Kadann Kadann was a Jedi Knight who turned away from the Jedi Order to embrace the dark side of the Force , becoming the Supreme Prophet of the Dark Side . A diminutive Human male born in the waning days of the Galactic Republic , he was found to be Force - sensitive and taken to be trained as a Jedi . While he passed the Jedi Trials and ultimately became a Jedi Knight , Kadann was a contemplative , intellectual being who shied away from action . A budding philosopher , he began to question the Jedi Code ' s position on the dark side , eventually coming to the conclusion that both light and dark were necessary if one was to achieve true mastery of the Force . He was seduced by the dark side , finding that he had a natural affinity with it . It also provided him with precognitive abilities that allowed him to frequently see possible futures . Kadann left the Jedi Order and traveled the galaxy for a time , honing his skill and taking another former Jedi , Jedgar , as his apprentice . He was eventually visited by Darth Sidious , Dark Lord of the Sith , who recruited the two Dark Jedi to his cause . Sidious introduced them to the Prophets of the Dark Side on the planet Dromund Kaas , and Kadann eventually became the Prophets ' leader . Supreme Prophet Kadann served as an advisor to Sidious after he became Emperor from the galactic capital of Coruscant . However , in 4 ABY , Kadann had a vision of the future of the impending Battle of Endor which saw the Empire defeated ; neither his fellow Prophets nor Sidious saw anything other than an Imperial victory . Palpatine decided he no longer required the Prophets ' services , and sent his Inquisitors to raze their headquarters on Dromund Kaas . Kadann and the surviving Prophets , believed by the Empire to be dead , fled to distant Bosthirda . Kadann waited in patience as Sidious was killed at Endor , and decided not to act when his decoy , Rajah Ubooki , emerged as a potential heir to the Empire . Eventually , however , the Supreme Prophet was tracked down by Azrakel , a former experiment of his to see how long a being could withstand the power of the dark side , who slew Kadann and many of his fellows ; the remaining Prophets were cut down by Lumiya , Dark Lady of the Sith , and her apprentice , Carnor Jax . Biography . Jedi training . Kadann was a Human male dwarf born during the waning days of the Galactic Republic . Found to be Force - sensitive at a young age , he was taken to Coruscant to undergo training in the way of the Jedi . Despite shying away from the physical activities that were an important part of being a Jedi , he passed the Jedi Trials and became a Knight . He always considered himself more of a thinker and philosopher than a man of action ; he spent most of his early years pondering ancient prophecies , becoming particularly intrigued by those which concerned bringing balance to the Force . After much thought and deliberation , he found himself unable to come to terms with the fact that , according to the Jedi Code , balance could be achieved through the exclusive use of the light side ; he came to believe that both light and dark in equal quantities were necessary to find this elusive balance and truly master the Force . As his theories materialized , Kadann began to turn away from the Jedi Code and perform dark side experiments , culminating in his severance with the Jedi Order . Kadann ' s intentions were honest , but , like most who tried to use the dark while remaining in the light , he was corrupted , and became a Dark Jedi . He wandered the galaxy on a path of meditation and self - discovery , realizing that the dark side provided him with much more than its counterpart . He found he had a special relationship with the dark side ; it provided him with secrets and glimpses of the future , the likes of which he had never been privy to before . Kadann developed precognitive abilities which provided him with the many possible paths the future could take ; while these revelations did not always come true , the insights served him well . He was left with a dilemma , however : he could embrace the dark side and accept its gifts , but that would no more help achieve balance in the Force than if he remained loyal to the Jedi Code . During his travels , Kadann encountered Jedgar , another fallen Jedi who had an uncanny ability to make prophecies . Both men had foreseen the encounter , and both knew they could learn much from each other ; Jedgar became Kadann ' s apprentice . Supreme Prophet of the Dark Side . During their travels , the two came upon the Dark Force Temple on the planet Dromund Kaas , where they learned of the Dark Force religion . It was