Shaela Nuur Shaela Nuur was a female Human who served as a Jedi Knight during the Great Sith War and its aftermath . Trained on the Jedi Order ' s library world of Ossus , Nuur became a strong and promising Knight under the tutelage of her Neti Jedi Master , Ood Bnar . Bnar eventually rewarded her with the Solari crystal , a powerful Force artifact that could be used in lightsabers , provided that the user was attuned to the light side of the Force . Nuur later lost both Bnar and Ossus during the Great Sith War when the planet was devastated by the Cron Supernova . In the aftermath of the war , Nuur was selected to be a member of a team of Jedi assigned to tracking down and killing terentateks . The terentateks were ancient monsters reawakened by the instigator of the Great Sith War that were highly deadly to Jedi , as they fed on the blood of Force - sensitives . In what became known as the Great Hunt , Nuur cleansed numerous planets of the creatures alongside fellow Knights Duron Qel - Droma and Guun Han Saresh . Over the course of their hunts together , Nuur and Qel - Droma nurtured a growing romance that greatly upset a jealous Saresh . Following their cleansing of Tatooine , the Great Hunt was officially declared over ; however , the Jedi Council of the Enclave on Dantooine dispatched the three to Korriban on an unofficial mission to rid the planet of any surviving terentateks . While on Korriban , Nuur , Qel - Droma , and Saresh argued over the questionable acts that they had committed to find the beasts . The disagreement led to Saresh ' s departure , leaving only Nuur and Qel - Droma to hunt down the terentateks . As the two engaged one of the animals within a cave in the Valley of the Dark Lords , Qel - Droma was killed , leading a vengeful Nuur to hunt down the beast by herself . Upon finding it within the tomb of the Sith Lord Naga Sadow , Nuur was killed after the Solari crystal within her lightsaber stopped working , as she had fallen away from the light side of the Force . Her remains went untouched for decades until they were found forty years later by the Jedi Knight Revan during the Jedi Civil War . Biography . Training on Ossus . A female Human , Shaela Nuur lived during the era of the Old Sith Wars . As a Force - sensitive , Nuur was taken into the Jedi Order and eventually apprenticed to the ancient Neti Jedi Master Ood Bnar . Over the course of her training on the Order ' s library world of Ossus , Nuur earned Bnar ' s faith and confidence , and he believed her to be his most promising student . She eventually constructed her first lightsaber under his guidance , prompting the Neti to bestow upon her the Solari crystal , one of the oldest and most powerful lightsaber crystal s possessed by the Jedi Order . Despite her protests , Bnar insisted that Nuur accept the gift but reminded her that the crystal was incorruptible — it could only be used by those who were pure in the light side of the Force . Nuur committed Bnar ' s words to memory and took the crystal , installing it within her yellow - bladed saber . Nuur eventually lost both Ossus and Master Bnar during the Great Sith War in 3996 BBY , when allies of the Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun caused the Cron Cluster to supernova . The energy blast from the supernova devastated Ossus , killing all life on the surface . Ood Bnar was believed to have been among the dead . The Great Hunt . The Great Sith War eventually came to a conclusion , and the Jedi Order began to plan the rehabilitation of the galaxy . Foremost among the concerns of the Jedi Council were the terentateks , fearsome creations of the ancient Sith that fed on the blood of Force - sensitives while remaining unaffected by many powers utilized by Jedi . Their presence across the galaxy led to the death of many members of the Order after being reawakened during the war . In an attempt to purge the monsters from the galaxy , the Council organized the Great Hunt in 3995 BBY to systematically exterminate them from the worlds that they inhabited . Shaela Nuur was among the Jedi selected to participate in the Great Hunt , alongside the Human Duron Qel - Droma and the Twi ' lek Guun Han Saresh . Through their successful hunts on Onderon , Yavin IV , Tython , and Ossus , the three gained a reputation as the most efficient and talented terentatek hunters within the Order . The bond forged between the three encouraged the Council to send them on increasingly dangerous missions without fear of losing them to the