Kelbis Nu Kelbis Nu was a Force - sensitive male Rodian who grew up on Susevfi as part of the Jensaarai community . The Jensaarai were in enforced service to former Imperial Moff Leonia Tavira , who threatened to kill the population of Susevfi if the Jensaarai did not serve her . Kelbis Nu was one of five Jensarai that were sent to Courkrus to ambush the Jedi Knight Corran Horn . They lost the encounter when Luke Skywalker arrived to help Horn , and Nu was knocked unconscious . Horn and Skywalker subsequently defeated the leader of the Jensaarai , and forced Tavira to leave Susevfi . Nu later became a member of the New Jedi Order . He fought against the Yuuzhan Vong during the Yuuzhan Vong War , and was later attacked and killed by the Yuuzhan Vong - affiliated Peace Brigade on Eriadu in 26 ABY . Biography . Jensaarai . The Rodian Kelbis Nu grew up on Susevfi as part of a Sith sect , the Jensaarai . The Jensaarai were led by a female Saarai - kaar who kept the movement growing . Under her leadership , Nu constructed his own orange - bladed lightsaber and a suit of cortosis armor ; the latter considered the final test in a Jensaarai ' s training . Nu was promoted to the rank of Defender , and worked with four other Jensaarai Defenders stationed on ex - Moff Leonia Tavira ' s Star Destroyer , the " Invidious " , detecting potential traps set for the woman . Meanwhile , Tavira held the Susevfi population hostage in order to ensure cooperation from the Jensaarai . While Nu was serving Tavira , she kidnapped the wife of Jedi Knight Corran Horn . In order to track down his wife , Horn infiltrated one of Tavira ' s pirate squadrons , the Khuiumin Survivors . He then haunted the base , disguising himself as a Jedi Knight . Tavira dispatched Nu and four other Jensaarai to apprehend Horn . They tracked him down on Courkrus and trapped him in an alley , unaffected by the Force illusions he conjured against them . Just as Kelbis and the other Jensaarai were about to attack Horn , however , Jedi Master Luke Skywalker arrived — guided by the Gand Ooryl Qrygg — and helped Horn fight the Jensaarai . While three of the Jensaarai attacked Skywalker , Nu and another fought against Horn . Horn quickly defeated them both , catching Nu by the wrist and knocking him out with a blow from the end of his lightsaber pommel to the right side of his head . Using a ysalamir to confuse the Jensaari , as well as the presence of Skywalker as intimidation , Horn interrogated Nu and the other Jensaarai until they revealed their origins and the location of the Jensaarai base . While Skywalker and Horn traveled to Susevfi to defeat Tavira and rescue Horn ' s wife , the five Defenders , including Nu , were kept on Courkrus in the custody of the pirate Jacob Nive , remaining under the Force - neutralizing presence of a ysalamir . Horn and Skywalker went on to defeat the Jensaarai and convince their leader , the Saarai - kaar , that the Jedi were not evil as they had believed . Skywalker then extended an invitation for the Jensaarai to join the Jedi and train at the Praxeum . In due course , Kelbis Nu took up this offer and became a Jedi Knight in the New Jedi Order . Jedi Knight . As a Jedi Knight , Nu took an active role in the Yuuzhan Vong War . It was while monitoring Yuuzhan Vong fleet movements on a trip to Yag ' Dhul Station that he discovered the undercover Yuuzhan Vong agent Nom Anor . Fleeing , he was caught on the Outer Rim Territories planet Eriadu by members of the Yuuzhan Vong - affiliated Peace Brigade . Nu was cornered in an alley by five Peace Brigade assailants ; two armed with blasters and three with stun batons . His former opponent and now fellow Jedi , Corran Horn , was also on Eriadu at the time , but detected Nu ' s presence too dimly in the Force to be able to help him . The young Jedi Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila , however , were much closer and came running to his aid . Still , one of the Peace Brigade members shot Nu before they could arrive . While Solo and Veila managed to chase off the Peace Brigade thugs , they were too late to save Nu ' s life . Straining with his last breath , Kelbis managed to whisper to the young Jedi the Vong ' s next target — Yag ' Dhul , the homeworld of the mathematical Givin . Though it cost him his life , the information was enough to enable a Givin and New Republic victory at the ensuing Battle of Yag ' Dhul . Personality and traits . As a Jedi , Kelbis Nu took part in the Yuuzhan Vong War , during which he showed devotion to the safety of the New Republic by using his final breath to warn Solo and Veila of an impending Yuuzhan Vong attack on Yag - Dhul . Powers and abilities . As a member of first the Jensaarai and later the Jedi Order , Nu was Force - sensitive . Nu was skilled enough to become a Jensaarai Defender , and he was later deemed worthy of the rank of Jedi Knight by Luke Skywalker . His training as a Jensaarai enabled him to see through the Force illusions that Corran Horn once use against him on Courkrus . Nu was skilled in lightsaber combat although he was unable to overcome a heavily armed , five - member Peace Brigade team sent to kill him . Behind the scenes . Kelbis Nu was created by Gregory Keyes for a brief appearance in the novel " " . Later , Daniel Wallace provided some backstory for Nu in " Who ' s Who in the New Jedi Order " , an article in " Star Wars Insider 57 " . This identified Nu as a previously anonymous Rodian member of the Jensaarai , from Michael A . Stackpole ' s " I , Jedi " , although Wallace erroneously referred to Nu ' s first name as " Kubis " in his article . Dan Veesenmeyer and Russell Walks illustrated the " Insider " article , providing the only canonical depiction of the Jedi Knight .