Vindication Vindication was a codeword that initiated an insurrection by the covert Jedi Covenant organization against the Jedi Order , orchestrated by the ersatz leader of the Covenant , failed Jedi apprentice - turned - Sith acolyte Haazen . For years , Sith acolyte Haazen manipulated his pupil Lucien Draay in order to realize his true goal , to unite the light side and dark side of the Force by creating an army of Jedi Covenanters , led by Draay whom he would manipulate into taking up the mantle of a Sith . Putting to use the many Covenanters , Haazen gave the command to ' save ' the Jedi Order , supposedly infiltrated by the Sith , by severing the council ' s connections to the galaxy and defending the Draay Estate on Coruscant . However , while the Covenanters believed that they were destroying the Jedi Order in order to save it , Haazen was initiating his plan . Shortly after beginning the operation Haazen revealed his devotion to the dark side to Zayne Carrick and he had hoped to put to use Carrick ' s special relationship with the Force . As Lucien ' s mother and Covenant leader Krynda died in her son ' s arms during Haazen ' s revelation , the steward provided Lucien with a Sith lightsaber , and allowed him to exact revenge on the one whom he felt was responsible for the tragedies befallen him — Zayne Carrick . Forced to defend himself against the grief - stricken Jedi Master , Carrick ignited his own weapon , and fought for his life . Fire raged in the Draay Estate as Lucien Draay relentlessly pursued his former student , all while Carrick professed his innocence for that which he was being blamed . Draay was severely wounded when the statue of his father crushed him . Carrick appeared to slay him , and professed his allegiance to the Sith acolyte . However , the former Padawan unexpectedly attacked the Sith defector , slicing off his arm which bore the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger , thus eliminating the influence of the artifact that afforded Haazen protection from unwanted harm . Carrick then fled the scene with Marn Hierogryph and Draay , revealing himself to be alive , told his former master that he had fallen into a trap — one of Draay ' s and Carrick ' s design . Haazen could only watch in horror as Draay retrieved the Kressh Gauntlet , which also housed the means by which Haazen controlled the orbiting Republic fleet , and activated the orbital bombardment planned by his steward . Haazen met his demise in the turbolaser fire that rained from above , and while Draay was seriously wounded , he survived the assault which destroyed both his steward and his ancestral family home in their entirety . History . Prelude . Following the death and destruction of the Great Sith War , a legendary Jedi Consular , Krynda Draay created a secret organization known as the Jedi Covenant which would consist of Jedi dedicated to one purpose : preventing the return of the Sith . One of the Covenanters and foremost aide to Krynda was her late husband , Barrison ' s best friend , Haazen . Haazen , unlike Barrison , had survived the previous war despite losing three of his limbs after secretly betraying him to Exar Kun and his Sith Empire . His duties included training Barrison and Krynda ' s son , Lucien and coordinating Covenant efforts behind the scenes . However , Haazen eventually developed his own agenda . He rejected both the way of the Jedi and the Sith , and wished to be even greater than both sects . To accomplish this , he planned to unite the two traditional enemies into an army that served only him . He used his high position within the Jedi Covenant to recruit the Jedi half of his army , while he planned to turn the younger Draay to the dark side to train the Sith half . In 3964 BBY the Covenant was nearly exposed when the organization ' s foremost group of seers predicted the rise of the Sith among their own Padawans . In response they murdered their learners . By a stroke of luck one of the Padawans , Zayne Carrick , escaped and remained a fugitive for months , all the while gathering evidence that would prove his innocence to the Republic and the Jedi . In the year 3963 BBY , two of the First WatchCircle seers , Raana Tey and Feln met their ends while chasing Carrick , although he was not directly responsible for their deaths . During a mission to Feln ' s home planet Odryn , Carrick came across information linking the Covenant to a cache of Sith artifacts that had been hidden from the Jedi High Council . Carrick returned to Coruscant to present his proof to the Council , but was captured by First WatchCircle seer Xamar . However , Xamar had been having doubts over the true intent of the Padawan massacre , so instead of taking him to the Covenant ' s headquarters in the Draay Estate , he brought him before members of the Jedi High Council in order to bargain for favorable terms . Xamar testified to High Councilors Vrook Lamar and Vandar Tokare about the true workings of the Jedi Covenant . Xamar agreed to help engineer the Covenant ' s downfall , as long as immunity would be granted to Covenant leader Krynda Draay , whom he believed played a minor role in its operation . The Jedi formulated a plan which involved Xamar and Carrick infiltrating the Draay Estate . The Khil Master escorted Carrick and his associate , Marn Hierogryph , into the estate to meet with Krynda , while Carrick bore a fabricated version of the