Carnor Jax Carnor Jax was an Imperial Sovereign Protector and aspiring Sith Lord who made a bid for the vacant Imperial throne . Jax was the second Sith apprentice to the self - proclaimed Dark Lady of the Sith , Lumiya , and served her after the deaths of Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine . Jax and Lumiya were responsible for the extermination of the last few remaining Prophets of the Dark Side on Bosthirda . After Palpatine returned in the form of several clone bodies , Carnor Jax succeeded in ensuring the demise of the last of Palpatine ' s clones , thus murdering the Emperor and opening a path to the throne . Jax was also responsible for the destruction of the Royal Guard , and had all but one of them killed off in a surprise attack on the planet Yinchorr . The remaining member , Kir Kanos , became a fugitive , forcing Jax to concentrate his efforts on capturing the man . The chase led Jax to capturing the Rebel leader Mirith Sinn and subjecting her to torture . However , in an unfortunate series of events , the actions of Kanos helped Sinn to escape , and Jax and Kanos found themselves in a final showdown on Yinchorr . The following battle was evenly matched , but the unexpected prowess of Kanos threw off the balance and Jax was killed . Carnor Jax ' s death left Lumiya without a known apprentice for almost 30 years . Biography . Origins and early years . Carnor Jax was the son of a Thyrsian Sun Guard warrior who was executed by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious after failing to recover the holocron of Adas . Imperial service . As a young man , Jax joined the Galactic Empire and was enlisted as a stormtrooper , even serving under Agent Blackhole as one of his so - called Blackhole stormtroopers . Jax stood out among his squad as one of the best , and it was not long until Jax was recognized and removed from his squad to receive training to become a Royal Guard . Alongside forty - three other recruits , Jax was brought to Yinchorr , where the original inhabitants had been removed to provide the perfect training ground for the most elite warriors of Darth Sidious , who was publicly known as Emperor Palpatine . In the roughest conditions , Jax was subjected to intense training that included mastery of the deadly fighting art known as Echani . This fighting style was supplemented by thorough instruction on the use of the force pike and the vibroblade , especially the double vibroblade . Under the watchful eye of Master Ved Kennede , Jax , along with the other recruits , would test their mettle and their fighting skills in a fighting arena known as the Squall . It was in this arena that Jax first met Kir Kanos , and the pair were often sparring partners in the Squall . Jax was almost always the victor in these encounters and loved to lord his dominance over Kanos . Both of them were trained early on by Myn Kyneugh . Although Jax and Kanos were standouts in their class , another recruit was more highly praised for his perfect fighting technique and unmatched skill . Burr Danid was known as the best of the recruits when Emperor Palpatine arrived in an unexpected visit . Jax and Kanos watched as Palpatine ' s foremost disciple Darth Vader requested that their finest recruit join him in the Squall . Burr Danid joined Vader in the center of the Squall , and under observation from the Emperor , Vader ordered Danid to attack him , adding that he " hold nothing back . " Although Danid ' s technique and fighting form were perfect , Jax was able to see that Vader was just toying with the man . Vader mercilessly killed the young man in front of the entire audience of recruits . Although Kanos was shocked and appalled at the brutality , Jax looked on the event with a stone - cold demeanor . He understood perfectly the lesson that was being taught , and from that point on he trained ferociously to become the best among his class . As the initial number of recruits dwindled to a much smaller number , the remaining men were put into pairs to learn to rely on their " brothers " for support and aid . The trials and training took a drastic step up at this point so that the pairs would be forced to rely on each other to complete the tasks set before them . Jax was paired with another recruit , Alum Frost , with whom he lived and trained for an entire year . Jax did not fully respect Frost and attributed all of their success to his own efforts . Despite their inability to work together on the level of some of the