Kar Vastor Kar Vastor was a leader in the Upland Liberation Front on Haruun Kal in the decade before the outbreak of the Clone Wars . He was the " lor pelek " of the Korun nai , and their military leader during the local Summertime War . Kar and his people sided with the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars , but his actions were judged as " crimes against civilization " and he was ultimately defeated and arrested by Jedi Master Mace Windu . Years later , Kar was forced to serve as a host for Imperial warlord Cronal , until he was saved by Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker during the Battle of Mindor . Biography . Early life . Born a Korun , Kar Vastor ' s early life seemed ordinary , though he was more in touch with " Pelekotan " ( The Force in the Korun language , the literal translation was " jungle mind " ) than most . It was the Summertime War which forever changed Kar ' s destiny , as well as the destiny of Haruun Kal . At the age of fourteen , Kar Vastor saw his whole family massacred by jup s , also known as jungle prospectors . How Kar Vastor escaped is a mystery . The stories among the Korunnai were contradictory , and Kar himself would not discuss it . Vastor was abandoned in the jungle without weapons , grasser s , akk dogs , people , or food and supplies of any kind . For most beings , it was a death sentence . However , Kar survived on his own for more than a standard year . In the jungle , he learned all his impressive Force powers , but lost the ability to form normal speech like most other sentient beings . Mace Windu later suspected that it was the price Kar paid for his survival : he traded " Pelekotan " power for his humanity . In the jungle , Kar likely discovered the Jedi starship that carried the Korun ancestors to Haruun Kal and used the starship armor to build his weapon of choice : vibroshield s . A weapon of Kar ' s own design , they were shield - shaped vibro - axes . The sonic generators that powered the shields were fully sealed , and therefore were resistant to the metal - eating molds and fungi of the jungle . Also , because the starship armor was a superconductor ; that is , it remained the same temperature throughout ; not even a lightsaber blade could cut through the shields . " Lor pelek " in the Summertime War . Kar Vastor grew to become a " lor pelek " ; a " jungle master " shaman , witch doctor , wizard , and demon . In Korun legend , the " lor pelek " was a person of great power , and great peril . Kar Vastor lived up to his title — he was as unpredictable as the jungle , bringing life or death , a gift or a wound . In some Korun stories , a " lor pelek " was not a being at all , but was rather " Pelekotan " incarnate : the avatar of the " jungle mind . " Kar Vastor , although still Human , became the avatar of the jungle ' s darkness . During the Summertime War , Kar Vastor formed a clan he named the Akk Guard . Kar and the Guards were masters of both unarmed and melee combat , as well as the use of the Force . Without proper training , their usage of the Force was without grace ; they relied on natural instincts , their Force powers aggressive and wild . Thirty - five years before the outbreak of the Clone Wars , Jedi Master Mace Windu visited the Koruns and shared with them tales of the Jedi . Kar Vastor possibly heard those tales , ending with he and the Akk Guards starting to mirror Jedi Knights . When Kar accepted a man as his Akk Guard , the man would build his own shields , in much the same manner as Jedi built their own lightsabers . Beginning with this ritual , the Akk Guards became a dark simulacrum of the Jedi . They relied on instinct while the Jedi relied on training ; they used anger and aggression as sources of power , while the Jedi based their power upon serenity and defense ; they used their shields as swords , while the Jedi used their swords as shields . Kar and the Akk Guards used their vibroshields to deflect blaster bolts and projectiles in the same manner as the Jedi . This skill may have also been the result of tales of Jedi training told by Mace Windu . Vastor ' s experience in the jungle determined his view on " Tan Pel ' trokal " : Jungle Justice , a penalty devised by Korun culture , to punish crimes deserving death . Vastor sent all his captives in the Summertime War into the jungle without weapons , clothing , or other supplies . Because no captive could survive the jungle to tell the tale , the Balawai believed the Korun always killed their captives , further darkening the war . Kar was a member of Ghôsh Windu . He believed himself to be its last surviving member before his dỏshalo ( clan brother ) , Mace Windu , revisited the planet . The Summertime War had slowly killed the whole clan . Despite the fact that every Korun could use the Force , and that Kar Vastor with the Akk Guards were nearly untouchable , the Korunnai were slowly losing the war . The Korunnai lived in the jungle , and because the jungle ' s fungi would eat almost every kind of metal , it made it impossible for the Korunnai to use technological weapons and equipment in the jungle . They fought with slug rifles , while Balawai used blasters . The Summertime War was also a war of extermination . Enemies were killed at first sight , regardless of age and conditions . While the Balawai could hide non - combatants in the city , the Koruns had no place to hide their own . However , as the name hinted , the Summertime War would halt during seasons like autumn and winter , and so the Korunnai still had time to recover . The Clone Wars . With the outbreak of the Clone Wars , the Balawai sided with the Confederacy of Independent Systems , thus gaining even more supplies and technological advantages : battle droids , vulture droids , De - Orbiting Kinetic Anti - emplacement Weapon s ( DOKAWs ) , and gunships . Despite Kar ' s abilities and leadership , the Korun were losing badly , and facing extinction . The arrival of Jedi Master Depa Billaba changed everything . Assigned by the Jedi Council to liberate the system , Depa fought alongside Kar Vastor , his Akk Guards , and the Korunnai . With her mastery of the Force and the seventh lightsaber combat form known as Vaapad , the tide started to change . The Korunnai considered Depa a goddess and their only hope . However with each victory , with each killing , the darkness of the jungle and the terror of warfare began to corrupt and torture Depa . Depa ' s mastery in Vaapad furthered the corruption as she channeled her inner darkness to be the weapon of light . As a result , the actions of Korun combatants darkened , both in reality and in tales , and the Balawai responded in kind . Working together , Kar and Depa invented the name " Upland Liberation Front " to describe their fighting force . This proved to be a successful tactic to confuse the enemy ; the Balawai kept trying to figure out the tactics and pattern of the Front ' s attack , which was always futile because there " was " no Upland Liberation Front . The Front was merely a name to blame every attack on ; the Korun fighting force was just a group of Humans scavenging for supplies and struggling for survival . Finally , the Separatists fell back and abandoned the planet to the Balawai themselves . However , they continued to supply them with weapons and equipment . The Korunnai were unable to celebrate as long as the Balawai existed . As a result , Depa remained with the Korunnai and fought with them , neglecting any order from the Council . Determined to teach her Master a lesson of war and its darkness , Depa and Kar set up a terrifying scene to draw Mace Windu to the planet . When Windu came , Nick Rostu , Chalk , Lesh , and Besh were sent to meet him . However , Mace was captured by Balawai commander Colonel Geptun . Geptun interrogated him , then released him in exchange for three thousand credits . Mace had to , as part of the release deal , try to stop Depa ' s atrocities against Balawai . Unknown by Mace , Geptun had monitored his lightsaber ' s frequency so that his satellites would tell him whenever Mace turned on his lightsaber . This meant that the Colonel could track him as he met with the Korunnai . Mace was saved from an ambush by Nick and his companions , and so joined them to find Depa . They had a brief fight with gunships , one of which Mace destroyed . This unlocked a blood fever in him . Not long after , Lesh died of fever wasp s . Chalk and Besh were infected . Nick realized that Kar might be able to save Chalk and Besh . They took a Balawai outpost , put the two in suspended animation , and sent Nick off for Kar . Mace stayed as a guard . When a nearby volcano erupted , Balawai children called for help . Being a Jedi , Mace saved them . More Balawai came , in steamcrawlers . Mace tried to negotiate the release of children and the abandonment of the outpost , but the Balawai were desperate . Just as Mace was near success , Kar and the Akk Guards came . The superhuman skill and strength of the Korun easily killed the Balawai . Kar entered the bunker , and Mace found himself struggling with blood fever . Kar used his Force powers to effectively show Mace his dark side . Then Kar killed a child who had been attempting to kill Chalk and Besh . The Korun took the survivors prisoner . However , Mace and Nick later freed the prisoners and followed after , reaching a camp . Kar cornered them