Hal Horn Hal Horn was a Corellian survivor of the Great Jedi Purge who became a noted Corellian Security Force police officer . Born Valin Halcyon , the secret son of Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon , he was apprenticed to his father , who died shortly after the Clone Wars . When the Jedi Purge began , Nejaa ' s former Corellian Security partner and best friend , Rostek Horn , married Scerra Halcyon and adopted young Valin , whose name became Valin Horn , though he went almost exclusively by the name " Hal Horn " , a sly reference to " Halcyon " . Rostek hid all evidence of the family ' s Jedi past , and Horn went on to marry Nyche Horn and father a son , Corran . Horn became a CorSec officer just like his adoptive father , and excelled in the position . He quickly became an Inspector , and his tenacity and investigative skill became legendary . He developed a longstanding rivalry with smuggler Booster Terrik , eventually catching him , and with Moranda Savich , the pursuit of whom got Horn into a sticky situation on Darkknell . In 2 ABY , Horn was joined by his son Corran in CorSec , but lost his wife to a landspeeder accident . Later that year , Horn and his son successfully captured Zekka Thyne , the head of Black Sun on Corellia . In 3 ABY , Horn was killed by the bounty hunter Bossk . Corran strongly suspected that he had been deliberately assassinated , but could never identify who had ordered it . A message Horn had recorded for his son enabled Corran to eventually train as a Jedi , becoming a Jedi Master in the New Jedi Order . Biography . Jedi past . Valin Halcyon was the son of Scerra and Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon . Halcyon ' s father trained him as his Padawan from childhood , teaching him the Jedi ways but keeping their familial relationship secret . He was only ten years old when Nejaa left to fight in the Clone Wars in 22 BBY and he was left in the care of Rostek Horn , Nejaa Halcyon ' s longtime partner in the Corellian Security Force . When Nejaa was killed shortly after the Clone Wars , Rostek Horn adopted Valin Halcyon and married Scerra , removing all traces of their links to the Jedi as the Great Jedi Purge began . Valin ' s name became Valin Horn , though he went by " Hal Horn " for most of his life , a reference to his former family name . Sometime before 18 BBY , Horn graduated from the Corellian Security Force Academy , where he excelled and set many training records — several of them by beating Rostek ' s records . He saw working in CorSec as a way of honoring both his father and stepfather , continuing their work of protecting innocents . Early on , Horn was partnered with Gil Bastra , and he quickly rose to the position of Inspector . Horn dated a woman named Nyche and married her after graduating . They had a son , Corran , in 18 BBY . He raised his family in a house across the street from Rostek ' s , in Coronet City . While he was careful to avoid being outed as a Force - sensitive , Horn kept his father ' s Jedi Credit — a medallion marking Halcyon ' s ascent to the rank of Jedi Master — as a good - luck charm . Horn also continued using Jedi techniques . Corran sometimes observed him going through meditative exercises and attempted to imitate him . Horn taught Corran the exercises , which would not reveal his Force - sensitivity , but told him that they were their secret game and should not be shared with anyone else . CorSec career . In 10 BBY , Horn was assigned to investigate the activities of Jenos Idanian . He was hot on the tail of the Corellian criminal , freezing his bank account , but Idanian disappeared on Coruscant and never resurfaced . Horn never learned that Idanian was actually Han Solo . In that same year , Horn received a report of an attempted rape from a young transport pilot named Soontir Fel . A group of youths , including Ilir Post , had attempted to rape a girl named Pamr on an agro - combine run by Allied Grain and Roughage . Fel had fought the three assailants off , but as they were the children of management figures , the local police , in AGR ' s pocket , refused to prosecute . Fel came to Horn and Corellian Security , and Horn took Fel ' s statement and prepared an investigation of Post and the others . However , on his return to the agro - combine , Fel was given an appointment to the Academy of Carida and told that his family would be taken care of if he would go . If he did not accept it , the company would make it hard on Fel ' s family , who all worked for the corporation . Feeling he had no choice , Fel accepted the appointment and left for Carida . Without Fel to testify , Horn ' s case fell apart . He understood the situation Fel was in , however , and met him as he