Uldir Lochett Uldir Lochett was a Human male who , as a young man , attempted to join Luke Skywalker ' s Jedi Praxeum in 22 ABY in the hope of becoming a Jedi and later became a starfighter pilot working with the Space Rescue Corps . Biography . Early life . Uldir was the son of shuttle pilots who served in the New Republic Defense Force . As a result of their job , Uldir found himself traveling frequently . He had been to worlds as diverse as Coruscant , Corellia , Malastare , and even Tatooine . As a result of his travels , Uldir was able to speak the Dug language . However , he dreamed of a life of adventure and excitement though his parents wanted him to follow in their footsteps and become a shuttle pilot like them . That was the reason why he dreamed of becoming a Jedi . Jedi training . In his early teens , he stowed away on the " Lightning Rod " , which was destined for the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 . On one morning , Jedi trainees Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila were unloading supplies from the ship when they came across the box which Uldir had hidden in . Having being found , Uldir introduced himself to his newly found friends and they became close quickly despite Uldir being years older than them . In spite of his optimism , he lacked obvious Force sensitivity — in his own later , rueful opinion , all he had were good hunches , a whisper - like ability to sense when the Force was being used , and a habit of causing trouble . However , Jedi Master Luke Skywalker allowed him to study and work at the Academy because of his enthusiasm and after getting an approval from his concerned parents . Later , Uldir stowed away again on the same ship when Anakin , Tahiri and the Kushiban Master Ikrit traveled to Dagobah in order for Anakin to undergo a test to find out if he had any potential for evil at the same cave that Luke Skywalker had gone into decades earlier in 3 ABY . When Uldir emerged from his hiding place , he found himself on the swampy world of Dagobah . He fell into the mud and encountered a swamp slug and was only saved by the intervention of his Jedi friends . Uldir also discovered that Ikrit , whom he had thought of as Anakin ' s pet , was actually an ancient Jedi Master . After that , they reached the cave where Skywalker had faced his own dark side years earlier . There , Anakin faced the manifestations of his own doubts , though he emerged victorious in the end . Uldir , however , saw nothing in the cave . Later that year , the Jedi historian Tionne Solusar discovered that Darth Vader had saved Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s lightsaber after their duel on the first Death Star in 0 BBY and kept the captured artifact at Bast Castle on Vjun . Since an information broker had sold this information to them , she feared that others may have gotten to it first and quickly informed Master Luke Skywalker who administrated the Jedi Praxeum . Thinking it was just a simple trip and time for training , Tionne allowed Uldir , Anakin , Tahiri Veila and Ikrit to accompany her to Vjun on her personal transport " Lore Seeker " . Having arrived on Vjun , they discovered another vessel and feared another group had reached it first . Having survived Bast Castle ' s automated defense systems and booby traps , they discovered the lightsaber in display in a protected alcove . Unfortunately , a group of mercenaries and pirates under a cloaked man named Orloc arrived . Orloc claimed to be a mage who possessed great powers and his henchmen also stole Kenobi ' s lightsaber . In response , the Jedi pursued Orloc and his henchmen on a chase through Bast Castle . During a confrontation , Orloc easily defeated Ikrit in lightsaber combat since the Kushiban had no lightsaber at all . He also deceived Uldir by claiming to train him all the Force skills he desired . However , the other Jedi managed to rescue Uldir and escape Bast Castle , along with Kenobi ' s lightsaber and the holocron of the ancient Jedi Master Asli Krimsan . Despite having escaped Orloc , he still believed that the Mage would be able to awaken the Force powers within him , which nobody at the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 had been able to do so . Uldir then stole Ikrit ' s ship " Sunrider " ( named after Nomi Sunrider ) and the two Jedi artifacts recovered during the previous adventure at Bast Castle . He eventually found Orloc at an abandoned space station called Exis Station , where Tionne had met Luke years earlier in her search for relics . Having arrived at the derelict space city , Uldir found Orloc whom took the youth as his student . The Mage had already set up his base on the moon and planned to create his own Jedi Order . In reality , Orloc had no Force powers but had actually used high - tech gimmicks to deceive others with demonstrations of so called " Force power " . Uldir did not realize it . Tionne , Ikrit , Anakin and Tahiri set out to find Uldir on their transport " Lore Seeker " and eventually found Exis Station . Having arrived , they tried to tell Uldir that Orloc was a fraud and that he had been deceived . The Mage attacked the four Jedi with his high - tech gimmicks , who fought back by using the Force . During the duel , Tionne was wounded and Ikrit — who had sworn not to wield a lightsaber until he had found worthy students — made his decision and join Anakin and Tahiri in their fight . Uldir then saw that Orloc was little more than a charlatan who used technology to deceive others with demonstrations of power . Together , the Jedi defeated Orloc , thus removing a threat to the growing New Jedi Order . Yuuzhan Vong War . Despite this , he did not qualify to be a Jedi and left the Jedi Praxeum . Uldir then became a pilot with the Space Rescue Corps , but when the Yuuzhan Vong invaded , he chose not to transfer to a combat starfighter unit , claiming that he believed in saving lives rather than taking them . During the Battle of Duro in 26 ABY , he calmly rescued three pilots while under fire from a full flight of coralskippers . As a former Jedi Academy student , his name was on the lists of Jedi supplied to the Peace Brigade when Tsavong Lah called for the extermination of the Order , and he discovered that his new partner , " Doc " Dacholder , was a Brigadier with orders to hand him over to the Yuuzhan Vong . But when Dacholder tried to hustle him over to a Peace Brigade ship , Uldir spaced him into hard vacuum . Soon after , he exchanged his ship " Pride of Thela " for the larger " No Luck Required " , with which he worked nominally under the New Republic Space and Rescue Corps , though in fact receiving orders directly from Master Skywalker concerning his " Great River " . With a new crew , this involved rescuing Jedi , and occasionally inserting them into Yuuzhan Vong space , if required . With his small crew , he served bravely , and was instrumental in stopping the young Jedi girl Klin - Fa Gi from falling to the dark side .