Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic ( comics ) Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic , also known as simply Knights of the Old Republic or KotOR , is a monthly comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics that ran for five years , beginning January 25 , 2006 and ending with its on February 17 , 2010 . Written by John Jackson Miller , " Knights of the Old Republic " saw a variety of different artists and cover artists draw various issues of the series , and KotOR serves as a sequel to the earlier " " comic series and a prequel to the popular " " video game . Set in 3964 BBY and later 3963 BBY , " Knights of the Old Republic " focuses on Zayne Carrick , a Padawan of the Jedi Order who is framed for the Padawan Massacre — the murder of Zayne ' s fellow Padawans — by the true perpetrators , Zayne ' s teachers , who are members of a mysterious Jedi Covenant . Banding together with the con man Marn Hierogryph , the fiery Jarael , and the eccentric Camper , Carrick goes on the run and works to clear his name by exposing the existence of the Covenant . When he finally manages to clear his name , Carrick takes up work with Hierogryph and Jarael , but the trio and their friends soon tangle with the slaving organization known as the Crucible . As the flagship series of Dark Horse Comics ' 2005 relaunch of their " Star Wars " line in celebration of their 20th anniversary , " Knights of the Old Republic " soon became one of Dark Horse ' s best - selling titles . In 2008 , " Knights of the Old Republic " hosted the first four issues of the " " crossover , an event that crossed into all four of Dark Horse ' s ongoing " Star Wars " series at the time . " Knights of the Old Republic " featured numerous references to both " Tales of the Jedi " and the " Knights of the Old Republic " games , and the series expanded greatly on the Mandalorian Wars introduced in the video games . The series was preceded by a , and also received a as well . At the Baltimore Comic - Con in 2009 , Dark Horse announced that the series would end with its fiftieth issue , " Demon , Part 4 " , in February 2010 . In 2012 , the series received a sequel miniseries also penned by Miller that was set one year after the original series , " " , and elements of " Knights of the Old Republic " have made their way into later " Star Wars " products such as the video game " " . Plot summary . " Commencement " . In the year 3964 BBY , on the city - planet Taris , the Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick tries to capture the Snivvian criminal Marn Hierogryph for the eighth time , but Carrick ' s clumsiness allows Hierogryph to escape and sends the Padawan flying off a building . Carrick is rescued by " Squint " , a Jedi Knight who had been sent by Carrick ' s Jedi Master Lucien Draay to look for him , and Carrick learns that Squint is one of several Jedi visiting Taris ' s Jedi Tower in hopes of recruiting allies for their fight in the Mandalorian Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Mandalorian warrior culture . Squint takes Carrick back to the Jedi Tower , and he tells the Padawan how sometimes one has to enter the darkness to save the light — and as Squint ' s group departs , Master Q ' Anilia senses a disturbance in the Force that Lucien Draay and the other Masters at the Jedi Tower decide to investigate . A few days later , Carrick attempts to capture Hierogryph again , only to crash - land in a banquet celebrating the forthcoming Knighting ceremony that the Jedi Masters will perform . While the Jedi Masters — Lucien Draay , Feln , Q ' Anilia , Raana Tey , and Xamar — retreat to their chambers , Carrick is tasked with cleaning up the mess he made , but he spots Hierogryph and pursues him , finally managing to capture the con man . When he returns to the Jedi Tower , Carrick realizes he is late for the ceremony and rushes in — only to find his fellow Padawans Oojoh , Shad Jelavan , Kamlin , and Gharn dead at their Masters ' feet . Horrified , Carrick flees the Jedi Tower with Hierogryph and manages to escape to the Lower City of Taris , where the two realize that the Masters have placed bounties on their heads , as the " Padawan Massacre " has been blamed on Carrick . With Hierogryph ' s reluctant help , Carrick evades the Masters , tricking them into searching Taris ' s Undercity while the duo approach a refugee camp in the region known as Machineville . There , Hierogryph seeks out the aging Arkanian Offshoot engineer Camper and his fierce protector Jarael in hopes of acquiring a route offworld , but when the Jedi and Taris ' s police arrive , the group is forced to launch into space aboard the junk hauler " The Last Resort " — which promptly loses power once in orbit . When power is restored , " The Last Resort " hides among the asteroid belt in the Taris system , and Carrick attempts to contact Master Vandar Tokare and the Jedi Council at the Jedi Enclave on the planet Dantooine and seek help , only to learn that Tokare does not believe his story . Realizing how unusual it is for four Jedi Consular s to be assigned to a single planet like Taris , Carrick recalls the recent training mission they undertook to Taris ' s rogue moon , and he decides to investigate the moon in hopes of learning why the Masters killed the Padawans . He and Jarael — who still resents Carrick for uprooting and exposing her and Camper — discover the Jedi ' s damaged droid T1 - LB , or Elbee , before they escape Master Draay and the police on the rogue moon . Back on " The Last Resort " , Carrick and the others examine T1 - LB ' s memory : the droid witnessed the Jedi Masters experience a Force vision that predicts their deaths at the hand of a red - armored figure . Believing the figure to be one of their Padawans , who had been wearing red space suits on the rogue moon identical to the foreseen Sith Lord , the Masters agree to execute their apprentices to prevent the vision , and Draay destroyed the droid to eliminate a witness , a betrayal that severely damaged T1 - LB ' s programming and logic processors . The crew ' s discussion is interrupted by the ship of the bounty hunter and pirate Valius Ying , who captures them and plans to return Carrick to Draay . Hierogryph negotiates his own release and that of Camper and Jarael , but when Carrick tries to steal " The Last Resort " and escape , he is caught by Jarael . Realizing that he could not leave the others in danger to save himself , Carrick decides to surrender to the Masters . Ying ' s arrival on Taris with Carrick is greeted by mobs of celebrating citizens , as the public ' s loss of faith in the Jedi had led to rioting and mass panic in the face of the advancing Mandalorian threat from the Outer Rim Territories . When Carrick is delivered to the Jedi Tower , Draay and the Masters reveal that they did in fact kill the Padawans after the apprentices became suspicious , as they had refused to believe that Carrick would be Knighted alongside them . Draay explains that the five of them are members of a Jedi Covenant sworn to prevent the return of the Sith , and he executes Ying to eliminate the only witness before preparing to kill Carrick . However , Jarael , Camper , and Hierogryph have other plans : unwilling to let Carrick sacrifice himself to save them , the trio attack the Jedi Tower with " The Last Resort " . Jarael rescues Carrick in a red space suit , using the Masters ' fear of the figure to buy them time to escape , and Carrick takes on a position as Hierogryph ' s " henchman " as the four of them escape Taris with Elbee in " The Last Resort " . Three weeks later , rioting has enveloped much of Taris , and the Masters are recalled to the Republic capital of Coruscant , as the public has lost faith in the Jedi ' s ability to protect and police them . Before they depart Taris , however , the five receive a message from Carrick in which he promises to seek justice for the other Padawans , and he tells them that he has " foreseen " that the first Master to confess will survive . " Flashpoint " . On the mining colony of Vanquo , Carrick , Hierogryph , Camper , and Jarael run a con on one of the mining stations , convincing the workers to evacuate under the belief that the planet is under attack by Mandalorians . However , as the crew of " The Last Resort " is loading the mining stations ' supplies , they are presented with a surprise : the Mandalorians actually " are " invading Vanquo , which leads to Jarael ' s capture , as she was masquerading as a Jedi for the group ' s scam . The remaining members of the crew flee through the forest back to " The Last Resort " , but the Mandalorian commander Rohlan Dyre , seeing an opportunity to escape , steals " The Last Resort " himself . With Elbee ' s help , Camper , Hierogryph , and Carrick barely manage to board " The Last Resort " as it takes off amid blaster fire from Dyre ' s own troops . Camper quickly attacks Dyre with Jarael ' s shockstaff , and with Elbee ' s help the group is able to subdue the Mandalorian and lock him in a storage compartment known as a Camper Special . Meanwhile , Jarael is im prisoned aboard a Mandalorian ship that enters the ongoing naval battle between the forces of Mandalore the Ultimate and the Republic Navy . As " The Last Resort " pursues the ship that has Jarael , it is identified by Captain Saul Karath ' s " Courageous " , and Karath assumes that Carrick is a Mandalorian operative when " The Last Resort " is detected jumping towards Mandalorian space . Camper is tracking Jarael via a homing device in her bracelet , and Dyre convinces Hierogryph and Carrick to let him out so that he can help them rescue Jarael — for as he explains , he is known as Rohlan the Questioner , a Mandalorian who is determined to discover Mandalore ' s reasons for starting the war . Dyre explains that Jarael is being taken to the stellar research station Flashpoint , which was converted into a laboratory for the Mandalorian scientist Demagol ' s research into Jedi . Dyre also explains that the Mandalorians invaded Vanquo because of the Padawan Massacre , as Mandalore took the recall of the Jedi from Taris to be an opportunity for attack . Upon learning that other Jedi are imprisoned on Flashpoint , Carrick becomes determined to rescue them , and he develops a plan to do so as they approach Flashpoint . Meanwhile , Jarael is taken to Flashpoint and imprisoned with the other captives , many of whom had been captured on the planet Suurja three weeks earlier . Jarael encounters Squint , who realizes that Jarael is not a Jedi and offers himself in place of Jarael for Demagol ' s torture and experiments . On approach to Flashpoint , Dyre claims to have captured a Jedi and demands immediate clearance to land as Hierogryph and Camper hide in " The Last Resort " concealed storage compartment , and Dyre arrives just in time with a " captive " Carrick to rescue Jarael from Demagol ' s attentions . In Demagol ' s lab , Dyre and Carrick overpower Demagol and Carrick dons the scientist ' s armor , and the two head out to the surface , where Dyre distracts the sentries as Carrick uses the Force to plant Hierogryph ' s demolition charges on the various Mandalorian vessels nearby . Hierogryph then contacts Flashpoint as " Admiral Hierogryph " of the Republic vessel " " Glomkettle " " and triggers the charges , tricking the sentries into believing that the Republic had begun booby - trapping their equipment and ships to prevent the Mandalorians from using them . Dyre and Carrick complete the con by convincing the other Mandalorians at Flashpoint to flee on one of the last remaining ships while Dyre stays behind to evacuate Demagol . With the Mandalorians gone , the Jedi are able to escape Flashpoint , taking Demagol with them and seemingly accompanied by Rohlan Dyre . However , Dyre actually sneaks aboard " The Last Resort " . The same day as Carrick and crew are on Flashpoint , Draay and the other members of the Covenant return to Coruscant , where Draay is refused entry to his family ' s house , the Draay Estate , and the five are split up by the Jedi High Council . Amid these events , Draay recalls his childhood and how his mother Krynda focused more on training the four seers than raising her own son , as she was obsessed with preventing the rise of another Sith like Exar Kun . The five Masters go their separate ways as ordered , but continue their efforts to locate Carrick despite the Council ' s refusal to allow them to be involved in the search for the missing Padawan . Draay tries again to visit his mother , the Covenant ' s leader , but his mother ' s retainer Haazen refuses him and reprimands Draay for killing the Padawans against Haazen ' s instructions . " Reunion " . Following the mission to Flashpoint , the crew of " The Last Resort " heads to the bank ing planet of Telerath , where Hierogryph has an account that is frozen due to his involvement in the Padawan Massacre . To gain access to the money , Camper and Jarael go undercover as " Baron Hyro Margryph " and his assistant " Chantique " and visit a banker named Arvan while Carrick and Hierogryph remain aboard " The Last Resort " . The two claim that the account actually belongs to Baron Margryph , who had been confused with Marn Hierogryph , and despite the fact that they left the account ' s access code aboard " The Last Resort " , Camper is able to recite the access code perfectly to the surprise of the rest of the crew . As Arvan leads Jarael and Camper to the banquet pavilions , they are watched by the Moomo Brothers — a pair of bounty hunters named Dob and Del who have been hired to keep watch on Arvan . The Moomo Brothers decide to kidnap the banker and " then " watch him , and Hierogryph and Carrick rush to rescue their banker — only for Zayne to recognize the banker as his father , Arvan Carrick , just before the brothers escape . Raana Tey is furious to learn that the brothers kidnapped Arvan , and she orders them to stand by while she consults with the rest of the Covenant . Dob and Del soon end up fighting , and the victorious Dob goes out for a drink as Zayne ' s friends realize that the Covenant hired the brothers to watch Arvan as a trap for Zayne . Hierogryph soon locates Dob at a nearby bar , and , plying him with quite a few drinks , convinces the Ithorian to trade Arvan for the far more valuable Zayne . Falling for Hierogryph ' s play , Dob gives the Snivvian the location of the brothers ' ship , the " Moomo Williwaw " and Carrick tails the drunken bounty hunter back to the " Williwaw " where he overhears Raana Tey tell Del that she will arrive soon to kill Arvan . Freeing his father , Zayne learns that Arvan ' s bank had been purchased by the Draay Trust , and his father reassures Zayne that his family did not believe Zayne committed the Massacre . Using Hierogryph ' s arrival as a distraction , Zayne hits one of the brothers with a Force - propelled crate , sparking a fight between the two and allowing the Carricks to escape . Arvan accesses Hierogryph ' s account for the crew before Zayne sends him and the rest of his family to Dantooine , where Master Tokare takes Arvan on as the Enclave ' s banker . " Days of Fear " . Not long after " The Last Resort " departs Telerath , the Duros Eejee Vamm — who is employed scanning holofootage from across the galaxy — notices a recording of " Baron Hyrogryph " at Telerath and contacts Lord Adasca with news of his findings . On the planet Ralltiir , Camper , Jarael , and Elbee part ways with Hierogryph and Carrick , though not before Camper gives Zayne a set of phrik - alloy vambrace s that block lightsaber strikes — something that Jarael demonstrates in a sparring match between the two . Jarael wishes Carrick good luck before she departs with Camper to find a new place to hide , though Carrick is saddened that they are leaving . Hierogryph hires a Trandoshan ship thief named Slyssk to secure them a new ship , though Carrick is amused when the timid Slyssk attempts to force Hierogryph to pay more than their agreed price . Carrick and Hierogryph con Slyssk into swearing a life debt to Hierogryph , though Slyssk takes it more seriously than Hierogryph expects , and the three are forced to flee in the stolen ship — the " Little Bivoli " — when the ship ' s real crew arrives . However , Hierogryph and Carrick quickly realize that the " Little Bivoli " is a military mess ship , and the ship is forced to join Admiral Karath ' s fleet as it departs Ralltiir . Aboard " The Last Resort " , Camper is subdued by a HK - 24 series assassin droid that has slipped aboard , and the assassin droid attacks Jarael when she investigates noises from the hold . Jarael fights the droid briefly before she is rescued by Rohlan Dyre , who explains that he had been trying to leave " The Last Resort " for some time but had not yet found an opportunity to do so unnoticed . The " Little Bivoli " , meanwhile , sets up shop on the surface of Serroco , where Hierogryph has employed Slyssk as a cook as they cater to the crew of the Republic fleet stationed above the planet . Carrick meets a pilot by the name of Carth Onasi , and amid the two ' s discussion of the war , Carrick sees one of the native Stereb who is foraging through the dumpster . He pays for the Stereb ' s meal at the " Little Bivoli " , and Onasi mentions how he used to call down fake emergency notices to the Stereb population . That night , Carrick becomes fed up with Hierogryph and storms outside to get some air — but he is overcome by a vision of an orbital bombardment that devastates the surface of Serroco . Realizing that the Mandalorians will bomb Serroco when they arrive the next day , Carrick becomes determined to warn Admiral Karath . Despite Carrick ' s warning for the " Little Bivoli " to depart , Hierogryph decides to stay open a little while longer the next morning . Carrick , meanwhile , sneaks aboard the " Deadweight " , Onasi ' s ship , and identifies himself as a Jedi , explaining his vision of the Mandalorian attack . However , Karath recognizes Carrick as the purported Jedi - killer and accuses him of being a Mandalorian spy when the two arrive aboard the " Courageous " bridge . Carrick ' s claims of helping " Squint " at Flashpoint are laughed down by Karath , though the admiral allows Onasi to try and contact " Squint " while Carrick remains on the bridge , and Mandalorian ships arrive in the system moments later . Hierogryph learns of their arrival , but a last - minute rush on the " Little Bivoli " leads him to forestall departure . Just as Carrick predicted , the Mandalorians launch dozens of nuclear warheads at the Republic fleet , and just before collision the missiles swerve around the ships to slam into the planet ' s surface — and as Onasi returns to the bridge , Carrick cries out as he feels the deaths of thousands . The sensation is felt by Jedi across the galaxy , including Squint , the Jedi known as the Revan chist , Q ' Anilia , and Lucien Draay . Only eight ships managed to escape the bombardment , and the " Little Bivoli " was not one of them ; a despondent Carrick is imprisoned in the " Courageous " brig by a furious Karath . However , Onasi visits Carrick later that night and tells him that he managed to call emergencies down to seventeen of the twenty - seven Stereb cities that were hit by the bombardment , calls that led the Stereb to take shelter in underground bunkers . " Nights of Anger " . On her way to Taris on a mission for the Supreme Chancellor , Raana Tey is tormented by nightmares , particularly one where she relives the Padawan Massacre from Zayne Carrick ' s perspective — and where the Padawans are the ones who kill the Masters . To rid herself the night visions , Tey believes that she must kill Carrick . On " The Last Resort " , Jarael and Dyre are struggling to heal Camper — who has been plagued by illness for years but whose illness is growing steadily worse — and Jarael decides to visit the planet Arkania in hopes of acquiring medical aid . Jarael attempts to visit a medical center in Adascopolis , but she is forced by the guards onto a shuttle out to the mining camps because she is an Arkanian Offshoot , and aboard the shuttle , Jarael meets another Offshoot named Zadawi who takes Jarael to her house . From Zadawi and her grandmother , Jarael learns of how the Offshoots are discriminated against by the " pure " Arkanians , and Zadawi helps Jarael disguise herself as a pure Arkanian so she can sneak into the city . However , Jarael ' s visit to the medical center draws the attention of Arkanian guards , and Jarael ' s fight with them is ended by the arrival of Lord Arkoh Adasca , who calls off his guards and offers to help cure Camper . The " Arkanian Legacy " , Adasca ' s flagship and the mobile headquarters of Adascorp , brings " The Last Resort " aboard it , though Camper collapses in one of his spells when he learns that Jarael is working with Adasca . Camper is rushed into quarantine by the " Arkanian Legacy " medical staff , and Jarael stops Adasca ' s guards from attacking Dyre when they see he is a Mandalorian . Lord Adasca proceeds to give Jarael a tour of the " Legacy " , during which he explains that Camper — whose real name is Gorman Vandrayk — used to work for Adascorp years ago before he was exposed to Balinquar ' s Virus , a pathogen that affects elderly Offshoots . Adasca offers Jarael free reign aboard the " Legacy " as Camper undergoes treatment . Meanwhile , the Republic defensive line at Serroco is failing rapidly , and as the " Courageous " is boarded , Admiral Karath , Onasi , and Captain Dallan Morvis are forced to retreat towards the brig . Karath reluctantly seeks help from Carrick , who , after Karath promises to take the Jedi with him , reveals that he has removed the screws from the bulkhead in his cell — exposing an access passage straight to the hangar and Onasi ' s " Deadweight " . Unbeknownst to Jarael , Dyre has been imprisoned by Adasca , who makes a deal with the Mandalorian : in return for his help , Dyre is given access to the ship ' s foredeck and research facilities . Furthermore , Eejee Vamm contacts Jarael and informs her that Camper is in recovery for the next few days — a conversation that he uses to show a perfectly healthy Camper that Jarael is safe , for now . Vamm reveals that Camper ' s illness were caused by pollutants and spores in " The Last Resort " vents , and Camper is forced to resume the research he abandoned years earlier to ensure that Jarael is not harmed . Lucien Draay arrives on Telerath in order to pick up Carrick from Karath , but the news that the " Courageous " has fallen incites mass panic and ends Draay ' s hopes of acquiring Carrick , so he contacts Haazen . Haazen informs Draay that WatchCircle Vodo has foreseen a faceless evil rising in the future , and in order to investigate its source , Haazen dispatches Draay to meet with Arkoh Adasca , who has been contacting the leaders of various groups such as the Jedi Revanchists and the Republic Navy . Aboard the " Arkanian Legacy " , Adasca continues his attempts to grow close with Jarael , inviting her to dinner , and he is pleased to learn that Camper ' s research has met with success . Adasca later approaches Dyre , who is engrossed in research , and makes a new deal with the Mandalorian : in exchange for contacting Mandalore the Ultimate and requesting that he attend a meeting with Adasca , Dyre will be allowed to go free with Jarael once Adasca ' s business is concluded . The " Deadweight " also receives an invitation from Adasca , asking Admiral Karath to rendezvous with the " Arkanian Legacy " . At dinner , Adasca surprises Jarael by discussing her unique genome , and he reveals what Camper has been working on — the weaponization of the space slugs known as exogorths — before he unveils the dozens of hibernating exogorths that they have located in the remote Omonoth system . " Daze of Hate " . The " Deadweight " answers Adasca ' s message and rendezvouses with the " Arkanian Legacy " in the Omonoth system , aboard which Adasca has decided to keep Jarael as his companion for the time being — and when she overpowers his HK - 24 droids and levels a blaster rifle at him , Adasca forces her submission by threatening Camper ' s life . Jarael is overjoyed to see Carrick among Admiral Karath ' s party , and she kisses him passionately in order to get close and explain the situation in a whisper . At Karath ' s request , Adasca imprisons Carrick , and the Arkanian adds a threat against Carrick ' s life to Jarael ' s motivations before he greets Squint , who has answered Adasca ' s summons for the Revanchist leader . Squint , or rather Alek , informs " Dyre " and Jarael that " Demagol " fell into a sedative - induced coma almost immediately after the Jedi departed Flashpoint , and Adasca is called away by Eejee Vamm to meet another visitor — one who Adasca is surprised to recognize as Lucien Draay . Draay and Adasca exchange pleasantries and wine , but Draay collapses after he drinks drugged wine , as Adasca did not want Draay involved in his upcoming meeting . In the " Arkanian Legacy " observation dome , Adasca explains the exogorths and how they operate to Karath ' s party and Squint , and Karath is angered to learn that the Republic must purchase the exogorths — and Karath and Squint are both shocked when Adasca ' s third guest arrives : Mandalore the Ultimate . Adasca then reveals that he intends to use the exogorths as a bargaining chip to secure the allegiance of either the Mandalorians , the Republic , or the Jedi , and elsewhere on the ship , Draay awakens to find himself tied to Carrick and guarded by HK - 24 droids . Squint attacks Mandalore when he enters the observation dome , and Karath levels a blaster at Mandalore when Squint is batted aside . Adasca ends the hostilities and orders a demonstration of the exogorths ' potential , and Camper manages to slip away to the spacesuit storage chamber aboard the exogorth command platform . As they wait , Mandalore requests a moment with Dyre ; Mandalore explains that he has turned the Questioner into a martyr , and Dyre ' s " sacrifice " has been used by Mandalore and his lieutenant Cassus Fett to help spread the Neo - Crusader philosophy and armor throughout the Mandalorian ranks . In exchange for allowing him to depart safely with a new set of armor , Mandalore makes Dyre promise to remain " dead " for the cause . Camper manages to contact Jarael through her bracelet , and she manages to slip away as Dyre approaches Adasca and demands that he be allowed to leave with Jarael . She apologizes frantically to Camper and explains that Carrick and Squint are on the " Legacy " , and Camper refuses to risk Jarael ' s life by trying to sabotage the exogorths , revealing that Adascorp was responsible for the diseases that now afflicted the Offshoot population — something that is overheard by Adasca , who attacks Jarael . Squint levels his lightsaber at Adasca ' s throat when he strikes Jarael , preventing him from killing her , but Adasca threatens Camper through Jarael ' s bracelet and orders him to continue his work . Meanwhile , Draay and Carrick begin to argue about the Covenant ' s desire to kill him , but the two ally with each other in order to escape and overcome their captors ; Draay promptly turns on Carrick once they are free , but Carrick ' s vambraces save his life and deactivate Draay ' s lightsaber , and the two resume their uneasy alliance in an effort to deal with Adasca . Onasi slips away as the exogorths become active , and Adasca begins to discuss terms with the interested parties . Karath offers a seat in the Galactic Senate , but Mandalore counters with immunity from Mandalorian attack and the promise to make Adascorp his armies ' sole supplier of weapons . At the same time , Eejee Vamm and Adasca ' s scientists discover something about Jarael ' s blood , but Dyre brutally kills them to " protect the truth . " However , Adasca quickly becomes power - hungry and demands the allegiance of both the Jedi Order and the Mandalorians , believing his control over the exogorths make him a galactic power . Onasi locates Draay and Carrick and the three discuss how to eliminate the threat of the exogorths , but when Draay suggests killing Jarael to remove Adasca ' s leverage , Dyre arrives and threatens Draay for suggesting it . The four develop a plan to set Adasca ' s " guests " against each other , and Carrick dons Dyre ' s Neo - Crusader armor in order to stage a fight between himself and Onasi in the observation dome . As chaos erupts , Carrick frees Jarael before joining the newly arrived Draay in addressing Lord Adasca , claiming that Adasca had arranged the entire meeting as a Jedi trap for Mandalore . Full - scale battle ensues and Carrick manages to contact Camper with the news that Jarael is safe , leading Camper to remote start " The Last Resort " and have it fly to his location as he hotwires the exogorth control system into a portable platform . Camper takes control of the HK - 24 guarding him and causes it to break through the station ' s bulkhead , allowing him to spacewalk to " The Last Resort " . Using the exogorth control box , Camper instructs the exogorths to attack Adasca ' s fighters and the " Arkanian Legacy " observation dome , killing Adasca as the Arkanian ' s guests escape the doomed ship . Amid the chaos , Onasi lets Carrick " escape , " but when Jarael and Dyre reach the hangar , they find only Elbee , despondent that " The Last Resort " has left him . As he leads the exogorths away in " The Last Resort " , Camper contacts Jarael and explains that he intends to lead the bioweapons into the unknown and remove their hyperdrives , and Carrick reaches the hangar just in time to see " The Last Resort " jump to hyperspace and Jarael burst into tears . Draay offers to rescue Squint , Carrick , and Carrick ' s friends in exchange for Carrick ' s surrender , but just as he agrees , the " Moomo Williwaw " crashes into the hangar — carrying Dob Moomo and Slyssk . Slyssk reveals that Hierogryph is alive on Taris , and he needs Carrick ' s help , but as Carrick ' s group escapes aboard the ship , Draay overhears their destination and escapes the doomed " Legacy " as well . " Knights of Suffering " . The group heads to Taris , which is undergoing Mandalorian occupation , and Dyre pilots the " Williwaw " down towards the surface so that Carrick — wearing Dyre ' s discarded Neo - Crusader armor — can free - fall down into