Naga Sadow Naga Sadow was a master Sith alchemist and Dark Lord of the Sith who , in 5000 BBY , took the Sith Empire to the brink of galactic domination in the Great Hyperspace War . A half - breed Sith from Ziost , Sadow ruled over a secret citadel on the moon Khar Shian , where he became one of the most powerful Sith magic ians of his time . A member of the ten - member Sith Council under Dark Lord of the Sith Marka Ragnos ' reign , Sadow ' s preached an expansionist philosophy put him at odds with much of the isolated Empire ' s establishment . Sadow was considered a major candidate for Dark Lord after Ragnos ' death , leading him into a power struggle with conservative rival Ludo Kressh that only ended with the surprise arrival of two explorers from the far - off Republic . Sadow saw opportunity in the the two explorers — siblings Gav and Jori Daragon — and used the suspicion and fear raised by their arrival to foment war with the Republic . Along the way , Sadow shattered Kressh ' s forces at Khar Delba , leaving no challengers to his authority . With Kressh seemingly out of the picture , Sadow gathered together all the Sith Lords and built a formidable military force to conquer the Republic , while also taking Gav Daragon as his Sith apprentice . When the time was right , Sadow and his forces launched a massive surprise attack on the Republic , a many - pronged strike aimed at conquering the important Koros system while seizing the Republic capital of Coruscant . For his part , Sadow stayed isolated in his Sith meditation sphere , augmenting his forces with illusory beasts and ships . Sadow ' s efforts initially met with great success , and he was on the cusp of victory when events turned against him . Gav Daragon turned coat once back home and attacked Sadow in his meditation sphere , breaking his concentration and dissipating his illusions . His momentum halted , Sadow killed Daragon and fled home , only to find a still - alive Ludo Kressh waiting for him with his own army . Sadow managed to deal his rival a final defeat before immediately being forced into battle again with a pursuing Republic force . Seeing he could not win , Sadow escaped with a daring run through the twin stars of the Denarii Nova , and making his way to the uninhabited moon of Yavin 4 . Sadow practiced his alchemy alone there for decades , building massive temple complexes , before voluntarily placing himself in suspended animation . He was awoken some 600 years later by a fallen Jedi named Freedon Nadd , who learned the former Dark Lord of the Sith ' s secrets before killing him . Biography . Early life . Naga Sadow was born on the planet Ziost in the Sith Empire , a rich but isolated civilization concealed from the greater galaxy by the difficult - to - navigate nebula known as the Stygian Caldera . Around two thousand years before Sadow ' s lifetime , the Second Great Schism led to war between Jedi , with a cadre of dark siders defeated and forced to flee . They went on to discover , conquer and interbreed with the Sith species , becoming the Sith Lords and establishing their " lost " empire . Sadow was an heir to this legacy , being born with both Human and Sith blood , and while he retained some Sith features , including red skin and tentacles on his face , he boasted one of the purest Jedi lineages in the Sith Empire . Despite the empire ' s splendor in the so - called Golden Age of the Sith , Sadow grew up in an age where the Sith civilization faced many crises . Being so far removed from the rest of the galaxy stagnated the Sith Empire ' s economic growth and technological knowledge , while the old aristocracy had died off to be replaced by half - caste warriors consumed with quests for power . Meanwhile , the specter of the Jedi and the Galactic Republic hung over Sith society like a boogeyman , with fearful rumors constantly circulating that the Republic was planning the overthrow of the Sith Empire . Sadow was raised from birth to fight these threats and eventually came under the tutelage of the Sith Lord Simus , who served as both a teacher and a mentor to Sadow . Simus would serve as a guiding figure throughout Sadow ' s life , even after he was beheaded in a duel with Dark Lord of the Sith Marka Ragnos , as he used his Sith powers to keep his head alive in a crystalline jar . By 5000 BBY , Sadow had grown in stature among the Sith Lords , becoming a member of the ten - member Sith Council , serving alongside his mentor Simus . As was the custom of Sith Lords at the time , Sadow set about building his own personal army , but typically unorthodox as he was , Sadow absorbed outside cultures into his service instead of drawing his forces exclusively from his enslaved population . Sadow soon became well - known among the Sith Lords of his time , and preached an expansionist philosophy for a number of years . While Sadow was nominally in control of the world of Khar Delba , the world was just a decoy — Sadow ' s true