Andur Sunrider Andur Sunrider was a Human male who served as a Jedi trainee during the days of the Galactic Republic . During his childhood , he demonstrated a natural interest in the history of the Jedi Order , and enjoyed hearing stories from his grandfather , the Jedi Master Jev Sunrider . Following the death of his grandfather , Sunrider intensified his dedication to studying everything he could regarding the Jedi . During this time he married a young woman by the name of Nomi and bought a ship which he renamed the " Lightside Explorer " . Eventually , his dedication to his studies caught the attention of Jedi Master Chamma , who invited Sunrider to train as his apprentice on the planet of H ' ratth . He studied under Master Chamma for two years and excelled at his training , learning everything that Chamma could teach him . During his time on H ' ratth , he and Nomi gave birth to a daughter whom they named Vima . Once Chamma realized that Sunrider required further training from a more experienced master , Chamma advised him that he would finish his training under the guidance of Master Thon on Ambria . During Sunrider ' s trip to Ambria , he was murdered by criminals who were after the Adegan crystal s he was carrying . Many years after his death , Andur Sunrider ' s memory lived on through his daughter Vima , who constructed an enormous ice sculpture of her father during her Jedi training on Rhen Var . Biography . Early life . Having been born around 4019 BBY into a family that had a strong history of serving as Jedi , it was only natural that Sunrider would grow up dreaming of the day that he himself would be knighted . During Sunrider ' s childhood , his grandfather , the Jedi Master Jev Sunrider , served the Order as Watchman of the Darada system , which was also where the Sunrider family lived . Growing up in the presence of his grandfather , Sunrider was taught much about the life of a Jedi , and especially about the ever - present threat presented by users of the dark side . As gifts to his grandson , Jev would give his grandson documents which provided the young child with a detailed history of the Jedi and the Sith . Sometimes , without his grandfather ' s consent , Sunrider would also read through texts which Jev tried his best to hide from his grandson ' s curious mind . With all the information that he acquired from learning under his grandfather , Sunrider believed that he was one day destined to join the ranks of the Jedi Order . On the day before Andur Sunrider ' s twelfth birthday , his grandfather left the Sunrider home on Darada , along with three other Jedi Masters , to confront a dark presence which had established itself on the nearby planet of Krayiss II . Not hearing any word from Jev for several months , Sunrider fell into a deep depression as he feared for the safety of his grandfather . A full year passed and , still no word arriving from Krayiss II , Sunrider continued to wait for the return of his grandfather . One day , while he was working on a small garden on his families property , the glowing specter of Jev Sunrider appeared to him . Not having witnessed anything like the apparition before , Andur Sunrider was naturally afraid , and began to call out to his father for help . His grandfather ' s ghost told Sunrider to calm himself , and he felt his fear slowly dissipate . The Force ghost told him that he would have an unexpected , but important , role to play in the upcoming war . It also counseled him to not resist the will of the Force and to trust in the path that had been laid out for him . However , before Sunrider could respond or question what his grandfather had told him , the ghost faded away and left him to think on the meaning of what he had been told . Nonetheless , Sunrider did know one thing : that Jev Sunrider had not survived his mission to Krayiss II . As a result , Sunrider harbored a deeply rooted desire to one day hunt down and destroy the dark powers which had killed his grandfather . Following the advice his grandfather ' s ghost had given him , Sunrider decided to increase his dedication to studying the history of the Jedi and anything else he could find which pertained to the Jedi way . Six years passed , and while Sunrider ' s knowledge of the Jedi continued to grow , his everyday life continued . He married a young woman by the name of Nomi and started a new life with her ; he bought a Hoersch - Kessel scout ship from a Vultan dealer on Nak Shimor and renamed it the " Lightside Explorer " ; and took possession of a 3DO series protocol droid whom he nicknamed Threedee . In 4001 BBY , he received an invitation from Jedi Master Chamma — an old friend of Jev Sunrider — to train as his apprentice on H ' ratth . Believing that his time to join the Jedi had finally arrived , Sunrider packed what few belongings he had and , along with his wife , boarded the " Lightside Explorer " and traveled to H ' ratth . Jedi training . Upon talking with his new apprentice , Master Chamma decided that he would instruct a young Sunrider in the nature of the Force . Due to circumstances outside of his control , Sunrider had established a very good understanding of the history of the Jedi Order , but lacked even a basic understanding of what was actually involved with using the Force or being a Jedi . As a result , Chamma instructed his new apprentice in learning to touch and feel the currents of the Force , and how to use it as a tool . Over the next two years , Chamma taught Sunrider different training techniques , built upon the knowledge he already contained of concentrating in the Force , and continued to instruct him in the vast history of the Jedi . In 3999 BBY , shortly after the birth of Sunrider ' s daughter Vima , Chamma made the decision that he could no longer teach Sunrider in the ways of the Force . His apprentice had simply absorbed and comprehended everything Chamma could teach him , and done it much more quickly then he had anticipated — Chamma realized that a being who had as much potential as Sunrider deserved to be taught by a Jedi Master who had a deeper understanding of the Force . In response to this , Chamma consulted with Master Thon , and the Tchuukthai Jedi agreed to take Sunrider on as his apprentice . As a present for Sunrider ' s new master , Chamma provided him with several Adegan crystal s — which were regarded as the best crystals in lightsaber construction — to present as a gift to Thon . Initially , he resisted Chamma ' s decision for him to become an apprentice to another Jedi Master . He reasoned that , if he had learned all he could from Chamma , then he was ready to join the ranks of the Jedi Order . Chamma , however , realized that Sunrider still harbored a deep - seated desire to destroy the dark powers which had killed his grandfather . Chamma knew that , until Sunrider could accept the death of his grandfather and let go of his anger , he would not be ready for the Trials of Knighthood . Chamma communicated this to his apprentice and advised him that this selfish desire only confirmed Chamma ' s feelings that Sunrider required more training , and from a master with much more wisdom . Although he disagreed with Chamma ' s decision , Sunrider honored it , and prepared his family for the journey to Ambria in the Stenness system . Before Sunrider departed , Chamma believed that he needed to help guide his apprentice to what the Force had laid out for him . Therefore , on the evening before Sunrider was to leave for Ambria , Chamma requested that they meet each other at The Crag — a pinnacle of rock overlooking H ' ratth ' s forests — to meditate together . Sunrider arrived to find his Master waiting for him , and the two stood silently looking out over the horizon . Before long , he had a vision which detailed his future for him . In his vision , he saw himself walking with Nomi and Vima through a great black expanse to an unknown destination . In his hands he was holding a glowing ball of light , which he was using to illuminate the way for his family . Suddenly , he was struck by a lance of energy from the shadows which embedded itself within his chest . As he was laying on the ground , he watched as Nomi and Vima were huddling together , afraid for their own safety . Aware that he was dying , and wanting to do something to help protect his wife and daughter , Sunrider raised the globe of light he was holding to Nomi , and told her to protect herself and Vima . Taking the ball of light from her dying husband , Nomi held it high above her head . As soon as it was above her the ball exploded , covering both Nomi and Vima and making them shimmer in the vision . At that moment , the Force vision left Sunrider , and he was brought back to The Crag . He looked around himself and noticed that the H ' ratth sun had long ago set , and that Master Chamma was nowhere to be seen . Finally understanding his grandfather ' s warning from when he was a child , and comprehending Chamma ' s decision for him , Sunrider committed himself to trusting completely in the Force . Explaining his vision to Master Chamma , Sunrider and his family departed the following morning for Ambria to continue his apprenticeship under Master Thon . Ambush . After leaving Master Chamma on H ' ratth , Andur Sunrider and his family arrived at a hyperspace terminal which was located near the Stenness system . Once Sunrider had docked the " Lightside Explorer " at the terminal for servicing , he , Nomi , Vima , and Threedee left the ship to tour their temporary surroundings . However , they were soon attacked by members of Bogga the Hutt ' s gang , who had overheard Sunrider discussing the Adegan crystals he was carrying with Nomi . To draw Sunrider into an ambush , several of the criminals captured Threedee and used the protocol droid as a diversion . Sunrider confronted the thugs , with Nomi and Vima close by , but was taken by surprise when one of the criminals threw a gorm - worm at him . The gorm - worm ' s bite was very venomous and quite efficient , and Sunrider died within moments of being bitten by the creature . Nomi , however , upon seeing her husband killed by the criminals , rushed to his side , but found herself and Vima facing death at the hands of the criminals if she did not hand over the Adegan crystals . However , while the criminals were preparing to attack Nomi , Sunrider appeared as a Force ghost to his panic - struck wife and told her that she should not cry , but that she must instead pick up his lightsaber and protect their daughter from danger . Nomi hesitantly grabbed her husband ' s lightsaber from the ground and attacked the group of thugs , killing the one named Quanto along with another . The remaining criminals fled from Nomi ' s sudden attack and retreated back to Bogga — without the Adegan crystals — to tell him of their failure . Immediately after the retreat of the gang , Nomi felt immense guilt over killing the two beings . Sunrider , again , chose to reveal his Force ghost to Nomi , advising her that their time together was over ; she must now walk the path of a Jedi and protect their daughter . Sunrider continued by telling his wife that she must continue the journey to Ambria , where she was to find Master Thon and learn the ways of the Force as his apprentice . Though reluctant , Nomi agreed to follow her husband ' s advice , and gathered both Vima and A - 3DO into the " Lightside Explorer " and departed for Ambria . Legacy . Jev Sunrider ' s prophecy regarding his grandson eventually did come true ; however , it came to pass in a peculiar fashion . Although not directly involved with the Great Sith War , or the conflicts proceeding it , Andur Sunrider ' s murder was the catalyst for Nomi to become a Jedi and military leader . Nomi eventually played a leading part in ending both the Freedon