Sylvar Sylvar was a Cathar Jedi Knight from the planet Cathar . The mate of Crado , she trained in the Jedi arts under the Krevaaki Jedi Master Vodo - Siosk Baas on Dantooine , along with Crado and the Human known as Exar Kun . When Kun left Master Vodo ' s tutelage to become a Dark Lord of the Sith , Sylvar found herself swept up in the events of the Great Sith War . She fought for the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic alongside such notables as Nomi Sunrider and Master Thon of Ambria . In the course of the war , Sylvar saw much action on Coruscant , Ambria , and the library world of Ossus , where she had a chance to confront Exar Kun himself for his crimes . However , the war also had terrible repercussions , her master was mercilessly slain by Kun after a duel on Coruscant and her mate Crado turned traitor and was ultimately killed by his Sith masters . When the Republic eventually won the war and Exar Kun was defeated , Sylvar found that she had lost everything that she held dear , including the future life she thought she would live . Later in life , Sylvar made it her personal mission to see to it that Ulic Qel - Droma , the last surviving member of the Sith regime , answer for his crimes . In a brush with the dark side , in which she could not put aside her bitterness for the events of the war , Sylvar attempted to evade her desire by traveling to Ryloth and then to Cathar on missions , to no avail . Only when she faced Qel - Droma , and he refused to fight back , did she finally understand her error and return to the light . Ulic Qel - Droma ' s death , by hands other than Sylvar ' s , was instrumental in her redemption . Biography . Early life and training . Early in her life on the Cathar homeworld , Sylvar was mentored by the Cathar holy man Kharr , who would continue to be a presence much later in her life . As her species mated for life , Sylvar chose Crado to be her companion , and together they traveled to Dantooine to study the ways of the Force . The pair took as their master the Krevaaki Vodo - Siosk Baas , who had previously trained such Jedi as Dace Diath , Qrrrl Toq , and Shoaneb Culu . During the time of their training , Master Vodo had another apprentice , the Human known as Exar Kun . Crado and Sylvar were pitted against Kun regularly in training for lightsaber combat , and found the Human to be a very skilled adversary . But while Crado developed an attitude of deference towards Exar Kun in defeat , Sylvar was less easily subdued . After one match against Exar Kun in which her mate was defeated , Sylvar was called upon by their master to challenge the Human next . Sylvar was more than willing to accept , and the two rivals faced each other . During their combat , Kun attempted to break Sylvar ' s will , as he had done with Crado , by goading her and insulting nonhumans . But the effect was contrary to his goals , as the Cathar lashed out , raking his face with her claws . Exar Kun would bear the scar for the rest of his biological life and would not forget the being that inflicted it . Having been caught off - guard by the slash , the Human cast Sylvar to the ground indignantly , then demanded she take up her weapon and fight him as a Jedi . When Sylvar questioned Kun ' s very motives as a Jedi , the man prepared to attack her , only to have his lightsaber intercepted by Master Vodo ' s staff . Exar Kun was disarmed . Crado then tossed his own weapon to the Human , challenging him to prove his assertions concerning nonhumans . In the duel between Sylvar ' s master and fellow apprentice , the Krevaaki Jedi continued to use only his staff , in an effort to teach Kun a lesson in strengths and weaknesses . But Exar Kun would not allow himself to be beaten , and , calling his own lightsaber back to him using the Force , the Human defeated Master Baas with an aggressive twin - weapon style of fighting . Exar Kun then departed , declaring himself a Jedi Knight and going in search of long - forgotten Sith secrets . The Krath conflict . As Exar Kun sought his own Sith knowledge , another dark side cult was on the rise . The Krath were led by members of the Tetan elite who had traveled to Onderon and begun to dabble in the magic of the Sith ; the cult and its followers had recently begun to stage attacks on the Galactic Republic and the Jedi . Master Vodo received news of a great meeting of the Jedi Order on the planet Deneba , which would address the growing problem as well as the Order ' s response to it . En route to Deneba , Sylvar shared moments of closeness with her mate Crado , who asked her to marry him . He expressed his desire to return to Cathar , where the pair could use the Jedi knowledge imparted to them by their