy , Offworld , and the " mighty Xanatos . " As a result , the crowd was in an uproar , calling for Xanatos ' arrest . However , Xanatos had motioned the crowd to hush again . Instead of offering any more defense , as everyone expected , he simply smiled and scolded them for being " pathetic fools . " He fled aboard the winning contestant ' s swoop , which was the fastest of all three at the round , all the while dogging the Jedi as he headed for the Sacred Pools . Unfortunately , the swoop ran out of fuel and he was forced to use a gravsled . He neared Tech Dome D , where transport could take him off Telos . Jinn cut off his escape route , thus causing the frustrated Dark Jedi to veer toward a landscape filled with pools of black acid . Xanatos leaped from his gravsled and forced Jinn into a final showdown . As they fought , Jinn assured his former apprentice that he only wanted to bring him to justice , not kill him . But Xanatos ' hatred for the hard man he had believed Jinn to be blinded him to reason . Moments later , Kenobi arrived to join Jinn in the duel . Xanatos taunted Kenobi on how he felt when he " killed " Bruck Chun , catching the Padawan off - guard long enough to kick him to the ground . He leaped in to finish Kenobi , but Jinn rushed to the rescue , catching the Dark Jedi in a midair blade - lock . Both combatants landed on their feet and Xanatos resumed his taunting of Kenobi . Jinn countered that it was Xanatos , not Kenobi , who was responsible for Chun ' s death by turning him to the dark side . Then , after silent encouragement from Jinn , Kenobi attacked Xanatos with renewed conviction . Together , the Jedi drove Xanatos toward the edge of one of the acid pools . Two swoops bearing Andra , head of the illegal POWER party , and Den pulled up behind the Dark Jedi . Andra demanded that Xanatos surrender ; he would face trial in Thani for his crimes . Surrounded , Xanatos gave Jinn one final defiant message : Jinn tried to stop him from committing suicide , but it was too late . Xanatos smiled as he leaped backward into the acid , hoping that his death would haunt his former master forever . His body dissolved in seconds , followed by his black cloak . He was twenty - five years old . Legacy . Upon his death , Xanatos left Offworld to his son , Granta Omega . Looking to avenge his father ' s death , Omega followed the same formula that Xanatos did , although he believed that Jinn killed his father and refused to believe what Kenobi was trying to say . He would then walk in Xanatos ' footsteps by trying to convert Kenobi ' s Padawan , Anakin Skywalker to the free life . Kenobi had a vision of Xanatos ' death while on the Sith planet of Zigoola in 22 BBY . Xanatos would be remembered even by the Dark Lord of the Sith , Darth Sidious . He was the protégé of Senator Sano Sauro sometime after his fall . He taught the Senator everything he knew about midi - chlorians . This compelled Senator Sauro to eventually come up with a plan to use Force - sensitive children to train pilots for the Galactic Empire so within a decade , the Empire would have an invincible fleet . Anakin Skywalker , now as Sidious ' s Sith apprentice , Darth Vader , thought it was an absurd plan . Personality and traits . What made Xanatos special , even as a young Padawan , was the quickness of his mind and strategical prowess . He always had a dual reason for every action and always seemed to be one step ahead of his adversaries . He was manipulative , deceiving when he wanted to be , and of course , like all Dark Jedi , pursued his own interests . He could also be overconfident . Qui - Gon Jinn saw all of this and chose to ignore it out of affection for him , like a father who chooses not to see his son ' s faults . Because he loved his father Crion so much , Xanatos used the late Telosian governor ' s name as a password for the datapad stored in his office on Bandomeer . Xanatos became insane after turning to the dark side . He may have been greedy for money , but he wanted something more : revenge . He was willing to sacrifice a fortune or destroy a populated world to see Jinn die . As much as he hated the Jedi Order , he despised Jinn even more . He employed the dark formula for destruction very effectively and while his overconfidence and his singular hatred for Jinn were strong , they didn ' t prove to be fatal weaknesses . His actual undoing was his inability to trust anyone , even minions such as Bruck Chun . Powers and abilities . A brilliant swordsman and an extremely skillful duelist , Xanatos ' s mastery of the lightsaber was unsurpassed in his class , and his ability to focus on the Force matched his masters . He passed the preliminary tests with a near - perfect score as well , during his time as a Padawan . Based on his lightsaber skills , Xanatos was likely a practitioner of Ataru like his former master , but also had some skill in Jar ' Kai , attacking Qui - Gon Jinn in the Offworld mining area on Bandomeer with his and Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s lightsabers . He may have also studied Makashi , as he had perfected his dueling capabilities over time , bringing what Jinn had described as " economy and grace " ; he would not tire so easily , a sign of Makashi ' s conservative approach . In a few instances , he would adopt a reversed Shien grip . Xanatos had enough strength to send shockwaves up Jinn ' s arms , suggesting that he was efficient with Djem So . He used a blue lightsaber crystal for his blade , before turning to the dark side of the Force and replacing the original crystal with a synthetic red one . Xanatos often utilized Dun Möch in his duels with Jinn ; he even succeeded into breaking Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s will , albeit temporarily . He was also ambidextrous , changing hands with his lightsaber , striking at unexpected angles . While dueling Jinn , Xanatos was perceived to have grown more powerful , though his footwork was still his weakness . However , that was never shown in their last fight on Telos , suggesting that Xanatos may have overcome this shortcoming . Obi - Wan Kenobi perceived him as faster than any fighter he had ever met , and was the best at the blindfold test . Xanatos could also use kicks and grabs in his attacks . As a Force - user , Xanatos was crafty . He could use telekinesis for strategic purposes , Force speed to outrun his opponents , and Force Jump to engage them . He was also adept at Battlemind , Force sight , Force healing , telepathy , and the mind trick , which he perfected to Force fear during his time as a Dark Jedi . Xanatos could delve into Force Rage , increasing the strength and speed in his attacks . Possibly the most noted of his powers was Force stealth , which he had used to infiltrate the entire Jedi Temple with ease ; he would not reveal himself unless he wanted to give a little hint of his power or prepare an ambush . Yoda described him to be particularly strong with the dark side . Other abilities . In addition to his training as a Jedi , Xanatos was a master technician and a genius of infrastructure . He also became adept at riding a speeder of any kind , a swoop , and a gravsled . Xanatos was quite capable of wielding blasters : from hold - out blasters to pistols . At one time , upon arrival on Telos IV , he fired a blaster with adequate accuracy when his lightsaber went missing . Xanatos had been well versed in a variety of languages . He could speak Basic , Twi ' leki , Mon Calamarian , binary , Rodese , and Quarrenese . While he understood Shyriiwook , he was unable to speak it . Behind the scenes . Xanatos and his father Crion ' s last name is unknown , with Xanatos ' mistress Tura Omega passing along her surname to their son , Granta .