Mission to Ruusan The Mission to Ruusan was a mission undertaken by New Republic mercenary Jan Ors and Jedi Knight Kyle Katarn , who sought to stop Dark Jedi and former Imperial Inquisitor Jerec from taking the enormous power of the Valley of the Jedi , an ancient burial ground located on Ruusan , where the spirits of hundreds of Jedi and Sith who had fallen during the final battle between the Army of Light and Brotherhood of Darkness were trapped . The mission . Infiltrating Ruusan . Having finally obtained the location of the Valley of the Jedi — previously known only by Kyle ' s father , Morgan Katarn — from the remains of the droid 8t88 , the New Republic devised a plan , at Kyle Katarn ' s request , to infiltrate Ruusan . The plan involved impersonating the crew of a captured Imperial freighter " High Hauler " , with the " Moldy Crow " stowed aboard . The payload of proton torpedoes helped to dupe the battle group flagship " Vengeance " into giving security clearances to the freighter and " Moldy Crow " . After offloading the dummy torpedoes , the " High Hauler " headed for hyperspace , and the Moldy Crow left the freighter ' s docking bay and headed for Ruusan ' s surface . Based on a coded signal the " Crow " picked up , Kyle directed Jan to a landing site many kilometers south of the fort . There they met a group of refugees led by Grif Grawley who had survived Jerec ' s attack on Fort Nowhere . After defending a group of Bouncer s from a Imperial Remnant speeder patrol , Kyle , Jan , and Grif were joined by a member of the Bouncer tribe known as Floater . The Bouncer guided the Rebels through the mountains and ravines leading to the Valley . A half kilometer from their target ; however , the group alerted a probe droid . Armed with his hunting knife , Grif succeeded in disabling the machine , but was unable to escape its clutches before it collided with the valley wall and exploded . Floater led Kyle and Jan to an ancient aqueduct that went straight to the Valley . Nearing the command tower , Kyle and Jan surveyed the Imperials ' strengths . Unfortunately , the Remnant forces under Jerec ' s command had arrived weeks earlier , and were in the process of establishing an outpost and excavating into the Valley . Katarn managed to evade or defeat patrols of Imperial stormtroopers , vicious local wildlife and even AT - STs , and sneak through the canyon where the Remnant had established their base . Eventually , Kyle reached a lift that took him to a docking platform used by a cargo ship , the " Sulon Star " — the same ship where Kyle had eventually caught up with 8t88 , then battled Pic and Gorc . Maw . Suddenly , the levitating form of Dark Jedi Maw came up behind Katarn and knocked him down , shouting " Finally I get to wipe your putrid taste from the Force " to goad Kyle into a duel . The two fought on the narrow walkways of the cargo depot , Maw ' s use of levitation making him immune from the huge drops either side , Kyle however was forced to maintain his balance , and fend off Maw ' s brutal attacks at the same time . Eventually , Katarn was able to drive Maw into a more open area , the landing pad directly adjacent to the cargo ship . His freedom of movement dramatically increased , Kyle was able to gain the upper hand and defeat Maw , knocking him to the ground . Sensing the growing presence of the dark side in Katarn , Maw taunted him about his father ' s death , claiming Jerec had given him the " honor " of thrusting Morgan Katarn ' s head on a spike for the inhabitants of Barons Hed to see . Kyle gave in to his anger and killed Maw in cold blood , bringing him perilously close to falling to the dark side . Blinking back tears brought on by the memory of his father , Kyle tried to calm himself , but Jerec , who had been watching the duel , chose that moment to approach Katarn from behind , flanked by his underlings Boc , Sariss , and Yun , with Kyle ' s partner Jan in his grasp . Jerec made Kyle an offer , give in to the dark side and submit to him , by killing Jan , or die . Kyle made his choice , and shut his lightsaber down . Disappointed , but not particularly surprised , Jerec unleashed a blast of Force Destruction . The falling ship . Whether by accident or design , Jerec missed Katarn , merely knocking him back into the cargo ship , which had received the full blast of Jerec ' s power . The supports gave way , and the ship began to fall into the deep canyon . Knowing he could never activate the engines and repulsorlifts in time to