Muur Talisman Sith amulet and contact lenses to make it appear as if he had gone to the dark side of the Force . Xamar would then demand audience with Krynda at which time he would be examined by the leader . From there , Carrick and Hierogryph would create a distraction while Xamar took Krynda outside the Estate ' s gate ; en route , he would disable the estate ' s security measures and a large number of Jedi , led by Vrook Lamar , would storm the building and apprehend the Covenant ' s leaders . If anything went wrong , Carrick ' s lightsaber was hidden in the false amulet . However the plan went awry when Haazen forbid the two from approaching Krynda , claiming she was busy . He suspected Carrick ' s deception and snatched the false talisman from his neck . Xamar was able to use this distraction to let the Jedi assault team in . As soon as the Jedi launched their assault , Haazen initiated Operation Vindication and used the attack on the Draay Estate to launch his own retaliatory strike . The insurrection . Haazen pressed a button on his mechanical hand which linked to the Vanjervalis Chain that kept the ships of Admiral Saul Karath ' s fleet slaved together . Because Haazen had directed the Draay Trust to buy Vanjervalis Systems he was able to build a direct line to himself , allowing him to hack the chain . This action allowed him to take control of Karath ' s fleet and bombard the assault team ; killing Jedi and Covenanter alike , including Xamar , whose death by friendly fire completed his part in the Rogue Moon Prophecy . Simultaneously Haazen issued orders to other Covenanters to infiltrate the High Council Tower and smuggle out Sith artifacts . Haazen then revealed his blood red lightsaber and Sith amulets to Draay and Carrick , finally showing his allegiance to the dark side . As Haazen advanced outside to view the destruction , Draay explained Haazen ' s background to Carrick and remarked on the darksider ' s similarity to his ex - Padawan , particularly their failed training . At the same time , Vrook Lamar , faced with the Republic fleet ' s unyielding fire , ordered the assault team ' s retreat . Draay then lit his lightsaber and attempted to strike his former master down . However , Haazen revealed that his mechanical hand was none other than an ancient Sith artifact , the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger . The artifact gave the Sith acolyte the ability to prevent others from touching him unless he wished them to . Haazen unleashed the gauntlet ' s dark power upon Draay , knocking him away and electrocuting him when he attempted to kill the Sith with his lightsaber . Draay immediately blamed Carrick for not striking down the Sith acolyte when he had the chance . As the two bickered , a squad of Padawans tried to stop Haazen as well only to be killed by his Force lightning and lightsaber . Haazen told the two that they were part of the Prophecy of the Five with Draay being " for the darkness " and Carrick " for the light " . Haazen then gave Draay his red lightsaber and tempted him to join his side and become the master of his Sith army . When Carrick attempted to find Krynda , Lucien blocked his ex - Padawan from reaching his mother , and goaded Carrick into unleashing a powerful Force push . Death of a visionary . At the same time , Hierogryph , under Carrick ' s orders , had followed the remaining Covenanter Q ' Anilia to Krynda ' s chambers The Snivvian found the Covenanter , who had murdered the room ' s guards , mourning over her former master , who lay in a stasis pod where she had been placed by Haazen following a stroke as she envisioned the Padawan Massacre of Taris , preventing her from stopping the killings . Q ' Anilia , believing her former master to be dead , was overcome by grief and poisoned herself . As she lay dying , she exclaimed that Carrick ' s vision about the downfall of the First WatchCircle had come true , but Hierogryph revealed that it was a trick thought up by him to keep the Masters looking over their shoulders . Hierogryph recognized that the stasis pod that Krynda lay in was identical to the oubliette that Celeste Morne had placed herself in . He realized that Krynda was still alive and brought the dying woman down to Lucien who immediately sent him crashing into a wall . Krynda demanded to know whether Lucien had killed the Padawans , which he admitted to , claiming that her teachings had influenced him to act preemptively against any Sith threat . With her last words , Krynda explained to her son that her past teachings were wrong and that he had to " face the future with humility " . Upon her subsequent passing , Lucien grew enraged when Hierogryph let it slip that she was alive until he had moved her . Fearing a sudden attack Carrick told Hierogryph to run while he held his former master off once again . The climactic confrontation between the two had finally arrived . Final confrontation . Despite his struggles with the Force as a Padawan and the fact that he was dueling a member of the Jedi High Council , Carrick was able to match Draay strike for strike . As they dueled , Carrick pleaded with Draay to stop fighting and help stop Haazen . Draay , in his grief , said that it was too late for him to escape the dark side , and continued to fight . Carrick angrily retorted that Draay was , and would forever , remain a tool that others could manipulate for their own ends ; a statement