the Lower City . Carrick locates Hierogryph and Del Moomo with the Hidden Beks swoop gang , and Hierogryph reports Carrick ' s arrival to his client on Coruscant before Gadon Thek is forced to pull the Hidden Beks back to their base known as the Pit . Thek explains to Carrick that he intends to join up with the Taris Resistance , and also tells him that he intends to take Carrick to the constable in order to join them . Speaking with Gryph , Carrick learns that the Snivvian is on a " Republic - ish " mission for Jervo Thalien , the head of Lhosan Industries , to locate Taris ' s Senator Goravvus . The Twi ' lek girl Mission Vao takes Carrick to show him a secret that her brother Griff is hiding , though the Hidden Bek Brejik attacks Carrick when he thinks that Carrick is escaping . Mission then shows Griff ' s " secret " to Hierogryph and Carrick : the constable ' s missing children , who Brejik and Griff had kidnapped and hidden weeks ago . Meanwhile , Raana Tey is on Taris , and she can sense Carrick ' s arrival — and she has joined forces with Shel Jelavan , Shad ' s sister and Carrick ' s romantic interest before the Massacre . Gadon Thek turns the discovery into an opportunity , however , using the constable ' s children to secure a meeting with the resistance ; but when they arrive at the resistance ' s base , Shel Jelavan shoots at Carrick in revenge for killing her brother . Jelavan ' s shot is absorbed by Hierogryph ' s heavy briefcase that Carrick is carrying , but Raana Tey encourages her to finish off the stunned Carrick and avenge her brother . Upon recognizing Del Moomo , Tey attacks the Ithorian in a fury , giving Hierogryph time to disarm Jelavan , and a standoff between Tey and the Hidden Beks develops that is ended by the arrival of Constable Noana Sowrs and Senator Haydel Goravvus . Goravvus forces Tey to stand down and allows the Hidden Beks to join the resistance , and Hierogryph informs the Senator that Thalien is looking for him . Hierogryph opens his case to display a holocommunicator to Thalien , but is surprised when Del Moomo seizes the Senator as a hostage — Thalien ' s actual intention is to eliminate Goravvus , who knew that Lhosan Industries had helped bribe Taris ' s way into the Republic . Fortunately for the Senator , Raana Tey frees him from Moomo , and Thalien ' s attempt to detonate a bomb in Hierogryph ' s case is rendered ineffective , as Shel Jelavan ' s blaster shot overloaded the circuits . The " Moomo Williwaw " , meanwhile , remains in orbit among the massed Mandalorian ships , and Dyre convinces Jarael to spar with Alek in order to take her mind off of Camper and to hone her skills . To Jarael ' s surprise , Alek attempts to start a relationship with her , though Jarael refuses for the time being . Carrick finally corners Shel and tries to explain that he didn ' t kill Shad , but her revelation that she set a bounty on Carrick ' s head and the arrival of Raana Tey seemingly ends any hope of reconciliation . The resistance plans to infiltrate Cassus Fett ' s command post in the Jedi Tower and destroy it with explosives , and Carrick volunteers to accompany Raana Tey on the mission to destroy the Tower , a mission that Jelavan also volunteers for . After the meeting , Tey urges Jelavan to retrieve her brother ' s lightsaber when they are in the Tower and use it to kill Carrick . As the mission begins , Tey recalls a time in her childhood when she overheard Krynda Draay make a prophecy about five people : one for the darkness , one for the light , one from the darkness who stands in the light , one from the light who stands in darkness , and a fifth who stands apart from the others . Donning his Neo - Crusader armor , Carrick escorts Jelavan as his prisoner to the Jedi Tower , though the two argue most of the way , and Jelavan kisses Carrick to maintain their cover when they are overheard by other Mandalorians — though she promptly knees him between the legs when they leave . Once in the Tower , Jelavan acquires her brother ' s lightsaber , though Carrick ' s clear sadness over Shad ' s death and his insistence that he is innocent leaves Shel confused as to whether she should try and kill him . Tey is furious to find Carrick still alive when Jelavan lets her into the Tower , and she pursues Carrick as he heads to the upper levels to complete the mission — only to discover that Cassus Fett has abandoned the building and has headed into the Lower City . Raana Tey attacks Carrick , realizing that her vision of Mandalorians and Sith on Taris is coming true , and in her madness , she refuses to listen to Carrick ' s warnings that Fett is going to attack the resistance . The Hidden Beks retreat to the Pit once they learn that the resistance has been attacked , and Hierogryph keeps hold of the detonator to the Tower explosives as they flee . Meanwhile , Carrick and Tey duel in the Tower , and she brings down the glass ceiling on Carrick when he tries to escape via jetpack . The crazed Togruta Jedi Master explains about the Prophecy of the Five to Carrick before she prepares to execute him , but Carrick is saved by Jelavan , who stabs Tey with her brother ' s lightsaber after she hears the Jedi Master admit to the Massacre . Jelavan and Carrick escape the Tower thanks to Hierogryph and Gadon Thek ' s arrival on a swoop bike , but Raana Tey — still alive despite her fatal wound — leaps after Carrick in a desperate attempt to stop him . When she lands on the roof , Carrick is unable to leave her to die and offers her rescue ; his offer brings her to her senses and she accepts . However , Tey ' s hand is stuck in the glass window , and when she raises her lightsaber to cut it off , Hierogryph thinks she is attacking Carrick and detonates the explosives . As the Jedi Tower begins to collapse , Tey asks Carrick to tell Krynda that she is sorry , and as Q ' Anilia and Lucien — who have undertaken a romantic relationship — sense Tey ' s death , Carrick realizes that he now has a name for the Covenant ' s leader . " Vector " . Not long afterwards , while having a memorial service for Raana Tey on Coruscant , Xamar , Q ' Anilia , and Feln experience a horrifying vision : an apocalyptic future overrun by rakghouls led by an ancient Sith , and four individuals : Carrick , a dark - armored figure , and two sandy - haired Humans . Around the Sith ' s neck , the three Jedi recognize the Muur Talisman — an ancient Sith artifact that was believed to have been lost on Taris . Lucien Draay decides to send Celeste Morne , one of the Covenant ' s Shadow agents , to Taris to locate the artifact . On Taris , Morne rescues Constable Sowrs from a rakghoul attack , but she is forced to execute the constable when Sowrs is infected , and Morne encounters Hierogryph and Carrick fleeing from rakghouls . The pair follow Morne on her mission despite her dislike of them , but the floor collapses underneath them due to explosions from Mandalorian excavations nearby . The three find themselves right next to the Mandalorian excavation , where Morne witnesses a Mandalorian named Pulsipher — Demagol ' s former assistant — discover the Muur Talisman . Morne pursues Pulsipher , with Carrick and Hierogryph tagging along , and the three sneak aboard Pulsipher ' s ship before it departs for the ice planet of Jebble . As they approach Jebble , the Talisman electrocutes Pulsipher and " bites " one of the other Mandalorians , and when Carrick and Hierogryph depart Pulsipher ' s ship , they are pressed into service with a large group of forced Mandalorian conscripts who have been gathered for an attack on the Core World of Alderaan . Carrick slips away and finds Morne , who is trying to locate the talisman , and tries to get her help in warning the Republic . Hierogryph , meanwhile , is determined to gain access to the Jedi financial records that he overheard Pulsipher mention , and he uses his new Mandalorian armor as a disguise to get the three of them into the Mandalorians ' Ice Citadel — but Hierogryph ' s clumsiness with weaponry causes his blaster rifle to bring down part of the fortress on him . Carrick and Morne are cut off from Hierogryph and pinned down by a group of Mandalorians , but the one that has been " bitten " by the Talisman suddenly mutates into a rakghoul and starts infecting the others . The rakghoul plague begins to spread rapidly , and the two Jedi realize that the plague — which is evolving the rakghouls beyond the normal version for some reason — will infect the entire Mandalorian army stationed on Jebble . Carrick and Morne escape from the Citadel , and Carrick tells the Jedi the truth of the Massacre , unaware that Morne is an agent of the Covenant herself . The two quickly find a relay station so they can warn the galaxy , and at the same time , Hierogryph locates the Jedi records , only to find that they are records about the Muur Talisman and Covenant agents such as Morne . Unbeknownst to Carrick , Morne contacts Lucien Draay and informs him of recent developments , though she questions Draay ' s order to kill Carrick and finds herself unable to do so when his back is turned . Carrick then uses the station to contact Cassus Fett , who he tries to warn about the rakghoul plague . To Morne ' s surprise , Carrick then makes his way back to the citadel in search of Hierogryph , though he is soon captured by rakghouls and brought before Pulsipher . The crazed Mandalorian interrogates Carrick as to how the Talisman works , and threatens him with imprisonment inside an oubliette built by the ancient Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa , but the Talisman , sensing that Carrick is Force - sensitive , attempts to take him as its new host . When Pulsipher knocks it aside , the rakghouls turn on Pulsipher and kill him , and Morne arrives just in time to see the Talisman on top of Carrick . Hierogryph arrives as Morne is struggling to pull the Talisman away from Carrick , who is tempted by the artifact ' s power , and Morne offers herself to the Talisman to save Carrick . As the Talisman takes her as its host , Morne meets the spirit of its owner Karness Muur , and the rakghouls around them bow to their new master . Struggling with Muur to maintain control over herself , Morne experiments with her newfound control over the rakghouls , and she explains to Carrick that the Talisman induces the rakghoul plague in order to carve out the minds of victims while leaving behind the skills they have learned , creating the perfect soldiers . However , when Hierogryph tells Carrick about Morne ' s connection to the Covenant , Carrick learns that Krynda is Lucien Draay ' s mother , and the two argue over the Covenant ' s goals and methods — an argument that sees Morne attack Carrick in a rage and prepare to execute him . Before she does , however , Carrick forces her to realize what the Talisman has created : an ever - expanding army that serves the Sith . Horrified , Morne begs Carrick to end her life , but he finds another way : Dreypa ' s Oubliette can keep her safe and contained . Thanking Carrick , Morne gives him her key to the Sanctum of the Exalted , the Covenant ' s storehouse of Sith artifacts on the planet Odryn . Without Morne ' s influence , the rakghouls begin to pursue Hierogryph and Carrick , but the pair are saved by the arrival of the " Moomo Williwaw " , and as they depart Jebble , the group witnesses Cassus Fett bombard Jebble ' s surface with nuclear warheads to wipe out the rakghoul plague . With the support of his friends , Carrick decides to go to Odryn and use the Covenant ' s storehouse to expose them . " Exalted " . On Coruscant , Lucien Draay has been elevated to a seat on the Jedi High Council thanks to Haazen ' s manipulations , and he convinces the Council to order the recall and even possibly the detention of the Revanchists , particularly Alek for his role in the Adasca affair . Master Vrook Lamar is suspicious of Draay ' s recent ascent to power despite the Padawan Massacre , but Master Tokare reminds him that the two agreed to Draay ' s appointment so that they could uncover the truth behind the Massacre . Haazen contacts Draay and demands that he return to the Draay Estate immediately , as Celeste Morne has reported in with success . Meanwhile , the " Moomo Williwaw " arrives on Odryn , and Jarael — disguised as Morne — is taken to the Sanctum of the Exalted by the Feeorin Borjak , who Jarael forces to allow the Moomo Brothers to carry a large case supposedly containing an artifact into the Sanctum . Odryn is wracked by storms and strange phenomena of nature , all of which have occurred ever since Feln , as the Exalted , or leader of his tribe , allowed the Covenant to store artifacts in the Sanctum . Once inside the Sanctum , the Moomo Brothers release Carrick and Hierogryph from the case that they are carrying , and Carrick uses Morne ' s key to access the Sanctum , which contains hundreds of dormant Sith artifacts . After the Moomo Brothers are warned not to take any of the artifacts , Carrick and Hierogryph set to work photographing the artifacts as evidence to use against the Covenant , and the two also discover that the Covenant ' s researchers are testing artifacts such as the Helm of Dathka Graush . The pair sneak out of the Sanctum , but they are captured by Borjak and the rest of the tribe . Borjak questions Carrick as to why he would try to sneak out of the Sanctum , and explains that Feln has broken the tribe ' s traditions such as the Rime Feeorin ever since he became a Jedi . However , Carrick ' s attempts to convince Borjak to stop following Feln end when the Feeorin Jedi Master himself arrives . Feln contacts Draay and informs him of Carrick ' s presence on Odryn , leading them to believe Carrick killed Morne and took her key , and Draay orders Feln to destroy the Sanctum in order to prevent Carrick from gaining access to the Sith artifacts — but Haazen countermands the order . Feln decides to kill Carrick himself , but Borjak reminds him that according to Feeorin tradition , because Carrick has been in the Sanctum of the Exalted , he cannot be harmed by weapons . Carrick quickly attacks Feln and catches him by surprise before he flees into the Feeorin village . However , Feln catches up to Carrick and pins him down , and when Borjak tells Feln that the " Moomo Williwaw " has returned to the star system , Feln detonates the explosives beneath the Sanctum to ensure that Carrick ' s group cannot raid it . To Feln ' s horror , the Sith artifacts magnify the explosion as they are destroyed , devastating the village . Enraged , Feln reaches for his lightsaber to kill Carrick , but finds only a stick — just as he foresaw in the Rogue Moon Prophecy — just before Borjak stabs him in the back with a knife . The tribe attacks Feln for destroying the Sanctum and kills him , and Hierogryph reveals that he stole Feln ' s lightsaber . The rain helps put out the fires among the village , and fortunately for Carrick and his crew , the Moomo Brothers had filled their case full of Sith artifacts from the Sanctum before its destruction , giving the group the evidence they needed in place of the recordings that Feln destroyed . At the Draay Estate , Draay grows angry with Xamar for questioning him in the wake of Feln ' s death , and Q ' Anilia sinks further into despair as Draay sends Xamar to meet with the Republic fleet : Draay has told Admiral Karath that Carrick is planning on raiding Coruscant for the Mandalorians , and Karath has established a blockade around the capital to ensure Carrick does not get by . Q ' Anilia urges Xamar not to go , as the Rogue Moon Prophecy foretold his death with the Republic Navy , but Xamar goes anyway , though he begins to consider confessing to the Council . " Turnabout " . As he moves into his new quarters , Lucien reflects on the absence of his father Barrison , who was killed in the Sith War . Meanwhile , Masters Tokare and Lamar respond to a summons from a " Captain Malak " and visit a Coruscant cantina , where they meet Shel Jelavan and Alek , who has adopted the identity of Malak to avoid Draay ' s arrest warrant . Tokare has also received a recording of the events on Jebble , which Jelavan and Malak explain were caused by an agent of the Covenant , and the two inform the Jedi Masters that Carrick wants to turn himself in and present further evidence . However , Admiral Karath has set up a blockade with the " Swiftsure " , utilizing a tactic known as the Vanjervalis Chain to link together the entire blockade ' s targeting computers . The " Moomo Williwaw " prepares to fight its way through , but Lieutenant Onasi and his Lance Squadron order him to turn back , and the " Williwaw " takes heavy fire from the linked weapons systems of the blockade . On the " Swiftsure " , Xamar warns Karath that Carrick uses misdirection , not force , and despite his trepidation , Xamar takes Karath ' s advice and goes to the hangar to acquire a starfighter . Realizing that they cannot make it through , Carrick and Jarael come up with another idea : they crash the " Williwaw " into the " Swiftsure " hangar , allowing Hierogryph , Carrick , and Slyssk to steal the shuttle " Deadweight " and slip down to Coruscant ' s surface with their artifacts . However , Xamar foresaw their plan and stowed away aboard the " Deadweight " , and he captures Hierogryph and Carrick . Tokare and Lamar inform Jelavan and Malak that Carrick ' s evidence is not enough ; for the Covenant to be truly exposed , one of their own must confess , and to their surprise , Xamar arrived offering to do just that . " Vindication " . Xamar agrees to expose the Covenant to the Council , but only after he receives promises from Tokare and Lamar that Krynda Draay will receive full immunity for her role in the Circle ' s wrongdoings . The Council organizes a raid on the Draay Estate , which is guarded by Covenant - loyal Jedi , and the Order sends in Xamar , Carrick , and Hierogryph prior to the attack so that Xamar can ferry Krynda to safety . Carrick dresses up as a Sith and conceals his lightsaber in a replica of the Muur Talisman , and Xamar ferries his " prisoners " into the Draay Estate — but when Xamar demands to see Krynda , Haazen refuses to grant him an audience and decides to inspect Carrick himself . Carrick stages a distraction and allows Xamar to slip away and deactivate the Estate ' s defenses so that the Order can attack , but Haazen exposes Carrick ' s deception , and when the alarm goes off , Haazen begins " Vindication " — a pre - planned insurrection by Covenant Jedi against the Order . At Haazen ' s directive , Covenant Jedi disable the Jedi Temple ' s communications , steal the Temple ' s store of Sith artifacts and take them to the Draay Estate , and rally to the defense of the compound against the Council ' s forces . As Draay watches in horror , Haazen gloats about how Draay ' s seat on the Council had allowed the Covenant the access they needed , and Haazen reveals that he has been manipulating Draay the entire time . Haazen also seizes control of the " Swiftsure " computer systems , taking control of the Vanjervalis Chain , and he directs the Republic fleet to fire on the bridge to the Draay Estate — killing Xamar and fulfilling the Khil Jedi Master ' s part of the Rogue Moon Prophecy . As fire rains down on the compound , Haazen casts aside his robes to reveal his ruined body and the numerous Sith artifacts that he has incorporated into his form , and he proclaims that the Prophecy of the Five has come to pass . Amid the destruction , Haazen recalls his past : how he , a servant of Barrison Draay , trained alongside Barrison and Krynda Hulis , and was heartbroken when Krynda fell in love with Barrison and married him . Haazen failed to become a Jedi Knight , and he was convinced by the Sith to betray Barrison during the Sith War , but in doing so Haazen was severely mutilated . The Sith rebuilt him , and he later helped Krynda Draay establish the Jedi Covenant , though he manipulated the organization from behind the scenes to pursue his own goals . Lucien Draay attempts to attack Haazen , but his attacks are rendered useless by Haazen ' s possession of the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger , which prevents anyone and anything from touching its wearer unless they allow it . Haazen explains his interpretation of the Prophecy of the Five : Q ' Anilia is the one of the light in the darkness , Hierogryph is the one from the darkness who stands in the light , Carrick is the one for the light , and while Haazen is the one who stands apart from all , Draay is the one for the darkness . With Carrick and Draay as his subordinates , Haazen intends to command parallel armies of Jedi and Sith . Q ' Anilia rushes off to protect Krynda and Hierogryph follows her , but Lucien uses the red - bladed lightsaber given to him by Haazen to block Carrick from following , and an enraged Lucien begins to pursue Carrick through the compound . When he finally reaches Krynda ' s chambers , he finds Q ' Anilia despondent over her teacher ' s apparent death , and the Miraluka has drank poisoned wine to commit suicide , just as she foresaw . In her final moments , Q ' Anilia is astonished to learn that Hierogryph was in fact that one foretold by the Rogue Moon Prophecy : he killed Raana Tey and stole Feln ' s lightsaber , and he has worn the red space suit from the vision . Just as Q ' Anilia dies , having drank poison to commit suicide out of despair , Hierogryph realizes that Krynda is not in fact dead — she is encased in an oubliette , just like the one Morne was placed in on Jebble . Lucien and Carrick ' s fight is interrupted when Hierogryph arrives with the dying Krynda , who he released from the oubliette ; Krynda is horrified that her son killed the Padawans . She foresaw the Massacre almost immediately after Lucien reported the Rogue Moon Prophecy , but she suffered a stroke and Haazen locked her in the oubliette , where she was forced to relive her vision of the massacre over and over . Lucien tries to justify his actions by explaining that he was trying to protect her , but as she dies , Krynda acknowledges that her teachings were wrong and begs her son to face the future with humility . Enraged by his mother ' s death , Draay embraces the dark side and charges after Hierogryph , who he blames for Krynda ' s death . Carrick holds off Draay as Hierogryph flees , but as they battle , Carrick begs his former teacher to break free of Haazen ' s influence — and he is able to get through to the distraught Jedi Master , who finally decides to help Carrick . Meanwhile , Haazen kills the Covenant Jedi who bring him the Temple ' s Sith artifacts , and he witnesses Hierogryph enter the courtyard pursued by a furious Draay . Draay and Carrick battle once more over Hierogryph , but Carrick seemingly kills Draay after the Jedi Master is pinned under a falling statue of Barrison Draay . To Hierogryph ' s disbelief , Carrick bows before Haazen and promises his loyalty in return his halting the bombardment of Coruscant . However , Carrick suddenly grabs Haazen ' s arm and proclaims that he is having a vision of the future — and as Haazen pauses in interest , Carrick slices off Haazen ' s prosthetic arm that bears the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger . Haazen blasts Carrick with Force lightning and throws him toward Hierogryph , but to Haazen ' s surprise , both Carrick and the Snivvian go flying into the sky away from the compound . Draay emerges from the rubble and reveals that the fight had been a ploy to get close to Haazen , and using Haazen ' s arm — which also has the controls for the Republic fleet — Draay causes the fleet to fire upon the Draay Estate and destroys the entire compound , killing the now unprotected Haazen . Carrick and Hierogryph , meanwhile , land safely in a vat of sludge far away from the Draay Estate . In the days that follow , the Republic and the Jedi Order cover up Vindication by describing it as a terror plot by the Mandalorians , and only the families of the slain Padawans are told the truth of what happened . The Order pays off the bounties on Carrick and Hierogryph , officially clearing their names , and Malak is sent back to the Revanchists with a warning that the Council will not tolerate further involvement in the war . Hierogryph decides to leave Coruscant with Slyssk after he gives Jarael Carrick ' s Padawan braid , as he assumes that Carrick is being Knighted , but Carrick surprises his friend by refusing the Order ' s offer : he intends to go into business with Hierogryph and Jarael : a partnership that the Snivvian terms Cargryph Capital Management . Unbeknownst to the Republic and the Jedi , Draay survives the destruction of the Draay Estate thanks to the Gauntlet of Kressh , and he retreats to a moon that he had purchased some time ago as a private sanctum . Draay is greatly shaken by his brush with the dark side , and though the Gauntlet kept him alive , he was blinded in the compound ' s destruction . On the moon of Draay 2 , Draay decides to merge the philosophies of his parents and forms a true Covenant of Jedi , a covenant that will dedicate itself to surviving the prophesied doom rather than trying to stop it . " Prophet Motive " . Carrick goes on a brief vacation , and Hierogryph sends Slyssk to Coruscant to buy a ship , but the Trandoshan is tricked into buying the gem miner " Hot Prospect " . A month after Vindication , Hierogryph , Jarael , and Dyre proceed to run a scam on the trading hub of Metellos 3 , which hosts an auction where interested parties can buy the rights to entire planets . Hierogryph poses as " Professor Gryphomarn " and arrives at the auction , which Jarael and Dyre — disguised as an armored alien that uses a lightsaber - like weapon — proceed to crash . The group convinces the buyers at the auction that Dyre is from the planet Italbos , which was recently sold at the auction , and Hierogryph helps con the auction guests into bidding on Italbos again , as they claim that the planet is even richer in mineral deposits than previously believed . However , when the Chev auctioneer Cipiter reports to his Chevin master Nunk Plaarvin , Plaarvin deduces Hierogryph ' s identity and calls for the security team . Jarael and Dyre hold their own against the Chev guards sent to capture them for a time , but they are ultimately defeated ; Hierogryph flees the scene and is pursued by security droids , but the arrival of Carrick saves the Snivvian from death . Plaarvin is a crime lord in the Raff Syndicate , and he imprisons Jarael and Dyre in the old solar observatory of the lunar station that his auction now occupies on Metellos 3 . The observatory lens will burn the two to a crisp when the sun rises , and they are chained together and hung from the filter so they cannot escape . Meanwhile , Hierogryph and Carrick return to the " Hot Prospect " , where they come up with a plan to rescue their friends by having Slyssk pose as an enforcer of the Raff Syndicate . In the observatory , Dyre pressures Jarael to use the Force , as he believes she is Force - sensitive , and the chain holding them breaks mere moments before they are incinerated by the sun . With Hierogryph and Carrick as his enforcers , Slyssk convinces Plaarvin that Hierogryph ' s con was a Raff Syndicate operation , and the Chevin falls for their ploy and departs Metellos 3 to visit with the organization ' s leaders on Jebble . With Plaarvin out of the way , Carrick and the group leaves the auction in the hands of Cipiter and the rest of Plaarvin ' s Chev slaves , and Dyre orders Carrick to begin teaching Jarael about the Force . " Faithful Execution " . Carrick attempts to reach out to Elbee , who has remained silent and unmoving for weeks , but his efforts are met with no response . The " Hot Prospect " discovers the passenger liner " Chancellor Fillorean " adrift in space with all systems offline , and when they board the ship , the group is shocked to discover that every passenger has been apparently asphyxiated . The only survivors are the droid K - OB7 and his master , the Bimm Toki Tollivar . Tollivar explains that passengers had begun to show up dead while the " Fillorean " was in hyperspace , and he and K - OB7 had remained in their cabin as instructed until they emerged days later and found everyone dead . The crew begins to explore the ship , and Carrick is shocked to discover that K - OB7 has convinced Elbee to help move the bodies ; Dyre examines the corpses to discover that they have all been strangled , and the discovery is immediately followed by another : Slyssk has been attacked in galley . Dyre manages to save the Trandoshan ' s life , and when suspicion falls upon K - OB7 , Dyre and Carrick leave Jarael behind with Tollivar and Slyssk while they pursue the droid . However , Elbee defends his fellow droid , and K - OB7 finally reveals that he is not the one responsible for the passengers ' deaths — his master , Tollivar , is . Tollivar is a former Sith adept from the Sith War , and he has been using his Force powers to kill the Republic one citizen at a time . Carrick and Dyre reach Jarael just in time to stop him from choking the life out of her , and in the fight that follows , K - OB7 attacks his master and electrocutes him to stop him from harming anyone else . Dyre shoots both of them to end the threat that Tollivar poses , and he warns Carrick that if he cannot protect Jarael , then he is of no use to the Mandalorian . A little while later , Carrick continues to reach out to Elbee , and informs the droid that he will be Elbee ' s friend if he wants . " Dueling Ambitions " . The Gotal Goethar Kleej wins the solo championships in the swoopdueling arena for the fourth consecutive time , but when he tries to expose the Franchise entertainment firm ' s dealings with the slaving organization known as the Crucible , his speech is overwritten and he is brutally beaten by the underlings of the event ' s coordinator , the Krish ( species ) Krish Bardron . Bardron makes a deal with Kleej : if Goethar and his young son Aubin survived the upcoming Tandem Open , they will be allowed to retire from swoopdueling . Not long afterwards , Carrick and his group arrive on the space station Jervo ' s World , where Carrick is ecstatic to be finally able to visit the swoopdueling arenas . Hierogryph , meanwhile , has spent the last few weeks setting up a con that will allow him to steal from the Franchise , but his plans are interrupted when