Jori Daragon Jori Daragon was a Human female native of Koros Major and a hyperspace explorer who lived circa 5000 BBY . Although she and her brother , Gav Daragon , were somewhat Force - sensitive , they chose not to join the Jedi Order and remained untrained in the use of the Force . Following the death of her parents , she and Gav became indebted to Aarrba the Hutt . Running out of credits , the two took their ship , the " Starbreaker 12 " , on one last expedition from the city of Cinnagar in hopes of repairing their finances by earning a commission from the Brotherhood of Navigators for finding new hyperlane s . The Daragons accidentally discovered a trail that took them to the Sith world of Korriban . They were imprisoned by the Sith and taken to the planet Ziost for interrogation . Eventually , they were sentenced to death by the Sith , but Sith Lord Naga Sadow sprang them from prison and took them to his own fortress . Sadow hoped to convince the other Sith that the Daragons were the precursor for a Republic invasion , as that would give him the support of the other Sith Lords for his plan to invade Republic space . When Sadow ' s rival , Ludo Kressh , attacked Sadow ' s fortress , Jori took the " Starbreaker 12 " and escaped back to Republic space , knowing that she was the only means of warning the Republic of a Sith invasion . Little did she know that Sadow had placed a homing device on her ship and was planning on following the " Starbreaker 12 " course . She returned to the Koros system and , after overcoming arrest and incarceration for various crimes , managed to get an audience with Empress Teta , leader of the Koros system , and several prominent Jedi Masters , including Memit Nadill and Odan - Urr . Jori ' s warning came in time for a successful last - ditch defense to be mounted against the oncoming Sith armada . However , Gav was aiding the Sith fleet and when Jori encountered him on Cinnagar , she chased her brother , trying to stop him . Although Gav eventually turned on the Sith , Sadow had him killed over Primus Goluud . However , Jori survived the war , and since one of its casualties had been Aarrba , she took over ownership of the Hutt ' s repair dock . Biography . Early life . Jori Daragon was born some time prior to 5000 BBY and grew up on the world of Koros Major . As children , Jori and her brother Gav tested high enough in Force potential to be accepted for Jedi training , but they refused , seeking the wealth that could be found in a spacer ' s lifestyle . They worked with their parents , Hok and Timar Daragon , in the city of Cinnagar . The elder Daragons typically flew their ship , " Shadow Runner " , while the younger Daragons piloted the " Starbreaker 12 " . The two often begged their parents to let them go on runs with them , but Hok and Timar usually forced them to remain on Koros Major . When Hok and Timar were killed by rebels while delivering supplies to Empress Teta ' s soldiers in the Battle of Kirrek during the Unification Wars , their financier , Aarrba the Hutt , extended their credit , claiming that their parents ' ship had been paid for with their blood . Though they were grief - stricken at the loss of their parents , Jori and Gav took the " Starbreaker 12 " and began a life mapping out new hyperspace routes . The siblings , running low on funds and already forced to sell their dwelling as collateral to repay Aarrba , damaged the " Starbreaker 12 " while flying through the Starswarm Cluster in an attempt to find a new route . The Hyperspace Navigator ' s Guild approved their route , the Goluud Corridor , but marked it as risky . However , Jori and Gav soon found themselves with a price on their heads , put on by merchant lord Ssk Kahorr after one of his drone ships crashed into the giant star Primus Goluud while using the Goluud Corridor . Kahorr had been hoping to reap large profits from use of the route , but was furious at the loss of his ship . In response , Kahorr sent a pair of assassins to kill them , and the Daragons came under attack one night while sleeping on the streets of Cinnagar . While Jori and Gav attempted to fend them off , they were unarmed save for rocks and a stick , while both assassins were armed with polearm weapons . The Daragons ran away , but were soon cornered , lamenting the turns of events that had brought them to their current position . However , at that point , two Jedi Knights , Odan - Urr and Memit Nadill , appeared and confronted the assassins . After the Jedi defeated the hired attackers , Nadill advised Jori and her brother to leave Koros Major , which they did . Later , Jori and Gav stole back the impounded " Starbreaker 12 " and , pursued by Cinnagar security forces , punched in random coordinates , sending them on a blind jump into hyperspace . Neither of them were aware of it , but it was their unconscious use of the Force that enabled their statistically impossible jump . Discovering the Sith Empire . When the two explorers emerged from hyperspace , they realized they had journeyed far beyond charted territory . Spotting a nearby planetary system , they set down on the world of Korriban , not knowing that it was the homeworld of the Sith , an ancient species of sentient , Force - worshiping humanoids . As they descended , they noted the wealth visible from the cockpit and hoped that their new route would lead to the establishment of a viable and profitable trade route . Gav happily exclaimed that their problems were solved , but upon disembarking , Jori and Gav found themselves surrounded by armed Sith warriors , who took them prisoner . The two siblings were placed in a prison on the Sith world of Ziost while the ruling Sith Lords decided their fates . Lord Naga Sadow , who hoped to succeed the recently - deceased Marka Ragnos as the Dark Lord of the Sith , saw the two as an opportunity , a pathway for a Sith conquest of the Republic , while his rival , Ludo Kressh , feared that the arrival of the Daragons meant an