work occurred on a secret stronghold on the dark side of the moon Khar Shian , where he found it better to further his research into the dark arts . Among the dark side pursuits that Sadow embarked on during this time was a fruitless search for the Muur Talisman — an ancient Sith amulet with the power to turn people into monstrous rakghoul s — with which he competed with a number of other Sith Lords of the time . As part of this pursuit , Sadow translated the Codex of the long - dead Sith Lord Karness Muur , creator of the Talisman . Claimant to the Sith legacy . Towards the end of Marka Ragnos ' century - long reign as Dark Lord of the Sith , Sadow had begun to covet the position for himself . Sadow had grown to resent what he saw as the Sith ' s stagnation , as they wallowed endlessly in their riches . Sadow believed it was time for a change , and when Ragnos passed away in 5000 BBY , he would have his chance . Ragnos ' death was immediately followed by a grand funeral procession through Korriban ' s Valley of the Dark Lords , led by Sadow ' s greatest rival for the throne of Dark Lord , Ludo Kressh . Sadow arrived late , as Ragnos ' sarcophagus was already on its way to its tomb , and when the tardy Sadow ascended the steps of Ragnos ' newly - built tomb to take his place in the ceremony , Kressh ordered him to turn back , saying that he was shaming Ragnos ' memory . An indignant Sadow stepped up to state his claim for the title of Dark Lord of the Sith , something which was immediately opposed by the much more conservative Kressh — in accordance with the Sith traditions , the only logical way to resolve this impasse was for Sadow and Kressh to do battle . Facing off on the threshold of Ragnos ' tomb , the two Sith Lords dueled with Force - imbued blade s , as it quickly became apparent that this would be a fight to the death . Neither would get the chance to claim a victory , however , as Marka Ragnos ' spirit appeared with a warning : the Golden Age was nearing its end , and the Sith would need to fight the correct battles or else be destroyed . As the Sadow and Kressh pondered the dead Dark Lord ' s words , they were interrupted by an unexpected sight : a starship of unknown origin descending into the Valley of the Dark Lords . When the ship landed , two Humans disembarked , proclaiming themselves to be emissaries from the Galactic Republic interested in setting up a trade relationship with the Sith civilization . The pair — Gav and Jori Daragon , in truth fugitives who had chanced upon Korriban after making a blind hyperspace jump to escape trouble on their native Koros Major — were swiftly seized as spies . Although Kressh wanted to kill them immediately , Sadow thought the Daragons could be the key to new Sith conquests , and had them imprisoned for questioning on Ziost . For Sadow , the Republic was a vast new field to conquer , but it could also be a unifying force for an increasingly split Sith Empire , and a distraction from political weaknesses on the homefront . With the Daragons in chains , Sadow met with the rest of the Sith Council at Ziost ' s Sith Citadel to discuss their fates . While several of the Council agreed with Kressh that the visitors should be put to death , Sadow made an impassioned plea to keep them alive , as their knowledge of the rest of the galaxy could lead to greater Sith domination and control . Sadow knew well the value that Humans could bring , as he had made good use of the scientific skills of the descendants of Human Tapani refugees that had been enslaved by the Sith generations before , and often included Humans among his entourage . Despite Sadow ' s plea , the Council still voted to kill the Daragons . However , the ever - ambitious Sadow still had the galaxy on his mind , and he put a plan in motion to rescue the explorers and bring the rest of the Sith Council around to his side . As Sadow watched from his secret fortress on Khar Shian , a Sith soldier loyal to Sadow snuck into the Daragons ' ship and stole a pair of Republic blasters . Once the weapons were in hand , Sadow quickly raided Ziost with a small strike team , freeing the Daragons and using one of the Republic blasters to shoot and kill his old teacher , Simus . Sadow left the weapon behind at the scene , and departed to allow the rest of the Sith Lords to draw their own conclusions . Sadow deposited the Daragons at his secret citadel on Khar Shian , before promptly returning to Ziost to see if his strike had had the effect he desired . Sadow arrived to find that everything had gone according to plan : the Sith Council was in a panic , and the Republic was to blame . Feigning shock at Simus ' death , Sadow loudly proclaimed that it was time for the Sith to strike back , and officially announced his intentions to seize the title of Dark Lord . To Ludo Kressh ' s horror , several of the Sith Council backed Sadow ' s claim , and Kressh left in a huff with his supporters , proclaiming that he would