Carrick decides to enter the swoopdueling league in order to win a rare swoop bike . Carrick does well in the trials , but Jarael and Hierogryph are forced to invent a new persona for Dyre when he is accosted by security forces on account of his Mandalorian armor . Dyre is reinvented as the swoopduelist " Spikes , " and Carrick is surprised when Goethar Kleej threatens and coerces Carrick into protecting his son Aubin in the Tandem Open . Goethar Kleej and " Spikes " are the two finalists for their round , but Carrick is barely able to survive with Aubin as a partner , as Aubin can barely function — the young Gotal has never been trained how to deal with the overwhelming sensory input from his horns like most members of his species are . Jarael , meanwhile , is tormented by the secrets that she has been keeping from Carrick , but she manages to steal the real recording of Kleej ' s speech ; Carrick confronts Kleej over the speech , and though Goethar is unable to fight back against the Franchise , Carrick helps Aubin deal with his horns thanks to his Jedi training . Lhosan Industries ' Jervo Thalien , owner of Jervo ' s World , is enraged to learn that Carrick and Hierogryph are aboard his station , and he decides to eliminate Kleej in order to preserve his relationship with the Crucible — though unbeknownst to Thalien , Hierogryph overhears his plans . He enlists Elbee and Jarael ' s help in foiling Thalien ' s plans , while Carrick , Dyre , and the Kleejs compete in the final of the Tandem Open . However , Spikes is soon taken out of the fight by one of their competitors ' use of enervation coil s , revealing that the match has been rigged , and the Kleejs ' accelerator has been jammed , causing them to crash . After rescuing his son from another competitor , Kleej agrees to work with Carrick , and the three break out of the arena as the recording of Goethar Kleej ' s speech about the Crucible is played for everyone to hear , thanks to the efforts of Hierogryph and Jarael . Amid the chaos , " Spikes " emerges victorious in what ' s left of the swoopdueling final , and the group is able to smuggle the Kleejs off Jervo ' s World to freedom . However , Goethar Kleej recognizes Jarael ' s tattoos as those used by the Crucible , and he storms off in anger , believing that Carrick is working with the Crucible . Confused , Carrick manages to pry the truth out of Jarael : she used to be part of the Crucible before she met Camper . On Jervo ' s World , Thalien is executed by the Crucible ' s Magister Impressor Chantique for his failure to contain the Kleej incident , and she is intrigued to learn that Jarael was part of the group who sabotaged the Franchise ' s operations . " Masks " . Her secret exposed , Jarael grows distant from Carrick as they stop to rest on the planet Wor Tandell , though she does tell him that she was kidnapped as a child , and that she managed to defeat her overseer and take her place ; the position allowed Jarael to try and make the lives of other slaves less harsh . Carrick tries to get her to open up to her friends , offering to help her take down the Crucible , but Jarael flatly refuses . To her surprise , when she returns to the " Hot Prospect " , Jarael runs into Malak , and Carrick encounters the Cathar Jedi Ferroh — one of the prisoners from Flashpoint — along with a Republic Navy vessel in the nearby capital of Gantra Lea . Ferroh reveals that the Revanchists have been allowed to join the Mandalorian Wars and that he is working with Captain Telettoh of the " Testament " ; when Carrick questions him as to why the Council changed their minds , Ferroh explains the story to Carrick at the same time that Malak retells it to Hierogryph , Jarael , and Slyssk . Ferroh returned to his homeworld of Cathar several years earlier to find that his species had entirely vanished , and the Revanchist leader , believing it to be the work of the Mandalorians , began investigating with the rest of the Revanchists . They were confronted by the Jedi Council , who demanded that the Revanchists stand down , but the Revanchist leader discovered a Mandalorian mask underfoot that induced a shared vision of the past among all of the Jedi present . The vision showed how the Mandalorians , led by Cassus Fett , had herded the Cathar into the ocean and executed them all ; the one Mandalorian who spoke up against the atrocity was killed along with them , and it was her mask that the Revanchist had found . Taking the name of Revan , the Revanchist leader donned the Mandalorian mask and swore not to remove it until the Mandalorians had been defeated . In light of the Cathar atrocity , the Council agreed to allow the Revanchists to join the war . His story concluded , Malak reveals that he has come for Jarael , who he wants to join the Revanchists and begin a relationship with — but an enraged Dyre attacks Malak and swears that the Jedi will never have her . Their fight is ended by Telettoh and Ferroh , and to the surprise of both Malak and Jarael , Carrick kisses her in front of Malak . Carrick claims that he and Jarael are in a relationship , and tells Jarael that he will go wherever she wants to . After Malak departs , Jarael thanks Carrick for saving her from him , and she decides to ask Carrick for help in breaking the Crucible . " The Reaping " . In the Koornacht Cluster , the crew of the " Hot Prospect " make their first strike at the Crucible ' s operations by attempting to sabotage the Sungrazer cooperative , an asteroid mining operation there that purchases slaves from the Crucible . Posing as Crucible agents , Carrick and Jarael claim that they have arrived to take a larger share of the cooperative ' s profits , though the rest of the " Hot Prospect " crew is unaware that the two intend to liberate the slaves from the cooperative — but Jarael and Carrick underestimated the number of slaves : instead of eight , there are eighty working for the cooperative . When Jarael and Carrick ' s covers are exposed , Carrick comes up with a new plan : they join the slaves in dustdiving , the process of mining minerals while on the surface of comets . Carrick then summons the " Hot Prospect " and uses the Force to push all of the slaves onto the gem miner ' s hull , where Hierogryph reluctantly allows them entry into the ship despite his anger at being conned . However , the slaves are soon attacked by skyreaper drone s , droids used by the Crucible , and the far larger Crucible ship " Gladiator " forces the " Hot Prospect " to surrender . Jarael recognizes the ship as that of Captain Dace Golliard , the Crucible agent who brought her into the organization , and Dyre rescues Carrick and Jarael from the skyreapers , though the " Hot Prospect " is unable to move because it is engaged in mining crystals from the comet . The " Hot Prospect " disengages and uses its harpoon drill against the " Gladiator " before releasing tanks of xenoboric acid from its hull , and despite Hierogryph ' s protests , Carrick uses the ship ' s mining centrifuge to spin the " Hot Prospect " and free it from the clutches of the " Gladiator " . After the " Hot Prospect " lets the slaves out at a transit hub , Jarael explains her past to the others , and Hierogryph reluctantly agrees to help her and Carrick in their efforts against the Crucible . Meanwhile , Chantique tortures Golliard for his failure and prepares to execute him , but the Magister Protector of the Crucible , Bar ' injar , stops her from doing so . On Coruscant , Demogal finally awakes from his month - long coma , and the Defense Ministry is immediately contacted . " Destroyer " . As she oversees the fighting pits on the planet Volgax , Chantique recalls how her own father gave her to the Crucible as part of a bargain with the organization . Zayne Carrick , meanwhile , has gone undercover : he allows himself to be captured by the Crucible in a Navy fighter as " Carth Kamlin , " and he is delivered to Volgax and placed in the pits . Despite his unwillingness to do so , Carrick is forced to fight other slaves in order to survive , including the Caamasi Snout , and Chantique takes a particular interest in him . Carrick tries to reach out to Snout , who he learns has inherited the memnii , or collective memories , of many other Caamasi who have been in the Crucible . Identifying Carrick as a Jedi , Snout later shares his memnii with Carrick , forcing the young man to relive lifetimes of pain and suffering as he explains that the Crucible was created by the ancient Sith Ieldis as a way to produce armies . Despite Ieldis ' s death centuries ago , the Crucible has continued their operations , and a shell - shocked Carrick is taken to Chantique ' s private chambers . The Zeltron woman manipulates Carrick , trying to turn him against Jarael by claiming that she enjoyed her position in the Crucible and that Jarael ' s name meant " Destroyer . " On the " Hot Prospect " , Jarael is worried that they have not received any communications from Carrick or the tracking beacon he carries , and she decides to talk with Elbee , as she overheard Carrick talking to the droid earlier . However , Elbee reveals that Carrick was in fact speaking through Elbee ' s holoprojector , and he connects Jarael to who he was talking to : Shel Jelavan . On Volgax , Chantique tells Carrick about how Jarael literally stabbed her in the back and took her position as overseer , and how she sought out the Crucible after she escaped from slavery and became the organization ' s leader ; however Carrick realizes that Chantique is manipulating him through the Force . Carrick is thrown back in the pits , where he is pitted against Snout in a death match . To Carrick ' s horror , Snout kills himself by purposefully falling on Carrick ' s knife , and a delighted Chantique orders the Crucible to depart Volgax . The " Hot Prospect " arrives not long afterwards , but Jarael finds Carrick sitting out in the rain and he confronts her with Chantique ' s stories . Carrick asks to be given time to deal with what he has learned , but Jarael — furious that he believed Chantique ' s lies — storms off after revealing that the name " Jarael " actually means " Protector . " " Demon " . Upon learning of Demagol ' s return to consciousness , Defense Minister Koa Delko arranges a public trial for the Mandalorian , and Rohlan Dyre urges Carrick , Slyssk , and Hierogryph to go to Coruscant and testify at the trial , where they are joined by Malak . During a conversation with Carrick , Malak mentions that when they salvaged the wreck of the " Arkanian Legacy " , they found Eejee Vamm ' s mutilated corpse , and Carrick refrains from telling Malak that " Dyre " is with Jarael . Hierogryph accuses Carrick of stealing from the money that his father was managing for the two , and Carrick admits to having borrowed it for a " special project " before he counters with a demand to hear how Hierogryph and Slyssk escaped Serroco . Coincidentally , their walking argument has led them straight to enormous statues of the Snivvian and the Trandoshan , and Hierogryph explains that they ' re part of his restaurant . On Serroco , Slyssk saved Hierogryph ' s life by taking command of a troop transport that was slow to depart the planet , and in doing so he managed to save half a battalion . The Defense Ministry decided to turn the two into propaganda figures : Hierogryph became Captain Benegryph Goodvalor , and Slyssk his Trandoshan sidekick , and the Republic developed a wide variety of licensed propaganda and merchandise , such as the restaurant chain , from the two . However , when Carrick makes a throwaway comment to Elbee about how Dyre broke his hand back at Vanquo , Elbee shocks them all by informing the trio that the Mandalorian they have been traveling with is not the same one they met at Vanquo : he had carried them both at separate times when they were in Camper Specials , and the two weighed differently . Hierogryph , Carrick , and Slyssk consider their past experiences with " Rohlan Dyre " and notice several oddities , such as his interest and experience in medicine and science , and upon remembering how Dyre once referred to Carrick as " Human , " Carrick recalls that Demagol was not Human — the group has been traveling with Demagol all along . Realizing what they have done , Carrick and Hierogryph become determined to save Jarael from Demagol , and they decide to rescue the wrongly - accused Rohlan Dyre . At the trial , Dyre breaks free of his restraints and Malak responds by throwing the Mandalorian across the Senate Chamber with the Force , but Carrick — disguised as a security guard — is able to smuggle Dyre out of the building as the crowd begins to riot . Dyre is ferried into a speeder piloted by Hierogryph , and he and Carrick apologize to Dyre as they fly to safety and ask him for his help in saving Jarael once again . Meanwhile , Jarael and Demagol depart Wor Tandell , and Demagol reveals himself to Jarael as Antos Wyrick , the man who oversaw the Osadia School where Jarael grew up . Jarael is overjoyed to see Wyrick , who lies to his former student and claims that he has been Rohlan Dyre ever since the Crucible attacked the Osadia School and took his students , and he reveals that he has taken them to the planet Osadia in hopes of rescuing Jarael ' s fellows . On Coruscant , Hierogryph and Carrick hide Dyre in an abandoned warehouse , where Dyre explains that Demagol had drugged him and switched armors on Flashpoint . Dyre then explains what he knows about Demagol ' s past : how he was raised by the cyborg Iskalloni , how he was adopted into the Mandalorian clans and was taught by Mandalore the Ultimate himself , and how , after finding one of the Jedi Master Arca Jeth ' s hair on a robe that the Jedi Ulic Qel - Droma owned , Wyrick dedicated his life to creating Jedi for the Mandalorians . Jarael was one of the children born as part of the project , and after Crucible attacked and destroyed the project , Wyrick became Demagol and dedicated himself to unlocking the secrets of the Force through science . The group realizes that Chantique is Wyrick ' s daughter just as Shel Jelavan and Slyssk arrive , and Carrick shows Hierogryph and Dyre that the warehouse is actually the base of the Rogue Moon Project : an organization founded by Carrick with the help of the families of the fallen Padawans whose goal is to help refugees , wrongly accused fugitives , and other people in the same situation that Carrick himself was once in . On Osadia , Wyrick and Jarael prepare to raid the Osadia School , which is now occupied by Chantique ' s forces , and Wyrick gives Jarael the double - bladed lightsaber of Exar Kun . Carrick and the others realize that Demagol has the weapon when Slyssk finds the saber ' s tag from the Sanctum of the Exalted , and Carrick develops a plan to locate Jarael and rescue her : a plan that involves Cassus Fett , the Republic Navy , and the Crucible ' s Dace Golliard . At Carrick ' s instruction , Dyre contacts Cassus Fett and calls in the favor that Carrick owes him , and Jelavan pulls strings in the Republic Military and Senate to get Admiral Karath to follow an anonymous tip to an asteroid field near the Ithor system , where Cassus Fett ' s forces have massed . Just as Carrick expected , Dace Golliard and the " Gladiator " arrive and hide in the asteroids in order to pick any escape pods ; however , when Cassus Fett ' s ships swarm the Republic forces , they jump to hyperspace just before a collision , and Carrick contacts the admiral and informs him of Golliard ' s presence . Karath ' s forces capture the " Gladiator " , and Cassus Fett declares him and Carrick even while also thanking the former Jedi for dealing with Demagol . Golliard is interrogated as to Chantique ' s location by Carrick and Karath , and Carrick learns that Chantique went to Osadia after a Force vision . On Osadia , Jarael defeats the Dashade guards around the school while Wyrick infiltrates the building and interrogates Bar ' injar as to the location of his students ; when he fails to gain any useful information , he returns to Jarael , and she is shocked to witness him execute the fallen Crucible agents in cold blood before resuming the search . Meanwhile , Carrick calls in another favor — Captain Telettoh of the " Testament " gives him , Hierogryph , and Dyre a lift to Osadia . Hierogryph also confronts Carrick about his relationship with the Force , as the Snivvian has become highly suspicious of Carrick ' s luck , and Carrick explains what he has come to realize : his control of the Force causes fate to " rock back and forth " between good and bad , causing good events to spiral out of bad events and vice - versa , and he has developed a better control over the ability since Vindication . While searching the training hall on Osadia , Jarael encounters Chantique and the two begin to battle , and as Jarael gains the upper hand she prepares to execute the Zeltron . However , the " Testament " has arrived by that time , and Dyre carries Carrick by jetpack over the school and drops him into the training hall just in time for Carrick to land on top of Jarael . Chantique seizes Exar Kun ' s lightsaber and attacks Carrick , and she demands to know why he continues to defend Jarael despite what she had told him on Volgax . Carrick refuses to believe Chantique ' s lies and informs her that her father is at the school ; at the same time , Dyre attacks Demagol in another part of the school , but the scientist is astonished when he is able to throw Dyre off of him with simply a flick of the hand . Carrick quickly explains to Jarael that Demagol is Wyrick and warns her about the dark power of Kun ' s weapon , but he is surprised when she is unable to sense anything from the lightsaber — though the same cannot be said for Chantique , whose powers are bolstered by the weapon . However , Chantique is surprised by a knife to the back from Wyrick , who ignores his daughter ' s pleas and demands to see his students . Wyrick rushes out into the schoolyard , but Chantique explains that they were actually in the schoolyard : she had buried them alive one by one over the years . Wyrick rouses himself from his despair when he realizes that he could continue his project using Jarael , but Carrick reveals that Jarael is completely lacking the Force — and Dyre emerges from the school to explain the truth : Wyrick and his daughter had been Force - sensitive all along . Wyrick has little time to process this revelation , however ; Chantique attacks him with a knife , prompting him to reach for Carrick and Kun ' s lightsabers nearby . To both their surprise , Kun ' s lightsaber is the one that reaches Wyrick first , and the double - bladed lightsaber impales both father and daughter . Days later , Carrick has returned Kun ' s saber to the Jedi , and in celebration of the anniversary of the day that he and Jarael met , he introduces Jarael to her long - lost parents , who he and Dyre had managed to locate . However , Dyre disappears moments afterwards , and Carrick and Jarael assume that he has returned to his quest for answers . The next night , Carrick is called to Goodvalor ' s Little Bivoli by Hierogryph , who explains that he and Slyssk will take up the management of their new restaurant chain , while Carrick decides to continue work with the Rogue Moon Project . Before Carrick leaves , though , Hierogryph directs him to table seventeen , where Jarael is waiting to have dinner with him . After thanking him for locating her parents , Jarael kisses him , and the two begin to dance as they start an official relationship . Main characters . Crew of " The Last Resort " , the " Moomo Williwaw " , and the " Hot Prospect " . The Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick and the criminal Marn Hierogryph are accused of the Padawan Massacre on Taris , and in their efforts to clear their name , the two gain a number of allies from all walks of life . Hierogryph , Carrick , the warrior Jarael , the mechanic Camper , and the loading droid T1 - LB make up the crew of the junk - hauler " The Last Resort " , and the group has a number of adventures together . In the process , they gain allies in the Trandoshan ship thief and cook Slyssk , who steals the mess ship " Little Bivoli " for Carrick and Hierogryph , the Jedi Knight Alek , the Mandalorian Rohlan Dyre , Carrick ' s friend Shel Jelavan , and the Ithorian bounty hunters Dob and Del Moomo . Camper takes " The Last Resort " off into space along with the exogorths , and the group uses the Moomo Brothers ' ship , the " Moomo Williwaw " , as their base for a time . After Carrick and Hierogryphs ' names are cleared following Vindication , the crew acquires the Calipsan 560 mining ship " Hot Prospect " , which served as the headquarters of Carrick and Hierogryph ' s joint venture Cargryph Capital Management . Zayne Carrick . One of five children and the only son of Arvan and Reiva Carrick , Zayne Carrick is a young Jedi Padawan who is known for his awkward grasp of the Force and all - around clumsiness , though he later realizes that his ability allows him to manipulate the progression of events in his favor . The Padawan of Jedi Master Lucien Draay , Carrick finally managed to capture the criminal Marn Hierogryph on the day that he and the five other Padawans on Taris were to be Knighted , but when he arrived at the Jedi Tower , he found the Masters standing over the bodies of his best friend Shad Jelavan and the other three apprentices . Going on the run with the Snivvian Hierogryph , Carrick is framed for the murders of the Padawans , and the duo enlist the help of the Arkanian Offshoots Camper and Jarael in their efforts to get off - planet . Carrick learns of the Rogue Moon Prophecy from the damaged droid Elbee and decides to turn himself in to the Masters , but Jarael and the others rescue him from the Tower and go on the run with him in Camper ' s ship , " The Last Resort " . At Hierogryph ' s suggestion , Carrick also warns the Masters that the first to confess will live . As Hierogryph ' s " henchman , " Carrick works with the rest of the group to pull off cons , though they are caught up in the Mandalorian Wars when Jarael is captured on Vanquo , and with the help of Rohlan Dyre Carrick and the others rescue Jarael and a number of Jedi from Flashpoint . After the group frees Zayne ' s father Arvan from the Moomo Brothers on Telerath , they go their separate ways , and Carrick ends up working for Hierogryph at the " Little Bivoli " on Serroco — but he foresees the bombardment of the planet by the Mandalorians , and his attempt to warn Admiral Karath fails when Karath ignores and then imprisons him . Carrick helps Karath and Carth Onasi escape from Karath ' s doomed " Courageous " , and becomes caught up in Lord Arkoh Adasca ' s power grab . Imprisoned with Lucien Draay aboard the " Arkanian Legacy " , Carrick works with his former teacher to escape and bring down Adasca ' s auction of the weaponized exogorths . Carrick is then called to Taris , where he infiltrates the Mandalorian occupation and meets up with Hierogryph — and , to his surprise , Raana Tey and Shel Jelavan . Carrick is able to reconcile with Jelavan as they work together with Raana Tey to destroy the Mandalorian command post in the Jedi Tower ; however , a crazed Tey attacks Carrick and tries to kill him in the Tower . Carrick tries to save Tey , and though he fails , he learns the name of the Covenant ' s leader . Not long afterwards , Hierogryph and Carrick become caught up in the Covenant Shadow ' s mission to retrieve the Muur Talisman , and when the Talisman takes control of Morne , Carrick works to save the lives of everyone he can , including Morne and the Mandalorians . Carrick seals Morne in Dreypa ' s Oubliette to save her from the Talisman , though not before she gives Carrick her key to the Sanctum of the Exalted . His efforts to acquire proof of the Covenant ' s wrongdoings results in the death of Feln , and Carrick ' s friends join together to help him get to Coruscant . With the help of the Covenant Jedi Xamar , Carrick tries to evacuate Krynda Draay from the Draay Estate , but is caught up in Haazen ' s grab for power during Vindication . Carrick helps his former master defeat Haazen , and the Jedi Council clears Hierogryph ' s and Carrick ' s names , but Carrick refuses their offer of Knighthood to go into business with the Snivvian . Carrick spends the next month setting up the Rogue Moon Project with the families of the other Padawans , and he returns just in time to save his friends from the vengeful Nunk Plaarvin after a con goes wrong on Metellos 3 . After an encounter with the " Corellian Strangler " Toki Tollivar , Carrick is excited to visit Jervo ' s World and see the swoopdueling arenas . He enters the Tandem Open in order to win a limited edition swoop , but he is forced by Goether Kleej into helping his son Aubin survive the swoopdueling championship . Carrick convinces Kleej to accept the help of he and his friends , but when they free the Kleejs and bring down the Franchise entertainment firm , Carrick learns of Jarael ' s secret past as a slaver . Carrick eventually convinces Jarael that their group could do damage to the operations of the Crucible ; their first effort sees the group rescue a group of slaves from a comet - mining operation in the Deep Core , and Carrick then allowed himself to be captured by the Crucible in an effort to locate their operations . However , Carrick greatly underestimates the Crucible : the Crucible ' s overseer Chantique takes pleasure in torturing Carrick and destroying his perceptions of Jarael . At the trial of Demagol , Carrick and his friends realize that the real scientist has switched places with Rohlan Dyre , and Carrick enlists the aid of the Rogue Moon Project and calls in every favor he is owed in order to locate Jarael and the real Demagol . Tracking them to Osadia , Carrick rescues Jarael , and in the aftermath of Demagol and Chantique ' s deaths , he begins a relationship with Jarael . Marn Hierogryph . Marn " Gryph " Hierogryph , also known by various aliases such as Baron Hieromarn and Professor Gryphomarn , is a Snivvian conman who is active on Taris before he is caught up with Carrick in the Padawan Massacre . Carrick and Hierogryph try to make their way off planet and uncover the truth behind the Massacre , and though Carrick surrenders to the Masters , Hierogryph returns to save Carrick and enlists him as his henchman . After a plan to access Hierogryph ' s frozen accounts on Telerath is complicated by the Moomo Brothers ' kidnapping of Carrick ' s father , Carrick and Hierogryph hire the ship thief Slyssk to steal them a new ship — and when Slyssk tries to force the Snivvian into paying more , the duo trick the Trandoshan thief into swearing a life debt to Hierogryph . With Slyssk as a cook , Hierogryph operates the " Little Bivoli " on Serroco until Slyssk saves their lives and half a battalion by commandeering a ship just before Mandalore the Ultimate ' s bombarmdent of the world . To Hierogryph ' s surprise , the Republic turns him into the propaganda figure Captain Benegryph Goodvalor , and he is later hired by Jervo Thalien to locate Senator Goravvus on Taris — but he is horrified to learn that the case that he has been carrying for Thalien is in fact a bomb meant for Goravvus that ultimately fails to activate . Hierogryph kills the Jedi Master Raana Tey by detonating explosives on the Jedi Tower when he mistakenly believes the Togruta Jedi is trying to kill Carrick ; the duo later find themselves tagging along with Celeste Morne on her quest to recover the Muur Talisman , and Hierogryph helps Carrick acquire evidence against the Covenant on Odryn . While there , Hierogryph also accidentally ensures the death of the Covenant member Feln , unknowingly continuing the Rogue Moon Prophecy . During Vindication , Hierogryph releases Krynda Draay from her torturous imprisonment in an oubliette , though her death not long afterwards causes Lucien Draay to target the Snivvian in revenge . To his surprise , Carrick and Draay manage to con even him and stage a fight that sees the death of Haazen and the madman ' s plans for domination ; he is again surprised when Carrick forgoes readmission to the Jedi Order so that he can go into business with Hierogryph . Hierogryph pulls off a number of cons with the aid of Jarael , Carrick , and Rohlan Dyre , though he is furious when Carrick and Jarael trick him into aiding their efforts to sabotage the operations of the Crucible . Hierogryph and Carrick later realize that " Dyre " is in fact the Mandalorian scientist Demagol , and Hierogryph helps Carrick locate and rescue Jarael from Demagol ' s clutches . He acquires the licensing rights to Benegryph Goodvalor not long afterwards , and goes into business with Slyssk as the owners of the Goodvalor ' s Little Bivoli restaurant chain . Jarael . Jarael is an Arkanian Offshoot who was born Edessa , the daughter of two of the researchers on Antos Wyrick ' s New Generation Project on Osadia . Edessa was captured by the Crucible , and she earned the name Jarael — " Protector " in the language of the Crucible — when she overthrew Chantique as overseer and worked to make the lives of her fellow slaves easier . Jarael eventually escaped the Crucible with the help of the elderly Offshoot Gorman " Camper " Vandrayk , who himself was on the run from Adascorp . " Perero " , as Jarael called him , settled with Jarael on the planet Taris , where they lived until they are uprooted by the arrival of the fugitives Zayne Carrick and Marn Hierogryph . Jarael initially dislikes Carrick , who she blames for the rioting that erupts after the Massacre , but she eventually comes to like him and , with the help of Camper and Hierogryph , Jarael rescues Carrick from the Jedi Tower and goes on the run with him . Jarael is captured by Mandalorians while masquerading as a Jedi on Vanquo , leading the others to ally with Rohlan Dyre to rescue her from the Mandalorian scientist Demagol on Flashpoint . A capable warrior , Jarael defends Camper from the Moomo Brothers while the group is on Telerath , though she and Camper part ways with Hierogryph and Carrick not long afterwards — and she and Camper are joined by Dyre , who rescues the two from an HK - 24 assassin droid aboard " The Last Resort " . Jarael attracts the attention of Adascorp while searching for a cure for the increasingly ill Camper , but unbeknownst to her , Camper is quickly