Hivrekh ' wao ' Cheklev Hivrekh ' wao ' Cheklev , also known as Cheklev , was a Devaronian male from the planet Devaron . During the Yuuzhan Vong War of 25 – 29 ABY , he served as a Jedi Knight in the New Jedi Order . When the extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong , intent on conquering the galaxy , offered to cease their invasion if the Jedi were turned over to them , Cheklev ' s fellow Devaronians attempted to sell him to the invaders . He was captured by the Yuuzhan Vong , but he escaped and made his way to the Jedi stronghold of Eclipse Station on the planet Eclipse . There , he led a team of scientists in studying pieces of the destroyed starship " Sweet Surprise " , which had been involved in a plot to smuggle a group of Jedi - hunting voxyn onto the galactic capital of Coruscant . Cheklev later played an important role in defeating the Yuuzhan Vong , and , after the end of the war , he attended a Jedi conclave on the living world Zonama Sekot . Biography . Hivrekh ' wao ' Cheklev was a Devaronian male from Devaron who was also known as Cheklev . He was active as a Jedi Knight in the New Jedi Order during the Yuuzhan Vong War . The war began in 25 ABY , when the extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong commenced an invasion of the galaxy in the name of their gods , and the Jedi took an active role in helping the New Republic resist the bloodthirsty conquerors . One year into the conflict , the Yuuzhan Vong offered to halt their invasion if the Jedi were surrendered to them , and citizens across the galaxy began to turn against the Jedi Knights who were struggling to defend them . Cheklev was on his homeworld when his fellow Devaronians attempted to sell him to the Yuuzhan Vong . He was captured by the invaders , but he survived and was able to escape . Cheklev returned to the Jedi via the Great River , a series of hyperspace routes and strongholds that had been created for fugitive Jedi to take shelter from those who hunted them . In 27 ABY , Cheklev was at Eclipse Station , a Jedi base on the Deep Core world of Eclipse . When a plot by the Weequay Plaan to smuggle several voxyn — creatures created by the Yuuzhan Vong to hunt Jedi — onto the galactic capital of Coruscant was foiled by several of the Jedi ' s allies , pieces of Plaan ' s destroyed starship , the " Sweet Surprise " , were brought to Eclipse Station for analysis . The Jedi healer Cilghal gave several Jedi Knights various assignments related to uncovering the location of the voxyn queen from which the creatures had been cloned , and she tasked Cheklev with studying the remains of the " Sweet Surprise " . He worked hard at the assignment , keeping twelve scientists who labored alongside him busy . Cilghal was soon able to pinpoint the queen at the planet Myrkr after discovering olbio leaves , flora native to Myrkr , inside the stomach of a captured voxyn corpse . The Yuuzhan Vong were defeated by the Jedi and the Galactic Alliance , the New Republic ' s successor state , in 29 ABY . Cheklev played an important part in the victory . Following the war ' s conclusion , Jedi Master Luke Skywalker called all of the surviving Jedi to Zonama Sekot , a living planet that he had discovered in the galaxy ' s Unknown Regions , and which had been instrumental in ending the war . Cheklev was one of many Jedi who attended the Conclave on Zonama Sekot . Skywalker addressed everyone present and asked them to consider how , with the war over , they could best serve the Force . Several years later , the scientist Mammon Hoole wrote about Cheklev and asserted that he was the most prominent male Devaronian Jedi in history . Powers and abilities . Cheklev was a Force - sensitive Knight of the New Jedi Order . He was able to escape from Yuuzhan Vong imprisonment early in the Yuuzhan Vong War , and he later played an important role in ending the conflict . Cheklev also had some scientific talents and was employed by Cilghal to lead a team of scientists in studying pieces of the destroyed starship " Sweet Surprise " . Mammon Hoole believed Cheklev to be the most prominent male Devaronian Jedi in the history of the galaxy . Behind the scenes . Hivrekh ' wao ' Cheklev was created by author Troy Denning for use in his 2001 novel , " " , the ninth book in " " series . Referred to simply as " Cheklev , " the character received a single mention as someone who was keeping a group of scientists busy studying pieces of the " Sweet Surprise " . Denning did not specify a sex , a species , or explicitly identify Cheklev as a Jedi . Daniel Wallace ' s 2002 article " Who ' s Who in the New Jedi Order " , published in issue 57 of the " Star Wars Insider " magazine , established Cheklev as a male Devaronian Jedi Knight , gave the character a full name and a brief backstory , and provided an image of him . Cheklev was later mentioned in " The New Jedi Order " finale , James Luceno ' s 2003 novel , " " , as well as in the 2006 reference book " The New Essential Guide to Alien Species " . The two works misspelled his name as " Hivrech ' wao ' Cheklev " and " Hivrekh ' wao ' cheklev , " respectively . " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , released in 2008 , included an entry on the character that was copied nearly verbatim from " Who ' s Who in the New Jedi Order " .