become the true Dark Lord . Not willing to let this stand , Sadow ordered his supporters , each of whom controlled a dozen worlds , to call their ships and warriors to battle . Things had come to a head , and Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh were finally going to war . Consolidating power . In the meantime , Sadow split Daragons up , keeping Gav Daragon with him on Khar Shian and sending his sister Jori to his decoy fortress on Khar Delba . In Gav Daragon , who had once been a low - level initiate of the Jedi Order in his younger days , he found someone with a strong , if untrained , talent in the Force . Sensing promise in Daragon , Sadow took him under his wing as an apprentice and began to teach the young man Sith magic . With all - out war with Ludo Kressh looming , Sadow had a traditional tattoo applied to his forehead by Sith pincerbug s , an act which most believed made his claim to the seat of Dark Lord official . Soon afterward , he received information that Ludo Kressh had had his men guard the Daragons ' captured ship , the " Starbreaker 12 " . Realizing an opportunity , Sadow sent several of his Massassi warriors to kill Kressh ' s guards and seize the ship , leaving no witnesses and leaving Sadow ' s emblem behind at the scene . Sadow ' s Massassi flew the " Starbreaker 12 " back to Khar Delba , getting there just before Kressh attacked the world , just as Sadow had foreseen . Having planned for this eventuality , Sadow allowed Kressh , backed by the forces of his allies Horak - mul and Dor Gal - ram , to batter his fortresses on Khar Delba with a rain of laser fire from their battleships . Although completely unconcerned about Kressh ' s firepower , Sadow feigned panic , quickly ushering Jori Daragon to the recovered " Starbreaker 12 " , claiming he was protecting her from torture and death at Kressh ' s hands . In fact , Sadow simply wanted her to escape alone , so he could follow her trail back to the unsuspecting Republic , while keeping her brother Gav with him as his apprentice . Jori Daragon , who did not believe she had any reason not to trust Naga Sadow , completely fell for the Sith Lord ' s feigned concern and followed his instructions to escape back to her home — unbeknownst to her , Sadow had outfitted her ship with a tracking device . While Kressh ' s bombardment continued , Daragon managed to evade the laserfire in the " Starbreaker 12 " and jump to hyperspace . Once Daragon was clear of the battlefield , Sadow put the second part of his plan into motion , calling his fleet from its hiding place on the dark side of Khar Shian . The fleet ' s arrival and sudden attack took Kressh completely by surprise , as another level of subterfuge tore Kressh ' s ranks apart : several of Sadow ' s Sadow ' een assassins , posing as crewmembers on Kressh ' s battleships , attacked and killed Horak - mul and Dor Gal - ram and commandeered their vessels . Withering laserfire from both within and without , along with constant kamikaze attacks from Sadow ' s starfighters , forced Kressh into an ignominious retreat . Sadow ' s tactical masterpiece at Khar Delba cemented him as the undisputed ruler of the Sith Empire , while Daragon ' s escape back to the Republic had set the stage for a Sith invasion of the rest of the galaxy at large . His fleet and power only growing , Sadow knew the time was coming to strike , and he rallied all the rest of the Sith Lords to join his impending conquest of the Galactic Republic . With Ludo Kressh out of the picture , Naga Sadow began furiously preparing for his attack on the Republic , working his Massassi workers ' fingers to the bone repairing the damage done to his citadel on Khar Delba and raising his fleet . Sadow was now the undisputed Dark Lord of the Sith , and all the rest of the Sith Lords in the Empire had pledged their allegiance , and armies , to him . Sadow also kept himself busy grooming Gav Daragon — who was becoming increasingly morally conflicted at the prospect of attacking his home in the Republic — as his dark apprentice , although he often found himself having to lie to keep the young Human in the fold . While his war fleet was being fully readied , Sadow gathered the other Sith Lords to a war council on Khar Delba , which was interrupted by an unexpected arrival : Ludo Kressh , who broadcast an anti - Sadow transmission to the Sith Lords at the same time that his flagship was spotted approaching Khar Delba . Dismissive of Kressh ' s " prattle , " Sadow ordered Daragon to press a button on a nearby control panel , promising it would block Kressh ' s transmission . When Daragon pressed the button , however , Kressh ' s flagship violently exploded , and the obstacle that was Ludo Kressh was seemingly gone for good . Daragon was stunned , even more so when Sadow revealed that they had the location of their Republic target due to a tracer he had placed on the " Starbreaker 12 " . Sadow had no time to argue with his young