Ambush on Suurja In 3964 BBY , a group of Revanchist s — crusading Jedi who defied the orders of the Jedi High Council and left to join the Galactic Republic ' s war with the invading Mandalorian warrior clans — were ambushed on the Outer Rim planet Suurja while on a scouting mission . Located on the front lines of the Mandalorian invasion , Suurja had recently played host to several heated , stalemated battles between the Mandalorians and the Republic Navy . When the Revanchists arrived on Suurja , their leader , the Jedi Knight known only as Revan , left them behind to continue his investigations on other worlds . Soon afterward , they were attacked by a team of Mandalorian Shocktrooper s led by Commander Rohlan Dyre . The Revanchists were captured and imprisoned at the Mandalorian - held Flashpoint Station . Prelude . In 3976 BBY , the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders , a fighting force formed from the ancient Mandalorian warrior clans , began to carve out an empire through military conquest on the farthest reaches of the Outer Rim . After subjugating a number of unaligned worlds , Mandalorian chief Mandalore the Ultimate set his true plan in motion , moving against the Galactic Republic by contesting resource worlds near the Outer Rim ecumenopolis of Taris . In an effort to defend Taris , the Republic Navy set up a defensive cordon in the region known as the Jebble - Vanquo - Tarnith line . One of the worlds along the line was the agriworld of Suurja , which , in the early days of what became known as the Mandalorian Wars , played host to four successive stalemated battles between the Republic and Mandalorians in 3964 BBY . Amidst the violence on the Outer Rim , the Jedi Order counseled caution and decided against jumping into the war . However , one group of Jedi , led by a charismatic young Jedi Knight known simply as Revan , refused to listen to the Jedi High Council ' s directive and vowed to fight the Mandalorians . The Revanchists , as they were called , visited Suurja on a scouting mission , accompanied by Revan himself . The ambush . After a short time on Suurja , Revan left to investigate Mandalorian activity on the planet Onderon and its moon Dxun . However , by the time he departed , some of the Revanchist Knights and Padawans who had accompanied him to Suurja began to disappear . Soon , with their leader gone , the Revanchists were ambushed by Mandalorian Shocktrooper s led by Commander Rohlan Dyre — the Cathar Jedi Ferroh remarked that it was as if the Mandalorians knew they were coming . The Mandalorians captured and took a number of the Revanchists prisoner , including Revan ' s apprentice and close friend , Alek , and Jedi Knight Ferroh . Aftermath . After the ambush , the captured Jedi were taken to Flashpoint Station , a remote space station that the Mandalorians had seized in the early days of the war . There , they were experimented upon by the Mandalorian doctor Demagol , who was determined to discover the source of their Force abilities to find the best way to negate or replicate them . On the galactic capital of Coruscant , the Jedi Council castigated Revan after he returned from Onderon and Dxun — the Masters were furious over his inclusion of other Knights and Padawans on his scouting missions , which the Council did not support . Although Revan was ordered to find the missing Jedi and bring them back , the Revanchists were soon rescued by former Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick and his friends . Behind the scenes . The ambush on Suurja was first shown as a brief flashback in " " , a comic released in 2006 and written by John Jackson Miller . Further information on the events of the ambush were given in the following story arc , " " .