master to gain notability . Sylvar evaded the proposal , telling Crado that while she was more than willing to bear his offspring , she would always remain a Jedi . Meanwhile , during the trip to Deneba , Master Vodo received intense Force - visions of Kun falling to the dark side and attempted to shield his former student with the light side . Sylvar , sensing Vodo ' s exertion in the Force , rushed to her master ' s aid ; Master Vodo advised Sylvar that Exar ' s fall to the dark side was but the beginning of a storm that would consume the galaxy . The Jedi on Deneba did not suspect that the Krath were plotting against them even as they gathered to discuss the threat . The Jedi Masters ' servant droids had been reprogrammed by the Krath to attack their owners at their true masters ' signal , and a ship loaded with war droids was ready to be deployed on the planet . Master Vodo and his remaining apprentices arrived as the attack began . Sylvar quickly joined the action when she spotted a Krath war droid attempting to kidnap Vima , the daughter of Jedi Nomi Sunrider . Before Nomi could respond , Sylvar quickly beheaded the automaton and introduced herself to Nomi , who would become a good friend from this point on . The battle continued , and the Jedi eventually won , although with great loss of life — including the legendary Arkanian Jedi Master , Arca Jeth . The Great Sith War . Following the debacle of the Conclave on Deneba , Exar Kun returned to known space from his journeys , and traveled to the planet Ossus , where many of the Jedi had gathered . The Human , having secretly begun to study the knowledge of the Sith , sought more Jedi to join his cause , as well as an ancient Sith holocron in the possession of Master Odan - Urr . After Kun killed Odan - Urr and took possession of the holocron , he lied that the Draethos had declared him a Jedi Master and then died of natural causes . He was joined by a number of young Jedi who believed in his visions of a new Jedi Order . Crado was among those who left with Exar Kun for Yavin 4 . Not long after this , rumors began to arise that the Krath were apparently being led by a Jedi in their assaults on the Republic . Master Vodo - Siosk Baas , determined to convince the Galactic Senate to allow the Jedi to investigate and deal with this threat , gathered a group of Jedi Knights to travel to the galactic capital of Coruscant . Sylvar joined her master ' s party , which included his former apprentices , the Jedi Shadow s Dace Diath , Qrrrl Toq , and Shoaneb Culu , as well as Nomi Sunrider , the Twi ' lek Tott Doneeta , and Cay Qel - Droma . Arriving on the ecumenopolis , the Jedi were quickly informed that the rumors were , indeed , true . The Jedi Knight Ulic Qel - Droma , the brother of Cay , had been spotted leading the Krath forces . Ulic had gone to the Krath in order to try and infiltrate and stop the cult ' s activities from within , but had instead been seduced by the dark side and joined them . Sure enough , as the Jedi landed on Coruscant and started off for the Senate Hall , the Krath forces , led by Ulic Qel - Droma himself and bolstered by the armies of Mandalore the Indomitable , staged an attack on the capital world itself . The Republic forces , under the command of Netus , put up a strong defense , but found considerable difficulty in dealing with the Mandalorians ' Basilisk war mounts . The Jedi were quick and efficient in joining Coruscant ' s defense . Sylvar , fighting alongside Dace Diath , deflected attacks by the Basilisks , allowing Cay to activate an aerial defense cannon while Nomi Sunrider rushed Master Vodo and the Supreme Chancellor to safety . The party boarded a landspeeder headed for the Republic military control center , where Master Vodo and the Chancellor could gain control of the defense . However , Ulic Qel - Droma himself was also en route to the war room in order to crush the Coruscanti defense at its source . A group of Mandalorians accosted the Jedi before they could reach the command center , delaying them just long enough for Ulic to arrive . Before Master Vodo and his group reached them , Ulic ' s lover , the Krath sorceress Aleema Keto , arranged for Qel - Droma to be left behind , betraying him as she and Mandalore retreated with the bulk of their forces . Ulic Qel - Droma , fallen Jedi Knight and betrayer of the Republic and the Jedi Order , faced the Jedi alone once they had fought their way to the war room . Master Baas and the other Jedi present quickly disarmed Ulic , projecting a field in the Force to imprison and subdue him . Once his resistance had ended , the Jedi handed him over to Republic jurisdiction . The Chancellor promised the fallen Knight a trial , as well as a