Mission to Korriban ( 23 BBY ) A mission to Korriban occurred in 23 BBY when a Jedi strike team consisting of Obi - Wan Kenobi , Siri Tachi , Soara Antana , Ry - Gaul , and their respective Padawans were sent to the Sith tombworld to track down Void in the Force Granta Omega and his partner in crime , mad scientist Jenna Zan Arbor , both of whom were longtime enemies of the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic . But the mission ended in tragedy when Padawan Darra Thel - Tanis was killed by Omega , who himself was then killed by Kenobi . Zan Arbor and the hidden Sith Lord , Darth Tyranus , escaped . Prelude to tragedy . Only days had passed since the malicious attack on the Galactic Senate Building on Coruscant . The criminal operation that was masterminded by Granta Omega and Jenna Zan Arbor might have been catastrophic , had it not been for the quick response of the Jedi Order , for literally " thousands " of politician s had been targeted . Miraculously , only 21 Senators , and 24 advisors , aides , and guards were killed in the Senate Chamber battle against Omega ' s formidable phalanx of seeker droid s . Above all , the attempt on Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ' s life had been thwarted . The Jedi High Council had sensed very early on ― with an affiliated anti - Jedi scheme to lawfully sever all Senate ties with the Jedi Order ― that behind the deadly machinations lay " an unknown presence . " Indeed , the Council had come to believe that " a Sith " was the real power behind the terrible plan , and the Senate feared that the attack was only the beginning of a much wider plot . They did not want to simply " wait " for the next attack . They had to preemptively " act " to cut the head off the snake , by spreading a wide net to lure in and trap the vicious creature . But galactic politics were volatile , and a period of calm was needed to steady the mood of the Senate , which had grown ugly since the attack . Chancellor Palpatine therefore urged restraint and cautioned the Jedi to be discreet in their pursuit of the notorious , murderous enemy . Eighteen - year - old Anakin Skywalker was confident that he would be part of that pursuit , for his Jedi Master , Obi - Wan Kenobi , knew the arch - villains better than anyone and , in fact , had been the first Jedi to warn the Council of Omega ' s plans . It was therefore fairly inevitable that Kenobi would be the one to head the team to bring Omega to justice ― and , naturally , Skywalker would be there , too . The specially marked Padawan didn ' t have to wait long before his suspicions were confirmed : the Council called into their High Chamber the four Master - Padawan pairs that would comprise the critical strike team whose charge it would be to bring both Omega and Zan Arbor to justice . Before that meeting took place , however , the Padawans had spent time together in preparation for whatever mission might lie ahead for them , as was customary for the Jedi , who frequently had to be ready to leave at a moment ' s notice . As starfighters and cruisers were being readied and fueled , apprentices and their Masters checked their gear and said goodbye to fellow learners and friends . Throughout the Temple , Jedi Knights finished up last minute - assignments as they readied for new ones , uploading new mission information to their datascreens . Anakin was in his quarters with his good friend Tru Veld , helping him check his lightsaber ' s power cell , reserve , blade crystals . Skywalker adjusted Tru ' s flux aperture and rebalanced the saber ' s handle . Liquid cable launcher , comlink , aquata breather ― all utility belt items were checked . . . including Tru ' s ever - ready snacks for the spacelanes , including Terratta strips . Sitting down to enjoy the food , they were content to have checked their equipment five times , even though they knew all was functional , for routine always seemed to keep nerves steady . Padawan Darra Thel - Tanis entered with her usual witty humor , sitting down with her friends to enthusiastically enjoy the savory terk - hide treat . She announced suddenly that something was up , as both her friends ' Masters , including her own Master Soara Antana , were at that moment in the High Council Chamber . Darra had the feeling that they ' d all be leaving the Temple before the day was out , but she was ready . When Tru asked , she confirmed also that Siri Tachi was there , as she ' d seen her walk into the Council room with her Padawan Ferus Olin . A jolt of jealousy shot through Anakin , and he asked Darra why Ferus was in session with the Masters , but the rest of the Padawans weren ' t . But she said she didn ' t know , asking Anakin if she really looked like a Council member to him ― " " Moons and stars , I hope I ' m not that grim " " ― and told him he would just have to wait and find out . Trying to soothe Anakin ' s ego , for he knew that he and Ferus , mutual rivals , had clashed in the past ( though they got along better now ) , Tru reassured Anakin that he didn ' t think it would be long now . Suddenly , as if Tru had just prompted Fate , their three comlinks all buzzed at the same time , calling them into the Council Chamber . Upon entering the chamber , to stand before the High Council , Anakin felt a heavy presence in the room . All of the Council members looked , just as Darra had said , " grim " . He felt the Force strongly , humming underneath their various seats and through their beings , as if ( and he could only imagine ) it were a council of war . Glancing over at Ferus , Anakin suddenly had a foreboding feeling that what he was about to hear he would not like . Master Mace Windu began by offering the Council ' s apologies to Obi - Wan Kenobi , for though he ' d warned them on many occasions of the danger of Granta Omega , they ' d not taken those warnings as seriously as they ' d been given . Obi - Wan had , after all , been right : Omega should have been the Council ' s first priority . " He was now , " however , Mace said . He told the Jedi assembled before him that they would be the first coalition to go after Omega . Mace advised that they could contact the Temple at any time for whatever degree of help or Jedi backup support that they might need to join them . The Council felt that there was some degree of Sith involvement in what they were about to face , but didn ' t know to what extent , and so urged each member of the team to weigh carefully every move that they would make . As if all of this weren ' t enough , Master Windu issued the startling revelation that the Council had actually " located " Omega and Zan Arbor : the criminal duo had found sanctuary on the Sith tombworld of Korriban . And suddenly Anakin understood the feeling of dread that filled the chamber . The great Force legends spoke of Korriban as the seat of Sith power , thousands of years in the past . And because it constituted the burial grounds of the ancient Sith Lords , it was a concentrated source of the dark side of the Force : no Jedi wished to go there to tempt its powerful pull toward the dark side . Kenobi was not overly surprised notwithstanding , as Omega had ever striven to be noticed by the Sith . He ' d obviously succeeded at last : to his reward he apparently now went , whether that meant only protection or something more . As Mace Windu ' s eyes settled on Anakin , he made yet another startling disclosure : Due to the galaxy ' s current state and the Council ' s concern over the gathering strength of the dark side of the Force , they had made a decision to speed up the process of apprentices becoming Jedi Knights . For Anakin , the news was electrifying , for he was sure the Council was going to announce that he would be allowed to undertake the trials of Jedi Knighthood early — and for that , he was , he assessed , " more than ready " . But because this was a major decision , the Council had decided to proceed with " caution " and grant only " one " test case . Skywalker ' s burgeoning heart betrayed his utter confidence that , of course , " it would be him " — he was , after all , the Chosen One : the one with the greatest skills and Force connection . It was , however , only after much deliberation and consultation with all the Jedi Masters that the Council had settled on Ferus Olin : he would be the first among the apprentices , when this new pressing mission had ended , to undergo the trials . Anakin Skywalker was fully stunned , " heard only a blank where his name should have been " . The unreal sensation made him want to move and cry out , for it couldn ' t " possibly " be true . Still Mace emphasized that their unanimous decision in no way reflected upon any Padawan ' s fitness to be a Jedi Knight . They believed in " all " of their apprentices and simply needed " a way to begin " to fill the urgent galactic need for a strengthened Jedi force , and Olin was to fill that vanguard role . Each Padawan would be ready in his or her own time . Despite that assurance , the disbelief and anger in Anakin were overwhelming , for he felt that his time was " now " . Indeed , he felt he would fully explode as his emotions ran rampant and he fought to contain them . " May the Force be with you , " Mace said , dismissing the newly appointed Jedi coalition to their readied ships . Kenobi told Anakin not to say anything , as they left the High Council Chamber . " Follow me , " he said , as they descended on the turbolift several levels to the Room of a Thousand Fountains and its calming elements : the splash of the waterfalls , the green growth , the soft radiance of refracted light . Skywalker ' s face was hot with frustration and anger . Anakin couldn ' t understand how it had happened , or how it even " could " . Obi - Wan conceded that it was natural to be disappointed and , for such a high singular honor , to want to be first . " I " am " first ! " Skywalker exploded — the almost nineteen - year - old Padawan was also , by a galactic standard , " right " . He was first in his class , first in lightsaber training , and , given his chosen status ( one could well argue , as Anakin " did " ) , " First in the Force . " But his Master frowned , for there was " no such thing at the Temple : students were not ranked " . Skywalker , however , who would be a Jedi Knight soon , knew that that " wasn ' t " what was whispered or " said " , that it wasn ' t the " reality " , and his Master knew it . But how " good " one was , was " not " the point of the Council ' s decision , Kenobi explained . What made Ferus " better " , then ? Anakin wondered . " Not the point , either " , Obi - Wan said : the fact of the matter was that Ferus was more " ready " . Anakin knew now that he was pushing his Master ' s limits , for Kenobi ' s voice was raised , which didn ' t happen very often . But Skywalker couldn ' t help himself — he " was " ready , " just as ready " as Olin was . That was something that Anakin could not know , Obi - Wan cautioned , for " it was not for the Padawan , but for the Master and the Council to know " . Skywalker " started " at the sudden knowledge that seared his brain : his Master had " agreed " — he ' d voted for " Ferus " . It was not a vote , but a " discussion " , Kenobi corrected , to which " all " Masters were invited . He had agreed with the " Council ' s choice " . Anakin could feel only as if he ' d been brutally prodded by an electrojabber . But it wasn ' t about Skywalker ' s " skills " , his " commitment " , or his " abilities " ; it was about his " readiness " , and there was a clear difference . When Anakin flatly challenged Obi - Wan that he didn ' t think him ready , Kenobi responded that while he thought Ferus was " ready " , that did not mean that he believed that Olin would make " a better Jedi " , only that he was ready " now " . Beyond fairly certain , Anakin " knew " that Ferus had manipulated the Council members and the Masters , voicing aloud his own doubts about Skywalker , sometimes in front of Anakin ' s own Master , and had somehow " corrupted " their opinions of him . His fury was saber - hot , wild , scarcely containable . And looking at his Master , he suddenly didn ' t know him anymore : he seemed a " stranger " . " Take care , " Obi - Wan warned , for he could feel his Padawan ' s " anger " . But Skywalker didn ' t care , he wanted to strike out . Anakin ' s focus on " who got to be a Knight first " , however , simply " reinforced the rightness " of the Council ' s decision : Anakin was " not emotionally ready " to be a Jedi . Decisions such as this had to be " accepted " . Skywalker told Kenobi that he didn ' t need to quote Jedi teachings to him , for he knew them well — " better " than Olin , in fact , but then , " that " didn ' t seem to make a difference . His aspect tight , Obi - Wan told his Padawan that he needed time to compose himself , after which they could discuss the matter further . Turning away to leave , Kenobi suddenly relented and turned back : " " I believe in you , Anakin " , " he said . But the young Jedi kept his back to his Master , for he couldn ' t answer , and only thought of Ferus — how he ' d " plotted " , " beaten him " , and " won " . He was forced now even to " work with him " on their new mission , forced now to help Olin achieve what " he , Anakin , deserved " . He saw only Ferus ' smug face as he accepted the praise of the Council , as he " took Anakin ' s place " as a Jedi Knight . . . while " the Chosen One " would remain a " Padawan ! " " It simply couldn ' t happen that way " , he silently resolved , " taking " his anger and " focusing " it . The many fountain waters around Anakin suddenly hung for a moment in the air , fully suspended : he ' d used the Force to freeze them in midair , " just to prove he could do it " . The silence was deafening , but then he let them fall — all the waters gushing , trickling , and racing again . The noise grew enormous , torrential , as if he could hear every drop of water cascade with every stone , every pebble . Skywalker " thrilled " in the surge of " power " — and " it was but a small part of what he was capable of " . They would " all " soon know it . " He would show them that they had made a serious mistake " . For " he " should be the first apprentice to ascend to Jedi Knight . He " knew " this , and soon everyone else would , too . He would " make " " them " know it . Into the Sith realm . Two Republic cruiser s would take the Jedi to Korriban , and the best pilots of the group — Master Ry - Gaul and Skywalker — would fly them . Assembling now together at the vast hangar , Siri and Ferus had been assigned to accompany Obi - Wan and Anakin , while Soara and Darra would travel with Tru Veld and his Master . Kenobi , who didn ' t think it wise to put Anakin and Ferus together in a small cruiser until Skywalker had cooled down , wished it could be otherwise . All choices they made from now on , however , had to be " calculated " ones , for the consequences of such decisions could be critical . In this case , they had no choice , with the looming possibility that their ships might be attacked on the journey . Indeed , going forward , " nothing " could be taken for granted . As the designated pilots did their pre - flight checks and the rest of the Jedi team prepared to depart from Coruscant , Obi - Wan took note of his comrades . More than three years had passed since they ' d all shared a mission to Euceron , to patrol the Galactic Games , and the intervening years had been long and hard for everyone : his fellow Jedi looked more focused and intent . Veld and Ry - Gaul had survived a series of highly dangerous missions ; Antana and Thel - Tanis had recently navigated a fierce interplanetary war — and the changes and the recognition he could see in all the Padawans were the same he once saw in " himself " as he neared the end of " his " years of apprenticeship . Their countenances mirrored the seriousness of their purpose and the things they ' d seen — a long way indeed from each Jedi learner ' s early expectation simply to lead a life of service , adventure , and success . " Failure " was never a part of that rose - tinted vision , and the passing years brought not only " satisfaction " , but deep " disappointment " and heartbreaking " loss " as well . Forever imprinted in each one ' s memory were things they wished they had not seen . A Padawan polishing his or her lightsaber while yearning to be chosen , lost in heroic dreams , could not then imagine how vastly more complicated the Jedi path would be . Siri Tachi was leaner , her edge was sharper , if that was possible ; there was less humor and more frustration . Ry - Gaul ' s gray eyes had bleached almost to white : experience had , it seemed , leached out their color . The quiet , somber Jedi , moreover , if it were possible , spoke even " less " than he did before . But he had explained to Kenobi that there simply was " less to say . " Oddly enough , the great lightsaber master Soara Antana had grown softer , almost tender , with Darra . But often replacing the lively exuberance in Thel - Tanis ' eyes was now a shadowy sadness . They ' d " all " changed , including Obi - Wan himself , who , catching a glimpse of his bearded face in the viewport , though " younger " than Qui - Gon Jinn was as a Master , nevertheless " felt " old . A strange weariness was in his bones . And he knew it was from the intense concentration and effort he placed in cautious vigilance , in ever watching and waiting for " something he could not name " . All the Jedi had felt it — a gathering of dark energies throughout the galaxy , from the Force ' s dark side . Having spent these last years pushing with their strength against the darkness and the chaos , they were " tired " , but had so much farther to go . As for Anakin , Obi - Wan simply had to trust in the integrity of his Padawan ' s " core " . Kenobi must count on Skywalker ' s maturity now — that , with time , Anakin would forgive him for supporting Ferus . Indeed , Obi - Wan recognized the difficulty he had in admitting that Olin was the best candidate . It was only natural to have wanted Anakin to be chosen , but something had whispered " no " . Even so , he would never had consented had the feeling not permeated his being that , in this instance , " the times were too perilous for the Jedi to make a mistake " . But he knew his Padawan well , knew Anakin would find acceptance despite the profound struggles that Obi - Wan knew he could not help him with . But Kenobi was confident that , in time , Skywalker ' s better side would win . From his quiet ruminations , Obi - Wan was suddenly brought back to the present by the surprise appearance of Master Yoda himself on the landing platform . He ' d glided in on his repulsorlift chair from the turbolift to bid a special farewell . After Obi - Wan had quickly stepped forward to greet him and ask if anything was wrong , the beloved Jedi sage was silent , allowing his gray - blue eyes to scan each member of the Korriban coalition , moving from one Jedi to the next , until he lingered on the faces of the Padawans . Yoda told them that he felt he needed to look upon them all before they left , and tell them . . . but he remained silent for a moment and , leaning on his gimer stick as he looked upon Obi - Wan with great affection , simply said that he had become as Ry - Gaul , and had , after all , " nothing " to say . What he " would " say , he told Obi - Wan , " he knew already " . Kenobi knew that Yoda spoke true , for a great dread lay within Yoda ' s soul . He knew the Grand Master needed to come look at them " all " in case any one of them did not return : he needed to be present so that each would know how deeply he felt for them . " He wanted to see them off , see the last glint of sun on a wing as they flew " . The pre - flight checks completed , the Jedi turned to board as Yoda lifted one three - fingered hand in fond farewell : " " May the Force be with you " , " he said . Having traveled in hyperspace for days from the galactic Core , the Jedi cruiser s were on their final approach to Korriban within the Horuset system of the known Sith Worlds . Obi - Wan had found comfort in navigation al routine ( what he ' d always done since he was an apprentice ) — checking coordinate s to forestall problems , though he knew precisely his team ' s position and how far they had left to go in a journey that had passed , after all , without incident . Kenobi appreciated Olin ' s effort to keep a delicate distance between himself and Anakin , for he did so without seeming to , giving his Padawan space . When Siri came up behind him , Obi - Wan activated the star chart s ' holomode and together they studied the isolated system of the marooned planet that other planets seemingly chose to hide from : Korriban . For Kenobi , Korriban was " a source of evil that still called evil to come meet it " . For Siri , on the other hand , it was " just a place where some old Sith bones lay " . Indeed , the Jedi were on their way to a place they ' d heard about from their earliest days as students at the Temple : the Valley of the Dark Lords , where the dark side of the Force still lived . They ' d used tales of the Valley to scare each other as younglings . But a thousand years and more had passed since the times of Sith occupation and the planet had remained , for the most part , barren of settlers and unattractive . In truth , Korriban had never recovered from the Sith presence , had never formed a government , had never joined the Senate , and therefore was not part of the galactic alliance . Even freighters wouldn ' t stop there , and there were few places that freighters would not go . The Commerce Guild , notwithstanding , had opened an office there , offering incentives to corporations to open branches in the Dreshdae spaceport . The business enterprise seemed strange to the Jedi , but they considered it to be " the same old dance " — just another powerplay by the Guild to gain influence and keep major corporations " in their backyard " so that they might control them . " But Korriban ? " It was that question that prompted the Jedi Order ' s suspicion that the Sith might be behind the Commerce Guild ' s presence there — even if the Guild ( or most of it ) didn ' t know it . The Guild would " reap what it deserved " , in that case , Siri said . The Padawans now had joined the conversation , and , in response to Ferus ' inquiry about the kinds of beings who lived on Korriban , Tachi told him that there were three : " those who were forced to live there because of work , those who had been stranded there " , and , finally , " those who chose to be there " — which were " the dangerous ones " , Kenobi said . When Anakin voiced his concern about how they planned to find the criminals , being that they might be hiding " anywhere " on the huge planet , Obi - Wan said he didn ' t believe that they ' d come there to " hide " , but that Omega had come for a " reason " . Kenobi believed that Omega had been " invited " : for having done " his best to impress " , Omega had finally attracted the notice of the Sith and was going there for his reward , " whatever " that might be . Coming out of hyperspace , Korriban , that solitary " cradle of darkness , " loomed in their vision — a large planet with blood - red clouds obscuring its surface — and the Jedi prepared for their descent and landing at the Dreshdae spaceport . Each of them felt what Kenobi did : the dark side of the Force emanating from the planet ' s surface in what was certainly the most complicated surge of dark energy any of them had ever felt . For it had a " sick sweetness " to it , something that seemed to pour through their veins — " attracting " and " repelling " them at once . They struggled to meet and clear their minds of it . Even as Obi - Wan entered the coordinates into the nav computer , he hesitated , for he got the distinct impression that in doing so — in making the commitment to land — he was " sealing " their fate . Their faces to the viewport , none could turn away : " dread " seeped into their hearts as , through the red - blood clouds , the planet appeared to come up to meet them . Korriban commerce . Before he ' d left the Temple , Anakin Skywalker had decided that he would have to wear " another " " mask " on this mission , but a mask of " friendship " , for Ferus " could never know " his true feelings : he would defeat Olin without him ever knowing that they were in competition . But , as often happens with well - intentioned plans or theories , they often falter when they ' re actually attempted . For Skywalker found that it was impossibly difficult to keep his true feelings hidden when faced with Ferus himself . His resentment , like a leaking gas , threatened to explode . But he kept telling himself that that would " not " happen , that he would " prove " that he was the " better " Jedi . Flying now over Korriban ' s deserts , deep canyon s , and mountain ranges , Olin inquired where the Valley of the Dark Lords was located . Obi - Wan answered that the Valley , invisible from the air and constantly under heavy cloud cover , was narrow — a slit hidden in the mountains some distance from Dreshdae . The disorderly settlement , its unsightly buildings clumped together , had been built on a plateau in the middle of the planet ' s largest mountain range . As they approached the spaceport , the Jedi could see that the recently ( and poorly ) refurbished landing platform was deserted , apart from a few cruisers parked behind an energy fence . Upon landing , the other Jedi cruiser passengers soon joined Kenobi ' s party , with the Masters going over final details in the cockpit while the Padawans stood on the ramp overlooking the spaceport as they prepared their equipment . It was a very " grim " place — " not exactly Belazura " , Darra said , as she stuffed her thermal cape into her survival pack . They tried to make light of the odd tension each felt : they remembered how " nervous " they ' d all been on their earliest missions together , and Tru admitted comically that he still " was " . Anakin , unable to help himself , asked Ferus if " he " was nervous , " or was that not allowed for a Jedi Knight ? " He was , after all , closer to Knighthood that the rest of them were , and the Council ' s eyes were upon him . Olin , picking up on Anakin ' s taut meaning , frowned and said he wasn ' t thinking about that , only the " mission " — which idea Darra " reinforced " by stating that that ' s what " they all were " thinking about . Tru ' s eyes told Anakin to " back off " as he added that they " all " wanted to capture Omega . But Anakin wagered that " Ferus " wanted to be " the one to do it " , because once you started " impressing " the Jedi Council , you had to keep on doing it . Olin replied that it didn ' t matter " who " did it , only that it got " done " . " Spoken like a true Jedi Knight " , was Skywalker ' s rejoinder . Ferus , his neck flushing red , asked Anakin " what was it exactly " that he was trying to say , as Darra , in a warning tone , spoke Anakin ' s name . Stepping boldly toward Ferus , Skywalker clarified that Olin would do " whatever he could " to succeed on this mission , but not because he wanted to catch " Omega " : he wanted rather to be a " Knight " . Ferus ' dark eyes now flashed with anger , saying that Anakin ' s was a serious charge , and untrue . But Skywalker said he had news for Olin : Ferus " wouldn ' t be the one to find Omega " — " Anakin " would . And he was so confident on that point that " he was willing to bet on it " . Ferus , for his part , " refused " to bet on a " mission " . That was because Olin had " too much riding on it " , Anakin guessed ; for if he " lost " , he might lose the Council ' s " favor " . It was " no wonder " why Ferus refused to take up his offer . Olin spun and came within inches of Anakin ' s face , taking him up on his bet , after all — " sure " , whatever Anakin wanted , for " he ' d hate to stand in the way " of Skywalker ' s " ego . " — " Ego ? Ferus " was the one , Anakin countered , who spent all his time " showing off " . Olin responded softly , but with an icy edge now , that " someone had to teach Skywalker that he wasn ' t as powerful as he thought himself to be " . But now the Masters had overheard the bit of commotion , and were looking over , and Anakin could see that " he had to control himself " , for he ' d gone farther than he ' d meant to . But he didn ' t care , for " it was now out in the open " . A light gray rain with an acidic taste was falling on Dreshdae ' s main thoroughfare . The Padawans had followed their Masters out onto the narrow , unpaved street , when Anakin felt a foreboding settle upon him . The drab hodgepodge that was Dreshdae had , over the years , grown and shrank without thought given to utility or beauty . Until the Commerce Guild had set up headquarters there , it was just a smattering of temporary structures in various states of disprepair , made up of plastoid blocks or cheaper metals that rusted with age . Newer buildings sprung up around them , most of them near the Guild ' s central office building — a multistoried durasteel edifice faced in a multicolored iridescent material that was intended to sparkle in sunlight but , in the drip of rain , looked rather cheerless . The strain of growth " showed " in Dreshdae ' s obvious efforts to promote itself , and it was clear that the spaceport would soon slide back into a dark , dangerous , lawless place . Evil undercurrents that bubbled up out of cracks in the stone and hastily built walkways could be felt by the Jedi . Beings didn ' t linger in the streets or cafés . There were no trees or plants , and " nothing thrived " . Obi - Wan announced that their contact in Dreshdae was one Teluron Thacker , a prosperous businessman , who had done favors for the Jedi in the past and had agreed to help them , if he could . They were on their way , even now , to meet him . Suddenly , out of nowhere , Anakin felt a " touch " on his shoulder , and then another — whipping around , only to find " no one there " ; then came a " whisper " , then another . He couldn ' t make out the words , only their mocking , derisive " intent " . Crossing the street , he thought he saw " blood " coursing down a stone wall , but when he blinked , it was " gone " — was it all " just his imagination ? " He looked questioningly at his Master , who told him it was " the dark side of the Force " , that he was picking it up , too , but to just ignore it . But there was something " insistent " in the whispering voices , which Anakin " couldn ' t " just ignore , that urged him to " answer " . Though anxious , Skywalker " wanted " , strangely , to " face " it , to get to the root of , and " match himself against " this dark power — to " prove " that " he " was " as strong as it was " . Arriving at the small , dingy café that had been predesignated ( the roof of which was in serious need of repair ) , Kenobi wondered why Thacker would ever frequent such a place . Though not getting any Force premonition or " warning " , the problem was the " energy " on the planet — " dark waves " buffeted Kenobi from every side , as if he were swimming in an evil sea . The thick darkness made it hard to distinguish " true threats " . Ry - Gaul offered to scout out the place before they entered it . He emerged to tell them it was all clear and that Thacker was inside . Entering , they greeted the nervous Eeyyon native , who , because the Jedi had helped his homeworld , said he ' d pledged to help them whenever he could . The tall humanoid , wrapped in a red cape , had pale skin and the soft look of a being used to spending time indoors , sitting down . He ' d angered his previous , oversensitive boss , and she ' d banished him to Korriban because of a deal that had gone south . A loss of a few million credits later , and he ' d been handed an assignment to open an office on Korriban . But Thacker hadn ' t slept through the night since . Siri Tachi asked Thacker what he could tell them about the two beings they were pursuing . " Only that they were there " , came the reply . A human man and woman that matched the Jedi descriptions " perfectly " . They weren ' t using their real names , however , and no hotel or guest house carried any clues . Kenobi asked if Thacker had looked into whether any businesses there were , in reality , a " cover " for Omega ' s enterprises . In fact , he " had not " done that , Thacker said , stating that , though he wanted to " help " the Jedi , people