Darth Wredd ' s insurgency In the year 138 ABY , the renegade Sith known as Darth Wredd initiated an insurgency against both the One Sith and the Galactic Federation Triumvirate . The One Sith were in hiding and secretly infiltrating planetary governments throughout the galaxy , but Wredd , laying low on the planet Mala in the Surd Nebula , killed his master and captured Yalta Val , an Imperial Knight of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate . He then began supervising the construction of the Carreras G51 communications array while posing as Val . A hydrospanner was thrown into the works when the junk dealer Ania Solo discovered Val ' s lightsaber inside of an Imperial communications droid . The Carreras Incident — Wredd ' s attempt to retrieve the weapon , first through attacking Solo at her junkyard and later by setting up a blockade of the Carreras system — finally saw Solo and her companions captured by a Shifalan patrol ship and imprisoned aboard the communications array . When the Shifala n governor Biala realized that Wredd was in fact a Sith , she released the prisoners , who attacked Wredd in one of the array ' s hangars . Wredd gravely injured Solo ' s companions : the engineer Sauk , the droid AG - 37 , and the Imperial Knight Jao Assam , who had come to the system to find the missing Val . The relatively unscathed Solo commandeered Jao ' s starfighter and followed the departing Wredd to the surface of Mala , where Wredd was using the communications array to broadcast a declaration of his insurgency across the galaxy . Solo helped Val escape , and as he dueled Wredd with his recovered lightsaber , Solo noticed that the Sith was remotely causing the communications array to crash into Mala . She returned to the array to retrieve her friends aboard AG - 37 ' s freighter , and rescued Val before the crash could occur . Wredd , meanwhile , escaped . The makeshift crew of AG - 37 ' s freighter were retrieved by the " Animus " , a Star Destroyer belonging to the Galactic Triumvirate . Although Sauk and AG - 37 took their leave , Jao Assam went renegade and left in a shuttle with Solo to hunt for Wredd . Their hunt took them to Nalyd , and later to Dac . Wredd , meanwhile , was seeking out various Sith who had infiltrated planetary governments and systematically killing them , hoping to be the only Sith left . At Dac ' s shipyards , Solo and Assam discovered that the Sith Lord Darth Luft was building a pirate fleet , information that their communications droid transmitted to Yalta Val . As a space battle raged , Val and Admiral Gar Stazi of the Triumvirate arrived at Dac with a fleet . The combined Imperial and Galactic Alliance force succeeded in liberating the enslaved Mon Calamari and Quarren slaves there and apprehending the pirates . During the fighting , Darth Luft was personally killed by Jao Assam . Following the liberation of the Mon Calamari shipyards , Jao Assam and Ania Solo realize that by killing Darth Luft , they had merely played into the hands of Darth Wredd , who was systematically killing members of the One Sith and intended to restore the Rule of Two . Jao , Sauk , and AG - 37 were forced to temporarily abandon their hunt for Darth Wredd when Ania Solo was kidnapped by her former love interest Ramid , who was responding to a bounty on Ania ' s head . Ania had been framed for the murder of the Imperial Knight Teemen Alton by an old enemy , who had adopted the persona of a bounty hunter . The mission to rescue Ania Solo led Jao and her companions to a remote planet , which rained glass and acid . Following a prolonged skirmish , Ania succeeded in killing the bounty hunter . However , she was subsequently arrested by Imperial stormtroopers , who brought her to Coruscant to face trial . In the end , Ania was cleared when Master Yalta Val and Jao Assam presented evidence that Ania was not Teemen Alton ' s murderer . Despite Ania ' s release , Jao Assam was arrested and imprisoned on charges of deserting the Imperial Knights order . At that point , Darth Wredd resurfaced on Coruscant and freed Jao Assam from his prison , offering the Imperial Knight a place as a Sith apprentice . Determined to foil Wredd ' s plot to kill Galactic Empress Marasiah Fel , Jao followed Darth Wredd to the floating world of Mala . Jao quickly learnt that Darth Wredd had been forced to join the One Sith , who had destroyed his homeworld and killed his family . As revenge , Darth Wredd wanted to destroy the One Sith . He