Darth Azard Darth Azard was a male Quarren Sith Lord of the One Sith , serving under Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Krayt and his Empire . By 137 ABY , Azard had been selected to oversee the Imperial Outer Rim Third Fleet , which was tasked with capturing commander of the Galactic Alliance Core Fleet Gar Stazi . Azard executed Kel Dor Admiral Sha Dun , who was commanding the fleet , for failing in his objective , and replaced him with the Human Admiral Dru Valan . In response to the Mon Calamari aiding Gar Stazi in the capture of the new " Imperious " - class Star Destroyer " Imperious " , Darth Krayt traveled to Dac with a number of Sith Lords , including Darth Azard , to exact his revenge . Azard participated in the massacre of the Mon Calamari Council , where he killed many of his fellow Quarren . In the aftermath of the massacre , Azard pursued the escaping members of Rogue Squadron who had been involved in the plan to capture the " Imperious " . The Rogues were being rescued by Imperial Knight s Treis Sinde and Sigel Dare , who were on a mission for Emperor - in - exile Roan Fel . Azard dueled Master Treis Sinde , which distracted the Quarren long enough for the members of Rogue Squadron and Sigel Dare to escape . Despite his failure to stop the Rogues ' escape , Darth Azard was appointed to oversee the extermination of the Mon Calamari people . With the aid of Sith scientist Vul Isen , Azard awoke a Sea Leviathan in the depths of Dac . A semi - sentient bio - weapon created via Sith alchemy , the Leviathan had been adapted to undersea use . Azard and Isen sent the Leviathan to exterminate the Mon Calamari refugees who were hiding and by doing so draw out the Mon Calamari Rangers led by Treis Sinde , who had been fighting against the Sith . Azard and Isen followed the Leviathan as it led the way to the base of the Mon Calamari Rangers . During the ensuing battle , the Sith ' s Aquatic Terrain Armored Transport was crippled , and the Leviathan was defeated by hordes of devilsquid , under Treis Sinde ' s command . Darth Wyyrlok , the voice of Darth Krayt , later ordered the execution of the Final Protocol , a plan that saw the oceans of Dac poisoned and all of the inhabitants executed within a week , with Azard and Isen in charge of implementing the plan . The Final Protocol resulted in the death of much of the planet ' s population , with only twenty percent saved in the Galactic Alliance rescue efforts . Later , Azard and Isen led the First Sith Imperial Strikeforce to Napdu , a moon of the planet Da Soocha , where the Hutt Azzim Anjiliac Atirue was believed to have been harboring Mon Calamari refugees . Azard ordered the same toxin that poisoned Dac be unleashed on Da Soocha , followed by the bombardment of Napdu . After their success at Napdu , Azard and Isen proceeded to the planet Utapau , planning to kill the natives for providing aid to the Galactic Alliance . However , just as Isen perfected his toxin for the planet , the two Sith were attacked by bounty hunter Cade Skywalker and Jedi Master Wolf Sazen . Azard was killed by the Jedi Master when the Sith Lord felt Darth Krayt call out to all Sith across the galaxy , distracting him long enough for Sazen to strike him down . Biography . The Third Fleet . The Quarren Sith Lord known as Darth Azard was a member of the One Sith , serving Darth Krayt and his Galactic Empire , after Krayt deposed Emperor Roan Fel at the end of the Sith – Imperial War . In the time of the Second Imperial Civil War , he was selected to oversee the Outer Rim Third Fleet . In 137 ABY , the Imperial Outer Rim Third Fleet had been charged with capturing the fugitive commander of the Galactic Alliance Core Fleet , Admiral Gar Stazi , as well as destroying the unified fragments of the Alliance military , dubbed the Galactic Alliance Remnant . Emperor Krayt had placed Kel Dor Admiral Sha Dun in charge of the mission , and despite minor victories , he had failed to stop Gar Stazi ' s attacks . On the command deck of the " Pellaeon " - class Star Destroyer " Relentless " , Lord Azard executed Admiral Dun for his failure , lifting and choking him with the Force , before cutting the admiral down with his double - bladed lightsaber . Azard then replaced Dun with the Humanocentric Admiral Dru Valan , who had already faced Stazi during the Battle of Caamas , the last major battle between the new Galactic Empire and the Galactic Alliance in the Sith - Imperial War , seven years previously . During the Battle of Caamas , Stazi had led a fighting retreat while the rest of the Alliance forces had surrendered , and Valan had been blamed for Stazi ' s escape . Azard told Valan not to underestimate Stazi as Sha Dun had , and warned the admiral not to fail him . Admiral Valan plotted to set up a trap for Stazi by baiting him with the possibility of capturing the " Imperious " - class Star Destroyer " Imperious " , which was under construction at the shipyards of the planet Dac . The Toydarian information broker Niffla informed Valan that she had seen Monia Gahan , the niece of former Galactic Alliance Triumvir Gial Gahan and a member of Rogue Squadron , at the shipyards , showing that Stazi had taken the bait . Several days later , Stazi ' s fleet jumped into the system to take the " Imperious " , and