dark side of the Force . Unbeknownst to the Council , contention brewed between the three as Nuur and Qel - Droma nurtured a growing romance , much to the chagrin of an increasingly jealous Saresh . In the final year of the Great Hunt , Nuur was dispatched to the Outer Rim world of Tatooine alongside Qel - Droma and Saresh , as well as Cale Berkona and a Cathar Jedi . In an effort to rid the planet of several terentateks , the five tracked the beasts to a cave in Tatooine ' s desert wastes and engaged them . The Cathar Jedi was killed during the melee ; however , the remaining Jedi were successful in killing all but one of the terentateks . Although Berkona was nearly killed by the beast , Qel - Droma was able to touch its mind through the Force and confuse it long enough for Saresh and Nuur to kill it . In the aftermath of the conflict , Nuur organized the cremation of the terentateks before departing Tatooine alongside her fellow survivors . Nuur and her comrades spent the following week at the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine to recoup from the battle . When word of Tatooine ' s cleansing reached the Jedi Council , the Great Hunt was declared officially over , with the terentateks wiped from the galaxy . Despite this , several days later , Nuur , Qel - Droma , and Saresh were summoned to meet with the Jedi Council of Dantooine to discuss a new mission . After being congratulated for their successes , the three were informed that there was still one world left to cleanse : the ancient Sith homeworld of Korriban . The Jedi High Council had decided that the three young Jedi would be the only ones assigned to the hunt in an effort to maintain discretion . Although the members of the Dantooine Council doubted the High Council ' s decision , they agreed that together , Nuur , Qel - Droma , and Saresh would be able to defeat the monsters and resist the strong call of the dark side that emanated from Korriban . The evening before their departure from Dantooine , Nuur and Qel - Droma relaxed together on the rolling hills outside the Enclave . As they watched the sunset , Nuur was reminded of Ossus and her time with Master Bnar . Duron took her hand and assured her that Bnar was somewhere in the Force , remembering her as fondly as she remembered him . Tragedy on Korriban . The three Jedi arrived on Korriban the following day , touching down in Dreshdae , one of the few inhabited regions on the planet . Their first objective was to acquire information on the possible whereabouts of a terentatek , to which end the three split up to work several different approaches . Nuur accompanied Qel - Droma to an erotic entertainment cantina to meet with several underworld operatives who claimed to be able to direct them to the beast . The operatives , a Quarren and an Ithorian , agreed to set up a meeting between the Jedi and a half - breed member of Korriban ' s native Massassi species who could lead them to the terentatek , on the condition that Nuur and Qel - Droma provided the two with a kilogram of illegal spice . The Jedi agreed ; however , Nuur also began to plan her infiltration of Korriban ' s Sith Academy in order to ascertain information on the terentatek ' s location . After a week on the planet , Qel - Droma began to feel Korriban ' s dark side effects . In their room in Dreshdae , he confided in Nuur his doubts on the progress of the mission and explained the pain he felt when killing terentateks . Nuur comforted him as he was interrupted by a strong and painful vision through the Force of the return of the Sith and a new galactic war . When Qel - Droma regained consciousness of the present , Nuur embraced the young Jedi and kissed him , just as Saresh entered the room . An indignant Saresh began lecturing the two on what he considered to be their shameful behavior , infuriating Nuur , who in turn claimed that the Twi ' lek was being self - righteous and arrogant . The two argued over their actions in relation to the Jedi Code and accused one another of walking the path toward the dark side . In an emotional outburst , Qel - Droma silenced the two by smashing the room ' s windows with the Force . Saresh explained to Qel - Droma and Nuur that he could not stay with the two if they were unable to control their passion for one another , as it put them all in danger . The two Humans refused to renounce their love , prompting Saresh to leave them to hunt the terentatek alone . Before departing , the Twi ' lek left them a pass key that would