Ranik Solusar Ranik Solusar was a male Human Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic up to and during the Clone Wars . He married , and fathered a son , Kam , against the wishes of the Jedi Council , and was disciplined for his actions . In 22 BBY , he served on a strike team led by Master Mace Windu during the opening confrontation of the Clone Wars , the Battle of Geonosis . There , Solusar flew alongside several other Jedi in their starfighters , and helped prevent the Confederate ally Cavik Toth from deploying the deadly bio - agent trihexalon on the surface of Geonosis . Solusar was later faced with Order 66 — an edict that ordered the clone troopers serving the Jedi during the Clone Wars to murder the Jedi . Solusar evaded calamity , and was wanted by the emergent Galactic Empire in the days following the Declaration of a New Order . Solusar ' s name was on a list compiled by Imperial Intelligence , and he was to be reported to the authorities if he was spotted by a civilian . Solusar was later hunted down by Emperor Palpatine ' s enforcer , the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader . The Dark Lord struck down Solusar , and Kam was later forced to serve the Empire . In time , however , Solusar ' s son was eventually redeemed by Luke Skywalker and eventually became a founding member of a new Jedi Order . Biography . Master and son . Ranik Solusar was a Jedi Master of the Jedi Order who served the Galactic Republic during the Republic Classic era . Against the will of the Jedi Council , he married , and sired a boy named Kam . As a result , he was reprimanded by the Council . Still , Solusar went on to train his child in the ways of the Force , although his instruction was informal . Solusar ' s teaching methods stemmed from a different school of thought to those of Grand Master Yoda , focusing on resourcefulness and concentration , and he went on to train his son for several years . Clone Wars . In 22 BBY , as the Separatist Crisis continued to brew , Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi was captured on the world of Geonosis , which was a part of the seceding Confederacy of Independent Systems . As Kenobi was thought to be in danger , Jedi Master Mace Windu assembled a strike team , of which Solusar was a participant . Solusar , piloting a Delta - 7 " Aethersprite " - class light interceptor , flew alongside the likes of A ' Sharad Hett , Bant Eerin , and The Dark Woman to Geonosis , where the Jedi were engaged by Confederate ally Cavik Toth ' s Sabaoth Squadron . While Windu and the bulk of the strike team liberated Kenobi and led the newly - formed Grand Army of the Republic into combat against the Confederate droid army on the planet ' s surface , Solusar and his compatriots continued to battle Toth ' s forces . Toth attempted to deploy the deadly bioweapon trihexalon on the Geonosian surface , but Solusar and the other Jedi worked with Master Adi Gallia to destroy the Hex Deployer and Sabaoth destroyer spacecraft . The Lok Revenants , headed by the pirate Nym , arrived to reinforce Solusar and the other Jedi , while Gallia was able to personally kill Toth , who had joined the battle himself in his personal starfighter . The battle was won by the Jedi and the Republic , although it heralded the opening of the pan - galactic Clone Wars . The Purge . Just before the conclusion of the Clone Wars , in 19 BBY Supreme Chancellor Palpatine issued Order 66 — in which the clone troopers of the Grand Army turned against the Jedi who had been leading them into combat during the war . Solusar was able to evade the clone troopers , escaping with his life . Shortly afterward , Palpatine installed himself as Galactic Emperor , and he reformed the Republic into the first Galactic Empire . Simultaneously , he declared that the Jedi Knights were now enemies of the Empire , having attempted to claim his life and take over the Galactic Senate . Forced to become a fugitive , Solusar was wanted by Imperial Intelligence . On the HoloNet , citizens were advised to turn Solusar in should they encounter him . Solusar was driven apart from Kam by the altered state of affairs , bringing an end to his son ' s training . Solusar was placed on an extensive list of missing Jedi , alongside Halagad Ventor and Kai Justiss . At some point before 4 ABY , the Jedi Master was eventually slain by Palpatine ' s enforcer , the Dark Lord of the Sith , Darth Vader . Kam was later swayed into the service of the Empire , although he eventually defected to the cause of the emergent Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker , who had brought an end to both Palpatine and Vader . Kam went on to study under Skywalker , and was one of the founding members of Skywalker ' s New Jedi Order . Kam passed on his father ' s teachings , which were utilized at Skywalker ' s Jedi Praxeum . Personality and traits . When Solusar , a Jedi Master , chose to marry and have a child while serving the Jedi Order , he clashed with the Jedi Council . As a result , he earned many reprimands for his actions . While operating as an informal master to his son , Solusar worked from a different school of thought than other Jedi , such as Yoda , instead opting to focus on exercises that enhanced concentration skills and resourcefulness . Powers and abilities . Solusar was heralded by his son as a " great " Jedi Master . He was able to fly a Delta - 7 interceptor , and did so successfully during the Battle of Geonosis . His skills allowed him to escape Order 66 and evade death in the early days of the Great Jedi Purge , but did not allow him to overcome the Sith Lord Darth Vader , and he was , as a result , killed . Behind the scenes . Ranik Solusar was first mentioned in the comic book " " , written by Tom Veitch and published in 1994 . The character was later mentioned in the of the 1995 " Empire ' s End " mini - series , and the Michael A . Stackpole novel , " I , Jedi " . Solusar was also briefly referenced in " The Jedi Academy Sourcebook " , in regards to his instructional technique . Eight years after his initial mention , he made his first appearance in the 2002 video game , " " . The character appears alongside several other Jedi from the wider Expanded Universe , including comics and novels , and is identified as the pilot of one of the Jedi starfighters at the Battle of Geonosis . Later that year , the character was referenced in " The New Essential Guide to Characters " , wherein Solusar ' s marriage and siring of a child , which conflicts with the more monastic portrayal of the Jedi in films such as and , was addressed . In 2005 , the character was referenced once again , in the " " article , published within " Star Wars Insider 84 " , which both tied into the back - story of the latest " Star Wars " film , , and Solusar ' s earlier history established in " Dark Empire II " and " Empire ' s End " .