Valan sprung his trap . Valan believed he had Stazi ' s fleet trapped between his fleet and the shipyards ; however , Stazi had prepared for Valan ' s trap by setting his own trap with the aid of the Mon Calamari . The battle resulted in the Alliance capturing the " Imperious " and destroying a third of the shipyards . Valan ' s fleet was devastated and Stazi once again escaped , though Stazi was unaware that the " Imperious " had been sabotaged by Emperor - in - exile Roan Fel ' s Imperial Knight s . Disgraced , Valan gave command to Captain Hoge and retired to his quarters to commit suicide rather than face Darth Azard . Massacre of Mon Calamari . After the defeat of the Imperials at the Battle of Mon Calamari , Darth Krayt wanted retribution against the Mon Calamari for their betrayal in supporting Gar Stazi . The Emperor traveled to Dac with a number of Sith Lords , including Darth Azard , to exact his revenge . Meeting with the Mon Calamari Council , Krayt presented the recently captured Gial Gahan , explaining that he had long known that the Mon Calamari had been secretly supporting Stazi and that he had had enough . As punishment for their actions , Krayt ordered the execution of ten percent of the Mon Calamari population of Dac — starting with the members of the Mon Calamari Council . The remainder of Dac ' s citizens were to be placed in internment camps . As soon as Krayt gave the order , Darth Azard , the other Sith Lords , and Krayt ' s stormtroopers began to execute all of the Mon Calamari present . Many of the Quarren members of Mon Calamari Council who opposed or questioned the Emperor ' s will were also executed . One of the Quarren members pleaded with Darth Azard , stating that although the Mon Calamari were not one of their people and he was not particularly partial to them , they did not deserve to be slaughtered . Darth Azard replied to the Quarren that he was not one of their people — he was a Sith — and cut him down with his lightsaber . With the massacre underway , Darth Krayt personally executed Gial Gahan . As a result of the massacre and the beginning of Krayt ' s genocide , the Mon Calamari began a resistance movement . To encourage a possible alliance with the Galactic Alliance Remnant , Emperor - in - exile Roan Fel ordered Imperial Knights Treis Sinde and Sigel Dare to warn Admiral Gar Stazi that they had placed explosives within the stolen Star Destroyer " Imperious " , unaware of Stazi ' s plans . The two Knights contacted Rogue Squadron pilot Monia Gahan , and she convinced them to help rescue her fellow Rogues who had helped set up Gar Stazi ' s trap for stealing the " Imperious " . The Knights were successful in their rescue , helping the Rogues escape the prison in which they were being held . While making their escape , the Imperial Knights commandeered Darth Azard ' s personal shuttle by influencing the mind of the Imperial guarding the vessel . Duel with a Knight . Darth Azard sensed a disturbance in the Force and tracked it back to his shuttle . The Imperial officer standing outside informed Azard that he had put the Alliance prisoners aboard per the Sith Lord ' s orders . Realizing the officer had been mind - tricked , Azard killed him , calling him a weak - minded fool , and rushed to his shuttle . In order to buy time for their escape , Imperial Knight Treis Sinde jumped out of the shuttle to engage the Sith Lord . The two dueled , with Azard using only a single blade of his lightsaber . Azard was disappointed that he was dueling an Imperial Knight instead of a Jedi , believing an Imperial Knight would be no match for him . When several stormtroopers tried to intervene and bring down Sinde , Azard dismissed them and ordered them to focus on the shuttle instead . Sinde , however , Force pushed all of the stormtroopers , impressing Azard . As they dueled , Azard stated that Sinde would not be able to defeat him and that they both knew it . He was also aware that Sinde was trying to delay him long enough to allow the shuttle to leave . Azard assured Sinde that he had enough time to kill him and destroy his friends , however the duel was abruptly ended by a well - timed explosion set off by blaster fire from the shuttle . The explosion allowed Sinde to escape , and Azard was forced to protect himself from both the explosion and a fall with the Force . Azard was furious that he had failed to stop the escape of the Imperial Knights and the Rogues . Sea Leviathan . Despite his failure to stop the Rogues escape , Darth Azard was appointed to oversee the extermination of the Mon Calamari people . Givin Sith scientist Vul Isen was sent to aid Azard in his task and speed the extermination along . The Sith Master Darth Wyyrlok had provided Isen with the knowledge necessary to create a Sea Leviathan , a semi - sentient bio - weapon which was the product of Sith alchemy . After adapting it to undersea use , Isen and Azard invoked the Force to awaken the monster , which was hibernating in the depths of Soheras Trench . The Leviathan rose from the depths and attacked the Mon Calamari being held in the Imperial Extermination Camp 28 , absorbing their life energy and sentience , leaving nothing but empty husks . By absorbing the Mon Calamari ' s sentience , the Leviathan would start to think like a Mon Calamari , enabling it to better locate their hiding places . Azard was concerned that the Leviathan might start to think too much like a Mon Calamari , and attack the Imperials , however Isen assured him that it would not . Azard and Isen sent the Leviathan to exterminate the Mon Calamari refugees who were in hiding , believing it would draw out the Mon Calamari Rangers led by Imperial Knight Treis Sinde , who had attacked the " Sea Lion " , an " Acklay " - class mobile fortress which had been tracking the refugees . Azard believed that by doing so , they could wipe out the Rangers all at once , a plan which impressed Isen . Azard and Isen followed the Leviathan in their Aquatic Terrain Armored Transport , and soon encountered two Mon Calamari rangers piloting underwater Krakana fighters . The Mon Calamari tried to evade the creature , but the Sith transport managed to damage one which had escaped the Leviathan ' s reach . The creature proceeded to absorb the life energies of the damaged fighter ' s occupant , but one Krakana managed to escape , and its pilot sped back to her comrades in the rangers ' base . Isen allowed the Mon Calamari to escape so that she could inform the Rangers of the Imperials ' impending attack , which would lead the Rangers to swarm out to meet them , rather than the Imperials having to search them out . The Givin remarked that he would be glad when the extermination was complete , as he preferred breaking a population ' s will . Azard believed that Lord Krayt ' s commands were all that a true Sith required and made as much clear to Isen . He also expressed his contempt for any Sith who was not a Darth , commenting that Isen questioned too much . Defeat . The two Sith continued to follow the Leviathan as it led the way toward the rangers ' base . During the long journey , Isen became impatient , regularly asking Azard whether they had arrived at their destination , which agitated the Sith Lord . When they finally reached the base , swarms of Krakana came out to meet them . The Mon Calamari had developed a plan ; they avoided the Leviathan , and instead targeted the shuttle , hoping that by doing so they could stop the Leviathan . Isen believed this tactic was foolish , as the Krakana ' s plasma weapons could not penetrate the shuttle ' s shields , and the Krakana — built for speed as they were — had no missiles or shielding of their own . Azard ordered the crew to kill all the Mon Calamari , and the transport ' s weapons opened up , spraying blaster fire in all directions . The rangers were undeterred , however ; even as the Leviathan continued its pursuit of the escaping refugees , they continued to attack the transport , searching for chink in its armor . Things turned against the Sith , however , when Azard ' s adversary , Treis Sinde , entered the battle with a large group of devilsquid s . Under Sinde ' s command , the squids swarmed around the Leviathan , attacking it . In response , Azard ordered the deployment of the transport ' s Shark fighters to deal with the Krakana , while the transport would kill the devilsquids . Though the shields had to be lowered to launch the Sharks , Azard was confident that by concentrating fire on the area of the launch , they would be able to clear out the Krakana . Azard believed the Mon Calamari were not aggressive and they valued life too much , something he considered a weakness . This assumption was proven wrong moments later , as a lone Mon Calamari ranger made a suicide run on the Sith transport , crippling it and disconnecting the bridge area from the rest of the vessel . Isen managed to avoid serious injury , but Azard was pinned to his chair . Isen used the Quarren ' s lightsaber to free him , and smashed one of the vessel ' s windows with the Force , allowing them to escape . This act surprised Azard , but Isen explained that they were both part of the One Sith and that it was what Krayt would have wanted him to do . The two Sith then swam through the hole Isen had created , escaping the wreckage . The Leviathan they had unleashed upon the Mon Calamari was defeated by the devilsquid , who dragged the beast into the Devil ' s Crevasse . Poisoning Dac . Darth Azard and Isen continued to oversee the Sith Imperial occupation of Dac . The pair were contacted by Lord Wyyrlok , the voice of Darth Krayt , who announced that it was time to finish Krayt ' s order to exterminate the Mon Calamari species . Wyyrlok ordered Isen to execute the Final Protocol , a plan that saw the oceans of the Mon Calamari homeworld Dac poisoned and all of the inhabitants executed within one week . Azard questioned Wyyrlok on the fate of the Quarren and other species on Dac , however , Wyyrlok ordered them to allow the Quarren to leave , but offer them no aid . Isen released the viral spores he had put in place , beginning the poisoning of the planet . Alliance Admiral Gar Stazi responded to the genocide by launching a rescue operation that succeeded in saving twenty percent of the planet ' s population . Napdu . After returning from Dac , Azard and Isen continued their mission of eradicating the Mon Calamari species , leading the First Sith Imperial Strikeforce , which was under the command of Moff Rulf Yage , to Napdu , the fourth moon of Da Soocha . The moon was home to the Hutt crime lord Azzim Anjiliac