Volfe Karkko Volfe Karkko was a learned Anzat Jedi Master – turned – Sith magician who lived more than a thousand years before the Invasion of Naboo . Karkko believed himself to be above the natural predatory instincts of his species ; however , after casually tasting the " soup , " or essence , of several sentient beings — Jedi included — he rapidly developed an addiction which precipitated his fall to the dark side of the Force . The threat posed by Karkko ' s increasing bloodlust caused the Jedi High Council to rise up in battle against him , a fight which the Anzat ultimately lost . Rather than eliminating Karkko , the Council placed him in stasis on the prison world of Kiffex . For a millennium he remained incarcerated , left in full mental consciousness by the Council so that he might contemplate the error of his ways . Karkko , however , refused to renounce the dark side , and spent his time in isolation plotting his revenge against those who had imprisoned him . He became something of a legend among his kind over the years ; other Anzati were drawn to Kiffex by Karkko ' s mental summons , and through their worship at the feet of the man whom they regarded as the " Dark Dreamer , " his prison was transformed into a place of hallowed ground . Karkko in turn fed on the essence of his visitors who , over time , devolved into beastly semblances of their former selves . In 30 BBY , Volfe Karkko sensed the arrival on Kiffex of Aayla Secura — an amnesiac Twi ' lek Padawan — whom he lured to his prison and tricked into releasing him . Karkko seduced Secura to the dark side and took her as his apprentice , planning to make her his queen upon his escape from Kiffex . He placed his new student in command of his Anzat slaves and sent them to terrorize the populace of Kiffex in an attempt to attract the attention of the Jedi . Several Jedi responded , but only one , Aayla Secura ' s former Master Quinlan Vos , actually entered Karkko ' s stronghold to confront him . When the Dark Jedi ' s enchantment over Secura was broken by Vos , Karkko attempted to seduce Vos to the dark side , to no avail . Karkko then engaged Vos in lightsaber combat and was slain when the Kiffar Jedi Master cleaved him in two . Biography . Rare Jedi . Volfe Karkko was a male Anzat from the planet Anzat who lived more than a thousand years before the Invasion of Naboo . He was already more than eight hundred years old when his Force sensitivity was discovered by a member of the Jedi Order , and he was selected for Jedi training , during a time when enrollment was not restricted to children . Karkko eventually became a powerful — but arrogant — Jedi Master , one whose service to the Order over the years was nothing short of exemplary . Karkko was also well - known for the excessive amount of time he spent studying one of the Jedi Order ' s rare Sith holocrons kept within the Temple ' s Archives . He delighted himself in reminding other Jedi that his people remembered the first Sith Lords , though even with his extensive scrutiny of the holocron , there appeared to be no actual evidence to substantiate his claim . Fall to the dark side . Some members of the Jedi Order , among them the Jedi High Council itself , believed that training Anzati to use the Force was a dangerous affair , and there were fears that Volfe Karkko would not be able to resist his species ' instinctive need to taste the " soup , " or life energy , of other sentients . Karkko vehemently dismissed these concerns , as his pride led him to believe that succumbing to such afflictions was beneath a Jedi as accomplished as him . He reasoned that because he had never tasted soup before , a single experience would be harmless . Upon his first taste , however , Karkko immediately became addicted , and craved soup ever thereafter . With his Jedi abilities , he began preying on other members of the Order , and through consumption of their essence Karkko became stronger in the Force . The Anzat fell to the dark side as a result and believed that he could single - handedly conquer the galaxy . Karkko ' s ambitions were deemed a threat to the Order , and the Jedi Council was forced to intervene . The Anzat fled to the world Kiffex in an effort to escape persecution , but he was still pursued by the Council . A battle ensued when they found him , during which Karkko held his own for a time . He was ultimately defeated by the Councilors who , rather than kill him , imprisoned him in a stasis field . Karkko was unable to move but remained in full consciousness , sentenced to a period of solitary confinement and left to reflect on his transgressions . Karkko ' s lightsaber was placed nearby in a miniature stasis field to serve both as a reminder to him of his former Jedi life , and as a warning to