Phylus Mon Phylus Mon , sometimes known as The Mon , was an infamous Chevin slaver and secretly a Dark Side Adept who lived during the last years of the Old Republic . Biography . Beginnings . Phylus Mon was born and raised on Vinsoth . During his childhood , he felt a natural connection with the wild animals in the forests . Phylus Mon was able to train them easily , because he was Force - sensitive . Eventually , Phylus Mon learned to find a great pleasure in big - game hunting and in the further mind - altering of the prey . Phylus Mon ' s family business was slavery , which was also a traditional occupation for a Chevin . Chevins usually dealt in Chev slaves but Phylus Mon , while still not rejecting Chevs , preferred other more exotic species , mostly huge beasts whose primitive minds he could reshape before selling them . Career as slaver . During the following years , Phylus Mon continued dealing in slaves , but his business began to diverge from his family ' s . Guided by the dark side of the Force , Phylus forgot the happiness of his childhood ' s animal training and became a hating , vicious sentient : he only looked for exotic , hideous fauna as gladiatorial beasts , and he searched for the ultimate beast who could defeat any other creature . Using the dark side and a three - tailed glowing barbed whip , he captured and fought animals and sentients alike , both as prey or because they stood in his way to the prey , from Geonosis to Coruscant ' s Underworld . He was known to have defeated Wookiees , gundarks , and dragonsnakes . During all this fights , his skin adapted and became so hard that most personal weapons were unable to pierce it . Whenever a new slave joined Phylus Mon ' s assets , Phylus Mon ordered his surgeons to perform an operation on the slave . An explosive was implanted near the slave ' s heart or any vital organ , depending on the species . Phylus Mon himself had an emitter near his own heart so that , in case of his death , a signal would be sent to all the explosives in his slaves , killing them instantly . The explosives could be deactivated by ionizing them ( although , to avoid this , Phylus Mon forbid his slaves from using ion weapons ) . However , Phylus Mon ' s emitter was protected in a metal shell and could not be deactivated using that means . Phylus Mon kept both a " zoo " of slaves for their sale and / or training ( commonly trained by Phylus Mon himself ) , and an " entourage " of trained personal slaves , with the latter sporting the emblem of his company , a pair of crossed Rancor claws , and the former sporting both that plus a bright red circle in the left side of their chest . Phylus Mon said that his minions were not slaves , but free people , and his minions perpetuated this fiction . In fact , Phylus Mon paid them a salary . However , they could not leave Phylus Mon ' s employment or they would be tracked and killed . Nevertheless , those slaves were so broken that most of them would not even think of leaving Phylus Mon . Phylus Mon liked to use the Force as a weapon . He avoided a fight until he had time to use his own powers to improve his physical abilities and the damage of his whip ( which glowed when ready ) . The extent of his powers was unclear . Rumors suggested that , when trying to capture battlebird s from Orimanther , he meditated until he learned to use the Force to create a storm , only to stop them from flying . To avoid combat and to discourage would - be assassins , Phylus Mon always kept the entourage of slaves with him . He combined fast attackers , powerful defendants , Force - users , and creatures form his zoo . Throughout the years , Phylus Mon found a number of Force - sensitive Chevs and enslaved them . Nevertheless , should that fail , he always had some escape routes and secret defenses . A rumor suggested that Phylus Mon had a trained wampa even more dangerous than himself . It was true : Phylus Mon found Ku - Kak the Force - sensitive wampa in a remote ice planet , probably Hoth . Phylus Mon discovered the rare ability of Ku - Kak . He took the animal and trained him , although only in Chevin so that Ku - Kak would be unable to obey orders from other people . He also trained Ku - Kak to hate Jedi , and to recognize them because of their lightsaber . Strangely , however , Phylus Mon avoided the Jedi Order and never killed a Jedi or a known associate of a Jedi . Another of Phylus Mon ' s known associates was Anzat Force - sensitive Mischa Vorfren . Ku - Kak provided Vorfren with the lightsaber of Jedi Knight Ish - Bel Tur , and of course the Wampa learned to consider Vorfren an