apprentice , however — before the explosion in Khar Delba ' s atmosphere had even subsided , he proclaimed the time had come to launch his attack . Sadow ' s star war . Sadow was able to put together an extremely formidable fighting force with remarkable quickness , as ships , ground troops and war beasts flocked to him from every corner of the Sith worlds . Once the moment of truth came , Sadow gathered his invasion fleet at Khar Shian . His plan was set : the Dark Lord would lead the war effort from his Sith meditation sphere , which would be the heart and mind of the Sith attack . To give his forces a psychological edge , Sadow planned to keep to his meditation sphere , using Sith magic to create illusions that would make his forces appear much more formidable than they were . Over objections from Gav Daragon , Sadow intended to leave Sith Space undefended and toss his entire strength at the Republic . Furthermore , Sadow placed Daragon , who had no command experience , in charge of one of his flagships . Once everything was set , Sadow called for his fleet to launch to hyperspace , proclaiming that the Republic would be theirs . Locking onto the beacon from the " Starbreaker 12 " , the Sith fleet soon arrived at the ship ' s location within Republic space . Sensing no Humans aboard — the ship had recently been taken from Jori Daragon by a creditor , Ssk Kahorr — Sadow ordered the ship ' s destruction , and next dispatched his fleet as according to his war plan . Gav Daragon and the main fleet would strike quickly to consume the Koros system , while another part of his forces would strike at the very heart of the Republic . As his fleet departed , Sadow retired in his meditation sphere to the Primus Goluud system , where he began working on conjuring his illusions . In a bold move , Sith forces began the war with a direct attack on Coruscant itself , the capital of the Republic , part of a many - pronged Sith assault . Led by Sith Lord Shar Dakhan , the Sith invasion force on Coruscant was bolstered with Sadow ' s illusions to make it appear tens of thousands of ships strong , while Daragon ' s group laid siege to the Koros system against a combined army of Tetan military and pardoned Kirrek rebels . n the run - up to his attempt to take Kirrek , Sadow sent Kaleesh fallen Jedi Saes Rrogon to seek out rare Lignan crystal s , which had the ability to bolster a dark side user ' s Force power . Sadow delayed his attack until Rrogon found a significant deposit on Phaegon III , and with combat already raging on Kirrek , Sadow personally dispatched one of his most trusted captains , Yaru Korsin , to mine those crystals . However , both Korsin ' s " Omen " and sister ship " Harbinger " were lost to a Jedi attack . Sadow ' s campaigns in this sector of the galaxy initially met with great success , as Sadow ' s spotty knowledge of the region actually worked in his favor , granting his forces a degree of unpredictability . But while he seemed on the verge of victory , at a critical moment came a circumstance Sadow had not planned for . After encountering his sister Jori in the burning streets of his home city of Cinnagar , Gav Daragon had a change of heart and fled the battle in his warship , tracking Sadow to the Primus Goluud system . After finding Sadow ' s meditation sphere , Daragon blasted it with a powerful laser shot , breaking Sadow ' s concentration and forcing many of his apparitions to disappear across the galaxy . On Coruscant , an outnumbered contingent of Jedi and Republic soldiers had been backed up to the steps of the Galactic Senate , and the confusion led to a Republic counterstrike that ultimately defeated the Sith . His vessel damaged but not destroyed , Sadow sent a transmission to Daragon , asking him to come to his listing sphere so they could meet face to face . Daragon obliged only to realize he had been tricked , as a furious Sadow had abandoned the ship and trapped him there , promising to deal with him later . By then , a Sith victory seemed a much more unlikely proposition , a hope dimmed even further after reinforcements from Ronika overcame the Sith forces on Kirrek . Sadow ' s grab for the Republic was falling apart , and as Empress Teta ' s forces reaffirmed their claim to the Koros system , the Empress herself , along with Jori Daragon , followed Gav ' s hyperspace trail to Primus Goluud . Sadow recalled the battered remnants of his fleet , and immediately attacked when the enemy ships arrived . Sadow was outgunned , but he had an ace in the hole : the power of Sith magic . Within the battleship " Corsair " , Sadow used the Force to trigger a massive supernova in the star Primus Goluud , covering his retreat and consuming Gav Daragon , still trapped in the meditation sphere . But in Daragon ' s last moments , he had given his sister a critical piece of intelligence : Sadow had left the Sith Worlds abandoned to attack the Republic , and Empress Teta had a chance to put an end to the