death sentence , for his crimes . The trial of Ulic Qel - Droma . Sylvar was present on Coruscant when the trial began , and was joined by Nomi Sunrider and Cay Qel - Droma , who had rushed to the capital aboard the " Nebulon Ranger " to speak on behalf of their former friend . Sylvar did not share in their enthusiasm , believing that Ulic had brought his fate upon himself . As the trial proceeded , Ulic held forth in the Senate Hall , speaking out against the leadership of the Republic and prophesying the coming of a Golden Age which they would have no part in — a Golden Age of the Sith . Sylvar was furious , while Cay rushed to aid his brother . At that moment , Sylvar ' s old rival Exar Kun arrived , with Mandalore at his side , to rescue his new apprentice . It was then confirmed that Qel - Droma was not only a fallen Jedi , but a Dark Lord of the Sith . As the Senate and the crowd were frozen in their seats , under the Sith spells of Exar Kun , Nomi rushed to beg Ulic to stop , and Sylvar attacked . Killing and maiming several of Kun ' s Massassi guards with her claws , the Cathar Jedi Knight demanded that Exar tell her what he had done with her mate Crado , who had always idolized the Human . The Sith Master , remembering the scar he still bore from his duel with her , told Sylvar that her mate was learning to become stronger than she was , and was on an errand for him . As Ulic Qel - Droma held the Jedi at bay , Exar Kun took control of the Chancellor , using the leader as a living puppet while he proclaimed the superiority and infallibility of the Sith and their ways . When Ulic told Cay that he ' d either have to join him or die , Cay refused to confront his brother — but someone else did not . At that moment , Master Vodo - Siosk Baas entered the Senate Hall , challenging Qel - Droma and Kun . He came to confront his former apprentice , still trying to instill a lesson in the Human . When Exar Kun asked that Vodo join his cause , the Jedi Master refused , and Kun drew his weapon . Master Vodo fought Kun , using his humble quarter staff as usual , debating with the Sith as they dueled . Yet Kun had a surprise — his lightsaber ignited from the other end , forming a saberstaff nearly unprecedented in the galaxy at the time . Exar Kun struck his older master — and Sylvar ' s — down , killing him . Sylvar immediately rushed to face the Human , only to be blown back by Kun ' s amplified new Force powers . As the new Dark Lords of the Sith departed the Hall , a dejected Sylvar was comforted by Nomi and Cay . Betrayal on Ambria . Following the debacle at the Senate Hall , Sylvar accompanied Nomi Sunrider and her daughter Vima to the planet Ambria . Nomi ' s first master , the Tchuukthai known as Thon , resided on the planet . On Ambria , Sylvar and Nomi hoped to find a much - needed respite from the war , as well as some additional training from Thon . However , Exar Kun wanted the Jedi Master dead , as part of his extensive plan to kill the aging Masters of the galaxy in order to make room for his new order . Thon ' s old student Oss Wilum , now possessed by Sith spirits and obedient to the Dark Lord , was sent to dispatch the Tchuukthai , and was accompanied by none other than Crado . The pair summoned hssiss , dark side monsters , from Lake Natth , and proceeded to direct the beasts to Thon ' s house nearby . As they came over the last ridge , Crado saw that the Master was not alone : Nomi and Vima Sunrider were there , along with his former mate , Sylvar . With little hesitation , Crado ordered that all present must die for the Sith cause , betraying the woman he ' d loved . As the hssiss set upon the Jedi , Sylvar and Nomi were hard - pressed to defend themselves — and Vima — from the monsters . Master Thon threw himself at the beasts , tearing at them with teeth and claws . Meanwhile , Nomi used her skills at battle meditation to throw the creatures into disarray , so that Thon and Sylvar could finish them off . After the Tchuukthai Master had confronted and disarmed Oss Wilum , Sylvar was approached by Crado , who did not think she would strike him . This was not so ; Sylvar viciously slashed the face of her mate , declaring him a traitor and murderer for helping Exar Kun , who had gone on to kill their master . Crado fled Ambria , his treachery revealed . The evacuation of Ossus . Exar Kun ' s next plan was considerably more ambitious : he would lure in Republic and Jedi forces with a false attack on the space station Kemplex IX , and then implode one of the stars of the nearby Cron Cluster in order to destroy his enemies . Crado , unaware that his mission would effectively be a suicide , joined Aleema Keto in command of the Sith forces attached to the