healed by the company and force to resume his work for them as Lord Adasca threatens Jarael ' s life . Jarael is horrified when Adasca reveals the exogorths to her , but she is freed from Adasca ' s clutches thanks to Carrick and his allies — only to watch as Camper disappears into the unknown with the exogorths , leaving her behind . Dyre takes an interest in Jarael ' s skills in the coming weeks , as does Alek , who attempts to pursue a romantic relationship with her . Jarael masquerades as Celeste Morne on Odryn , and after Vindication , she continues to work alongside Hierogryph and Carrick as they pull off cons . During an adventure on Metellos 3 , Jarael seemingly exhibits Force powers , though she is reluctant to accept training from Carrick despite Dyre ' s insistence . Jarael ' s past as a slaver comes back to haunt her not long after Vindication , and she confesses the truth to Carrick after Goethar Kleej recognizes her tattoos as those of the Crucible . After Carrick rescues her from Malak ' s advances , she agrees to work with him to take down the Crucible , and they rescue a group of slaves in the Koornacht Cluster — but their actions attract the attention of Chantique . After Carrick goes undercover , Jarael is hurt and angry that he would believe Chantique ' s lies about her past . However , she is ecstatic when " Dyre " reveals himself as Antos Wyrick , her former teacher , and she joins Wyrick in his mission to rescue the other students from the ruined Osadia School . Wielding the lightsaber of Exar Kun , Jarael battles Chantique before the arrival of Carrick , who reveals that Jarael is not Force - sensitive at all — Wyrick was the one with the Force all along . Chantique and her father Wyrick are killed by Wyrick ' s attempt to kill his daughter with Kun ' s saber , and in the days that follow , Jarael is overjoyed when Carrick manages to track down her missing parents . On the first anniversary of the day they met , Jarael and Carrick finally acknowledge their mutual feelings for each other and begin dating . Camper . Gorman Vandrayk , better known as Camper , is an eccentric and elderly Arkanian Offshoot who is a technological genius on the run from his former employers at Adascorp . Together with the young Offshoot Jarael , Camper settled in the Lower City of Taris on the junk hauler " Last Resort " , but Camper ' s mind slowly slipped away over the years . Camper and Jarael ' s life of seclusion ends when they are caught up in the wanted fugitives Marn Hierogryph and Zayne Carrick ' s attempt to get offworld ; Hierogryph comes to Camper for help , and the four are forced to take off in " The Last Resort " when the authorities locate the two fugitives . Camper and Jarael remains fiercely protective of each other , with Jarael calling Camper " Perero , " or " honored elder , " and Camper helps the group in their efforts to gain access to Hierogryph ' s account on Telerath — but by doing so , Camper exposes himself to Adascorp . Camper continues to suffer from dizzy spells and a mysterious illness until Jarael takes him to Adascorp , which soon heals him of the problem : spores and other particles in the vents of " The Last Resort " . With Jarael ' s life in the balance , Camper is pressed into service by Lord Arkoh Adasca to complete his work weaponizing exogorths , but when Carrick and his friends manage to rescue Jarael , Camper promptly turns the tables on Adasca . Seizing control of the exogorths , he kills Adasca by destroying the " Arkanian Legacy " , and despite Jarael ' s protests , he departs for unknown space aboard " The Last Resort " with the exogorths following him , as he intends to remove their hyperdrives and then ensure they will not be found again . T1 - LB . T1 - LB , better known as Elbee , is a LB - series bulk - loading droid who is in the employ of the Jedi on Taris until the Jedi Masters experience the Rogue Moon Prophecy . Upon realizing that Elbee overheard them , Draay destroys the droid with the Force , and the experience severely damages Elbee ' s brain . When Carrick recovers him from the Rogue Moon , Camper installs a holographic memory and a higher processor , but Elbee deletes the memory of his own death after he plays it back for Carrick and the others . The bulk loader droid remains with the group aboard " The Last Resort " , though the only way that he can be motivated to action is through the mention of Lucien Draay . Elbee is saddened by the departure of " The Last Resort " , and he remains silent and unmoving on both the " Moomo Williwaw " and the " Hot Prospect " during most of the group ' s travels . Carrick tries to reach out to Elbee , and the droid finds a friend in K - OB7 , who he defends when K - OB7 is accused of being the Corellian Strangler . At Demagol ' s trial , Elbee shocks the others by revealing that the " Rohlan Dyre " they have been traveling with is not the same Rohlan Dyre that they first met ; when asked why he never said anything , the droid simply responds by saying that he was never asked . Slyssk . Slyssk is a Trandoshan ship thief who , unlike most of his species , is neurotic and takes no pleasure in hunting . He failed as a pirate and became a ship thief , and when he tried to muscle Marn Hierogryph into paying more for the " Little Bivoli " then they originally agreed , Carrick and Hierogryph trick Slyssk into swearing a life debt to the Snivvian conman . Slyssk ' s cooking skills are put to use as the cook for the " Little Bivoli " , but when Serroco is attacked by the Mandalorians , the panicking Trandoshan seizes Hierogryph and commandeers a Republic ship . In doing so , Slyssk manages to save half a Republic battalion , and he and Hierogryph are made into propaganda figures by the Republic as a result . After the loss of the " Moomo Williwaw " prior to Vindication , Slyssk is sent to buy a new ship for the group , but he is scammed into buying the aging gem miner " Hot Prospect " . Hierogryph decides to task Slyssk with cleaning the ship as punishment for his mistake , though the Trandoshan proves vital in Carrick and Hierogryph ' s ploy to free Jarael and Rohlan Dyre from Nunk Plaarvin . After Carrick rescues Jarael from Demagol on Osadia , Slyssk goes into business with Hierogryph as the owners of Goodvalor ' s Little Bivoli . Rohlan Dyre . Rohlan Dyre , also known as Rohlan the Questioner , is a Mandalorian Crusader who fought in the early skirmishes of the Mandalorian Wars . A skilled warrior and leader , Dyre grew suspicious of Mandalore the Ultimate ' s motives in instigating the Mandalorian Wars , and when his questions went unanswered , Dyre refused to fight . He was placed on the front lines repeatedly , and each of the five times he tried to escape , he was captured and sent back into battle . On Vanquo , " the Questioner " successfully manages to escape with " The Last Resort " , and after being captured by the ship ' s crew , he offers himself as a guide and allies with Carrick and the others in their efforts to rescue Jarael from Flashpoint . Dyre proves essential in her rescue , but unbeknownst to the others , Dyre is later overpowered and drugged by the Mandalorian scientist Demagol , who exchanges armors with Dyre and takes his place . Still in a drug - induced coma , Dyre is taken to Coruscant , where he finally stands trial once he awakens several months later . " Demagol " is rescued from his trial by Carrick and Hierogryph , who recruit Dyre in their efforts to once again rescue Jarael — this time from Demagol . After Demagol ' s death on Osadia , Dyre later vanishes , leading his friends to believe that the Mandalorian has returned to his quests for answers . Squint . Alek , known by his friends as Squint , is a headstrong young Jedi who is one of the Revanchists , a group of Jedi who seek to involve the Order in the Mandalorian Wars . Squint ' s best friend is the Jedi known as the Revanchist , the leader of their movement , and Squint first meets Zayne Carrick when he saves Carrick ' s life on Taris shortly before the Massacre . Carrick does not learn Squint ' s real name , and Squint is captured on the planet Suurja not long afterwards , leading to Squint ' s imprisonment on Flashpoint . Squint and the other Jedi are rescued by Carrick and his friends when they come to rescue Jarael , and Alek returns to Coruscant with who he believes is Demagol . Because Carrick does not know Alek ' s real name , his attempts to use Squint as a reference when accused of being a spy by Admiral Karath are laughed down . Alek is sent as the Revanchists ' representative to Arkoh Adasca ' s auction , and he proves essential in rescuing Jarael from Adasca ' s clutches , though Alek has begun to stray from Jedi teachings — he attempts to pursue a relationship with Jarael , and is fascinated by the power of the Muur Talisman . Squint adopts the name Malak in order to avoid an arrest warrant issued by Lucien Draay , and he and the Revanchists are later given permission to join the Mandalorian Wars after the massacre of the Cathar species is discovered . He visits Jarael and tries to woo her , but Carrick rebuffs his advances on Jarael ' s behalf by claiming that they are in a relationship ; a disappointed Malak returns to the front without her . Shel Jelavan . Shel Jelavan is the sister of Shad Jelavan , Zayne Carrick ' s best friend and one of the Padawans who were slain in the Massacre . Jelavan , with whom Carrick had a burgeoning relationship before the Massacre , believes that Carrick was responsible for her brother ' s death , and she wears Shad ' s lightsaber crystal around her neck as a reminder . Raana Tey manipulates Jelavan on Taris ; she shoots Carrick upon first encountering him when the failed Jedi arrives at the Taris Resistance base , and she later informs him that she used the money he sent her to put out a bounty on him . Tey tries to get Jelavan to kill Carrick with her brother ' s lightsaber during their mission to destroy the Jedi Tower , but Carrick ' s clear regret about Shad ' s death and his insistence that he is innocent leaves Shel unable to cut him down . When she overhears Raana Tey admit to the Massacre , Jelavan stabs the Togruta Jedi with her brother ' s lightsaber , and she escapes with Carrick as the Jedi Tower is destroyed . Jelavan joins Carrick ' s crew for a time , but after Vindication , she starts working for Senator Goravvus and helps Carrick found the Rogue Moon Project ; Jelavan ' s influence is later instrumental in Carrick ' s plan to rescue Jarael from Demagol . Moomo Brothers . The Moomo Brothers are a pair of Ithorian bounty hunters , Dob and Del Moomo , who are known for their stupidity and violent natures . The brothers were hired by Raana Tey to keep watch on Arvan Carrick , Zayne ' s father , but the brothers decided to kidnap the banker and keep him in their ship so they could watch him . When he locates their ship , Zayne sets the Moomo Brothers against each other , and he escapes with his father while the two Ithorians are fighting each other . The Moomo Brothers team up with Hierogryph and Slyssk after the Battle of Serroco , and Dob and Slyssk rescue Carrick and his friends from the " Arkanian Legacy " in the " Moomo Williwaw " . The Moomo Brothers remain largely loyal to Hierogryph and Carrick ' s gang , though Del does try to claim a bounty on Senator Goravvus , and the " Moomo Williwaw " serves as the group ' s base for a time , with the brothers and the rest of the group using the ship to rescue Hierogryph and Carrick from Jebble . The two help Carrick ' s friends recover Sith artifacts from Odryn , and when Feln destroys the artifacts that Carrick has gathered , the brothers ' greed saves the day : they had stolen a caseful of artifacts before the Sanctum ' s destruction . The Moomo Brothers , along with Jarael and several of Carrick ' s friends , then sacrifice the " Moomo Williwaw " as a distraction so that Carrick can bypass Admiral Karath ' s blockade . The Jedi Covenant . Lucien Draay . Lucien Draay is the son of two Jedi : the warrior Barrison Draay , who was slain during the Great Sith War , and the half - Miraluka seer Krynda Hulis . When Lucien failed to inherit his mother ' s foresight abilities , instead developing into a warrior like his father , Krynda lost interest in her son and devoted her time to the Jedi Covenant , though Haazen was able to convince Krynda to allow Lucien to serve as the Covenant ' s head of security and the Executor of the First WatchCircle . Draay is the Jedi Master of the bumbling Zayne Carrick , and after the WatchCircle experiences the Rogue Moon Prophecy , Draay promises to contact Coruscant ; Haazen tells Draay to bring the Padawans to Coruscant , but because the prophecy foretold his mother ' s death , Draay lies to the others and they go ahead with the Massacre . After Carrick escapes Taris , Draay oversees the Covenant ' s search for the rogue Padawan despite the Circle ' s separate postings , and as Carrick continues to elude them , Draay begins a relationship with Q ' Anilia . Unbeknownst to Draay , he is being manipulated by Haazen for the failed Padawan ' s own ends . In his pursuit of Carrick , Draay becomes caught up in the Adasca affair and is forced to work with his former student to put an end to Arkoh Adasca ' s plans . Thanks to Haazen ' s manipulations , Draay is elevated to the High Council , but he is horrified when Haazen instigates Vindication — using Draay ' s access to the High Council in order to make it possible . Despite his anguish , Draay refuses to allow Carrick or Hierogryph near his mother , and Lucien is horrified and anguished when Krynda dies in his arms — but Carrick is finally able to reach his former Master and convinces him to work together against Haazen . With Carrick ' s help , Draay is able to acquire Haazen ' s controls for the Republic fleet above Coruscant , and he uses them to destroy the Draay Estate with both him and Draay still in the compound . Draay survives thanks to the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger , but he is blinded and scarred , and he chooses to establish a new Covenant based on the teachings of both of his parents on a remote moon . Q ' Anilia . Q ' Anilia is a Miraluka who was brought to Krynda Draay as a child , and she had foreseen that Draay would ask to see her despite having turned away all others before her . A talented seer , Q ' Anilia became a kind of surrogate daughter to Krynda Draay , who neglected her own son Lucien in order to focus her attentions on Q ' Anilia and three other young seers : Feln , Raana Tey , and Xamar . Q ' Anilia and Lucien had a tense relationship during their youth and early careers as part of the First WatchCircle , and Q ' Anilia taught the promising young Human Shad Jelavan as her Padawan on Taris before she foresaw a storm approaching in the Force . Q ' Anilia ' s premonition led Draay to arrange for the WatchCircle ' s visit to the rogue moon , where the four seers experienced the Rogue Moon Prophecy in which Q ' Anilia witnessed her own death after discovering Krynda Draay dead in the Draay Estate . Q ' Anilia reluctantly agreed to the Massacre , which the Covenant intended to blame on Jelavan , and joined the rest of the WatchCircle in pursuing the fugitive Carrick . In the weeks that followed Carrick ' s escape from Taris , Krynda Draay ' s aide Haazen manipulates Lucien into beginning a relationship with Q ' Anilia for his own amusement , and Q ' Anilia ' s sanity gradually degrades as a result of their relationship and guilt . As Raana Tey and Feln meet their ends as the prophecy foretold , Q ' Anilia becomes more and more unstable , and her condition is a major factor in motivating Xamar to turn against the Covenant . Amid the chaos of Vindication , Haazen proclaims the blind Miraluka to be the one for the light who stands in the darkness , and Q ' Anilia rushes to locate her beloved Krynda as the Draay Estate is under assault . Upon discovering Draay seemingly dead in an oubliette , Q ' Anilia drinks poisoned wine just as she foresaw in order to be with her mentor ; however , as she dies , Q ' Anilia is astonished to learn that the Rogue Moon Prophecy in fact applied to Carrick ' s Snivvian criminal ally , Marn Hierogryph — who discovers mere moments after the Miraluka ' s death that Draay is still alive . Xamar . The Khil Xamar is a Jedi Master and seer , and member of the Covenant ' s First WatchCircle who also served for a time with the Republic Navy . In addition to teaching his Padawan Oojoh on Taris , Xamar also searched for the Muur Talisman before the Rogue Moon Prophecy , which foretold his death by friendly fire at the hands of the Republic Navy . Xamar is initially reluctant to execute the Padawans , but he carries out the Massacre alongside his fellow Jedi , and he joins the rest of the Circle in their pursuit of Carrick when he escapes . Xamar grows more and more uncomfortable with their actions as the weeks pass and both Raana Tey and Feln are killed ; he witnesses Q ' Anilia grow mentally unstable as a result of her relationship with Lucien Draay , and despite his misgivings , he agrees to oversee Admiral Karath ' s blockade of Coruscant to halt Carrick ' s arrival . When he tries to warn Karath that Carrick achieves his goals through misdirection , the admiral suggests that Xamar take a fighter out and join the battle , but the Khil foresees Carrick ' s plan to crash his ship into the " Swiftsure " and steal another ship — so Xamar stows away on that ship and captures Hierogryph and Carrick when they reach Coruscant . However , he agrees to confess to the Jedi Council in return for immunity for Kyrnda Draay , and he helps Carrick and Hierogryph infiltrate the Draay Estate so that they can lower its defenses and evacuate Krynda . During the battle , Haazen turns Karath ' s blockade against the Jedi attackers , targeting the bridge to the Draay Estate , and Xamar is slain by friendly fire from the Republic ships . Feln . Feln is a Feeorin Jedi Master , one of the few members of his species to become a Jedi at the time , and he is a Jedi Consular and seer like Xamar , Raana Tey , and Q ' Anilia . On his homeworld of Odryn , Feln held the rank of Exalted , or leader and elder , of his tribe ; he retained his position even after the Jedi Order visited Odryn and recognized Feln ' s " magic " as Force - sensitivity . As a member of the Jedi Covenant , Feln flouts his people ' s sacred code , the " Rime Feeorin " , by allowing the Covenant to store Sith artifacts in the sacred building known as the Sanctum of the Exalted . Feln foresees his death on Odryn holding a stick instead of his lightsaber during the Rogue Moon Prophecy , and he kills his apprentice Oojoh as part of the Massacre . Feln heads to Odryn to meet with Celeste Morne , but instead finds Carrick and Hierogryph captured by his tribe , and Draay urges Feln to destroy the Sanctum in order to prevent Carrick from acquiring the artifacts . Feln is forced to fight Carrick in unarmed combat due to the " Rime Feeorin " , but when he learns of the return of Carrick ' s friends , he detonates the explosives under the Sanctum — only to watch in horror as the Sith artifacts magnify the explosion , wiping out his village . Feln finds only a stick in place of his lightsaber when he tries to kill Carrick , and Feln ' s tribe turns on their Exalted and kill him for destroying their village . Raana Tey . Raana Tey is a Togruta Jedi Master who is a member of the Jedi Covenant ' s First WatchCircle , having been recruited as a child when she began experiencing terrifying Force visions while sleeping . Tey had a reputation for being particularly intense and wild in combat , but despite this , she is fiercely loyal to the Covenant and felt a tremendous amount of guilt over the murder of her apprentice Kamlin . In the weeks that follow the Massacre , Tey ' s nightmares grow steadily worse and push her to the brink of insanity ; she becomes determined to kill Carrick in the belief that it will end her visions . Tey hires the Moomo Brothers to keep watch on Zayne ' s father Arvan Carrick , though the two foul up the mission , and she is sent by the Supreme Chancellor to protect Senator Goravvus while Taris is under occupation by the Mandalorians . Tey ' s part of the Rogue Moon Prophecy foresaw her death in the Jedi Tower at the hands of Mandalorians and Sith — and despite her efforts to manipulate Shel Jelavan into killing Carrick , the Togruta is unable to eliminate the failed Padawan when she attacks him in the Tower . Carrick ' s offer to save her rouses Tey from her madness , but when she tries to slice off her hand that is trapped in the Tower ' s glass roof and thus escape with Carrick , Hierogryph thinks she is attacking Carrick and detonates the explosives set on the building . With her last words , Tey gives Carrick the name of the Covenant ' s leader , Krynda . Haazen . Haazen is a failed Padawan whose family has been the servants of the Draay family for decades . Haazen grew up with Barrison Draay and was permitted to study along with Barrison under Arca Jeth , though Haazen ' s control over the Force was awkward and his attempts to capture the Nautolan pirate Dossa continually met with failure . Haazen had feelings for Krynda Hulis , but she began a relationship with Draay , and Haazen was furious when Arca Jeth Knighted Draay and Hulis but not him . Draay and Hulis were married , and Haazen continued to serve as Draay ' s page as the Jedi served in the Great Sith War , but Haazen was convinced by Dossa — now an agent of the Sith — to lure Draay ' s Jedi into a trap . However , Haazen was caught in the explosion that killed Draay , and Dossa and the Sith doctor Uburluh reconstructed his body with crude prosthetics and Sith artifacts such as the Yoke of Seeming . After killing Dosa , Haazen became Krynda Draay ' s servant and helped her construct the Jedi Covenant , though he manipulates the organization for his own ends , and he also convinced Krynda to allow her son Lucien to serve as the Executor for the First WatchCircle . When Lucien contacts him about the Rogue Moon Prophecy , Haazen orders him to bring the Padawans to Coruscant , but Lucien ignores the order , and Krynda has a stroke after foreseeing the Massacre . It is then that Haazen makes his move — instead of getting medical aid , he seals Krynda in an oubliette and assumes leadership of the Covenant in her name . Continuing his manipulations , Haazen ensures Lucien Draay ' s ascension to the High Council , and he also strives to preserve the Covenant ' s store of artifacts for his own benefit . When the Jedi Order launches their attack on the Draay Estate , Haazen initiates Vindication : a pre - planned insurrection against the Jedi . Revealing his intentions to Q ' Anilia , Draay , Hierogryph , and Carrick , Haazen believes that he is fulfilling the Prophecy of the Five , and that Carrick and Draay will lead his armies of Jedi and Sith . With the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger protecting him from harm and control over the Vanjervalis Chain - linked ships above Coruscant , Haazen acquires more Sith artifacts , but he is ultimately defeated by Carrick and Draay , who run a con on their opponent that sees Carrick cut off the Gauntlet . Haazen is then killed by Draay when the Jedi uses the controls for the Vanjervalis Chain in the Gauntlet to target the Draay Estate with the blockade ' s firepower . Krynda Draay . The daughter of a Human woman and the Miraluka Jedi Master Noab Hulis , the Jedi seer Krynda Draay was born Krynda Hulis , and she studied under Master Arca Jeth in the years before the Great Sith War alongside Barrison Draay and Haazen . Krynda did not reciprocate Haazen ' s feelings for her , instead pursuing a relationship with Barrison , who she later married . Krynda was later Knighted and studied under Master Vodo - Siosk Baas , but when Baas and her husband were both killed in the Great Sith War , she fell into depression that saw her neglect her son Lucien . Draay later founded the Covenant after she foretells the Prophecy of Five and discovers four Jedi seers : Q ' Anilia , Raana Tey , Xamar , and Feln . She reluctantly allowed her son Lucien to join the four as the fifth member of the First WatchCircle at the advice of her attendant Haazen . However , when Draay foresees the Padawan Massacre , she suffered a stroke before she could contact her son , and Haazen locks her in a Sith oubliette as he took control of the Covenant . Draay is released from the oubliette by Hierogryph during Vindication , and when she dies shortly afterwards , her death enrages her son Lucien . Celeste Morne . Celeste Morne is a Jedi Shadow of the Covenant , one of the Covenant ' s elite secret operatives who is tasked with the retrieval of Sith artifacts across the galaxy . When the First WatchCircle has a vision of the Muur Talisman , Lucien Draay dispatches the talented Morne to Taris , where she encounters Zayne Carrick and Marn Hierogryph . The two become caught up in Morne ' s mission to retrieve the Muur Talisman , a mission that takes them to the planet Jebble , where Carrick tries to enlist Morne ' s aid in warning the Republic about a planned Mandalorian attack on Alderaan . When the rakghoul plague begins to spread , the two escape from the Jebble citadel and Morne learns Carrick ' s side of the story about the Padawan Massacre . The Jedi Shadow comes to doubt whether Carrick is truly capable of doing what the Covenant accuses him of , and she finds herself unable to carry out Draay ' s orders to kill Carrick when she witnesses him contact Cassus Fett in an effort to save Mandalorian lives and also risk his own to rescue his friend Hierogryph . Morne saves Carrick from the Muur Talisman by sacrificing herself to become its host , but the spirit of Karness Muur overwhelms her and she becomes intoxicated with the power of the artifact . When Carrick brings her to her senses , she begs him to kill her , but Carrick opts to seal her in Dreypa ' s Oubliette to save her life and contain the power of the talisman . Morne gives him her key to the Sanctum of the Exalted , and he hopes to take the oubliette to the Covenant ' s researchers on Odryn to free her , but Cassus Fett ' s bombardment of Jebble sees the oubliette lost beneath the surface of Jebble ' s oceans . Jarael later masquerades as Morne in order to gain entry to the Sanctum for Carrick and the rest of their group , though Morne and the oubliette remain undiscovered for almost four thousand years . The Republic . Saul Karath . Captain Saul Karath of the Republic Navy is One of the ranking officers of the Republic fleet at Vanquo , and upon identifying the fleeing " Last Resort " as the ship of Zayne Carrick , Karath wrongfully assumes that Carrick is a Mandalorian spy when " The Last Resort " heads into Mandalorian space . Promoted to admiral , Karath later ignores Carrick ' s warnings about the Mandalorian attack on Serroco , arresting him as a Mandalorian spy , and when Carrick ' s warning proves true , Karath is unable to prevent the bombardment of the planet . The furious admiral locks Carrick in the brig anyway and contacts Lucien Draay to arrange a transfer , but the Mandalorian attack on Karath ' s flagship " Courageous " sees Karath forced to accept Carrick ' s help in escaping the doomed ship . Karath is called to Arkoh Adasca ' s auction of the exogorths as the Republic ' s representative , though Karath ' s offers are outclassed by Mandalore the Ultimate ' s proposals . The negotiations are disrupted by Carrick and Lucien Draay , and Karath manages to escape the dying " Arkanian Legacy " and return to Coruscant , but his resignation over the loss of the " Courageous " is refused by the Republic Navy and he is eventually given command of the " Swiftsure " . Lucien Draay commands Karath to oversee a blockade of Coruscant to prevent Carrick from reaching the capital , though the blockade ultimately fails . Karath ' s blockade is subsequently commandeered by Haazen , who overrides the Vanjervalis Chain programming and takes control of the ships . Several months later , Karath follows an anonymous tip given by Carrick , and despite his anger at being used , he is pleased to be able to capture Dace Golliard of the Crucible . Carth Onasi . Carth Onasi is an officer in the Republic Navy from the planet Telos IV who is the protege of Saul Karath . One of his earliest postings was on an orbital watch station above the planet Serroco , where for a time he and his co - workers called down false emergecy alerts to trick the native Stereb into hiding in their underground catacombs — but Onasi lost interest in doing so after meeting some of the Stereb himself . By 3964 BBY , he pilots the cargo - hauler " Deadweight " and holds a bridge posting as part of the Serroco fleet , having been promoted to Lieutenant after serving as a helmsman aboard the " Courageous " at the Battle of Vanquo . Nicknamed " Fleet , " Onasi befriends a fringer named Shad Camper on Serroco , who later reveals himself as a Jedi after stowing aboard the " Deadweight " in order to talk to Admiral Karath — but the admiral recognizes him as Zayne Carrick and refuses to heed the Jedi ' s warnings about the forthcoming Mandalorian attack . Onasi , however , heeds Carrick ' s warnings mere minutes before the Mandalorians arrive and manages to call down emergency warnings to seventeen Stereb cities , prompting their inhabitants to take shelter from the Mandalorians ' nuclear bombardment in the catacombs . Karath , Dallan Morvis , and Onasi later escape the doomed " Courageous " with Carrick ' s help aboard the " Deadweight " , but they are caught up in Arkoh Adasca ' s auction of the exogorths . Horrified by the bioweapons , Onasi works with Carrick and his allies to disrupt the auction , and allows the fugitive to escape in the resultant chaos — but he loses his bridge posting as a result and is demoted to leading the Coruscant - based Lance Squadron . When Carrick attempts to breach Karath ' s blockade in the " Moomo Williwaw " , Onasi follows his duty and attempts to take out the " Williwaw " , but when he witnesses Carrick slipping through the blockade in the " Deadweight " — which Carrick had hijacked from the hangar of Karath ' s " Swiftsure " — the pilot turns a blind eye and lets his friend escape to the surface . Other antagonists . Demagol . Demagol , born Antos Wyrick , was a Zeltron who was captured as a child by slavers