Jax Pavan Jax Pavan was a Human male Jedi Knight who served the Jedi Order during the waning years of the Galactic Republic . His father , Lorn Pavan , was once employed at the Jedi Temple . He was trained by Even Piell , and during the Great Jedi Purge wielded a blue lightsaber . Following the Purge , he went underground , living in Coruscant ' s underworld . However , he was hunted by Darth Vader , Dark Lord of the Sith , forcing him to do whatever he could to survive . Biography . Early life . Jax ' s father worked at the Jedi Temple until the Jedi realized the Force potential in his two - year - old son . However , after agreeing to let the Jedi train Jax , Lorn was requested to leave the Temple , as Jedi trainees were seldom allowed contact with their parents . Lorn acquiesced , but missed his son terribly , and became extremely hostile towards the Jedi . Shortly before the Battle of Naboo , Lorn and his partner I - 5YQ were chased by Darth Maul , who sought a holocube Lorn had obtained from Hath Monchar which detailed the planned blockade of Naboo . Lorn shut I - Five down for his own safety and entrusted him to an acquaintance with instruction to take the droid to the Jedi Temple . The acquaintance , however , saw the value in the modified droid and wiped his memory . Lorn was ultimately killed by Maul , who would in turn be defeated by then - Jedi Padawan Obi - Wan Kenobi , when he cut the Sith Lord in half during the Duel in Theed . It would be over a decade before Maul returned to the galaxy as a cyborg . As Kenobi ' s Padawan , Anakin Skywalker befriended Jax Pavan and confided in him . Anakin gave Jax a gift , a pyronium crystal . Jax was knighted three months before the Clone Wars ended . During the Clone Wars , I - Five found himself attached to a Republic Mobile Surgical Unit , with Sullustan Den Dhur and Padawan Barriss Offee . He worked at reconstructing his memories , and finally recalled Lorn ' s final request to him — to watch over his son . I - Five returned to Coruscant to find Jax and fulfill this request . After the purge . Jax survived Order 66 living as a private investigator in the Blackpit Slums . During this time he discarded his Jedi robes for " a nondescript vest of black bantha leather , threadbare gray trousers , and black boots , with an ankle - length , gunmetal - colored greatcoat over it all , " cut his dark brown hair and dyed it black , and permanently depilated his beard , in order to disguise himself , so he wouldn ' t be recognized as a Jedi . He worked with the underground organization Whiplash , who worked to create the " Underground Mag - Lev " to ferry politicians and others , including Jedi , who had incurred the Empire ' s wrath , off of Coruscant . Jax would eventually be reunited with his fellow freedom fighter Nick Rostu , who told him that Jax ' s Jedi Master , Even Piell , had before his death told Jax to find the protocol droid 10 - 4TO , nicknamed " Bug - Eyes " , who held information crucial to the burgeoning rebellion . Jax would also ally with Laranth Tarak , I - 5YQ and Den Dhur . During their search , Jax learned from Nick Rostu that Darth Vader was seeking him , for a reason unbeknownst to anyone . Jax and company tracked the droid , with the grudging help of Rokko , to Factory District on Coruscant , where he found Bug - Eyes in the possession of Prince Xizor . After a blistering battle with both the Falleen and the feral droids of the Factory District , Jax and company narrowly escaped the arrival of Darth Vader and returned to the sectors of Coruscant they called home . Although they could have left the planet , Jax was determined to stay and continue his work against the new order , and the others ( the party now also included Kaird of the Nediji and Haninum Tyk Rhinann ) agreed to stay with him . Whiplash . Jax and his group of friends became a part of the Whiplash movement on Coruscant , helping beings to escape offworld . One of their missions was to help the Zeltron Dejah Duare leave the planet . Her partner , however , the famous Caamasi artist Ves Volette , was murdered shortly after she came to them for help . They agreed to help her find Volette ' s killer . When Jax and his friends finally ended the investigation , they arranged for Dejah to leave , but were attacked at the spaceport by none other than the famed bounty