impending Republic attack on the Sith . Kressh ' s arguments eventually prevailed , and Sith Lord Simus journeyed to the prison level and informed the Daragons that they were to be executed . Upon hearing that news , the siblings despaired and wished they had made different choices in the past . However , in the first step of his elaborate plan to become Dark Lord , Naga Sadow and his loyal group of Massassi warriors attacked the Ziost prison , freeing Gav and Jori , and making it look like an attack that was orchestrated and carried out by the Republic by using weapons confiscated from the " Starbreaker 12 " . Gav and Jori were sent to Sadow ' s private fortress on Khar Shian , grateful to be alive , as Sadow continued with the next phase of his plan . He used the prison break , which had cost the lives of numerous Sith warriors as well as Simus , a well respected member of the Sith Council , as instigation to have himself crowned the reigning Dark Lord of the Sith and begin preparations for an attack on the Republic . Shortly afterward , Jori was separated from her brother , being sent to Khar Shian ' s icy host planet of Khar Delba , where Sadow had a decoy fortress , a duplicate of his stronghold on Khar Shian . Sadow assured her that she was not being kept as a prisoner , despite her isolation and meager living quarters . She asked the Sith about the fate of her brother , but Sadow told her that the still active execution order meant that the Daragons could not be released yet . In response , she told him that she and Gav would need the " Starbreaker 12 " , in order to get back to Republic space . After many days , she was finally able to get through to Gav , as Sadow presented her with an amulet that allowed Gav , whom Sadow had been training in the Force , to contact her in an audio and visual format projected from the amulet , linking the brother and sister . Sadow also presented her with the " Starbreaker 12 " , which his Massassi warriors had seized from Kressh ' s forces in a commando raid . However , Kressh learned of Sadow ' s involvement in the raid , as Sadow had wished , and launched an attack on the decoy fortress , where Sadow and Jori were . Sadow told Jori that he had promised her safe return to the Republic and bade her enter the " Starbreaker 12 " and escape . She was reluctant to leave without Gav , but the Sith told her she had no choice if either of them were to survive . Powering up the engines , she found the navigation computer coordinates back to Republic space intact . Weaving through the attacking ships , she managed to slip through their fleet and jump to hyperspace back to the Republic , promising herself that she would return with help to free Gav . However , she was unaware that Sadow had purposefully allowed her to return to the Republic and planted a homing device on her ship so he could follow her with an armada with which to attack the Republic . Return to the Republic . Upon the " Starbreaker 12 " reversion from hyperspace over Cinnagar , Jori nearly collided with a ship leaving orbit . She averted collision and hailed Cinnagar ' s authorities , claiming she had an important message . However , they took a dim view of her return in light of the circumstances of her departure and launched interceptors to escort the " Starbreaker 12 " down to the surface , and she followed their instructions . After landing , Jori disembarked and attempted to relay her story , only to be immediately arrested for several crimes , including stealing the " Starbreaker 12 " . All attempts to warn the guards were in vain and she was conducted to a detention center . Her old patron , Aarrba , was disappointed with her , saying he had had enough of her lies , and her ship was seized by Ssk Kahorr as compensation for the loss of his merchant ship . Her trial followed shortly afterward , with the guards informing her that the evidence was clear - cut against her . Disheartened , Jori wondered how she was going to help Gav and how she was going to convince her captors of her sincerity . Her trial proceeded with her being charged with multiple crimes , including grand theft , firing on Cinnagar security ships , destruction of property , reckless mayhem , resisting arrest , and unauthorized departure through restricted shipping lanes . She admitted her guilt and tried to warn her captors of the Sith , but was again ignored . As a result of her confession , she was sentenced to hard labor on the colony world of Ronika . Working at mining by hand , she felt she had to escape and therefore stole a Drone Ore Shuttle . She was pursued into orbit by fighters , but her ship was sturdy enough to shrug off their weapons blasts . Returning to Cinnagar , a much larger group of fighters was waiting for her and her ship suffered severe damage , breaking up in the middle of the atmosphere . Jori grabbed a repulsorlift chute and flew out of the doomed ore shuttle toward the palace of Empress Teta . Climbing up the walls of the palace , Jori managed to reach the throne room and was immediately set upon by the guards , who figured her to be an assassin , as did the Empress herself . Holding out a Sith amulet she had brought with her , Jori managed to convince Teta and her Jedi advisors , Odan - Urr and Memit Nadill , of the veracity of her claim . Odan - Urr had previously experienced visions of the return of the Sith , and Jori ' s return convinced him that war was imminent . He remained on Cinnagar while Nadill returned to Coruscant , the galactic capital , to warn the rest of the Jedi and the Republic . Great Hyperspace War . As Empress Teta prepared for war , rallying her troops and fleet , Jori was eager to find a ship or at least a weapon to aid in the defense of Koros Major . Odan - Urr gave her a lightsaber and she left the Empress ' s palace to find a ship at Aarrba ' s Repair Dock . As she journeyed there , Sith ships attacked Cinnagar , deploying land troops . The Sith amulet she still held in her possession