Vhiin Thorla Vhiin Thorla was a Twi ' lek male who served as a Jedi Master in the decades prior to the Clone Wars . His Twi ' lek given name was Vhiin ' Thorla . A compassionate and talented Jedi , he served as a general instructor at the Almas Academy and was known to have been quite adept with a lightsaber . Approximately a year before the First Battle of Geonosis Vhiin was sent by the Almas Council to investigate a pirate incursion into the Mid Rim . Although successful , the mission saw the unfortunate death of his first Padawan , Kritz Drassarb . Feeling severe grief and guilt over this incident , he went into a self - imposed exile on his homeworld of Ryloth . During his exile Vhiin began experiencing a series of profound Force Visions revolving around the enslavement and exploitation of his fellow Twi ' leks . Following these visions , he traveled to the Bright Lands and proceeded to construct The Enclave as a refuge to help former Twi ' lek slaves . During his administration of The Enclave , Vhiin decided to take on another Padawan when he discovered Dorv ' Tilsta , a Force Sensitive Twi ' lek boy . During Vhiin ' s absence , trouble had come to the Almas Academy and the Council decided to recall him . To accomplish this , they sent the heroes of Cularin to Ryloth , who eventually managed to locate the exiled master . Following the heroes arrival at The Enclave , a Slaver gang attacked in an attempt to capture several former slaves that were " liberated " from them . With the help of the Almas Jedi , Vhiin repelled the slavers attack which only managed to further his resolve in attending to The Enclave . Biography . The Almas Academy . Little is known about the positions held by Vhiin Thorla during his time at the Almas Academy . What is known is that he was contemporaries with other Almas Masters such as : Lanius Qel - Bertuk ( Headmaster ) ; Kirlocca ( Weaponsmaster ) ; Jurahi ( Master of Visions ) ; Ti - Amun Tiro ( Master of Philosophy ) ; Devan For ' deschel ( General Instructor and later Mistress of Lightsabers ) ; Darrus Jeht ( General Instructor ) . It is was also known that Master Thorla was a celebrated duelist with the lightsaber who could even rival the Wookiee Master Kirlocca in skill . While at the Academy , Thorla began training a Padawan learner . Just over a year before the First Battle of Geonosis the Jedi High Council on Coruscant received disturbing reports that there was an increasing amount of pirate activity along the Mid Rim . Consequently , the Mid Rim Senate representatives demanded that Jedi do something to protect the shipping lanes from pirate attacks . The Jedi High Council met and deliberated on who to send to deal with the threat . During the deliberations , several Council members noted the proximity of the Almas Academy to the Mid Rim . With this in mind , the Jedi High Council requested that the Academy dispatch a team to investigate the claims . The Almas Council decided that Master Thorla would be sent , along with his Padawan , to look into the pirate allegations . Master Thorla accepted the assignment with quiet resolve and began to make preparations for himself and his Padawan to depart for the Mid Rim . Tragedy in the Mid Rim . Master Thorla and his Padawan quickly arrived in the Mid Rim and established a base of operations from which to work from . With the help of locals who were sympathetic to the Jedi Order , Thorla was able to build a network of contacts and resources to help with the investigation . When it was determined that there was indeed a severe pirate incursion underway that was preying on the Mid Rim shipping lanes , Thorla used his contact network to ascertain the whereabouts of the hidden pirate base . Upon discovery of the secret installation , Thorla devised a clandestine plan to infiltrate the pirate base and destroy it from the top down . After careful planning , Thorla and his Padawan managed to infiltrate the pirate base and set their plan into action . Even though the plan succeeded in toppling the pirate leaders , tragedy struck during their withdrawal when Thorla ' s Padawan was killed . A dying pirate caused an explosion that took his life . In only a relatively short manner of time , Master Thorla was able to do the Councils bidding by defeating the pirate incursion and erasing their threat from the Mid Rim . This victory , however , came with a cost that was too much for Thorla to accept . Declining the offers of others to recover the body , Master Thorla took it upon his grief - ridden shoulders and went back to the destroyed pirate base to recover his Padawan ' s lifeless body . With the body wrapped and gently laid in his ship , Thorla began the long journey back to Almas . Return to the Almas Academy . Upon his return to the Almas Academy , Headmaster Lanius Qel - Bertuk requested a private meeting with Master Thorla . Thorla asked Master Qel - Bertuk if he would meditate with him on what had transgressed , and after a time , Qel - Bertuk left to gather the Almas Council . Master Thorla was called before the Council of Almas to give an account of his mission and he steadfastly recounted every detail , from their arrival in the Mid Rim , to their collection of information , and to the events that culminated in the death of Thorla ' s Padawan . Upon completion of the retelling of events , Thorla quietly waited for the other Masters to speak . After several anxious seconds , Master Qel - Bertuk leaned forward in his chair and communicated in a wise voice that the death of the Padawan was not Thorla ' s fault . Thorla continued as if he had not heard the headmaster . Thorla advised the Council that he believed the only reason his Padawan was dead was that he neglected to pay attention to the Unifying Force , and if he had , then he would have anticipated the pirates intent to cause the explosion . Thorla expressed to the Council that he would accept the punishment they gave him for the negligent death of his Padawan . It was at this time that Thorla felt the compassion , but also the " confusion " , that radiated from the other Masters . Master Qel - Bertuk repeated to Thorla , in a quiet but stern voice , that the death of his Padawan was " not " his fault and that he should remember to " not " feel sadness for his fallen Padawan but instead he should feel a sense of joy for his Padawan who was now one with the Force . Thorla , however , could not stop from feeling grief over what he insisted was his mistake , and he announced to those gathered his plans to go into exile on his homeworld of Ryloth . His intent was that he believed he could commune with the Force and perhaps find his way again . The Council was quiet as Master Thorla left the Council ' s chambers . Later that same day , under the star filled night sky of Almas , the Padawans , Jedi Knights , and Jedi Masters of the Almas Academy gathered around the somber funeral pyre of Thorla ' s fallen Padawan . Amidst this background Jedi Master Vhiin Thorla silently gathered his few belongings , and , with a heavy heart , departed the Academy for his self - imposed exile on Ryloth . Exile on Ryloth . Vhiin Thorla arrived on Ryloth and made his way to the Bright Lands where he became a traveling wanderer living off the land . It was during this time that he began to have Force Visions that were becoming increasingly intense . In these visions he witnessed the enslavement and murder of his fellow Twi ' leks by Slavers . It was not until these visions became too intense to bear , that Thorla realized the Force was showing him why he had been led to Ryloth : to establish a settlement to help protect the freedom of other Twi ' leks . Feeling the beginnings of something special , Thorla set out to fulfill his vision . The Enclave . Vhiin Thorla traveled back to the Bright Lands to a series of natural caves that he had previously discovered . This location was roughly a two day walk into the Bright Lands from the town of Bashka and it was here that Thorla determined to establish The Enclave . To protect the entrance of The Enclave from outsiders Thorla built a solid stone wall around it . During his building of The Enclave , Thorla began spreading the word that there would soon be a secure refuge for any slave who managed to escape or free themselves . The Enclave , Thorla promised , would provide refugees with all the basic necessities as well as the necessary security required for protection from slavers . By the time of its completion , several adult Twi ' leks and a number of Twi ' lek children had already come to refer to it as home . At the height of The Enclave ' s existence , the population had reached three dozen individuals . An unexpected addition to The Enclave was Vhiin Thorla ' s own sister , Jacynith , who worked in Bashka at the local cantina . The Enclave was progressing rapidly through Vhiin Thorla ' s leadership and it was during this time that he discovered the Force Sensitive adolescent Dorv ' Tilsta , called Dorv for short . Master Thorla felt that the Force had led him to find Dorv and therefore decided that he would take him on as his Padawan learner . Dorv took Master Thorla ' s decision to take him on very seriously and looked forward to the day when he would make his Master proud by being knighted into the Jedi Order . Trouble on Almas . It appeared that things were falling into place for Vhiin Thorla regarding The Enclave and his new Padawan , and for