there said it " wasn ' t wise " to ask too many questions on Korriban . But then , Thacker suddenly offered a piece of information that the Jedi " could actually use " : he warned them that the Commerce Guild had " its own army division " on Korriban — which was there out of necessity , the Guild had said , to protect its business workers from petty crime . Spider and surveillance droids were everywhere , and so , if Omega and Zan Arbor had any " contacts " in the Commerce Guild , Thacker said , they could very well " have access " to all the surveillance information and could " see " " everything " . Because Kenobi knew that Zan Arbor had expensive tastes and probably wasn ' t too keen on being on Korriban , he asked Thacker " where one might go " if one were a pampered business executive in ' need ' of special luxury items . There was a loose black market on the planet , Thacker said , one run by thieves who robbed when they could from the office buildings , spaceport hotels , and Commerce Guild supply ship s . When Obi - Wan asked how they might get in touch with the black market , Thacker disclosed that its base of operations was in a ruined plaza on the outskirts of Dreshdae , that they should go at dusk and ask for Auben — who was " the best of a bad lot " , who wouldn ' t cheat them . Thacker gave one last warning to watch out for the Commerce Guild army , as the Guild executives were tired of " buying back " their own items , and wanted to " smash " the black market . The Jedi were soon walking toward the ruined plaza in the deep , dark , diffused " red " of Korriban ' s dusk . They couldn ' t see the Sun due to the pervasive cloud - cover overhead . Anakin suggested that Auben might feel less threatened if " only one " person approached her , especially someone " young " , and he offered his services . Obi - Wan and Siri concurred that it was a good idea , but appointed both Anakin " and " Ferus to go " together " : they would pose as " brothers " , stranded on the planet . " Brothers ! " Anakin swallowed his groan , for it was bad enough that he had been " teamed " with Ferus . The two were not to reveal that they were Jedi — for that was information that could be sold . Though the Jedi knew Omega was expecting them , he didn ' t know " when " they were to arrive . The two Padawans walked to the marketplace in deathly silence , with no lessening of the tension between them . Anakin had wanted to meet with Auben " alone " , for he had hoped to gain information about Omega " before " Ferus did . No words were spoken between the two Padawans , no plans were made . After circling the plaza once , they were approached by Auben — a young woman dressed in a tight - fitting gray tunic and leggings , with a leather headpiece fitted snugly over her ears . On her back she carried a huge satchel , seemingly without strain . She asked them if they were looking for something , and they replied that they needed blankets and handwarmers . Auben demanded to see their credits first , and after Anakin had handed them over , she tossed Ferus the goods . Anakin , sensing she was about to take off again , quickly told her that their parents had marooned them on Dreshdae , saying they ' d be back , but " it had been a few weeks now , and — " Auben , interrupting , said flatly , however , that she didn ' t need their " story " , just their " credits " . When Anakin said they ' d heard about a couple that landed at the spaceport recently , and asked if by chance she ' d seen them , Auben replied that " she " " didn ' t " " discuss her customers — ever " . But when Ferus suggested that , armed with the same " skills , contacts " and " discretion " she already had , she might discover a lucrative business not only in finding " things " , but " beings " also , it was clear that she now paused to consider their proposition carefully . But before she could speak , a blast of artillery fire shattered a column directly behind her and the explosion of rocks sent her flying toward Anakin and Ferus . All three landed on the ground , with Auben panting , " " Commerce Guild droids — Run ! " " Academy assault . When Auben took off , she had placed herself in an exposed position , her back to the blaster fire , and Anakin , who had dashed after her , had no choice but to defend her and " reveal himself " as a Jedi . Blaster bolt s streaked from a phalanx of spider droids , and Anakin deflected them all . Ferus covered their retreat , as Auben yelled the question " Who are you ? ! " — but there was no time for either Jedi to answer . Pausing to catch their breath under the shelter of the dark ruins , Auben wanted to know , staring at the lightsabers , where she could get " one of those . " But they had to move fast , for the Guild had tracking droids . When Anakin confessed to Auben that neither of them knew which way to go , she resolved that , because they ' d saved her life , she would save theirs : " " Come on " , " she said . Skywalker could sense that the other Jedi were close behind and were following them as the trio made their way through the ruins , twisting through narrow passageways and climbing through blasted - out holes . But the army was near , too , advancing on the outskirts of the spaceport . Auben led the Jedi from the ruins into the winding streets of a hovel that dwindled into a lane that wound out to a rocky landscape . And finally , they climbed up the steep lip of the plateau that cradled the spaceport . Reaching the top , Anakin looked down and beheld an ancient structure below them that rose out of the steep mountainside and spilled out into a narrow valley : two - thirds of the structure were made impenetrable because of the mountain . The structure ' s entrance was in ruins , blocked by great slabs of crumbling stone and huge toppled columns . And once again , Anakin " felt it " — tremors of the dark side of the Force rising up to assault him and wrench his stomach . " He knew what this wreck of a building was " : the Sith Academy . The ancient monastic halls of the Great Sith Temple were spread out below them , thousands of years old , deserted for centuries , and still a presence of evil . Once a bastion of Sith lore and learning where thousands had once trained " and thousands of hopefuls had once disappeared forever , " the academy was , at once , " repulsive " and " alluring " to the Jedi . Auben didn ' t hesitate : she told the Jedi not to let its creepiness bother them , for nobody lived there . She knew they wouldn ' t be followed , at least , for everyone was afraid to go inside — except her . Starting down the steep path toward the academy , through boulders and crags , she explained that the ancients had blasted out the side of the mountain to build it . Something deep within Anakin suddenly lurched , revolted . Although he rarely felt " fear " , it was no stranger to him now : a deep inner voice " warned " him " not " to enter , while yet " another " that was " deeper than fear " , bade him " go " " inside " . Obi - Wan Kenobi , lowering his electrobinoculars , could not understand why Auben was entering the ancient Sith Academy . Soara guessed that she probably had never found a better place to hide . The original inhabitants of Korriban who had built ( and , in later years , " re " - built ) the Sith complex had , of course , long since vanished and " nothing " thrived there : but if the ancient stones could speak , " they would talk of " blood " and " terror " . " For though the Sith academy had had the same goals as did the Jedi Temple — " study " and " learning " — this place had been ruled by " fear " . The Jedi knew it could very well be a trap , but they also realized that " every step they took " on the planet could lead to a trap . And so they pressed forward , following the path they ' d seen Auben take when she led the Padawans into the academy through a crevice in the stones . The massive Temple and academy structures were faced with giant exterior walls comprised of great stones that had " shifted " over the years , with sundry large slabs propped up against one another , and others that had toppled and crumbled into boulders . The Jedi all slipped through the crevice easily — all except for Ry - Gaul , whose tall , solid frame " even the Force " , they were sure , " couldn ' t get through " the crack . He told the rest that he would find another way in , and catch up ; he quickly then disappeared . Taking their first steps inside , vast echoing chambers that rivaled the Jedi Temple ' s Great Hall were shrouded in darkness . They could hear echoing footsteps ahead as Auben led the apprentices farther into the ruins , and the Jedi followed them silently . An oppressive dread emanated from the academy ' s ancient cracks and hollows ; the walls wept with moisture . Ancient voices could be heard , and spectral images of torture and pain passed , then vanished , like phantoms in the night . When Obi - Wan turned a corner quickly , he saw a vision — " a Sith apprentice on his knees , begging " . . . He averted his eyes , but noticed that Tachi ' s face , too , had grown pale , that Darra and Tru appeared quite shaken . Soara moved in to give her Padawan support . Auben , they could see , had led Ferus and Anakin into a small chamber in the distance . Coming closer , but keeping out of sight , they could see through the half - ruined wall that the spaceport thief had taken them to her hideout and storage space , where she had stashed her stolen goods in bins along the wall . A bedroll was in the corner , and durasteel boxes had been stacked to form a table , upon which a glow lamp perched . Auben immediately guessed that Anakin and Ferus were Jedi , but said that " it was all the same to her " , as " Jedi " credits were as good as anyone else ' s . She told them that if they waited a bit , the army would stop tracking and they could leave , for the Guild army wouldn ' t come inside the Sith Academy . Auben lived there alone , and sometimes she got spooked , she admitted . She would hear things , but then realize that " it ' s just this old place . " When Ferus offered to scout the place out a bit , to make sure she was safe , Auben said she didn ' t need help , that she had her " friends " to help her — patting her belt where her two blaster pistols hung . She asked if they were really looking for a man and a woman , but not to lie by telling her that they were their parents . They confirmed that they were indeed looking for a " couple " and , moreover , that they ' d make it worth Auben ' s time if she would tell them what she knew . But , suddenly , an explosive blast rocked the academy walls — which Obi - Wan and the Jedi , hiding behind the ruins , also felt , scarcely keeping their balance . They heard the pounding footsteps of soldiers and the unmistakable " clack clack " of spider droid s : Auben had been wrong — the Commerce Guild army had followed them . Auben knew , because they were coming through the main chamber , that there was only one way out : " " Follow me " , " she said . Obi - Wan directed Tru and Darra to stay close behind Anakin and Ferus while the Masters would take care of the droids and then come find them . Auben was the key , Anakin was " sure " , to finding Omega , and he wasn ' t about to let her out of his sight . His feeling and instinct told him that she " knew " something — and there had been something in her eyes when they ' d told her that they were looking for a couple . But Skywalker feared that " Olin " knew it , too , and he could feel Ferus ' breath on his neck as they moved close together in the narrow passage : he ' d been behind Anakin every step of the way . As Auben pushed forward , Anakin could tell , despite the thick blocks of stone , that they were moving parallel to the great hall , for he could hear the clatter of droids and the steady , fast ping of blaster fire . The stones were damp and slippery now , as she led them down sloping " passageways " that once had been " hidden " ( the secret corridors once comprised a whole system by which powerful academy heads spied on the lesser Sith instructors and apprentices — " standard Sith procedure " , Anakin thought , " being that trust was not a part of Sith doctrine ; even so , it seemed to him a bleak way to live " ) . Deeper into the complex they descended . They were now in that section of the academy buried by the mountain , and were about to be shown , Auben said , that which was not visible from above . As they pushed open a rotted door , Skywalker was awed at the sight of vestiges of the Sith ' s greed - torn Order that were strewn across a vast , ancient hangar where aggression and technology met — remains of huge hulking ships were witnesses to the Order ' s own perceived invincibility that , ultimately , was brought down in disaster by vengeance , lust and pride . Huge statues of terrifying beasts from many worlds marched on either sides of the hangar , where perhaps a hundred service bays flanked the titanic space — filled with the smell of rust and rot , and thick memory . Looking now for the exit , Auben disclosed that the landing platform was completely blocked off , buried behind the mountain by centuries - old artillery blasts , she believed . But they could still get through one of the hangar bays . Although it would be a tough climb down the mountain , it was better than tangling with the army . Just then , however , Anakin ' s nerves screamed an alert — he was acutely aware that " a dark presence " lurked deep in the vast hangar . The surging feeling of the dark side seemed to rise up from the soles of his feet and blast through the crown of his head : its undeniable power was stomach - turning , nerve - splitting — " nauseating " . Ferus felt it , too , and softly whispered Anakin ' s name . " I know , " Anakin said . Resolved to execute a quiet retreat , they stepped back into the service bay again , where the cool shadow calmed Anakin ' s tripping heart . When Auben asked them " what it was " , Skywalker replied : " " Something worse than the army . And it ' s coming this way " . " The Masters , meanwhile , were assessing the Guild army attack . Dwarf spider droids and homing spider droids with laser tracking devices made up the first and second lines of assault . Local army troops clad in full plastoid armor with battlefield helmets followed behind — " a sophisticated show of force " that was quite surprising to Kenobi , who wondered why the Commerce Guild needed such an awesome security operation . It didn ' t make sense to him , wasn ' t " computing " in his mind . The spider droid blaster - fire , while fast and accurate , couldn ' t compete with the Jedi ' s weapons that moved like pinwheels of glowing light , faster than the droids could track them . The opposing forces were mowed down , as smoke filled the air and drifted to the vast space above . The Guild army officers were startled when their deflected blaster bolts shot back at them , and they found it difficult to hold their line . This clearly wasn ' t , they realized , just a straggly band of thieves with a few blasters at their sides , and so seized their blaster rifles off the holsters strapped to their backs , and fired . Two dozen of them advanced , while a third wave of droids entered the fray . While Obi - Wan couldn ' t see the possibility of defeat , he did begin to break into a sweat : the last thing he needed was to get clipped by blaster - fire and have to deal with a " wound " while chasing Omega . Suddenly , Ry - Gaul appeared out of the shadows , behind the officers , brandishing his silver - gray lightsaber . The remaining officer squads , seeing that they were now surrounded by Jedi , began to retreat , firing as they went . The Jedi , of course , let them go , for they did not take a life if they didn ' t have to . The Jedi presence on the planet , they knew , could not stay a secret now for very long . Whipping out their comlinks , Kenobi and Tachi tried reaching their Padawans , but without luck , for there was " too much " " interference " within the academy . At the edges of his consciousness , Obi - Wan " felt " something then — a " flicker " started , and grew to " a dark shape " inside him . Quietly he spoke , announcing the " dread " in his heart : " " He ' s here . . . the Sith " . " He was there , " somewhere " , in the academy . Kenobi saw the same disturbing knowledge flash in Siri ' s face , Soara ' s posture , and Ry - Gaul ' s wintry eyes . Looking at each other , deep worry now ticked inside them : " a Sith was there , and their Padawans were by themselves " . The Sith reemergent . Ferus ordered Auben to stay in the service bay and hide when the Jedi heard the " flurry " — the mechanical clatter of metal on stone — like a flock of mechanized birds . Moving to the front of the bay and peering out into the vast hangar , Anakin and Ferus saw , rising out of the gloom , line after line of battle droids , the like of which neither Jedi had ever seen . They would later learn that these were " super battle droids " ; their control centers were placed " lower " than standard battle droids , which , Anakin noted , made it so that a Jedi couldn ' t cut off their heads . And they had " reinforced armor " . Because there were far too many of them ( perhaps " forty " ) , Olin recognized the obvious need to retreat ( despite Anakin ' s accusation that Ferus always looked at the odds ) . Skywalker thought that they could take them , utterly dismissing Olin ' s comment that it was " no time to play the hero " , and suggested they attack from above , for the droids would not expect it . Stepping out from the bay into the darkness of the hangar , they could see the infrared tracking devices moving over the space , and they knew they had only seconds before they were detected . Gathering the Force , Anakin leaped onto the gigantic statue to his left , landing on its knee , and began to quickly climb . He knew Ferus , who he knew had felt compelled to follow him , was in tow ; both Jedi looked for handholds in the crumbling stone . Though high above the floor now , each balancing on opposing shoulders of the huge statue , the Jedi could not see the hangar ' s ceiling , lost in the darkness above them . They would wait for the first wave of droids , Anakin said , then drop using their liquid cable launchers , while using the statues as cover . But only seconds before they were about to strike , two dark shapes sprinted out from the hangar : Darra and Tru , who ' d clearly thought Skywalker and Olin were at floor level . To Ferus ' horror , the droids were locking onto the others ' positions . The Jedi leaped in midair — their cable launchers holding them secure — bounced off the statue , and swung over the first line of droids , their lightsabers moving in slashing circles . Between them , they took out a dozen droids ( that indeed had failed to lock onto them due to the unexpected angle of their attack ) . The other two Jedi raced forward to engage the remaining droids . Skywalker was no fool , and he knew their chances of defeating so many droids were practically " nil " , but he also was keenly aware that a " true " Jedi would only be " revealed " in gestures such as this . The hold Olin had on the Force , compared to " his " , was puny . Anakin reached out for the Force in every conceivable way — in the stones and the dust and the air , but also in the spaces between them . The Force " envoloped " him , his vision had never been sharper , and he was in " perfect " control . He kept moving , never hestitating or second - guessing his choices — a rolling force of destruction . All the while , he kept track of the positions of his fellow Jedi battling around him , for they had to cover one another . A damaged droid ' s random , stray blaster - fire caught Tru in mid - leap , wounding him , his weapon flying from his hand as he fell . Another droid stepped on the lightsaber and kept going . As Anakin rushed to help , out of the corner of his eye he caught a " flicker " of " sinuous , flowing " movement : a " cape " . Moving quickly , the dark - robed figure headed towards the shadowy end of the hangar . Anakin was sure it was Granta Omega . As Anakin saw that the other Jedi were rushing to Tru ' s aid ( telling himself that the situation was therefore covered and under control ) , " he seized his one and only chance to prevent Omega ' s escape " , and dashed off into the darkness . Ry - Gaul led the Masters forward , for he knew where the Padawans were . Earlier , when he couldn ' t get in , he ' d followed the wall back to the mountain and found the enormous ancient landing hangar , getting in at one of the end bays . But Soara immediately called to their attention that the Padawans " wouldn ' t know " it was a Sith " until it was too late " . It was therefore with increasing dread that they followed Ry - Gaul swiftly down into the darkness of the mountain . They were deep in the monastic Academy now . Though it was in ruins , Kenobi could see how different it was from the Jedi Temple . The high walls that narrowed in harsh lines and pyramidal angles at the top were designed to create a feeling of " entrapment " ; slightly askew , they were meant to intimidate and keep beings " off balance " . With no openings to light or air , there were only the massive columns , bleak towering walls , and hard floors of cold gray stone . " Obi - Wan could still feel the fear that had ruled there " . He shuddered at the thought of the thousands , who had come for knowledge and training , who had been " trapped " within the academy " by their own desires : " " amid the weeping stones " , he seemed to feel each wasted life , each terrible death . He knew the other