Arden Lyn Arden Lyn was a female Human and master of " Teräs Käsi " who belonged to the Followers of Palawa . This ancient Dark Jedi , along with her fellow Palawans , joined the Legions of Lettow upon the advent of the First Great Schism between Force users , and became the lover of Xendor , head of the Legions . When Xendor was killed during the conflict , Lyn ascended to leadership of the Legions , although she was confronted by Jedi Master Awdrysta Pina . Lyn defeated Pina with a powerful Kashi Mer talisman , but the Jedi Master was able to stop Lyn ' s heart before being destroyed , sending the martial artist into a Force trance . 25 , 000 years later , during the Great Jedi Purge , Lyn was reawakened in the Unknown Regions by scouts , before being confronted by three of Emperor Palpatine ' s Inquisitors : Antinnis Tremayne , Ameesa Darys , and Grand Inquisitor Laddinare Torbin . After fighting off Tremayne and killing Darys , Lyn was maimed by Torbin , who spared her life so that she could serve Palpatine as an Emperor ' s Hand . Lyn did so for a while , spurred on by the Emperor ' s promise that he would resurrect Xendor from the dead . When she finally came to accept that Palpatine had been lying , she turned rogue , and aided Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin in his attempt to abduct the Emperor . The endeavor failed , and Lyn was forced to flee . She was eventually hunted down and killed by a vengeful Palpatine . Biography . First Great Schism . A Follower of Palawa born during the early days of the Galactic Republic , the female Human Arden Lyn was a master of the " Teräs Käsi " martial art . The Followers of Palawa were noted for being able to master a technique for falling into a deep Force trance , allowing them to sleep for decades without aging . Along with the other Followers of Palawa , Lyn fell in with the Legions of Lettow , a group of Force users who had embraced the dark side of the Force and opted to turn against the teachings of the Jedi Order . Lyn became the lover of that faction ' s leader , Xendor , a Kashi Mer exile . It all started when after Lyn earned the rank of Steel hand , she went to the world of Pelgrin to learn her fortune from the Oracle . It told her that she would have to go to Ossus , the home of the Jedi Order , where she would meet a man with a clever mind and a fair face , and learn from him . When she arrived , she was welcomed by the Jedi as a fellow student of the Force , and joined them . While studying on Ossus , she met Xendor , who wanted to learn about Teräs Käsi , and they secretly conversed , each teaching the other . At first , Xendor merely wanted to set up another academy to study other Force traditions , when the hierarchs refused , he and Lyn left the Order and founded their own academy on Lettow , with other Jedi later accompanying them . Relations between the Order and Xendor and his disciples , who became known as the Legions of Lettow , deteriorated , and war was the result . The Jedi and the Legions of Lettow formed armies , with Xendor being the General and leader of the Legions , and Lyn his right hand . Together , the two of them wreaked havoc and destruction during the First Great Schism as they actively waged war against the Jedi Order . During the Battle of Columus , Xendor was slain by Jedi Master Awdrysta Pina . Following Xendor ' s death on Columus , Lyn ascended to the leadership of the Legions of Lettow . However , she knew that there was no longer a chance of victory , so they fled . Subsequently , she was tracked down by Pina , who followed her to Irkalla . While Pina disarmed Lyn of her sword , she had a powerful Kashi Mer talisman which Xendor gave her . She used that talisman , to focus all her rage , her grief and her love of Xendor to shatter Pina ' s katana blade , and drive its pieces into his body , fatally wounding him , bringing joy to her . However , Pina was able to use the technique of " morichro " to stop Lyn ' s heart before he died . Reawakening . Due to her possession of the Kashi Mer talisman , Lyn survived Pina ' s attack by falling into a Force trance , possibly due to her study of Palawan techniques . At some point , an unidentified party discovered Lyn ' s body , and constructed a tomb , in which it was interned . Her decomposed body was located approximately 25 , 000 years later at the end of the Great Jedi Purge in the Unknown Regions by scouts . They located the Kashi Mer talisman near her body , and as they brought the artifact into Lyn ' s proximity she was reawakened , her body rejuvenated . Lyn believed the scouts to be the ones who had killed Xendor many years prior , and so she attacked them . Soon enough , she attracted the attention of Emperor Palpatine ' s Jedi hunters , the Inquisitors . Imperial Inquisitors Antinnis Tremayne , Ameesa Darys , and Grand