tricked Jao into luring both the One Sith and the Imperial Knights onto Mala , which became the site of a great battle which saw the apparent destruction of the One Sith . At the end of the battle , Darth Wredd attempted to assassinate Marasiah Fel with the intent of driving Jao Assam to the dark side of the Force . However , Jao remained true and loyal to his Empress . In the end , Darth Wredd was killed with a blaster by Ania . Following the end of Darth Wredd ' s insurgency , Empress Fel revised the Imperial Knights ' rules to allow its members to follow the light side of the Force rather than the Empress . Jao joined Ania and her companions on their travels throughout the galaxy . History . Background . The genesis of Darth Wredd ' s insurgency can be traced to one event in the last years of the Second Imperial Civil War . The One Sith Vul Isen tested a bioweapon on a backwater world called Mala . This test succeeded in wiping out all life on Mala and even knocking the planet out of its orbit ; turning Mala into a rogue planet which wandered through the galaxy . The sole survivor of this genocide was the man who became Darth Wredd , whose Force - sensitivity was recognized by an unidentified Sith master . This Sith master sense Darth Wredd ' s Force potential and took on him as a Sith apprentice . While Darth Wredd ultimately embraced the dark side and became a Sith , he harbored a desire for revenge against the people that had destroyed his family and homeworld . Darth Wredd ' s opportunity for revenge came during the aftermath of Darth Krayt ' s death during the Battle of Coruscant in 138 ABY . Following the defeat of the Sith , the One Sith was once again driven underground and embarked on a strategy of infiltrating governments across the galaxy in order to restore their " golden age . " A new galactic government called the Galactic Federation Triumvirate was formed which consisted of an alliance of the Fel Empire , the Jedi Order , and the Galactic Alliance . Under the leadership of Empress Marasiah Fel , the Triumvirate embarked on a program to create a galactic - wide communications network to link the Outer Rim Territories with the wide galaxy . Under this program , the Imperial Knight Yalta Val was dispatched to supervise the final stages of the construction of a communications station in the remote Carreras system . The Carreras Incident . In 138 ABY , Darth Wredd and his Sith master ambushed Master Yalta Val ' s shuttle in the Surd Nebula . Master Val ' s shuttle crash - landed on the planet Mala , which happened to be in the Carreras system . The Sith master then killed Master Val ' s crew and attacked the Imperial Knight . During the duel , Darth Wredd took the opportunity to kill the man who had a role in the destruction of his homeworld and family . He then took Master Val prisoner and stole his armor ; impersonating the Imperial Knight . A week later , Darth Wredd ' s escape pod was retrieved by the Carreras authorities . When meeting Governor Biala , Darth Wredd claimed that there was a Sith presence in the Carreras system and that the Sith had murdered his crew . He then forcibly coerced Biala into ceding control of her security forces over to him . Since Darth Wredd had been unable to recover the real Master Val ' s lightsaber , he ordered a system – wide manhunt to recover the weapon . Unknown to Darth Wredd , Master Val ' s Imperial communications droid had already recovered the object but was hit during a meteor storm . By chance , the droid fell into a hands of a local junk dealer named Ania Solo , a distant descendant of Han Solo who had fallen on hard times . She and her Mon Calamari friend Sauk , an engineer , attempted to sell the lightsaber but caught the attention of the Carreras authorities . Following a skirmish which ended in the deaths of four security guards , Ania and Sauk managed to escape back to Ania ' s junkyard on Carreras Minor ' s moon . Darth Wredd and his security forces soon followed them there and managed to retrieve the lightsaber . However , Ania and Sauk managed to escape with the help of their friend , the assassin droid AG - 37 , who owned a freighter . They also managed to bring Val ' s communications droid with them . Their travels took them to the barren planet of Carreras Minor . There , they were attacked by a large tentacled monster . At that point , they were rescued by another Imperial Knight named Jao Assam , who had traveled to the Carreras system to ascertain the whereabouts