actually save the ship , Kyle searched the near - deserted ship for a means of escape , eventually coming across his ship , the " Moldy Crow " , which was docked in the craft ' s underside . Katarn managed to board his ship and escape the " Sulon Star " just in time , no sooner had he exited the cargo vessel than it crashed into the canyon floor . However , Kyle was by no means safe . The shockwave from the explosion caused Kyle to lose control , and he was unable to prevent his beloved vessel from crashing itself , a scant few meters from the wreckage of the " Sulon Star " . Sariss . Kyle was knocked unconscious after the crash , awaking after nightfall to find himself in the presence of Boc , Sariss and Yun . Realizing Katarn was awake , Boc went over to him and began to tease him , commenting on his lightsaber ' s design , before crushing it under a rock . Sariss ordered Boc to go and tell Jerec that Kyle ' s death was assured , then ignited her lightsaber and prepared to strike down Kyle . Yun , however , remembering how Kyle had spared his life in Barons Hed and unwilling to let him die in such a cold - blooded manner , drew his own lightsaber and blocked her attack , which glanced off and struck him , mortally wounding him . Surprised at Yun ' s actions , Sariss asked why he had prevented her from ending Kyle Katarn . With his last breath , Yun reasoned to Sariss that Kyle , as a Jedi , at least deserved a battle . As Yun , now redeemed from the dark side , passed away , Kyle got to his feet and then picked up Yun ' s yellow - bladed lightsaber and dueled Sariss . As powerful as she was , Sariss ultimately proved no match for Katarn ' s determination , and rapidly improving skill in the Force and fell to Katarn ' s saber . Katarn used a simple melee technique called the Flowing Water cut to defeat her , stabbing her right through the heart . Into the Valley . The main lift destroyed in the cargo ship ' s crash , Kyle was forced to use the Valley Tower ' s internal cargo conveying system to ascend and reach the Valley ' s outer perimeter . Navigating the powerful airflows of the mining exhaust ports , Kyle gained access to the excavation site and the ancient chambers below , dispatching stormtroopers and Imperial commando s all the while . Finally entering the heart of the Valley , Kyle located Jan Ors and had just cut her bonds when Boc the Crude , disguised as a statue , revealed himself . Kyle then dueled and defeated him , but not before slipping dangerously close to the dark side . Goaded by the spirits of long dead Sith Lords , trapped in the Valley of the Jedi , Katarn intuitively used an ancient dark side technique called spear of midnight black , which consisted in materializing dark side energy into a javelin - like object and hurling it at one ' s opponent . The attack surprised Boc , who died almost instantly as the dark spear ran him through . With Boc dead , Kyle entered the Valley ' s core where Jerec had been meditating . By cutting Jerec off from the Force - stream , Kyle was able to overpower him . In a last attempt to turn Kyle to the dark side , the helpless Jerec reminded Kyle that he was Morgan Katarn ' s murderer . Rather than kill him in cold blood , Kyle returned Jerec ' s lightsaber to him . Jerec then attacked , but Kyle defended himself and struck him down , using an ancient lightsaber technique called the Falling Leaf cut . Jerec and the rest of his minions being dead and defeated , Katarn was able to free all of the Jedi and Sith spirits trapped in the Force nexus . With Jan Ors and WeeGee beside him , Kyle carved a monument to Qu Rahn and Morgan Katarn , and thanked his father for his help . Behind the scenes . In the game ' s alternate , non - canon dark side storyline , there are some slight differences in events . After defeating Maw , when goaded by Jerec , Kyle gives into the dark side and his desire to take the Valley ' s power for himself , and strikes Jan down . Jerec once again forces Kyle into the " Sulon Star " and sends it plummeting into the valley below , however when Kyle escapes he clears the shockwave and is able to set the Crow down apparently undamaged near the crash site , where it is Yun rather than Sariss he duels . This time , Kyle " corrects his earlier mistake " and strikes Yun down . He then proceeds into the Valley , where he defeats Boc and Jerec and claims the Valley ' s power for his own , setting the stage for his assuming of the throne of Galactic Emperor with Sariss as his apprentice .