Benn Benn was a male Human Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Cold War between the Republic and the Sith Empire . He was one of the many Jedi who returned to Tython , the Jedi homeworld planet , to rebuild the Order at the conclusion of the Great Galactic War fought against the Sith Empire . While on the planet , Master Benn was frequently at the Masters ' Retreat , a Jedi Enclave located near the Jedi Temple on Tython . Around the year 3643 BBY , a savage native species known as the Flesh Raider s began to attack Jedi and others in the Gnarls and other regions near the Jedi Temple . Despite the dangers , Master Benn maintained that the Jedi Padawans being taught on Tython should still be given training outside of the Temple ' s training rooms . Biography . A Force - sensitive male Human , Benn was trained in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order , a group of Force using individuals who served the Galactic Republic as peacekeepers . Eventually , Benn attained the rank of Jedi Master . Following the Great Galactic War fought between the Republic and the Sith Empire , Master Benn and many other Jedi returned to the ancestral Jedi homeworld of Tython to help rebuild the Order ' s losses in the war . During the Jedi Order ' s period of rebuilding , which occurred during the Cold War between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic , Master Benn stayed at the Masters ' Retreat , a Jedi Enclave near the Jedi Temple located on the planet . Around the year 3643 BBY , an indigenous species of violent savages known as the Flesh Raider s became increasingly hostile and began to attack Jedi and other individuals in the vicinity of the Jedi Temple . During the hostilities with the Flesh Raiders , Master Benn spoke with a Zabrak Jedi named Matare who believed that the region of Tython known as the Gnarls had become too dangerous for Jedi Padawans to train in . Master Benn convinced Matare that the Padawans needed to be taught to identify danger , but Matare still maintained that the Jedi could only afford a certain amount of losses . Personality and traits . As evidenced by his conversation with Matare , Master Benn believed that Jedi Padawans training on Tython during the Flesh Raider attacks should not be secluded in the safety of the Jedi Temple ' s training rooms , but that they should allow them the opportunity to learn how to discern both darkness and dangerous situations . Master Benn was sensitive to the Force like all other Jedi . He had blue - gray eyes , light brown hair , and fair skin . While on Tython , Master Benn wore brown colored robes and carried a lightsaber , the traditional weapon of the Jedi Order . Behind the scenes . Master Benn first appears in " " , a 2011 produced by BioWare . In the game , Benn appears as a character on the planet Tython in the Masters ' Retreat , the starting area for players that choose the Jedi Knight or Jedi Consular class . In the game , Benn has a conversation with a Jedi named Matare , which the player can observe and hear , but not be a part of . The conversation includes a line of dialogue where Matare called Benn " Master , " but Matare is the same level and wears the same clothes as Benn . In any event , the game does not specify whether Benn was Matare ' s Jedi Master .