Cleansing of Tatooine In 3993 BBY , in the midst of the Jedi Order ' s Great Hunt , a Jedi team including Knights Duron Qel - Droma , Shaela Nuur , Guun Han Saresh , and Cale Berkona ventured to Tatooine to hunt terentatek beasts left over from the earlier Great Sith War . After successful missions to several planets across the galaxy , the Jedi group had established itself as the best the Jedi Order had to offer . After engaging several terentateks in a remote area of Tatooine ' s planet - spanning desert , the Jedi slew all but one of their targets . The Jedi chased the last terentatek into a cave , only for the beast to kill one of their number . Unfazed , the rest of the Jedi killed the final terentatek and burned the corpses on a large pyre . Prelude . In the aftermath of the Great Sith War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith faction led by Sith Lords Exar Kun and Ulic Qel - Droma , many Sith - created monstrosities were spread across the galaxy . Although the Sith were defeated , creatures such as silan , Sith wyrm s , and , especially , the vicious and highly dangerous terentatek , still posed a major threat to the Jedi Order and the general populace . In response , the Jedi High Council organized the Great Hunt , a collaborative Jedi effort aimed to eradicate these beasts wherever they trod . During the Hunt , one Jedi group including Humans Duron Qel - Droma , Shaela Nuur , and Cale Berkona , along with Twi ' lek Guun Han Saresh , established itself as the best team of hunters the Jedi Order had to offer . The group trekked to worlds such as Onderon , Yavin 4 , and Tython , wiping out terentateks along the way . In 3993 BBY , they set their sights on the desert planet of Tatooine . The cleansing . The Jedi tracked several terentateks into a remote region of the Tatooine desert , slaying several and eventually chasing the last living one into a cave . However , before the group could launch a coherent attack on the beast , their target killed one of the Jedi who had led the team into the cave . Unfazed , the Jedi group redoubled its efforts . Qel - Droma used a mental Force power to confuse the terentatek , allowing Saresh , Nuur , and Berkona to attack the beast up close . The terentatek was quickly overtaken and killed , and the bodies of Jedi team ' s prey were burned on a large pyre . Aftermath . Five days after the successful mission to Tatooine , the Jedi High Council called an official end to the Great Hunt . However , the Council selected Qel - Droma , Saresh , and Nuur — who had distinguished themselves on Tatooine and other worlds — to undertake a secret mission to clear out terentateks from the Sith homeworld of Korriban . On Korriban , the group broke apart , and Saresh left to hunt a terentatek that was rumored to exist on the Wookiee world of Kashyyyk . Saresh was slain in his endeavor , while Qel - Droma and Nuur fell together in Korriban ' s Valley of the Dark Lords . Behind the scenes . The Great Hunt skirmish on Tatooine made its only appearance thus far in " Shadows and Light " , one of the stories in " Star Wars Tales 23 " , written by Joshua Ortega and released in 2005 . In the comic , the battle was illustrated by Dustin Weaver .