there that the two joined the Prophets of the Dark Side . Darth Sidious soon learned of Kadann and his prophecies and was intrigued by his unique view of the Force . Thus , sometime before the fall of the Galactic Republic and the destruction of the Jedi Order , Sidious visited Kadann , and , through many long conversations and debates , Sidious revealed Kadann ' s true purpose : " The future you see isn ' t yours , you are merely the messenger . Serve me . Become my prophet . Reveal the will of the Force as you see it and I will make your predictions come true . " Palpatine titled him the Supreme Prophet of the Dark Side . Kadann led his small group of dark side devotees , who all had a particular talent for seeing portents and omens in the mists of the Force , into Palpatine ' s service , where they all gained the title of Emperor ' s Mage . By the time the Republic fell and the Galactic Empire was formed , the Prophets — and Kadann in particular — had become some of the Emperor ' s most trusted advisors . The Prophets worked in secret , hidden from the Galaxy at large , and searched the Force for signs and warnings , which they passed on to the Emperor and his adepts . Makati , Merili and Azrakel . While he was serving Palpatine as part of the Secret Order of the Emperor , Kadann met with Imperial Grand Admiral Afsheen Makati . He led the Grand Admiral to a Rebel base on the planet Thila , where Kadann overheard Makati ' s first officer mock the glittering regalia of the Secret Order ' s members . This prompted Kadann to act against his usual character : he lashed out at Makati with Force lightning , advising the Grand Admiral to " Learn to rein in your subordinates , dear Admiral . " It was during his tenure with Palpatine that he learned of the Dathomiri witch known as Merili on the planet Dathomir . Kadann was responsible for bringing her before Palpatine to be trained . Though he was impressed by her powerful connection to the dark side , Merili ' s madness disturbed Kadann , so he allowed Palpatine to assign her to be the ruler of the planet Kashyyyk after training her to be an Emperor ' s Eye . Palpatine , as if in return for revealing Merili to him , involved Kadann in his experiments with the Force - sensitive Azrakel . The two attempted to break Azrakel with the full power of the dark side , although in time Palpatine became bored with the experiment and left Kadann in full control of the project . Kadann nursed Azrakel back to health and discovered that his exposure had wiped the untrained Force - sensitive ' s mind clean , the perfect blank slate onto which to create an apprentice of his own and a tool to use if he ever decided to move for control of the Galactic Empire . Kadann trained Azrakel as he himself had once been trained , in both the techniques of the Jedi and those he had developed on his own . Soon Azrakel became precisely what Kadann had hoped he would . He grew strong in both body and the Force , becoming a covert weapon which only Kadann could use . Kadann used the ordeal through which the Emperor had put the young Force - sensitive to make Azrakel hate both the Emperor and his apprentice , Darth Vader — Kadann ' s two greatest rivals . Kadann took every opportunity he could to teach Azrakel to use his hate to fuel his powers , teachings which eventually backfired when Azrakel grew to hate even his teacher and cut all ties with the Prophets as well as the Empire . This very hate later caused the death of the false Prophet Kadann . Disagreements . While serving the Emperor , Kadann continued his own private studies , still contemplating the idea of balance and seeking to bring it about . Kadann had long warned the Emperor about the potential of a young boy named Luke Skywalker and , after the destruction of the first Death Star , Kadann offered a prophecy regarding the Rebellion ' s newest warrior : " He will destroy you . " While Kadann was looking deep into the dark side prior to the Battle of Endor , he had seen myriad possibilities , the strongest of which was the return of balance to the Force and the end of the Empire . Palpatine , however , was far too arrogant and sure of his own visions to listen to the words of the dark side ' s primary prophet . Kadann decided on that day that the dark side had chosen the wrong champion , and that Palpatine would die a victim of his own ego . As the Battle of Endor drew closer , Kadann began to dissociate himself from the Emperor so as not to share his fate when the end finally arrived . " Better to serve the dark side from a distance than to be close to the explosion to come , " the Supreme Prophet decided . Self - exile . Though he was