attack . The mission was successful , and the Republic and Jedi pursuing the Sith forces involved were destroyed — along with the Sith ships themselves and their commanders . Crado , along with Aleema , was dead . The star they had manipulated went supernova , sending a massive shock wave through space towards the Jedi library world of Ossus . Master Thon and the Jedi on Ambria rushed to aid in the evacuation of Ossus , along with most of the Jedi Order . A huge repository of information and artifacts , Ossus began to empty as its doom drew near . However , as the shock wave neared the system , Exar Kun himself arrived with Ulic Qel - Droma , in hopes of plundering the world while the Jedi scrambled from its surface . As Kun raided the archives and treasure rooms of the world — with less success than he had anticipated , due to the efforts of Neti Jedi Master Ood Bnar — he was confronted by an old adversary with new debts to avenge : Sylvar . The Cathar Jedi condemned Exar Kun for his corruption of Crado and his murder of Vodo - Siosk Baas . After declaring that he would die , and by her very lightsaber , Sylvar pressed her attack . Slaughtering multitudes of the Massassi that followed him , she rushed to face Kun , only to be ultimately stopped by the red - skinned warriors . Critically injured , Sylvar was unable to prevent the Sith Lord from departing . Ulic Qel - Droma , after having realized his error when he killed his own brother Cay , was caught , however . Nomi Sunrider used a newfound ability she had learned to shut the fallen Jedi off from the Force , permanently . Ulic Qel - Droma found a chance to aid the Jedi by leading their fleet to Yavin 4 , where they hoped to confront Exar Kun . However , Kun found a way to escape his pursuers yet again , using the most dangerous forms of Sith alchemy to drain the life - force of nearly the entire Massassi race on the moon and transcending his physical existence . His living body perished along with most of the life on Yavin 4 , but his spirit sought escape . Nomi Sunrider , realizing what Exar Kun was planning , used the Force to bind him to the planet , preventing him from going out into the galaxy . The Sith War had ended , its toll on the Republic and the lives of its citizens considerable . Conclave on Exis Station . Following the Sith War , Sylvar gained much renown and fame on her homeworld for her exploits as a Jedi . A detailed work of tree art was made for her by the Cathar people , as well as one for Crado . A full decade after the end of the war , the Jedi Order , now under the leadership of Nomi Sunrider , was called to a massive convocation to discuss their future . Sylvar , traveling with an escort of two male Cathar , arrived on Exis Station where the meeting was just beginning . Sylvar had come with a major issue that she wanted to address at the meeting . Nomi Sunrider held forth before the assembled Jedi , recounting the tales of the Sith War and giving a message of hope and encouragement for the future . However , the meeting was soon interrupted . Vima , bored and displeased with her mother , slipped away , stealing one of the ion mining ships used on the station . But Vima ' s eagerness exceeded her skill and experience , and so she was soon in danger of being caught in the nearby star ' s magnetic storms . Sensing the girl ' s danger , Nomi , Thon , and Sylvar stopped the meeting , afraid for the girl . However , Vima was rescued by a late arrival to the conclave : the Twi ' lek Jedi , Tott Doneeta . Sylvar soon had her chance to speak before the assembly . She condemned Ulic Qel - Droma , last survivor of the Sith that had ravaged the Republic , and called attention to the fact that a man she considered to be a war criminal walked free . Sylvar would not relent from her argument , pointing out that she had been bound to Crado for life when he had been corrupted — and she believed betrayed and killed — by the Sith . After she had spoken , Sylvar was still filled with desire to see vengeance wrought on Qel - Droma . Tott Doneeta sensed the anger welling up inside the Cathar , and asked that she come to his homeworld of Ryloth to help him in his Jedi duties . Journey to Ryloth . Tott ' s clan of origin , the Doneetas , had recently built a new subterranean city after being driven from their previous home by the rival R ' lyek clan . The Doneetas ' fortifications , however , were still incomplete , and shortly before the arrival of Sylvar and Tott Doneeta on Ryloth , the R ' lyeks had attacked again , slaughtering many of Tott ' s kinsmen . When the two Jedi landed , they received news of the attack . Tott Doneeta left to speak with both the Doneeta and R ' lyek clan leaders , hoping to end the