other pairings , Jax and Frost were able to become one of the last two pairs to survive the intense training . At the end of a year together , Jax and Frost , along with the other two men , Kir Kanos and Lemmet Tauk , were brought before Master Kennede where he informed them that they had completed their training save for one final test . The final test was to be held before the Emperor himself . In pairs , the four men were to be brought before the Emperor two at a time . Jax and Frost were the first pair to be brought before the Emperor , where they were handed vibroblades . Face to face with the ruler of the galaxy , Jax and Frost were ordered to fight to the death to prove their worth to Palpatine . It was a one - sided contest , and Jax easily slew Frost . His training was complete . Frost ' s dead body was removed from sight as the final pair entered the Emperor ' s chambers . Jax was allowed to watch as Tauk and Kanos were subjected to the same trial that he himself had just passed . Jax watched the battle with interest as Kanos killed Tauk , and was then humbled by Darth Vader ' s skill . In a private ceremony between Palpatine , Vader , Kanos , and Jax , the two trainees were elevated to the rank of Royal Guard . The death of the Emperor . Little is known of Jax ' s subsequent service in the Royal Guard , but it is assumed that he served with distinction as one of the Emperor ' s bodyguards . However , throughout the entire time of Jax ' s service in the Empire , his loyalties lay not with Palpatine , but with himself and his chances of rising to higher power . Jax was not present on the second Death Star during the Battle of Endor , and so escaped death . Left on Coruscant with the remainder of the Royal Guard , Jax came under the command of acting Emperor Sate Pestage , and later the Director of Imperial Intelligence , Ysanne Isard . When the Dark Lady Lumiya requested a detachment of the Royal Guard from Isard , Jax ' s unit was the one dispatched to the Dark Lady . Lumiya recognized Jax ' s Force potential , and began to train him as her Sith apprentice . The pair later tracked the Prophets of the Dark Side to their hiding place on Bosthirda and executed the last of them . During his training in the Force , Jax specialized in telekinesis and precognition . He may have also received training from other senior Dark Side Adepts . Under Lumiya , Jax began to meet many of the higher - ups in Imperial politics . One of these associates was the ambitious Dark Jedi and Imperial Ruling Council member Sarcev Quest . Quest , a skilled political manipulator who had been working his way towards a subtle ascendancy on the Council for some time , saw Lord Jax as a potential figurehead and military commander , capable of providing forms of leadership that he could not : together the two Force - users moved to take control of the Empire . Using his influence on the Ruling Council , Quest gave Jax a task force led by the Star Destroyers " Emperor ' s Revenge " and " Steadfast " and a military contingent under the command of General Redd Wessel . Jax , a former soldier , preferred to surround himself with Army officers , as opposed to most Navy - based warlords . Also during this time , Jax assigned Lieutenant Geff Blim to serve as his ' hand , ' recalling the services Mara Jade had provided for Palpatine . During this time he met with Nom Anor , later telling Lumiya of the strange agent . However , when Jax was killed , all connection between this agent and Lumiya was severed . She was therefore unable to act on a proposed Sith alliance with this extragalactic race . A new Emperor . When Palpatine seized control of the Empire once more in 10 ABY , Jax rejoined the ranks of the Royal Guard , but his true loyalties lay with his existing allies . Jax knew that the time would soon come for him to square off against the Emperor . Jax and Quest planned to remove Palpatine from power and take the throne for themselves . Quest secured Jax ' s appointment as an Imperial Sovereign Protector , and from that position , he served as the fulcrum of a wide - ranging conspiracy . Under orders from Jax , General Wessel secured the support of several senior military commanders , influential civilian loyalists and alien leaders such as the Whiphid spearmaster . Meetings to secure support for Jax ' s plan were treated with the utmost security . Any person that disagreed with Jax ' s plan or anyone that acted as though they would reveal the plan to Palpatine was