Shalavaa Shalavaa was a Human male Jedi Knight active in the Jedi Order around the time of the Great Sith War . The Padawan of Jedi Master Ortraag , Shalavaa completed his Jedi training in 4000 BBY and was sent on his first assignment shortly afterward . Shalavaa went to a remote agricultural colony to serve as a Jedi Protector , only to find himself intensely bored by an uneventful first few weeks . Soon , that all changed , as Shalavaa set out to investigate the disappearance of a nerf herder near a supposedly haunted ravine . As Shalavaa searched for the missing herdsman in the dark ravine , he was attacked by a carnivorous plant that made the place its home . Shalavaa fought the creature with his lightsaber and killed it after a short battle . Afterward , Ortraag appeared , congratulating his former apprentice and informing him that he was ready for greater and more important challenges . Biography . Shalavaa was a Human male Jedi Knight active around four thousand years before the Battle of Yavin . Shalavaa was originally the Padawan of Jedi Master Ortraag , who trained him in the light side of the Force and the ways of the Jedi Order . In 4 , 000 BBY , Shalavaa completed his apprenticeship under Ortraag and gained the title of Jedi Knight . For his first assignment , Shalavaa traveled to an outlying colony of fenti bean farms and nerf herders , to serve as a Jedi Protector . After Ortraag dropped him off on the world in his starship , Shalavaa was left to solve local problems . Shalavaa found the first few weeks on the colony to be quite boring — desiring adventure and excitement , he instead found himself resolving minor disputes between colonists and rounding up stray nerf herds . However , one day , Shalavaa set out to investigate the disappearance of a nerf herder whose nerfs were found near a ravine believed by the locals to be haunted , as others had vanished in the area in the past . As Shalavaa arrived at the entrance to the ravine , cut into a tall mesa , he found no trace of the missing herdsman . Igniting his lightsaber for illumination , Shalavaa proceeded into the dark ravine , which the Knight found to be covered in vines . As Shalavaa slowly ascended into the ravine , he eventually stumbled across one of the herdsman ' s boots nestled in the undergrowth . Using the Force to magnify his senses , Shalavaa looked around for other clues . With his senses heightened , Shalavaa noticed something that gave him pause — some of the vines that infested the ravine were thicker than others and were moving ever so slightly . Realizing that the vines were part of some sort of beast , Shalavaa was able to avoid a sudden strike from one of the appendages . Several other tentacles shot out at Shalavaa , who desperately fought them off with his lightsaber , eventually slicing through them all . Shalavaa soon found the creature ' s maw and killed the beast with one final lightsaber strike . At that moment , Ortraag emerged from the shadows of the ravine and congratulated Shalavaa for his work . Ortraag told his student that he was ready to take on further challenges and fight a greater evil . Personality and traits . A Human male with light skin , brown eyes , and brown hair , Shalavaa deeply desired the adventure and excitement he hoped would come with becoming a Jedi Knight . Although nervous and insecure after first arriving on the colony , being alone on duty for the first time , Shalavaa ' s feeling soon gave way to boredom , as he was forced to take care of problems in which he had no interest . Quick - thinking , Shalavaa was also an able mediator , which he proved by solving a number of disputes between farmers and herders on the colony . Shalavaa was quite knowledgeable in the fields of culture , language , and bureaucracy . Powers and abilities . Trained in the ways of the light side by Master Ortraag , Shalavaa was , by 4 , 000 BBY , quite skilled with a lightsaber and could also ably use a blaster . In his ordeal in the ravine , Shalavaa used the Force to magnify his senses , an ability he learned directly from Ortraag — Shalavaa was also adept in the Force powers life detection , Force sense , and Control Pain . By 4 , 000 BBY , Shalavaa could operate repulsorcraft , along with other technical abilities — he was also versed in droid programming and repair , along with first aid . An agile and athletic young man , Shalavaa was naturally gifted in bargaining and persuasion . Behind the scenes . The character Shalavaa was created by Peter M . Schweighofer and illustrated by Brian Durfee for the " " adventure " Jedi Protector " , which was published in 1997 ' s " Star Wars Galaxy Magazine " 13 . The story presented three possible outcomes to Shalavaa ' s encounter with the carnivorous plant , which were contingent on the outcomes of several dice rolls . The scenario presented in this article reflects the most successful and probable outcome . Depending on the dice rolls , Shalavaa can fail to notice the beast until it has already attacked him , forcing him to fight the carnivorous plant while already in its grasp . If Shalavaa still succeeds to slay the beast , Ortraag appears and congratulates him , while noting that his skills need work . However , if Shalavaa fails , Ortraag will intervene and kill the carnivorous plant himself , afterward disappointingly noting that he was too hasty in sending the Jedi out on his own .