began to tingle and she suspected that Gav was nearby . Arriving at Aarrba ' s Repair Dock , she found Gav and his Massassi bodyguards standing over Aarrba ' s corpse . Jori assumed that Gav had slain Aarrba , and she attacked him and his bodyguards , but he managed to flee , using a Sith craft to return to a Sith battleship . Jori seized a ship of her own and followed him , but Gav ' s battleship jumped to hyperspace , bound for Primus Goluud , where Naga Sadow had his flagship , a Sith Meditation Sphere , stationed . From his sphere , Sadow used Sith sorcery to generate illusions of additional Sith forces on worlds across the galaxy , as well as use battle meditation to influence battles . Gav confronted Sadow and turned on him , attacking the meditation sphere and damaging it , but Sadow convinced Gav to meet him face - to - face . Gav acquiesced and when he arrived on the meditation sphere , he found it deserted . When Jori , accompanied by a portion of Teta ' s fleet , arrived over Primus Goluud , they found that the last remnants of Sadow ' s fleet had returned there as well from various engagements . The two fleets engaged one another , and Gav informed them that the Sith Empire was vulnerable ; Sadow had brought his entire fleet to attack the Republic . However , he was trapped on the meditation sphere when Sadow triggered a supernova in the giant star . Knowing that he couldn ' t escape in time , he told Jori and the Empress ' s forces to escape before the star exploded , saying he was sorry for having aided the Sith in their invasion . Tearfully , Jori bade farewell to her brother as Teta ' s fleet jumped to hyperspace just before Primus Goluud exploded . Teta ' s fleet arrived in the Sith Empire at the coordinates provided by Gav , striking against a Sith battle fleet already weakened by the failed assault on the Republic and further infighting between Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh . The Sith were defeated and Sadow escaped with only a single ship in the face of Teta ' s onslaught . Jori was glad to see the Sith defeated , but was still saddened over the loss of her brother . Upon their return to Cinnagar , she was summoned to the presence of the Empress , who recognized the losses she had taken in the war and asked her if there was anything she wanted . In response , Jori asked for and was granted ownership of Aarrba ' s Repair Dock , which had been a dream for her and her brother for years . Odan - Urr had several interviews with Jori , owing to the Jedi ' s interest in the Great Hyperspace War . With her help , the whole backstory of the War could be included in the Tedryn Holocron to reserve all information for the Jedi Order . Legacy . Years after her lifetime , Jori Daragon was remembered for her role in starting the Great Hyperspace War , including in a compilation of Jedi history and lore created by Jedi Tionne Solusar in 40 ABY . In the years after the Daragons , some historians pointed out that the Great Hyperspace War might have been avoided had Jedi Odan - Urr not saved the Daragons from Kahorr ' s assassins , but Solusar believed that the Daragons could not be held responsible for the start of the war . Their role was long remembered throughout history for blazing what was considered one of the most remarkable hyperlanes of the Old Republic era . The hyperlane , named the Daragon Trail , provided a passage directly from the Deep Core to Sith space . Information about the Daragons was also included on the " Omen " , a ship bearing a group of people who would eventually found the Lost Tribe of Sith on Kesh . Personality and traits . Jori Daragon was impulsive and impetuous , and willing to take great risks without concern for her own safety or future consequences . She was willing to commit a large number of crimes in an attempt by her and her brother to break out of their destitute circumstances . She was also easily upset , weeping openly on numerous occasions . Her brother , and to a lesser extent , her ship , the " Starbreaker 12 " , were the two main things she prioritized after the death of her parents . She often lamented the injustice of her and Gav ' s situation , being less optimistic than her brother . She was also naïve , believing that people , including the Sith Lord Naga Sadow , were as sincere as she was . She was determined to do what she felt was the right thing , even risking her life for an audience with Empress Teta to deliver a warning about the Sith threat . This , too , was partially motivated out of her care for Gav , who was still a prisoner of the Sith . When she found Gav allied with the Sith , she was horrified and felt betrayed , but held out hope for him . The loss of her brother affected her emotionally , and for her the victory in the Great Hyperspace War was bittersweet and caused her to be more contrite . She was gladdened to take ownership of Aarrba ' s Repair Dock , though , feeling that it was what Gav and even Aarrba would have wanted . Jori , like her brother Gav , was Force - sensitive , but was never trained as a Jedi out of a desire to make money as a hyperspace explorer . However , in combat , she was capable of wielding a lightsaber , though she had never done so , and cut down several Massassi warriors in Cinnagar . She was also a skilled pilot , eluding spaceport authorities and Sith patrols on several occasions , as well as helping map new hyperspace routes . Behind the scenes . The character of Jori Daragon was conceived and written by Kevin J . Anderson and first appeared in " " , which was Anderson ' s second solo story arc following the conclusion of " " . For the first five issues of " The Golden Age of the Sith " series , she was sketched by penciller Dario Carrasco , Jr . , and black and white drawings of the character were included in the back of the first issue of " The Golden Age of the Sith " . The character was originally named " Jori Pathfinder " when the series was still in the concept art stages .