of his mentor Val . After the newly - repaired communications droid played a holorecording of the real Master Val fighting a Sith Master , they quickly deduced that the real Master Val had been kidnapped by a Sith impostor . Using the coordinates stored in the Imperial communications droid , Ania , Jao , and their companions decided to travel to Mala and rescue Master Val . However , they were captured on the way by the Carreras authorities who brought them to the Carreras communications array . By that point , relations between Darth Wredd and Governor Biala had deteriorated sharply to the point that she came to suspect that he was not actually an Imperial Knight . Governor Biala freed Jao Assam and his companions and sent them to deal with the Sith impostor . They attempted to ambush Darth Wredd in the station ' s hangar bay but the rogue Sith managed to escape after incapacitating several of Ania ' s companions including Jao , who was presumed dead after getting impaled and thrown out of the hangar bay . Darth Wredd then returned to his base on Mala where he used the Carreras communications array to broadcast his manifesto to the wider galaxy . During their broadcast , he also attempted to execute Master Val but was thwarted by Ania Solo . As the station headed into a collision course with Mala , Governor Biala ordered a general evacuation . In the midst of the fighting , Darth Wredd managed to escape in his starship and fled for parts unknown . Meanwhile , Ania managed to evacuate her companions and rescue Master Val . To their astonishment , they also discovered that Jao Assam had survived his confrontation with Darth Wredd thanks to the efforts of Master Val ' s Imperial communications droid . Believing that Jao had come to rescue it , the droid believed that it owed the young Imperial Knight a life debt . The Carreras Incident caught the attention of the Triumvirate leadership who took an interest in Ania Solo . Detour at Nalyd . Following the Carreras Incident , Darth Wredd embarked on an insurgency against the One Sith . He tracked down a Snivvian infiltrator in Cadomai Prime and killed him following a heated skirmish . In addition , Darth Wredd killed a second infiltrator at the Galactic Triumvirate ' s legation on Ceitia Five . Despite Darth Wredd ' s threats to the Galactic Triumvirate , Empress Fel , at the counsel of Admiral Gar Stazi , decided not to hunt down the rogue Sith because he was helping them kill One Sith infiltrators . Meanwhile , AG - 37 ' s freighter was picked up by the " Pellaeon " - class Star Destroyer " Animus " . Ania and her companions were welcomed as guests by the Imperials who congratulated them for rescuing Master Val and Jao Assam . While recovering from his injuries in a bacta tank , Jao Assam received a Force vision of Darth Wredd attacking Empress Marasiah Fel . He raised his concerns about Darth Wredd to Master Val but his superior reminded him that they had orders to follow ; their superior Antares Draco , the head of the Imperial Knights had reassigned them both to Coruscant for the next cycle . Val also reasoned that they should allow the Force to guide the Empress on this matter . Believing that the Triumvirate was underestimating the threat posed by Darth Wredd , Jao persuade Ania to join him on a quest to hunt down the rogue Sith . Commandeering a shuttle , they escaped the " Animus " and fled into hyperspace . Due to his actions , Jao was condemned by the Empress for desertion , a crime that carried the death penalty . Jao and Ania ' s travels took them to the planet Nalyd . Using the few leads they had , they learnt that Darth Wredd ' s Nalydian accomplice Dieben had been extradited back to his homeworld of Nalyd . They attempted to question him but arrived in time to see his execution . Unable to convince the authorities to delay the execution , Ania and Jao kidnapped Dieben and led the authorities on a pursuit . This pursuit ended with the three individuals falling into a swamp . While Ania and Jao survived the fall , Dieben was impaled on a plant and died without divulging any details to the two companions . Later , Ania and Jao learnt from the Nalydian authorities that Dieben had been planning to travel to the lawless Calamari system where he had several " powerful friends . " While Jao was skeptical that they would find Darth Wredd there , they decided to travel there since they had no other leads . Liberation on Dac . Following their new lead , Jao Assam and Ania Solo traveled