generations - long feud between the tribes . In the meantime , he sent Sylvar to the fortifications to help his people . Arriving on the construction scene , Sylvar soon found that she had no desire to help with the defenses . The Cathar spoke before the gathered Twi ' leks , urging them to take up their tools as weapons . She told them that they should avenge themselves upon the R ' lyeks for the years of predation they had suffered , and that they should attack where their enemies were most vulnerable — at their women and children . As the gathered Doneetas began to agree with Sylvar , Tott returned from his errand , speaking against more bloodshed and announcing that a resolution had been reached between the clan leaders . After telling Sylvar that she was in error , the Twi ' lek Jedi explained the peace accord . The two clan leaders had decided to go together into the Bright Lands , according to Rylothean tradition , sacrificing themselves to ensure peace between their peoples . A new head clan would be chosen to lead the two tribes , which would join together . Sylvar was displeased , and asked that Tott take her to her homeworld . Return to Cathar . Sylvar received a hero ' s welcome on Cathar , much to her dismay . After being reunited with her old mentor Kharr , she and Tott took part in a parade attended by crowds of cheering Cathar . But Sylvar had not returned to her homeworld to be acclaimed ; she sought peace and solitude . Meeting with Kharr under the stars , the Cathar Jedi came to the conclusion that in order to purge herself of her anger , she must go on a blood hunt . She asked Tott to accompany her on this quest for cleansing . Traveling into the expansive Veldt grasslands , the two Jedi sought out the nesting grounds of the kiltik , large insects that devastated large portions of the world regularly . The blood hunts undertaken by Cathar warriors served a dual purpose : to cleanse the warrior of their primal urges , and to control the population of the destructive creatures they hunted . Arriving at a kiltik nesting mound , Sylvar and Tott Doneeta entered , igniting their lightsabers as they detected the insects drawing near . Quickly cutting their way through the colony ' s sentries , the Jedi arrived at the central chamber , and beheld the massive queen as well as her equally massive accompaniment of guardians . Sylvar nearly lost all control , declaring that she would kill all the kiltik present , and then doing so . As she continued to hack away at the dead bodies , Tott called for her to stop . He warned her against the path he believed she was on — the path of anger , the path of the dark side . Later , hunting alone on the Veldt , Sylvar still found it difficult to vanquish the rage burning within her . Stalking prey could rid her of her instincts , but not her feelings . Soon enough , Sylvar detected someone stalking her . Confronting — and threatening — the interloper , she found that it was a scout bearing a message for her . Vima Sunrider , Nomi ' s daughter , had gone missing . Sylvar quickly departed Cathar , traveling to Exis Station to aid her longtime friend . The hunt for Qel - Droma . Arriving on Exis Station , Sylvar went to Nomi , who told the Cathar that Vima had gone to train under none other than Ulic Qel - Droma . The former Sith Lord was living in a self - imposed exile on the abandoned , glaciated planet Rhen Var . Sylvar was livid ; she was angry with Nomi for having allowed this to happen , and deeply disturbed that the girl had gone to Ulic . The spacer known as Hoggon , who had transported both Ulic and Vima to Rhen Var , approached Sylvar and told her that he knew where to find them . Sylvar agreed to go with him on his vessel to the ice planet . The pair arrived on Rhen Var just behind Nomi Sunrider , who had come to take Vima back with her . Hoggon wanted to catch Ulic by surprise , so he flew in from a different vector than he had originally taken when visiting the planet previously . The spacer offered to cover Sylvar with his blaster pistol should she need assistance , but she declined . When the Cathar Jedi happened upon Qel - Droma in the citadel , the former Sith Lord was alone . She told him that she had come to bring him to justice , igniting her lightsaber . Ulic drew his own weapon , and the pair fought , Ulic holding his own without being able to draw on the Force to guide his parries . They argued as they fought : Sylvar demanding that Ulic answer for his crimes , Ulic trying to talk Sylvar out of her indignant rage . The Cathar told the former Jedi that one of them must die , that he must do more than defend himself . Still , he backed away and refused to press an attack , and the two eventually came