Atirue , who the Sith suspected was harboring Mon Calamari refugees . From aboard the " Pellaeon " - class Star Destroyer " War Hammer " , Azard and Isen communicated with Atirue via holo , informing him he was charged with giving Mon Calamari refuge on Da Soocha , which the Hutt denied . Cutting the communication , Azard ordered Yage to deploy the strike force ' s bombers to unleash the same toxin that poisoned Dac upon Da Soocha , before beginning the bombardment of Napdu . The strikeforce began its assault on the moon , destroying most of the moon ' s population . After the bombardment was completed , stormtroopers were deployed to ensure there were no survivors on the planet . Considering the mission a great victory , the Sith ordered the recall of their forces . Death . Following up on their success at Napdu , Azard and Isen moved on to the planet Utapau , with Isen establishing a laboratory within one of the worlds many sinkholes . They intended to ensure the native Pau ' ans and Utai — who were providing aid to the Alliance and those wounded during the evacuation of Dac — were completely wiped out . Isen also had an agent ready to assassinate Admiral Stazi , who was on Utapau with part of his Alliance armada in orbit . While Isen prepared his poison for Utapau ' s population , Jedi – turned – bounty hunter Cade Skywalker , the descendant of Grand Master Luke Skywalker , and his former Master Wolf Sazen arrived on Utapau , planning to eliminate the threat Isen posed to the galaxy . Just as Isen announced his toxin was ready , Skywalker and Sazen launched their attack on the two Sith . Engaging both Skywalker and Sazen , Azard ordered Isen to release the toxin on the planet ' s population ; however , Sazen was able to hold Azard off to allow Skywalker to pursue Isen . As Azard dueled the Jedi Master , the Sith Lord felt the call of Lord Darth Krayt — whom Azard believed to be in stasis due to serious injuries — through the Force . Using Azard ' s distraction to his advantage , Sazen killed the Sith Lord with a spinning cut from his lightsaber . Meanwhile , Skywalker was able to stop Isen from unleashing his toxin , killing the Sith scientist in the process . Personality and traits . As a member of the One Sith , Darth Azard considered himself a Sith first and not one of his own species . He followed Darth Krayt ' s commands unquestioningly , believing his Lord ' s commands were all that a true Sith required . When Azard was working with Sith scientist Vul Isen , tension developed between the two as Azard believed Isen ' s inquisitive nature was contradictory to the ways of a true Sith , and displayed contempt for any member of the One Sith that was not a Darth . As a result of this view , Azard was surprised when Isen saved him in the wreckage of their shuttle . Azard also demonstrated his ignorance of Sith lore and history , having little knowledge of the Leviathan . While on the planet Utapau , Azard realized Isen was now in command of their mission , much to the Sith Lord ' s disdain . Azard was a male Quarren with yellow eyes , and like most members of the Order , his face and body were fully covered in red and black Sith tattoo s . Darth Azard studied the history of Sith Lord Darth Vader , and held many of the same philosophies particularly in his military command style . He was aggressive and short - tempered , executing subordinates instantly for failure . He was feared by those under his command ; Admiral Dru Valan chose suicide over facing the Sith Lord following his failure . He was also arrogant , believing the Imperial Knight Treis Sinde to be beneath his abilities . Powers and abilities . Darth Azard was a skilled wielder of the double - bladed lightsaber in combat , using an unusual curved hilt similar to that of Asajj Ventress . He also showed his skill in using his lightsaber with only a single blade during his duel with Imperial Knight Treis Sinde . Despite Sinde being a Master in the Imperial Knights , he was not able to defeat Azard and was saved by an explosion set off by the Rogues . Apart from his skill with lightsaber , Azard was a proficient wielder of the Force . He was capable of telekinetic uses of the Force such as Force Choke , and like many of the One Sith , was proficient in the use of Force lightning . Darth Azard was also able to sense disturbances in the Force and track them back to their source , as well as invoking the Force to awaken a Sith Leviathan with the help of Vul Isen . Defensively , Azard was able to protect himself from damage by projecting a shield of Force energy around himself . Behind the scenes . The character of Darth Azard was created by writer John Ostrander , and first appeared in the twentieth issue of the " " series , " " , in February 2008 . He later appeared in a subsequent issue , " " , and was one of the antagonists of the " " story arc in 2009 . Azard reappeared in the and issues of the series in 2010 , continuing his ongoing story of carrying out the eradication of the Mon Calamari species . In " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " released in 2009 , a picture of Azard was included among images of other One Sith Darths . Lord Azard is the third Quarren Sith Lord portrayed in " Star Wars : Legacy " after Darth Maleval and an unidentified Quarren Sith .