KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr , also known as Hoar , was a Tusken Raider from Tatooine , and a Teräs Käsi artist practicing during the Rebellion era . Biography . Early life . A male Tusken Raider , KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr was born on the suns - scorched planet of Tatooine , in the last years of the Galactic Republic . He was keenly attuned to the Force , a mystical energy field that bound the galaxy together and gave special powers to those who knew how to wield it . He belonged to the Rrhr hunting band , one of the many Tusken clans that dwelled in Tatooine ' s sweeping expanses of wilderness . In 22 BBY , the Rrhr clan captured a Human named Shmi Skywalker Lars . Soon thereafter , the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker came to rescue his captive mother and , upon seeing her dying in his arms , ended up slaughtering the whole village in a fit of rage . Hoar was the sole survivor of the carnage , because he had been away bonding with his bantha at the time . Following that traumatic event , KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr was adopted into a clan led by A ' Sharad Hett , a Human - born Tusken leader . One day , the young orphan KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr snuck into a mysterious dwelling located in the Dune Sea . Rumor had it that hovel was the home of a powerful wizard , and KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr intended to steal one of his magic al devices . The Tusken then discovered a strange weapon that was , unbeknownst to him , the lightsaber once carried by Anakin Skywalker . Upon touching the weapon , KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr had a vision of a Human youngling covering his face with a frightening black mask and motioning to strike the Tusken down . He awoke when the " wizard " — actually the Jedi Master in hiding Obi - Wan Kenobi — returned home , and he vacated the premises without ado . After he narrated how he had " boldly battled past the wizard " in his flight , Hoar was told by his companions Bordo and Sliven that the Human in his vision must have been the " Demon Outlander " who had massacred the Rrhr clan years ago . Shortly afterwards , clan leader A ' Sharad Hett discovered the Force - sensitivity of KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr . Hett had once been a Jedi himself , and he decided to train Hoar as his successor . The young Tusken was taught how to channel his aggression through the Teräs Käsi martial art , and was also taught the rudiments of Galactic Basic Standard . KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr was also given a special , bisected gaderffii stick , and was trained in dual - weapon fighting . As KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr grew stronger , he became the idol of the younger Raiders . Maw and the Grave Tuskens . Around 17 BBY , KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr took part in a raid on the boundaries of the Lars homestead , where his family had once captured Shmi Skywalker . Obi - Wan Kenobi , who protected that place , confronted A ' Sharad Hett , with his whole army watching . The chieftain was defeated in a lightsaber duel , and , during the fight , Kenobi unmasked Hett , while the exposing of one ' s naked flesh was considered a disgrace in the Tusken culture . Because of that , Hett instantly fell out of favor with his tribesmen . KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr , however , still admired his master , and he decided to leave Tatooine in search of his master , dragging along many admiring Raiders . With his men , he long searched the Outer Rim Territories for Hett , but to no avail . In the end of the day , KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr and his brothers in arm had become discouraged vagrants . While searching Dromund Kaas , KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr met Maw , a former Jedi Shadow who had turned to the dark side of the Force . Maw transported KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr and his nomads to Tython , birthplace of the Jedi Order , where they were reorganized into the " Grave Tuskens , " whose role was to pillage ancient Jedi graves for precious artifacts . In honor of A ' Sharad Hett , KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr and his riders wore special masks that left their bare faces exposed . Soon thereafter , the Grave Tusken ' s thievery soon attracted the interest of Arden Lyn , an incredibly ancient Human cyborg who served as one of the Emperor ' s Hand s . Hoar ' s revenge . After Lyn interfered with one of the Grave Tuskens ' pillages , KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr dueled with the Emperor ' s Hand . Her abilities in Teräs Käsi , however , overpowered that