Crosscurrent Crosscurrent is a novel by Paul S . Kemp that was released on January 26 , 2010 . It takes place during the Great Hyperspace War as well as after the " Legacy of the Force " series and features Jaden Korr as a lead character . It also ties in to " " . Publisher ' s summary . An ancient Sith ship hurtles into the future carrying a lethal cargo that could forever destroy Luke Skywalker ' s hopes for peace . " The Civil War is almost over when Jedi Knight Jaden Korr experiences a Force vision so intense he must act . Enlisting two salvage jocks and their ship , Jaden sets out into space . Someone - - or something - - appears to be in distress . " " But what Jaden and his crew find confounds them . A five - thousand - year - old dreadnaught - - bringing with it a full force of Sith and one lone Jedi - - has inadvertently catapulted eons from the past into the present . The ship ' s weapons may not be cutting - edge , but its cargo , a special ore that makes those who use the dark side nearly invincible , is unsurpassed . The ancient Jedi on board is determined to destroy the Sith . But for Jaden , even more is at stake : for his vision has led him to uncover a potentially indestructible threat to everything the Jedi Order stands for . " Plot summary . The story opens in the year 5000 BBY with a newly Jedi - turned - Sith , Saes Rrogon , mining Lignan in the Phaegon system , completely demolishing Phaegon III ' s moon to do it . The Lignan allows a Force - sensitive to strenghten their connection to the dark side , and Saes believes that his shipment will turn the tide of the current battle at Kirrek , and heighten his standing among the Sith . However , two Jedi , Saes ' s former Jedi Master Relin Druur and his new Padawan Drev Hassin , have orders from the Old Jedi Order to stop the Sith at all costs . Relin boards Saes ' s ship , the " Harbinger " , and attempts to sabotage the hyperdrive . Saes engages him in a duel , resulting in Relin ' s loss of an arm and extensive exposure to radiation from the hyperdrive core . However , the damaged hyperdrive misjumps , and launches the ship into the future , damaging its sister ship " Omen " along the way . Relin ' s escape pod is caught up in " Harbinger " s wake and follows it into hyperspace , and Drev is killed when he rams his fighter into " Harbinger " ' s bridge , doing further damage . The ship is eventually yanked out of hyperspace by Saes using the power of the Lignan , safe but 5 , 000 years in the future . Meanwhile , Jedi Knight Jaden Korr has a Force vision with such Jedi and Sith as Kam Solusar , Mara Jade Skywalker , Lumiya , and Lassin warning him of a problem in the Unknown Regions and telling him to go to the planet Fhost for help . Once there , he finds two down - on - their - luck salvagers , Khedryn Faal and Marr Idi - Shael , and enlists their help ( after saving them from Reegas Vance ) and the ship " Junker " to go into the Unknown Regions , guided by evidence recently found by the pair of a crashed ship or installation on the frozen moon of an unknown gas giant . Once there , they encounter the recently - jumped " Harbinger " , and pick up the escape pod containing Relin Druur . Saes soon realizes where Relin is , and sends out Blade fighters to intercept them . Through brilliant flying , Marr and Khedryn avoid and destroy them , and take refuge in an asteroid field . Little does anyone know that another party is watching the battle unfold — Kell Douro , a hired Force - sensitive Anzat assassin who is keeping tabs on the frozen moon per the orders of the One Sith , specifically Darth Wyyrlok . Douro is also personally involved , convinced that by feeding on Jaden he can gain " revelation " and be omniscient . After the Blades ' failed attack , the crew of the " Junker " split up , with Relin and Marr going to try and defeat Saes , and Jaden and Khedryn going on to continue Jaden ' s investigation into the frozen moon . Once there , Jaden and Khedryn find an abandoned Thrawn - era Imperial cloning facility , with evidence of a pitched battle . In the computer room , they find recordings detailing a " Jedi - Sith cloning project " , apparently splicing Jedi and Sith DNA together to create super - powerful Force - sensitives . Apparently the clones went mad from their dual origins and became homicidal . Jaden continues on while Khedryn returns to the shuttle , seeing proof of the clones ' madness including piled human heads and messages painted in blood like " Mother is hungry " . Jaden grows disturbed when he sees this , and even more so when he finds an old Spaarti cloning cylinder full of decomposing bodies . One of the mad clones , who appears to be copied from Kam Solusar ' s DNA , finds him there and after a brief duel resulting in the loss of three fingers , Jaden kills the clone . After Khedryn comes looking for Jaden and kills Kell Douro , who was attempting to feed on Jaden , the two head to their shuttle , where they learn that the other clones stole Douro ' s ship and fled deeper into the Unknown Regions . Meanwhile Relin and Marr successfully board the " Harbinger " and Relin , fueled by his hatred toward his fallen apprentice and the Lignan ore , cuts a bloody swath through the ship before sending Marr back and confronting Saes alone . Relin , knowing he has fallen to the dark side , decides not to fight Saes with his lightsaber and the two use the Force to batter one another . Relin , weakened by his numerous wounds and radiation poisoning , is overwhelmed by Saes who uses Force Choke to subdue him . At the last second , Relin is able to momentarily choke Saes and uses the Force to tear his lightsaber from his grip and kills him with his own lightsaber . Relin then channels the full power of the Force from his fallen apprentice and the Lignan ore in order to create a powerful explosion , killing Relin in the process . As the three survivors watch the " Harbinger " fall into the atmosphere and explode , they acknowledge the loss of Relin . Marr asks Jaden to train him in the Force ; initially Jaden is hesitant to do so , but soon realizes that the doubt that has followed him his entire life is what centers him , and that his master Kyle knew so all along . Jaden agrees to train Marr , uttering " There be dragons . " Behind the scenes . The cover incorrectly shows Saes Rrogon ' s lightsaber as a standard hilt , rather than the curved hilt that he owns . It also does not show the cable connecting the hilt to a power pack , which was standard for lightsabers of his and Relin ' s era .