not entirely sure which path the Galaxy would take after the events played out , Kadann trusted his own visions and instincts . He gathered his loyal assistants and fled Imperial Center , deciding it was time to find a new place in the galaxy where the Prophets could safely watch the unfolding events . He led the Prophets away from their old headquarters on Dromund Kaas into hiding on the planet Bosthirda where he had his own private stronghold and waited for a sign that the time was once again right for their presence to be known . Despite his exile , Kadann still managed to learn of the false prophets , and was the only power that could stop Jedgar from leaving the planet to destroy them . Meanwhile , the Prophets established an academy to provide training for those beings the Empire had once hunted into near - extinction . Kadann wanted to offer anyone with the ability to sense and manipulate the Force an alternative to training in Luke ' s New Jedi Order and so he sent out some of his lowest - level Prophets to spread word that there was a place for any Force - sensitives with Kadann . Kadann met his eventual death at the hands of the embittered Azrakel who , acting on the advice of an unknown patron , tracked the Prophets to Bosthirda and destroyed a number of them , including Kadann , before being put down . The remaining Prophets believed they were safe with Azrakel ' s death — until Lumiya and her apprentice , Carnor Jax , too found the group ' s hidden retreat and finished what Azrakel had started . Appearance . Kadann appeared to be a Human dwarf with black hair and a beard streaked with gray who wore the traditional star - covered robes of the Prophets of the Dark Side . Although he was neat , Kadann did not overly concern himself with his appearance and always appeared to be in complete control of himself in any given situation . Appearing to be roughly 40 years of age , he was in fact much older . His exact date of birth is unknown . Personality and traits . Kadann was an enigma . At the height of his power , he was one of the most powerful Force - sensitives around , rivaled only by Luke Skywalker , Darth Vader , Yoda , and Palpatine . Unlike either Palpatine or Darth Vader , Kadann did not flaunt his power , preferring to present himself as courteous and even friendly to other Force - users . He was always calm , reserved , and thoughtful , and , although the dark side was strong within him , he did not allow it to control his actions like so many other Dark Jedi did . He could be ruthless , but preferred to have others act for him and would often manipulate events through his pawns and other Force - users . Kadann was not a villain to be fought but rather an opponent to be outmaneuvered . It was very rare for him to ever put on displays of his power , and he almost never stooped to using Force lightning the way the Emperor did . Although he could most probably destroy any who opposed him in a second , he usually simply left if violence was used against him . Nobody could guess his goals or motivations , as they seemed much more complicated than those of others such as the Emperor or Vader . In actuality , Kadann was known to profess the belief that both the light side and dark side had to be preserved . " One cannot exist without the other , " he said on several occasions . Though to all appearances Kadann was simply one of many of the Emperor ' s Dark Side Adepts , he himself professed no affiliation with the Emperor . " I serve the dark side , and right now the dark side is firmly tied with the Emperor , " he once said . Despite this , when he foresaw Palpatine ' s death , he started to distance himself from the Imperial leader . Behind the scenes . Though Kadann was created for , and thus first seen in , the " Jedi Prince " series , he was later retcon ned in the unlicensed " Polyhedron 103 " magazine . This retcon stated that the " Jedi Prince " series had in fact been a children ' s story of the actual events told by Leia Organa Solo to her children Jacen , Jaina , and Anakin , and also stated that the real Kadann was in fact much more powerful , deadly , and fear - inspiring than the Kadann heard of in these stories . However , this retcon was later ignored in " The Dark Side Sourcebook " which retconned the Kadann featured in these books to have in fact been a false prophet , who simply posed as the real Kadann . Thus , an entirely new Kadann was born who has only ever been mentioned in articles rather than being featured in any stories . This article thus incorporates the old " Polyhedron 103 " material as being from the real Kadann while not contradicting future , more canon sources .