Polvin Kut Polvin Kut was a Jedi Master who lived nearly two centuries before the onset of the Clone Wars . Along with his Padawan , Yaddle , Kut was called upon to deliver the colonies of the planet Koba from the clutches of an Advozse warmonger named Tulak . Kut ' s mission was betrayed by spies prior to his arrival , and he fell victim to ambush as soon as he and Yaddle made it to Koba . In the midst of the battle , Kut gave in to his hatred for Tulak — the man who had murdered his family decades earlier — and surrendered himself to the dark side of the Force . His judgment impaired , Kut was swiftly overwhelmed by the warlord ' s forces and killed . Biography . Mission to Koba . Polvin Kut was a Human male Master of the Jedi Order who lived more than 200 years before the onset of the Clone Wars . Kut was the Master of Yaddle , a female member of a rare and long - lived species . Kut instilled in his Padawan lessons that would stick with her for many years . Polvin Kut ' s family was murdered by an Advozse warlord named Tulak . The Jedi spent decades chasing him , allowing the dark side of the Force to slowly fuel his desire for revenge . Kut eventually tracked Tulak to the planet Koba , where the warlord had enslaved the native people . Tulak ' s oppression forced the dissident colonists to send a request to Kut for assistance . However , several of the Jedi ' s contacts were actually spies for Tulak , and they passed knowledge of Kut ' s proposed intervention to their leader , who planned to lure Kut into a trap . Kut brought Yaddle with him to Koba , where , upon their arrival , they were ambushed by Advozsec forces led by Tulak himself . Sight of the warlord immediately stimulated Kut ' s hatred for his family ' s killer , and the Jedi Master embraced the dark side , which in turn corrupted his judgment with a desperate need for vengeance . Though he and Yaddle fought against insurmountable odds , Polvin Kut was swiftly cut down on a bridge over the Koban Gorge by Tulak ' s warriors . Yaddle was immediately taken into custody by Tulak , who imprisoned her in a pit after intense torture and interrogation . Legacy . Polvin Kut ' s death left Yaddle without a Master , and her Jedi training thus incomplete . In her years of solitude as Tulak ' s captive , she relived the teachings of her late Master , through which she manage to train herself into Knighthood . Tulak eventually abandoned Koba and , after more than a century of incarceration , Yaddle was freed . She stayed on Koba to help the natives rebuild the planet that Kut had originally come to save . With Yaddle ' s help , Koban society was nursed back into prosperity . The Kobans also restored the bridge where Kut had fallen and christened it a monument in his honor , one complete with support columns fashioned in the Jedi Master ' s likeness . However , it was destroyed yet again when Kalut , the son of Polvin ' s nemesis , arrived to terrorize the Koba natives in his father ' s name . Yaddle subsequently defeated Kalut in combat , and his death effectively eliminated generations of Advozse - imposed tyranny , thus completing her Master ' s work . Personality and traits . Polvin Kut was a fair - skinned man with brown eyes and brown hair that he wore braided and bound in a topknot with the braids hanging past his shoulders . He clad himself in traditional Jedi robes and wielded an orange - bladed lightsaber in combat . Kut was a Jedi Master who readily raised his weapon in battle for those who suffered under the heel of Tulak on Koba . However , the murder of his family at Tulak ' s behest began a slow descent to the dark side of the Force for Kut . He was eventually consumed by his hatred for the warlord , and ultimately died as a result . Prior to his death , Kut taught his Padawan , Yaddle , lessons that remained with her for years and formed the foundation by which she was able to successfully train herself in the Jedi arts . The citizens of Koba recognized Kut for his valor posthumously and immortalized him with the reconstruction of the bridge on which he had fallen . Behind the scenes . Polvin Kut first appeared in author Dean Motter ' s " " , which was featured in the fifth issue of " Star Wars Tales " . It was later compiled into a trade paperback version , " Star Wars Tales Volume 2 " . Plausible stories in " Star Wars Tales 1 " – " 20 " were initially considered S - canon until referenced in a non - " Tales " source , at which point the subject matter was elevated to C - canon . Following the release of " Star Wars Tales 5 " in the year 2000 , Kut received mention in 2002 ' s " Power of the Jedi Sourcebook " , thus raising his status to C - canon . He was subsequently mentioned in StarWars . com ' s Databank , " The Official Star Wars Fact File 105 " , and " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , all under entries concerning his Padawan , Yaddle .