Roblio Darté Roblio Darté was a male Human Jedi Master and Jedi General who fought in the Clone Wars . He was noted for his skilled use of the crossguard lightsaber . Though he survived Order 66 , he was killed during the Conclave on Kessel by Darth Vader . Biography . Early life . A Force - sensitive Human male , Roblio Darté was trained in the ways of the Force by the Jedi Order , ascending to the rank of Jedi Knight after completing his Trials of Knighthood . Proficient with a lightsaber , Darté crafted for himself a rarely seen crossguard variant with two blue blades . After further service to the Galactic Republic , Darté was promoted to Jedi Master by the Jedi High Council . The Clone Wars . In 22 BBY , when the Separatist Crisis between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems erupted into the Clone Wars , Darté took up the rank of General in the Grand Army of the Republic , leading clone troopers against the Separatist Droid Army . In 21 BBY , he was sent to the swampy battlefields of Parcellus Minor . Due to the unstable surface of the planet , the Republic was unable to land any of their heavy equipment , and Darté and his troops found themselves fighting without transport or artillery . Worse yet , Republic Intelligence vastly underestimated the number of Separatist forces on the planet , and Darté found his forces outnumbered ten to one . Completing the disaster , a CIS fleet arrived behind the small Republic fleet , trapping both the orbital support ships and the army planetside . Despite being wildly outnumbered , Darté and his clones held off the droid army for some time , while suffering heavy casualties in the process . Finally , the Separatist commander tired of the fight and ordered an orbital bombardment of the planet . As the Separatist turbolasers bombarded the world , decimating Republic troops and Separatist droids alike , the tzeotine created by the native flora ignited , setting the entire planet aflame . Darté ordered his forces into a full retreat ; attempting to save as many clones as possible , he was forced to leave large numbers of wounded troopers behind . Darté himself was wounded numerous times , and lost his left eye . In the end , over 90 % of the clone troopers involved in the battle were killed , and it was later described by some as being close to a second Battle of Jabiim . Two days after the evacuation , Darté reported back to Coruscant to report the disaster to the High Council . Within the High Council Chamber , the bandaged and scarred Darté knelt before the twelve Masters as he recounted the events . During his report , Senators Bail Organa , Mon Mothma , and Ask Aak entered to listen , as the truth of the report had was largely downplayed by the media and the Galactic Senate . Senator Aak stormed out of the chamber , blaming the Jedi for the destruction of another world . The Great Jedi Purge . In 19 BBY , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Republic — secretly the Dark Lord of the Sith — issued Order 66 to the Grand Army , commanding them to execute their Jedi Generals . Somehow , Darté survived the slaughter and went to ground , avoiding detection by the newly formed Galactic Empire . In the months following the downfall of the Order and the Republic , Darté was contacted by fellow Master Shadday Potkin , who wished to conduct a conclave with other survivors . Assembling in an abandoned mine on Kessel , Darté and his compatriots discussed the future of the Order and the next course of action they should pursue . Their opinions covered a wide range ; while Masters Bultar Swan and Tsui Choi argued against outright attacks against the Sith or the Empire , Koffi Arana offered the possibility that any action , even succumbing to the dark side of the Force , was worth the risk if they could take down the Sith . Darté and Ma ' kis ' shaalas landed in the middle of the argument , and Darté believed that justice needed to be served and the Republic revived . Master Potkin revealed that their arguments were a moot point , as she had assumed that they would discuss their options without acting , and thusly , she had chosen their course for them — the conclave was in fact a trap she had set to lure Sidious ' Sith apprentice Darth Vader to his death . She had known that Vader was searching for Obi - Wan Kenobi , and so she leaked false information that he would be attending the conclave . Her goal was to weaken the Emperor and the New Order while simultaneously letting the galaxy know that the Jedi still lived . As Choi reeled in shock over her decision , Potkin sensed Vader ' s arrival in the Force and urged the others to ready themselves . As the Sith Lord entered the chamber , demanding Kenobi , Darté and most of the Jedi attacked . Sia - Lan Wezz rushed ahead of the others and was stabbed through the chest by Vader . Darté , Arana , and Ma ' kis circled Vader , but the Dark Lord pushed Arana across the chamber and sliced through Ma ' kis ' s chest , killing him . Farr managed to wound Vader with a strike to the back , but Vader leaped away , followed by Potkin . Potkin had brought a cortosis blade to the battle , thinking it would give her the edge she needed to defeat Vader . She succeeded in deactivating his lightsaber , but Vader simply tossed the weapon aside and lifted Potkin with the Force and snapped her neck , then took her blade for himself . Darté , Farr , and Arana all attacked Vader again , but just as quickly had their lightsabers deactivated as well . Choi wisely jumped in and saved the others by severing Vader ' s hand while Swan slashed him along the leg , staggering him . Vader surrendered to the Jedi , but Arana believed it was a lie and demanded Vader ' s death . When Swan attempted to stop him , he took her lightsaber and gave in to his anger , killing her with her own blade . He launched himself at Vader , and Vader saw his chance , flinging his own severed hand , still clutching the cortosis blade , into Arana ' s chest . Darté stood with the other two surviving Jedi , Choi and Farr , assaulting Vader by levitating rocks and equipment and throwing them at him . Vader was unable to overcome their combined power , and succumbed to the attack , falling to his knees . Choi decided that Arana may have been right , and approached Vader , preparing to kill him after all . At that moment , stormtroopers rushed onto the walkways above , and began to fire on the Jedi . Darté was able to lift a large piece of metal with the Force , blocking their blaster bolt s . While Choi likewise blocked the attack with his lightsaber , Farr was not as quick , and was shot through the head and chest . Darté urged Choi to flee while he could , but Choi thought the opposite , and launched himself at the stormtroopers and told Darté to run instead . Vader caught Choi with the Force before he could attack the stormtroopers , who in turn killed the Aleena . Darté screamed Choi ' s name as he too was cut down , shot multiple times in the chest , killing him . Legacy . The stormtroopers had arrived by orders of Emperor Palpatine , who knew of Vader ' s personal ambitions to hunt down Kenobi . Though Vader was ashamed that he had disobeyed his master ' s orders , Palpatine told him that battle was going to be used for Imperial propaganda . The lies the New Order would spread would strike fear into their enemies while driving any other surviving Jedi further into hiding . Behind the scenes . Roblio Darté is the creation of John Ostrander . While the character ' s first appearance was in " " and his name appeared in the comic ' s script , it was not until " " that the name was made canonical . Ostrander speculated that Darté was born in 50 BBY . Darté is the first character to be seen with a forked lightsaber ; a smaller blade angles off the main blade at the hilt . This unique weapon is visible in " Republic 61 : Dead Ends " and " Star Wars : Purge " . The smaller blade appears in " Purge " , but in several panels is colored as if it were part of the hilt .