others of what could also befall them . The building on Kiffex which served as Karkko ' s prison was sealed to prevent anyone other than Jedi from gaining access . The memory of Volfe Karkko ' s downfall remained prominent throughout his one - thousand - year imprisonment . He achieved legendary status among the Anzat people as well as the Jedi , and his tale was even recorded in a holocron which remained locked away in the Holocron Chamber of the Jedi Temple ' s Tower of First Knowledge . Karkko ' s perpetual isolation on Kiffex did nothing to sway his allegiance to the dark side , however . While in solitude , he spent his time plotting the downfall of the Jedi Order and the resources such an aspiration required . As the centuries passed , Karkko ' s prison became a place of concentrated dark side power . His conscious spirit telepathically called to other Anzati and lured them to Kiffex . They were able to infiltrate his prison , where they worshiped at the feet of the one whom they called " The Dreaming One . " He corrupted them with his power , and by mentally draining the essence of his supplicants , Karkko was able to replenish his own strength . The Dark Jedi soon had an army of feral Anzat slaves , utterly devoid of sentience and completely bound to his will . None of the sycophants were able to release Karkko from the stasis field , something only another Jedi was capable of . Freedom . In 30 BBY , after a thousand years in stasis , Volfe Karkko was finally granted an opportunity to escape confinement when a Twi ' lek Jedi Padawan named Aayla Secura arrived on Kiffex . Although Secura was suffering from amnesia at the time , one particular memory remained with her : the murder of her uncle at the hands of her own Jedi Master , Quinlan Vos . It was through her anger at Vos and desire for revenge that Volfe Karkko sensed Secura ' s presence and began corrupting her to the dark side . He telepathically called her to his domicile and persuaded her to release him from stasis . Initially tempted with consuming the soup of a Jedi in such close proximity to him , Karkko resisted the urge to sup on her brain matter despite the deprivation he had long been forced to endure . He instead took Secura as his apprentice , with plans of eventually making her his queen after he abandoned Kiffex and had exacted revenge against the Jedi Order . Karkko immediately began preparing for his escape from Kiffex and saw his army of degenerate Anzati , led by Aayla Secura , as the means by which he would do so . He therefore placed her in command of his slaves and ordered them to attack a nearby security facility , where they slaughtered everyone inside . This attracted the attention of Sheyf Tinté Vos , ruler of Kiffex , who contacted the Jedi Council and requested that her nephew Quinlan be dispatched to investigate the disaster . During this same time , Astaal Vilbum , the Caretaker of the Jedi Temple ' s Tower of First Knowledge , witnessed the independent activation of the holocron which contained the legend of Volfe Karkko — one that had remained undisturbed for nearly fourteen generations . Vilbum was greatly troubled by this omen and alerted fellow Master Mace Windu , the Councilor who had assented to Quinlan Vos ' intervention on Kiffex . The holocron ' s activation signified Volfe Karkko ' s release from stasis , and both Vilbum and Windu realized that Vos — who had a deep - seated fear of Anzati — was walking into a trap . Consolidation of power . A pack of Volfe Karkko ' s slaves found and attacked Quinlan Vos and fellow Master Tholme when they landed on Kiffex , but were quickly slain by the Jedi . Another group of Anzati , this time led by Aayla Secura , was sent out to capture sentient beings for Karkko so that he might consume their essence . They attacked the patrons of the Black Hole cantina , but were opposed by Vos , Tholme , and a third Jedi , the Veknoid Master Zao . While Karkko ' s slaves harvested from the patrons of the cantina , his Twi ' lek apprentice briefly fought her former Master , until a telepathic suggestion from Karkko reminded her that the mission he had sent her on superseded her need for vengeance . Secura , along with Karkko ' s Anzat minions , then fled the cantina , but the Jedi were in fast pursuit . After gaining a significant lead on them , Secura ordered the Anzati to hide themselves and ambush the Jedi when they passed , making sure to take them alive if possible so that Karkko could feast upon their soup . The subsequent attack was also repelled , thanks to the intervention of Kiffex ' s Jedi Watchman , Master T ' ra Saa . Karkko was joined by Secura shortly afterward and listened as she reported her inability to complete the missions he had given her . He acknowledged her failure but