Masters felt it , too . At last , they stepped through a doorway into what had once been a service bay , where they saw Auben cowering behind the wreck of an ancient vehicle . Silent , she pointed to the curved arch that led to the vast hangar . It was the " silence " of the space that frightened them : they rushed out into the darkness of the hangar , where they saw the " littered remains " of a staggering number of alien - looking battle droids . " Had the Padawans done this on their own ? " They could tell that the battle had just ended : Tru lay wounded , with Darra and Ferus at his side tending to his wound with bacta . As Ry - Gaul rushed to Tru ' s side , fear welled up in Obi - Wan — " Where was Anakin ? " Pointing to the vast darkness at the end of the hangar , Darra said that he ' d thought he ' d seen something and had run in that direction . Kenobi , relying fully on the Force , began to run . Opening himself up completely to its quiet voice , he needed to know if his Padawan had been wounded , or if the worst had happened . Obi - Wan was " fully aware " of what Anakin was chasing , but also , " no matter " what his apprentice thought , that " Skywalker was not equipped to deal with a Sith " . Considering what lay ahead , Kenobi simply could not risk the presence of " light " , and so he kept his lightsaber concealed as he ran into the darkness — a darkness so thick and foreboding in its power that it seemed to invade Kenobi ' s lungs , making it difficult to breathe . Kenobi scrambled over ancient shreds of machines , fallen blocks of stone , parts of corroded engines and the skeletons of vehicles — scarcely able to keep his footing , but " he " " made no sound " . Relief suddenly washed over him when he detected movement ahead : " he ' d found Anakin " . But he wondered momentarily , because he ' d been " so " afraid , at the fear within that had seemed " so out of proportion " to what he " knew " were Anakin ' s very capable — even formidable — skills . All he knew , was that " he had an overwhelming need to protect his Padawan from the Sith " , to stand like an impenatrable wall between Anakin and the dark side . The feeling was only " natural " , he supposed . Anakin , hugging the hangar wall and moving quickly with an intense focus , did not even notice his Master behind him , which insensitivity struck Kenobi with alarm . Anakin " should have " sensed him , for his Padawan knew only too well , as he ' d been taught , to cast his attention " wide " , like a net , and not be solely focused on the goal ahead . Quickening his pace , Kenobi felt the dark side of the Force grow and gather . He wanted to warn Anakin , call out to him , but he couldn ' t divulge their positions . But such a hope proved empty , " naïve " — because , whoever the Sith was , he knew " precisely " where Anakin was . To Obi - Wan ' s horror , his apprentice was lifted suddenly into the air , like a doll , and flung powerfully against the wrecked side of a cruiser . His body fell to the ground . Rushing to Anakin ' s side , " his saber aflame and his focus flung wide " , Kenobi was ready for battle . He knew the Sith was aware of him , but also aware that Obi - Wan would rush to help his apprentice . No attack therefore came . Obi - Wan was soon bent over his Padawan , checking him for injuries , and he asked Anakin , when he suddenly became conscious again , how he felt — " all right , just . . . embarrassed " , Skywalker said . " He ' d never felt a force " like the one he ' d just experienced . When asked if he ' d " seen " the Sith Lord , Skywalker ( recognizing now that he " hadn ' t " been trailing Granta Omega , after all ) said that he ' d fleetingly glimpsed the tall , black - hooded figure " only from behind " : his cape had trailed all the way to the ground , but he couldn ' t see his face . It was " without even turning " that the Sith had flung the Force at Anakin " like an autoblaster cannon " . Struggling to his feet , Skywalker suddenly began to move forward — but " where was he going ? " his Master inquired . " They had this one chance to make a stand " , Anakin said , his aspect changing : his face hardened , his eyes were as flint , every muscle tightened . " If they waited for the others , it would be too late . " His Padawan was right — " they had to try " — and together they moved forward into the darkness . Obi - Wan told Anakin to keep his focus loose , because " the Sith would come from anywhere , when he did " . Skywalker responded that " he ' d be prepared this time " , which Kenobi amended to the reality that he probably " wouldn ' t " be , and reprimanded his apprentice for his overconfidence . Nearing the end of the hangar , Obi - Wan " sensed " rather than " saw " the corroded vehicles , more numerous now , lined up like ghoulish apparitions . . . like giant phantoms that " moved " — " This way ! " he yelled at Anakin , as the first vehicle suddenly flipped over , nearly crushing them as they dashed out of its way . Flattening themselves against the wall , another vehicle ' s jagged wing flung out to slice them into ribbons , while an old cruiser suddenly zoomed toward the wall , straight at them . " Drop ! " and the Jedi hit the floor , hugging the stones , as the ship passed over them , smashing into the wall . Ancient vehicle parts began falling like rain , impacting the hard surfaces with deafening roars . Kenobi and Skywalker leaped , dived , twisted to avoid them , deflecting them with the Force when they could , and the two finally came to rest in the shadow of a gargantuan statue . Leaning against a clawed foot as he peered into the darkness , Obi - Wan couldn ' t " see " the Sith — could only " feel " his amusement , his triumph . The smashed vehicles had effectively created a blockade at the front of the hangar , a solid scorching mass that blocked the Jedi ' s exit . As Anakin tried to scale the mountain of smoking metal , " Obi - Wan felt the dark side rise in a crest and then fall , leaving a vacuum behind " . The Sith was " gone " . Sheathing his lightsaber , Kenobi told his apprentice not to worry : " he had no doubt that they would meet the Sith again " . When Anakin returned to his fellow Padawans at the opposite end of the hangar , as Obi - Wan conferred with the other Masters , " none " of them looked at him . He only got a courteous " Ferus fixed me up , " as Olin secured his med kit in his utility pouch and Darra studied the hilt of her saber . Anakin explained that he ' d seen someone trying to escape and so " he had to go after him " — " it turned out to be a Sith , his Master was sure of it " . They " were " on Korriban , after all , Darra said , a hard , alien note of resentment in her voice . Their mission was to find Granta Omega , Anakin said , and , seeing that the others " had things under control " , he had gone after him — or , who he " thought " was him . Olin questioned Skywalker ' s assumption that they , in fact , had " had " everything under control , with Tru " wounded " and Ferus " helping him " , while Darra , " on her own " , faced off against a " dozen " droids . Anakin , gesturing to the fallen droids , maintained , however , that he ' d made the right call . Of course , Skywalker could " only " have been thinking of the " mission " , Olin said . Anakin forthwith " agreed " , but then flushed , for he knew he ' d also been thinking of " himself : " the chance , in truth , had presented itself for him to capture Omega " on his own " . And , " wanting to win " , he was secretly satisfied to leave Ferus behind . Partly to escape what had quickly metamorphosed into an awkward moment among his comrades , Anakin turned aside to join the Masters . He could tell Tru had looked strained and sad , but he was resolved to speak privately to him soon , for their friendship was very important to Anakin . Soara , who was examining the wreckage with Ry - Gaul , observed that the fallen droids were the " super battle droids " that they ' d heard tale of — new weapons that were " a complete violation of Republic regulations " . Of course , heir next step would be to trace the route of the Sith , who Kenobi surmised must have just used the now - blocked exit that Ry - Gaul had found to get inside . But Siri suggested another possibility — that the ancient landing pad might still be " functional " . Anakin spoke up , saying that Auben had said that it was " buried " . But perhaps it only " looked " buried ; they resolved to ask Auben herself , who could then show it to them . But Auben , who ' d been hiding behind an old cruiser , seemed to have vanished when they entered that particular service bay . Because of her fear of the Commerce Guild army , Ferus noted , she wouldn ' t have returned to the academy . The Jedi guessed that she must have sneaked behind them and followed the path of the Sith . Heading back again to the dark front of the hangar , they used the Force , while they ran , to search each service bay on the way . Arriving back at the debris - blocked entrance , they used their lightsabers to cut a path through its mass of ancient metal , then crawled through . They soon discovered , in the last bay on the line , " a new cruiser " , with its ramp down . Obi - Wan asked Ry - Gaul if he ' d seen the ship on his way in . But it must have landed , Ry - Gaul replied , " after " he ' d entered the hangar . Moving closer , they saw a body sprawled out upon the ramp — it was Auben , and she was dead . Having checked her vitals , and seeing that the victim was without any mark of injury , the Jedi concluded that " Auben ' s heart had stopped beating when the Sith " — whose Order , it was known , had used that technique of forbidden power in the past — " forcibly stopped his victim ' s heart without touching her " . But what was Auben " doing " there ? When Ferus discovered two expensive - looking thermal capes in the cruiser , they knew she ' d been " stealing " , for she ' d mentioned to Ferus and Anakin that she had been able to get her hands on some luxury goods . As the other Jedi searched the ship for clues , Soara and Darra went off to find the landing platform . Checking the cruiser ' s nav computer , the Jedi found that its archives had been wiped . Thinking on what may have happened , they surmised that sometime earlier Auben must have discovered the ship and wanted to nab a few items on her way out . But then Obi - Wan thought of something he ' d learned from Qui - Gon Jinn : When you catch a thief , he ' ll always pretend he was on his way " in " , not " out " . Returning to Auben ' s body with his Padawan closely on his heels , Kenobi reached gently underneath and withdrew her hand . Uncurling her fist , they immediately discovered that the Sith , in his hurry to get away , " hadn ' t checked the body of his prey " . Auben had been clutching a micro - version holo - recorder ( for