to a precipice — Ulic was trapped . Qel - Droma refused to fight further , and deactivated his lightsaber . Sylvar swung her blade to strike the man down — and stopped . After all the time she had spent waiting and preparing to kill him , Ulic Qel - Droma had been the one to free Sylvar from her anger . At that moment , however , the former Jedi and Dark Lord of the Sith was struck in the chest by a blaster bolt . Hoggon , seeking notoriety and fame as the one who killed the infamous war criminal , had shot Ulic Qel - Droma dead on Rhen Var . Nomi Sunrider and Vima rushed to their fallen friend , and Sylvar wheeled on Hoggon . Instead of punishing the spacer for stealing a kill she believed was rightfully hers , Sylvar told him that were it not for Ulic , he would be dead . The man Hoggon had just shot had saved his life , and Sylvar was finally free of her unrest and anger . Ulic faded away , in the manner of a Jedi Master ; although he could no longer feel the Force , his connection to it remained strong . Personality and traits . Sylvar had strong doubts concerning Exar Kun from the very start , quite contrary to her mate Crado ' s admiration of the Human . Her commitment to the Jedi was stronger than Crado ' s , as well , as she did not wish to end her Jedi training and return to Cathar with her mate . Sylvar had less pity for Ulic Qel - Droma than her friends Nomi Sunrider and Ulic ' s brother Cay did when Ulic stood trial in the Senate Hall . When Master Vodo died , Sylvar was overcome with anger and attacked fiercely , only to give in once Exar Kun had cast her aside using his superior Force skills . When she learned that Crado was indeed helping Kun in his plans , the Cathar Jedi did not falter , but lashed out at her very own mate , declaring him a traitor . In confronting Exar Kun once more on Ossus , Sylvar was not as relenting as she had been previously ; she fought until Kun ' s Massassi guards had injured her enough that she could no longer fight . Ten years after the Great Sith War , Sylvar still held considerable bitterness and anger for the events that had transpired . She had found a new target for her rage : the surviving Sith Lord , Ulic Qel - Droma . She was overcome with a desire to see Ulic brought to justice , and became consumed with anger and rage . Sylvar began skirting closer to the dark side , and started walking a dangerous path . Efforts to distract herself from this drive , including Jedi work with Tott Doneeta on Ryloth and a blood hunt on her home planet of Cathar , were not as effective as she had hoped . Only when she found herself facing an unwilling opponent — Ulic Qel - Droma himself — did Sylvar finally realize the error of her recent ways . Powers and abilities . Sylvar was very capable with a lightsaber from a very early stage . During her Jedi training and throughout the Sith War , she wielded a yellow weapon ; later , in the events leading up to the death of Ulic Qel - Droma , she changed to a lightsaber with a magenta blade . Sylvar could more than hold her own against most lesser opponents , including Krath war droids , Exar Kun ' s Massassi warriors , and the hssiss beasts she fought on Ambria . Although Ulic Qel - Droma could hold Sylvar off during their duel on Rhen Var despite his inability to access the Force , his considerable skill with a lightsaber meant that Sylvar was more than a worthy opponent . Additionally , Sylvar was skilled in deflection , as she showed when she fought alongside Dace Diath in defending her Master and the Supreme Chancellor from heavily armed Basilisk war droids . Sylvar even used the hilt of her lightsaber as a bludgeon when subduing Oss Wilum on Ambria . When her lightsaber would not suffice , and sometimes even when it would , Sylvar used her razor - sharp claws to inflict serious damage on her opponents . Slashes against both Exar Kun and Crado left deep scars on their faces that they bore to their graves . Numerous Massassi fell to her swipes , even while she used her lightsaber in the other hand . As a Cathar huntress , Sylvar possessed considerable talent in the tracking of prey , which she demonstrated on her blood hunt . She also showed particular skill at stealth . When she was approached by the scout bearing the news concerning Vima Sunrider , Sylvar managed to evade and ambush the tracker , whom she considered to be a potential adversary . Behind the scenes . The character of Sylvar was created by writer Kevin J . Anderson and first appeared in " " from the comic book series " " . Sylvar continued to appear in subsequent issues throughout the entire series . She is briefly mentioned in the video game " " , in which the player can find a robe that supposedly belonged to Sylvar .