Don - Wan Kihotay Don - Wan Kihotay , born Hess Korrin , was a Force - sensitive male Human who served as a librarian on Obroa - skai . A fanatic of the extinct Jedi Order , Korrin fantasized about being a Jedi Knight , as he had much spare time to read their lore and history . When the Imperial Security Bureau shut down Korrin ' s antiquities wing on Obroa - skai , the man snapped , and became " Don - Wan Kihotay , " a lightsaber - wielding warrior who genuinely believed that he was a Jedi . He escaped the notice of the ISB , and found himself on Aduba - 3 , where he was a source of amusement for the local spacers . Kihotay later joined the Star - Hoppers of Aduba - 3 , a ragtag team assembled by Captain Han Solo to defend the township of Onacra from the Cloud - Riders of Serji - X Arrogantus . Kihotay participated in the defense of the town and even did battle with a gargantuan Sithspawn . He later passed away on Telos IV , in a medical station when it fell under attack from the bounty hunter Beilert Valance . Biography . A librarian without a library . Hess Korrin was a Human male who worked as a librarian on the academic world of Obroa - skai . He was tasked with the cataloguing of antiquities , and spent much of his time on his own . Korrin spent years researching the Jedi Order . He became a total fanatic of the Jedi , and an expert on all there was to know about them . The man began indulging in wild fantasies , and his grasp on reality weakened . Korrin was taken by surprise when the Imperial Security Bureau ordered that the antiquities section of Obroa - skai be closed down , citing a " public safety issue . " The bureau destroyed Korrin ' s entire wing . Korrin ' s mind snapped , and his hold on reality vanished utterly . He was determined to preserve the memory of the Jedi Order , and believed it to be his sacred duty to maintain and revive their crusade for peace and justice throughout the galaxy . He adopted the name of " Don - Wan Kihotay " in honor of his new quest , and equipped himself with a yellow - bladed lightsaber , replica Jedi armor , and Jedi robes . Such views and undertakings were heretical under Emperor Palpatine ' s Galactic Empire , and " Kihotay ' s " Ithorian manager realized that the man ' s heresy would get him executed . Kihotay was clandestinely transported offworld by the Ithorian , but the ISB gave chase . At the planet Aduba - 3 , the manager was killed by agents of ISB , but the bureau was still utterly unaware of Kihotay ' s existence . Knight errant . Sporting his lightsaber and Jedi armor , Kihotay wandered Aduba - 3 , and he was found to be harmless by the local spacers , who were amused by his obsolete antics . In 0 ABY , Kihotay heard that a posse was being gathered in the spaceport of Tun Aduban . Making his way to Locru ' s Central Saloon , he waited in a queue to be interviewed for inclusion in the posse . All he knew was that the posse was being assembled to defend the innocent . Introducing himself as a Jedi Knight , Kihotay was told by his interviewer , Han Solo , that the Jedi had been outlawed since the rise of the Galactic Empire . Kihotay held firm to his claim , however , and drew his lightsaber , hoping to be included in Solo ' s " holy mission " so that he could continue to be worthy of the Jedi Knights . The old man knelt before Solo , and the Corellian agreed to let him join , but only if he swore to uphold the Galactic Republic , and serve as a " defender of the right . " Kihotay pledged his allegiance , and assured Solo that he would not let the posse down , before being harangued by a tetchy Lepi , Jaxxon , who was next to be interviewed . The next day at dawn , Kihotay assembled with the rest of Solo ' s posse — Jaxxon , the Wookiee Chewbacca , the Human female Amaiza Foxtrain , the Spiner Hedji , the young Jimm Doshun — or " the Starkiller Kid " as he was apparently known , and the tractor - robot FE - 9Q . As they were assembled a group of skyspeeder s flown by Serji - X Arrogantus and the Cloud - Riders gang approached . As they did so , Solo explained to the posse that they would be defending the farming village of Onacra against Arrogantus and his hoods . Solo and Arrogantus bandied words and threats , before the Cloud - Riders rode off . The posse saddled up on banthas , and rode out to Onacra . Kihotay in particular donned his Jedi armor , and armed himself with a lance . While approaching the village , Doshun , who was actually a native on Onacra , pointed out a pack of attacking high - hound s ahead . Solo led the posse into an attack , and they engaged the predatory creatures . Drawing his lightsaber , Kihotay was able to slay one of the creatures , and Solo managed to save a local farmgirl , Merri Shen . The posse eventually made it to Onacra , and stabled their banthas . Solo later put them and the villagers to work assembling makeshift defenses against Arrogantus ' inevitable attack . When their work was done , the posse gathered , and Jaxxon noted that the Cloud - Hoppers , led by Arrogantus , were incoming . With his lightsaber , Kihotay battled the attackers , before Solo and Chewbacca called for support from he and Foxtrain . Although Foxtrain quickly dispatched one Cloud - Riders , she was grappled from behind by another . Incensed that Foxtrain was being manhandled , Kihotay moved to her defense , cutting down his foe in the name of righteousness . However , he was too slow to notice a skyspeeder approaching from behind him . Kihotay sustained a blaster bolt to the back , and fell , bidding Foxtrain farewell . His armor , however , had sustained the force of the attack , and the old man survived . The Sithspawn . Complicating matters was the emergence of the Behemoth from the World Below , a gargantuan beast resistant to blasters that could fire massive concentrated blasts of lightning from an organ on its head . The posse regrouped , but were forced to disperse when the creature caused a