of the Iskalloni species , a race of cyborgs . Wyrick was raised by the emotionless Iskalloni , robbing him of his social skills and his natural Zeltron empathic abilities ; as a result , he survived by learning his captors ' surgical techniques and adapting to their lifestyle . Liberated by the Mandalorians , Wyrick became Mandalore the Indomitable ' s personal student , but he was stunned by Mandalore ' s defeat at the hands of Ulic Qel - Droma , and in his search for answers about Jedi powers Wyrick discovered a robe that Qel - Droma carried around with him . Studying at a university at Arkania , Wyrick discovered a hair belonging to the Jedi Arca Jeth on the robe , and he founded the New Generation Project — a Mandalorian research program to create Force - sensitives — on the planet Osadia . Wyrick gave his own daughter Kessarah to the Crucible in order to acquire more Arkanian Offshoot parents , but not long after he achieved success in the young girl Edessa , the Crucible attacked Osadia and kidnapped all of his students . Taking on the name " Demagol " , a contraction of the " Mando ' a " words " demar agol " which mean " to carve flesh , " Wyrick became one of Mandalore the Ultimate ' s lieutenants and experimented on captured Jedi during the Mandalorian Wars in hopes of discovering the genetic source of their powers . Demagol ' s experiments at Flashpoint were interrupted by Zayne Carrick ' s efforts to free his friend Jarael , and Demagol was knocked unconscious by Rohlan Dyre . However , Demagol switches armors with Dyre and poses as him , sneaking aboard Carrick ' s ship " The Last Resort " after recognizing Jarael as Edessa , his prize student from Osadia . Demagol eventually emerges from the Camper Special in which he was hiding and saves Jarael from an HK - 24 droid , and he becomes her companion and protector as they are caught up in Arkoh Adasca ' s machinations . Adasca allows " Dyre " access to his medical facilities aboard the " Arkanian Legacy " and promises him freedom in exchange for contacting Mandalore , and Mandalore makes a deal with " Rohlan the Questioner " in order to ensure that the warrior remains " dead " for the cause . Demagol escapes the " Legacy " with Jarael and Carrick ' s friends , and he continues to study Jarael as they wait in the " Moomo Williwaw " above Taris . After Vindication , Demagol and Jarael are captured during a scam on Metellos 3 , and Demagol is pleased when Jarael seemingly demonstrates Force powers to free the pair from certain death . On Jervo ' s World , Demagol is forced to adopt the persona of the sports hero " Spikes , " and he helps Carrick free the Kleejs from the swoopdueling championships after being forced into the competition . However , Demagol attacks Malak when he attempted to woo Jarael and take her with him on Wor Tandell , and he urges Carrick ' s friends to attend " Demagol " trial on Coruscant , leaving the real scientist behind with Jarael . Revealing himself to Jarael , he convinces his former student to aid him in an assault on the Crucible - held Osadia School in order to rescue his students — but Demagol is horrified to learn that his daughter , now known as Chantique , has killed all of his students . When Carrick and the real Rohlan Dyre come to Jarael ' s rescue , they reveal the truth to the Zeltron : Wyrick has been Force - sensitive all along , and Jarael is not the Force - savant he believes she is . When Chantique attacks her father with a knife , Wyrick reaches out towards the two lightsabers lying nearby — Carrick ' s and Exar Kun ' s — but is fatally surprised when he summons the wrong blade : Exar Kun ' s lightsaber ignites in his hand , impaling both father and daughter and killing them both . Arkoh Adasca . Arkoh , eighth lord of the House of Adasca , known informally as Arkoh Adasca , is an Arkanian who is the eighth member of the House of Adasca to hold the title of Lord and ownership of the Adasca BioMechanical Corporation of Arkania . Arkoh ' s grandfather Argaloh Adasca sought to weaponize exogorths using the research of the Offshoot Gorman Vandrayk , and when Vandrayk fled the company , both Alok Adasca and Alok ' s son Arkoh spent much of their careers searching for Vandrayk . When Vandrayk is identified on Telerath , Adasca purchases the entire production line of HK - 24 assassin droids and sends them after Vandrayk , but it is not until Jarael ' s attempts to access medical records is detected that Adasca gets his hands on the scientist . Vandrayk is quickly healed of his illness and forced to resume work , as Adasca threatens Jarael ' s life , and Adasca plays the gracious host to Jarael as he works to investigate why she has pointed ears like the legendary Arca Jeth . Adasca also enlists Rohlan Dyre ' s help in contacting Mandalore the Ultimate in order to arrange an auction for the exogorths , which Adasca holds aboard the " Arkanian Legacy " in the Omonoth system . Adasca also greets his old friend Lucien Draay when he arrives aboard the " Legacy " , but drugs the Jedi and imprisons him to prevent his involvement in the auction . Adasca quickly becomes power - hungry and attempts to assert himself as a galactic power to the Mandalorians , Republic , and Jedi , but Zayne Carrick and Draay disrupt the auction and make it appear to be a Jedi trap for Mandalore the Ultimate . As the auction dissolves into chaos , Vandrayk seizes control of the exogorths and directs them to attack the observation dome of the " Legacy " , killing Adasca . Mandalore the Ultimate . The supreme leader of the Mandalorian clans , Mandalore the Ultimate is a Taung warrior who rose to power after the death of Mandalore the Indomitable in the Great Sith War . Mandalore the Ultimate instigates the Mandalorian Wars , though his reasons for doing so are unclear and suspicious to some Mandalorians like Rohlan Dyre , and he is present at the Battle of Vanquo in 3964 BBY . When he observes how the Republic fleet at Serroco has set up bases next to occupied cities , he is disgusted by their use of a " defense without honor , " and he orders a nuclear bombardment of the planet ' s surface . When Mandalore learns of Rohlan Dyre ' s apparent death at Flashpoint , he turns the fallen warrior ' s death into propaganda , encouraging adoption of the Neo - Crusader armor among the Mandalorians . Dyre later contacted Mandalore at Arkoh Adasca ' s request and summoned him to a meeting in the Omonoth system to bid on the weaponized exogorths , and Mandalore expressed great interest in them — going so far as to offer Adascorp immunity and the chance to be the Mandalorians ' sole weapons manufacturer . Mandalore also gives Dyre a new set of armor in exchange for his agreement that the name of the Questioner would stay dead , allowing Mandalore to continue to use Dyre ' s name in his propaganda . However , Adasca rebuffs Mandalore ' s offer , believing himself in a position to barter for Mandalore ' s loyalty and the effective leadership of the Mandalorians . The meeting dissolves into chaos when the Jedi Lucien Draay and Zayne Carrick arrive , and Mandalore retreats to his ship , falling for the Jedi ' s claims that the entire meeting was a ruse to capture Mandalore ; he is later satisfied to learn that the exogorths are destroyed , as they are no longer under anyone ' s control . Chantique . Chantique is a Force - sensitive Zeltron who is the daughter of Antos Wyrick , the master of the Osadia School ; born Kessarah , she was one of Wyrick ' s first test subjects in his efforts to genetically - engineer Force users . Because of her violent nature , Wyrick considered her to be a failure and gave her to the Crucible slaving organization as part of a deal to secure more Arkanian Offshoots for Wyrick . Kessarah proved to be a vicious and skilled fighter , rising to become the overseer of younger slaves by the age of fifteen — her brutal methods earned the girl the name " Chantique , " which meant " destroyer " in the language of the Crucible . However , Chantique was bested by a young girl named Edessa , who took Chantique ' s place after stabbing the Zeltron in the back and leaving her to die . Discovering herself to be Force - sensitive , she healed herself and made her way back to the Crucible , where she became Magister Impressor : the one in charge of " recruitment " and the Crucible ' s fighting pits . As an act of revenge against her father and Edessa , Chantique executed the remaining students of the Osadia School one by one every year , and in 3963 BBY she finally rediscovered Edessa — now known as Jarael , or " protector " in the language of the Crucible . Manipulating Jarael ' s friend Zayne Carrick against Jarael when he attempted to infiltrate the Crucible , Chantique took pleasure in breaking the former Jedi , and she returned to Osadia after foreseeing that Jarael would return there . During their battle in the ruins of the Osadia School , Chantique learned that her long - lost father was also there , and she attacked her father in a fury — but Wyrick , using his newly discovered Force talents , summoned Exar Kun ' s lightsaber to his hands to kill her . To Wyrick ' s surprise , the weapon impaled both father and daughter on its twin blades , killing them both . Development . Conception . Dark Horse Comics ' s involvement in the Old Republic era began with the " " series of the 1990s , the first trade paperback of which was published as " " . In 2003 , BioWare released the " " video game , which was set thirty years after " " , the last " Tales of the Jedi " story arc . From 1999 onward , Dark Horse did not produce any Old Republic era stories until the anthologies " Star Wars Tales 23 " and " Star Wars Tales 24 " , which featured two stories — " Shadows and Light " and " Unseen , Unheard " — that tied into " Knights of the Old Republic " and its sequel " " . By 2005 , Dark Horse was eager to return to the Old Republic era . In early 2005 , John Jackson Miller was just finishing a story arc of the then - ongoing series " " with artist Brian Ching when Miller was approached by Dark Horse editors Randy Stradley and Jeremy Barlow , who were looking at the upcoming 20th anniversary of Dark Horse Comics in 2006 . Miller and Stradley began discussing some of the elements they liked seeing in " Star Wars " comics , such as drama , camaraderie , and humanity , and Miller started putting together thoughts on a series that would be launched during Dark Horse ' s 20th anniversary in 2006 . Miller , Barlow , and Stradley studied the parts of the original " Star Wars " movies that they wished to recapture in print , and one of the main things that Miller found himself centering on was a quote by Princess Leia Organa in the : " They were in the wrong place at the wrong time . Naturally , they became heroes . " The group also discussed the recurring theme in the prequel trilogy of the Jedi ' s failure to see what was going on around them , and that idea was focused on a single character and how that failure affected them . Miller reversed the theme of an apprentice betraying a master and considered what might make a Jedi Master betray a student , and that idea gave rise to the series ' first arc , " " — an arc that was originally titled " Renegade " . The series was originally developed without a specific era or time period in mind ; the main focus of the series was intended to the character of Zayne Carrick , not the ongoing conflict of the Mandalorian Wars . Once the Old Republic era was decided on , Miller took a closer look at the " Knights of the Old Republic " games , and decided that his stories would work best if they were set series several years before the games ; by doing so the series could draw on elements from both " Tales of the Jedi " and the video games . The Jedi Covenant arose from the idea of how a Jedi would respond to history ' s habit of repeating itself , and Miller made a pledge to himself that he would not introduce any mysteries in the series that he didn ' t know the answers to . Miller ' s pitch for the series received great feedback from both the developers for " Knights of the Old Republic " and LucasFilm . Miller changed little from the original pitch other than Hierogryph , who was originally an Ortolan — a race known for their clever criminals . After the story was approved , Miller and artist Brian Ching began work on the series with colorist Michael Atiyeh . Michael Heisler was the series ' only letterer , handling all fifty issues of " Knights of the Old Republic " . For the character of Zayne Carrick , Miller took inspiration from the scene where Han Solo invites Luke Skywalker to become a smuggler . Carrick was also partially a result of Miller ' s desire to capture the feeling of the early levels of the " Knights of the Old Republic " video game : namely , the early stages where a player is still learning the controls . However , Ching soon realized that it would be hard to convey expressions on an Ortolan ' s mouthless face , so Miller suggested a Snivvian instead . Atiyeh and Ching developed detailed visuals for each of the series ' characters , and by August 2005 at in , most of the first issue was done , and Miller had scripted several issues onward . The script for the first issue had already been completed and turned in by May 2005 . While designing Jarael , Brian Ching felt it was important to not have the character ' s appearance be overtly sexual . Ching ' s design for the character , particularly her tattoos and the way that her appearance was different than typical Arkanians , was a large part of Miller ' s inspiration for Jarael ' s backstory , and he filled in most of the details during the early years of the series . The series was officially announced in July 2005 at Comic - Con 2005 as part of Dark Horse ' s 20th anniversary celebration , and the series was set eight years before the events of the first " Knights of the Old Republic " game . Around November 2005 , an ad for the series mistakenly claimed that the series was set eight thousand years before the Battle of Yavin , though Miller refuted the error and reaffirmed the date of 3964 BBY . Production . " Commencement " , " Flashpoint " , and " Reunion " . Each issue of the series received a full plot which was then approved by the editors , and then Miller would script the issue . The artist would then draw the issue , and then the issue is colored and lettered simultaneously . Printing was the final stage , and took several weeks ; overall , an issue took about one month to complete , but that month could be spread over an entire year depending on the issue and the creative team ' s work at the time . Miller made a conscious effort to make every detail in the series matter , and he developed broad plans on how the series would fit into overall " Star Wars " continuity . The was released on January 25 , 2006 , 363 days after Miller and Stradley had had their initial conversation about the series . Miller deleted Ching ' s preliminary drawing of the in " Commencement , Part 1 " from his hard drive to prevent himself from accidentally emailing it to fans , as he wanted to keep it secret until the issue ' s release . Ching and Miller also worked especially hard to create Carrick ' s and Lucien Draay ' s expressions for the final page of the issue . When the series was first launched , Dark Horse was disappointed by the initial sales of # 1 ; however , the issue soon sold out and went to a second printing . By June , orders for " Knights of the Old Republic " had risen in numbers and was beating out " Star Wars : Rebellion " . Miller chose to forgo an omniscient narrator and thought balloons that describe the action in the issues . The covers for the fist arc of the series were drawn by Travis Charest , and the cover for issue # 1 — Carrick holding the slain Padawan Kamlin in his arms — was designed well in advance based on general plot information . The inside cover to incorrectly credited Brian Ching with the cover art instead of Travis Charest , and the dialogue balloons in that issue ' s garbage can scene were accidentally reversed . For the banquet scene in issue # 1 , Brian Ching originally depicted the banquet as a particularly busy scene with numerous details , but he scrapped it in favor of a set of panels that focused more on the five Masters and was less " boring . " Early on during the development of the first major " meta - story " for the series , Miller expressed to his editors a desire to explore the tensions between the Unifying Force and the Living Force , the two major schools of though on the Force . As a result , the Covenant Jedi in " Commencement " are dedicated to the Unifying Force to the point where it affects how they value the living . Carrick ' s speech at the end of " Commencement " was also one of Miller ' s earliest ideas for the series , and the fact that Hierogryph was responsible for Carrick ' s " prophecy " was an element that was presented in the series pitch . As Miller progressed with the development of " Commencement " , he realized that he had material for a prologue story that would help fans gain their bearings in the new era . Miller suggested the possibility of doing a prologue as a promotional comic for , but editor Jeremy Barlow came up with the idea of a 25 - cent special earlier in the year . Late in the process , Miller suggested the Taris Holofeed , basing the idea and format on the " Star Wars Insider " magazine . The production team paused in the development of " " to create the , lengthening the third issue ' s production time somewhat , and " Knights of the Old Republic / Rebellion " # 0 — which contained " " — was released on March 1 , 2006 , only a week after " Commencement , Part 2 " . While drawing the scene of the Covenant members fighting rakghouls and Gamorreans in the Undercity — a callback to the presence of Gamorrean enemies in the Undercity sewers in the original video game — Ching found the sequence to be shorter than he would have wanted , a problem that he found to come up several times in the early stages of the series ' development . The Taris police officers that appeared in issue # 3 had been developed by Ching and Atiyeh , who viewed the officers as analogous to the clone troopers from — there were numerous variations on the troopers ' uniforms depending on which planet they were on . Atiyeh came up with the idea to give the officers different colors , and Ching developed new helmets and gear , but when the script for issue # 3 was written , there was not enough room to feature the officers to the degree that the artists intended . Miller considered the heart of " " to be the conversation between Zayne Carrick and Master Tokare , and he particularly enjoyed using the conversation to introduce the possibility that Carrick was actually responsible for the murders of his fellow students . For Taris ' s Rogue Moon , Miller provided Ching with his own visual reference of the moon that he created by piecing together fragments of an image of a planet ' s surface . Miller also dedicated several pages to establish the working relationships between the crew of " The Last Resort " , as he felt that it was important to introduce their dynamics . saw guest artist Travel Foreman fill in for Brian Ching in order to keep the series on schedule , as the development of " Crossroads " had necessitated Foreman to fill for Ching . Travel Foreman took Miller ' s advice on the sequence depicting the Rogue Moon Prophecy , using a style reminiscent of the " " artist to create a vision experienced by several minds at the same time . Miller debated whether to depict Elbee ' s point of view during the vision , but he ultimately left it out . For the droid Elbee , Miller suggested that he be small enough to move around in " The Last Resort " , but large enough to resemble the loaders that appeared in the movie " " . In his production notes for , Miller admitted that the chapters of " Commencement " that follow the Padawan Massacre mirror the five stages of grief : denial in # 2 , anger in # 3 , bargaining in # 4 , depression in # 5 , and acceptance in the last pages of # 5 and in issue # 6 . Miller devoted a lot of attention to finding the tone for the scenes in " Commencement , Part 6 " , particularly Carrick ' s final speech to the Masters . For Valius Ying , Miller suggested to Travel Foreman and Brian Ching that he be based on an alien — a gang leader who is full of himself and later realizes he ' s out of his depth . For " Commencement , Part 6 " , Miller and Ching originally had Jarael plummeting towards the Jedi Tower ' s skylight in a background shot before she crashed into the Tower , but they ultimately removed her from the scene to preserve the mechanics of the scene . The mob scene at the beginning of the issue was one of Ching ' s favorite pages to draw , something that allowed him to include both new and familiar characters , and he added in several characters that were based on his own friends . The " Commencement " arc was later collected along with " Crossroads " in " " , which was released on November 15 , 2006 . The trade paperback also identified the Senator from issue # 1 as Senator Goravvus , who had gone unnamed in the original printing ; however , " The Taris Holofeed " was not included . Dustin Weaver joined the creative team for the series with as a joint artist for the series , alternating story arcs with Brian Ching . " Flashpoint , Part 1 " shifts gears to focus on the Mandalorian Wars , showcasing the influx of new recruits of many different species among the Mandalorians and hinting at the conflict between their culture ' s typically loose command structure and their status as an invading force . Miller was pleased to give more time devoted to Elbee , who he had hoped to develop further in " Commencement " before he decided to focus more on the Master ' s vision . In the production notes for the issue , Miller revealed that Elbee ' s name was derived from the character in a story by . Because the series begins before the " Knights of the Old Republic " game , Miller was able to delve into the early stages of the Mandalorian Wars , and he compared the conflict depicted in the " " arc to the kind of military action in remote theaters that preceded all - out war . The " Courageous " , the flagship of Admiral Saul Karath , earned its name through an obscure connection to Karath ' s flagship " Leviathan " in the video game : the " Leviathan " was a reference to the real - life , and the real - world class was based on the design for the French vessel " " . Rohlan Dyre ' s first name was partially inspired by the name of , a of . The " Flashpoint " arc and the Battle of Vanquo was something that had been in planning since the early stages of the series ' creation ; Vanquo was meant as " the Mandalorian equivalent of " in that it disrupts the lives and plans of the characters in the series with sudden conflict . The ninth issue of the series , " " , was developed as a stand - alone tenth issue that focused on Lucien Draay . Miller had wanted to do a single issue focusing on the Covenant in the first year of the series , modeling it after stories such as the Marvel comic " " and story . However , Miller lost half of the script for the issue due to a hard drive problem , and both the file and its backup became corrupted after a power failure . Miller ultimately gave up trying to recover the script and rewrote it instead , but another problem came up with art scheduling . Dustin Weaver was originally scheduled to work on issues # 7 - 9 , the " Flashpoint " arc , while Brian Ching was to work ahead on # 10 , but when Ching finished his work first , the standalone issue was published prior to the unfinished of " Flashpoint " . The events of the two issues took place simultaneously , and marked the transition from the year 3964 BBY to 3963 BBY , seven years before the " Knights of the Old Republic " game . The cover art for " Flashpoint " and " Homecoming " was handled by Brian Ching and Michael Atiyeh . While working on " Flashpoint " , Miller collaborated with " Star Wars " writer Karen Traviss for information about the Mandalorian culture and their language , Mando ' a . In " Homecoming " , the creative team designed the flashback sparring scene between the Covenant Jedi so that it could show Lucien Draay assert his dominance and leadership over the others , and the Draay Estate ' s architecture was inspired by buildings in . For the issues following " Commencement " , the next six issues were originally planned to be broken up into three smaller stories : a three - part story , a standalone , and a two - part arc . Doing so would allow Dustin Weaver to join in as the series ' second artist , but the scheduling issues saw a third artist — Harvey Tolibao — take over for the sixth issue , " " , which was also colored by guest colorist Jay David Ramos . The two - part " " arc was intended as a comical departure from the heavier tone of the preceding arcs and the storylines to come in 2007 . The storyline , which was originally titled " Target of Opportunity " until Miller suggested renaming it to fit with the single - word titles of " Commencement " and " Homecoming " , was intended to showcase the working relationship between Hierogryph and Carrick . " Reunion " title was also a hint to the identity of Arvan Carrick , and Miller described the bank on the planet Telerath as having a central tower with spidery veins spreading across a beautiful countryside ; Ching expanded on the design , adding a sea , islands , and airships . The illustrator HOON drew the cover art for the two " Reunion " issues . For , Ching used the issue as an opportunity to completely reinvent the appearances of Camper and Jarael , and he based Camper ' s " Baron Margryph " appearance on that of , giving him a monocle and a handlebar mustache . Having different artists for the two issues presented some art problems : the Moomo Brothers are identifiable by the colors of their scarves , though issue # 12 reversed the colors of the scarves and created confusion as to which was which . " Flashpoint " , " Homecoming " , and " Reunion " were all collected in " " , which was released on May 16 , 2007 . Volume 2 restored the order of " Flashpoint " , moving " Homecoming " to after the end of " Flashpoint " , but the creative team chose not to remedy the Moomo Brothers ' scarf issue , opting instead to use one of the brothers ' scars as the differentiating factor . The creative team also took time to go back into issue # 11 and added sound effects and dialogue for the chase scene that had been excluded in the original release due to the scheduling rush . " Days of Fear , Nights of Anger " . As " Knights of the Old Republic " became successful in early 2006 , Miller began looking forward at 2007 , and he developed an expansive storyline which would bring in multiple characters but could be broken down into smaller chunks so that the series ' artists could alternate . This plan led to the development of four interlocking arcs : " " , " " , " " , and " " — the names of which stem from Jedi Master Yoda ' s warning from : " Fear leads to anger ; anger leads to hate ; hate leads to suffering . " The names of the arcs were first announced officially in the Drawn By The Force department of " Star Wars Insider 91 " , which discussed the upcoming arcs . While planning out the plots of the arcs , Miller was at one point forced to put every character ' s story path on a dry - erase board so that he could keep track of them all . Taking inspiration from Roy Thomas ' s decision to split up the main characters of the Marvel " Star Wars " comics in " " , Miller decided to break up the crew of " The Last Resort " in the opening pages of " " . The four arc titles came to be referred to collectively as " Days / Knights " first unofficially by Miller himself and later officially , as part of the publisher ' s summary for . Miller later confirmed that the look that Carrick gives the " camera " in a scene in Weaver ' s " Days of Fear , Part 1 " was inspired by the look that , a character from the US version of the television show " " , often gives the camera . Also in issue # 13 , the creative team introduced Zayne Carrick ' s phrikite vambraces , the character ' s first unique piece of equipment and an element that had been a part of Brian Ching ' s design for the character since his inception . Dustin Weaver handled artwork duties for issues # 13 and , while Brian Ching drew , the second part of " Days of Fear " . " Days of Fear " also saw the return of the backup news organs , with " " , " " , and " " accompanying the three issues of the arc respectively . The character of Slyssk was partially inspired by Miller ' s childhood action figure of the Trandoshan bounty hunter Bossk , which had wider eyes than in " " , and the name of the " Little Bivoli " — a ship designed by Dustin Weaver — is a reference to a foodstuff in the MMORPG " Star Wars Galaxies " . The " Reliance " name comes from the same source as that of the " Courageous " : a ship in the British Navy of the Napoleonic era of the same class as the " Courageaux " . Miller ' s grandfather served aboard a large vessel known as a in , and the LSTs — which were used to deploy smaller vehicles and machinery onto battlefields — inspired the scenes on Serroco ' s surface , particularly those that dealt with the logistics of the Republic Navy . The " Deadweight " was also inspired by the LSTs ; the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " identified the ship ' s original designation as CBX - 560 , a reference to , the ship that Miller ' s grandfather served on . " Days of Fear , Part 2 " introduces the character of Carth Onasi , a companion character in the original " Knights of the Old Republic " game , and the creative team worked hard to ensure that he was consistent with his game portrayal yet also presented surprises . Looking back at the issue , Miller acknowledged the fact that he unknowingly staged the dialogue similar to that of the game , in that Carrick — like the player character — receives long expositions from Onasi in response to single - line observations and questions . Miller and Ching plotted out a vision of Serroco ' s destruction that was relatively similar to how the actual event would appear , and in the production notes for the issue , Miller acknowledged the questions of fans as to whether a bearded crew member on the " Courageous " from issue # 8 was Onasi . Miller