Borjak Borjak was a Feeorin warrior from the planet Odryn who in 3963 BBY ascended to the revered position of Exalted among his people . Over three centuries old by the time of the Mandalorian Wars , Borjak was a close comrade and lieutenant to the famed Feeorin warrior Feln , who became a Jedi Master and the Feeorin ' s Exalted , a title belonging to the oldest and therefore strongest of the species . Although Borjak came to resent the Exalted ' s disdain for the Feeorin ' s ancient traditions after Feln joined the Jedi Order , Borjak faithfully did his duty protecting Odryn ' s sacred Sanctum of the Exalted , which Feln had controversially opened to members of the secretive Jedi cabal known as the Jedi Covenant as a storehouse for Sith artifacts . In 3963 BBY , Borjak captured a pair of wanted Republic fugitives , Zayne Carrick and Marn Hierogryph , trying to sneak out of the Sanctum — Feln had been pursuing the two to cover his involvement in a high - profile massacre of several Jedi students on Taris . Feln arrived and prepared to execute the two captives , but Borjak stepped in and convinced Feln to honor Feeorin tradition and challenge Carrick to hand - to - hand combat . After a wild chase and fight , Feln , believing that Carrick ' s friends had come to raid the Sanctum , panicked and blew the structure to pieces to prevent knowledge of what was happening there from leaking out . The act was such a transgression that it led Borjak to turn on and kill Feln , taking the mantle of Exalted for himself . Biography . A member of the primitive and traditionalistic Feeorin species , Borjak grew up into the life of a warrior on the isolated Feeorin colony world of Odryn . Born about three centuries before the Mandalorian Wars , Borjak cut his teeth in the days of intertribal warfare between Feeorin settlements — Borjak ' s home village carried with it a special significance , as it sat closest to the Sanctum of the Exalted , the holiest site on Odryn , where the spirits of the dead were believed to forge Odryn ' s seasons . During this time , Borjak became close comrades with another native of his village , Feln , who forged a legend as one of the greatest warriors Odryn ever saw . After years of fighting , Feln managed to conquer and unify all the warring villages of Odryn under his banner , along the way becoming the Feeorin ' s hallowed Exalted : a title bestowed upon the oldest , and therefore strongest , of the Feeorin . Feln ' s prowess in battle was such that Borjak and his fellows thought him magic , and not long after , a Jedi scout confirmed their suspicions : Feln was Force - sensitive , and soon left Odryn behind to study with the Jedi Order . When Feln returned , he was a changed Feeorin . Now a Jedi Master and a member of the secretive Jedi cabal known as the Jedi Covenant , Feln flouted the ancient traditions of the Feeorin by opening the Sanctum of the Exalted — traditionally open only to the Exalted — as a storehouse for the Covenant ' s collection of Sith artifacts , drawing many Covenant agents to Odryn . This new policy was highly unpopular among the xenophobic and isolationist Feeorin , including Borjak , but they were still obliged to follow the Exalted ' s word . By 3963 BBY , Borjak had become a grandfather and a leader in his home village , helping to watch over the Sanctum during Feln ' s frequent absences . However , this came with difficulties , as the weather around the Sanctum grew wildly unpredictable in the Exalted ' s absence , and as a result the village had seen much better days . Although Borjak felt a great disdain for Feln ' s treatment of the Feeorin traditions , he still reluctantly carried out his duties , " welcoming " offworlders bound for the Sanctum to Odryn . By this point , Borjak was the second - oldest of the Feeorin and the next in line for the title of Exalted . In 3963 BBY , what appeared to be a routine visit from a Covenant agent went wildly awry , and wound up changing Borjak ' s life forever . On one rainy evening , a new ship landed on Odryn , offloading a cloaked offworlder and two Ithorians . To that point , the deal the Feeorin had made with the Covenant allowed only one offworlder on Odryn per visit — the presence of the Ithorians was a breach , prompting a furious outburst from Borjak . However , the hooded stranger , going by the name " Celeste Morne " , swiftly attacked and incapacitated Borjak , afterwards explaining that the two Ithorians were only there to transport an item to the Sanctum and would not enter the structure . Humiliated , Borjak assented and accompanied the group to the holy site , leaving them once they reached their destination . Two days later , Borjak happened upon another pair of offworlders — Republic fugitives Zayne Carrick and Marn Hierogryph — sneaking out of the Sanctum , having been smuggled into the structure by " Morne . " Something was clearly afoot , and Borjak and a party of several Feeorin warriors managed to seize the two trespassers and take them to the village ' s old blockhouse for interrogation . Borjak ' s questioning of the two fugitives was barely underway when they were interrupted by the sudden arrival of Feln , who had his own axe to grind with Carrick . The year before , Feln and four other Jedi Masters massacred their apprentices after misinterpreting a vision , and Carrick , the only one to escape , was publicly blamed for the murders . Carrick thus became a loose end the Covenant had to eliminate , and Feln fully intended to kill Carrick on Odryn . After stringing Carrick and Hierogryph up in their home village , Borjak and Feln returned to the Sanctum , where Borjak kept watch as Feln consulted with his compatriots in the Covenant . There , Borjak was horrified to hear Feln ' s contact suggest that Feln destroy the Sanctum to keep knowledge of what was going on there from leaking out . Feln protested , and the question was left hanging in the air as the two Feeorin stormed back to the village to take care of Carrick first . Upon their return , Borjak cut the two prisoners down , and Feln prepared to strike Carrick and Hierogryph down with his lightsaber — however , Borjak stepped in , citing the rule in the ancient Rime Feeorin that the fugitives could only be challenged to unarmed combat , as they had been inside the Sanctum . Although Feln was furious at Borjak ' s insubordination , he reluctantly agreed to follow tradition , only for Carrick to surprise him with a kick to the chest and run away . Carrick managed to elude Feln for a while in the subsequent chase through the village , but the Jedi Master eventually caught his prey , only for Borjak to once again step in when Feln was about to execute the fugitive . This time , it was to inform Feln that their radar device had picked up the ship that brought the outsiders at the edge of the system , causing Feln to fear that Carrick ' s friends had come to raid the Sanctum in force . In response , Feln detonated pre - set charges that completely obliterated the Sanctum , an explosion that in turn reacted with the dangerous artifacts within to create a firestorm that laid waste to the village and the entire surrounding area . With Odryn ' s holiest site nothing more than a hole in the ground , Borjak made his choice : he grabbed his knife and stabbed Feln in the back . Although Feln protested that he had been inside the Sanctum , Borjak , backed by a number of surviving warriors from the village , responded that as the Sanctum no longer stood , they were changing the rules . With that , they set upon the Exalted and ripped him to pieces , making Borjak the new Exalted . Borjak then quickly had to begin the recovery process , and a timely rainstorm helped put out the fires and allowed him and the other warriors to find many other survivors in the rubble of their village . During the excavation , Borjak found Carrick ' s lightsaber , which he returned to the former Padawan — Carrick tried to give him Feln ' s blade as a gift , but the new Exalted wanted nothing more to do with Jedi things and had his granddaughter chuck the weapon into the pit with the rest of the debris . Borjak and Carrick parted company shortly afterward , as the fugitive Padawan returned to Coruscant to attempt to clear his name . Personality and traits . Characteristic of his species , the gruff and rough Feeorin warrior Borjak was distrustful of outsiders , with his disdain for offworlders only overridden by his respect for the word of the Exalted . Although Feln was a long - time comrade of his and he was bound to follow his kinsman ' s bidding , Borjak still bemoaned what had become of Odryn since Feln ' s departure for the Jedi Order , and vocally criticized Feln to friends and offworlders alike . Over three hundred years old by the time of the Mandalorian Wars , Borjak paid great heed to the ancient Feeorin traditions and was taken aback when Feln broke the Rime Feeorin , seeing it as the reason why the skies over Odryn had become so furious in recent years . Despite his opposition toward Feln ' s actions and attitude , Borjak still faithfully did his duty , although he did not fear standing up to the Exalted to make sure tradition was being followed . Eventually his respect for Feeorin tradition proved more important to him than Feln ' s standing — once the Sanctum was destroyed , Borjak decided that it was his turn to change the rules , and he showed no hesitation in striking Feln down . Along the way , Borjak developed a grudging respect for Zayne Carrick despite his chilliness towards offworlders , although Borjak still actively tried to shun all connection to the Jedi after Feln ' s death . Borjak ' s muscular blue - skinned frame was covered in scars earned in a long life as a warrior , and the Feeorin also had yellow eyes . Behind the scenes . Borjak made his two appearances in the " Star Wars Legends " canon in " " , a story arc of the " " comic book series , written by John Jackson Miller and released in 2008 . In his appearances , Borjak was illustrated by Bong Dazo .