Jedi Academy : Leviathan Jedi Academy : Leviathan , originally titled Jedi Academy : The Leviathan of Corbos , was a four - issue series of comics published between October 1998 and January 1999 by Dark Horse Comics . The story was written by Kevin J . Anderson and the comic was illustrated by Dario Carrasco , Jr . and Mark Heike . It takes place eight years after the fall of the Galactic Empire and follows a group of four : Streen , Kyp Durron , Dorsk 82 and Kirana Ti . Publisher ' s summary . " In the eight years since the fall of the Empire , Luke Skywalker has trained a new group of Jedi Knights , among them Kirana Ti , the sky - hermit Streen , the scholar and lore - master Tionne , and Luke ' s greatest student , the brash Kyp Durron . Once trained , a Jedi must go where he is needed , to defend the New Republic and use the Force to help those in need . And on the harsh world of Corbos , help is desperately needed after mining excavations awaken something ancient , powerful . . . and hideously evil ! " Plot summary . Exposition . On the planet Corbos , the miners that live at the mining colony are working . Deciding to get one last blast in before the coming storms force them to go indoors , they find the bones of a huge creature . Not seeing anything worthwhile in the big fossil , they go back to the domes in which they live , but not before hearing a huge growl , which they presume is the storm which has just started . A few hours later on Coruscant , Senator Leia Organa Solo and New Republic Admiral Gial Ackbar are talking when they suddenly receive a desperate message from the Corbos Miners . With the New Republic Defense Force still preoccupied with the Imperial warlords , Ackbar convinced Leia to ask her brother Jedi Master Luke Skywalker to send Jedi students from the new Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 to investigate the situation on Corbos . Luke had established a Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 as part of his efforts to rebuild the Jedi Order , which had been destroyed by the late Emperor Palpatine ' s Galactic Empire during the Great Jedi Purge . A New Jedi Order . At the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 , the young Jedi Knight Kyp Durron was present for the arrival of the Academy ' s newest student — Dorsk 82 , a clone who was created to replace the deceased Dorsk 81 , as was his planet ' s custom . So striking was his similarity to Dorsk 81 that Kyp momentarily confused the two . Kyp soon took the new trainee under his wing , taking him out into the jungle to visit Dorsk 81 ' s grave . There he presented Dorsk 82 with the lightsaber of his deceased predecessor . Impressing Dorsk by fighting off a battle hydra in the jungle , the new trainee pledged to become a Jedi Knight , with Kyp declaring his support . Luke then received the message from Leia and decided that this would be an excellent opportunity for the students to put their Jedi training into practice . Luke sent Kyp Durron to investigate the situation on Corbos . Prior to leaving , Kyp asked his Master whether he could take Dorsk 82 with him . Luke consented to Kyp ' s request but ordered Kyp and Dorsk to make sure they call for help if they needed it . They then departed for Corbos . The two Jedi Knights arrived on Corbos to find a scene of desolation and destruction . The entire Corbos Mining City was completely destroyed . As they searched through the ruins , they found broken weapons and blood which meant that the miners were killed . However , Kyp is still troubled because he could still hear the miners screaming for help through the Force , causing him to think they were still alive . However upon finding more blood and remains , he surmised that they must have died . Kyp then suggested that they sleep in the ruins and search for the creature the next day . Dorsk 82 went to sleep quickly but Kyp was till tormented by the screaming and wailing he perceived in his head . Deciding that it was too dangerous for Dorsk 82 to try and tackle the creature responsible for the carnage , Kyp decided to go outside and find the creature by himself . In the Lair of the Beast . When Dorsk 82 woke up and found that Kyp had gone alone , he rushed back to their ship to use the comm system to contact the Jedi Academy for help . Meanwhile , Kyp slowly followed the screams in his mind and this trail took him up a a steep cliff . After climbing the cliff , he discovered the bones of a massive creature , the same fossils that the miners had found earlier . Realizing that the miners would not have had a chance against such a massive beast , he again sensed their screams and decided that he must continue to follow it . Back on Yavin 4 , Master Luke dispatched Kirana Ti and Streen to go and help Kyp and Dorsk 82 on Corbos , having received the latter ' s call for help . By this stage , Kyp had accepted that all the miners had perished but still sensed their screaming . After climbing another cliff , he finally encountered the monster : an ancient serpentine Sithspawn known as a Leviathan . Kyp engaged the creature in a vicious battle and inflicted numerous lightsaber wounds on it before finally using a grappling hook to climb onto its back . There , within a milky portal , the ghoulish faces of the miners spirits stared out at Kyp . Plunging his red saber down into the portal , Kyp released the spirits — and was flung off the leviathan ' s back . Losing his grip on his lightsaber , Kyp was plucked up by one of the leviathan ' s tentacles , which proceeded to force him down its maw . Meanwhile , Kirana Ti and Streen had joined up with Dorsk 82 . They began for Kyp down below in the mines . There , they discovered a whole bunch of Leviathan larvae . After slaying these Sithspawn , Dorsk 82 , Streen and Kirana Ti climbed out of the mines . Back at the cliff , Kyp was still fighting against the Leviathan . However , he was able to calm himself and used Force lightning to electrocute the monster , killing it . He then released the miners ' spirits from its dead corpse . By now the other Jedi had succeeded to climb out of the mines and found Kyp standing by the body of the monster . Dorsk 82 gave Kyp his lightsaber back , which he had picked up on the way out . Denouement . Without warning , a much larger leviathan appeared and the Jedi began to fight it . After a terrible fight , they managed to force the monster into a molten lake . Believing that it had perished in the molten lava , they stood around the crater . However , Kyp realized that he could still hear the terrible screaming in his head and his words were confirmed as the monster emerged from the lava . The Jedi continued to fight it , trying to avoid the drops of lava now falling all around them . Eventually Dorsk 82 discovered a still working power generator and convinced Kyp that they should attach the cables to the monster in order to electrocute it . After much difficulty , the Jedi accomplished this task and Dorsk 82 hit the switch . Instantly the huge monster was engulfed with electricity and was killed . This ended the last known Leviathans on Corbos and marked a small victory for Luke Skywalker ' s fledgling New Jedi Order . Behind the scenes . " Jedi Academy : Leviathan " is loosely considered a sequel to " Darksaber " , which featured Dorsk 82 ' s predecessor , Dorsk 81 . The placement of this tale has continued to move around the various chronological timelines over the years , ranging from anywhere between 11 ABY to 14 ABY .