had intended Onasi to be present at Vanquo on the " Courageous " , but he did not specifically direct Dustin Weaver to draw the character , and Miller himself assumed that Weaver had drawn Onasi — only to later learn from Weaver that the crewmember was actually a rendition of Miller himself . Zayne Carrick ' s reaction to the death of the Sterebs in " Days of Fear , Part 3 " was inspired Miller ' s personal reaction to the of September 11 , 2001 . Ching and Atiyeh drew the cover artwork for " Days of Fear " , and the cover for " Part 3 " was directly suggested by Miller : he noted to Brian Ching how he liked one of Frank Miller ' s covers for " " that featured cowering on a white background . Ching took one of Carrick ' s postures in the previous issue and added Mandalore ' s mask and the flames . An earlier promotional image featured a redder mask , though the mask was ultimately changed to a brighter gold by the time of the release . Issue # 15 was delayed for two weeks from its original scheduled release date of March 28 , and was instead published on April 11 . In " " , Miller was particularly pleased with Ching ' s ability to recreate the panel layout from issues # 1 and # 2 — the depiction of Carrick ' s discovery of the Padawan Massacre . The sequence also allowed Miller to return to Raana Tey and give insight into her motivations , something that he had wanted to do for a while . " Nights of Anger , Part 1 " saw the appearance of Arkania from " Tales of the Jedi " , and the fact that Brian Ching ' s designs for Camper and Jarael were divergent from that of typical Arkanians allowed Miller to deal with the subject of segregation . The broad strokes of Arkanian society stemmed from Miller ' s experience with student protesters against companies that did business with - era , and he brought in elements of the Russian communes from the 19th century . Colin Wilson handled the cover art for " Nights of Anger " , and his addition of word balloons on the covers of the issues was the idea of editor Jeremy Barlow : Barlow looked at the year ' s military storylines and saw an opportunity to pay tribute to the war comics covers by . For the character of Zadawi , Miller asked Brian Ching to create a character who would hold a mirror up to Jarael , a way to show what Jarael ' s life would have been like if she had grown up on Arkania . The Tremendous battle group is also another reference to the British Royal Navy , as the " " was a ship of the same class as the " Courageaux " . Starting with " " , Miller began a storyline that was inspired by Archie Goodwin ' s work on the Marvel " Star Wars " comics that involved the Wheel space station : a high - stakes political game set in a visually interesting location . Miller also used the issue to involve the corporate life of the Republic and its relationship with military and political issues , as Goodwin did with the Galactic Empire and the House of Tagge , by linking Lord Adasca and Adascorp to Camper ' s past . Miller also found an opportunity to shed light on Jarael ' s past , and he used the character of Eejee Vamm to further the themes of class and racial division that appeared in issue # 16 . Harvey Tolibao drew issues # 17 and , and Miller was pleased with how Harvey ' s art was reminiscent of work on the comic series , one of Miller ' s inspirations for writing " Knights of the Old Republic " . Miller originally had Vamm ' s first line addressing an " Emergency Station , " which he intended to mean a hospital receiving room aboard the " Legacy " , but Tolibao took the dialogue to mean an actual space station and drew the " Legacy " docked at a large space station . Rather than alter the artwork , the creative team chose to alter the dialogue : Vamm ' s comment was changed to " receiving room , " and a dialogue box was added that referred to the station as a refueling station . Adasca ' s mention of " the Offshoot question " was intended by Miller to be reminiscent of real - world " questions " involving ethnic groups , and Carrick ' s escape passage through the back of his cell is a reference to the writer ' s favorite scene in the movie " " . In his production notes for the issue , Miller noted that he had not seen any correct predictions on what was afflicting Camper , though he pointed out that the mechanic had not had a " spell " before " The Last Resort " launched in issue # 4 . The writer was also particularly pleased with issue # 17 ' s backup , the " " , as he was able to mimic the style of real - life quarterly reports and adapt it to the " Star Wars " galaxy . The " Taris Holofeed " edition that accompanied issue # 18 was inspired by " This is London " broadcasts from Britain during the blitz in World War II , and the reporter ' s sense of betrayal in regards to the Republic was also inspired by the real - life resentment of the Allies when they failed to protect places in World War II . Issue # 16 was also accompanied by a news organ : " " . " Days of Fear " and " Nights of Anger " were collected in " " , which was released on January 16 , 2008 . The " Knights of Suffering " and " Daze of Hate " arcs were collected in " " , which was released on August 27 , and Miller was pleased that the paperbacks were able to include the names of their component arcs in the titles . Even in his initial 2005 pitch for the series , Miller planned for the centerpiece of the series ' second year to be the revelation of what Camper was hiding , and he outlined the basic design for what Camper had created as something biological , spaceborne , and enormous , a departure from a typical superweapon . However , as he approached the " Nights of Anger " arc , Miller grew wary of introducing anything drastically new to the " Star Wars " universe such as the living starship from Michael Golden ' s " " . It was not until he watched a repeat of " The Empire Strikes Back " that Miller though of the exogorths , and he found that very little had been established about the creatures in the Expanded Universe , though what had been written fit with Miller ' s plans . He was still hesitant when he pitched the idea to Dark Horse , though his editors loved the idea , and the only challenge — how to depict them — was solved by Brian Ching at the same time that he designed the " Arkanian Legacy " . Harvey Tolibao took Ching ' s initial design and expanded on it to create the nest of stellar sea serpent - esque creatures that appear in issue # 18 . The issue also focused on Adasca and Jarael , using Jarael ' s presence to expand on Adasca ' s personality and motivations . The tour of the " Arkanian Legacy " was also partially inspired by Goodwin ' s stories about the Wheel and Lando Calrissian ' s greeting Han Solo on Cloud City in " The Empire Strikes Back " — a kind of double game that forced Miller to work in order to keep the issue ' s script at a manageable size . " Daze of Hate , Knights of Suffering " . " " saw Miller bring together the various characters that he had been following over the last year , and the writer worked with galactic maps to ensure that all of the characters were in logical proximity to Adasca ' s auction ; he also worked out timelines for almost a dozen of the characters in order to keep track of where they were and what they knew of each other ' s agendas . Miller originally spelled the name of the space slugs as " exorgoth , " but it was spelled " exogorth " during the lettering stage of the issue ' s production , and it was too late to change when it was noticed ; the creative team decided to go with the spelling " exogorth " from that point on . Miller originally intended for Adasca to make a derogatory comment about Camper ' s Human - like hands when he ordered them to be removed , but the comment was ultimately removed due to space constraints . The " Daze of Hate " arc was drawn by Bong Dazo , an artist from , and the cover art was drawn by Chris Warner with two different colorists : Michael Atiyeh for issues # 19 and , and Kelsey Shannon for . When originally developing the " Arkanian Legacy " sequence , Miller did not include Lucien Draay at all : Carrick ' s prison break would have happened differently , and Draay would have simply missed Carrick on Telerath when the Courageous was destroyed . However , he decided to include Draay when he realized that the character had not appeared in almost a year , and he came up with the idea of the two working together to escape like the chained - together convicts in the movie " " . The addition proved logistically difficult , though Miller was ultimately able to fit in Draay ' s involvement and thereby remind readers of Carrick ' s status as a fugitive wanted by the Covenant . Miller chose to keep the design of Mandalore the Ultimate ' s axeblade consistent with that of Mandalore the Indomitable ' s mythosaur axe from the " Tales of the Jedi " , and he used the " Daze of Hate " arc to further illustrate the Mandalorians ' transition from the chaotically individualistic armors of " Tales of the Jedi " to the color - coded uniformity of the Neo - Crusaders that appear in the " Knights of the Old Republic " video game . The food tray that splits a HK - 24 droid ' s head in Carrick and Draay ' s escape was intended as a callback to the " " comics by , the protagonist of which made use of a variety of mundane items as projectiles , though the panel evolved from Miller ' s original idea of just a debilitating strike to the eyes . In " Daze of Hate , Part 3 " , Miller worked to combine the various introductions between characters into as few scenes as possible , and when the creative team was discussing how to allow Draay and Carrick to view what was going on in the Observatory , they hit upon Eejee Vamm ' s " crow ' s nest " as a better setting than that of the towers on the hull of the " Legacy " , as Vamm had been killed in issue # 20 . While working on Cassus Fett ' s speech , Miller found inspiration for Fett ' s tone in the American Southwest : while Miller was traveling in the region , he was directed by a guide to the , or fortified base , in . At the presidio in 1846 , General claimed for the , and the starkness of Kearny ' s speech served as the model for the tone of Fett ' s . Each of the " Daze of Hate " issues were accompanied by a news organ : " " — a reference to the " Blue Harvest " production codename for — " " , and " The Taris Holofeed Special Proclamation " . The " Knights of Suffering " arc , the basic plot of which had been discussed by Miller and Ching as early as March 2006 , saw Miller return to another major element that he had planned from the series ' inception : a return to Taris while it is under siege . Miller used the arc to pick up the few threads that he had left on Taris in " Commencement " — Shel Jelavan , Senator Goravvus , and the disappearance of Constable Sowrs ' children — and also to introduce the Hidden Beks , a swoop gang from the video game . Miller brought in a number of characters from the game , such as Gadon Thek , Brejik , and the Vao siblings , though his personal goal was to avoid cameos just for their own sake and bring in characters that would do something important . The four arcs of the " Days / Knights " cycle was originally planned to be alternated between artists , but several issues caused that plan to fall through early on ; despite this , Dustin Weaver was able to draw " Knights of Suffering " at the same time Bong Dazo was drawing " Daze of Hate " , and Dan Parsons provided inks for Weaver ' s work on the arc . Weaver also took the opportunity to include several background characters who resembled characters from the comic series , one of his favorite series , and Carrick ' s fall from the " Moomo Williwaw " was inspired by the first issue of the comic series " " . Miller had planned since the beginning to bring back Hierogryph in " Knights of Suffering " and also planned out how he and Slyssk escaped from Serroco , but found that the story did not fit well into the pacing of the current story , and he decided to save the segment for a later issue . The news organ " " accompanied , showing the repercussions of " Daze of Hate " , and Colin Wilson ' s cover artwork for issue # 23 was included in the letters section for issue # 22 due to the fact that issue # 23 was already completed by that time . Miller initially considered naming Constable Noana Sowrs ' children after his own children , but as he began working on " Vector " and realized that Sowrs would be turned into a rakghoul , he discarded the notion . Miller suggested the idea of a comic - sized handbook for the series in late 2006 , believing that there would be enough information for one by the time it was released . Miller found the process of writing the handbook similar to writing the text page for a comic that he would typically send to an artist . The " " was released on November 7 , 2007 , the same day as " Knights of Suffering , Part 1 " , and covered the events of the series up until that issue while also including a significant amount of new information such as backstory on the Moomo Brothers and Hierogryph , The Handbook ' s entries were crafted with the forthcoming " " crossover in mind , and the Handbook included original character and ship designs by Brian Chin , while Miller also suggested including Dustin Weaver ' s " just for fun " cross - sections of " The Last Resort " and the " Moomo Williwaw " . A miscommunication resulted in some confusion over the " The Onslaught " : some entries in the Handbook refer to the Onslaught as involving Serroco , though that battle occurred several weeks later . While working on " Knights of Suffering , Part 2 " , Miller encountered issues with the pacing of the arc , and was forced to cut down on certain plot elements such as Carrick ' s encounter with Shel Jelavan — an element that was one of Miller ' s favorites in the issue . Carrick ' s interaction with Raana Tey was one of Miller ' s favorite panels in the entire series , though the writer was wary of the Resistance ' s mission to destroy the Jedi Tower : Miller felt that the destruction of a skyscraper was similar to the events of September 11 , 2001 , and Carrick ' s concern for the innocents in the neighborhood around the tower was something that Miller felt was an appropriate reaction to the situation . Miller made use of Karen Traviss ' s dictionary of Mando ' a in order to name the Mandalorian ships mentioned by Cassus Fett , and he decided to make the Moomo Brothers more humorous characters by introducing their passion for explosives . The issue ' s news organ , " " , reflects the events of the issue in relation to Lhosan Industries and Hierogryph , and also includes additional charges for Carrick that are the result of Admiral Karath ' s testimony on Carrick . Dustin Weaver especially enjoyed drawing the duel sequence between Raana Tey and Carrick in " " , the first time Carrick has dueled another lightsaber - wielder in the series . Before Miller turned in the final version of the issue , he learned that his editor Jeremy Barlow was moving to Dark Horse ' s Indiana Jones office , and Barlow was succeeded by Randy Stradley , who Miller had worked with in developing the original pitch for the series . " Knights of Suffering , Part 3 " was the final issue whose cover was drawn by Chris Wilson , ending the appearance of word balloons on the series ' covers . The issue did not continue " The Taris Holofeed " , instead concluding with " Galactic Republic Defense Ministry Daily Brief KD0092 " , which was intended to read like a real - world governmental " daily brief . " Miller had been thinking about the Republic ' s inner workings in preparation for the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " , and the page takes inspiration from a variety of different organizations in different governments . The Volume 4 paperback , which collects the " Daze of Hate " and " Knights of Suffering " arcs , breaks the " Arkanian Legacy " events in half ; when the arc was in development , it was not originally planned that " Nights of Anger " and " Daze of Hate " arcs would be so intricately related with each other . " Volume 4 " also corrected a visual continuity error in # 20 which had Rohlan Dyre given a gold set of Mandalorian armor , when the armor was in fact originally intended to be red like how it appears in " Knights of Suffering " . " Vector " , " Exalted " and " Vindication " . The idea for the " Vector " crossover originated in 2006 , when Randy Stradley and Chris Warner visited a comic shop as the shop ' s staff unloaded the latest shipments of Marvel Comics ' " " and ' " " crossovers . Stradley contacted Miller shortly afterwards along with John Ostrander and Jan Duursema , the creative team of the " " comic series . In response to " Civil War " and " 52 " , Stradley wanted to develop a crossover that would link together the four ongoing " Star Wars " series : " Knights of the Old Republic " , " " , " " , and " Legacy " . Miller immediately agreed , and the creative teams of the four series — Miller , Randy Stradley under the pen - name " Mick Harrison " for " Dark Times " , " Rebellion " Rob Williams , and Ostrander and Duursema for " Legacy " — entered into a lengthy series of discussions as to how to bridge the chronological gaps between their series . The writers soon decided to have a sequential crossover that would transition through each other series , and Stradley first came up with the name " Vector " for the event . Miller had already finished the outlines for the Days / Knights cycle and knew that it would conclude with issue # 24 , and " Vector " would run through 2008 beginning with . The inclusion of rakghouls was an element that came up early on in the discussions of " Vector " , with Jan Duursema first mentioning their possible involvement , and the writers took inspiration from the flashes of light that heralded a transformation to introduce a supernatural element to the creatures related to the Sith . Duursema was also responsible for the initial character designs for Celeste Morne and Karness Muur ; however , Duursema ' s original design for Morne had her as an Arkanian named Aurora . Upon learning of this , Miller intended to tie " Aurora " back to Days / Knights by establishing her as the niece of Arkoh Adasca , who had been mentioned earlier as Aurora by Adasca . This was ultimately discarded , as " Vector " was meant to introduce new readers to the " Star Wars " comics without excessive " baggage . " To resolve the fact that Aurora had already been mentioned , Miller decided to include information on her in the edition of " The Admiral ' s List " that appeared in issue # 22 . Because " Vector " was intended for readers of all series , Miller was forced to cut back on the elaboration he wanted to do for a number of events from the Days / Knights cycle ; some events that were cut included the aftermath of the attack on Cassus Fett , the fate of the resistance , and the fates of Jelavan , Thek , and Del Moomo . In each successive draft for the crossover , Miller decided to shed more and more characters from the KOTOR segment , and ultimately the only characters the writers decided on using were Hierogryph , Carrick , and Lucien Draay . Miller ' s solution to the problem was to add a gap between issues # 24 and # 25 , and while at a summit in Portland , Oregon , in late summer 2007 , the creative team decided to add several weeks between the end of " Knights of Suffering " and " Vector " that allowed for all of the characters to be moved to their proper positions and also let Miller address the status of characters who did not appear in " Vector " without adding too much exposition . Randy Stradley ' s two " missions " for " Vector " was that the event had to be easily accessible to both new and long - time readers , and it also had to change the course of each series it touched ; the second goal was easier for Miller , as he had always intended for 2008 to feature a shift in gears back towards the issue of the Covenant . The four issues of " Vector " were drawn by Scott Hepburn , and he was supported by the inker Joe Pimentel , while Travis Charest drew the cover for # 25 . Randy Stradley joined the team as editor starting that issue as well . The in - continuity news organs were discontinued in 2008 , as it was hard to keep them in the correct places when reprinting them . " " allowed Miller to continue his work on the evolution of the Mandalorian forces by depicting their operations on Jebble , which was a planet that was first mentioned in the edition of " The Taris Holofeed " that accompanied issue # 0 . The character of Celeste Morne mirrored Miller ' s early ideas for Jarael , whom he originally intended to have a far more acidic personality , and the creative team developed a specific set of rules for how the rakghoul plague was transmitted . The character of Frazznik , who first appeared in issue # 3 , was originally intended to reappear in one of the early " Adjudicator " columns , but he was cut for space , and the arrival of transports from Taris was inspired by lack of available landing ships in World War II . Dan Parsons inked part of issue # 26 alongside Pimentel , and he took over inking duties for the rest of the arc . " Vector , Part 2 " was the first in a series of covers that were drawn and colored by Dustin Weaver , and he was asked to make some changes to the cover upon completing it the first time . In , Miller took an opportunity through Lucien ' s description of Xamar ' s research on the Talisman to explain why the First WatchCircle was stationed so far away from the Core Worlds : they were searching for the Talisman . Randy Stradley came up with the term " Mando - Raks , " which was used in favor of Miller ' s " Mando - Ghouls , " and the two came up with the name for Dreypa ' s Oubliette with inspiration from the card game Magic : The Gathering . , which concluded the " Vector " arc for the series , changed very little during the development of the story , as the writers had already determined where the characters in " Knights of the Old Republic " would be going and how Celest Morne would transition between series . Miller particularly enjoyed having the opportunity to give the rakghouls a backstory and reason for existing . Bong Dazo , who would take over as artist for the forthcoming " " arc , designed Celeste Morne ' s pendant - key , while Miller developed a diagram of suggested panels for the nuclear destruction scene that would allow events on Jebble ' s surface to proceed vertically while Carrick ' s reaction moved diagonally . When Dark Horse Comics collected the " Vector " storyline in a trade paperback , they were initially unsure as to how to do so without splitting up " Vector " . Dark Horse ' s solution was to combine the first six issues of " Vector " — " Knights of the Old Republic " # 25 - 28 and " Dark Times " # 11 - 12 — in a single trade paperback , " " . " Vector Volume 1 " was also labeled as " Knights of the Old Republic Volume 5 " and " Dark Times Volume 3 " , continuing both series ' trade paperback numbering , and the era icons for all four publishing eras involved in " Vector " were displayed on the spine . " Exalted " was considered to be a key chapter in the series by Miller and the series ' editors , and one of the major goals was to show the impact that " Vector " had on the storyline in order to demonstrate the event ' s importance in other series . Miller developed the story for the two - part " Exalted " arc while also writing the adaption for the movie " " , though it was not Miller ' s intention to purposely echo the " Indiana Jones " franchise or write an environmentalist story , as some suggested based on the Covenant ' s experimentation with artifacts on Odryn . The planet was Miller ' s invention , but he built upon pre - existing material for the Feeorin species , and Dustin Weaver ' s cover for — which featured Jarael disguised as Celeste Morne — allowed the creative team to hint that Morne might be staying in the Old Republic era . By the time Miller began writing " Star Wars " , he had stopped adding characters whose names were taken from people in real life . Miller ' s one actual case of " tributing " others in a name in " Knights of the Old Republic " was the name of Feln , which hides an easter egg that contains the name of his sister ' s four children . By shifting two letters backwards along the alphabet , " FELN " gives DCJL , the initials of Miller ' s nephews and niece Daniel , Christopher , Joey , and Laurie , some of whom helped Miller play through the " Knights of the Old Republic " video games . In , Miller expanded upon the role of the Exalted in order to explain how Feln retained his status as leader even after becoming a Jedi , and it fit well with the pre - established idea that Feeorins grew stronger as they aged . Miller visualized the Feeorin village as being on an incline , allowing Carrick to leap the short distances up to the rooftops , but Bong Dazo perceived the village on a steeper incline , a decision that allowed for the inclusion of elements that Miller had suggested such as a rotten rooftop and carts drawn by the beasts of burden known as khadarok s . Bong Dazo also created the bone knives used by the Feeorins . Dustin Weaver drew the cover for issue # 30 , and Bong Dazo drew both issues of " Exalted " . " " , which was drawn by guest artist Alan Robinson and had a cover by Brian Ching and Michael Atiyeh , was the fulfilment of Miller ' s desire to have a story where everyone Carrick has helped turned around and helped him in return , and the time jump before " Vector " helped give time to move the characters to where they could do just that . " Turnabout " was also the first issue where Miller openly acknowledged that the characters of Alek and Darth Malak were the same character ; the issue sees Alek adopt the alias of Malak to avoid an arrest warrant . The recording discussed by Vandar Tokare is the same recording that appears in " " , a recording that helped bridge the gap between " Dark Times " and " Knights of the Old Republic " . Malak ' s experience with Republic immigration is a direct reference to the character of in the novel " " , who was assigned the name of a Sicilian town as his surname during the immigration process . Issue # 31 was the first issue after the departure of Randy Stradley as editor , who was succeeded by Dave Marshall . In his production notes for , Miller stated that the titular " Turnabout " in issue # 31 was intended to be Xamar ' s change from aiding the Covenant to working against them . " Knights of the Old Republic 32 : Vindication , Part 1 " was released on August 20 , 2008 , and it was preceded a day earlier by the release of the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " , a supplemental guide to the Wizards of the Coast Star Wars Roleplaying Game . The " Campaign Guide " , which covers much of and builds off the two " Knights of the Old Republic " games and the comic series , was co - written by Rodney Thompson , Sterling Hershey , Abel G . Peña , and Miller . The guide was first thought of by Miller in early 2007 , when Miller learned from his colleague James Mishler that Wizards of the Coast was relaunching the " Star Wars Roleplaying Guide " , though he had no idea how to pursue the idea . Later that spring , one of Miller ' s friends at Celebration IV suggested the same idea and pointed out the Roleplaying Game ' s head designer , Rodney Thompson . Miller became sidetracked before he could speak with him , but a LucasFilm representative introduced Miller to Thompson after Miller ' s panel : Thompson wanted Miller to help create an already - scheduled campaign guide for the " Knights of the Old Republic " series . Miller was originally only tasked with continuity oversight , but as Miller had some background in roleplaying games , Thompson asked Miller to write some of the sections . Miller ' s wife Meredith helped him develop many of the stats and information needed for the game , and Miller ended up writing the guide ' s chapters on Mandalorians and the Republic ; he used the guide as an opportunity to advance some of the stories that he had not yet had an opportunity to do so with in the comics , such as Haydel Goravvus . However , when it came to the subject of Squint and Malak — whom the comics ' creative team had always intended to eventually link together — Miller suggested that they stay away from Malak ' s previous identity and early days . This resulted in a later problem : Alek ' s " surname " of Squinquargesimus , which was assigned by Republic immigration but not used by Alek , made its way into the Campaign Guide despite the fact that Miller had not yet explained in the comics that it wasn ' t really the character ' s last name . Another error resulted when a late - minute addition to the guide included a segment on the planet Bespin , the discovery of which Miller intended to use in " " . Miller had been unaware of the addition while working on issue # 36 , but he discovered the segment on Bespin shortly before issue # 36 was completed . As a result , the " Bespin " that appeared in issue # 36 was recolored and given a different diameter to differentiate it from Bespin . For Xamar , who is a member of the Khil species , Miller decided early on in the series to reflect the Khil ' s sibilant speech patterns by tripling Xamar ' s " s " sounds . However , as Xamar had more and more lines , Miller ultimately lessened the number of times he did so , as he felt that the verbal tic was becoming distracting ; he reworked Xamar ' s dialogue to include fewer occurrences of the letter s . The Vanjervalis Chain was explained in the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " and the " Handbook " , but as the creative team strove to ensure that key story elements were not introduced outside of the comics , they chose to show the Vanjervalis Chain in action in issue # 31 so that it would appear in the comics before the " Campaign Guide " . Brian Ching returned for " Vindication " , which meant that the creative team was mostly the same as the one from " Commencement " . For the ending of issue # 32 , the creative team initially considered ending on the cliffhanger of Carrick ' s ruse being exposed , but they decided to end with the issuing of Vindication instead . " " was drawn by Bong Dazo and inked by Joe Pimentel , though Brian Ching and Michael Atiyeh created the covers for the first three issues of " Vindication " . Miller had already developed Haazen ' s backstory as early as 2006 when he submitted the script for " Homecoming " , as well as histories for Barrison and Krynda Draay , though Barrison ' s name was not decided on until issue # 12 . Miller kept the story in reserve , as he did not know when exactly they would show the story beyond around the time of " Vindication " and he also did not know whether it would be actually depicted in a flashback or just covered in dialogue and short flashbacks . Following the development of " Exalted " , the creative team found that " Vindication " was turning out to be only a three - issue arc , and they decided to repeat the " Flashpoint " / " Homecoming " method of having a second artist draw a fourth standalone issue the story of which they would plan in advance . The team ' s next problem was determining how much of the setting from " Tales of the Jedi " to show , and Miller preferred to keep it at a balance between the settings of the two series . Looking at settings from the " Tales of the Jedi " era , they also decided to differentiate the two time periods by highlighting the more formal mindset in " Tales of the Jedi " and the importance of tradition and old money . The crystal oubliette that Krynda Draay was imprisoned in was originally simply a medical stasis casket , but when Dreypa ' s Oubliette was developed for " Vector " , the creative team decided to make it a prototype oubliette instead . From the very beginning , the Covenant meta - arc was designed to have an elastic timeframe , allowing for various other storylines to be slotted in between the arc ' s major plot points . Miller ' s personal preference for slow - playing certain subplots and having sudden and quick resolutions for them also played a role in planning , as he always intended for the major mileposts of the Covenant storyline to be unevenly spaced throughout the series , and " Vector " served as the " big break " that sparked the beginning of the rapid conclusion to the Covenant storyline . " Vector " also introduced a minor pause in the advance of the Mandalorians , allowing the creative team to return to the issue of the Covenant . While planning the resolution to " Vindication " , the creative team never considered the possibility of Lucien Draay becoming a fugitive like Carrick had been , as it felt contrary to Draay ' s personality . Miller considered depicting the Council meeting in which Carrick refused the Order ' s offer to rejoin them , but he ultimately decided not to . Brian Ching worked particularly hard on the scene that depicted the destruction of the Draay Estate , and a sound effect was foregone as the team felt it would be distracting . Carrick ' s line about the Force while in the vat came from his wife , who used a similar line when she read the scripts for the series , and Miller saved the line for an appropriate place to use it . Artist Dan Scott drew the cover art for " " . " Exalted " , " Turnabout " , and " Vindication " later collected in " " on April 29 , 2009 ; the size of the trade paperback was expanded from six to seven in order to include the flashback issue # 32 , and the trade paperback was labeled Volume 6 because " Vector Volume 1 " already included Volume 5 for the series . " Prophet Motive " and " Dueling Ambitions " . Coming out of " Vindication " , the creative team wanted to immediately start the series in a new direction , choosing not to spend further time on Coruscant dealing the aftermath of the arc ; they made use of the time - jump that was used before " Vector " to bring the main characters together again in a new adventure . While in the early stages of developing the arcs past " Vindication " , Miller spent time contemplating the subject of slavery in " Star Wars " , and when he was driving — a longtime magazine editor and one of the primary founders of comics fandom — to a convention , the subject of living slaves in a universe with artificial beings arose . When asked why slaves would be needed , Thompson responded with " Entertainment value . " Miller ' s thoughts on the subject eventually evolved into the " " arc . The planetary auction in issue # 36 was inspired by Miller ' s desire to introduce readers to new locations in the " Star Wars " universe as well as his experiences with financial markets . Issue # 36 was the first time that Miller brought in an omniscient narrator for the series , as he felt that introducing such a narrator in the limited role of tour guide would be useful . The scene where Dyre and Demagol switch weapons in the middle of combat was Miller ' s idea ; he imagined a midair exchange of weapons with some acrobatics , and the issue ' s artist Bong Dazo developed a page that depicted the exchange through multiple panels and multiple appearances of both characters in a kind of slow - motion animation . Nunk Plaarvin uses the line " Fortunately , I am Nunk . I have the wisdom and the knowledge of the ages ; " the line was inspired by Miller ' s professor in his first newswriting class in college . The " Hot Prospect " was designed by Bong Dazo , though it was Miller ' s idea to have the exterior of the ship be as chaotic as its inside . Miller designed the command deck , which is situated as a crow ' s nest above the ship ; when Miller began doing sketches , his son helped model the bridge with LEGO , and the resultant design was a fusion of a command bridge , mess hall , meeting room , and crow ' s nest . Miller was unable to draw or describe the idea , so he simply sent images of the LEGO model to Dazo . The " Hot Prospect " was born primarily from Miller ' s dissatisfaction with the " Deadweight " , which he felt was too sleek for a vehicle that was supposed to be ungainly . Like the " Deadweight " , the " Hot Propsect " was directly inspired by the real - world LSTs that served in World War II , and its class designation , a Calispan 560 , is yet another callback to the USS " LST - 560 " . The departure lounge was designed so that there would be both a suspended flooring and a suspended ceiling , while the observatory was a more difficult design : the interior of the dome needed to be visible from the exterior , but there also needed to be beam across so that Jarael and Dyre could be hung from it . The final design featured a circular object suspended by three bars , and the creative team imagined that the observatory ' s original equipment had hung from those bars before it was removed . Dan Scott continued as cover artist for both issues of the " " arc . " " was a story that Miller had been planning for several years ; the " Corellian Strangler " first appeared in several of the backup news organs during 2007 , and the frequent mentions of the Strangler as possibly being of various species led to a " haunted ship " concept set aboard a vessel like the real - world " Titanic " . Michael Golden ' s art for the living spaceship in " Star Wars 38 " also played a role inspiring the story , and — though Miller did not intentionally plan it — like how " Star Wars 38 " immediately preceded the Marvel series ' adaption of " The Empire Strikes Back " , issue # 38 of " Knights of the Old Republic " also served as a stand - alone story preceding the main story of 2009 . The story also allowed Miller to revisit the character of Elbee , as well as the subject of droids not understanding the motivations of their masters . Originally , the creative team planned for there to be no gravity on the " Fillorean " at the beginning and then for there to be a humorous scene where everyone and everything aboard the ship crashes to the floor when gravity is restored . The idea was ultimately discarded , as it felt out of place with the seriousness of the issue . The guest artist Dean Zachary drew issue # 38 , while the cover was the last to be drawn by Brian Ching . The character of Toki Tollivar went through a number of species changes , as Miller wanted a dimunitive species that was not an Ewok , before the writer ultimately settled on a Bimm . The " Dueling Ambitions " gave the creative team a chance to address confusion about the subject of dueling stemming from the first video game : " Knights of the Old Republic " claimed that death matches had been outlawed during the Sith rule of Taris , but also stated that they had been outlawed many years before . In the " Campaign Guide " , the issue was addressed to a degree — it established that the Sith had reinstated the Republic ' s ban , which ended after the Mandalorian invasion years earlier , so that they could prevent dueling legends from gaining popularity and reputations that would distract from the Sith ' s rule of the planet . " Dueling Ambitions " , therefore , allowed the creative team to deal with the original Republic ban . Jervo ' s World was intended to be different from similar stations in " Star Wars " such as the Wheel ; the creative team wanted the station to be a kind of mecca for sports fan , similar to the real - world in . The playing fields were imagined as a series of arenas connected by tubes , as Miller ' s original idea for an icosahedral structure was abandoned because it would have been difficult to render consistently . The swoopdueling competition ' s organization was partially inspired by the bracket system of the 2009 NCAA men ' s basketball tournament , which started a day after issue # 39 was released on March 18 . The character of Goethar Kleej allowed Miller to remind readers of how Carrick had made himself at home on Taris , taking an interest in the local sports and sports heroes despite being an offworlder , and in particular emphasized that Carrick was still a typical teenager . Goethar Kleej went through a number of iterations in the planning stages of " Dueling Ambitions " before Miller learned about how Gotals sensed the world around them through their cones , and it was that information that resulted in the subplot with Aubin Kleej . Brian Ching returned to drawing the series with issue # 39 , and the issue was the first to have its cover drawn by Daryl Mandryk . Mandryk also drew the cover for , and Brian Ching continued his work as artist through the remainder of the arc ; his presence helped the team recreate the scene in the Jedi Tower from issue # 6 where Jarael rescues Carrick . For the sound effect resulting from Jarael ' s crashing through the glass ceiling , Michael Heisler went back and reused exactly the same sound effect from issue # 6 , and the panel with Jarael ' s reflection in Dyre ' s facemask is a recreation of an identical panel in issue # 10 . Hierogryph ' s line about a " tub of goo " was inspired by , the host of the " " talk show ; in 1985 Letterman referred to baseball player as a " fat tub of goo " for several days . " " allowed Miller to do something he had been meaning to do for quite same time : ruin a happy ending . The reveal that Jarael was a former slaver was an element that had been in the work for most of the series ' run and had been hinted at several times in various issues . The creative team originally considered revealing her past at the end of " Vindication " , but ultimately decided to delay it in order to bring other pieces into play ; the delay also allowed the team to contrast how Carrick ' s group operated with and without the Covenant chasing them . The team placed particular importance on the establishment of Jarael ' s accuser as a sympathetic and credible figure , though Miller ' s original plans had the accuser as less formidable victim - like character . The reveal of Chantique and Jarael ' s past were both closely guarded secrets at Dark Horse — solicitations for later issues of the series purposely excluded mentions of either element for the sake of the reveal . Issue # 41 was also intended as a partial tribute to Archie Goodwin , as the first non - movie adaption issue of the Marvel series that Miller bought as a child was " " , the final issue of the Wheel arc . The Mandallian Giant on the cover , which was drawn by Dan Scott , was one of the more obvious references , as a Mandellian Giant was one of the alien gladiators on the Wheel . " Prophet Motive " and " Dueling Ambitions " were collected together into the series ' seventh trade paperback , " " , on October 21 , 2009 . " " , which was drawn by guest artist Ron Chan and featured a cover by Benjamin Carré , allowed the creative team to depict a pivotal moment in the Mandalorian Wars and the history of Revan . The creative team knew from the start of the series that " Malak " and " Revan " were not the birth names of the characters , and they were able to address Malak ' s transition to that name in issue # 31 — Miller personally felt that it was important to show that the two Sith had in fact adopted names other than their originals when they became Darth Malak and Darth Revan . As the creative team began looking forward after completing " Commencement " , they decided to use the Revanchists as a countervailing force against the Covenant beyond the Jedi Council ' s neutrality , as the crusaders were also trying to pull the Council into action but in an opposite direction . As a result , Revan and Malak appeared in issue # 0 , and their storylines entered what Miller described as a helix , intersecting with Carrick ' s own story at important points . The creative team intended for readers who had played the video games to know or learn that Revan and Malak were the Revanchist and Alek , but Miller had always planned for the massacre of the Cathar species to be the moment in which Revan and the Revanchist were firmly linked together . The massacre is described by the video game character Juhani as happening many years in the past , creating a question as to how it would have an effect in the present — but Miller came up with the solution to show the massacre in a vision of the past fairly early on , and chose to wait to use it until the time when the Revanchists were working officially the Republic . Miller originally suggested that the issue end with Malak standing on the ground watching Carrick and Jarael depart , but Ron Chan came up with the reserve idea of showing Malak looking down at the " Hot Prospect " as his ship departs . Issue # 42 also features the first appearance of Captain Telettoh , a character who is a direct reference to Pete Hottelet , the winner of the . Hottelet won the right to appear in a " Star Wars " comic book , and Telettoh ' s appearance is based on that of Hottelet . " The Reaping " , " Destroyer " , and " Demon " . For " " arc , the dust - divers were inspired by Miller ' s high - school interest in pursuing a space - related career , the real - world , and the movie " " , and he used the situation to illustrate a circumstance where living slaves were seen as superior to droids . The arc , which Miller originally intended to be called " Cold Harvest " before he realized that " Dark Times " was running a " " arc , was drawn by Bong Dazo and featured covers by Benjamin Carré on both and . Miller originally planned for the deep - space combat sequence that appears in issue # 44 to appear in " Dueling Ambitions " , but the sequence was shifted to " The Reaping " ; the " Hot Propsect " was in fact created for this scene , which allowed the creative team to make use of the variety of unorthodox weapons at the ship ' s disposal . The " Prospect " centrifuge was inspired by Miller ' s science - fair project on rotational and angular momentum in high school , which was in turn inspired by the movies " " and " " , and the winch attack was inspired by the LST which Miller ' s grandfather served on . Dace Golliard was imagined by Miler as a sort of rumpled and ruined figure who had destroyed his career but refused to give up , while the sky - reaper droids were Bong Dazo ' s creations . Several notes to the colorist , Michael Atiyeh , accidentally made it to the printed pages of issue # 44 , and Chantique ' s tattoos were missing from some panels . For the " " arc , which saw the return of Brian Ching as artist , Miller originally considered a longer story arc that showed the capture of Carrick ' s starfighter by the Crucible and his first moments in their hands , but it was soon decided to simply cut straight into the action because Dace Golliard would already tell Chantique what had happen . The arc was originally considered to be three issues , with additional scenes about the muscle who Hierogryph hires to free the Crucible — Valius Ying ' s former gang — slaves and Jarael ' s conversations with Malak and Shel Jelavan . " " saw the culmination of the multiple scenes with agents of the Crucible in the past few issues — Chantique and Bar ' injar ' s investigations about Jarael ' s actions , which have been shown in past issues , resulted in their recognition of Carrick . Miller chose to make Snout a Caamasi after reading about their memnii , or collective memories . " " , which featured a cover by Jim Pavelec , was released on October 21 ; however , at the , Dark Horse announced that " Knights of the Old Republic " would be ending with its 50th issue . By that time , Miller had already turned in the last script and the creative team had been working for a while to wrap up all of the loose ends left in the series over the course of the remaining arcs . Miller would move on to a new ongoing series , " " , set during the New Sith Wars . The decision to end the series did not bring about too many changes ; Miller had already envisioned Jarael ' s storyline ending around the same time and both the " Destroyer " and " " arcs were always planned to end the Crucible storyline . By cutting down " Destroyer " to two issues , the creative team was able to make " Demon " a four - part arc . In issue # 46 , Jarael ' s age was revealed , which was something that had been planned for some time and illustrated how little Carrick knew about Jarael . In his production notes for the issue , Miller revealed that the name of Bar ' injar , the Magister Protector , was intended as a subtle clue to the real meaning of Jarael ' s name , as it shared the syllable " jar " and the same meaning . " Masks " , " The Reaping " , and " Destroyer " were collected in the trade paperback " " , which was released on January 13 , 2010 . " " centers on three major revelations , all of which had been planned for quite some time in order to follow up on various clues in other issues . The issue , which like the rest of the arc featured a cover by Benjamin Carré , revealed that Rohlan Dyre had in fact been replaced by Demagol , a subject which had received significant discussion in fandom and one which Miller was relieved to be able to reveal . Issue # 47 also allowed Miller to reveal the " Goodvalor affair , " a story which he had been saving since " Knights of Suffering " . Miller ' s original idea was to show the meeting with the Defense Ministry early in " Daze of Hate " , but around that time , Miller quit his day job to begin freelancing , and during that time he developed a number of concepts including the " Handbook " . Hierogryph and Slyssk ' s escape was envisioned as a potential humorous one - shot , but Miller acquired other work at the time and was forced to shelve the idea ; while the story was forestalled over the rest of the series , the creative team made several references to it , and in the short story " Interference " , Miller included material originally created for the in - universe text pages that never made their way into " Vector " . Miller initially considered " Valediction " as the title for " Demon " , in keeping with " Commencement " , but ultimately went with the title of " Demon " . The scene where " Demagol " is escorted to his trial was intended to mimic the mob scene back in issue # 6 , which was also drawn by Brian Ching . In the initial script for the scene on Wor Tandell , " Rohlan " emerged from the tall weeds near Jarael saying that he had " concluded his business , " but after realizing the unintentional humor of the statement , the script was altered . In summer 2005 , as Miller was completing the pitch for " Flashpoint " , he planned for Rohlan Dyre to slip aboard " The Last Resort " and then join the cast in " Days of Fear " , and Demagol would start his pursuit of Jarael in custody . Looking back at the story after making a note about the stowaway , Miller added another line : " He might be Rohlan ; he might be Demagol . Heh , heh , heh … , " and the ruse took off from there as it fit well into the story . " " was accompanied by an essay in the letter column written by Miller that discussed how they handled the masquerade ; in the column , he explained how the scripts for the series had included parenthetical art instructions about how to pose the character as a disguised Demagol . While the real Dyre was a brawler , Demagol had a more precise and elegant posture similar to a martial artist . As Demagol was unaware as to whether the real Dyre had ever removed his helmet , the character had to remain masked at all times , and the creative team made an effort to present Demagol ' s dialogue and actions hint at ulterior motives . Demagol ' s dialogue was tailored to include intentional slip - ups where Demagol would revert to his meticulous and intellectual manner of speaking , and the creative team even went back into the " Flashpoint " trade paperback to remove some of the contractions that " Dyre " used . For issue # 48 , the creative team decided almost immediately to keep the narrative ' s impact focused on the present , as they needed to preserve space , and they ultimately abandoned an idea where Demagol ' s personal history would be interlaced with Rohlan ' s history of Demagol , as it complicated the flow of the issue and would result in Demagol ' s untrustworthy account conflicting with visuals . Through issue # 48 , the creative team linked together elements from virtually every story in the entire series , and allowed Miller to reveal that there had in fact been connections to " Tales of the Jedi " all along — Jarael was genetically related to Arca Jeth . Demagol ' s appearances throughout the series were designed specifically to first and foremost show his devotion and interest in Jarael , and how he became ultimately obsessed with her . Miller discussed Jarael ' s origin with a geneticist friend of his , Cathe Smith , in order to help him understand the biology aspects of the story . The garage in which the Rogue Moon Project is headquartered was an extension of what Miller termed as an Infinities storyline for the series — if the Covenant had not killed the Padawans and Carrick had washed out of the Order , Miller imagined that Carrick would have found work in a garage . That storyline , which involved Shel Jelavan , was something Miller considered from the beginning of the series . For the space and combat sequences in " " , Miller originally visualized the sequence in space involving Dace Golliard ' s capture as lasting a page or so longer , while the combat sequence on Osadia would run shorter . However , Brian Ching developed the space sequence in a way that took up less space , allowing for more action sequences and an interior splash page . Issue # 49 finally resolved the subject of Carrick ' s special relationship with the Force : Miller ' s experience as a parent led him to thinking about how children learn and adapt to physics , which in turn led to thoughts on how the Force affects probabilities . Even in his initial proposal , Miller suggested that Carrick existed at a " right angle to the Force " to the point where he couldn ' t manipulate outcomes easily like other Jedi ; his reaching into the Force for a particular result might cause probabilities to wobble , creating an unlikely result in an undesirable direction and then further negative or positive effects as the Force re - established equilibrium . Miller ' s idea was built into the series throughout its run : for example , in the first issue , Carrick survives an improbable fall through the Force , but lands improbably at the feet of his teachers . This was partially reflected in the " Star Wars Miniatures " game , which had Carrick possess the abilities of Karmic Luck and Karmic Mettle . For the character of Saul Karath , Miller had always personally considered the dock worker at the Foerost Shipyards who was killed by Ulic Qel - Droma and Mandalore the Ultimate in " " to be Craddock Karath , Saul ' s father . He expanded on this theory in issue # 49 , linking Dace Golliard and Saul Karath by establishing that Golliard ' s cowardice at Foerost led to Craddock ' s death . In his production notes for issue # 49 , Miller finally revealed who he " heard " when writing dialogue for Carrick : the actor from around the time of the 1987 film " " . " " was released on February 17 , 2010 as the series ' final issue . Prior to its release , Miller ran a " Countdown to KOTOR " series on his blog where he answered questions from fans and gave further information on the series ' production and development . For issue # 50 , Miller resorted to a magnetic storyboard to keep track of the events happening , using magnets created by his son . The magnets allowed Miller to remember which pages were which and also let him move around each page ' s card to link together events ; Miller used the method for particularly eventful issues . Miller was not always sure whether or not he would go with the final twist of Demagol being Force - sensitive and Jarael lacking Force - sensitivity — a hesitancy which caused every scene with Jarael ' s " capabilities " leave it open - ended as to whether she had powers . The " Campaign Guide " listed Jarael as " Strong in the Force , " as Miller decided to include a mention of the possibility because Jarael ' s " powers " would be mentioned in " Prophet Motive " , and while she is not immensely strong in the Force , the character does possess some ability . When considering the relationship between Carrick and Jarael , the creative team always felt that Carrick believed that he and Jarael could never happen given who they were , and even before Jarael ' s age was established , Miller had realized that Carrick was too young for her in both age and in terms of hardship experienced . As a result , the post - " Vindication " issues , which were designed around the concept that Carrick would be looking for trouble , addressed this gap — Carrick looks into Jarael ' s past trouble and tries to prove himself , failing multiple times , but he earns Jarael ' s trust while doing so , and his apology before restoring her parents to her was viewed as an important example of the evolution of their relationship . In his production notes for issue # 50 , Miller revealed that the source of Carrick ' s name was North Carrick Hall , his dormitory as an undergraduate at the University of Tenneessee at Knoxville . The sound effect from Carrick ' s impact when he crashes into the Osadia School is spelled the same as the effect used when Jarael crashed through the skylight of the Jedi Tower , a callback to that scene which had appeared several times in the series . For the final scene with Chantique and Demagol , Brian Ching was careful to establish the location of Carrick and Kun ' s lightsabers on the ground , and the entire page , which is Demagol ' s first active attempt at telekinesis , took less than a second in terms of the story . The ending for Rohlan Dyre , where the Mandalorian resumes his quest for answers , was one that Miller had always imagined for the character . Hierogryph was one of Miller ' s favorite characters to write in the entire series , and the writer managed to also get in closing moments with some of the series ' main characters such as Elbee and Slyssk . " Demon " was collected in the ninth and final trade paperback of the original series , " " , on October 21 , 2009 . Miller always intended to follow up the first two overarching arcs of the series — what he dubbed the " Fugitive " and " Freelancer " story arcs — with a " Footsoldier " arc , though the series ended before he could continue . The writer would continue the planned storyline in the miniseries " " , which picked up some of the story elements and characters from the original series that Miller had intended to expand on in future storylines , such as Dallan Morvis . Continuity . References to the " Knights of the Old Republic " video games . The planet Taris is one of the primary settings of the " Knights of the Old Republic " comics , and the series expands upon the planet , which was first introduced in the " Knights of the Old Republic " game . The rakghouls and Gamorreans that the Covenant fight in the Undercity is a direct reference to the " Knights of the Old Republic " game , which features both as enemies in the Undercity . The Hidden Beks and Black Vulkars , two swoop gangs that are featured in the comics , originated in the video game , and several characters from those groups — Gadon Thek , Zaerdra , Mission and Griff Vao , and Brejik — are characters who appear in the comics , several in - universe years before their appearances in the video game . Kebla Yurt ' s Equipment Emporium , a shop visited by players in the game , is mentioned in " " , and in issue # 25 Hierogryph and Carrick explain to Celeste Morne that they were kicked out of the Outcasts — the primary denizens of the Undercity in the game . The design of the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine and the composition of both the Dantooine Jedi Council and the Jedi High Council are taken directly from the " Knights of the Old Republic " games — the characters of Vandar Tokare , Zhar Lestin , Atris , Vrook Lamar , and Zez - Kai Ell all appear in various issues and originated in the video game . The one exception is Master Dorak , who does not appear in the series because he is not yet a member of the Dantooine Council , and his seat is occupied by Bala Nisi , a character who first appeared in " Shadows and Light " in " Star Wars Tales 23 " . Another character from " Shadows and Light " is the Jedi Cale Berkona , who appears in several issues as a member of the Revanchists . The character of Cassus Fett was first mentioned in the first game , and he was greatly expanded on as a recurring character over the course of the series . The naming of the droid T1 - LB was intended as a reference to the T3 - series of droids from the video games , and the T3 - series makes a number of appearances throughout the comic series ; the Handbook established a link between the names by