Kyle Katarn ' s third lightsaber This lightsaber was created and used by Jedi Battlemaster Kyle Katarn after he joined the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 . He later left it behind when he abandoned the Jedi , only to take it up again during the Empire Reborn crisis . History . Creation . Sometime after his fall to the dark side on Dromund Kaas , Katarn joined the Jedi Praxeum and built his own lightsaber to replace the one he had taken from the Dark Jedi Yun . Disuse . Despite his attendance at the Praxeum — which he started due to fear of falling to the dark side again — Katarn became worried when both Gantoris and Kyp Durron turned to the dark side . Unwilling to risk turning again , Katarn gave his lightsaber to Luke Skywalker and left the Praxeum , becoming a mercenary again , alongside his partner , Jan Ors . Empire Reborn crisis . Return to the Praxeum . However , when Dark Jedi Desann supposedly killed Jan during a mission to Artus Prime , Kyle became vengeful and returned the Praxeum to get his lightsaber back . Skywalker told him that to do so , he would have to go through the Praxeum ' s exercise course to retrieve it . When Katarn succeeded , he set off to find Jan . Nar Shaddaa . Katarn ' s lightsaber would continue to serve him on Nar Shaddaa , where he used it to intimidate a bartender into telling him where crime lord Reelo Baruk was . The bartender signaled the cantina ' s mercenaries , and they attacked Katarn . Using only his lightsaber , Katarn managed to defeat the mercenaries and retrieve his weapons — including his modified Bryar pistol . He then spoke to the bartender again , who told him that Baruk was running a scrap yard . Fighting through the scrap yard , Katarn rescued Lando Calrissian and defeated Baruk . Cloud City . Katarn then traveled to Cloud City on Bespin , which Desann ' s forces were attempting to capture . Fighting through the underlevels of the city , Katarn encountered a Reborn — a Dark Jedi fueled with the power of the Valley of the Jedi . Katarn defeated the Reborn , along with many more of the Force sensitives throughout the city , until he reached Tavion Axmis , Desann ' s apprentice . Katarn bested her and threatened to kill her , but relented and let her go when Tavion told him that Jan was still alive . Cairn and the " Doomgiver " . Katarn snuck aboard a freighter to the Lenico Belt , where Admiral Galak Fyyar had a mining operation . There , Katarn met Skywalker , who was disturbed by Kyle ' s discovery that Desann was mining cortosis — a lightsaber - resistant material . Together , Katarn and Skywalker fought off a team of Reborn , then split up . Before departing aboard Fyyar ' s ship , the " Doomgiver " , Katarn witnessed a duel between Skywalker and Desann . Aboard the " Doomgiver " , Katarn signaled Rogue Squadron , then dueled a group of Desann ' s Shadowtrooper s , their armor lined with cortosis . Following this encounter , he rescued Jan , and the pair split up — Katarn headed for the shield generator and Jan for the escape pods . After disabling the generator , Katarn dueled Fyyar , who was defeated . Yavin 4 . Katarn and Jan landed on Yavin and Katarn fought toward the Praxeum , defeating many stormtroopers and swamptroopers , along with several more Shadowtroopers . Once inside the Praxeum , Katarn assisted several Jedi students in battling Reborn and Shadow troopers . Finally , Katarn reached Desann , and the two engaged in a duel . In the end , Desann was slain , and his Reborn rounded up . Though Skywalker offered to take Katarn ' s lightsaber back , Katarn said he would hold onto it for a while . Alzoc III . Shortly thereafter , Katarn and Jan investigated an outpost on Alzoc III , where Katarn fought another Reborn . After the mission was complete , Katarn returned to the hangar and found Jan surrounded by Imperials . After killing the stormtroopers , Katarn confronted the officer , who threatened to kill Jan . Jan , however , took the Imperial by surprise , and both she and Katarn escaped Alzoc III .