Seff Hellin Seff Hellin was a Jedi Knight who served during the time period following the Second Galactic Civil War . He had been a student at the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 and was approximately fourteen when it was evacuated during the war with the Yuuzhan Vong . He wore his hair in a curly style . Hellin was one of the first Jedi in the New Jedi Order to develop the Force - related psychosis that came upon the galaxy in 43 ABY . Biography . Early life . Seff Hellin was born in 12 ABY . During the Yuuzhan Vong War Seff Hellin along with the other Jedi Younglings were sent to Shelter in the Maw . It was during this time that the being Abeloth contacted the younglings and put the madness in him that would come when he was older . The Jedi Masters wouldn ' t know about this until years later . He went on to train as a Jedi . By 43 . 5 ABY he was a full Jedi Knight . Later life . Hellin rescued Han Solo and his family when Allana was kidnapped on Taris . These actions involved killing or maiming several members of an arms syndicate based on Denon . Because he had no authority to act on Taris , Seff was ordered by Galactic Alliance Intelligence agents to surrender his lightsaber . He was told by Leia Organa Solo to do so and that she would call Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker on his behalf , but Seff refused , stating that Skywalker " didn ' t understand . " He then disarmed and temporarily paralyzed the intelligence agents attempting to take him into custody with the Force , and fled the room at incredible speed . This led Leia to comment that he should not have been able to do that , meaning his abilities had progressed beyond what was normal . Seff was then declared a rogue Jedi , refusing to submit to the authority of the Masters by returning to Coruscant . His actions on Taris caused even further distrust of the Jedi on the part of Chief of State Natasi Daala , which led her to dispatch a team of Mandalorians to bring him into custody . As a result of this , Luke Skywalker was forced to recall all of the Jedi to the Temple at Coruscant until further notice , as well as try to reassure Daala that the Jedi were self - policing and that Mandalorians should not be involved . It was known that Seff was extremely distrustful of Daala ' s intentions towards the Jedi and the Mandalorians involvement in Galactic Alliance affairs . So much so that he approached Lando Calrissian — without the authority or knowledge of the New Jedi Order — about Tendrando Arms producing a Mandalorian Hunter Droid similar to the YVH class of droids . This conversation occurred only a month or two before the events on Taris . After hearing of Valin Horn ' s mental state , Seff came to believe that he and Valin were the only ones who had not been replaced by impostors . Seff spent weeks planning to rescue Valin from the prison where he was being held encased in carbonite . During his rescue attempt , Seff was captured by a group of conspirators known as Darkmeld led by Jaina Solo and Jagged Fel . Seff was sedated and secretly brought back to the Asylum Block in the Jedi Temple where Master Cilghal and Jedi Knight Tekli tried to ascertain the nature of his mania . When Chief Daala attempted to gain possession of all psychotic Jedi , the Solos smuggled them out of the Temple , and took them to the academy on Shedu Maad . In 44 ABY , Hellin and the other Jedi suffering from the mysterious Force psychosis snapped out of their delusions in the aftermath of Luke Skywalker ' s first battle with Abeloth on Abeloth ' s planet . They were brought from Shedu Maad to the Jedi Temple by Zekk and Tekli . Hellin participated in the rescue of Jysella and Valin Horn as a member of " Team Saav ' etu . " Disguised as exterminators , the team used foam coating to mask the cam bubbles of the facility and then breached the outer walls with thermal detonators . Inside , the team discovered thousands of prisoners frozen in carbonite alongside the Horn siblings . During the raid , Hellin provided security for his team ' s escape and managed to destroy one of two Galactic Alliance Security troopsleds .