grant them access to the Valley of the Dark Lords — an ancient burial ground for the Dark Lords of the Sith — where , he had learned , a terentatek was living , but pleaded with them to leave Korriban before it was too late . Nuur and Qel - Droma ignored Saresh ' s pleas , deciding to remain on the planet until their mission was complete . While journeying into the Valley of the Dark Lords , the two sensed the death of Saresh , who had traveled to Kashyyyk after abandoning them to find a terentatek there . They continued on into a deep cave toward the end of the valley where they fought and killed several of Korriban ' s native Tuk ' ata and wraid beasts before being confronted by a terentatek . Nuur aggressively attacked and severely wounded the beast but was batted aside when Qel - Droma was unable to touch its mind to confuse it . In response , Qel - Droma rushed the terentatek but was quickly seized by the beast , which proceeded to dig a large claw into his chest before dropping him and running off . Nuur recovered and rushed to Qel - Droma ' s side as he experienced yet another vision in the Force . This time , however , he was calmed by the future he saw but was unable to explain it to Nuur . Duron Qel - Droma succumbed to his wounds and died in her arms after begging Nuur to flee Korriban . Nuur yet again ignored the advice of her comrade and fell to the dark side in anger . Seeking vengeance for the death of her lover , she followed the trail of blood left by the wounded terentatek to the tomb of the ancient Sith Lord Naga Sadow . Despite noticing a second set of terentatek tracks near the entrance of the tomb , Nuur entered the labyrinth , using her lightsaber to light her way . She eventually came upon the beast that had killed Qel - Droma as well as a second , unwounded terentatek . Before she could engage either creature , however , her lightsaber flickered and deactivated as the Solari crystal within reacted to her betrayal of the light side of the Force . Alone and defenseless in the tomb , Nuur was killed by the monsters while remembering Master Bnar ' s warning to always stay in the light . Legacy . The Jedi Council felt Nuur and her companions become one with the Force but refused to send anyone to investigate or recover their remains , for fear of losing the rescuers as well . Thus , the trio ' s final fates remained a mystery to the Order for decades after their deaths and served as a warning to other Jedi of the threat of the terentateks . Although the monsters were hunted to near - extinction in the Great Hunt , the beasts survived on Korriban and Kashyyyk due to the failure of Nuur , Saresh , and Qel - Droma . Nuur ' s body was discovered forty years after her death by the reformed Dark Lord of the Sith , Revan , at the height of the Jedi Civil War that Duron Qel - Droma had foreseen . Revan discovered her remains while trekking through Naga Sadow ' s tomb during his search for the Rakata n Star Map s . After slaying two terentateks inhabiting the tomb , Revan inspected Nuur ' s body , finding the Solari crystal and the dead Jedi ' s datapad . The final entry on the datapad was an explanation from Nuur for the reason behind her actions and an apology to her Master for her behavior . Personality and traits . Nuur was fair - skinned , and had blonde , curly hair that she wore in paired braids clasped behind her head . During the Great Hunt , she sported a long scar that ran vertically from her temple to her jaw on the right side of her face . Although otherwise commonly garbed in normal Jedi attire , Nuur donned a red - and - black combat jumpsuit while on Tatooine and Korriban . As a leading participant in the Great Hunt , Nuur developed a strong passion for her work , despite the fact that passion was forbidden by the tenets of the Jedi Code . Unafraid of the dangers of the dark side and the crimes she would have to commit to find a terentatek , Nuur volunteered to infiltrate the Sith Academy on Korriban to ascertain the beast ' s location . She also developed a powerful bond with both Qel - Droma and Saresh — a bond that was strained by differing interpretations of the Jedi Code and Saresh ' s own jealousy . That strain reached the breaking point during the hunt on Korriban , with Nuur engaging in a shouting match with Saresh . After falling to the dark side , Nuur recognized the error in her actions but still continued on her course , apologizing to her old Master shortly before her death . Relationships . Ood Bnar . During her