explained that it had been his will that compelled Secura to abandon her task . Karkko mused over the fact that the consumption of a Jedi ' s soup would greatly increase his strength , prompting his apprentice to offer her own essence to him . The Anzat refused , preferring to instead wait for the Jedi whom he knew would most certainly come to him . Final battle . Karkko patiently anticipated the four Jedi Masters who approached his fortress and did battle with the Anzat defenders outside . They were able to defeat Karkko ' s slaves , but only one of the Jedi , Quinlan Vos , proceeded further into Karkko ' s domain . The Anzat was with Secura , Vos ' former Padawan , in the inner sanctum when Vos arrived . Karkko greeted him before ordering the Twi ' lek to attack . Secura dueled with Vos for a short time before the Jedi Master was able to break Karkko ' s spell over her by refusing to fight any longer . Enraged by the turn of events , Karkko blasted and incapacitated Secura with Force lightning , and then turned his attention to Vos . Karkko ignited his own weapon and engaged Vos in lightsaber combat while taunting Vos and attempting to lure him to the dark side . Vos tried to cut Karkko down after a brief clash of blade s , but the Dark Jedi vanished into thin air and simultaneously conjured illusions of monstrous beasts to confound his opponent . Karkko then appeared behind Vos and used the Force to slam him into a nearby wall . He pressed his advantage but was halted when Vos unleashed a torrent of Force lightning , an ability the Anzat had not expected a proponent of the light to employ . Stalled only momentarily , Karkko projected his own lightning , the strength of which disabled Vos long enough for Karkko to prepare to harvest his soup . Contrarily , the Anzat neglected to account for Vos ' companions outside the fortress — Masters Tholme , T ' ra Saa , and Zao — whose combined power in the Force gave Vos enough strength to break Karkko ' s telepathic hold over him . Recovering from Vos ' retaliatory assault , Karkko saluted his opponent with his lightsaber and readied himself for another exchange , only to be killed immediately afterward when Vos cut him in two . Legacy . The legend of Volfe Karkko and his fall to the dark side of the Force survived for many years after his death . The Jedi – turned – Sith Lord Count Dooku , leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems , came into possession of one of Karkko ' s precious Sith holocrons , and used it in his seduction of another Anzat Jedi named Nikkos Tyris . Karkko had been something of a role model for Tyris , who painstakingly studied the teachings of his predecessor . Tempted by Dooku ' s promise of power , Tyris fell to the dark side and abandoned the Jedi Order as Karkko had done before him . He believed that he had discovered the " " Saarai , " " or " " True Way , " " and it was upon this belief that the foundations of the Jensaarai Order of Force - users was founded . Personality and traits . Volfe Karkko , whose given name was a common occurrence among the Anzati , stood nearly two meters tall and clad himself in flowing , black robes . He had olive skin and long black hair that he kept bound at the back of his head . Karkko also maintained a slight mustache and goatee . Like all members of the Anzat race , Volfe Karkko possessed two tentacle - like proboscises hidden within his cheeks . These appendages only revealed themselves when the Dark Jedi was ready to feed on the soup of a sentient being . He spoke his native Anzat language as well as Basic . Volfe Karkko served the Order with distinction during his time as a Jedi . He was faulted by his peers , however , for what they perceived as his proud and extremely arrogant attitude . He was well - known throughout the Order for his prolonged study of a rare Sith holocron , and he often boasted about how the Anzati knew of the original Sith Lords , a claim that was never proven . The teachings of Volfe Karkko regarding the Sith , which he compiled from various sources of Sith lore , were considered unorthodox by his Jedi peers . Karkko felt he was superior to the compelling nature of soup consumption and cited his Jedi training as the reason why such shortcomings had no affect on him . His first indulgence was based on that belief and resulted in a subsequent addiction . Over time , he developed a preference for other Jedi to satisfy his cravings . These acts , combined with his immense pride and brazen demeanor , paved Karkko ' s path to the dark side of the Force . The Jedi Council hoped that Karkko would reflect on the his fall to the dark side when he was apprehended and placed in stasis . On the contrary , Karkko intended to do no such thing and instead spent the centuries both