left , encouraging the young man to make the most of the opportunity and not put his family in danger . Horn would be keeping close watch on Post , and was confident he would slip up again and be caught . Post did eventually misstep once more , and was sent to the prison world of Kessel . In 5 BBY , Horn was assigned to the case of the pirates who destroyed the Gus Treta fueling station owned by Wedge Antilles ' s parents . Though he devoted himself to the investigation , he could not find the pirates . Even so , he kept an eye on young Antilles , who was left orphaned by the accident . When Antilles began smuggling weapons for the Rebel Alliance , Horn pronounced Antilles a lost cause . Horn pursued the infamous smuggler Booster Terrik for a considerable period of time , with Terrik frequently eluding him . Horn caught him once , but he later went free , only to be pursued again by Horn . The two became tremendous rivals . Eventually , in 2 BBY , he was able to arrest Terrik on smuggling charges and sent him to Kessel for five years . Horn encouraged his son to follow his hunches and senses of unease . He had a very good relationship with Corran , serving as his son ' s friend as well as his father , and the pair made an excellent team . Corran felt comfortable taking his problems to Horn and discussing them , and always looked to his father for moral guidance . Horn , in return , was extremely proud of his son and confident in his ability to make good choices . Around 2 BBY , he recorded a holographic message for Corran telling him about his Jedi heritage , in the event that he himself died before it was safe for Corran to learn of it . He told his son how proud he was of him , and of his hope that Corran would continue the family ' s Jedi heritage . Horn hoped that eventually he would be able to train his son as a Jedi himself . The hunt for Moranda Savich . In 0 BBY , Horn was in pursuit of pickpocket , con artist , and thief Moranda Savich . He had pursued her for a few years , and followed her trail from Corellia to Kreeling , Dorsis , and Mantarran before ending up on the distant Outer Rim world Darkknell . As he technically had no jurisdiction there and was obliged to rely on local authorities ' cooperation , he had to surrender his blaster when he touched down in the city of Xakrea . The Darkknell Defense Agency , however , was far more concerned with a recent alert that an important Rebel was present on Darkknell and had to be detained , and offered no real assistance to Horn . Horn traveled to Arky ' s Emporium of Forgotten Treasures , run by Seb Arkos , a known document forger and a man Horn had once had imprisoned . He asked Arkos about Savich , and after pressuring him the convict revealed that Savich had sought his help in leaving Darkknell and would be coming by the shop soon . Horn would have waited outside , but a woman arrived claiming to be Katya Glasc , a Darkknell Special Security agent — she was actually Ysanne Isard of Imperial Intelligence . She told him that he had a break in Savich ' s case , and took him outside to speak . On leaving , he saw Savich in the street and moved to arrest her , but was held back by Isard as her bodyguard , Trabler , moved to shoot the thief . Realizing that he intended to kill her , Horn used a Force illusion to affect the man ' s aim and Savich was only shot in the shoulder . Isard made Horn leave Savich , telling him that he was needed in a vital mission to catch a Rebel who had just recently bombed a building in which Corellian Senator Garm Bel Iblis was about to give a speech . While Horn was uneasy with Isard and Trabler , he was eager to catch the man who had killed Bel Iblis and hundreds of innocents , and agreed to cooperate . They spent much of the day checking what Isard described as Rebel contact points , and Horn soon realized that the pair were not what they claimed to be ; they were from the Core . On confirming his suspicions , he took charge of the interrogation at the next point , the Continuum Void tapcafe . In the course of it , he realized that the pair were likely Imperials , and were chasing something that had been stolen by Savich from a man who had been in that tapcafe . However , he showed the manager a holo of his wife , not of Savich ; when the manager claimed not to recognize the holo , Isard , assuming Horn had showed an image of Savich , lacked any lead . They returned to Isard ' s headquarters , where Horn had a split second of warning through the Force before he was attacked by Trabler . He was able to fend off the Imperial , taking the other man ' s blaster and firing at Isard . He killed Trabler when the man came after him again , and , in a standoff with Isard , he destroyed his holo of Savich and told Isard that now he was the only chance of her catching the person who had whatever she wanted . He suggested that if he helped her catch Savich , she would let him go and call the deal even . Revealing her true identity , Isard accepted , but forced Horn to wear a choke - collar , which would activate and cut off blood flow to his brain on her order or if she died . Knowing through his long experience with her that Savich would be looking for gralish liqueur and that the Continuum Void was the only establishment in Xakrea that sold it , Horn led Isard back there . After arriving , they learned that Savich had been there with an accomplice , but left again after persuading the manager that he had a family emergency and getting him to leave . Isard was convinced that Savich had run the manager off - world for a reason , and decided to check out his background with Horn . They traveled to Imperial Intelligence ' s local secret facility to access files , and there Horn received a comm call from Savich , who set up a meeting to turn over the datapack that had been stolen in exchange for pay . On moving into the tapcafe next to the Intelligence facility , Horn received another call , and was startled to hear a nearby thud from a dropped crate repeated over the comm . He realized Savich was nearby and found one woman who was a possible candidate to be Savich in disguise . However , in the middle of Savich ' s instructions , she got up and introduced herself to Horn as an old friend , hugging him . When he smelled the gralish liqueur on her breath , he quickly recognized that she was indeed Savich . She used the cover of the hug to pick the lock to his choke - collar and bumped into Isard as she stepped back . Immediately afterwards , Colonel Nyroska of the Darkknell Defense Agency arrived , and the mystery woman , who was indeed Savich , had Nyroska arrest Isard as the Rebel agent ; she had palmed Isard ' s identification card when she bumped into her and now claimed to be Isard herself . When Horn was asked to help make the matter clear , he confessed that the only identification Isard had ever showed him were her false credentials as Glasc . All three were taken to the local precinct to clear up the matter , but Savich escaped her cell before Isard ' s identity was confirmed . Horn , however , was able to escape any consequences for his role in the matter . Pride and suffering . In 1 ABY , Horn was present in the city of Tyrena , where he investigated the trafficking of survapierre , an illegal alcoholic beverage . By that time , Horn was a veteran Corellian Security agent , with a reputation as one of the service ' s best officers . Horn was known to mentor rookies , helping train them and acclimate them to CorSec , and had many protegés and friends within the service . Horn was deeply upset with CorSec ' s role in hunting Jedi and strongly disliked the Imperial Intelligence liaison officer assigned to his area , Kirtan Loor . Sometime after the battle of Talus , Boushh and another bounty hunter kidnapped Horn , planning to lure Corran so he could be captured for the bounty on his head . Corran tracked them down with several Corellian Security agents in tow and engaged in a battle that turned into a standoff . The bounty hunters offered to let the elder Horn go if Corran would turn himself over to them . Refusing to allow harm to come to his father , he agreed . Rebel agents later rescued Corran , along with several Rebel - aligned captives , from imprisonment , much to Horn ' s relief . Around 2 ABY , Corran , who had followed his father into the Academy , graduated and began a career as a Corellian Security Force agent . Horn had kept an eye on his son ' s training , with his friends in the training program forwarding him some of Corran ' s results . The younger Horn excelled , beating many of Hal Horn ' s own records . The two frequently worked as partners , much to Horn ' s delight . As an additional precaution , he uploaded the message he had recorded about their Jedi heritage to Corran ' s droid partner , Whistler . Later that same year , Nyche was struck by a drunken driver in a landspeeder accident . Horn and Corran rushed to the hospital to be with her . She spoke with them about their future before passing away , leaving father and son grieving together . Black Sun bust . Later in 2 ABY , Horn and his son were working as partners in surveilling the Treasure Ship Row stall of Sajsh , an agent of Corellian Black Sun kingpin Zekka Thyne . While doing so , Corran noticed a man approach Sajsh and attempt to make a delivery for Borbor Crisk — a rival crime lord . The Horns kept an eye on the man , and after Sajsh told him to come back later to another stall , they found him