Raskta Lsu Raskta Lsu was an Echani female Jedi Master , and soldier in General Hoth ' s Army of Light . She was named after the legendary Echani Raskta Fenni , who was also regarded as the greatest warrior of her time . Because of this , Lsu aspired to equal and then surpass the renown of her namesake . Thus , her entire Jedi career was spent honing her martial skills exclusively , and with time her mastery of the lightsaber was such that many considered her peerless in its application . Lsu was so renowned for her battle skills that she was granted the vaunted title of Weapons Master of the Jedi Order . Lsu displayed her talents during the New Sith Wars , fighting in many battles against the Sith ' s Brotherhood of Darkness . Ten years after the final campaign which ended the war on the planet Ruusan , Raskta Lsu was part of a team of Jedi selected by Lord Valenthyne Farfalla to embark on a mission to the fabled Jedi birth world of Tython , in attempt to eliminate the last two remaining Sith Lords in the galaxy , Darths Bane and Zannah . Upon arriving and landing on the Deep Core world , Farfalla ' s Jedi team engaged the Sith , and Lsu once again displayed her skill with the lightsaber . She fought valiantly , and was the only one of the five Jedi to match Bane ' s own power with the blade . However , she was undone by the wiles of Darth Zannah , who sneaked up behind Lsu and impaled her , thus ending the Jedi Master ' s life . Biography . Life as a Jedi . Named for the legendary Echani warrior Raskta Fenni , Raskta Lsu was also an Echani , a race of beings whose culture was centered on perfection of oneself through physical combat . As a youth , Lsu aspired to become like Fenni , who was heralded by many as the greatest warrior of her time . Thus , she followed the traditions of her people , and devoted her entire life to martial skills . Being Force - sensitive , Lsu was also accepted into the Jedi Order and eventually achieved the rank of Master . During that time she spent little time strengthening her Force abilities ; however , she had instead mastered the use of a lightsaber . It was said that Lsu ' s skill was such that no other living duelist was her equal . Her fellow Jedi recognized the Echani woman ' s abilities , and bestowed upon her the coveted title of Weapon Master of the Order . In the Temple , Lsu was tasked with training all Padawans in lightsaber combat . One in particular , a young human male named Sarro Xaj , sought to follow in Lsu ' s path to mastery of the Jedi weapon . She recognized the fervor in her student , and decided to personally train Xaj exclusively in the use of the double - bladed lightsaber . The Sith War . When Lsu ' s fighting skills were called upon to serve in Lord Hoth ' s Army of Light during the final campaign of the New Sith Wars , her Padawan , Xaj , accompanied her . She wielded two blue - bladed lightsabers in battle alongside Hoth against Lord Kaan ' s Brotherhood of Darkness . She was considered the bane of many Sith , and by the war ' s end , it was believed that as many of their Lords had fallen victim to her blades as had perished from the thought bomb . Three years after the end of the war , Lsu completed Xaj ' s training , and deemed him worthy of becoming a Jedi Knight of the Galactic Republic . She continued to fulfill her training duties as Weapons Master of the Temple , while maintaining her own combat skills . She would be called upon seven years later , when rumors began to surface of surviving Sith Lords from Kaan ' s Brotherhood still being active in the galaxy . A Jedi Knight named Johun Othone had encountered a young man named Darovit , who claimed to have proof of at least two living Dark Lords . Othone immediately reported this to his former Master , Valenthyne Farfalla , and the latter was determined to investigate . Farfalla sent for Master Lsu and also the Ithorian Master Worror Dowmat , both of whom Farfalla had served with on Ruusan , to aid him in his mission . Accompanied by Xaj , Othone , Worror , Farfalla , Lsu and her companions made haste for the planet Tython on board her personal attack cruiser , the " Justice Crusader " , with intentions of destroying the Sith once and for all . Mission to Tython . Despite her expressed reservations about traveling the potentially dangerous hyperspace route to Tython , Lsu was appeased by the Ithorian Master Worror , who was serving as the " Crusader " navigator . With the coordinates he provided , Lsu piloted the vessel , with Xaj acting as the ship ' s gunner , and Farfalla providing operational support for all three . Upon entry into Tython ' s atmosphere , the Jedi noticed two other starships parked near a massive fortress as they scanned the building for life - forms , of which they found three . The " Crusader " landed via autopilot , and Lsu and her companions entered the fortress straightaway . Seeing two doorways , Knights Othone and Xaj were ordered through one , while Lsu and Farfalla went through the other , the plan being to eliminate the possibility of escape on the part of the Sith . Worror remained in the doorway behind his fellow Masters , and was to provide support for the whole team through his talent with Jedi battle meditation . The two Sith , Darths Bane and Zannah , were ready and waiting , and immediately engaged their foes in combat . Lsu was first to confront Darth Bane , only to find that he was covered in impenetrable orbalisk armor . In spite of Bane ' s advantage , Lsu continued her attack , while being supported by Farfalla with defensive shield - walls . Several times she had to save her fellow Jedi from Bane , from both the Sith Lord ' s powerful Force abilities and his superior skill with the lightsaber . Lsu also noticed that Bane dueled with a curved - hilt weapon , one which gave him a critical advantage over his opponents , since use of curved - hilt lightsabers was rare and most Jedi had never encountered one . When it