Zym Zym was a male Kel Dor Jedi Master who served the Galactic Republic as the Grand Master of the Jedi Order during the Great Galactic War . Biography . A Force - sensitive Kel Dor , Zym was trained in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order ; attaining the rank of Jedi Master and constructing a blue - bladed lightsaber . Gaining a seat on the Jedi High Council , Zym was appointed Grand Master of the Jedi Order sometime before the Great Galactic War . When the Sith Empire first attacked the Republic , Zym led the Council in agreeing to fight on behalf of the Galactic Senate against the Sith invaders . As the war came to a shocking climax with the Empire ' s request to sign a treaty , Zym advised Supreme Chancellor Berooken to remain on Coruscant as the Republic and Jedi diplomats convened peace talks on Alderaan . While Zym was off Coruscant , the Sith Empire betrayed the Republic and the Order by attacking the capital world ; killing the Chancellor and destroying the Jedi Temple . As contact with the Senate was lost , Zym and the diplomats on Alderaan knew nothing of the atrocities suffered by the leaders of the Republic . Establishing contact with Master Dar ' Nala and Senator Paran Am - Ris on Alderaan , Zym recommended that they accept the Sith ' s term and for Jedi Knight Satele Shan to apologize to Sith Lord Darth Baras for attacking him . When Dar ' Nala objected , Zym characterized her relationship with her former Padawan as dangerous . After the treaty was signed , Zym sent Dar ' Nala and Shan to the Outer Rim Territories to oversee the withdrawal of Republic troops . Dar ' Nala believed it was just a ploy to get the two Jedi out of the way . As Zym returned to Coruscant for a meeting with Senator Paran Am - Ris , he was informed that the rebuilding of the Jedi Temple was being held off indefinitely for lack of funds . Zym reported this to a distraught Master Orgus Din , who had lost a Padawan in the destruction of the ancient edifice . He then tasked Din to find his other student , Fortris Gall who was causing problems in the Outer Rim . Orgus Din later reported a disturbing matter to Zym ; Master Dar ' Nala and Satele Shan had been attacked by a Sith warship while they were on a mission . When the Galactic Senate heard of this , many began screaming for a continuation of the war . When Republic trooper Harron Tavus asked for permission to rescue Dar ' Nala , Zym said that would be pointless ; they had intercepted an Imperial communication saying Dar ' Nala had been executed for helping a prisoner escape . Zym later received a message from someone saying he had information about the attack on the " Envoy " , and to meet them at the ruins of the Jedi Temple . When Zym got there , he found Gin Lesl , the captain of the " Envoy " , but Braden , the prisoner Dar ' Nala had helped escape , shot her for getting him wounded on Dantooine . He then told Zym that he had a message to pass on from Dar ' Nala , but Zym tried to arrest him for his shooting the captain . Braden attacked Zym , killing him , and the Grand Master ' s opportunity of finding out that Darth Baras was behind the attack on the " Envoy " was wasted . Zym ' s death caused a power vacuum in the Order that was filled by his successor Satele Shan two years later .