Akar - Deshu Akar - Deshu ( often called " Desh " by his friends ) was a male Mahran who served as a Jedi Knight during the Clone Wars . A close friend to Jedi Master Quinlan Vos , Akar accompanied him on multiple missions during the war . Akar died shortly after the arrest of Vos and Count Dooku during the second battle of Christophsis , when Vos used the Force to push Akar away , causing him to inadvertently use his stinger and kill fellow Jedi Knight Kav Bayons . The loss of his stinger caused Akar ' s body to fill with venom , leading to his death . To spare Akar an agonizing death , Vos killed him before escaping with Dooku . Biography . Working with Quinlan Vos . Akar - Deshu was a Force - sensitive Mahran male who was a Jedi Knight during the Clone Wars . Desh was a close friend of the Jedi Master Quinlan Vos and the two Jedi worked together on multiple missions . Shortly after the Separatist attack on Mahranee , Desh received instructions from the Jedi High Council to fetch Vos back to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant for a new assignment . Desh tracked Vos down to Otor ' s Hub where the undercover Jedi Master was infiltrating the Koorivar merchant Sheb Valaad ' s black market operation , which specialized in selling merchandise that had been taken from murdered individuals . Desh stumbled on Vos , who was disguised as the Kiffar " Tal Khar " , in the middle of a meeting with Shed . Desh ' s arrival inadvertently exposed Vos ' cover , who was forced to end his undercover mission early . Joining forces , the two Jedi used their Force power s and lightsaber skills to knock out Sheb and his henchmen , who were promptly arrested by other Jedi reinforcements . While traveling back to the Jedi Temple , Desh briefed his friend Vos about the Separatist genocide against the Mahran species . Later , the Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi briefed Vos about the Jedi Council ' s secret plan to assassinate Count Dooku in order to bring a speedy end to the Clone Wars . Following Vos ' briefing at the Jedi Council chambers , Desh met up with Vos within the Temple ' s dining hall . He listened as Vos outlined his new assignment and expressed his unease about working with Asajj Ventress , a Nightsister and Dooku ' s former Sith apprentice . Their conversation was interrupted by Kenobi who told Desh to excuse them while he discussed the mission with Master Vos . Desh complied with Master Kenobi ' s wishes and moved to a different table . In Desh ' s absence , Vos managed to make contact with Ventress who agreed to assist with his mission but insisted that Vos had to be instructed in the ways of the dark side . Despite their preparations , Vos and Ventress were no match for Dooku ' s mastery of the dark side . Dooku captured Vos but Ventress was able to flee . After a prolonged period of torture and deprivation , Dooku managed to drive Vos to embrace the dark side fully by revealing Ventress ' complicity in his late Master Tholme ' s murder . As a result , Vos became Dooku ' s newest Sith apprentice and spurned a rescue attempt by Ventress , who subsequently informed the Jedi that Vos had joined Dooku . As Dooku ' s apprentice , Vos adopted the persona " Admiral Enigma " and helped the Separatists score several victories . In secret , Vos had joined Dooku in order to uncover Dooku ' s master Darth Sidious and destroy the Sith once and for all . Rescuing Vos . Several months later , Kenobi sent Desh to make contact with Ventress . The Mahran managed to find the Nightsister in Coruscant ' s Level 1313 and informed her that Kenobi had invited her to the Jedi Temple to discuss Vos ' rescue mission . When Ventress expressed her suspicions that Desh was leading her into a trap , Desh pleaded with her to trust him . Together with Ventress , Kenobi , and the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker , Desh entered the Council chambers . During the meeting , Desh listened as Ventress admitted she had instructed Vos in the dark side but stressed that she genuinely cared for Vos and had abandoned the Sith . While the Jedi Masters deliberated , Yoda instructed Desh , Skywalker , and Ventress to wait outside the Council chambers . After the Jedi Council received a hologram from Admiral Wullf Yularen about Dooku and Admiral Enigma ' s latest movements , Kenobi ushered Desh , Skywalker , and Ventress back into the chambers . Desh was present when the Jedi offered to pardon Ventress for her crimes if she agreed to help them rescue Vos . This rescue mission was a success and Vos was reunited with his Jedi comrades . Unknown to Desh and his colleagues , however , Vos had already embraced the dark side and was still secretly loyal to Dooku . Enemy in the Ranks . Before leaving the Jedi Temple with a clean record , Asajj Ventress warned Desh that " something was wrong " with Quinlan Vos . While Vos had managed to prove his loyalty to the Jedi Council by performing several small assignments , Desh was concerned that his close friend had been avoiding him . Desh raised his concerns about Vos with Master Kenobi before they were about to embark on a mission to raid a Separatist supply storage base . Vos had been assigned to the mission after the Council had deemed him safe . Kenobi suggested that Vos was avoiding his close friends because he had realized the damage that attachment could cause due to his recent partnership with Ventress . Desh and Anakin Skywalker waited outside while Kenobi , Vos , and the other Jedi Council members discussed the mission . For the mission , Desh and his fellow Jedi Vos , Kenobi , and Skywalker flew Eta - 2 " Actis " - class interceptors to scout the asteroid base . After shooting down several Vulture droids , Desh and his Jedi colleagues landed in the asteroid base and found it well - stocked with ample supplies of food , medicine , weapons , and ship - repair materials . Before the Jedi and their Clone trooper colleagues could salvage the supplies , Vos discovered that the asteroid base had been laced with explosives . The Jedi and Clones managed to flee before an explosion devastated much of the base ' s interior . Despite the explosion , the asteroid remained intact . Under Kenobi ' s orders , Akar led a Republic transport on a mission to load salvageable debris . Meanwhile , Vos and the other Jedi took part in a mission to destroy a Separatist listening post on