nursing his hatred of the Jedi Order and contemplating his revenge against them . By 30 BBY , the fear of Karkko ' s freedom was still a cause of distress among the members of the current Jedi Council , and preventing his escape was a priority of the highest order . By the time Karkko was set free , his primary concerns included tasting soup and leaving Kiffex . He was content with delaying his soup craving for the more important escape , a plan he enacted upon his release . Karkko desired the essence of a Jedi to satisfy his craving , and he anticipated the arrival of those whom he was certain would respond once they became aware of his new - found freedom . Karkko was angered by the treachery of Aayla Secura , whom he considered a turncoat after his spell over her had been broken by Quinlan Vos . Karkko immobilized Secura without hesitation once he determined that she would no longer serve his purposes . He was intrigued by the darkness he sensed within Vos , but after several attempts , Karkko was unable to convince the Jedi Master to embrace it . Powers and abilities . While the Anzati had natural telepathic abilities with which they subdued their prey , Volfe Karkko ' s Jedi training afforded him a greater aptitude with mental manipulation . The Jedi took precautionary measures and developed methods of resisting the Anzati ' s strong hypnotic powers , but Karkko learned ways to counter these techniques . In draining the essence of Jedi , Karkko ' s benefits were twofold : his innate hunger was satisfied while he also grew stronger in the Force . Karkko was very strong in the Force , and learned in the ways of Sith magic . By the time he had fallen to the dark side , he was considered to be so much of a threat that the Jedi Council personally pursued him . Indeed , he had succeeded in slaying several of the Councilors before they were finally able to subdue him . While in stasis on Kiffex , Karkko ' s dark side aura permeated first his prison , and then the planet itself . He was still able to manipulate the Force and used it as the medium through which he summoned members of his species from as far as Anzat to his prison . Continuous exposure to Karkko ' s telepathic influence eroded their sentience , and with time , he bound all of them to his will . Karkko subjected Aayla Secura to the same treatment upon her arrival on Kiffex , taking advantage of her fragile mental state in order to convert the amnesiac Jedi to his service . Aside from telepathy , Karkko was skilled with Force lightning , an ability over which he touted total mastery . Casting Force illusions and disappearing into thin air also fell within the scope of his powers . He was proficient with telekinesis , using it to both slam his opponents into walls as well as paralyzing them just prior to consuming their soup . Karkko owned a red - bladed lightsaber of his own construction and wielded it in tandem with his Force powers . When dueling , Karkko switched between a single - handed , reverse grip and a traditional two - handed style . Prior to his incarceration , his prowess was such that he was capable of fighting multiple Masters of the Jedi Council simultaneously . When presented with the challenge of facing one Jedi joined by several others through the Force , however , Karkko was defeated and killed . Behind the scenes . Volfe Karkko first appeared as the primary antagonist of the " " story arc " " , written by John Ostrander and penciled by artist Jan Duursema . Karkko is mentioned in connection to other " Star Wars " characters in several pieces of source material , such as " The New Essential Chronology " , " Star Wars Insider 87 " " " , and " " . He received further mention in StarWars . com Databank entries for both Aayla Secura and Quinlan Vos . " " first identifies him as a Sith magician , a distinction later corroborated by Saa ' s entry in 2008 ' s " Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . A section of was dedicated to Volfe Karkko , and he was also given his own entry in the " Encyclopedia " . Several contradictions arise when comparing the " Star Wars : Darkness " comic books to both and " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . In " Star Wars : Republic 35 : Darkness , Part 4 " , Volfe Karkko is shown holding his lightsaber when he is cut in half by Quinlan Vos . " The Official Star Wars Fact File 137 " , however , states that Vos used Karkko ' s own lightsaber to kill him . " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " goes on to say that Karkko enthralled the local Anzat populace of Kiffex , but both the " Official Star Wars Fact File 137 " and " Star Wars : Republic 34 : Darkness , Part 3 " state that the Anzati were drawn to Kiffex from their homeworld through Karkko ' s telepathic summons .