Sith Empire in one fell swoop . Flight , exile and death . With the Sith invasion shattered at Coruscant , Koros Major and Primus Goluud , only a few ships remained to limp back to Sith Space with Sadow . His assault on the Republic had been decisively repelled , but Sadow did not believe the war was over and planned on licking his wounds , raising new forces and preparing for a second go - around . However , Sadow had an unexpected welcoming party once he returned home : Ludo Kressh , who had staged his own death at Khar Delba , gathered his own forces and proclaimed himself Dark Lord of the Sith in Sadow ' s absence . With little time to recover after Primus Goluud , Sadow found himself engaged in another battle , this against his oldest rival in the skies above Korriban . Kressh nearly overwhelmed Sadow ' s battered ships , but one of Sadow ' s doomed pilots made a suicide run on Kressh ' s flagship , killing the would - be Dark Lord and breaking his remaining forces ' will to fight . To his shock , yet another fleet soon emerged from hyperspace : Empress Teta and her ships from the Koros system , which had followed his trail from Primus Goluud . Sadow vowed to fight to the death , but he and his fleet had nothing left . Once his defeat was apparent , and Empress Teta demanded his surrender , Sadow realized that he only had one chance to emerge alive . Sadow had his few remaining ships assemble a blockade , while he made a run for the twin stars of the Denarii Nova . As Sadow ' s " Corsair " made the treacherous journey between the Denarii Nova ' s binary stars , pursued by Tetan forces , Sadow — much like he did at Primus Goluud — used Sith magic to cause solar flare s and cover his retreat . As she watched the destruction of Sadow ' s blockade and her ships in pursuit of the Sith Lord , Empress Teta mistakenly believed that Sadow had to have been killed , and ordered her fleet back to Republic space . But Sadow had escaped in the " Corsair " , the last ship remaining in his mighty Sith invasion fleet . Sadow eventually stumbled across the uninhabited , uncharted Yavin system , containing the lush moon Yavin 4 , where Sadow decided to make a new start . Sadow quickly set his remaining Massassi to work , taming the jungle and raising a series of massive temples . Sadow used one of these temples to conceal his " Corsair " , the only ship that could have taken him off the jungle moon . On Yavin 4 , Sadow continued his studies of Sith alchemy , learning how to assert his will on the natural order of the universe . His Sith Empire unmade , Sadow instead set his sights on creating a race of warriors powerful enough to protect what remained of his legacy . To this end he experimented upon his Massassi slaves , twisting and mutating them into powerful beings filled with violence and hate . Sadow also experimented on other creatures , including a larval space slug that had attached itself to the " Corsair " en route to Yavin 4 . Not seeing any use for the beast after several unsuccessful attempts to tame it , Sadow decided to mutate it into a giant monster that could swallow a Jedi in one bite : the colossal Sith wyrm , which continued to live deep under Sadow ' s temples for centuries . However , Sadow soon faced a challenge from a tribe of intelligent , cultured and independent Massassi that had managed to escape his experiments . Resenting Sadow ' s uncontested rule , the Massassi tribe struck at Sadow ' s temples , and even though the Dark Lord had anticipated their aggression , the Massassi tribe fought through Sadow ' s twisted warriors and forced a face - to - face confrontation . As Sadow commended the Massassi tribesmen for their bravery , hundreds of Sadow ' s brutes flooded the chamber and took the attackers captive , for Sadow to subject them to the same alchemical processes that turned their brothers into mindless beasts . After decades practicing his Sith alchemy undisturbed , Sadow decided that it was time to place himself in a suspended animation chamber that would keep his body alive for centuries , making a vow not to return until the fires of conflict had burned out and a new apprentice had risen to bring about a Sith golden age . That day came around 4400 BBY , when he was discovered and awakened by a curious Jedi named Freedon Nadd , who had stumbled upon Yavin 4 during his quest to learn more of the dark side . Believing that Nadd was the apprentice for whom he had been waiting for centuries , Sadow taught Nadd his Sith secrets , only for his newfound apprentice to eventually turn on and kill him . Legacy . Sadow ' s attack on the Republic , and his daring escape from pursuit at Korriban , would in turn inspire subsequent generations of Sith , including future Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun , who learned Sadow ' s tale from Jedi Master Vodo - Siosk Baas ' holocron while still a Jedi Padawan . Guided by the spirit of Freedon Nadd — who had become a powerful Sith Lord