ally ( else he would attack Vorfren when seeing his lightsaber ) . Phylus Mon named Ku - Kak his personal bodyguard and armed him with a Sith sword he had found some time before . Another important member of Phylus Mon ' s organization was Yerj , a Force - sensitive Barabel who was owned and trained in a probably dark - side facility before Phylus Mon bought his contract circa 32 BBY . During one decade , Yerj tracked animals and people for Phylus Mon , including at least one female Jedi . Yerj ' s successes earned him a reputation in Phylus Mon ' s files . Phylus Mon also bought the " freedom " of Nalz , a Spiner in a freak show . Nalz believed that Phylus Mon had bought his freedom , and as such , Phylus Mon did not own Nalz ( however , Nalz was trained and an explosive was inserted in his chest ) . Nalz worked for Phylus Mon as a part of an elite strike force , knowing that Phylus Mon was a criminal . However , Nalz was known to respect Phylus Mon ' s criteria . Phylus Mon found a freed albino Trandoshan , Gorak , and he offered her a job dealing with his animals ; she showed a special skill when dealing with acklays and rancors . She also learned to respect Phylus Mon ' s ways ( a respect that was not widely spread in Phylus Mon ' s security entourage ) . Phylus Mon also bought the " freedom " of Wookiee fighter Kaarror . Phylus Mon had found Kaarror fighting in an arena , liked him , and earned some money betting on him . Instead of keeping Kaarror in his organization , he allowed him to join ( or sold him to ) the Kalmec criminal organization . Phylus Mon was believed to be the man behind Cularin - based smuggler Rufus Trammel . Although Trammel , as a " dealer in exotic items " , was tolerated in Cularin , Phylus Mon , was infamous there . Cularin crime lord Nirama would have tracked and killed Phylus Mon should the Chevin reached his system , and some fringers would simply leave Cularin in that case . At some point , Phylus Mon obtained an enormous starship , the " Animiasma " . This ship could run blockades and avoid detection , using some unclear method . It had different defense lines against attacks , including drone starfighters . Phylus Mon ' s personal quarters were under the zoo , but he always kept an emergency exit to his personal shuttle . An army of slaves . During the beginning of the Clone Wars , Phylus Mon was contacted by Len Markus . Markus had been a criminal on Cularin and he had left the system with a Sith artifact known as the Darkstaff . During his escape , all of the Cularin system disappeared from the galaxy due to the Sith magic of the Staff , and Markus was believed to have died . Markus had discovered that the Darkstaff could be used to create Sith battlelord s . A Sith battlelord was the absolute master of his troops : any soldier attempting to leave his Battlelord would cause extreme pain ( and eventually death ) to all the regiment , including himself . Phylus Mon was specialized in exotic slaves , and a " slave army " was exotic enough to get his attention . Markus offered Phylus Mon the process to create a Battlelord , if Phylus Mon could repair the Darkstaff . Markus provided Phylus Mon with a Sith tome , but it was in Sithese . Phylus Mon found a slave who could read Sithese , obtained a translation of the tome , and killed the slave . Phylus Mon made a deal with Dark Jedi Karae Nalvas , who would like to become a Battlelord . However , Phylus Mon planned to betray Nalvas and use him to learn how difficult to kill a Battlelord can be . Phylus Mon also called his former slaves Kaarror , Gorak , Nalz , and Yerj , who would become his first Battlelords ; however , Phylus Mon did not inform them of his scheme . During this preparation , Phylus Mon discovered that a powerful darksider somewhere in the Core Worlds had a special interest in the Cularin system and the Almas Academy . Phylus Mon intended to repair the Darkstaff by feeding it with the Force essence of living beings , which could be handled using the Battlelord - creation ritual . Phylus Mon then traveled to Cularin in the " Animiasma " , outwitted the Thaereian blockade , and went to the planet Almas . Mon wanted to enter in the Almas Sith fortress and perform the rituals there . While orbiting Almas , Mon kidnapped some Force - sensitive native Tarasin children , including Li ' Iri , Honna , Tiscak , and Kaj . Phylus Mon personally whipped all of them , marking the face of Tiscak , and held them in his zoo . The Sith fortress had been taken by the Jedi of Almas Academy , but it was not completely explored . However , Mon had information on the fortress layout