Valin Horn Valin Horn was a male Human Jedi Knight , the son of Corran Horn and Mirax Terrik Horn , and the older brother of Jysella Horn . In 43 ABY he became one of the first Jedi to become infected with Force psychosis , resulting in his encasement in carbonite . Biography . Early life and Yuuzhan Vong War . Horn , named for his paternal grandfather Valin Halcyon , was born about four years after Grand Admiral Thrawn ' s campaign against the New Republic . He was musically inclined and could often be found playing his chordokeylo . A Force - sensitive , he eventually attended Luke Skywalker ' s Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 to train as a Jedi Knight . Horn developed skills similar to those of Jacen Solo , particularly his affinity with animals . Around the age of eleven , he found he could communicate with animals through the Force . However , like his father and grandfather before him , he was weak in the art of telekinesis . In one instance , since Valin could not lift a stone using telekinesis , he instead used the Force to persuade small insects called garnant s to move a stone for him by convincing them it was food . His father saw the stone move and thought Valin had used telekinesis until the younger Horn explained his method . He brought food for the garnants and left it for them before leaving , keeping his promise of food for them . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , Horn was trapped on Yavin 4 with the other Praxeum students when the Peace Brigade blockaded the system . Fortunately , Horn , Sannah and Kam Solusar managed to survive long enough to escape during Anakin Solo ' s risky mission to save the trapped Jedi . Horn then spent some time training with the remaining Jedi initiates onboard his maternal grandfather Booster Terrik ' s ship " Errant Venture " . After the Battle of Coruscant , he and the other Jedi children were sent to the Maw for safety for the remainder of the war . At the end of the conflict , Horn traveled to Zonama Sekot for Grand Master Skywalker ' s meeting with the surviving Jedi . Second Galactic Civil War . By the time of the Second Galactic Civil War , Horn was performing missions for the Jedi Order , and from his age he would be presumed to have reached the rank of Jedi Knight . As conflict developed against his ancestral homeworld Corellia , Grand Master Luke Skywalker ensured that his duties kept him well away from anywhere that his loyalties might be tested . During a mission in the underlevels of Coruscant , accompanied by Jedi Master Kyle Katarn , fellow Jedi Knights Thann Mithric and Kolir Hu ' lya , and Jedi apprentice Seha Dorvald , Horn and the group came into confrontation with Jacen Solo . During the ensuing battle , Katarn was severely wounded after being stabbed in the chest by Solo , forcing Horn and Dorvald to remove him from the fight which culminated in the death of Mithric . Horn later participated in the operation to destroy Centerpoint Station , disguising himself as a Galactic Alliance Guard trooper alongside fellow Jedi , including Kyp Durron and Jaden Korr . A new menace . In 43 . 5 ABY , Valin Horn was suddenly possessed with an enigmatic madness that caused him to believe that everyone he knew had been replaced by impostors . His psychosis making him believe they were impostors , he attacked his own parents , but was captured by them and taken to the Jedi Temple to be evaluated . He broke free , however , and became a fugitive of the Galactic Alliance , making Chief of State Natasi Daala even more distrustful towards the Jedi . After a long manhunt , he was caught by Luke Skywalker and placed in the Mon Mothma Memorial Medical Center , and later moved back to the Asylum Block . Eventually , Daala released a warrant for Horn , and he was arrested by Galactic Alliance Security forces under Captain Oric Harfard , and put on trial . He was found incapable of standing trial , but too dangerous to be kept in a conventional prison , so he was encased in carbonite and placed in the Armand Isard Correctional Facility . A rescue attempt to free Horn was made by rogue Jedi Seff Hellin , who was suffering from the same disease , believing that Horn was the only one he knew that wasn ' t replaced by an imposter . It was unsuccessful , however , and resulted in Hellin ' s capture by Darkmeld , a covert organization formed by Jedi Knight Jaina Solo to counter Daala ' s efforts to undermine the Jedi Order . At some point following the failed rescue attempt , Valin was transferred , along with his sister to the Palem Graser Office Tower , a secret GAS safehouse under the command of Colonel Wruq Retk and operating under the guise of Galactic Alliance Storage . The Jedi Order obtained a writ granting them visitation rights to the siblings , along with an incarceration order providing their location . After a brief attempt to turn away the visitation group , which included Corran and Mirax Horn , the GAS officers directed the Jedi to the siblings ' location . The Jedi , and the many HoloNet Reporters that had rushed in as well , were abhorred to learn that Valin and Jysella were being hung as decoration in the executive offices . When Colonel Retk entered the room , he engaged in a short conversation with Mirax Horn before she knocked the Yaka unconscious . The entire incident was an embarrassment to the GA Government , with Daala promising to ensure that the carbonite frozen siblings would be treated with dignity . After being freed from his carbonite prison , Valin and his sister were still inflicted with the Force psychosis . He was able to conceal his condition , being more in control of his emotions and suspicions than he was previously . Personality and traits . In his youth , Valin Horn was a follower and wanted to be a hero . He wanted to be a Jedi as powerful as Anakin Solo , which got him and a few other young Jedi into a lot of trouble when Solo came to Yavin 4 to rescue Tahiri Veila . Like his father , he was lacking in telekinesis , but he made up for it with his affinity with animals . At one point his father Corran Horn said he was proud of him when he thought Valin had " lifted " a rock a minuscule height off the ground . In actuality Valin had made a nest of garnants think the rock was food . A few seconds later Ganner Rhysode showed up and implied that all Valin would be was a failure , and Valin made the garnants think he was food . In a way , Valin had made Rhysode eat his words . He once again manipulated insect life when he was being held for observation in the Jedi Temple after he exhibited traits of a mysterious illness . He successfully called the bugs to him through the Force and had them chew through the restraints on his medical bed in order to escape . As a man , as reflected upon by his sister Jysella , Valin was level - headed and easy going . She also described him as gentle . The Solos commented that both Valin and Jysella were well liked within the Jedi community .