himself — and fascinated by forbidden dark side knowledge Kun followed Sadow ' s trail to Yavin 4 , finding his ancient temples and the descendants of his Massassi slaves , who had devolved into mutated primitives . The Massassi captured Kun and sentenced him to die , but through an exertion of his considerable dark side power , Kun destroyed the massive Sith wyrm left over from Sadow ' s experiments and earned the Massassi ' s loyalty . Kun in turn banished Nadd ' s spirit and discovered Sadow ' s buried " Corsair " , using the ship in his own unsuccessful quest for Sith domination of the galaxy . Kun was not the only future Sith to discover knowledge of Sadow ' s alchemy . The Dark Lord Darth Sidious , who lived several thousand years after Sadow ' s time , found an ancient holocron containing detailed records of Sadow ' s work , recorded in the long - dead Dark Lord ' s voice . Sidious guarded this knowledge tightly , but found himself sorely tempted to include some of Sadow ' s work in " The Creation of Monsters " , the third volume of Sidious ' " Dark Side Compendium " . Although Sadow ' s fleet was almost completely destroyed in the Great Hyperspace War , the Sith dreadnaught " Omen " — which Sadow had sent with Captain Yaru Korsin to mine Lignan crystals at Phaegon III — miraculously survived a Jedi attack to crash - land on the uncharted planet of Kesh . There , Korsin and some of his crew survived to conquer the native Keshiri and form a powerful , isolated Lost Tribe of Sith , which after generations dimly remembered Naga Sadow as Korsin ' s " celestial ally . " In 3000 BBY , however , a recording of Sadow ' s original orders sending Korsin to Phaegon III was discovered by Tribe members , causing a major furor . The " Omen " sister ship , the " Harbinger " , also survived the disaster at Phaegon III , only to emerge almost five thousand years later after traveling through an unstable hyperspace tunnel . Sadow ' s personal records fell into the hands of the secret Jedi Covenant by the time of the Mandalorian Wars , which they used to launch their own pursuit of the Muur Talisman that had evaded Sadow ' s reach during his lifetime . Some other remnants of Sadow ' s Sith Empire survived the war as well , chased into deep space by the Republic . They followed a new Sith Emperor , who reconstituted the Sith Empire on the forgotten colony of Dromund Kaas and plotted his own attempt for galactic power . Some Jedi , including the respected Jedi Master Gnost - Dural , believed at one point this mysterious Sith Emperor to be none other than Naga Sadow himself , returned from exile . One agent of the new Sith Empire , Darth Zash , boasted a complete collection of Sadow ' s writings from Yavin 4 . Sadow ' s tomb . Sometime after Sadow ' s death , a " Tomb of Naga Sadow " was built on Korriban , its entrance marked with a large stone relief of Sadow ' s face , although Sadow ' s actual remains instead rested in a more modest tomb on Yavin 4 . Sadow ' s tomb on Korriban , which contained an ancient Rakata n Star Map containing directions to the Rakatan Star Forge , became a nest of terentatek beasts that killed Jedi Knights Duron Qel - Droma and Shaela Nuur in 3993 BBY . The Sith Lord - turned - Jedi Knight Revan twice entered Sadow ' s tomb to find the Star Map , while in 3951 BBY his close friend Meetra Surik tried to enter the tomb as well but found its entrance blocked by fallen rocks . Although Sadow ' s Korriban tomb did not contain his remains , Sadow constructed droid sentries to protect its inner chambers , guarding among other things an ancient Dashade warrior known as Khem Val , who lived in stasis within the crypt ' s walls for centuries after being placed there by the Sith Lord Tulak Hord . Around 3643 BBY , a Sith acolyte managed to breach the tomb and acquire the Star Map , with the help of the freed Khem Val . Meanwhile , Sadow ' s actual resting place remained in relative obscurity , protected by the descendants of his Massassi slaves , and there Sadow ' s spirit continued to linger . During the era of the Great Galactic War , Sadow ' s tomb on Yavin 4 was discovered by the Jedi Master Barel Ovair and his apprentice Eison Gynt , who had tracked Sadow ' s legacy down in an attempt to dispel his spirit . After being attacked by Massassi guards , Ovair left Gynt behind and returned to Republic space , but Gynt survived to be possessed by Sadow . Several years later , Gynt , still under Sadow ' s thrall , dressed in Massassi garb and returned to Coruscant . Gynt publicly attacked Ovair upon his return , but Ovair defeated and slew him , neutralizing Sadow ' s spirit . Sadow ' s spirit was not completely gone , however . During one period of intense Force activity on the moon in 3638 BBY , Sadow ' s spirit manifested as a ghost in the jungles of Yavin 4 . Personality and traits . A visionary , Naga Sadow was possessed of a driving ambition that led him not only to crave the title of Dark Lord of