that the Jedi lacked . Phylus Mon intended to raid the fortress , killing some of the Jedi guards , and perform the rituals in Darth Rivan ' s crypt . Mon attacked during a sandstorm along with his five future Battlelords , Ku - Kak , three gundarks , and three other minions . They dealt easily with the six Jedi guards in the south entrance . Two of those Jedi , Valiri and Constanten , were knocked down but kept alive , as they could be used in their first tries . A third Jedi , Vorlocca , who had died in the attack , was dragged to the insides of the fortress , and left there with the gundarks eating the corpse as an ambush for the Jedi search teams . The other three Jedi corpses remained in the doorway . Other Jedi in the fortress did not interfere , but tried to contact the Academy . Mon probably used Force - induced illusions and the sandstorm to avoid being detected ( although Ku - Kak ' s footprints remained as a proof ) . Phylus Mon then avoided security cameras and even heat signatures , and then reached Darth Rivan ' s intended crypt ( Rivan himself had not been buried there ) and ritual chamber . Mon and his minions placed the Darkstaff in Rivan ' s altar and performed the ritual , while in the process humiliating the ghost of Rivan ' s disciple Darsin . Although the ritual was performed correctly , it did not link the Battlelords with any soldier . Instead , the ritual uprooted the Force essences of the victims , trapping them in a crystal pyramid so that the Darkstaff could feed on them . The victims ' bodies were still alive , but unable to move or think . The Darkstaff nevertheless appeared to be repaired , or at least more repaired than before . Phylus Mon and his minions left the seven empty bodies and abandoned the fortress some three hours after they had entered . Four hours after the attack , Phylus Mon ' s ship left the orbit and disappeared . Phylus Mon then steered the " Animiasma " to Cularin system asteroid belt , where he could study the Darkstaff and try to discover what had happened . Rescue . Jedi Master Lanius Qel - Bertuk of Almas Academy sent different search groups to the Sith fortress , looking for the missing Jedi . They found all of the empty bodies and Qel - Bertuk discovered Phylus Mon ' s implication . He also correctly thought that Phylus Mon was probably the mastermind after the Tarasin children kidnapping . Meanwhile , the Darkstaff grew stronger in the " Animiasma " . It tried to impregnate her with its essence , trying to make the ship a part of itself . It was transforming the ship in a dark side nexus . It also used the ship ' s sound system to distribute a sound causing confusion and horror to the crew ( although Phylus Mon ' s chambers apparently were unaffected ) . However , Almas librarian Oden Malksch accidentally entered the empty body of Karae Nalvas . Malksch felt the body ' s connection with its Force essence and its need to join it . The body felt the essence and , following that track , Malksch could find Phylus Mon ' s lair . Master Qel - Bertuk organized a team that would go to recover the stolen essences of the two Jedi and the others . Phylus Mon was focused on the Darkstaff , so he was unaware of the intrusion . He was trying to analyze the Darkstaff in his room , with his usual security entourage around him ( in this case , Mischa Vorfren ; Blood Carver gunner Ke Len ; Chev Force - sensitive slaves Drik , Niv , and Tosh laying at his foot ; eight Coruscani Ogre s and twelve Manthessan panthacs ; plus Ku - Kak hidden ) . Suddenly the Darkstaff mysteriously disappeared from his sight and , seconds after that , Qel - Bertuk ' s team entered his room . Phylus Mon threatened the team with a code phrase that alerted his entourage : the Chevs began using their Force skills to boost the rest of the entourage , Vorfren showed , but did not light his lightsaber , and the others began taking aim . Phylus Mon intended to use his powers defensively during this fight and to maintain his position , as he could reach an emergency exit only by pushing a button in his throne . He thought that he could not be killed , as he could threaten his enemies with the death of all the slaves . Even more , he thought he could avoid capture by threatening with suicide . At some point during these events , Nirama learned that Phylus Mon was in Cularin , and offered a reward on his head , live or dead . Behind the scenes . Two of the three questions in the Critical Events Summary of " A Mon Alone " are related to Phylus Mon : one about his own destiny ( dead , captured or escaped ) , and the other about all his slaves ' destiny .