that left his former Master taken aback . In the meantime , Hierogryph ran out onto the estate ' s balcony , calling for help . A sudden Force push knocked him off the balcony and into the courtyard where Haazen stood , viewing the destruction . Lucien Draay then burst outside and jumped down towards the fallen con artist . Carrick intercepted him in mid - air and knocked his former Master away . The two dueled before the statue of Draay ' s father , until the Jedi Master ' s momentum caused his lightsaber to hit his father ' s statue , which was already unstable due to damage by the orbital bombardment . Draay quickly forgot Carrick as he rushed towards the statue to keep it from falling . However , it toppled onto Draay pinning him beneath it . Carrick , to Hierogryph ' s horror , used the opportunity to stab the helpless Jedi Master where he lay . Haazen , impressed with this dark act , offered Padawan the chance to become his apprentice . Carrick reluctantly agreed , only on the condition Haazen would stop bombarding Coruscant . The Dark Jedi agreed to this , claiming he only needed the fleet to attack one more target ; the Jedi Temple . As he knelt before Haazen , Carrick said that he was having a vision of the future . As Haazen drew closer to hear this new prophecy , Carrick grabbed his mechanical arm and said Haazen was not in it . In a quick strike , he sliced the mechanical arm off with his lightsaber , denying Haazen the protection of the Gauntlet as well as control of the fleet . An enraged Haazen blasted Carrick with Force lightning but before harm could be done , the former Jedi and Hierogryph were suddenly thrown far away from the burning estate . As Haazen stood flabbergasted by the sudden turn in events , Draay stood up , revealing that he had saved the two . Declaring to Haazen that the whole duel had been a ruse to get him off his guard , Draay used the control mechanism built into Haazen ' s severed arm to redirect the Republic fleet ' s fire at the Estate . The resulting explosion killed Haazen , and Draay was thought dead as well . Aftermath . Unbeknownst to Republic officials and the Jedi High Council , Draay did survive the bombardment thanks to his control of the Gauntlet which shielded him from the worst of the blasts . Despite the Gauntlet , he was badly injured , burning his hands and arms and losing his eyesight . Because of the pain he felt , he would later reflect that he felt himself drawing close to the dark side , specifically close to becoming a Lord of Pain . However he began to think about his father ' s long journey to become a Jedi , and how he had achieved the impossible by doing so despite his age and high rank in society . Draay drew on this knowledge of his father to resist the lure of the dark side and break away from what Haazen had felt to be his destiny . After leaving the ruins of his family estate , the former Jedi Master was able to journey to a hidden redoubt he had secretly purchased with Draay trust funds . There he met with a handful of Jedi to constitute a new Covenant that would not use an aggressive approach to fight the dark side , but rather surviving the upcoming dark times . Draay finally admitted to himself that at last he could see his future . The Republic officially covered up the events of Vindication and blamed the attack on Mandalorian terrorists , with agreement from the Jedi to conceal the true events . However , Carrick was officially exonerated for the deaths of his fellow Padawans and the bounties on him were stripped . Due to his part in stopping Haazen , the Jedi Council offered the former Padawan the opportunity to come back to the Order as a Jedi Knight . Carrick declined , remembering how the Jedi didn ' t stick by him when he needed them , and deciding that he owed Hierogryph for the assistance he gave him and became his partner . Behind the scenes . Vindication was conceived and written by John Jackson Miller and illustrated by Brian Ching and Michael Atiyeh for the thirty second through thirty fifth issues of comic series . Miller used this event to kill off the character of Haazen and bring an end to the Jedi Covenant . It was also used to wrap up the story of Lucien Draay and send Zayne Carrick towards new adventures . Although the cover of " " depicts Marn Hierogryph fighting Lucien Draay , the two don ' t actually engage each other in battle during the course of the issue . The scene in which Lucien Draay and Zayne Carrick clash sabers before Marn Hierogryph almost mirrors the scene in " " where Darth Vader blocks Luke Skywalker ' s attack upon the Emperor . However this scene is almost in direct contrast as a lightsider is protecting an obviously innocent from a darksider while the intended victim pleads for the combatants to put away their lightsabers . In Return of the Jedi , a darksider is defending a villain from a lightsider , and the intended victim clearly wants the duel to take place . Zayne Carrick lost his yellow bladed lightsaber for good in the battle . However the Council would later give him a new lightsaber after Haazen ' s failed insurrection , this one with a blue blade . To fool the reader ( and Haazen ) into thinking Lucien Draay had been crushed by the statue , the artists moved around the clouds of dust to conceal the amount of space underneath the rubble . John Jackson Miller saw the events of Vindication as the Jedi Order ' s Watergate affair