the Sith , but to dream of piercing the Stygian Caldera and bringing the splendor of the Sith Empire to the entire galaxy . More than that , Sadow was a rebel , believing that only he could determine his place in the galaxy , refusing to bow to tradition and daring to fight against what he saw as the Sith Empire ' s stagnation and complacency . This rebelliousness was fueled by a sense of responsibility he felt to his exile ancestors , whom he recalled as great Jedi who created a flame that Sadow refused to let burn out . As such , he rued what he saw as " backwards thinkers , " men like Ludo Kressh , who Sadow believed would lead to the Sith Empire ' s ruin . Pursuing opportunity wherever it arose , Sadow chafed at the isolationism of the Sith Empire , believing it to be a practical impossibility for such a sprawling body . It was this expansionist philosophy that came to define Sadow long before he ever became Dark Lord , as he became known as an impassioned speaker who consistently preached a new , progressive future for the Sith Empire . Sadow was also remarkably cunning , quick - thinking and tactically inventive ; within days of the Daragons ' arrival in Sith Space , Sadow had already formulated the plan that would bring him to the cusp of galactic domination , a plot that required him to brilliantly outmaneuver his greatest rival , Ludo Kressh . Sadow stood apart from the Sith establishment in every sense of the term , being one of the few to recognize the problems underlying the glory of the Sith Empire and dedicating his life to fighting them . Among the few of the Sith " old guard " that Sadow respected was his teacher Simus , but Sadow did away with his old mentor the minute that it suited him . Despite this , he was still a strong believer that the Sith Empire was superior to all alternatives , especially the " oppressive system " of the Galactic Republic . Sadow often displayed a strong disrespect for any who would oppose him , saving his most venomous invective for his rival Ludo Kressh , who disgusted the Dark Lord with his adherence to tradition and opposition to Sadow ' s progressive ways . Sadow craved contact with the unknown , and was always searching for chances to expand , dominate and control beyond the borders of the Sith Empire . He lacked the fear of the Republic and the outside galaxy that was common among the Sith of the day — to him , the Republic and the Jedi were not the hidden monsters that defeated his ancestors , just a new field to conquer . He also held none of the xenophobia that characterized many of his peers , such as Ludo Kressh . To Sadow , outsiders could be just as Sith as any born in the Empire , and Humans and members of other species often enjoyed high standing with the Dark Lord . Sadow ' s humaneness and even respect for different peoples and cultures stood in stark contrast to his belief that , as a powerful Sith alchemist , the natural order of the universe belonged to him and existed to be twisted to serve Sadow . Even his loyalest servants , the Massassi , existed only to defend him and pay him tribute , and he felt no remorse for twisting them into mindless beasts . All the destruction he could cause , including the death of a star system , was a small price to pay to further Sadow ' s aims . Sadow was adept at playing the role of caring host when it suited him , but it only ever lasted as long as it suited his purposes , he was vicious and precise in his strike once given an opening . In the end , however , Sadow ' s overconfidence wound up being his downfall , and he felt shamed by his loss of glory when forced into exile at the end of the Great Hyperspace War . Sadow stood 1 . 88 meter s tall , and had brown hair and green eyes . Powers and abilities . A powerful dark magician , Naga Sadow was remembered long after his death as a master of Sith alchemy who had the ability to twist the natural order of the universe to serve his purposes . With his magic , Sadow could transform the living into monstrous , brutal beasts , his own malformed servants of death — and , it was said , to give flesh to those spirits already departed . Sadow could also focus his gift of alchemy and magic into greater displays of Force power , including causing supernovas and solar flares to cover his retreat at the end of the Great Hyperspace War . But Sadow ' s power in the Force went beyond just the Sith alchemy that he was known , and feared , for . Sadow was incredibly potent at creating illusions , focusing his energy for such pursuits in his Sith meditation sphere . When in his sphere , Sadow had the ability to conjure hundreds of illusions at once and manifest them light year s away . Sadow ' s power of illusion was so great that he made it one of the focal points of his plan during the Great Hyperspace War . However , Sadow was not able to sustain these illusions when his concentration was even briefly broken , as it was when Gav Daragon turned on him at Primus Goluud . A