Mission to Korriban ( Second Imperial Civil War ) In 138 ABY , during the Second Imperial Civil War , two Imperial Knight s and one Jedi Knight undertook a mission to the Sith world of Korriban to rescue Princess Marasiah Fel of the Empire - in - exile . Fel had been by forces of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire during a Jedi – Imperial Knight peace conference on the planet Agamar , and Emperor - in - exile Roan Fel tasked Antares Draco — leader of the Imperial Knights and lover of the Princess — with either rescuing or killing her , lest she betray Imperial secrets to Darth Krayt ' s One Sith . By focusing his anger , Draco disguised himself as a Sith Lord , and he arrived on Korriban with fellow Imperial Knight Ganner Krieg and Jedi Knight Shado Vao posing as captives he had taken on Agamar . The three infiltrated Korriban ' s Sith Temple and rescued Fel , who revealed that Draco ' s former Master , Eshkar Niin , had become the Sith Inquisitor Darth Havok and subjected her to torture . The group then cut their way through Sith as they retreated to their waiting ship , but Draco , determined to see the Princess escape , remained on Korriban ' s surface as his comrades fled the planet . After slaughtering a wave of attackers with a stolen Sith lightsaber , he was approached by Havok , who beseeched him to embrace his anger and join the Sith . Draco ' s refusal led to a duel , which Havok won with the use of Force lightning . Fel was safely ferried to her father ' s fortress world of Bastion , but Draco was left at the mercy of Havok , who sought to torture Imperial secrets out of his new prisoner . Prelude . In 137 ABY , the rule of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire was contested by various rebel groups during the Second Imperial Civil War . Late in the year , representatives from the Empire - in - exile and the New Jedi Order met on the planet Agamar to secure an Alliance against Darth Krayt ' s Sith – Imperial forces , but their rendezvous was interrupted by an Imperial . The Imperial Knight s of the Empire - in - exile and their new Jedi allies fought off attacking Sith and cleared a path for Roan Fel , Emperor - in - exile , to flee Agamar aboard an escape shuttle . Most of his surviving brethren joined him , but Jedi Master Rasi Tuum , Imperial Knight Azlyn Rae , and the Emperor ' s daughter , Princess Marasiah Fel , were unable to board the shuttle in time . Although Rae and Tuum stole a Sith – Imperial attack ship and returned to their Emperor ' s fortress world of Bastion in early 138 ABY , Marasiah Fel was kidnapped by Krayt ' s forces and taken to the Sith world of Korriban . There , she was subjected to physical and mental torture by the Sith Inquisitor Darth Havok , who had once been the Imperial Knight Eshkar Niin before killing Fel ' s mother and defecting to the Sith . Fel refused to divulge any Imperial secrets , but her father was well aware that she knew all of the Empire - in - exile ' s codes and the location of the Jedi ' s Hidden Temple . After learning of his daughter ' s location from Moff Nyna Calixte , his spy within Krayt ' s Empire , Roan tasked Imperial Knight leader Antares Draco with rescuing the Princess . If that proved impossible , Draco ' s orders were to kill her . The mission . Draco retired to his quarters and consulted the holocron of his former Master — Eshkar Niin , whom Draco believed he had killed years beforehand . Torn between his love for Fel and his duty to stay and protect the Emperor , he only formed a rescue plan after recalling one of Niin ' s lessons . Niin had told Draco that a tiny fever wasp was capable of bringing death to places where a Krayt dragon could not , and as such , Draco prepared a small - scale infiltration mission . After covering his body with artificial Sith tattoos , Draco completed his Sith Lord disguise by focusing the anger he felt over Fel ' s kidnapping . He traveled to Korriban in the attack ship , with fellow Imperial Knight Ganner Krieg and Jedi Knight Shado Vao posing as captives he had taken on Agamar . On Korriban ' s surface , they entered the planet ' s Sith Temple , and Draco bullied a Sith guard into granting them access to the Chambers of Persuasion , from where he could sense Fel ' s pain , sorrow , and defiance . Several Sith led Draco and his allies into the chambers , where an exhausted Fel hung inside an energy