training , Shaela Nuur developed a close relationship with Ood Bnar that consisted of mutual admiration and appreciation . Throughout their time together , Bnar was able to see the strength of the light side in her and believed that she was pure enough in that light to be worthy of the Solari crystal . Nuur doubted her own worth but was reassured by her Master ' s praise . Nuur missed Bnar greatly in the wake of the Sith War and reminisced on her time with him while on Dantooine , as the sunset there brought back memories of the sunsets on Ossus . Duron Qel - Droma . While working alongside him during the Great Hunt , Nuur developed a strong romantic relationship with Duron Qel - Droma . Nuur recounted her memories of Ossus to him and confided in him her sorrow for the loss of her Master . Qel - Droma supported Nuur and comforted her when she longed to have her Master back , reassuring her that he was somewhere in the Force listening to her . Despite their friendship and attraction to one another , Qel - Droma was highly critical of Nuur ' s methods on Korriban , condemning her plan to infiltrate the Sith Academy . Just as Qel - Droma comforted Nuur during her recollections of the past , Nuur comforted Qel - Droma after his apocalyptic visions of the future . Following his premonition of the Jedi Civil War , Nuur reminded Qel - Droma that it was nothing more than a vision before embracing him in a kiss . She later angrily defended her feelings for Qel - Droma to Saresh and refused to renounce her love for him , just as he refused to do the same for her . When her lover was mortally wounded by a terentatek , Nuur was overcome with grief and was lost to the dark side . She blamed Saresh for Qel - Droma ' s death but claimed that her hatred of the Twi ' lek was nothing compared to her desire for revenge against the animal that killed Qel - Droma . Before dying , she accepted her abandonment of the Jedi ways , claiming that nothing mattered after the death of her love . Guun Han Saresh . Although they worked closely during the Great Hunt , Nuur and Saresh had an antagonistic relationship during the final stages of the quest to vanquish the terentateks . This antagonism was the result of Saresh ' s jealousy of Nuur and Qel - Droma ' s relationship , as well as differing interpretations of the Jedi Code . Saresh repeatedly warned the two humans that their passion for one another would lead to the dark side but was unsurprised when he found the two of them kissing . The Twi ' lek ' s discovery led to an argument between the three Jedi , with Nuur accusing him of dark - sided behavior and arrogance . Unlike Qel - Droma , Nuur embraced the conflict with her Twi ' lek companion and refused to hold back during their confrontation . She later regretted Saresh ' s death , but felt that he was to blame for his own demise , as well as the demise of Qel - Droma . Powers and abilities . As a student , Nuur gained the trust and confidence of Ood Bnar , who believed her to be the most promising student that he had trained throughout his centuries - long life . Under his tutelage , Nuur constructed a yellow - bladed lightsaber which , according to the Neti Jedi Master , was well - balanced and clearly defined — exemplary of excellent lightsaber construction . Nuur ' s abilities later inspired confidence in the Jedi Council , which counted her among the Order ' s greatest hunters . During the Great Hunt , she contributed to the near - extinction of the terentatek species and killed a number of them personally despite the lethality of the beasts , particularly to Jedi . Shaela Nuur was also a member of a three - way bond between herself , Duron Qel - Droma , and Guun Han Saresh . The bond aided the three in battle and in their devotion to the light side . Ultimately , however , this bond proved too weak to stand up to the dark aura of Korriban . Behind the scenes . Shaela Nuur was first introduced in the 2003 Xbox and PC video game " " , although there are several incorrect instances of Nuur ' s name spelled as " Nur " within the game . In the game , Nuur was presented as skeletal remains discovered by the player in the tomb of Naga Sadow . The datapad found on her remains , along with datapads found on the remains of Duron Qel - Droma and Guun Han Saresh , later served as the basis for the comic " Shadows and Light " , written by Joshua Ortega and illustrated by Dustin Weaver . Additionally , Nuur received an entry in the 2008 " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .