Attack on the Hidden Temple The Attack on the Hidden Temple was a military operation carried out by forces of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire against the New Jedi Order ' s Hidden Temple in 138 ABY . Prelude . The events leading up to the attack on Taivas started on Korriban . The Sith Lord and Inquisitor Darth Havok tortured his former apprentice , the Imperial Knight Antares Draco . After a period of time of no results the Sith Lord tricked Draco into believing that the Sith had captured his love , Marasiah Fel and would kill her if Draco did not provide useful information . Unable to stand the thought of seeing her killed he then revealed the existence of the Hidden Temple and its location . With this valued information attained , Darth Talon sent a message to Darth Krayt about the Temple . Pleased with this information , he ordered Talon to have Draco delivered to Cade Skywalker . Discovering Draco inside his ship , Draco revealed he had broke under the Sith and had revealed the location of the Temple . At first enraged , Skywalker and his crew then went to alert the Jedi to the coming attack . Battle . Cade arrived and warned the Jedi . After confering with Gar Stazi and Roan Fel , the council decided to evacuate , but Cade said that the best thing to do was stand and fight . Reasoning that Krayt had sent a warning so the Jedi would move into the open , Cade said the Jedi should lure the Sith - Imperials into a trap , saying that the alliance and fel empire could trap their enemies between the planet and their fleets . Cade ' s uncle , Bantha Rawk agreed , saying Taivas was a natural fortress . Both Roan Fel and Gar Stazi agreed . The empire , meanwhile , combined all it ' s fleets for the attack . The Sith Imperial forces attacked with the Moffs themselves leading the battle . After sustaining casualties to friendly fire , the Sith Imperials were forced to stop attempting orbital bombardment and engage their enemies on the planet itself . Land forces under the command of Moff Geist soon began advancing on the temple while Sith Imperial fighters engaged the Jedi in the sky . The Imperial forces breached the temple , but instead of a repeat of Ossus , the Sith and Imperials found the Jedi waiting for them . Soon after battle in the temple itself broke out , the fleets of Bastion and the Galactic Alliance Remnant arrived to aid the Jedi . The Sith Imperial armada soon found itself surrounded and trapped , and the allied fleets proceeded to tear into the armada while the Jedi inflicted heavy casualties on Geist ' s army . Unknown to the allies , however , Krayt had foreseen their trap and had a response planned for it . Just when victory for the allied forces seemed assured , Krayt played his secret trump card : a fleet of new Sith troopers , led by Darth Nihl , dropped out of hyperspace and joined the battle . The allies were surprised at the new arrivals , and took heavy casualties from them . The troopers joined the battle on the ground , they destroyed anything that stood in their way of the Jedi Temple , even the Sith - Imperial forces who weren ' t able to escape their path . In their fury they killed Moff Geist . Everyone was shocked by the new Sith troopers and for some Sith - Imperials this was the last straw : Moff Rulf Yage and his daughter Gunn rebelled and killed their Sith supervisors and joined the allies . Meantime the Jedi ordered to evacuate the temple , and the ships that made up the temple detached and set a course for Bastion , accompanied by the Alliance Remnant , loyalist Imperials and the recent Sith - Imperial defectors . Cade remained behind with his uncle , Drok , Te Corso , and Sayar Dun ' La to protect the allies ' secret weapon : T ' ra Saa , who was deeply immersed in battle meditation . The Nikto , Elomin , and Bothan soon fell , leaving only Nat and Cade to hold off the remaining Sith troopers . Shortly thereafter , a damaged " Annihilator " - class starfighter set a collision course on the remains of the temple . Cade prepared to die , but as the ship collided , Nat quickly threw him out a window before helping T ' ra Saa set off the Force energy she had drawn from the planet , taking any Sith caught in the blast with them and leaving an opening in the Sith fleet for everyone else to escape . Cade was deeply shaken by his uncle ' s demise , and took his rage out on a group of Sith Troopers who managed to get on top of the " Mynock " , even tapping into the dark side to gain the advantage . But Corde managed to convince Cade to keep one of the troopers alive so they could find a weakness in Krayt ' s newest weapon . As the " Mynock " headed for Bastion , Cade was tended to by Deliah Blue , who also comforted him as he mourned the loss of his uncle .