too late — a gunship had already taken the Balawai to safety . Kar and Mace had a brawl , ending with the Jedi Master falling into unconsciousness . Mace arrested Depa and got her parole in exchange for her agreement to leave with him . Kar took Mace ' s lightsaber . This allowed Mace to track Kar through the Force . Arrest . Depa did not meet Mace — she sent Kar . By that time , Geptun had found a Korun base . Kar and Mace joined forces to stop the Balawai . Mace used his natural resources and allies to repel the militia . Kar and Depa hijacked a gunship . Mace , Chalk , and Nick took another . In the skies , the group saved the " Halleck " by tricking the droid fighters to turn on themselves . Then they broke into the Ministry . Geptun demanded surrender . Mace gave it , and Nick found Geptun ' s signal at the Ministry of Justice ; Mace knew that he was at the Washeteria . They went to Washeteria and convinced the colonel to deactivate the Vulture droids . Kar attempted an assassination , but Mace and Nick survived . Chalk , however , was killed soon after taking the Ministry . Kar and Depa went wild , burning Pelek Baw and slaughtering civilians . Mace , Nick , and Geptun returned to the Ministry to stop Kar and Depa . Mace called the clones on his aid . Kar and Akk Guards killed many , but Nick proved himself a skilled fighter with a gun by taking out at least three Akk Guards . Mace and Depa dueled , during which Mace was wounded just as Depa returned to the light . Realizing what she had done , she nearly committed suicide before Nick shot her lightsaber out of her hand , and she collapsed into a coma . Later , an Akk Guard by the name of Iolu ' s slashed Nick ' s stomach , and the young Korun collapsed , leaving Mace and Kar to duel . Geptun was in the control room . Mace gave a warning threat to Kar , but the lor pelek defied him . With a cry of " sleep when you ' re dead " , Kar charged Mace . Mace was able to sidestep the attack , seeing how Kar was strong , young , fast , and could eventually beat him on his best day , and this was one of his worst . Instead , he used the Force to snag one of Iolu ' s shields that was lodged above Nick ' s head . He sent it whizzing at Kar , and the weapon sliced right through Kar ' s , cutting through both wrists and embedding itself in his chest , less than a centimeter short of his heart . Kar Vastor collapsed with surprise on his face , though he survived to be placed in custody . Vastor was taken to Coruscant , and was held in the Jedi Temple . His wounds were healed and his hands were saved , though he was placed in detention within the Temple . He was later charged with crimes against civilization , a category that had not been invoked since the time of the Great Sith War . Battle of Mindor . At some point after his imprisonment , Vastor became a pawn of Blackhole . As a recipient of Blackhole ' s meltmassif treatment , he was used as a host body of the warlord to capture Leia Organa Solo from " wild " Melter s and attack Luke Skywalker . He was freed from Cronal ' s control when he assisted Skywalker in communicating with the Melters , beings who used the meltmassif for their corporeal forms . Skywalker was then able to destroy the connection Cronal had with the meltmassif . Although not a friend of the Jedi , he was impressed with and appreciative of Luke Skywalker ' s assistance . He later assisted Nick Rostu and Aeona Cantor in their hunt for Cronal . Personality and traits . Vastor was an immensely tall , extremely muscular bald man . He had dark skin and needle - sharp teeth ; Nick Rostu estimated that Vastor massed twenty kilograms more than Darth Vader . Powers and abilities . Being left for dead in his youth in the hostile jungles of his homeworld , Vastor survived by drawing upon the darkness in the jungle which fueled his tremendous power . One of the consequences of this was that he lost the ability to speak as normal people did — instead he either growled , grunted , or roared , and used the Force to convey his meaning to other beings in conversations . He displayed exceptional Force ability for having no formal training . Mace Windu himself , after doing battle with Vastor , stated that the latter ' s raw power in the Force put him on par with Yoda or Anakin Skywalker . He could also use his power in the Force to heal , as he did with Liane Trevval and Besh when they had been bitten by the fever wasp larva . Vastor also possessed incredible physical strength and lightning fast speed and reflexes for a man of his size , which made him an excellent hand - to - hand combatant . He was trained in the use of vibroshields and bladed weapons , making him a frightening opponent in battle .