Tuknatan Tuknatan was a Jedi Master active during the Great Hyperspace War . He was present at a Galactic Senate session in 5000 BBY , where fellow Jedi Master Memit Nadill and Empress Teta of the Koros system warned of the impending return of the Sith . Nadill and Teta ' s forebodings came true when the Sith attacked Coruscant with a seemingly unstoppable invasion force . Tuknatan , Nadill , and a group of other Jedi fought valiantly in the battle , but it seemed that they had no chance of victory . However , a large portion of the Sith force suddenly disappeared , revealing that they were mere illusions . Taking advantage of the opportunity , Tuknatan led a charge into the heart of the Sith force , and the Galactic Republic won the Battle of Coruscant . Biography . Tuknatan , a male member of a brown - furred species , was a Jedi Master active in the years leading up to the Great Hyperspace War . In 5000 BBY , Draethos Jedi Odan - Urr saw a vision of the return of the long - lost Sith and reported it to Jedi Master Memit Nadill and Empress Teta of the Koros system . Alarmed , Nadill , Odan - Urr , and Teta ventured to Coruscant in order to inform the rest of the Galactic Republic in the Galactic Senate . Tuknatan , along with several other members of the Jedi Order , attended this Senate session . Although many of the present Jedi dismissed the forebodings , Tuknatan remained silent on the subject . Odan - Urr ' s vision proved to be true when the Sith emerged and attacked the world Koros Major just a short time later . Upon the outbreak of the Battle of Koros Major , Memit Nadill flew to Coruscant to warn the Jedi there ; Tuknatan was among several Jedi who greeted him at his landing pad . Despite Nadill ' s warning , however , they were unable to prepare , as just moments after Nadill ' s arrival Coruscant ' s invasion alarms sounded , signaling the arrival of the Sith . In the Coruscant skies , a large Sith fleet , consisting of tens of thousands of warships , appeared out of hyperspace . The warships deployed dropships to the surface , containing Sith Massassi warriors and Sith war behemoth s . Tuknatan and the other Jedi decided to make a stand on the steps of the Senate Building . Tuknatan and the Republic forces leaped headlong into the fury of the battle , but the Sith force seemed unstoppable and the chances of victory appeared slim . Suddenly , however , a large portion of the Sith force simply disappeared ; they were mere illusions . Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow , the commander of the Sith invasion force and the creator of the illusions , had had his concentration broken courtesy of a shot on his Sith Meditation Sphere by his Sith apprentice Gav Daragon , causing his illusions to fade away into nothingness . Emboldened by this turn of events , Tuknatan and the other Jedi charged into the heart of the Sith invasion and fought ferociously , and the Battle of Coruscant was won . Overcome by the elation of the victory , Tuknatan and the Jedi exclaimed that the Republic would never fall . Personality and traits . Tuknatan was a brave and valiant Jedi , one who showed no hesitation in standing and fighting against the Sith , even when victory seemed an unlikely prospect . Tuknatan was ferocious and aggressive while fighting , recommending an all - out counterstrike against the Sith during the Battle of Coruscant . He was a fierce supporter of the Galactic Republic and believed that the Republic would never fall . In battle , rather than using a lightsaber like most other Jedi , Tuknatan simply wielded a gold - colored staff . Behind the scenes . The character of Tuknatan first appeared in " " , a story arc in the " " comic book series , written by Kevin J . Anderson . He appeared briefly in the arc ' s fourth issue , and reappeared in " The Golden Age of the Sith " follow - up arc , " " , in which he had a more substantial role . In these appearances , Tuknatan was drawn by Dario Carrasco , Jr . , and preliminary black - and - white sketches of Tuknatan appear in the back of " Golden Age of the Sith " first issue .