hunter Aurra Sing , who Vader had hired to capture Jax . Sing engaged Jax in a duel , in which Jax survived by outsmarting Sing and dropping her into a reposicator , where he presumed she was killed . Afterwards , a gravely injured Laranth decided to leave Jax ' s group , while Dejah decided to stay on Coruscant and join it . Several months later , Jax and Laranth found and decided to train a young Force - adept named Kajin Savaros , who was being hunted by the Inquisitorius . Kajin ' s anger issues made it difficult for Jax to train him , and eventually Dejah , whose romantic overtures had been repeatedly spurned by Jax , betrayed the group by allying herself with Inquisitor Probus Tesla and Darth Vader , leading to Laranth and Kajin being kidnapped . Vader erased Kajin ' s memories and sought to train him as one of the Inquisitors , and had Laranth tortured in an attempt to acquire the bota plant extract Barriss Offee had given to I - 5 and the Sith holocron that Rhinann had stolen . When Jax attempted a rescue mission , Dejah revealed that she had betrayed the group because of a sensual addiction to the energies given off by Force - users , which Jax had been unwilling to allow her access to . Vader attempted to analyze the bota extract but it was absorbed by his system , causing an uncontrolled manifestation of Force energy that killed Dejah and injured Tesla , with Vader then attempting to kill Kajin and Jax . Rhinann attacked Vader and distracted him to the point where Kajin and Jax were freed , but paid for the effort with his life . Jax , Laranth , I - 5 and Kajin escaped , aided by members of Whiplash , but Kajin ' s memories were possibly permanently erased , and Jax sent him to the planet of Shili , where he could lead a peaceful life . Jax decided to stay on Coruscant and continue helping Whiplash , then confronted Laranth about their feelings for each other , refusing to allow her to dismiss the subject as she had previously done . Upon sharing their emotions through the Force for a second time , Jax and Laranth realized that they loved each other , however , they mutually came to a decision to not rush into anything . When looking back at the previous battle , Jax remembered Vader demanding that he " return " the pyronium nugget . This led him to what he found to be an impossible conclusion , but dreaded it to be true : Anakin Skywalker , Jax ' s Padawan - time friend , was Darth Vader . Returning to the group ' s dwelling , Jax experienced a momentary connection to the Cosmic Force , and realized that with the loss of the bota extract , only the Force itself could have made such an experience possible . Jax felt this was the Force ' s way of letting him know that he was fulfilling his purpose , and then turned his attention to a new client . Personality and traits . Jax was a deep thinker , often to the point of over thinking things . He would often wonder about the nature of a person ' s connection to the Force as well as himself and his decisions . Although he had had rather long brown hair and a beard and wore the typical robes of a Jedi before Order 66 , Jax afterward dyed his hair black , permanently removed his beard , and took to wearing a long , high - collared , gray greatcoat . Powers and abilities . Jax was skilled with the Force , but he lacked a constant connection with it . He viewed the Force as ribbons of color that extended into multiple dimensions , with which he could manipulate the things around him , view the " auras " of people , or sense webs of personal connections . He was also skilled with a lightsaber and lightwhip . He had been trained a bit with lightwhips at the Jedi Temple , but was not a master with that weapon . From his training under Even Piell Pavan had at least basic knowledge of all the lightsaber combat forms but was especially proficient in Makashi . Equipment . Unlike most Jedi , Jax had a small stash of personal items which he had kept after the Purge . These included a holocron of Yoda , a crystal from Dantooine , and a reliquary containing a stone Skywalker had given him . Also unlike most Jedi , Pavan used a red lightsaber during a duel with Aurra that belonged to her and was sent to Pavan by Captain Gregar Typho . Behind the scenes . Jax Pavan ' s physical appearance resembles " Star Wars " creator , George Lucas , during his youth .