brilliant strategist , Sadow ' s strengths lied not in direct confrontation , but in his mastery of the ability to intuit where his foe was weakest and then strike precisely and devastatingly . As a Sith Lord , however , Sadow was no stranger to individual combat , and was a match for Ludo Kressh with his favored Force - imbued Sith sword . Sadow often employed telekinesis while in single combat , pausing his sword strikes to pelt his opponent with stones using the Force . Sadow also proved himself handy with a Republic blaster in his breakout of Gav and Jori Daragon from imprisonment on Ziost , even though he had never seen a weapon of its type before and the Sith of the time largely fought with swords and spears . Sadow was fluent in his native Sith and the tongue of his Massassi slaves , as well as the Galactic Basic of his Jedi ancestors . Equipment . As one of the most powerful alchemists and Sith sorcerers of all time , much of Sadow ' s equipment was used to focus and augment his dark talents . Sadow was able to wield his greatest alchemical power on his " Derriphan " - class battleship , the " Corsair " , which had an array of crystals in a platform on the bridge . Through these crystals , Sadow was able to summon nigh - unlimited power , including the ability to obliterate stars themselves . Sadow also owned a Sith meditation sphere which served as his center for creating illusions , and he was able to achieve this at an incredibly large scale during the Great Hyperspace War . One of Naga Sadow ' s most striking possessions was the bejeweled Sith amulets that he wore on his hands , which he used to help focus dark side energy for his alchemical pursuits . The left amulet survived to eventually fall into the possession of Exar Kun , via the Massassi priest Zythmnr on Yavin 4 . Years before the use of the lightsaber became common among Sith Lords , Naga Sadow did battle with a poisoned , Force - imbued Sith sword with which he became quite proficient . He also had his own suit of body armor , which survived past his death . Sadow ' s armor was elaborate and gold - plated , with a chest piece featuring a large , red eye and spikes on its pauldrons . Behind the scenes . Naga Sadow first appeared in the opening scene of " " , a story arc in the " " comic book series , written by Tom Veitch and Kevin J . Anderson and released in 1994 . Sadow appears in a flashback to the end of his unsuccessful war on the Republic , a story that would later receive its own story arcs , " " and " " , both written by Anderson , where Sadow appears as a main character . Sadow was originally illustrated by Chris Gossett during his initial appearance in " Dark Lords of the Sith " , and was drawn by Dario Carrasco , Jr . during his appearances in " The Golden Age of the Sith " and " The Fall of the Sith Empire " . Sadow ' s early mentions and his appearances in " The Golden Age of the Sith " and " The Fall of the Sith Empire " contain several inconsistencies between them . " Tales of the Jedi : Dark Lords of the Sith " account of Sadow ' s backstory was heavily revised by the later comics : originally , Sadow was a Sith sorcerer and member of an elite priesthood of pure Sith blood who fled to Yavin 4 after being banished from the Sith Empire for rebelling against the ruling Dark Lord and being branded a criminal by the Republic , and although he is pursued by Republic gunships , there is no mention that Sadow actually led a war against the galactic government . Additionally , " Star Wars Insider 26 " places Sadow ' s defeat and flight to Yavin 4 at 4990 BBY , although later sources changed that date to 5000 BBY . These inconsistencies extended to the circumstances of Sadow ' s death . Although earlier sources remained ambiguous on Sadow ' s death , the Freedon Nadd entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " definitively states that Nadd destroyed Sadow ' s spirit , as do most other more recent Legends sources when referring to Naga Sadow ' s death . Before the release of the video game " " , IGN reported that the game ' s Sith Emperor was Naga Sadow , but subsequent sources confirmed that the Sith Emperor was not Sadow , but rather a Sith Lord from his Empire who avoided participation in the Great Hyperspace War . However , Sadow ' s spirit still appeared in " The Old Republic " along with other " Old Republic " supplementary materials , contradicting the sources saying that Nadd definitively destroyed Sadow . There are other discrepancies regarding Sadow ' s physical appearance . Although Sadow ' s " Tales of the Jedi " appearances consistently portray him as having the reddish skin typical of the Sith species as well as brown eyes , Sadow ' s depiction in " The New Essential Guide to Characters " shows him with a more Human appearance , with lighter skin and green eyes . As many other Sadow depictions are truer to his original comic appearance , this article treats his original appearance as being correct .