Hylon Hylon was an Ovoni male Jedi Master who lived during the final years of the Galactic Republic . In 19 BBY , Hylon and his Jedi Padawan , Dendro , survived the initial stages of the Great Jedi Purge , which was by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine . A few months after Palpatine declared himself Emperor of the Galactic Empire , Hylon and Dendro allied themselves with the Ovoni natives of the planet Otavon XII . After a strike force of Ovoni was defeated while attacking Tremor Base — an Imperial station that constructed All Terrain Armored Transports — the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader killed Dendro and tracked down Hylon , who was on Mount Dijandi waiting for the Dark Lord . The Jedi Master confronted Vader in a duel , in which Vader disabled Hylon ' s lightsaber . The Jedi revealed a hidden sword in his staff and attacked the Dark Lord . However , Vader killed Hylon with Dendro ' s lightsaber . Biography . Hylon , an Ovoni male , served the Jedi Order as a Master during the Clone Wars . During this time , he took the Human Dendro as his Padawan . In 19 BBY , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine Order 66 , mandating most clone troopers to murder their Jedi Generals . Shortly after , Palpatine declared himself Emperor of the new Galactic Empire . Hylon and Dendro survived the initial stages of the Great Jedi Purge and allied themselves with the Ovoni natives on the planet Otavon XII . A few months after Order 66 was issued , the Ovoni staged an assault on the local Imperial station , Tremor Base , which constructed All Terrain Armored Transports . The assault team was defeated , however , by the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader and Imperial forces under his command . Vader tracked down and killed Dendro and a group of Ovoni , who were on their way to meet Hylon on nearby Mount Dijandi . Hylon was meditating on the mountain when Vader arrived on a sugati — a native creature of Otavon XII — to confront the Jedi Master . Hylon informed Vader that he had known that the Sith would use a mind trick on the sugati in order to reach the top of Mount Dijandi to confront Hylon . When Vader inquired as to where Hylon ' s starship was , the Jedi replied that there had never been a ship , and suggested that Vader be more concerned that the sugati was leaving . He then attacked Vader with his lightsaber while he was distracted . Hylon blocked Vader ' s counterattack and managed to injure the Dark Lord with his staff , which he held with his left hand . After Vader destroyed Hylon ' s lightsaber , the Jedi complimented Vader ' s precision and unsheathed a sword from his staff . Hylon attacked Vader and managed to disarm the Dark Lord . However , Vader wounded Hylon by stabbing the Jedi Master through his stomach with Dendro ' s lightsaber — which he had taken from Hylon ' s Padawan when he slew him . Vader demanded Hylon tell him what his name was before the Dark Lord ended his life . The Jedi answered , stating that his name meant " trickster " in the Ovoni language . Vader further asked Hylon why he had come to the mountain without any hope of escape , and the Jedi replied that Vader would know when he went back to the Imperial base . The Dark Lord then used Dendro ' s lightsaber to kill Hylon , unaware that the Jedi Master had sacrificed himself by distracting Vader in order to ensure that the sugati would be able to destroy Tremor Base . When Vader returned to the Imperial base , he found that the sugati had razed the station . Personality and traits . The Ovoni male Hylon once served the Jedi Order as a Master . After Palpatine issued Order 66 , Hylon and his Padawan , Dendro , allied with the Ovoni on Otavon XII and aided the natives in their efforts against the Imperials stationed on the world . When Darth Vader destroyed his lightsaber , Hylon made it a point to compliment Vader for what he felt was precision . Before Vader killed him on Mount Dijandi , he revealed that his name meant " trickster " in the Ovoni language . He sacrificed himself by confronting Vader , ensuring that the Dark Lord was distracted so that the sugati could successfully destroy Tremor Base . Hylon wore a brown set of Jedi robes . He carried a lightsaber , which contained a green crystal , and possessed a staff that also hid a sword . Powers and abilities . Hylon , along with his Padawan , Dendro , managed to survive the initial stages of the Great Jedi Purge . He was capable of using both his lightsaber and staff during combat , although his skills were not enough to defeat Vader . When Vader destroyed Hylon ' s lightsaber , the Jedi used his hidden sword against Vader and managed to disarm him , but he was ultimately slain by the Dark Lord . Behind the scenes . Hylon first appeared in the standalone 2010 comic " " , written by W . Haden Blackman and penciled by Chris Scalf . The comic details the events of Hylon ' s death at Darth Vader ' s hands during the Great Jedi Purge .