Sharad Hett Sharad Hett was a powerful male Human Jedi Knight who lived during the decades of relative peace prior to the Invasion of Naboo . A heroic and legendary figure in the pre - Clone Wars Galactic Republic , Hett was well known throughout the ranks of Jedi Order . He eventually grew weary of his fame and , after a disaster that destroyed his homeworld and killed his family , exiled himself to Tatooine , where he became the warlord of a tribe of Tusken Raiders . He sired a son , A ' Sharad Hett , in this period , and continued to lead the Tuskens until the Jedi sent a representative to retrieve him — Ki - Adi - Mundi . During a war between the Tuskens and the Hutts of Tatooine , Aurra Sing killed Sharad Hett . Honoring the Jedi ' s final wish , Ki - Adi - Mundi took A ' Sharad back to Coruscant as his Padawan . Many decades after Sharad ' s death , A ' Sharad would fall to the dark side and become the infamous Darth Krayt , ruler of the One Sith . Biography . Hero . Like most members of the Jedi Order during the era , the Force - sensitive Sharad Hett was given over to the Jedi by his parents while he was still an infant . Born on a world in the Outer Rim , its name lost to history , Hett ' s parents willingly allowed their child to be taken for training , proud to be among those honored families who spawned a Jedi Knight . Inducted into the academy at the Coruscant Jedi Temple , Sharad Hett was eventually chosen as the Padawan of Jedi Master Eeth Koth . Master Koth formed an intense bond with the dedicated and fearless young Hett , allowing him to keep in touch with his family and visit his homeworld ; though his apprenticeship made it a rare treat . After years of training with Koth and constructing his own lightsaber , Hett was elevated to the rank of Jedi Knight . Quickly building a legacy that surpassed even his Master ' s renown , Hett acquired many names while he served as a Guardian , including " Howlrunner " , the " Champion of Krmar " , the " Nemesis of Pirates " , the " Defender of Kamparus " , the " Hound of Worlds " , the " Tamer of Tyrants " and the " Nemesis of the Kimm " . At some point , Hett had become associated with Qui - Gon Jinn , whom he held in high esteem and dubbed as an " old rascal . " Despite his fame and prestige within the ranks of the Order , Hett grew weary , recognizing that the acclaim of his peers ran counter to the humility taught by the Jedi Code , and desired nothing else but to be with his family , whom he had all but lost contact with over the years . After completing another dangerous mission and arriving back at the Temple , Hett turned his back on the cheering crowds of his peers and sought out Master Koth . In a corridor of the Temple , Hett confessed his desire to leave the Order to the Zabrak . With a tearful goodbye , Master Koth accepted Hett ' s resignation and the Human departed from the Temple for the last time in 47 BBY . In a tragic twist of events , the long - awaited reunion between Hett and his family would never occur . When Hett arrived on his homeworld , he returned to death and ruin . An alliance of offworld rivals had attacked his homeworld in the time he had been gone . Every major city on the planet was razed . Millions were killed — including every member of Sharad ' s family . Exile . Grief - stricken , Hett left the Republic forever , voluntarily exiling himself . He crash - landed on the world of Tatooine , where he eventually integrated himself with the local Tusken culture . He became a feared warlord of the Sand people , and taught them new ways of fighting . Further , Hett took a wife : K ' Sheek , a Human woman who had been kidnapped and adopted into Tusken culture while still young . Together they had a son , A ' Sharad , who Hett began to train in the ways of the Jedi . Over a decade had passed since the beginning of Hett ' s exile when Jabba the Hutt began to incite war between the Humans and Tuskens of Tatooine as a way to sell off his stock of antiquated blasters . Sharad Hett , seeing no other option , led the Tusken tribes in the war . He was able to prevent the worst of the atrocities from occurring , and minimized civilian casualties . Nevertheless , he became a feared figure amongst the non - Tuskens of Tatooine and footage of what appeared to be a lightsaber - wielding Tusken reached the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , where Hett ' s former colleagues were amazed to see that he still lived . The Jedi High Council sent Master Ki - Adi - Mundi to bring back Hett - reasoning that Mundi was the only Jedi skilled enough to defeat the rogue Jedi in a duel who would not be tainted by memories of any past friendships . Mundi found both Hett as well as young A ' Sharad , who rescued the Cerean from a krayt dragon . Hett had hoping that when the Council sent an emissary to find him , it would be Qui - Gon Jinn ; he felt some anguish upon hearing of his murder . But despite giving Hett the surprising news of the reborn Sith threat , Mundi still could not convince his fellow Jedi to return to Coruscant . Hett believed his place was on Tatooine , with the Tuskens . Eventually , due to intelligence gathered by the bounty hunter Aurra Sing , both Gardulla the Elder and Jabba launched a surprise assault on the main Tusken camp . As promised , Hett led his people into battle , but was confronted by Aurra Sing . The Tusken easily blocked the bounty hunter ' s attacks but a quick Dun Möch distraction gave Sing the opportunity she needed to plunge her lightsaber into his chest . Before dying , Hett made Ki - Adi - Mundi promise to accept his son , A ' Sharad , into the Jedi Order , and to train him as his own Padawan ; Ki - Adi - Mundi agreed . Hett ' s last words were to note that , while he had not known his own parents , he was honored to have known his son . Powers and abilities . It was believed that Sharad Hett would have advanced to the level of Jedi Master if he had not imposed exile on himself . He was highly skilled at lightsaber combat and was able to easily fend off Aurra Sing . In fact Sing only managed to defeat him by using the Dun Möch technique . He was also skilled with the Force . In addition , Hett was an expert in harsh environmental survival tactics and this helped him when he lived with the Tusken Raiders . He successfully adapted to Tusken wildlife and the harsh desert . Hett ' s lightsaber . Sharad Hett used a lightsaber during his career as a Jedi Knight , which r at his si2de even in self - imposed exile on Tatooine . Although the color of the blade could have varied during his time as a Jedi , the blade was crimson red in color during Sharad ' s time as a warlord . When a report reached the Jedi Temple in 32 BBY of a Tusken Raider wielding the lightsaber while leading a massive Tusken war band , the saber correlated to a historical holorecording of Sharad Hett . Due to Hett ' s fame , it was instantly recognizable to many Jedi including Grand Master Yoda and Eeth Koth , who trained him . It was this clue that led the Jedi to identify the Sand Person seen wielding it as Hett himself . Before becoming one with the Force , Sharad Hett gave his lightsaber to his son , A ' Sharad Hett , who would in turn wield it throughout the Clone Wars . However , decades later , A ' Sharad Hett pledged himself to the Sith and became Darth Krayt , named after the krayt dragon on Tatooine . It is not known if the weapon was still in his possession at that time .