the first time since the tragedy in the Mid Rim , Thorla felt like he was at peace with the Force . Nevertheless , Master Thorla ' s contemporaries back on the Almas Council had a different plan for Thorla . Around this time the Academy ' s Weaponmaster , Master Kirlocca , was killed and the Almas Council suddenly found themselves lacking a key senior council position . At a closed session meeting of the Council , Master For ' deschel reminded the Council of Master Vhiin Thorla and his unquestionable ability with a lightsaber . She also reminded the council that , disregarding his self - imposed exiled , Master Thorla was still a part of the Almas Academy and therefore should be recalled as the Academy ' s new Weaponsmaster . The other Masters concurred and at the request of Master For ' deschel , the heroes of Cularin , a group of freelance agents , were dispatched from the Almas Academy to locate Master Vhiin Thorla . Attack on The Enclave . Upon arriving on Ryloth the agents from Almas could feel Master Thorla through the Force . However , his Force presence was too weak and they initially had some trouble locating The Enclave . It was not until they began following reports of a wandering Twi ' lek that they ended up at Bashka , where it was said the wanderer could occasionally be seen at the local cantina , The Fungus Pit . Then again , heroes were told , that wanderer had not been seen in town for more than a few months . The agents quickly found The Fungus Pit and made contact with the cantina owner who , after much deliberation , refused to help them . Jacynith , however , overheard the conversation and approached the heroes . She advised them that she was a very close companion of Master Vhiin Thorla and if what they were saying about the Almas Academy was true , then she would agree to take them to Master Thorla . The agents assured her that they were indeed sent from the Almas Academy to make contact with Master Thorla and would greatly appreciate any help she could provide . Jacynith could sense the truth in what the agents were saying and agreed to meet with them later that day . Unbeknownst to Jacynith and the agents , someone else was also listening to their entire exchange . Slavers had come to The Fungus Pit hoping to catch the trail of some slaves who had been liberated from their services . The Slavers managed to place a tracking device on the cloak of Jacynith , and when she rendezvoused with the agents , the Slavers were not far behind . Jacynith led the agents to The Enclave and proceeded to introduce them to Master Thorla . Thorla let it be known that he was very displeased with his sister for bringing outsiders to The Enclave . Even so , Thorla greeted the heroes and agreed to hear their message from the Almas Council . During their conversation , however , the Slavers that had tracked Jacynith launched an attack on The Enclave . Outraged that The Enclave ' s secret location had been compromised , Master Thorla enlisted the help of the agents to stop the Slavers . Thorla and the agents joined The Enclave ' s small militia in the defense of their home , and managed to completely destroy the Slavers attack . When the Duros Slavelord in charge saw his attack utterly fail , he tried to escape . Master Thorla , however , had a different plan and he stopped the Slavelord just outside the hidden entrance . Thorla engaged the Slavelord in combat and slew the Duros to ensure the promise of security that he had made to each resident of The Enclave . The Slaver attack hardened Master Thorla ' s resolve , and strengthened his conviction that the Force had brought him to Ryloth for a reason . Thorla told the agents that he would not be returning to the Academy with them , instead he would be staying on Ryloth to watch over The Enclave residents who needed him far more than Almas Council did . During the Great Jedi Purge , Thorla was tracked down by the Inquisitor , Valin Draco . The Inquisitor was able to turn his apprentice , Dorv , against him , forcing Thorla to strike down the younger Twi ' lek . Devastated by the loss , Thorla was submitted to torture by Draco , to reveal what he knew about other Jedi who had escaped the purge . He was eventually freed by a group who had been pursuing Draco . Powers and abilities . Lightsaber Combat . Master Thorla was one of the most skilled duelists of the Almas Academy a status that eventually earned him invitation to be the new Master of Lightsabers at the academy . Versed in all seven Forms , Master Thorla was a known master of both Juyo and Soresu . Force Powers . Although his Forte was dueling , Master Thorla also had the rare ability to sever a being from the force with a wall of light - side energy .