immediately killed , often by the hand of Blim . Several times it seemed that the plan would be revealed , and that they would all be executed as traitors , but the quick actions and foresight of Blim stopped Jax ' s plan from being revealed . Using the funds secured by Quest and Wessel , Jax bribed the Emperor ' s physician into sabotaging Palpatine ' s remaining clones . With the remainder of the funds , Jax was able to erase himself completely from the Royal Guard ' s database and any further assignments . The sabotage caused Palpatine ' s final clone body to age quickly and deform , forcing Palpatine to search for a new body . The Emperor was finally destroyed on Onderon , and although the efforts of R2 - D2 resulted in the demolition of the Deep Core throneworld of Byss , Jax ' s plan had succeeded beyond what he had ever thought possible . Jax may not have known it , but he had avenged his father ' s death . The revenge of the Guard . Unfortunately , when the physician was captured by the Rebels , he revealed his betrayal against the Emperor , including the name of the man who had bribed him : Carnor Jax . Hiding in the shadows of the interrogation room , a lone Royal Guard heard the confession and then executed a miraculous escape back to Yinchorr where the remaining Royal Guards were in mourning . To cover this blunder , Jax sent a legion of stormtroopers to annihilate the remaining Royal Guards . The troopers poured into the facility on Yinchorr , and although the Royal Guards were able to kill hundreds of stormtroopers , they could not hold against the numerically superior forces . One Royal Guard , Jax ' s rival Kir Kanos , was able to escape the slaughter , thus infuriating Jax . Knowing that Kanos ' s elite abilities could allow him to sabotage Jax ' s new rule , Jax ordered a massive bounty on Kanos ' s head alongside an immense detachment of forces dedicated to finding and neutralizing Kanos . Meanwhile , Jax ' s backers swiftly seized power , with Quest taking control of a new Imperial Ruling Council with Jax ' s supporters as the new members . The Council allied with Jax as Dark Lord of the Sith and " de facto " Emperor . Wearing a modified form of Royal Guard uniform reserved for the master trainer of the Yinchorri Academy , Jax planned to continue the resurgence of the Empire and crush the New Republic once and for all . Although he at times commanded from the Star Destroyer " Emperor ' s Revenge " , Jax presided over his Crimson Empire from a villa on the Outer Rim world of Ord Cantrell . He continued to oversee the activities of the Imperial Ruling Council which , under Jax ' s leadership , included the unprecedented membership of several non - Human species : Whiphids , Defel , Givin , and Devaronian races were all represented . The influence of Jax ' s empire spread from the Outer to the Mid Rim , including worlds such as Qiilura , Celanon , the Kol Huro system and the entire D ' Astan sector . The search for Kanos . However , Jax decided to put his plans for galactic domination on hold until Kanos had been captured and executed . He followed Kanos to Zaddja , where Kanos had last been seen . The location turned out to be a trap , and a large detachment of stormtroopers were killed in a large explosion on the planet ' s surface . To supplement his lost supplies of stormtroopers , Jax recruited the remainder of the Blackhole stormtroopers and subjected them to further training so that they would be able to defeat Kanos . Onboard " Emperor ' s Revenge " , Jax heard of an interesting report where one man had killed four Imperial officers and an entire squad of stormtroopers single - handedly in a tapcafe . Setting course for Phaeda , the source of the report , Jax was certain that he was about to capture Kanos . Unfortunately , on Phaeda , the incompetence of the local militia had allowed Kanos to escape once again . However , Jax also learned that while on Phaeda , Kanos had stayed with a group of Rebels under the command of Mirith Sinn . Jax ' s forces captured the military commander and subjected her to continual torture . Only Jax ' s personal Force - assisted torture was able to break the woman , and Jax learned that Kanos had fled to Yinchorr . Leaving " Steadfast " to bombard the Rebels into dust , Jax boarded " Emperor ' s Revenge " and set course for Yinchorr . Thus die all traitors . Arriving above Yinchorr , General Wessel spotted Kanos ' ship above the planet ' s surface and prepared to take it aboard . Sensing that the ship was a trap , Jax took his squad of Blackhole stormtroopers and his assistant Blim , boarded a shuttle and left the Star Destroyer . As Jax ' s shuttle left the docking bay , Kanos ' booby - trapped ship exploded , ripping " Emperor ' s Revenge " apart and killing General Wessel . Landing on Yinchorr , Jax ordered his assistant Blim to place himself in a hiding spot so that he would be able to kill Kanos if it seemed as though he was getting the upper hand . Leaving Blim to prepare himself , Jax and his squad of Blackhole stormtroopers approached the Yinchorri facility . Jax ' s squad of stormtroopers was ordered into the facility to try and flush Kanos out . Sensing the deaths of his men , Jax was forced to enter and face Kanos alone . Following the path of destruction left by Kanos , Jax found Kanos in the arena where he had always been the victor — the Squall . With use of the Force , Jax was an almost unbeatable foe ; however , Kanos ' s fury and determination also proved a worthy adversary and neither man was able to grab the upper hand for very long . Signaling for Blim to shoot Kanos , Jax was surprised to see Blim dead , the victim of two Rebels , Sish Sadeet and Mirith Sinn , the woman he had tortured on Phaeda . The two Rebels hoped to capture Jax and use his knowledge to end the war . With Blim dead , Jax tried to use Kanos ' s attachment to Mirith Sinn to turn the tide of the battle . Force pulling Sadeet ' s blaster to his hand , Jax prepared to shoot the meddlesome Rebel . Unfortunately for Jax , Kanos did not hesitate . Battering the blaster away with his vibroblade , Kanos thrust his weapon into Jax ' s chest . As the light faded from Jax ' s eyes , his last words were that Kanos ' s friend wanted him alive . Kanos replied coldly that they were not his friends . Removing Jax ' s helmet , Kanos told the dead Jax that he was not fit to wear it . Jax ' s dead body lay undisturbed in the center of the Squall as Kanos left the desolate planet . Personality and traits . Carnor Jax was a talented soldier with an ambitious attitude . Even during his training toward becoming an Emperor ' s Royal Guard , Jax desired to be nothing less than the best in his class . However , although Jax had a high opinion of himself , he was not above recognizing the need for powerful allies , and the people on the Imperial Ruling Council as well his mentors Sarcev Quest and Lumiya were evidence of this . It was exactly this ambition and recognition of powerful allies that made Jax a good judge of potential threats , and he was one of the only people who realized how Kir Kanos could jeopardize the welfare of the Empire . Besides his cool and calculating side , Jax was known to possess a terrible temper around his subordinates and would not tolerate failure . His schooling in the dark side of the Force may have been a cause of this , as his anger was not seen during his days at the Imperial Royal Guard Academy . Powers and abilities . Carnor Jax excelled as a stormtrooper , earning the right to begin his training as a Royal Guard . While on Yinchorr , Jax was considered to be one of the best trainees and had enough skill in martial arts and with vibroblades to defeat his opponents in the Squall . His skill and determination eventually helped Jax to become one of Palpatine ' s Royal Guards . Having been trained by Lumiya , Jax was adept at using the Force and was often practicing it aboard the " Emperor ' s Revenge " on small round spheres , which he levitated into the air and crushed with telekinesis . His prowess in telekinesis also allowed Jax to manipulate a rock during the final duel with Kanos and to pull Sish Sadeet ' s weapon from his hands . Carnor Jax also had a developed Force Sense ability , as he was able to feel that Mirith Sinn was lying to him during her interrogation . Although Jax considered himself to be almost as powerful as Palpatine and Darth Vader , all his training was not enough to defeat Kir Kanos on Yinchorr . Behind the scenes . Carnor Jax was played by Robert Downing Davis for the audio drama version of " Crimson Empire " . According to Randy Stradley , when writing " Crimson Empire " they worked under the idea that all Royal Guards were clones , with the shot of the unmasked Jax supposed to show that he and Kanos were from the same prime clone . However , the establishment of Jax ' s father seems to have vanquished that concept , unless the original Jax was a prime clone , in the manner of Jango Fett .