Nadd Uprising as well as the Great Sith War against Exar Kun . Without Sunrider ' s acceptance of the lessons his grandfather and Master Chamma had taught him , Nomi would have never become a Jedi nor leader of the Jedi Order . Eventually Sunrider ' s daughter , Vima , grew into adolescence and attempted to pursue training as a Jedi from her mother . By this time , however , Nomi was Head of the Order and the political side of her life took a toll on her relationship with her daughter . Feeling abandoned by her own mother , Vima ran away from home to the frozen tundra world of Rhen Var to search out the fallen Jedi Knight Ulic Qel - Droma . The exiled Jedi reluctantly took on Vima as his apprentice and taught her what he could about the Jedi ways . During their lessons , one of the feats he taught her was how to use her mind to control her lightsaber . To practice this technique , Ulic had Vima assist him in creating a large monument in the likenesses of Arca Jeth and Sunrider . Ulic used his physical abilities with a lightsaber to work on his rendition of Master Jeth , while Vima practiced her new ability in creating her monument of her deceased father . When Nomi eventually arrived on Rhen Var to confront Ulic about training her daughter , Vima showed her mother the ice sculpture and Nomi wept at seeing the enormous image of her long - dead husband . Personality and traits . Though Andur Sunrider ' s life was relatively short , he was able to experience a great deal within that short amount of time . As a young man in his late teens , he met and fell in love with another young person — Nomi — whom he would eventually ask to marry him . Over the proceeding years , his love for first his wife , and then his daughter , would play a large role in his life . As a result of the love that he shared with his wife , he had an intense Force vision which foretold his own death and the role that his love would play in the aftermath . His eventual murder by criminals fulfilled the Force vision which Sunrider had and , as in his vision , he reappeared to his wife as a Force ghost to tell her to pick up his lightsaber and defend herself and their daughter . Even in death , Sunrider did his best to protect Nomi and Vima . During Sunrider ' s early life , and into his Jedi training , he was a diligent and dedicated student with regards to the history of the Jedi Order . From his time as a young boy learning stories from his grandfather , to his official training under Master Chamma , Sunrider always did his best to learn everything he could with regards to a particular topic — not only did he want to learn it , but he wanted to comprehend and understand what it was he was reading . It was his level of dedication which had a small part in Chamma inviting Sunrider to be his Jedi apprentice . Throughout his training Sunrider took great pride in his accomplishments , especially with regards to excelling as Master Chamma ' s apprentice . However , his pride took a dangerous turn when he believed that Chamma ' s decision for Sunrider to train further under Thon was a mistake . He believed that he had learned everything that he needed to become a Jedi Knight , therefore allowing his pride to take control of him . Chamma , however , knew that Sunrider had to come to terms with his grandfather ' s death before he would be ready for knighthood . Powers and abilities . By the time Sunrider was murdered , he had only completed a portion of his Jedi training due to Chamma not possessing the wisdom capable of teaching such a promising young Jedi — as a result , Thon agreed to finish Sunrider ' s training , especially in the greater , deeper , applications of the Force as well as lightsaber combat . As such , most powers or abilities that lay within Sunrider did not have the opportunity to become fully developed under the tutelage of Chamma . However , his knowledge of Jedi lore and the history of the Jedi Order was known to have been quite extensive ; complete enough to the point that when he started his training under Master Chamma , Chamma recognized the knowledge that Sunrider already had and chose to build off of it . As with the training on any Jedi , Sunrider received training in the art of lightsaber combat . Nonetheless , whatever skills he might have had with the lightsaber could not be built upon due to Sunrider ' s murder by criminals . He did , however , attempt to protect his wife and daughter by using his lightsaber , but to no avail . Following his murder , Sunrider was able to appear to his wife as a Force ghost — an ability which , under most circumstances , could only be accomplished by a fully trained Jedi Master . It would have been doubtful if Nomi , having a special destiny which would eventually designate her as the head of the Jedi Order , would have started to study the Jedi way without the insistence of Sunrider ' s Force ghost . His posthumous appearance pushed Nomi onto the Jedi path , where she was able to use her battle meditation in the Great Sith War , thus fulfilling Jev Sunrider ' s prophecy . Behind the scenes . During the creation of the comic series " " , Dark Horse Comics introduced a number of new characters with the last name " Sunrider " . However , due to a legal issue surrounding the name of " Sunrider " , future use of the name ceased . As a result of this , it appears that Lucasfilm was allowed continued use of their characters as long as the last name of " Sunrider " was not used in any publications . However , there have been a number of times where the last name has been used , most notably in roleplaying sourcebooks as well as guide books such as " The Essential Guide to Characters " and " The New Essential Chronology " . Sunrider was designed by artist Janine Johnston , who drew " " , Sunrider ' s first appearance . Johnston , who also designed Nomi Sunrider , imagined the pair as looking like " Earth warriors . "