to the lawless Calamari system , which had become the domain for pirates and crime syndicates in the wake of the Sith Genocide on Dac . The One Sith had poisoned the planet ' s oceans with a bioweapon which was harmful to most lifeforms . Upon arriving at the Mon Calamari Shipyards , Jao and Ania ' s shuttle was captured by a pirate syndicate and dragged into a hangar bay . However , Jao and Ania managed to overpower two pirates and steal their uniforms . After encountering a Mon Calamari named Luen and a Quarren named Tilin , they discovered that another Sith named Darth Luft and his pirate associates had established a slaving operation in the Mon Calamari shipyards where they were using enslaved Mon Calamari and Quarren refugees to build a pirate fleet . Jao used his adopted Imperial communications droid to transmit a distress signal to Master Val , alerting the Triumvirate authorities to the plight of the Mon Calamari and Quarren . Shortly later , Jao , Ania , and their guides were captured by Darth Luft , who revealed that Darth Wredd was not in the Dac system . Luft expressed his disdain for the rogue Sith and vowed to kill him if he ever set food in the shipyards . Darth Luft then had the four companions dumped into an escape pod which was jettisoned into the poisoned oceans of Dac . Jao ' s Imperial comm droid managed to transmit another distress signal that was picked up by AG - 37 and Sauk , who were doing a delivery run on AG - 37 ' s freighter . AG - 37 and Sauk rushed to Dac and managed to retrieve the escape pod from the oceans of Dac . After regrouping at an abandoned hangar , Jao suggested taking the fight to Darth Luft . His strategy was not shared by Ania , AG - 37 , and Sauk who preferred to wait for reinforcements to arrive . Meanwhile , the Quarren Tikin feared that Jao ' s actions would endanger his son Tilin and decided to inform the Sith of the Imperial Knight ' s presence . Tikin managed to secure an audience with Darth Luft and divulged his information . However , Darth Luft callously killed the Quarren by throwing him down onto the shipyard floor . Luft ' s actions outraged the enslaved Mon Calamari and Quarren who revolted against their pirate captors . The arrival of a lightsaber – wielding Jao only galvanized the slaves . The slave revolt coincided with the arrival of a joint Galactic Alliance and Imperial task force under Master Val and Admiral Stazi , who decided to come to the aid of the Mon Calamari and Quarren . The Alliance freighter " Trand Cappa " flooded the shipyards , allowing the amphibian slaves to gain the upper hand over their captors . A boarding party of Imperial Knight cadets and seatroopers led by Master Val then boarded the shipyards and arrested the surviving pirates . In the midst of the fighting , Jao dueled Darth Luft and succeeded in killing him . Meanwhile , Ania and her companions , with the aid of Jao ' s Imperial comm droid , managed to seal the blast doors to the civilian detention cells . Their actions saved countless Mon Calamari and Quarren from exposure to zero gravity space . Following the liberation of the shipyards , the liberated Mon Cals and Quarrens were allowed to settle down in the flooded interiors of the shipyard . Jao also had a brief reunion with his master but decided to continue his quest to hunt down Darth Wredd . While traveling on AG - 37 ' s freighter , Jao was contacted by Darth Wredd who revealed that they had merely aided his cause by killing another One Sith . The rogue Sith offered the young Knight a place in his new Sith Order which would be based on the Rule of Two . Kidnapping Jao Assam . Following the liberation of the Mon Calamari Shipyards , Jao was forced to temporarily suspend his hunt for Darth Wredd after Ania Solo was framed for the murder of the Imperial Knight Teemen Alton . Ania was kidnapped by her estranged loved Ramid who in turn was pursued by a mysterious bounty hunter . Jao , Sauk , and AG - 37 followed Ania ' s kidnappers to the inhospitable fourth world of an uncharted system . After Jao killed the bounty hunter , Ania was arrested by a force of Trandoshan stormtroopers who extradited her back to Coruscant to face trial . However , Master Val and Jao were able to secure Ania ' s acquittal after discovering evidence which identified the bounty hunter as Alton ' s real murderer . Despite Jao ' s efforts in clearing Ania ' s name , he was imprisoned by the Triumvirate authorities for desertion . Later , Darth Wredd visited Jao