Ish - Bel Tur Ish - Bel Tur was a male Jedi Knight who served the Jedi Order at the Almas Academy , a Jedi training institution on the planet Almas , during the final decades of the Galactic Republic . Around 20 BBY , after the activist Gerta Haman was arrested for denouncing the Thaereian military , which the Republic had tasked with defending Almas and the rest of the Cularin system , Tur was assigned to accompany a Thaereian naval vessel that was transporting Haman to the planet Coruscant . However , the ship exploded en route on the edge of Thaereian space , and Tur and Haman were killed . Tur ' s lightsaber was later seized as a trophy by the Force - sensitive wampa Ku - Kak and wielded by the Anzat Force Adept Mischa Vorfren . Biography . Service as a Jedi . Ish - Bel Tur was a Force - sensitive male individual who served the Jedi Order during the final decades of the Galactic Republic . Tur was based at the Almas Academy , a Jedi training facility on the planet Almas in the Cularin system , and he attained the rank of Jedi Knight . He also constructed for himself a green - bladed lightsaber . In about 20 BBY , during the time of the Clone Wars , the activist Gerta Haman was interviewed by the journalist Ryk Osentay for the news feature " Eye on Cularin " about a recent popular campaign in the Cularin system to denounce the Thaereian military , an armed force from the Thaereian system that the Republic had tasked with maintaining security on Cularin . However , Haman was arrested by the Thaereian military police during the broadcast after she claimed that some senior Thaereian officers had received a payment of 200 million from the InterGalactic Banking Clan , which was allied with the Republic ' s opponent in the Clone Wars , the Separatists . The Thaereians agreed to transport Haman to the planet Coruscant to meet with Lavina Wren , the senator for Cularin , to discuss Haman ' s accusations , and Tur was assigned by the Jedi to accompany Haman , both as a guardian and as a representative of the Almas Academy . En route to Coruscant , the Thaereian naval ship carrying Tur and Haman fell under attack on the edge of Thaereian space . The vessel sent out a distress signal , but it exploded three minutes later , resulting in the deaths of Tur , Haman , and the entire Thaereian crew . Following the explosion , the Thaereian Government offered a sizable reward for information on the cause of the ship ' s destruction . Shortly afterward , Ryk Osentay broadcast news of the explosion and the demise of Tur and Haman on an edition of " Eye on Cularin . " Legacy . Tur ' s lightsaber was later seized as a trophy by Ku - Kak , a Force - sensitive wampa who served as a bodyguard of the slaver Phylus Mon . The Anzat Force Adept Mischa Vorfren , another of Mon ' s minions , took the weapon as his own and learned how to fight with it . Mon and his minions later ventured to the Cularin system on a mission to break into the Sith fortress on Almas and recover the secrets of the creation of Sith battlelord s , a class of soldier developed by the Sith Lord Darth Rivan . However , Mon and his associates were defeated aboard Mon ' s vessel " Animiasma " by a group of freelance agents who operated in the system known as the " Heroes of Cularin , " and the agents recovered Ish - Bel Tur ' s lightsaber from Vorfren . Equipment . Ish - Bel Tur wielded a green - bladed lightsaber that was marked on the hilt with his own personal emblem . Behind the scenes . Ish - Bel Tur was first mentioned in " Thaere Is Not Your Friend , " a short story written by Morrie Mullins and published on Wizards . com in November 2003 as a tie - in to " Night ' s Homecoming " , a roleplaying supplement in the " Living Force " campaign . Tur received a further mention in the 2004 " Living Force " module " A Mon Alone " , also by Mullins . Neither source specifies Tur ' s species . In " A Mon Alone " , the players roleplay as the Heroes of Cularin , and it is possible for them to obtain Tur ' s lightsaber during their battle against Phylus Mon and his minions , either by looting it or by being given it willingly by Mischa Vorfren in return for ionizing a small explosive that Mon had placed in the Force Adept ' s heart in order to be able to control him . If any of the player - characters are Jedi , then they have the option to petition the Jedi Master s Lanius Qel - Bertuk and Devan For ' deschel for permission to keep the weapon as a tribute to Tur , or otherwise it must be returned to the Almas Academy for use in training Jedi Padawan s . Though it did not mention Ish - Bel Tur , the 2008 compendium " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " introduced a minor contradiction regarding Tur ' s final moments . Whereas " Thaere Is Not Your Friend " states that the Thaereian vessel that was carrying Tur and Gerta Haman at the time of their deaths was traveling to Coruscant , Shaman ' s entry in the encyclopedia states the ship was en route to the planet Thaere Privo when it was destroyed .