landslide . Despite that , it was clear that the Behemoth was attacking the Cloud - Riders exclusively , and was being controlled by a villager known as the Old One , who was hoping to ward off the marauders with the beast . Kihotay pointed out that while his armor might have shielded him against a blaster bolt , it would likely be of little use while facing the Behemoth . Solo advised him to keep himself covered behind the nearby rocks . When both Arrogantus and the Old One were trampled by the Behemoth , Doshun pointed out that the Behemoth would likely go on a rampage and destroy Onacra . Although there was dissent from Foxtrain , who believed that since Arrogantus was done they had fulfilled their obligation , the posse remained intact . After Jaxxon attempted to destroy the creature by himself , Kihotay clandestinely separated himself from the others , and , believing that only a Jedi Knight could conquer the Behemoth , prepared to confront it by himself . Scorning his fellow posse members , Kihotay called out to the Behemoth , issuing forth a challenge . He attracted the beast ' s attention , and even as the other members of the posse called out in despair , he progressed towards the monster . It fired a blast at him , which missed wildly . Resolving to destroy the beast , the old man continued his approach . Another blast missed Kihotay , and Hedji approached , urging the old man to face the reality of the situation and accept that he would not survive against the beast . Kihotay was adamant that the Spiner should not interfere with his quest to slay the monster . Nevertheless , Hedji fired a barrage of quills at the beast — it responded by obliterating the Spiner . Undeterred , Kihotay continued his approach yet again , until Solo intervened , wresting the lightsaber from the old man ' s grip . The old man thought the proceedings blasphemous , but Solo was able to successfully plunge the weapon into the Behemoth ' s chest , causing it to disintegrate . Assured that the power of the Force was with them , Kihotay watched on as the monster was vanquished . Victorious , the posse regrouped , and was paid by the villagers . Doshun stayed with his people , but the rest of the posse rode off on banthas . The Behemoth had in fact been a Sithspawn created by the Sith Lord Seviss Vaa , a sworn enemy of the Jedi Order , during the New Sith Wars . Kihotay eventually fell ill , and his delusion began to consume him . He went to Anglebay Station on the planet Telos IV , where he was treated for his ailment . The station was subsequently attacked by a group of thugs under the command of the bounty hunter Beilert Valance . As the thugs entered Kihotay ' s room , he believed they had come to bring him his lightsaber . He announced that he was once again ready to fight alongside Han Solo and the Star - Hoppers of Aduba - 3 . He alluded to a " boy " who had a " droid , " — Jimm Doshun and FE - 9Q respectively , but Valance ' s thugs interpreted his words as reference to Luke Skywalker and his droids R2 - D2 and C - 3PO — the individuals Valance hunted for . Kihotay then fell silent , and the station was destroyed . Kihotay perished as a result . Two years later , he was profiled by historian Voren Na ' al for the Alliance to Restore the Republic ' s historical records . Kihotay was considered by Na ' al to be the oddest of Solo ' s team . The posse would later come to be known as the Star - Hoppers of Aduba - 3 , and were the subject of a holodocumentary produced by Tri - Nebula Entertainment . Personality and traits . Kihotay , or Korrin , was obsessed with the tales of the Jedi — their life , culture , and purpose — and became an expert on the order . So thorough was his obsession that he began to fantasize about being a Jedi himself , so much so that his hold on what was real and what was fictional slipped . When the ISB destroyed his antiquities wing , Korrin slipped totally into his fantasy Kihotay persona , never to return to his original personality . He fully believed that he was a Jedi Knight , and saw it as his duty to uphold their ideals . As such , he swore to uphold the Republic and defend the innocent against the unjust . He felt that if he were to not do so , he would be unfit to bear the title of Jedi Knight . It was his belief , and that of those around him , that he was the last of the Jedi . His sense of chivalry and righteousness was offended when the voluptuous Amaiza Foxtrain was manhandled by a brute , and Kihotay was roused into action as a result . Kihotay also saw it as his mission to destroy the emergent Behemoth from the World Below , and felt that he was above mercenaries such as Han Solo . When Solo wielded Kihotay ' s lightsaber , the old man protested , and saw the act as blasphemy against the holy ritual of the Jedi . Powers and abilities . A Force - sensitive , Kihotay possessed a particularly low midi - chlorian count nonetheless . Had it been higher , he would have likely joined the Jedi Order he so revered , and would likely have been exterminated along with them . He had the ability to perform mind tricks . Kihotay could also read and write Basic , Cerean , and Zabraki . In the heat of combat , Kihotay was able to put his lightsaber to use against high - hounds . Behind the scenes . Don - Wan Kihotay first appeared in " " ( 1978 ) , written by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin . The character was later killed off by Archie Goodwin in " " ( 1978 ) . Kihotay was categorized as an " oddity " of the " Star Wars " line from Marvel Comics in the article " Comic Marvels " ( 2006 ) , written by Jason Fry . The character was inspired by the titular " Knight - Errant " insane character from the legendary novel " " " " written by classic Spanish author . The novel was published in two volumes , in 1605 and 1615 , and is considered one of the most influential works of literature from the and the entire Spanish language literary canon .