Assam ' s cell and offered the young Knight a way out of his predicament : a lightsaber . Jao accepted this offer not because he wanted to join Wredd ' s Sith Order but because he wanted to sabotage Darth Wredd ' s plot against Empress Fel . After escaping Coruscant in Darth Wredd ' s ship , Wredd took his prisoner to Mala . Since he did not fully trust Jao , he had the young Knight imprisoned in a cell aboard his starship . After they had landed on Mala , Darth Wredd shared his life story with the young Knight . He revealed how his grief and anger at the destruction of his homeworld and family had led him to embark on a campaign against the One Sith . When Jao expressed skepticism , the rogue Sith presented a broken shard from his sword ; conforming that his story had indeed been true . Meanwhile , Empress Fel sent Ania and her companions with a force of Trandoshan stormtroopers to rescue Jao . Back on Mala , Jao managed to break out of his cell and transmit the planet ' s coordinates to Ania and her companions . As planned , Ania traveled to Mala and managed to rescued Jao . However , Jao revealed that they had merely taken the bait for Darth Wredd ' s trap . Shortly later , they were attacked by a large One Sith army which had also intercepted Jao ' s transmission . During the fighting , Darth Wredd resurfaced and helped Jao and Ania to fight off the Sith horde . In a rare act of selfless humanity , Darth Wredd convinced Jao to help him combine their Force powers to levitate a large piece of space wreckage onto the advancing Sith forces . Despite their cooperation , Jao reminded Darth Wredd that they were still enemies . Shortly later , another Star Destroyer carrying a large force of Imperial Knights led by Empress Fel herself ; thus beginning the second half of the Battle of the Floating World . Last stand on Mala . The Imperial Knight reinforcements launched a fierce attack on the One Sith . Both sides fought fiercely with neither side showing or giving any quarter to their opponents . During the fighting , Antares Draco , the head of the Knights and Empress Fel ' s lover , was wounded by a One Sith acolyte . Ania and Sauk rushed to his aid and subsequently gained the goodwill of Empress Fel . Later , Ania and Sauk aided the Imperial Knights by destroying a Sith Chadra - Fan Lander and its occupants . Due to his longstanding animosity towards the One Sith , Darth Wredd joined the fray and defeated many followers of the One Sith . While they were temporary allies , Empress Fel and Jao Assam agreed that a Sith was untrustworthy since they were only motivated by hatred . After hours of fighting , the Imperial Knights triumphed over the One Sith . The battlefield was littered with the corpses of innumerable Sith . While Empress Fel was tending to wounded Knights , Darth Wredd made his move . He stabbed her through the abdomen with his lightsaber but was prevented by Jao from finishing his work . Jao pursued Darth Wredd to a cliff - edge and succeeded in slicing off both his hands . While Wredd was elated that he had succeeded in his goal of exacting revenge against the One Sith , he realized that he was the only Sith remaining . Believing himself to be beyond redemption , he had staged the attack on Empress Fel in order to goad Jao into killing him . In addition , Wredd also wanted to drive Jao to the dark side . However , the young Knight saw through the Sith ' s intentions and refused to kill him . In the end , Darth Wredd was executed by Ania , who shot him dead with a blaster rifle ; ending the last known Sith in the galaxy . Following the Battle of the Floating World , many contemporaries including AG - 37 and Yalta Val believed that all the remaining Sith in the galaxy had perished . However , some observers like Empress Fel were skeptical . In the light of the destruction of the One Sith , Empress Fel reformed the Imperial Knights to redirect their loyalty to the light side of the Force rather than the Empress . Jao Assam was also pardoned and allowed to join Ania , Sauk , and AG - 37 , who resumed their spacefaring career and lifestyle . Behind the scenes . Darth Wredd ' s insurgency serves as the main conflict of Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman ' s " " comic series , the sequel to Dark Horse Comics ' popular " " comic series . The events and characters of this conflict were drawn by Gabriel Hardman and Brian Albert Thies , and colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and Jordan Boyd .