Echuu Shen - Jon Echuu Shen - Jon was a male human Jedi Master in the waning years of the Galactic Republic until its fall , and served as a Jedi General in the Clone Wars . During the war , he went into hiding and eventually re - emerged to fight for the Rebel Alliance . Biography . Early life . A Force - sensitive Human , Echuu Shen - Jon was educated in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order at the Coruscant Jedi Temple . Upon graduating from the Temple academy , Shen - Jon was selected as a Padawan by Jedi Master Mace Windu . Successfully constructing a green - bladed lightsaber and passing his Trials of Knighthood , Padawan Shen Jon ascended to the rank of Jedi Knight . Clone Wars . Later , as a Jedi Master , Shen - Jon took a Padawan of his own , Stam Reath , during the time that the Separatist Crisis plagued the Galactic Senate . The master and apprentice team joined Master Windu ' s task force formed to rescue Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker , and Senator Padmé Amidala from Geonosis . Landing on the planet with over two hundred Jedi , Master Shen - Jon and Padawan Reath did not enter the Petranaki arena with the others ; instead they were were assigned the task of destroying several Trade Federation core ships . They succeeded , and were then ordered to pursue Separatist leader Count Dooku as he attempted to reach his escape craft . Along the way they were intercepted by the Confederacy of Independent Systems General Sev ' rance Tann , who quickly slew Padawan Reath before Master Shen - Jon ' s eyes . Escaping the battle , Master Shen - Jon slipped into depression . When General Tann reappeared from the shadows , taking the planet Sarapin in a shocking move with the help of stolen Decimator technology , the Jedi High Council hurriedly assigned Shen - Jon a new Padawan — Naat Reath , Stam Reath ' s sister . Together , Shen - Jon and Reath led a series of successful campaigns against Tann and quickly took back Sarapin . As the weight of war grew heavier , Master Shen - Jon and his new apprentice sank deeper into the lull of the dark side of the Force , each wanting revenge for the death of Stam Reath . Shen - Jon tracked Tann across the galaxy to the planet Krant , but along the way , Reath was captured by the Chiss general . Master Shen - Jon did not heed the warnings of Master Windu as he slipped into the dark side and went after Tann . After weeks of pursuit , Master Shen - Jon confronted Tann alone in the heart of a Confederate fortress on Krant . Besting her after calling upon the dark side of the Force , Shen - Jon carried out his revenge for his fallen Padawan and slew Tann . Contacting his current Padawan , Shen - Jon admitted he could not return to the Order until he had meditated on his crimes against the Jedi Code . He told Reath that she would make a fine Jedi Knight one day , and bade her return to the Temple for reassignment . This she did , but she never revealed Shen - Jon ' s location . Exile and re - emergence . Master Shen - Jon survived in hiding for over two decades through the Galactic Empire ' s Great Jedi Purge and the disbanding of the Order . His exile would be the very thing which spared his life from the likes of the Empire ' s forces . During this time period , he had lost his old green lightsaber , but acquired a new blue one , which he from then on used as his weapon of choice . In 0 . 5 ABY , some time after the destruction of the first Death Star , Shen - Jon finally reemerged for his exile when Princess Leia Organa had crash - landed on the world of Krant . There he aided her in her struggle against the Empire , defending the cities of Krant with his lightsaber . Later , when Organa met with Utric Sandov , Shen - Jon was surprised to hear that the Imperials had found the ancient Jedi artifact Vor ' Na ' Tu . He accompanied her to Geddes and together they obtained the artifact , but upon returning to their shuttle they found Darth Vader awaiting their arrival . Vader demanded that they hand over the relic to him , but Shen - Jon refused to surrender and destroyed it instead . Engaging the Dark Lord in a duel , Shen - Jon ' s skills were no match for the Sith Lord ' s and eventually Echuu Shen - Jon was killed . In dueling Vader , he gave Princess Organa enough time to escape . Legacy . Even after his death , Echuu Shen Jon managed to transcend the physical plane and live on as a force spirit . Years later after his death and the defeat of the Empire at Endor , Master Echuu Shen - Jon ' s spirit warned the Princess and Luke Skywalker about the Vor ' Na ' Tu and urged them to return to Geddes , since terraformed and renamed Hanoon , to secure the relic once and for all . Organa and Skywalker liberated the world and destroyed the Vor ' Na ' Tu ' s shards . Shen - Jon was never known to contact them again . Behind the scenes . Echuu Shen - Jon was first mentioned in the for the 2001 video game " . " He appeared in the game ' s Rebel campaign where he was voiced by Roger Jackson . His backstory was revealed in the expansion pack " " . During the Clone Wars , Echuu Shen - Jon had a green lightsaber . However , by the time of Leia Organa ' s visit , it had changed to blue . This may have been due to the fact that the model used to represent Shen - Jon was recycled from that of the game ' s Jedi Master class , which carries a blue lightsaber . Audio clips . ( )