field during a brief respite from her torture . Krieg and Vao used telekinesis to seize the guards ' Double - bladed lightsabers and quickly cut them down ; Draco then released Fel and cradled her in his arms . She was furious with him , however , believing that he was a traitor who had lied about killing Eshkar Niin . Draco was stunned to discover that his former Master lived , but Vao , sensing approaching enemies , urged them on to their escape ship . Fel took up a Sith lightsaber of her own , and the four of them fought their way through a large group of Sith after leaving the temple . After killing every enemy who stood in their way , the group reached the ship , but they sensed the approach of additional foes . Draco was adamant that the Princess escape , and he volunteered to remain on - world and hold off the attackers while his allies fled the planet . Fel , having realized that Draco was not a traitor , objected to his plan and volunteered to fight at his side , but Krieg dragged her onto the ship to ensure that their mission did not end up being for naught . Vao piloted them away from the laser blasts of turrets and into Korriban ' s atmosphere as Krieg manned the ship ' s guns , and Draco , with two lightsabers in hand , furiously cut down a wave of attacking Sith . Darth Havok then approached him and complimented him on his anger , opining that Draco would make a fine Sith himself . Draco was simply eager to finally kill his former Master , and the two engaged in a lightsaber duel . The contest moved from the ship ' s landing pad to inside the Sith Temple , and both combatants used the dark side of the Force to fuel their attacks . Both of them accordingly felt a wave of dark side energy as Darth Krayt — widely believed to be dead — projected his will across the galaxy from deep beneath the surface of Korriban . Draco was shocked , and Havok , observing his use of the dark side , offered him a final chance to join the Sith . When Draco refused , Havok struck him with Force lightning and ended the fight . Fel , Krieg , and Vao were shocked to feel Draco ' s apparent death in the Force , but they completed their escape and returned to Bastion . Aftermath . On Bastion , Fel refused to believe that Draco was dead , and she employed her uncle , Hogrum Chalk — the Director of Imperial Intelligence — to seek information on him from spies of the Hapes Consortium . However , Fel ' s father held a remembrance ceremony for Draco and the Imperial Knights who had died on Agamar , which was attended by the Princess , Vao , and over twenty Imperial Knights . On Korriban , Havok took Draco prisoner and inflicted physical torture upon him in the hope of learning Imperial secrets . When a defiant Draco told him nothing , Havok used a Force illusion to bring Draco back to the day that he had witnessed Havok kill Fel ' s mother , preying upon Draco ' s guilt at having been unable to stop it . Havok brought Draco back to the present , but his illusion disguised the Sith Hand Darth Talon as Marasiah Fel . Claiming that Draco ' s mission had failed and that Fel had been recaptured , Havok threatened to kill the Princess unless Draco gave him vital information . Desperate , Draco revealed the location of the Jedi ' s Hidden Temple . Darth Krayt prepared for an attack and hoped for an opportunity to crush the combined forces of the Alliance ; as such , he had Draco frozen in carbonite and delivered to the former Jedi Cade Skywalker . When Skywalker learned what Draco had revealed , he rushed to the Hidden Temple , where the entire Alliance planned a last stand . Fel was visiting the temple at the time , and , although furious that Draco had betrayed his honor by spilling secrets , she recalled the courage he had shown while rescuing her . She thus gave the broken man a chance to fight in the battle and reclaim his honor . Behind the scenes . Antares Draco ' s mission to Korriban appears in the and issues of " " , a comic series written by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema . Both issues were penciled by Duursema and released in 2010 . Although Draco ' s friends feel his death in the Force at the end of the mission , his survival is revealed in the first issue of the followup miniseries " " , which was also released in 2010 . However , Duursema confirmed Draco ' s survival on the Jedi Council Forums one month prior to the issue ' s release .