Vanqor . However , Vos had secretly informed Dooku about the mission and the Separatists were able to evacuate the facility before Republic forces arrived . Due to the coincidence of these two incidents , the Jedi came to suspect that they had a traitor within their ranks , who was leaking information to Dooku . Following the Vanqor incident , Kenobi contacted Desh via hologram . After learning about the suspected leak , Desh informed the Jedi Council that his salvage team had discovered that Republic bombs had been used to blow up the asteroid base . Due to Desh ' s information , the Council came to suspect that Vos was secretly working for the Separatists . Two days later , Master Yoda ascertained that Vos had indeed fallen to the dark side during a private conversation with the Jedi Master but was unsure whether he had joined Dooku . To test Vos ' loyalties , the Jedi Council assigned Vos on a mission to kill Dooku but sent Kenobi and Skywalker to trail him . Murdered by a friend . With the help of Asajj Ventress , Quinlan Vos discovered that Dooku ' s " Providence " - class dreadnought was visiting Christophsis . Desh and a Chagrian Jedi Knight named Kav Bayons stayed aboard the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Vigilance " while Kenobi and Skywalker sneaked aboard Dooku ' s dreadnought in a Separatist shuttle . The two Jedi subsequently witnessed Vos besting Dooku in combat . However , Vos failed to kill the Sith Lord and instead demanded that he lead him to Darth Sidious . With ample evidence of Vos ' dealings with Dooku , Kenobi and Skywalker arrested the two men and brought them aboard the " Vigilance " . Desh and Bayons were aboard the bridge of the " Vigilance " with Clone Commander Cody when they received the news of Vos ' treason from Master Kenobi . Desh and Commander Cody complied with Master Kenobi ' s orders to bring several Clone troopers to the hangar to escort their prisoners to the brig . Desh felt betrayed by his friend ' s actions and asked Cody how many men they should bring to the hangar . Commander Cody joked about bringing 200 men but instead felt that 24 of his best Clone troopers would suffice . As Kenobi and Skywalker ' s shuttle landed , Desh regained his composure by using the Force to calm himself . Desh was assigned to lead Vos into custody while Bayons was tasked with guarding Dooku . Kenobi and Skywalker then departed for the bridge to inform the Jedi Council of the grim developments . As the Jedi and clones escorted their prisoner s to the ship ' s brig , Vos told Desh that he was making a mistake . Desh angrily responded that Vos had already made one and that he might have to die for it . Unable to stay calm , Desh asked Vos why he did it ; prompting Dooku to reply that Vos had his own reasons . As they moved through the ship ' s corridors , Vos abruptly stopped and turned to Desh . He offered to tell his former friend why he betrayed the Jedi and Republic . Despite the advice of a Clone trooper to ignore Vos , Desh approached Vos and asked him . Vos then proceeded to insult the Jedi Order for their unwillingness to use the dark side and derided Dash as weak and pathetic . While Desh was distracted , Vos used the Force to summon his blue lightsaber . Vos then Force - shoved Desh into the Clone troopers behind him . Vos then freed Dooku and the two Sith proceeded to fight their way through their captors . Armed with Desh ' s lightsaber , Vos charged on the Mahran . Desh tried to grab Vos with the Force but the former Jedi Master leaped over him and his Clone escorts and raced towards the hangar with Doou . Desh and Bayons attempted to give chase but Dooku used his Force powers to hurl the corpses of two fallen Clone troopers at them . Bereft of his lightsaber , Desh resolved to sacrifice his own life to kill Vos . Desh released the stinger in his right wrist and attempted to stab Vos with it . However , Vos anticipated his attack and used the Force to hurl Desh against Bayon ; killing the other Knight . Since Desh had released his stinger , the Mahran ' s body was deluged with his own venom . To spare his former friend the agony of a painful death , Vos killed him with his lightsaber . Legacy . Desh ' s murder at the hands of Quinlan Vos led his Jedi colleagues to believe that he had truly joined Dooku . In reality , his alliance with Dooku was a ruse to coerce the Separatist leader into revealing his master Darth Sidious . Vos planned to destroy the two Sith Lords once and for all . Following the Second battle of Christophsis , Vos returned to the light side with the help of Ventress , who died protecting him from Dooku . At the Jedi Council , Vos confessed to colluding with the Separatists and murdering Desh among other crimes but stressed that he had truly repented . The Council accepted Vos ' repentance as genuine and readmitted him to the Jedi Order . Personality and traits . Akar - Deshu was a loyal and committed Jedi who had a close friendship with Master Quinlan Vos . The two enjoyed sharing drinks together and reminiscing about old times . As a Mahran , Desh was saddened by the Separatist attack on his homeworld of Mahranee and their genocide against his species . He looked up to Vos and felt betrayed when he learned that Vos was secretly colluding with the Separatist leader Count Dooku . Following Vos ' betrayal , Desh was so consumed by rage towards his former friend that he was willing to kill him with his poisonous stinger and die in the process . Powers and abilities . As a Jedi Knight , Desh was skilled in both melee and lightsaber combat . As a Mahran , he was born with a stinger in his right wrist that allowed him to inject poison into another lifeform ' s body . Since this anatomical feature would lead to the death of the poisoner , Desh resolved only to use it in the most pressing of circumstances . An opportunity to use this stinger arose when he was forced to fight his former friend Quinlan Vos . Behind the scenes . Akar - Deshu was created by Christie Golden and debuted as a supporting character in Golden ' s 2015 novel " Dark Disciple " , which was based on eight unproduced screenplays from the canceled Cartoon Network TV series " " . " Dark Disciple " is part of the Canon " The Clone Wars Legacy " , an ongoing multimedia project using material from the canceled TV series . He was given a point - of - view passage in the book ' s 37th chapter .