Vindican Vindican was a male Pureblood Sith lord who served the Sith Empire in the early days of the Great Galactic War . Having been trained in the dark side of the Force by the conservative Darth Ikoral , Vindican advanced to the rank of Sith Master and took an apprentice of his own — the young Human Malgus . In 3681 BBY , Vindican and Malgus joined an armada of Imperial battlecruisers to retake the planet Korriban from the Galactic Republic and the Jedi . After they engaged the small Republic force over Korriban , the Sith Master and Malgus boarded a shuttle , docked with the Republic ' s space station orbiting Korriban , and attacked two Jedi defenders — a Zabrak Master and his Human apprentice . The Jedi Master incapacitated his Sith counterpart , but Malgus soon killed the Zabrak Jedi before he murdered his injured master . Biography . Vindican was a male Sith Pureblood who lived during the era of the Sith Empire ' s return to the galaxy . Vindican was trained in the dark side of the Force by his Sith Master , the legendary Sith hero , Darth Ikoral , and was widely believed to be the Lord ' s greatest student . Around 3712 BBY , Ikoral , a firm believer in the superiority of the Sith species , led an expedition into the Unknown Regions to find any surviving colonies of Purebloods . Now master - less , Vindican advanced to the level of Sith Lord and took an apprentice of his own — the young and talented Human Malgus . The two served the Sith Empire during the early years of the Great Galactic War , and in 3681 BBY , the Sith Master and his apprentice joined the Empire ' s campaign to retake the planet Korriban , which had been under Republic and Jedi control . An armada of thirty Imperial battlecruisers , including Vindican and Malgus , jumped to Korriban space and engaged the small Republic force stationed there . Vindican and Malgus detached from the Imperial fleet and boarded a shuttle to dock with the Republic ' s space station orbiting Korriban . After they landed in a hangar on the station , the Sith Master , flanked by Malgus , spotted two Jedi — a Zabrak Jedi Master , Kao Cen Darach , and his Human Padawan , Satele Shan — and confronted them . With his double - bladed lightsaber , Vindican attacked his Jedi counterpart , while Malgus fought Shan . The Sith Master advanced against Darach , whom he engaged in a swift flurry of swordplay before he unleashed a volley of Force lightning at Shan . After he was Force - pushed across the hangar by the Jedi Master , Vindican blasted lightning at an escaping smuggler ' s freighter — the vessel in which the Jedi intended to escape the station . Shan boarded the departing freighter and left her master behind to fight Vindican and Malgus alone . The Sith Master engaged Darach once again , in an attack coordinated with the flanking Malgus . When the Sith Master unleashed lightning at the Zabrak , Darach deflected it with his and Shan ' s lightsaber toward Malgus . Darach ' s two lightsabers also struck the right side of Sith Master ' s head , which lifted his helmet off his face and left a scar over his right eye . Vindican was incapacitated when Darach activated one of the ends of Shan ' s double - bladed weapon through the Sith ' s abdomen . The Sith Master ' s fallen double - bladed weapon was taken by Malgus , who engaged and killed Darach with it . After Malgus returned to Vindican , he exchanged words with him , before executing him . Personality and traits . The aggressive Vindican had red skin and yellow eyes . He wore black - colored robes and a mask that covered his face . When the Pureblood Sith did not stop Darach ' s apprentice from leaving the station , his apprentice , Malgus , regarded him as a failure ; however , Vindican believed that it was only the beginning of the Sith ' s reemergence . Before the Sith Master was killed , he was welcomed home by Malgus , since Korriban was the ancient homeworld of the Sith . Powers and abilities . Vindican was a Sith Master , Lord , and Inquisitor . He was skilled in the art of lightsaber combat and used a double - bladed weapon during his fight with Darach in the Republic ' s Korriban space station . With his lightsaber , Vindican was also able to deflect a missile that was launched from a trooper ' s missile launcher . However , during their fight , the Sith Master failed to see Darach ' s deactivated blade end which was pointed at his midsection . When the Jedi activated it , the lightsaber ' s blade stabbed Vindican . Behind the scenes . Vindican first appeared as an unidentified Pureblood Sith in " Return " , a cinematic trailer for the video game " " that was released on June 6 , 2011 . A few months after the trailer ' s release , Vindican received his name in an article that was published in " The Old Republic " official website on August 12 , 2011 .