Inquisitor Laddinare Torbin located Lyn , and she attacked them with vigor . She was able to severely injure Tremayne and kill Darys before Torbin cleaved off her right arm . Defeated , Lyn was at the Inquisitors ' mercy , but although Tremayne wanted her killed , Torbin believed that the Emperor might find some use for her rare martial arts skills . He was also impressed by her use of the dark side of the Force , and so he spared Lyn ' s life . Palpatine , who was also the Sith Lord Darth Sidious , did indeed have great use for Lyn , and promised to bring Xendor ' s spirit back from the netherworld of Chaos if she chose to serve him . She agreed , and Palpatine had her severed arm replaced with that of a ancient pre - Old Sith Wars era Juggernaut war droid . For several years , Lyn served as the Emperor ' s Hand , believing that she was the only one to hold such a title . In reality , although Lyn was one of the first to be given the title , Palpatine employed many other dark side adepts as " Hands . " Lyn also operated under the authority of Sidious ' apprentice , Darth Vader , and acted as his right - hand woman in matters pertaining to " Teräs Käsi " . Meanwhile , Lyn served the Empire by training Palpatine ' s Byss Mage s and Sovereign Protectors , and at some stage began working as Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin ' s agent on Imperial Center . Eventually , she came to realize that the Emperor had no intention of coming through on his promise to resurrect Xendor . As a result , following the destruction of the Death Star at Yavin , when Palpatine tasked her with tracking down and destroying key figureheads in the Alliance to Restore the Republic , Lyn used her new freedom to turn rogue . The Zaarin insurrection . Lyn began enlisting students to her cause , training them with the intent of eventually turning them against Palpatine . At least three were identified . One of her students was the notorious gaderffii wielding Hoar , a Tusken Raider from Tatooine who was acclaimed as the greatest fighter of his people as well as a member of the Tusken splinter group Grave Tuskens . She instructed him in the arts of " Teräs Käsi " , and he in turn fought to defeat her enemies , hoping to gain her favor . Also amongst her recruits were the Gamorrean Thok , whose competitive nature was appealed to when faced with the prospect of battling members of the Alliance , and when he , per Gamorr tradition , served her after she bested him in a close battle after she freed him from prison . Her third student was a Force - sensitive Stormtrooper known only as 17786 , whose identity was largely a mystery other than being the offspring of Grand Admiral Nial Declann . Among Lyn ' s targets was the Jedi - in - training Luke Skywalker , the son of Darth Vader , who was at that time struggling against the temptations of the dark side . Lyn sought to capitalize on Skywalker ' s inner conflict while planning to destroy him . When the Followers of Palawa , still in existence during the Imperial Period , were attacked on Bunduki by an Imperial detachment led by the Dark Jedi Yun , Lyn entered the fray , attacking both the Palawan monks , with whom she had some old scores to settle , and the Imperial forces . Secretly , however , she had intended to use her students to overthrow Palpatine . However , her plans failed before they could come to fruition , as Mara Jade , another Emperor ' s Hand , reported on her activities to the Emperor himself , forcing her alongside Thok and 17786 to go into hiding ( Hoar had left the group by this time after he disobeyed a direct order to kill Skywalker ) . Lyn was later contacted by Grand Admiral Zaarin , himself planning a coup against the Emperor , who hoped that the master of " Teräs Käsi " would be able to catch the Emperor off - guard during his planned coup of the Empire . Over Imperial Center , Zaarin ' s forces were able to disable the Emperor ' s " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Majestic " , which was then boarded . Lyn was able to use her powers to abduct the Emperor , although the conspirators ' gambit was eventually foiled due to the arrival of Imperial forces , amongst them Inquisitor Tremayne . With the arrival of Vice Admiral Thrawn and his flagship , the " Vanguard " , Zaarin ' s forces were forced to turn tail and run from Imperial Center . As Lyn fled in the wake of the botched " coup " , she was pursued by Tremayne , who was still resentful over his loss to her years prior . She began focusing on finding the Kashi Mer talisman that had afforded her earlier success , and had allowed her to cheat death . Exile and death . At some time before or after Palpatine ' s death during the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , Lyn met and fell in love with the Dark Jedi , Durrei , who was part of a " Restored