stating that Duwani Mechanical Products acquired the T1 trademark and repurposed it for their T1 - series utility droid . The Republic ' s " Hammerhead " - class cruiser and " Ministry " - class orbital shuttles , which make appearances in various issues , both originated in the video games , as did the S - 250 " Chela " - class starfighter that appeared in " Days of Fear " . The " Days of Fear " arc , in particular , referenced numerous elements of previous continuity . The HK - 24 assassin droids employed by Adasca are early models of the HK - series , the same type of droid as the companion character HK - 47 from the first KotOR video game , and their speech patterns is reminiscent of HK - 47 ' s . Carth Onasi is a companion character in " Knights of the Old Republic " , and his tendency to give long responses to short questions is repeated in " Days of Fear " . The Battle of Serroco was first mentioned in " The Sith Lords " , and was expanded upon and depicted in " Days of Fear , Part 3 " . " The Admiral ' s List : Jimas Veltraa Memorial Edition " featured the first mention in chronological terms of the " Interdictor " - class cruiser , which first appeared in the form of the " Leviathan " in the first " Knights of the Old Republic " game . It was widely speculated by fans that the characters of Squint and the Revanchist were in fact the future Darth Malak and Revan , two of the major characters from the " Knights of the Old Republic " game , but the link between the characters was not confirmed until the release of " " , a reference guide published on November 27 , 2007 . The comic series first openly acknowledged the connection between Malak and Squint in issue # 31 , and issue # 42 depicted the Revanchist ' s adoption of the name " Revan " and his acquisition of his trademark mask . Fans of the series also speculated that Lucien Draay would become Darth Sion , one of the primary antagonists of " The Sith Lords " , though Miller never intended for the characters to be the same . In " Vindication " , Haazen suggests that Lucien adopt a name like Darth Luzion or Darth Sion , and in issue # 35 Draay acknowledges that he would have become the Lord of Pain if he had embraced the dark side — but the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " confirmed that the two were separate individuals , stating that Darth Sion had fought in the Sith War . References to the " Tales of the Jedi " . A number of Mandalorian ships that appeared in " Tales of the Jedi " reappear in " Knights of the Old Republic " , and their appearances , like those of the Mandalorians themselves , has evolved in the decades since the Great Sith War . The " Shaadlar " - type troopship and " Kyramud " - type battleship both first appeared in " Tales of the Jedi : The Sith War 1 : Edge of the Whirlwind " , and they also appear in slightly modified forms in several of the scenes depicting the Mandalorian Wars . The Basilisk war droid , another vehicle used by the Mandalorians in " Tales of the Jedi " , is a frequent sight in " Knights of the Old Republic " . Similarly , the Crucible ' s " Gladiator " is a ship design picked up from the background of the Foerost Shipyards in " Edge of the Whirlwind " . Issue # 33 features an extended flashback to several points in Haazen ' s life , and those flashbacks deal with elements and characters introduced in " Tales of the Jedi " and West End Games ' " Tales of the Jedi Companion " . The creative team chose not to depict the Sunrider family , who was at that time intended to be the focus of the upcoming novel " Mandorla " , but tied the two comic series together by featuring Arca Jeth and the Sith War . Krynda Draay ' s Miraluka father is shown to be Noab Hulis , the Jedi who rehabilitated the fallen Jedi Chamma ; Chamma is Andur Sunrider ' s eventual teacher , and Noab Hulis was first mentioned in the " Tales of the Jedi Companion " . The Krevaaki Vodo - Siosk Baas is depicted in a statue in issue # 32 , as he had been established earlier as Krynda Draay ' s teacher in issue # 9 , and issue # 47 features a flashback to the duel between Exar Kun and Baas in " " . Issue # 48 also features flashbacks to events of the Great Sith War , such as Ulic Qel - Droma ' s duel with Mandalore the Indomitable . Exar Kun ' s double - bladed lightsaber is a major part of the " Demon " arc as a Sith artifact , and the weapon is the one that ultimately kills Demagol and his daughter Chantique when Demagol summons the wrong lightsaber and impales himself as well as Chantique . The Covenant ' s term for the failsafe method of destroying the Sanctum of the Exalted , Option Ossus , is a reference to the Cron Cluster , the star cluster that contained Ossus ; the Cron Cluster was devastated by the Cron Supernova during the Sith War . The " Vector " and " Vindication " arcs introduce a number of artifacts whose names and original owners are references to characters in " Tales of the Jedi " : the Eye of Horak - mul , Jori Daragon ' s amulet , the Epistle of Marka Ragnos , the Helm of Dathka Graush , and the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger . The Helm of Dathka Graush is almost identical to a helmet that appears on a Sith during a flashback in " " ; however , the 2012 reference guide " " established the character in that image as Hakagram Graush , the last Sith king of the planet Korriban before the arrival of the Exiles . While Hakagram and Dathka share the same last name , no official connection has been made as of yet between the two characters or the Helm of Dathka Graush and Hakagram ' s helmet . References to other works . The " Knights of the Old Republic " series depicts the Mandalorians in a transitional state between the relatively diverse armor styles of Mandalorians in " Tales of the Jedi " and the uniform , color - coded Neo - Crusader armor from the video games ; John Jackson Miller purposely evolved the appearances of Mandalorian armor over the course of the series , and also provided a reason for the changes — Mandalore the Ultimate desired to shape his forces into a more regimented fighting force as they received more and more recruits from different backgrounds . The passenger liner " Chancellor Fillorean " is named after Fillorean , a Supreme Chancellor who first mentioned in the 2003 " Coruscant and the Core Worlds " sourcebook by Wizards of the Coast . The " Resol ' nare " , or Six Actions , of Mandalorian culture that appear in issue # 26 were first created by author Karin Traviss for her work on Mandalorian culture , and Mando ' a — the language developed by Traviss — appears in many issues of the comic series . The creative team invented the debris field in the Taris system along with the Rogue Moon , and other locales unique to the series include Vanquo , Flashpoint , the banking planet Telerath , the Feeorin homeworld Odryn , Osadia , Metellos 3 , Omonoth , and Volgax . The magnetic suction tube s used in issue # 5 first appeared on the Jawa sandcrawler in " A New Hope " , and " The Last Resort " leaving an asteroid field to make a clear transmission was a callback to the asteroid scene in " The Empire Strikes Back " . The exogorths , or space slugs , first appeared in " The Empire Strikes Back " , and their scientific name is first identified in issue # 18 of " Knights of the Old Republic " . " Knights of the Old Republic " has also featured members of a number of lesser - known species ; these include Hamadryas , Skrillings , Ho ' Din , Nagai , Besalisks , Khil , Ishi Tib , Drovian s , Arkanians , Dashade , Sanyassan s , Caamasi , and Zeltrons . Many of these species originated in the early Marvel comics or as patrons of Chalmun ' s Spaceport Cantina in " A New Hope " , and have appeared infrequently since their introductions . The concept of a Jedi Shadow originated in the roleplaying games produced by West End Games , as did many other elements in the series . The planet of Wor Tandell was first mentioned in the , and the Iskalloni species that raised Antos Wyrick were introduced in the West End story " The Iskallon Factor " . Miller drew from West End ' s " Player ' s Guide to Tapani " to develop the backstory of the " Moomo Williwaw " , and the name of the " Hot Prospect " ship class , a Calipsan 560 mining ship , originates from the planet Calipsa , another West End creation . The Krish species ' obsession with gaming had been established in previous West End sources , and the name of the " Little Bivoli " is derived from that of Bivoli Tempari , a foodstuff found in " Star Wars Galaxies " that originated in the 1989 roleplaying game book " Riders of the Maelstrom " by West End . Contradictions and continuity errors . The " Knights of the Old Republic " comic series has had relatively few elements that contradict with previous continuity . In " Commencement , Part 3 " , Marn Hierogryph mentions the substance bacta , which according to previous continuity did not exist at the time of the series , as kolto filled the role of bacta at the time . The error went unchanged in the " Commencement " trade paperback , and Miller suggested a number of possible remedies for the problem . However , the 2009 reference guide " The Essential Atlas " retconned the date of bacta ' s first availability in the galaxy to be around 4100 BBY . When the characters of Jarael and Camper were introduced , some fans expressed confusion as to the fact that they had pupils , five - fingered hands , and white skin . Previous appearances of Arkanians showed the species as having golden skin , three - fingered clawed hands , and a lack of pupils . The discrepancies were later revealed to be a plot device when the series identified them as Arkanian Offshoots , a genetically modified subspecies of Arkanians , and Jarael ' s pointed ears were revealed in issue # 50 to be caused by the Sephi blood she inherited from Jeth ' s genetic material . Reception . " Knights of the Old Republic " sold an average of 21 , 043 copies in comic book shops worldwide when each issue was released ; 2006 yielded an average of 23 , 256 while 2007 had an average of 22 , 603 copies . An average of 22 , 080 copies were sold in 2008 , and the remainder of the series had an average of 16 , 968 copies sold . The series ' sales and rankings compared to other issues declined along with the rest of the comics industries over the years , starting around 24 , 000 and ending around 16 , 000 , but the series in particular began a decline following the " Vector " arc . The four issues of " Vector " sold particularly well with an average of 24 , 565 copies sold ; the issues of the series directly preceding and following the arc only sold 20 , 383 and 22 , 036 copies respectively . " Knights of the Old Republic " has an average rank of 107 in terms of comics sales for each month that a new issue was released , and the series was Dark Horse ' s fifth - highest selling series on average during the course of its run . Early on during the series ' run , it was Dark Horse ' s third or fourth series on average , but the premiere of " " and " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " pushed " Knights of the Old Republic " down in the rankings . " Conan " was another series that sold higher than " Knights " most of the series ' run , and it was Dark Horse ' s highest - selling series in 2006 before " Buffy " and " Legacy " . Up until the end of the " Vector " arc , " Knights of the Old Republic " ranged from 80 to 120 in terms of sales ranking per month , but as the series continued into 2008 and 2009 , it dropped lower to ranging between 100 and 130 in the rankings . " Knights of the Old Republic 25 : Vector , Part 1 " and " Knights of the Old Republic 28 : Vector , Part 4 " are the series ' highest - selling issues , with 25 , 015 and 25 , 101 copies sold when they were released , and the " Flashpoint " , " Reunion " , and " Days of Fear " arcs sold particularly well , ranging from 23 , 000 to 25 , 000 copies sold . The " Knights of Suffering " arc was the lowest - selling of the series before " Vector " , and " Knights of the Old Republic 40 : Dueling Ambitions , Part 2 " and " Knights of the Old Republic 49 : Demon , Part 3 " were two of the lowest - ranked issues in terms of sales in the remainder of the series . The first issue of the series , particularly Brian Ching ' s art , was well received by fans on the Dark Horse Message Boards as well as those on the Jedi Council Forums , though many fans on the forums expressed a desire for more references to " Tales of the Jedi " and the video games . The entertainment site IGN gave the series ' first issue a " Check It " rating , indicating that the issue was good but not a necessity , but expressed the opinion that the series was a " pale shadow " to " Tales of the Jedi " . IGN reviewed several issues of the series , but primarily gave those issues ratings around 7 / 10 , citing the series ' lack of compelling conflicts between Sith and Jedi and the relatively inconsequential feeling of the series ' events as major factors in " Knights of the Old Republic " inferiority to the more highly rated " Star Wars : Legacy " . The comic review site ComicCritique . com gave the first issue 2 out of 5 stars , expressing the opinion that the issue contained " a lot of stereotypical fiction and dialogue that will work for most fans of the series , but not for comic book readers looking for their money ' s worth . " Fans on the Jedi Council Forums praised the " Commencement " arc , with most rating it between 4 . 5 and 5 , but several fans criticized the drastic art change and quality of Travel Foreman ' s work on issue # 5 . Overall , the series received consistently positive reviews from fans on the Dark Horse Message Boards and the Jedi Council Forums . In terms of trade paperback sales , " Knights of the Old Republic " sold an average of 3 , 248 copies for its nine trade paperbacks , excluding the tenth volume which collected the " War " miniseries . The paperbacks were the 18th highest - selling in their respective months on average , and they were Dark Horse ' s first , second , or third highest selling paperbacks in their respective months excluding Volume 3 ; that volume was released in January 2008 , a month that saw Dark Horse release almost a dozen trade paperbacks . Similar to its individual sales , the " Vector " arc was the highest - selling paperpback for the series , with just under 4 , 000 copies sold when it was released in January 2009 . " Volume 1 : Commencement " has a rating of 4 . 6 out of 5 after 30 customer reviews on Amazon . com , while on the book review site Goodreads it holds a rating of 3 . 94 out of 5 after 699 customer ratings . " Volume 2 : Flashpoint " holds a rating of 4 . 5 out of 5 after 17 reviews on Amazon , while it holds a 3 . 90 out of 5 rating on Goodreads after 510 ratings . Fans on the Jedi Council Forums gave the " Flashpoint " arc ratings of around 4 / 5 , while " Homecoming " mostly received ratings of either 4 . 5 or 5 out of 5 , though " Reunion " was less well - received with ratings between 3 . 5 and 4 . " Volume 3 : Days of Fear , Nights of Anger " holds a rating of 4 . 4 after 13 reviews on Amazon , though it has a score of 3 . 84 / 5 after 354 ratings on Goodreads . The second part of the Days / Knights cycle was received similarly to the first ; " Volume 4 : Daze of Hate , Knights of Suffering " holds a 4 . 5 rating after 13 reviews on Amazon and a 3 . 83 rating after 302 reviews on Goodreads . " Vector Volume 1 " was not as well received by reviewers of the trade paperback : it holds a 3 . 65 / 5 rating after 313 ratings on Goodreads and a 3 . 7 / 5 after 18 customer reviews on Amazon , and IGN gave the four KOTOR issues of the crossover ratings of 7 . 3 , 5 . 7 , 6 . 7 , and 7 . 0 respectively . " Volume 6 : Vindication " holds a 4 . 9 out of 5 rating after 11 reviews on Amazon , and a 3 . 95 out of 5 after 257 ratings on Goodreads . " Volume 7 : Dueling Ambitions " was less popular — it holds a 3 . 9 / 5 after 7 reviews on Amazon and a 3 . 65 rating after 202 ratings on Goodreads . " Volume 8 : Destroyer " holds a 3 . 81 out of 5 score after 197 ratings on Goodreads and a 5 out of 5 rating after 4 reviews on Amazon , and it was the ninth best - selling graphic novel of January 2010 and Dark Horse ' s second best - selling after " Blade of the Immortal Volume 22 " . The final volume of the series , " Volume 9 : Demon " , was the shortest paperback of the series , and it has a score of 4 . 2 out of 5 after 6 reviews on Amazon and a 3 . 99 on Goodreads after 188 ratings . The first Omnibus volume holds a 5 / 5 rating after 2 customer reviews on Amazon and a 4 . 00 / 5 rating after 11 reviews on Goodreads , and has been reviewed by other sites as well : the " Star Wars " fansite Jedi News praised the Omnibus , and the comic review site Den of Geek gave it a 9 / 10 . The Comics Crux review site gave it a 3 . 5 / 5 , criticizing the inconsistent art of the " Commencement " arc while praising the art of the rest of the paperback , particularly the backgrounds and ship designs . " Knights of the Old Republic " was featured in a number of issues of the " Star Wars Insider " magazine during its run ; departments such as " Jawa ' s Corner " and " Blaster " occasionally ran segments about upcoming issues and arcs during their discussion of future " Star Wars " products . Legacy . Metaseries material . A part of the " Knights of the Old Republic " metaseries , the " Knights of the Old Republic " comic series has also spawned its own related material , including three short stories , a sequel miniseries , a handbook , and a role - playing campaign guide . The " Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic Handbook " was a one - shot handbook issue , in the same vein as Dark Horse ' s earlier " " and " Star Wars : Legacy " . The Handbook was released on November 7 , 2007 , the same day as issue # 22 of " Knights of the Old Republic " , and it summarizes and expands on information about the characters , locations , and ships in the comic series . The Handbook featured art from the series and additional art by the series ' artists , and also included backstories that John Jackson Miller had been unable to fit into the main series by that time as well as information relating to upcoming arcs , such as the Muur Talisman from " Vector " and Nunk Plaarvin from " Prophet Motive " . The " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " is a supplementary reference book to Wizards of the Coast ' s Star Wars Roleplaying Game , and includes elements from both video games , the comic series , and even " Tales of the Jedi " . John Jackson Miller wrote sections of the guide , and the guide features several of the main characters from the comics ; the " Campaign Guide " also gives names to a number of ship classes that have appeared in the comics but had not yet been named . In August 2008 , Wizards of the Coast released a " Knights of the Old Republic " expansion for their " Star Wars Miniatures " game , which featured a number of characters from the video games and the comic series . " Labor Pains " is a short story by John Jackson Miller that is set between issue # 12 and issue # 13 of the comics and was originally released exclusivy to the fan club on April 9 , 2008 . Originally thought of as a promotional short story for " Star Wars Insider " , the story was finished by Miller when he learned that StarWars . com was planning to present original fiction in 2007 . " Labor Pains " is told in first - person from the perspective of Marn Hierogryph , and focuses on his and Carrick ' s attempt to scam an art gallery on Ralltiir . The second " Knights of the Old Republic " short story by Miller , " Interference , " was also published on Hyperspace on September 29 , 2008 , and allowed Miller to elaborate on an idea he had originally planned for the in - universe text pages of the series : a propaganda broadcast by a Captain Goodvalor . " Interference " follows a series of broadcasts made by Captain Goodvalor , a Republic propaganda figure , and the Mandalorian Koblus Sornell ' s reactions to his broadcasts , and is set between the " Daze of Hate " / " Knights of Suffering " arcs and the " Vector " arc . Sornell later appeared as a main character in the " War " miniseries , and the backstory for the Goodvalor character was finally revealed in issue # 47 . " The Secret Journal of Doctor Demagol " , which was released on April 29 , 2010 , was first thought of by Miller as a way to show what Demagol had been thinking over the entire course of the comics . Miller approached StarWars . com ' s editor Pablo Hidalgo about doing the story , and it was later published on Hyperspace . The story follows Demagol throughout the entire " Knights of the Old Republic " series , starting with " Commencement " and ending with " Demon " , and allowed Miller to also flesh out Demagol ' s plans for Jarael and his relationship with Chantique ' s mother . On October 13 , 2011 , Dark Horse announced that " Knights of the Old Republic " would receive a sequel miniseries : " Knights of the Old Republic : War " , also styled " Knights of the Old Republic — War " . " War " was written by John Jackson Miller , who suggested the return to the Old Republic era in 2011 , and the miniseries was drawn by Andrea Mutti ; the series took its name from the similarly titled " " miniseries , which was a sequel to " Star Wars : Legacy " . Essentially a continuation of the original series , " War " includes numerous references and elements from the previous series , and uses Miller ' s original plans for future storylines in " Knights of the Old Republic " . " War " is set in 3962 BBY , the year after the original series , and is primarily a solo title focusing on Zayne Carrick as he is drafted by his homeworld Phaeda into serving in the Mandalorian Wars . " War " is the fulfilment of Miller ' s plan to have a " Footsoldier " arc of the original series , and picks up on a number of elements and plot points that were left incomplete with the original series ' cancellation , such as the characters of Dallan Morvis , who Miller had developed over the course of the original series for his role , and Koblus Sornell , who appeared in " Interference " . " War " was collected in a trade paperback entitled " " , continuing the numbering from the original series ' paperbacks . The series ' entire 51 issues were later collected in three Star Wars Omnibus volumes , released in August 2013 , December 2013 , and April 2014 respectively . " " will be reprinted as " " by Marvel Comics in June 2015 . Continuity impacts and references . John Jackson Miller ' s other comic series , " Star Wars : Knight Errant " and " " , have referenced and expanded on elements created by Miller for " Knights of the Old Republic " . An artifact created by Ieldis , the Helm of Ieldis , is the focus of the " " story arc of " Knight Errant " . The primary antagonist of the " Lost Tribe " series is Remulus Dreypa , the creator of the oubliette in which Celeste Morne was sealed at the end of " Vector , Part 4 " . " Spiral " is in itself a follow - up to Miller ' s " Lost Tribe of the Sith " series of short stories , in which Miller makes additional references to " Knights of the Old Republic " : the Jedi Shadow Jelph Marrian was first mentioned in issue # 25 , and Miller used Marrian to address the question of what other members of the Covenant would think after the events of Vindication . Ludo Kressh ' s pedicure set , which first appeared in issue # 29 , is also referenced by the character Seelah Korsin , who was tasked with tending to Ludo Kressh ' s feet . The " Vector " crossover saw elements from " Knights of the Old Republic " appear in the other series involved in the event — Hierogryph appears in a holorecording with Carrick in " Dark Times 11 : Vector , Part 1 " , and while Carrick is only mentioned in " " , he appears in a flashback and then a vision to Celeste Morne in " " and " " . As the " main characters " of the " Vector " crossover , Celeste Morne , Karness Muur , and the Muur Talisman appear in all twelve issues of the event , and are mentioned in several later issues of " Legacy " . Miller ' s novel " Knight Errant " , a tie - in to the comic series of the same name , includes a variety of references to elements from the " Knights of the Old Republic " comic series : Dallan Morvis , Ieldis , Telettoh , and Jimas Veltraa all receive mentions in the novel , and the book identifies the Adasca affair as the " First Battle of Omonoth . " The Sith Lord Odion commands a ship named the " Sword of Ieldis " , while the Sith Arkadia Calimondra commands the " New Crucible " ; both names were intended as in - universe references to the elements from comics series . Similarly , the cannon " Bitsy " is mentioned as having been salvaged from an old derelict , and Miller confirmed in his production notes for the novel that " Bitsy " was the " Moomo Williwaw " cannon , though the novel does not identify the derelict as the " Williwaw " . " Knight Errant " introduces Telettoh ' s Maxim — " Never let Malak aboard " — as a precautionary tale about allowing Sith Lords aboard vessels , and the book also gives the name for the sixth and final ship of the " Inexpugnable " - class : the " Diligence " . The Kedorzhan species , which was first introduced in issue # 2 . have gone on to appear in a number of issues of " Knights of the Old Republic " , as well as other material by Miller such as the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " and the short story " Incognito " . The planet Telerath was the primary setting of " Blue Harvest " , the story arc of " Dark Times " that directly followed " Vector " . The 2011 video game " " is set three hundred years after the " Knights of the Old Republic " games and comics , and features numerous references to the games , comic series , and " Tales of the Jedi " . The game ' s Codex includes a series of entries in the Galactic History section that recap the Mandalorian Wars and the general events of the comic series , particularly " Commencement " , " Vector " , and " Vindication " . Forty - seven of " The Old Republic " servers at the time of its release were named after elements from the comics . All of the main characters of the comic series , excluding Shel Jelavan , lend their names to servers , and the names of almost twenty items and locations are used as server names , such as " Jebble War Forge " and " Vanjervalis Chain . " Even some minor characters , such as Dace Golliard , Lord Ieldis , Karness Muur , Senator Goravvus , and Goethar Kleej are the basis of server names , as are the eight main ships that appear in the series — the " Courageous " , " Deadweight " , " Chancellor Fillorean " , " Arkanian Legacy " , " Swiftsure " , " The Last Resort " , " Hot Prospect " , and the " Moomo Williwaw " . The Republic hub in " The Old Republic " , Carrick Station , is named after Zayne Carrick , and two of the Republic bases on the planet Taris are also named after characters from the comics : Waypoint Station Draay and Waypoint Station Morne . The game ' s crewskill system includes several missions that reference the comics ; for example , the mission " The Butcher ' s Lab " involves one of Demagol ' s laboratories . The Rogue Moon , Odyrn , the bombardment of Serroco and the underground shelters , exogorths , and Remulus Dreypa are also involved in other crewskill missions . Gorman Vandrayk also receives several mentions — conversations with the Jedi Consular companion Tharan Cedrax involve Cedrax ' s attempts to build a Vandrayk Generator , a machine that Vandrayk theorized which runs on a form of energy that doesn ' t exist . During the Grand Acquisitions Race World Event , one of the items that players needed to locate was a Vandrayk ' s Tuning Apparatus . Adascorp plays a major role in the Bounty Hunter class storyline on the planet Quesh , a storyline that also mentions that Adascorp is partners with the Draay Trust . Trandoshani flatcakes with fruit , a dish discovered by Slyssk in issue # 15 , are sold by Brassk ' s Trandoshani Flatcakes , a company that sponsors the Huttball sport and markets itself as the only company that served them with authentic fruit from the planet Kashyyyk . A Codex entry on the history of the planet Makeb " The Old Republic " Digital Expansion " " mentions Semako Thalien , a business magnate during the Mandalorian Wars ; he shares the same surname as the Skrilling Jervo Thalien who appeared in the comics , but no connection has been made between the two as of yet . A sarcophagus created by Karness Muur appears in " Rise of the Hutt Cartel " , containing the rakghoul designated Patient Zero . The ruins of the Jedi Tower is the subject of a Republic mission on Taris , and a Jedi Knight class mision involves interrupting the sale of scavenged Jedi Covenant artifacts by a pirate . The 2013 comic " " is a " sequel " to the end of " Vindication " , following up on Lucien Draay ' s fate almost four thousand years after " Knights of the Old Republic " . Set during the Clone Wars between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , " Defenders of the Lost Temple " takes place on the moon where Lucien Draay established his " true Covenant " millennia ago , a moon identified as Draay 2 , and deals with a mission led by Jedi Master B ' ink Utrila to retrieve the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger . Within the temple , there is a large statue of Lucien Draay holding aloft Haazen ' s severed arm — a statue that turns out to be a guard droid . Haazen and Draay ' s battle is depicted in a carving on the walls of the temple , and the Gauntlet itself is hidden within the structure — but when Utrila touches the Gauntlet , she is overwhelmed by the dark side power within and withdraws . The temple is later attacked by the Mandalorian Death Watch and a clone trooper seemingly sacrifices himself to bring down the entire temple . Unbeknownst to the other clone troopers and the Mandalorians , the trooper survives thanks to the Gauntlet , and he later tosses it into a nearby river . Haazen , Lucien Draay , and Vindication are never identified by name in the comic . Media . News organs . Various issues of " Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic " have been accompanied by single - page in - universe news organs . They first appeared in issue # 0 and reappeared throughout the Days / Knights cycle , but the feature was discontinued in 2008 . They included :