which she surely would have gotten a good price on the black market ) : in its archive there was a received message . Pressing a button , a miniature image of Granta Omega appeared : " " Greetings , Master " . . . " the hologram began , the Force Blank bowing in respect . Omega expressed gratitude to the Sith Lord that his and Zan Arbor ' s failure to complete their mission at the Senate did not disappoint him , for ( as their Master had generously conceded ) the intent to " disrupt " and " demoralize " was achieved , and the Senate was more divided than ever . Omega expressed also his and Zan Arbor ' s gratification that the Sith Lord had decided to entrust them with his secret , saying they ' d received the coordinates for their meeting , when , at last , the Sith would reveal himself to them . They would then truly be able to further his cause throughout the galaxy . Bowing again , Omega finished : " " Until we meet , I , Granta Omega , and Jenna Zan Arbor , servants to no one in the galaxy , remaining servants to the Sith " . " And the hologram fragmented into a shimmer . Omega and Zan Arbor had indeed come to meet the Sith , Siri observed , just as Obi - Wan had suspected . The Sith Lord was going to reveal his identity to them . Which meant , Kenobi said , that if they could find out " where " the meeting was , " they " would discover his identity " as well " . They had an " entire planet " to search , Tachi said , pursing her lips . " No " , Kenobi said softly , his gaze distant : " there was only one possible place for them to meet " . Suddenly Soara and Darra reappeared — they had found the landing platform , and it was still completely functional . Having also found new access controls hidden in the ruins , there was evidence of a recent takeoff of ( what appeared by its scorch marks to be ) a small airspeeder . Obi - Wan guessed that the Sith , using the landing area as a hideout , had bumped into Auben and killed her , then left the cruiser behind , opting for the more maneuverable airspeeder , a vehicle that was also harder to track . " And it would get him where he needed to go " , Obi - Wan thought . Kenobi felt a tug , was suddenly drawn by some compelling force down the ramp , across the remains of the hangar , to the landing platform that Soara and Darra had found . Standing there in the chill wind , deep in the mountain , he gazed out through the gray sky to the valley below . And for the first time , he felt Omega ' s " energy " . The villain , though not a Sith , had sought out the dark side of the Force ; and though unable to harness it for himself , he had " lived in it " . Obi - Wan was " tied " to him — energy to energy — and could track him now " without " instruments , with no need of clues or tips . Anakin , having drifted to his side , asked his Master what he sensed . Obi - Wan told him that " he knew where Omega was " — in the Valley of the Dark Lords , where the Sith had gone to meet him . . . and " where they could now uncover them both " . Valley of the Dark Lords . In consulting with Madame Jocasta Nu of the Jedi Temple , who had provided the Jedi with their information on Korriban , Master Kenobi sought more information specifically about the Valley of the Dark Lords , which no one had dared to trespass for centuries — or , at least , had " lived to tell " about it . Madame Nu was able to provide Obi - Wan with the coordinates for the best approach to the Valley . Master Soara Antana and Darra Thel - Tanis saw to Auben , whose body couldn ' t be moved yet ; they therefore wrapped her carefully in thermal capes . Anakin Skywalker , meanwhile , went to look for his friend , Tru Veld , who , like Ferus Olin , had suddenly disappeared . Skywalker , feeling uneasy , wondered if Olin was trying to steal his best friend away . He imagined Ferus filling Tru ' s mind with Olin ' s version of why Anakin had left them to fight the droids on their own , twisting the facts to make Skywalker look bad . Finding both Padawans sitting and quietly talking in one of the service bays , Anakin paused in the shadows to use the Force to amplify their conversation — he thought he ' d heard his name . They were talking about Tru ' s damaged lightsaber : the droid that stepped on it must have pulverized its power circuit , Ferus was saying . Tru was worried that it now was slipping back into half - power without warning . Anakin wondered why Tru hadn ' t told Ry - Gaul about his damaged lightsaber — apprentices were obligated , after all , to report to their Masters if their Jedi weapons were damaged . As if hearing Anakin ' s thoughts , Tru voiced his worry that , because his Master was always ' so correct ' , Ry - Gaul might leave Tru out of battle situations , or even send him back to the Temple . Ferus concurred , however , saying that if Veld ' s lightsaber was permanently damaged , Ry - Gaul would be " right " to do so — which Skywalker thought so " typical " of Olin , who always felt he had to inform Padawans of the rules they knew by heart already . Tru " didn ' t " want , after all , Ferus told him , to meet a Sith without a lightsaber . Veld agreed , saying that the mission was crucial , and " that ' s why he couldn ' t be sent back " : he ' d thought that if he could " just fix it without having to tell " Ry - Gaul . . . For while he conceded to Olin that he wouldn ' t be the first or even second candidate to enter the Jedi Knight acceleration program ( that honor was to be Ferus and Anakin ' s , and Darra perhaps would be third ) , " Tru didn ' t want to be left behind " . When Ferus reminded Tru that " his advancement " was not the reason they were there , the injured Padawan retorted that " that was not what he meant " — only that he wanted to " stand " with his fellow Jedi because " they all knew the darkness was growing " . They needed " every " Jedi , and Tru wanted to be there . " They all did " , Ferus said compassionately . Ferus Olin then bent over Tru Veld ' s lightsaber , fine - tuning it , which made Skywalker itch to get his own hands on it . " What was Ferus doing to it ? " It worried Anakin , who knew " himself " to be a " better technician " than Ferus . Putting the handle back together , Olin handed Veld ' s saber back to him , telling him it was fixed and that he shouldn ' t have any more problems , as its power cell was now boosted . But if Olin had worked on the power cell , Anakin thought , that meant that Tru needed to check the flux aperture again . Anakin himself had tweaked Veld ' s lightsaber before the mission , and it probably now needed an adjustment to compensate for Olin ' s power boost . Knowing it would be wise to double - check , Anakin started forward , but stopped when he heard his name . Ferus had asked Tru why he didn ' t ask " Anakin " to fix it , acknowledging that Skywalker was better at that sort of thing than Olin was . Tru muttered that Anakin had been " busy " with Obi - Wan . But his friend had evaded the question , Anakin realized with a frown , looking on and noting the two Padawans ' heads close together . Tru " could have asked him " for help : " he could feel his friend drifting away from him " . Standing up , Ferus didn ' t see any reason to tell Ry - Gaul , now that the lightsaber was fixed , but he suggested it better that they get back with the others . Retreating back into the shadows , Skywalker felt " betrayed " : Tru had chosen " Olin " to confide in ! As Tru ' s best friend , " he " should have been the one to help him . Veld was " clearly holding a grudge against him " for not coming to his aid , Anakin realized , as he headed back to join the others . " Well , if Tru didn ' t want his help , Anakin certainly wasn ' t going to offer it " . Ferus had most likely done a " perfect " job , anyway — he was , after all , " almost a Jedi Knight " . But what was strange to Anakin , was that Ferus had agreed to " keep " Tru ' s secret . Anakin would have expected Olin to " tell " Ry - Gaul about the damaged weapon , or at least " urge Veld " to do so . Instead , he ' d " fixed " it " himself " — which , technically , was a breach of the rules . And Ferus " never " broke the rules . It made Skywalker smile : " So the perfect Padawan wasn ' t so perfect after all " . Anakin felt a " disturbance " in the air as he paused by the wreckage of the vehicles that the mysterious Sith had moved all too easily . It was as if the dark energy of the Force still " pulsed " around the wall of debris — as if the Sith had vanished , but left a pool of his darkness behind . As he looked past the outlines of Kenobi and the other Masters conferring on the landing platform , into the gray valley below , Skywalker concentrated hard to put a name to the new feeling he felt within . He recognized " a beating heart " — somewhere " out there " , reaching out , " calling " to him . It was something he knew he didn ' t want , but its pull was powerful , insistent , irresistible . " Was it Omega ? " Anakin didn ' t think so , " not this time " . It didn ' t " feel " right — as before , when Anakin had sensed Omega ' s awareness of the Jedi as they left to pursue him from the planet Romin . This time it felt . . . " bigger , hidden " — it was the " Sith " . " He was calling out to Skywalker on the cold winds rising up from the Valley " . Knowing well — with just an hour of dusk left ( for , according to Madame Nu , they didn ' t want to enter at night ) — that it was simply too far to " hike " to the Valley of the Dark Lords , the Jedi urgently needed to get to their cruisers . Recognizing their long - sought prospect now to be " imminent " , Kenobi noted both the " relief " and " trepidation " on the other Padawans ' faces : they all " wanted " to go , but they also " feared " it — all except " Anakin " , that is . As Obi - Wan saw " no " fear on his Padawan ' s face , he wasn ' t sure " how " Anakin was feeling . But there " was " something " going on . . . underneath " his Padawan ' s composed front . Kenobi understood that Korriban had unsettled " them all " , for even the Masters weren ' t eager to enter the Valley . They each felt strongly , however , that " this was their only chance to at last find , expose , " and " end here and now " the " hidden darkness " that every Jedi felt was encroaching upon the galaxy . Back at the Dreshdae landing platform , they rushed to their cruisers . Jumping into the cockpit , Anakin entered the coordiantes Obi - Wan had given him for the Valley of the Dark Lords . Since it would scarcely be visible , they would need to find it through " instruments " , then survey the area before selecting a landing point . But in his pre - flight check , Anakin noticed all lights were green . . . except the one for the portside fuel baffles , which hadn ' t cycled normally through the colors , from orange to yellow , " first " . He tapped on it — it was just a