Empire " under Supreme Commander Ennix Devian . In 9 ABY , Durrei had been tasked with reclaiming the Kashi Mer relic . Once the talisman was in his possession , Devian no longer saw any use for Durrei . He betrayed him and Lyn to his old sparring partner and Lyn ' s nemesis , Antinnis Tremayne . A year later , Darth Sidious was later resurrected through the use of clones . The reborn Dark Lord of the Sith took revenge on Lyn , killing her conclusively in 10 ABY . Personality and traits . A destructive individual , Lyn and her lover Xendor wreaked havoc and tumult throughout the galaxy during the First Great Schism . After her reawakening by the Inquisitors , Lyn ' s mind was highly unstable , and she had been driven insane . When Darth Sidious recruited her to his cause , he appealed to her love for the long - dead Xendor , promising to bring him back to life . Although initially swayed by Sidious ' s words , Lyn eventually came to the realization that the Emperor had tricked her , and at the first opportunity , turned on him . Lyn was also adept at recruiting students to her cause , as she demonstrated after turning rogue . When faced with a specific opponent to hunt down and confront , Lyn looked for weaknesses to exploit . Powers and abilities . As a master of " Teräs Käsi " , Lyn wielded the powers of the Force with malevolence . Her powers were heightened through the use of a Kashi Mer talisman , which allowed her to destroy a Jedi Master . Her skills served her well when faced with Force - adept opponents , such as the Inquisitors , as she was able to fight off three of them at once , even killing Inquisitor Darys in the process . In addition to her " Teräs Käsi " skills , Lyn was able to harness sound energy , conjuring powerful sonic shockwaves . Lyn often used her Force powers and martial arts skills in conjunction with her prosthetic droid arm , which she could use to shoot bolts of energy . She was apparently skilled enough to , along with her students Thok and 17786 , subdue and capture Darth Sidious himself . Other powers that Lyn could perform included Battlemind , Force valor , Force grip and push , as well as Force healing . Lyn could also speak , read , and write Bunduki , as well as Old Galactic Standard . She could also repair items and disable various devices . It was suggested by Jedi Master Tionne Solusar , when writing about Lyn during the Second Galactic Civil War , that Lyn ' s study of Palawan trance techniques allowed her to survive Master Pina ' s " morichro " attack at the end of the First Great Schism . Behind the scenes . Arden Lyn first appeared in the 1997 video game , " " . Of the playable combatants in the game , she was one of the two original characters introduced , alongside Hoar . The character of Lyn came about when the game developers felt that there was a need to introduce a strong female character in " Masters of Teräs Käsi " . She was voiced in - game by Edie Mirman . Some of Arden Lyn ' s story was introduced in " " , and then this was in turn expounded upon in " The Emperor ' s Pawns " , written by Abel G . Peña and Juan Schwartz with Pablo Hidalgo . Although the statements in the strategy guide had been vague , Peña decided to establish that Lyn originated in the early years of the Jedi , and placed the character ' s early life 25 , 000 years before the events of the " Star Wars " films . In deepening her character , Peña looked to her name , and believed that it resembled the words " harden " and " ardor . " Combining the two , he decided to make Lyn a " passionate woman with a hard heart . " The article also tied Lyn ' s story into that of the computer game " " , by linking her to Admiral Zaarin ' s " coup " attempt . Furthermore , Peña touched on the content of " Masters of Teräs Käsi " itself , which features iconic " Star Wars " characters , and Lyn , seemingly facing off in a fighting tournament across disparate worlds . This was explained as being part of Lyn ' s mission to hunt down Alliance figureheads during the war . In the manuscript for the original version of Peña and Daniel Wallace ' s " " , entitled " Dirty Dozen : Imperial Grand Admirals " , it is stated that Lyn was aided in her abduction of Palpatine by her pupils , and that Zaarin ' s overall plan included killing the Emperor , which the conspirators were close to doing before being stopped . These references were cut from the final article , although Lyn was still mentioned . An inaccuracy in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " states that Lyn was at first confronted by Tremayne , and then later hunted down by Torbin , which clashes with the events described and detailed in " The Emperor ' s Pawns " . " Masters of Teräs Käsi " also contains a non - canon ending for Lyn , in which she is able to defeat Darth Vader , standing triumphantly over his body .