Unidentified Twi ' lek Sith This Sith , a male Twi ' lek , was a member of the One Sith faction around the time of the Sith – Imperial War , a cooperative effort by the One Sith and Roan Fel ' s Galactic Empire to eliminate the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . In 130 ABY , Darth Krayt , leader of the One Sith , organized an army of many Sith Lords for an assault on the Ossus Jedi Academy , bent on purging it of Jedi with the assistance of a complement of Imperial troops . During the fighting , the Jedi Grand Master , Kol Skywalker , defended a shuttle carrying escaping Younglings in his charge , killing many of the opposing force single - handed , including the Twi ' lek . Biography . This Twi ' lek male joined the One Sith and completed his training , earning full - body Sith tattoo s , during or prior to the Sith – Imperial War , a combined effort by the Sith and the Fel Empire to seize dominant governmental control of the galaxy from the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . As a result of the conflict , much of the Alliance was assimilated into the Empire and the New Jedi Order was forced into exile on the Outer Rim world Ossus , refusing to assist a government allied with the Sith . The Twi ' lek was chosen to be part of an army of Sith Lords engineered for an assault on the Jedi Temple of Ossus , the last major Jedi stronghold in the galaxy . Krayt ' s Hand , Darth Nihl , was placed in command of the operation , which quickly put the Ossus Jedi Temple under siege . The Twi ' lek Sith was among those who stormed into the Temple , fighting to eliminate the Jedi . The Sith army killed half of the Jedi there , scattering the rest across the galaxy , as well as a large number of Yuuzhan Vong shapers committed to an experimental Vong terraforming project . One group that was forced out during the fighting consisted primarily of Younglings ushered by Grand Master Kol Skywalker , Jedi Master Wolf Sazen , and their Padawans . The duo ordered their students , Shado Vao and Cade Skywalker , to take the children to safety aboard a shuttle so they could escape the Temple . After Sazen was wounded and taken aboard , Kol stayed behind to buy time for them to take off . He killed many enemy soldiers and among the dead was this Twi ' lek , whose sword arm was severed near the elbow by the Jedi leader . Just after the shuttle took flight , Kol was killed by Nihl and his body rested near this Sith ' s corpse . The massacre marked the official end of the Sith – Imperial War and the beginning of a Jedi Purge . Personality and traits . This Sith , a red - skinned Twi ' lek male , was a member of the One Sith Order led by Darth Krayt . He wielded a red lightsaber when he fought Kol Skywalker on Ossus . Neither his skill with a lightsaber nor those with the Force , if any , were proficient enough for him to be able to survive an encounter with the Grand Master of the New Jedi Order , considered by Yuuzhan Vong Master Shaper Nei Rin to be the Jedi Order ' s greatest warrior . The Twi ' lek had black Sith tattoos all over his body , a sign he was a fully - trained member of the One Sith , and wore armor to protect his torso when in battle . Behind the scenes . The Twi ' lek Sith appeared in the of the comic book series " " . He was killed in the same panel where he was first seen , though his head was later shown beside Kol Skywalker ' s fallen body . This Twi ' lek appeared with the red skin pigmentation associated with Lethan Twi ' leks . However , it is still unconfirmed if he was of this race because the One Sith Order tattooed the members of its legion who had completed their training red with black designs . Two other Twi ' lek Sith , Darth Ruyn and Darth Talon , also share this coloring . This character ' s death sequence is another sighting of blood from a lightsaber - inflicted wound . When lightsabers cut through flesh , they instantly flash - cauterize the wound , leaving no time for any blood to escape the victim ' s body . This was first seen in when Obi - Wan Kenobi , a Jedi in hiding following the rise of the first Galactic Empire , cut off the arm of a smuggler named Ponda Baba in Chalmun ' s Spaceport Cantina .