returning to an unusual set of companions , one of which appeared to be bounty hunter Jodo Kast — he was actually Grand Admiral Thrawn posing as Kast , though Horn never learned that . Corran figured that Thyne would likely want to bring the group back to his fortress for questioning , and considered joining the odd party as a way of getting into the heavily - guarded fortress to actually serve a warrant and arrest Thyne . Horn considered it incredibly risky , but the pair continued watching the group . When two of them ran into trouble attempting to save a shopkeeper and his daughter from the Brommstaad Mercenaries , the Horns drew their blasters to protect them , forcing the mercenaries to stand down . The grateful members of the group introduced themselves as Kast , Riij Winward , Rathe Palror , Haber Trell , and Maranne Darmic . The Horns passed themselves off as a pair of criminal partners , unrelated to each other and looking for work with Crisk , and suggested that they go along with the others to their meeting with Crisk ' s agent . Thrawn , the party ' s leader , decided that Horn would go along with Trell and Palror to the meeting while Corran , Winward , and Darmic unloaded their delivery cargo . Thrawn would provide backup to the first group . Horn ' s group proceeded to the meeting , and were captured by Thyne ' s thugs . Taken to Thyne ' s fortress , they were beaten for information , but had little to offer . Relatively soon , Thrawn and Corran arrived , but Thrawn told Thyne that the group was planning to assassinate him , and turned Corran over . The four prisoners were put in the cellar , and Horn noted from Thrawn ' s taunts that most of Thyne ' s enforcers would be gone , ambushing Winward and Darmic . He also noticed that Thrawn had placed a molecular stiletto on the bars to their cell . Realizing " Kast " was playing a complex game to infiltrate Thyne ' s palace but seemed to be on their side , they used the stiletto to cut their way out and ambushed the guard , giving Trell and Palror the stiletto and telling them to escape on their own while they took on Thyne . With most of Thyne ' s men away , the Horns were able to make it back up to Thyne ' s office , where Thrawn helped them defeat the guards ; Thyne , however , fled through a secret escape tunnel . The CorSec agents followed Thyne down the tunnel and into a cave , where the crime lord began shooting at them . They advanced stealthily through the cave , but Thyne caught Corran and used him as a hostage . He demanded that Horn show himself , which he did , but Horn ordered Thyne to surrender . When it was clear that Thyne would not , Horn agreed to lay down his weapon . Calming his concern at his son ' s position , he centered himself , focused on aiming at Thyne ' s eye , and used the Force to project an illusion of himself removing his finger from the trigger . In fact , he kept his carbine on Thyne and triggered a stun shot that incapacitated the crime lord . He explained the feat to Corran as having used his middle finger to stroke the trigger . They exited the cave with the unconscious Thyne and ran into a stormtrooper patrol , with Horn having to use a mind trick to keep the stormtroopers from executing them . The commander of the Imperial assault , Colonel Maximilian Veers , had instructions from Thrawn to expect them and allow them to leave with their prisoner , which he did upon learning of the situation . Horn also formally asked Veers for aid in executing his warrant to search Thyne ' s fortress , giving the colonel legal justification for raiding the building . Thyne was duly prosecuted and convicted , and he blamed the Horns bitterly for his imprisonment on Kessel . Death and legacy . Around a year and a half after arresting Thyne , Horn and Corran were sent on a mission to arrest a smuggler . As they expected trouble , Horn met with two other individuals while Corran monitored him by remote . He was killed when the bounty hunter Bossk entered and washed a spray of fire across the entire table at which Horn sat . Corran rushed out but could only hold his father ' s dead body in his arms . The director of the Corellian Security Force himself was present at Horn ' s wake , in which the great many people affected by Horn celebrated his life . Horn ' s keepsake of his father , the Jedi credit , was passed on to Corran . Corran tracked down Bossk , but Kirtan Loor let Bossk loose without so much as an arraignment , citing his lack of manual dexterity as making Horn ' s death collateral damage in the execution of a valid Imperial warrant against Horn ' s companions . The relationship between Corran and Loor continued to disintegrate , until Corran left Corellia and eventually joined the New Republic . While serving in it , he discovered his family heritage and played Horn ' s message to him ; in 11 ABY , Corran trained and became a Jedi Knight as the order Horn had seen destroyed was restored by Luke Skywalker , with Corran eventually becoming a Jedi Master and sitting on the revived Jedi Council . In addition , Corran married Mirax Terrik , the daughter of Horn ' s old rival , and the pair had two children , Valin — named for Horn himself — and Jysella . Personality and traits . Hal Horn was generally good - natured and easygoing , but was utterly dedicated and unyielding in his pursuit of injustice . He was an absolutely relentless investigator , and extremely honest ; he also had a knack for picking up on small details in his investigations that provided major breakthroughs . From an early age , Horn was taught by his Jedi father to keep his emotions in control , avoiding rage and panic and remaining calm . He was strongly against the unnecessary taking of life , and always found a way to avoid inflicting harm if he could . As a result , he almost always set his blaster on stun and encouraged his son to do so as well . A family man , Horn was a loving father to his son and a devoted husband . He and Corran got along extremely well , considering each other friends and coworkers as well as family , and their strong rapport allowed them to share their concerns with each other as adults . As the Alliance to Restore the Republic gained more victories against the Empire , Horn felt its success emboldened criminals and helped lead to a more violent climate in the underworld . He was also annoyed that more government resources went towards battling the Rebellion and what he perceived as overblown suspicions of Rebel sympathies instead of stopping serious crime . The association of Corellians with crime and Rebel activities disappointed and angered him as well . While not a fan of the Rebellion , which he regarded as a lawless group , he disliked the Empire as well , considering it oppressive , and worried about the necessity of eventually opposing it . Powers and abilities . Horn was capable of precognition with the Force , and could also sense feelings and emotions through it ; this ability to read others strongly aided his ability to tell when a suspect was lying . Like all Halcyon Jedi , Horn had a talent for projecting illusions into the minds of others and confusing or persuading them with mind tricks , as well as an inability to perform telekinesis . However , he was only trained as a boy , and after years of not using the Force , even minor exertions of it left him drained . Behind the scenes . The character of Hal Horn was created by author Michael A . Stackpole as the father of one of Stackpole ' s protagonists , Corran Horn . Horn was first mentioned as part of his son ' s backstory in " " and much of Horn ' s own backstory was given in the course of Corran Horn ' s adventures . While his name was originally given as Hal Horn , and that name is used in almost all sources about Horn , " " states that " Hal " was the name he was most known by , and he retained the given name Valin . Hal Horn himself made his first appearance in the short story " Side Trip " , written by Stackpole and Timothy Zahn . Horn also appeared in a flashback in " " , also written by Stackpole , and in the short story " Interlude at Darkknell " , another collaboration between Stackpole and Zahn . In addition , Horn was a non - player character in the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game " Star Wars Galaxies " prior to its closure on December 15 , 2011 . In " I , Jedi " , Horn is said to have been ten years old when his father left to fight in the Clone Wars ; however , he also claims to have been ten years old when his father died . Subsequent canon has not only placed the Clone Wars approximately ten years later than Stackpole placed them , creating a situation in which Horn was barely in his teens when he had Corran , but has also separated Halcyon ' s departure for the Clone Wars from his death by three years . With those significant contradictions in place , Horn ' s canonical age remains unclear . The article " Bounty Hunters ' Guild Handbook " in " Star Wars Insider " 99 identifies Horn as the head of Corellian Security on Corellia , as does Bossk ' s entry in the Databank — a claim that would seem to conflict with the implications of Stackpole ' s stories , in which Horn is portrayed as a well - known but only mid - ranking field agent . The art used for Horn ' s card in the " Galactic Hunters " cardset of the " Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game " is the reused artwork for the " CorSec Captain " card from the earlier " Champions of the Force " cardset .