seemed as though Bane was retreating , he suddenly disengaged Lsu to attack the source of her team ' s Force - empowerment : Master Worror . The Ithorian was saved by a Force push from Othone , a maneuver that disrupted Worror ' s concentration and interrupted his battle meditation . Othone leaped over to where Masters Lsu and Farfalla were , and the three of them engaged Bane from all sides , with Lsu in the middle , blending her style and attacks with those of her comrades . However , within the brief disruption in Worror ' s meditation , Lsu ' s former Padawan Xaj was overcome by the Sith mind tricks of Darth Zannah , and cut down . Unaware of and unprotected from the danger approaching from behind , Lsu was impaled by Darth Zannah . She was the second of the Jedi to die on Tython , with Farfalla , Worror , and Othone falling soon thereafter . Legacy . Following her death on Tython , the Jedi High Council , alerted to the existence of Darth Bane by Caleb of Ambria sent a team of Jedi , including Masters Tho ' natu and Obba to destroy him . On Ambria , in Caleb ' s camp , the Jedi discovered the lightsaber hilt s of the slain Jedi , including Master Lsu ' s . Upon the team ' s arrival they were assaulted by a deranged Darovit , whom they assumed to be Bane suffering from overexposure to the orbalisk armor . Slaying him , they deemed that the Sith were extinct , and returned the lightsaber hilts to the Temple . Once returned to the Temple , the Jedi created a memorial to those Jedi who were responsible for the destruction of the Sith . All five Jedi ' s lightsaber hilts were set into a large white stone block in the gardens around the base of the Tower of First Knowledge . Under each hilt was a depiction of its wielder , along with their name . Personality and traits . Raskta Lsu was a tall , well - muscled , fair - skinned woman , with pure - white hair and silver eyes that were prevalent among the Echani race . She was an ambitious youth who sought complete perfection of her skills and worked tirelessly to achieve that goal . A responsible Jedi Master , Lsu readily accepted and fulfilled her duties as Weapons Master by training all the Order ' s younglings in lightsaber combat . She was also confident in her own dueling aptitude , and readily accepted the call for action as a soldier in the Jedi ' s Army of Light . Her determination to defeat the Sith was realized as she battled during the Ruusan campaign from the front lines . Lsu ' s recognition of her own skills also afforded her an air of confidence ; when she realized that her colleague Farfalla would only be a hindrance to her against Darth Bane , she spared no hesitation to tell him so . Farfalla also recognized her superior skill , and allowed Lsu the space she required to directly face the Dark Lord , something he himself was incapable of . Powers and abilities . As the esteemed Weapon Master of the Jedi Order , Raskta Lsu ' s greatest talents were in lightsaber combat . Her Echani ideals of perfection through mastery of one ' s physical self were incorporated into her Jedi training , and she was eventually recognized by her peers as the greatest duelist of her time . A master of all forms of lightsaber combat , Lsu ' s preferred style was Jar ' Kai , one she implemented with two blue blades . Lsu was so proficient in battle that she was able to switch between dueling styles seamlessly ; a tactic that often confused her opponents . She was able to duel a single adversary with several partners , playing off of their unique styles to maximize the effectiveness of her own . Lsu was also adept with the double - bladed variant as well , which she trained her Padawan , Sarro Xaj , in the use of . She was even familiar with the hooked - handle lightsaber , to the point of being able to immediately recognize it while in the thick of combat . In battle against a user of said weapon , Lsu was able to modify her own technique to compensate for the slight variance that resulted from the curved - hilt ' s usage . Jedi Knight Johun Othone regarded her as a terrifying figure to behold on the battlefield . She eschewed the use of armor , a trait common among Echani , her only protection being the blue bladed lightsabers held in each hand . However , Raskta Lsu displayed considerably less talent in applications of the Force . She had exchanged all study in the ways of the Force for exclusive devotion to training with lightsabers . Because of this , her melee skills mostly compensated for her Force - talent impotence . In battle , Lsu had to be shielded by others while she cut down her foes . During her duel with Darth Bane , she was nearly killed by a Force Wave , saved only by Farfalla ' s shield , however it should be noted that Bane ' s Force Wave technique was incredibly advanced and Lsu would have met her end on the precipice of a sharp rock . The presence of a Jedi proficient with battle meditation magnified Lsu ' s fighting excellence exponentially , though she was still a formidable combatant without such support and was the sole participant that could face Darth Bane , even though her compatriots were also bolstered by Worror ' s technique . With all her fighting experience , however , Lsu ' s natural danger sense instincts did not avail her to Zannah , who used a spell of concealment to mask her approach , leading to the Echani ' s end . Behind the scenes . Author Drew Karpyshyn created the character of Raskta Lsu for the second of his " Darth Bane " novels , titled " " . A portion of her backstory was explored by Karpyshyn , though this remains as Lsu ' s first and only appearance to date . In the novel , she is only given four speaking lines . Lsu later received an entry in the 2008 compendium " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " and in 2012 , she received her first visual depiction in the reference book " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , in an image by the artist Chris Scalf .