Ambush on Tatooine ( Jedi Civil War ) The Ambush on Tatooine was a confrontation that took place between the former Dark Lord of the Sith and redeemed Jedi Padawan Revan and the bounty hunter Calo Nord . The ambush took place in the final year of the Jedi Civil War , outside of the Rakata n ruins in the Eastern Dune Sea of the desert planet Tatooine . The ambush resulted in Nord and his henchmen ' s deaths . Prelude . In 3956 BBY , the final year of the Jedi Civil War , the former Dark Lord of the Sith and amnesiac Republic soldier Revan assisted in the Jedi Bastila Shan ' s escape from the destruction of the ecumenopolis Taris . The bounty hunter Calo Nord , who attempted to halt Revan , Shan , and their companions ' escape , managed to flee Taris and had a private audience with the Sith Lord Darth Malak , the reigning Dark Lord . Nord informed Malak and the Sith Admiral Saul Karath of Shan ' s escape with Revan and the Republic commander Carth Onasi ' s assistance . Karath and Malak hired Nord to locate and capture Shan , and kill her companions . Nord also revealed to Malak that Revan was still alive . After traveling to the planet Dantooine , Revan was retrained as a Padawan by the local Jedi Council . After Revan completed his training , he was tasked by the Council to find an ancient Rakata n space station called the Star Forge , which was under Darth Malak ' s control . Revan located a second Rakatan Star Map in a krayt dragon ' s cave in the Eastern Dune Sea on the desert world Tatooine . After Revan examined the Star Map , Nord , along with two Rodian and two Aqualish henchmen , ambushed Revan and his companions . The ambush . Nord gave Revan credit for evading him ; however , Nord stated that no one could escape him in the end . When Revan asked Nord if they could work out a deal so as to avoid fighting , Nord told him that he was not in it for the credits ; rather , he had a reputation to protect . Nord and his henchmen attacked Revan and his companions , but were ultimately defeated by the former Sith Lord and his allies . Behind the scenes . The Ambush on Tatooine first appeared in the 2003 Xbox and PC video game " " , developed by BioWare . Should Canderous Ordo accompany Revan when Nord confronts the Jedi , Ordo will make note of the fact that Nord brought backup , and taunt the bounty hunter . The planet on which Revan battles Nord is determined by the order in which the second of the five Star Maps that lead to the Star Forge ' s location is obtained . Nord could confront Revan on Tatooine , the Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk , the Selkath homeworld Manaan , or the Sith tombworld Korriban . On Kashyyyk , Nord is accompanied by Wookiees loyal to the chieftan Chuundar . In the Hrakert Station on Manaan , Nord is flanked by two Twi ' leks , and on Korriban , Nord is backed up by two Sith students from Korriban ' s Sith Academy . Should Revan have encountered Nord in the Hrakert Station on Manaan , Nord explains to Revan how he managed to reach the underwater station . Also , the area in which the player encounters Nord determines what items are recovered from his remains . For example , the player will receive Nord ' s Mandalorian heavy blaster s if he is killed on Tatooine , but they won ' t be on his body if he is killed on Kashyyyk .