Barel Ovair Barel Ovair was a prestigious Human male Jedi Master and scholar of the Old Republic . He was the scion of a respected line of Jedi Knights who were all secretly spies working for the Emperor of the Sith Empire . Ovair took Eison Gynt , a highly skilled Nautolan Padawan and a fourth - generation Jedi , as his apprentice , but abandoned him during a mission to the tomb of the Sith Lord Naga Sadow on Yavin 4 . When Ovair returned to Coruscant alone weeks afterward , he claimed that Gynt had been killed . However , Gynt resurfaced on Coruscant years later , possessed by Sadow ' s spirit and determined to kill Ovair . Ovair defeated Gynt in combat , slaying him , and was lauded as a hero for his triumph . It was not until many years later that the Jedi historian Gnost - Dural connected Ovair and his family line to the Sith Emperor . Biography . Barel Ovair was a Human male Jedi Master from a respected family line of Jedi . Secretly , he and his family were spies working for the Sith Empire in the years prior to the outbreak of the Great Galactic War . In his role as a Jedi Master , Ovair took a talented young Nautolan named Eison Gynt , a fourth - generation Jedi Knight , as his Padawan . As fellow Jedi scholars , Ovair and Gynt traveled the galaxy , studying the Force and taking on increasingly daring tasks for the Jedi Order . Their career together culminated with an ambitious mission in 3756 BBY to explore the tomb of the Sith Lord Naga Sadow on Yavin 4 . This was ostensibly to rid the temple of dark side energies for the good of the Order , but in truth Ovair was under orders to eliminate any remnant of Sadow ' s power , which the Sith Emperor viewed as a potential threat to his planned invasion . During the mission , Ovair and Gynt were attacked by Massassi warriors and were forced to go deep within the tomb . Ovair returned to Coruscant weeks later without his Padawan , incoherent and injured . After recovering from his ordeal , Ovair reported to the Galactic Senate that Gynt had been killed during the mission . However , Gynt was in fact still alive and had fallen under the influence of Naga Sadow ' s spirit . Gynt resurfaced on Coruscant several years after the failed mission to Yavin 4 , dressed in Massassi warrior robes and possessed by the spirit of Sadow . After finding his former Master , Gynt attacked him in full view of the public eye . While Gynt ' s borrowed dark side abilities were formidable , the undercover Sith defeated and killed Gynt . Ovair was interviewed by the Jedi High Council after the duel , but his triumph was praised and he came under no suspicion . Indeed , he was hailed as a hero by the Galactic Republic for his actions . Over a century later , Jedi historian Gnost - Dural questioned why the spirit of Sadow would have sought vengeance against Ovair specifically , and made the connection between Ovair and the Sith . He realized that Ovair and his Jedi ancestors were in fact spies working on behalf of the Sith Emperor . The historian deduced that Ovair had used Gynt to draw out Sadow ' s spirit to eliminate it prior to the invasion of the Republic . Personality and traits . Ovair operated simultaneously as a Jedi scholar and as a Sith infiltrator for decades without detection by the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic . This role was one he inherited from his father and his grandfather . On behalf of the Sith Empire , and ostensibly the Jedi Order , he undertook many daunting missions , such as the one to Naga Sadow ' s tomb on Yavin 4 . Ovair had fair skin with brown hair and eyes , although his eyes would turn orange - yellow when his corruption by the dark side of the Force was revealed . Powers and abilities . When the spirit of Naga Sadow possessed Gynt , who had been considered the most promising Padawan in the Jedi Order at the time of his selection , Ovair was still able to overcome the formidable dark powers of Sadow occupying the body of such a talented Jedi . Ovair ' s skills at subterfuge were sufficient to conceal his identity until years later when reviewed by Jedi historian Gnost - Dural . Ovair wielded a purple double - bladed lightsaber . Behind the scenes . Barel Ovair was first introduced in a timeline entry for the " " video game .