Duel at The Home The Duel at The Home was a lightsaber duel that took place in the year 40 ABY between Jedi Knights Jacen Solo , and Nelani Dinn , orchestrated by the Dark Lady of the Sith Lumiya . The duel took place in The Home ; an asteroid - mansion that was once the domain of Darth Vectivus , an ancient Dark Lord of the Sith . It was here that Lumiya convinced Jacen to become a Sith , in order to save the galaxy from the anarchy Jacen felt was all too common . The duel was the culmination of a series of events that began with an investigation into the origin of a set of strange tassels that were Force - imbued with unintelligible meanings , found by Jaina Solo on the recently attacked Toryaz space station . The search , led by her brother Jacen and his informal pupil Ben Skywalker , led them to the planet Lorrd , renowned throughout the galaxy as a center of high academia . Upon going planetside , they linked up with female Jedi Nelani Dinn , who directed them to a specialist in language decryption . Dinn , a female Jedi Knight whom Jacen met around 33 ABY and trained in lightsaber combat , was present while Lumiya attempted to corrupt him to the dark side , and thus intervened by engaging Lumiya in a duel . In his own confusion , Jacen turned on Nelani and battled her , spurred by a Force vision of Luke Skywalker dying if Dinn remained alive . The duel ended with Jacen running her through with his lightsaber , with death soon to follow . In her triumph , Lumiya regarded Jacen Solo , as he accepted her offer to lead him down the path of the dark side of the Force . Background . Jacen Solo , renowned Jedi Knight and galactic hero , was sent on a mission to discover the meanings of a set of strange tassels that were found by his sister , Jaina Solo . He immediately felt a connection to them through the Force upon receiving them from his twin . While on Toryaz Station , Jacen met with the Twi ' lek scholar For ' ali via holocam , who translated one of the tassel strands for him into , " " he will strengthen himself through pain " " . For ' ali could not decipher the meanings of the remaining eleven strands of the tassels , and so suggested that the Jedi go to the planet Lorrd , renowned as a repository of knowledge . With his cousin Ben Skywalker , Jacen left for Lorrd , in hopes of discovering the remaining meanings . When they arrived , Solo and Skywalker met up with Nelani Dinn , the Jedi Knight assigned to the Lorrd station . Nelani informed them that Dr . Heilan Rotham , a scholar from Lorrd , could help with deciphering the tassels . She then led her Jedi colleagues to Dr . Rotham , who decoded the tassels one by one . As she explained them , Jacen began to feel as though the meanings were laden with underlying Sith philosophies . He was also keen to notice that Dr . Rotham skipped a tan tassel , with jagged black designs . When probed , the only thing Dr . Rotham could glean about the inscription , was that they were the same as writings she had seen from the Sith world of Ziost . Jacen surprised them all however , when through the Force , he discerned their meaning as , " " He will be drawn from peace into conflict " " . Jacen then admitted that he felt the tassels were in fact regarding him . Meeting Brisha Syo . After leaving Dr . Rotham , Ben told Jacen and Nelani about the escaped shuttle from Toryaz station . These events turned out to be Lumiya testing Jacen on if he would deal with such situations like a Sith . Later , Ben found a shuttle that escaped from Toryaz Station which led to a woman named Brisha Syo . When Brisha was captured , she refused to cooperate unless Jacen came with her to The Home . Intrigued by the tassels the woman claimed to leave specifically for him , Jacen agreed . Ben and Nelani believed it may be a trap , but agreed to go with him anyway . Brisha , who was actually Lumiya , took the three Jedi back to her asteroid home and told them that it was the lair of a Sith Lord called Darth Vectivus . The four of them went down to the caverns to confront Vectivus , where Lumiya managed to throw Nelani and Ben from the mining wagons they used as transports . Ben and Nelani battled Force phantoms created by Lumiya , while Jacen and Lumiya continued to the lower levels to confront the Sith . The duel . While the Force phantoms kept the other Jedi distracted , Lumiya gave Jacen a tour of Darth Vectivus ' s mansion , while explaining how a true Sith was not always unspeakably evil and could be someone who sacrificed to save the galaxy . Jacen soon realized that Lumiya ' s plan was to persuade him to take up the path of a Sith Lord . Lumiya stated that Palpatine was a psychopath consumed by power and Darth Vader was too much of a machine to be a true Sith Master . She told him that it was his destiny to become the first active Dark Lord of the Sith in decades . Nelani then walked in and encouraged Jacen to arrest Lumiya . Jacen still wanted to hear what she had to say and let her continue . Lumiya then revealed that Jacen ' s mentor during the Yuuzhan Vong War , Vergere , had actually given him Sith training . As Jacen seemed to be considering Lumiya ' s claims , he told Nelani to watch the Dark Lady while he attempted to locate the unconscious Ben . However , Lumiya halted Jacen by telling him that bringing Ben there was not wise ; in the Force , she saw that one of the individuals present would die , and bringing Ben there would only make him one of the possibilities . To his own dismay , Jacen felt Lumiya ' s truth through the Force as well . As Lumiya continued to seduce Jacen , Nelani arrived and revealed herself , and attempted to sway Jacen back into the light . He was unmoved by Nelani ' s pleas , as Lumiya continued her seduction . When Nelani could endure no longer , she interrupted the Dark Lady , and finally attacked her . However , Lumiya easily countered , unfurling her previously hidden lightwhip from inside her prosthetic leg . Bringing it suddenly to life , Lumiya flailed her whip , the first strike slightly cutting Nelani ' s face . The Jedi woman kept up her attack , and Lumiya flicked the strands or her lightwhip around Nelani ' s blade , this time cutting her chest and right biceps . All the while Lumiya continued to explain to Jacen the faults of the Jedi , as Nelani cried out in pain . Nelani then began to throw busts of Vectivus ' s family at Lumiya . The second bust she threw was stopped by Lumiya , and the two pushed the statue back and forth , but neither woman gained an advantage . Lumiya took the opportunity to tell Jacen he was the only one who could bring peace to the galaxy . Jacen questioned her about the Sith in Luke Skywalker ' s dream , the man that " didn ' t exist " . Lumiya explained that the " Dark Man " was him , that Jacen would one day become him . She couldn ' t hold on the bust any longer and Nelani sent it hurtling into her chest , causing her to drop her lightwhip . As Nelani lunged to finish her off , Jacen stopped her blade with his own and told her Lumiya had no power over him . Nelani turned off her lightsaber and attempted to arrest Lumiya . As this happened , Jacen had Force visions that always began with Nelani living and arresting Lumiya and ended with him killing his uncle Luke . As he entered into the present day he saw Nelani guiding Lumiya away with stun cuffs around her wrists . Jacen ignited his lightsaber and cut them off , and realized that he had to kill Nelani . Nelani looked at him , sensing his intent and ran off . Jacen chased after her and searched for her in the Force . She was heading towards him in a kicking motion , and Jacen caught her inner thigh with his lightsaber . Jacen approached the wounded Nelani , and after a few words apologized to her before he killed her . Behind the scenes . Jacen ' s options of letting a Sith Lord being arrested or joining the Sith Order is similar to the Showdown on Coruscant , in which Anakin Skywalker let Palpatine kill Mace Windu and joined the Order of the Sith Lords so that he could protect the one he loved .