of KkH ' Oar ' Rrhr ' s formable fighting abilities . Despite being defeated , he was later recruited into Lyn ' s school of Teräs Käsi after he surprised the latter with his knowledge on her martial art , and was promised to make him more powerful than he imagined . Seeing the opportunity to get stronger , he left the Grave Tuskens behind and trained under her . Armed with the traditional Tusken weapon , the gaderffii , Hoar became a student of Arden Lyn . With her guidance , he honed his fighting skills and mastery of Teräs Käsi . In hand - to - hand combat , Hoar wore the traditional Tusken battle mask that included long , metal pieces protruding from both sides of the jaw to protect the throat from direct attack . He eventually channeled his own Force abilities into Teräs Käsi , becoming a destructive whirlwind . Lyn later exposed a hologram of Luke Skywalker , one of the members of the Rebel Alliance . Because of Skywalker ' s striking resemblance to the reputed " Demon Outlander " who wiped out his clan , as well his carrying the lightsaber he saw in the wizard ' s hut , he was determined to track down and avenge his clan by striking him down . However , Kenobi ' s Force ghost protected Skywalker at all times , leaving much frustration to the Tusken . He later retooled each half of Hett ' s gaffi Stick into a functional lightsaber , using instructions he had stolen from the Tython Tombs in one of his earlier raids . He eventually had a crisis of conscience when he and Lyn encountered Darth Vader , whom the Tusken noted bore a large resemblance to the masked man he had experienced in his vision . He then wondered whether there were two Demon Outlanders , whether Vader and Skywalker were one and the same , or even if he was going insane from the childhood trauma . The conclusion he reached was unknown , although he eventually encountered Skywalker and dueled him . After besting Skywalker in combat , despite Lyn ' s orders to kill him , he spared him due to experiencing another vision . He then fled , although not before confronting Lyn in mortal combat . He was rumored to have attempted to hunt down Vader and Hett , which eventually took him as far as the Outer Rim planet of Shumari . Vader , who was weary after having dueled Tao , his former apprentice , was taken by surprise , as the Tusken Raider leapt at him and knocked him to the ground . As Vader lay defeated on the ground , the Tusken prepared to deal the deathblow and defeat the Sith Lord once and for all ; the only thing that saved Vader ' s life was his dying apprentice Tao , who saved Vader and told him not to let the Emperor control him , sensing some good within his master . Behind the scenes . Hoar first appeared as a playable character in the fighting game " " . No new information was available on him until his backstory was fleshed out in the second part of the " Star Wars " blog article , which tied him into various pre - existing Expanded Universe elements and also revealed that he was the sole survivor of Anakin Skywalker ' s raid on the village in . According to Abel G . Peña , one of the authors of the blog , Hoar was his favorite character in " Masters of Teras Kasi " after playing the game for continuous hours . The ending of his section heavily implies him to be the Tusken Raider in the " Perfect Evil " manga ' s climax that fought and grievously wounded Vader on Shumari before being struck down himself . However , stories from " Star Wars Manga " have published in English in the United Kingdom under Infinities label , which established the material in them as non - canon ical . Author Daniel Wallace also stated definitively in the article " We Need to Talk About Jar Jar " , written for " Star Wars Insider 131 " in February 2012 , that the stories included in the " " comic trade paperback are non - canon . The planet Shumari has been referenced in " The Essential Atlas " , which included the Shumari system in its appendix , however , according to Jason Fry , " its inclusion shouldn ' t be taken as a statement of canonicity for anything except the geography . " It can be therefore inferred that while Hoar ' s encounter with Vader on Shumari has been canonized , the rest of the story , including involvement of Tao and Hoar ' s demise , has not . As such the confrontation between Hoar and Vader in the manga becomes a non - canonical depiction of a canonical event , much as Anakin ' s massacre of the Tusken tribe . Abel G . Peña explained that his making Hoar the Tusken Raider who ambushed Vader in the manga was derived from a combination from his own elation of having Hoar defeat Vader in " Masters of Teras Kasi " — who acted as the final boss of the game — as well as wanting to fix an apparent non - sequitur regarding the Tusken Raider ' s abrupt appearance in the climax of what was otherwise in his belief a compelling story .