Desann Desann was a Chistori male Dark Jedi who was affiliated with Lord Hethrir ' s Empire Reborn faction . Biography . Desann hailed from a world where the Force was a strange , unfamiliar thing . Thus , he was shunned by his own people and lived a life of loneliness and despair , until a trader found him and took him to Luke Skywalker ' s Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 . Desann then became a Jedi apprentice of Luke Skywalker , but soon began bullying his comrades . He eventually killed Havet Storm , one of his fellow Jedi , for standing up to his bullying ways and claimed that he was " too weak to be a Jedi . " This turned him to the dark side of the Force , and he fled the Academy , before the other Jedi could counsel him . Desann forged an alliance with Admiral Galak Fyyar of the Imperial splinter group known as the Empire Reborn , and Fyyar took him to his secret master , the former Procurator of Justice , Lord Hethrir . Hethrir overcame his xenophobia to make Desann his second in command , and tasked Desann with training several of Hethrir ' s Empire Youth s : Force - sensitive individuals who had shown devotion to the Empire Reborn and had been " purified " by the extradimensional being known as Waru . Desann took one of the Youths , Tavion Axmis , as his apprentice . In addition to training those with talent , Desann experimented with imbuing Force - weak Human Empire Youths ( chosen by Hethrir for reasons of racial dogma rather than pragmatism ) with dark side powers , using Artusian crystal s and Sith alchemical secrets . To fulfill this twisted scheme , his forces captured Artus Prime , where the crystals were mined . New Republic agents Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors were sent by Mon Mothma to investigate , and Jan Ors was captured . Desann decided to use her to his advantage : he had long searched for the Valley of the Jedi , for the Valley ' s power would be of considerable help in his plan to connect his servants with the dark side of the Force . But only Katarn and Jan Ors knew of the Valley ' s location . When Kyle attempted to rescue his partner Desann intervened and easily beat Kyle by using only the Force and Katarn found himself on the receiving end of a Force Grip . Desann then ordered Tavion to kill her . Unbeknownst to Katarn , this was but a ruse to anger him and have him go to the Valley , and Jan Ors was retained aboard the Remnant flagship , the " Doomgiver " . Thinking that his partner was dead , Kyle thirsted for revenge and in consequence traveled to the Valley of the Jedi , to regain his connection to the Force ; but Desann was tracking him . The Dark Jedi brought his band of Empire Youth students with him to absorb the Valley ' s power , forming an army of dark warriors called the Reborn . He also took with him a small portion of his stormtroopers , and they became shadowtrooper s , Force - sensitive soldiers armed with lightsabers and encased in cortosis armor enhanced by Artusian crystals . After receiving the Valley ' s coordinates from Katarn , Luke Skywalker went to investigate the site . With the help of Rogue Squadron , the New Republic chased Desann ' s forces away from the Valley . Desann fled to the Cairn Installation in the Lenico Belt , where the " Doomgiver " docked . Katarn and Skywalker then infiltrated the installation , when Kyle broke into " Doomgiver " bridge , Desann launched a surprise attack against Skywalker . Luke dueled his former student in the docking bay , but was Force Pushed to a vulnerable position and trapped by a pile of rubble unleashed by Desann ' s saber throw . Luke was uninjured , but Desann managed to board the " Doomgiver " and launch the ship to his ultimate target . Desann then attacked the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 . Despite Rogue Squadron ' s interference , Desann safely landed with most of his forces , and the army advanced on the Academy from three different directions . Desann and a small group of his minions fought into the heart of the Academy , leaving his subordinates to deal with New Republic troops and Jedi , the Dark Jedi Master entered the tunnels under the Great Temple , seeking the Force nexus underground . Kyle Katarn followed closely , and Desann employed various traps and illusions to evade the Jedi . Eventually Desann successfully absorbed the power in the Force nexus before being confronted by Katarn . Declaring a new future for the galaxy , Desann was surprised to find out that Katarn helped destroy the " Doomgiver " and most of the forces aboard , including Galak Fyyar . When Katarn revealed that even the elite shadowtroopers fell victim to the Academy ' s true Jedi , Desann realized he had underestimated Kyle . Desann tried to convert Katarn to his cause , but instead received a counter offer : Kyle invited Desann back to the Jedi . Enraged , Desann engaged Katarn in a duel , only to discover that his adversary ' s skill and power had grown beyond his own abilities . The duel ended when Katarn struck down the Dark Jedi , looking with sadness at his lifeless body . Some of the Reborn who served under Desann would go on to join the Disciples of Ragnos , led by Desann ' s former apprentice , Tavion Axmis . Powers and abilities . Desann typically fought with a variation of the Strong style when engaged in lightsaber combat , taking advantage of the naturally superior strength and reach conferred by his formidable Chistori size . In addition to his formidable abilities as a saber duelist , he was tremendously skilled in Force Grip , the Jedi Mind trick , Force Illusion , and Force lightning , as well as at telekinetically hurling his lightsaber . One major combat advantage the Dark Jedi had was the size of his lightsaber itself . Its size was meant to fit the physical height and size of Desann , but its length and beam width made it a very difficult blade to block due to its incredible reach . Behind the scenes . Desann was voiced by Mark Klastorin . There are several ways to kill Desann in " " finale . One is to defeat him in dueling ( a combination of Force speed and Fast style works well , as does Strong style while Force Pushing him onto the ground , but he may deflect the push , while saying , " You dare to push me ! ? " . ) . The second is to provoke him into lunging at you by throwing Force lightning at him while standing right next to a pillar . Then , while he jumps towards you , saber throw at a pillar once and jump away . Once you are out of the area where debris begins to fall , Desann will try to follow you but get crushed by the falling debris . This will require precise timing . Third , you can hit him with a Portable Missile System , but he might push it away . The fourth way to kill him is with the Flechette Launcher . He may be able to deflect some of the flechettes , but invariably some will hurt him ; repeat as necessary to defeat him , without drawing your blade . You can try keeping your distance most of the time , and attack Desann using Force Speed when he throws his saber at you , leaving himself defenseless . Another method of victory , though one that requires using a cheat code to gain maxed out Force stats , is to mind control Desann into standing in front of a pillar and using saber throw to bring it down on top of himself . This can be done from the player ' s starting position in the battle room and doesn ' t require ever crossing blades with Desann . In the final battle of " Jedi Outcast " , the player can manually activate the Force nexus in the temple underground . A beam charges up from time to time in the nexus . If the player steps into the beam , Katarn becomes invulnerable for a short period of time , gaining the upper hand against Desann . However , if Desann , controlled by the computer AI , steps into the beam , he also gains invulnerability for a short while . In " Jedi Outcast " , when Desann dueled with Luke Skywalker in Cairn Installation , their fighting moves before landing on the main floor are randomized , thus the player could watch a unique fighting scene for each loading . This sometimes results in one duelist being struck down prematurely , even though the cutscene continues as usual . In " Jedi Outcast " , Jan Ors revealed that hours after her capture , Desann changed the interrogation topic from the location of the Valley to the layout of the Jedi Academy . However , as a former student of the Academy , Desann should know the layout far better than a New Republic intelligence operative . Desann may have wanted to make sure of some things , to see if anything is different , or he could have forgotten things / parts of the Academy . In the sequel to " Jedi Outcast " , " Jedi Academy " , players can choose to play as Desann in the game ' s multiplayer mode . In the PC version of both games , players can also spawn him ( and afterwards fight him ) in the game ' s single player mode using the cheat : npc spawn desann . It should be noted , that in Jedi Academy , Desann doesn ' t talk at all , because his voice files don ' t exist in Jedi Academy ' s files . He is also shorter in Jedi Academy . In the multiplayer mode , he takes the voice of a cultist . During the first ( and impossible to win ) fight with Desann in " Jedi Outcast , " he uses the Force noticeably faster than he does later , often simultaneously . His Force powers are also stronger , most noticeably Push , Pull , and Grip . His Force Push and Pull are capable of throwing the player outside the level with the right positioning . He is also immune to Force lightning and cannot be Force Gripped , he pushes the player away every time . At this point in the game Desann has infinite health ; it is impossible to kill him , no matter how skilled the player is , in order to prevent the story from ending early .