Pernicar Pernicar was a male Human Jedi Master who fought in the New Sith Wars . The son of a scribe , Pernicar ' s father sent him to the Jedi Order once he proved himself to be Force - sensitive , something he resented for many years . From 1010 BBY until 1000 BBY , Pernicar fought in the New Sith Wars against the Brotherhood of Darkness , at one point being forced to kill his former Padawan , Wud Mortull , who had fallen to the dark side of the Force . In 1002 BBY , he was called into action to fight on the planet Ruusan in the Army of Light , a Jedi army led by Pernicar ' s good friend , Lord Hoth . During the Ruusan campaign , Pernicar found himself as the mediator in the frequent arguments between Hoth and another high - ranking member of the Army of Light , Master Valenthyne Farfalla . Pernicar was killed in a Sith attack in 1000 BBY on Ruusan , not long before the end of the campaign . Biography . Early life . Pernicar , a male Human , was born a Force - sensitive , one of four brothers . His father was a small - town scribe , writing letters for people who couldn ' t write . As a boy , Pernicar wanted nothing more but to be a scribe like his father , but his father sent Pernicar away to join the Jedi Order once he proved himself to be adept to the Force . This hurt Pernicar , who subsequently hated both his father for sending him away and himself for being attuned to the Force and deserving his father ' s contempt . It would take him years to realize why his father sent him to the Jedi ; there would never be enough letters to feed him and his brothers if they were all to be scribes . However , by the time Pernicar finally realized this , his father had died . Life as a Jedi . Pernicar rose through the ranks of the Jedi Order , eventually achieving the rank of Jedi Master . At some point , he was able to convince the father of future Jedi Master Valenthyne Farfalla to join the fold of the Galactic Republic , an act that Farfalla would remember years later . At some point , Pernicar took Wud Mortull as a Padawan . Pernicar was present when Mortull built his first lightsaber , a green - bladed weapon that Mortull confided that he felt a strong connection to . However , Mortull would disappear some time after . During his time as a Jedi , Pernicar became good friends with hot - tempered Jedi Master Hoth . In 1010 BBY , the former Jedi Master Lord Skere Kaan reorganized the Sith into the Brotherhood of Darkness , an army over 20 , 000 strong . The Brotherhood of Darkness began a new campaign against the Republic , scoring many victories . In 1010 BBY , Pernicar fought in a battle against the Sith . During the battle , Pernicar saw his former Padawan , Wud Mortull , amongst the ranks of the Sith . Mortull , noticing his former Master , ran in Pernicar ' s direction , smiling and laughing as he made his way toward Pernicar . As Mortull neared Pernicar , he activated a red - bladed lightsaber , having forsaken his old green one . Mortull attacked Pernicar , but Pernicar was able to cut Mortull down . Temporarily oblivious to the chaos of the battle around him , Pernicar examined Mortull ' s lightsaber , believing that the lightsaber may have turned him to the dark side of the Force , as he could not imagine that his Padawan would turn on his own volition . After the battle ' s conclusion , he took the weapon to the Jedi armorer , who referred Pernicar to a holobook on the subject of lightsaber crystal s . Pernicar would go on to pen an essay on his experience fighting his former Padawan and his theories on lightsaber crystals affecting the behavior of the user . The New Sith Wars raged for a decade , and in 1002 BBY , the war reached the strategically - valuable planet of Ruusan . The Sith won the First Battle of Ruusan and repelled a Republic effort to retake the planet . After the Republic ' s failure to retake Ruusan , Pernicar ' s friend , Jedi Master Hoth , organized a large army of Jedi known as the Army of Light to fight the Brotherhood . Pernicar served in this army as Hoth ' s right - hand man . The Army of Light was sent to Ruusan to fight the Sith , who were advancing rapidly toward the Core Worlds . In response , the Brotherhood sent their entire force and their apprentices still in training in Sith academies to fight in what would be a climactic series of battles . The Army of Light surprised the Sith in the Third Battle of Ruusan and retook the planet . During the Ruusan campaign , the numbers of the Army of Light began to dwindle greatly . Pernicar suggested to Hoth that they recruit Force - sensitive children to fight for them , reasoning that if they did not recruit children , the Brotherhood of Darkness would . Hoth rejected this idea at first , but eventually relented , allowing children to fight for them . Following the third engagement on Ruusan , Pernicar was forced to mediate an argument between Hoth and another high - ranking member of the Army of Light , Valenthyne Farfalla . Hoth was dismayed by the lack of ready fighters that the Army of Light had , and Farfalla chided him for his lack of tact in recruiting new members . Farfalla offered to leave and get one hundred new members to fight for the Army of Light , saying that Hoth was lacking in the art of diplomacy . Hoth accepted the offer , and Farfalla left . Once Farfalla was out of earshot , Pernicar questioned whether allowing Farfalla to leave was a prudent decision , as the Army of Light ' s numbers were low as it was . Hoth proposed a change of strategy — the able Jedi would use guerrilla tactics , and deny the Sith the chance to face the full Jedi force until Farfalla ' s reinforcements had arrived . In 1000 BBY , the Fourth Battle of Ruusan took place , a Jedi victory where Lord Gale and Jedi General Kiel Charny disabled the gun turrets guarding the Sith encampment , at the cost of Gale ' s life . This paved the way for the fifth battle on the planet the next morning , which resulted in another Jedi victory . Pernicar was by Hoth ' s side at the main Jedi encampment at the time of the battle , and as such did not participate . After the conclusion of the battle , Pernicar and Hoth received a messenger who relayed the details of the confrontation . Hoth was especially dismayed by the Jedi losses in the battle , believing that defeating the Sith might mean the destruction of the Army of Light . Pernicar tried to comfort Hoth by telling him that Valenthyne Farfalla was bringing reinforcements , but to no avail . Some time later , Pernicar related the story of why he joined the Jedi to Hoth . Hoth responded in kind by telling his tale — that he dreamed of being a hero and destroying the forces of the dark side . After telling his story , Hoth asked Pernicar whether he thought less of Hoth for his dreams . Pernicar said no , telling Hoth that he was the greatest Jedi he had ever met and that they would fight together when the time came . Death and legacy . Pernicar was eventually killed in a Sith attack on a supply convoy on Ruusan . After his death , Valenthyne Farfalla arrived with Jedi reinforcements and helped the cornered Jedi forces win the battle . After the conclusion of the battle , Farfalla was informed by Hoth about Pernicar ' s death . The loss of the Jedi Master shocked Farfalla , who performed a short eulogy for his fallen comrade , promising to fast for him . Hoth and Farfalla got into an argument when the former told the latter of Pernicar ' s death , with Hoth blaming Farfalla for the killing of Pernicar . Later , Pernicar appeared to Hoth in a dream . Hoth confided in Pernicar that he feared that he had driven Farfalla away from the Army of Light , but Pernicar revealed that Farfalla ' s ships were still in orbit around Ruusan . Pernicar subsequently instructed his old friend to make amends with Farfalla . The Seventh Battle of Ruusan , the final battle of the New Sith Wars , took place shortly afterward . Lord Kaan unleashed the deadly thought bomb weapon , which decimated both the Army of Light and the Brotherhood of Darkness . Pernicar ' s friend Hoth was killed by the bomb , along with ninety nine volunteers who decided to accompany him in facing the Sith in the final battle . Farfalla survived , having been ordered to take his forces out of the bomb ' s range . Due to his actions , many Jedi were able to survive the thought bomb explosion , while virtually all of the Sith forces were wiped out . Only one member of the Sith survived ; a man named Darth Bane , who would keep the Sith Order alive with his apprentice , Darth Zannah . One of the planets of the Hoth ' s Brand system — formerly the Ruusan system — was named Pernicar in honor of the deceased Jedi Master . The planet was one of many in the system named after Jedi who had fallen in combat during the Ruusan campaign . In the year 40 ABY , more than a thousand years after Pernicar ' s death , his essay on lightsaber crystals written after his duel with Wud Mortull was included in Jedi Master Tionne Solusar ' s about the Force . Personality and traits . Pernicar was always very calm and in control of his emotions , as opposed to his hot - tempered friend , Lord Hoth . Pernicar frequently served as the mediator in arguments between Hoth and Valenthyne Farfalla , and Hoth often confided in Pernicar . The two were good friends , and Pernicar greatly admired Hoth , calling him the best Jedi he had ever met . Pernicar hated his father for sending him to the Jedi Order when he desired to be a scribe , and hated himself for being adept in the Force and subsequently deserving of being sent away . However , he finally realized that his father had acted in his best interests by sending him to the Jedi , but by that time , his father was dead . When Pernicar ' s former Padawan , Wud Mortull , attacked him on the battlefield , the Jedi Master showed no hesitation in cutting him down , but still refused to believe that he had turned to the dark side of his own volition . Behind the scenes . Pernicar made his first appearance in the " " comic series , released in 2001 . Pernicar is introduced in the first issue and killed in the . He would appear again in Drew Karpyshyn ' s 2006 novel " " , which covers the same time period as the " Jedi vs . Sith " comics . One of the essays in " " is attributed to Pernicar , and in 2008 , he was given an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . Pernicar ' s death was first hinted at in the fourth issue , and it was later depicted in " Path of Destruction " . The novel contradicts the comics on various points , such as the manner of Farfalla ' s arrival and the conversation between Hoth and Farfalla as they discuss the fallen Pernicar , but Pernicar himself is not involved in any of the contradictory elements .