small thing , for the indicator was green now . When his Master asked if there was a problem , Anakin noticed something else : the pre - flight tool kit that was clamped to the bottom of the counter was " rattling " , which he would have noticed on the flight to Korriban , for it would have rattled during turbulence — " someone had been aboard " . When through the viewport Ry - Gaul gave him a thumbs - up from the other cruiser , Anakin shouted " No ! " through the comm , " " Don ' t start the engines ! " " Puzzled , Ry - Gaul nevertheless acknowleged the warning . When Obi - Wan asked again what the matter was , Anakin said he wasn ' t sure yet . But quickly disengaging the hatch and climbing down into the engine , he needed only a few seconds before he saw it and vaulted out of the engine bloc — " they had to get out , and those in the other ship , too " . " Evacuate ! Now ! " Kenobi ordered through the comm as Anakin hit the ramp control . As the Jedi poured from their ships , Anakin shouted for them all to take cover . Racing to the opposite side of the landing platform , they dived behind a cruiser as their two starships exploded in a fiery blast . Rising slowly from their cover , Anakin explained to the other Jedi what had happened , that when he ' d looked at the engine , he saw that someone had rigged the main reactor to blow on ignition . Noticing also a small timer , he figured that , even if takeoff didn ' t take place , it was going to blow anyway . The Masters were grateful and commended Anakin for his skill , but they were running out of time . Grabbing his comlink , Obi - Wan was determined that Teluron Thacker was going to " find " his courage . Parrying Siri ' s doubts that Thacker would want to give them a hand , Kenobi told the other Jedi that Thacker didn ' t " have " to give them a hand — " just a ship " . Thacker pulled up within minutes with a large company Koro - 1 airspeeder for clients with a bright orange shell . Looking at the smoking hulks , he simply said , " I ' m not going to ask . " Clearly worried now , however , he told the Jedi that he wasn ' t supposed to lend the speeder out . Kenobi assured him that they would take good care of it , and thanked him , as Thacker stepped out of the speeder . On the other hand , " it would be like driving a gooped - up gravsled " , Anakin lamented , knocking on its decorative outside fins . Obi - Wan ordered his Padawan to " drive " , noting that " it would fit them all " and " get them there " . The speeder " did have " a couple of sniper blasters that might come in handy , Skywalker said with approval as he surveyed the instrument panel . But when Kenobi acknowledged Thacker ' s longtime friendship with the Jedi and told him they wouldn ' t forget this latest gesture , the Eeyyon native only " swallowed " and said he was " sorry " , as Anakin started the engines . When asked " why " , he said the speeder " wasn ' t very fast , or agile " — but Kenobi assured him it was fine . " " I ' m sorry ! " " Thacker yelled again as the Jedi took off . When Siri noted their " jumpy " informant ' s odd behavior , Darra replied that " everyone was jumpy on Korriban " — and " could you blame them ? " Having guided the airspeeder high above Dreshdae , Anakin estimated a ten - minute flight to the Valley and pushed the vehicle to maximum speed . But suddenly security cruisers were on their tail , and the comm unit crackled on the emergency channel with a Guild army patrol order for them to land their stolen vehicle . When Kenobi begged to differ , stating the speeder was owner - loaned , the patrol said its owner had reported it stolen and threatened laser - cannon firepower if they didn ' t comply within thirty seconds . The Jedi suddenly understood why Thacker was so jumpy — he ' d " betrayed " them after " someone who he was clearly more afraid of than the Jedi " had ' got to him ' . When Kenobi asked his Padawan if he could outrun the patrol , Anakin replied that " he could if he had to " , and took the speeder into a screeching dive . Struggling to keep up , the army speeders shot out with their cannons . Anakin found the sniper blasters were disabled , however , when he tried to respond in kind — the Jedi could only hope for canyon - cover as they sped for the academy . But if Anakin was to outrun the patrol , he realized , he was going to need greater speed . With Ry - Gaul taking over the controls , Anakin crawled past the other Jedi to the rear , " let fly " the canopy with a servodriver , and , with a fusion cutter Soara had handed him from the cabin toolkit , cut through the fastenings of the decorative port fins and kicked them off . He also made deep cuts in the bright plastoid shell and sent it sailing ( the canopy , meanwhile , had smacked into the lead security speeder ' s viewport and sent it careening to the planet ' s surface ) . Crawling back to the controls , Anakin could now achieve maximum speed . To his pleasant surprise , the renowned Master - pilot Ry - Gaul relinquished the controls to " him " , obviously assessing Skywalker as " better able " to handle the evasive flying . " Take that , Ferus ! " Having trained on Podracers , the next bit of ground - hugging flying that was required of Anakin came naturally to him . Even as the mountains loomed ahead , he didn ' t slow down , but instead kept pushing the speed . As the airspeeder screamed down into the Valley , Skywalker looped around a peak and dived into a canyon dotted with boulders , whipping through it as if it were a racing course , with the three remaining security speeders on his tail . While he sensed all obstacles before they appeared , the speeder - pilots behind him did not , and so met their doom . Anakin allowed himself a moment to glance over at his Master , who had turned pale — a metamorphosis he always enjoyed watching . Anakin pushed straight for a tall canyon formation against Kenobi ' s rebuttal that their speeder didn ' t have , he believed , the kind of maneuverability to pull off the stunt — " they ' d soon find out for sure " , was Skywalker ' s easy reply . At the last possible second , Anakin wrenched the controls , but instead of " turning " , he went " straight up " , causing the bottom of the speeder to skid , space - bound , along the formation : its screaming sound blocked out all other sound , including that of the engine . Smoke and flame rose up around them , which Obi - Wan noticed acutely , closing his eyes . Foolishly attempting the same maneuver , the security speeder behind them crashed head - on into the rock . Straightening out his craft , with all of the patrol vehicles now out of commission , Anakin gleefully noted that no one in the Jedi speeder said anything for a moment . In the nerve - splitting rush of vertical air , the fire on both wings had finally died out . Clearing his throat , Obi - Wan spoke at last : " And now , for the " hard " part , " he said . Because the Sith Lord had been a step ahead of them since they ' d arrived on Korriban and knew that the Jedi were coming , they understood they could not risk flying over the Valley of the Dark Lords . They therefore decided to arrive in a way he didn ' t expect : " they would walk in " . Having landed the now - battered speeder on a precarious rocky mountain ledge above the Valley , they had but a short distance to walk down the mountainside to reach it . Though Korriban ' s longer - than - average dusk was still holding , it was nevertheless dwindling , and so they hiked quickly , while still managing to conserve their energy for what lay ahead . " The coming darkness was faintly tinged with red " . The approach to the Valley of the Dark Lords led them through steep mountains that " crowded together like spiteful beasts , " with cliffs pressing in from both sides ; boulders would sometimes crash down suddenly without warning , sending them leaping for safety . As the Jedi entered the Valley proper , a dark wave hit them , causing them to slow to a stop — it fractured the Force they felt around them , tearing at it . The dark side of the Force was more concentrated than they ' d expected it to be . The Sith tombs that inhabited the Valley were designed to amplify dark energy , and the Jedi could feel that physical presence press against their chests , instinctively making them reach for their lightsaber hilts . The dark - side energy made the red - tinged clouds of the perpetually overcast sky seem to roll past with an unnatural velocity , and the air carried by face - whipping winds to taste rank and spoiled . Obi - Wan Kenobi felt the need to somehow bolster the spirits of his fellow Jedi — some phrase he would say to " inspire " , make them feel " less marooned " in this land of gloom and shadows . Ry - Gaul spoke what Kenobi would have : " May the Force be with us . . . " And , of course , it was " that " phrase that renewed them — the one they ' d spoken so many times to each other and to their Padawans : " words that were more than words , that lived in their dreams . " From the Valley entrance could be seen a narrow corridor lined with razor - sharp rock cliffs whose protruding patterns threw shadows upon ranks of Sith mausoleums . But surely , they couldn ' t just walk in — Obi - Wan " knew " there had to be a trap . As if on cue , Madame Nu ' s warning of the Valley ' s legendary guard in service to the Sith proved correct : for the entrance was guarded by vicious triple - horned tuk ' ata beasts . Gigantic in stature , ten of them slowly rose up on their four powerful limbs ( " lightning fast " in action ) that ended in six - inch claws , stretching their long necks and sniffing the air . Yellow eyes flashed as their ear - splitting cries leaped from mouths lined with triple rows of teeth that dripped with blood - tinged saliva . But the Force was indeed with each member of Kenobi ' s Jedi coalition team , for they managed to battle their way past and through each of the fabled Sith sentinels of terror . Their pairs of whipping , wing - like poisonous stingers nearly caused , on more than one occasion , a Jedi fatality , including that of Anakin Skywalker , who wanted to be the " first " to bring one of the beasts down . " " So much for legends " , " the 18 - year - old Padawan muttered , when it was all over . The Jedi could now proceed down the mausoleum - lined Valley . Hewn from great mountain slabs , battered by the elements and polished by slaves over hundreds of years , the columned and turret - bearing mausoleums were high and wide : mammoth statues posed outside the tomb chambers , as if guarding them . Ancient statues of horrible creatures were also perched on the cliff summits , to ward off any who dared to walk beneath them , for it was a valley designed to strike " fear " into every heart . As the Jedi advanced down the Valley corridor , the dark energies of the dead Sith Lords , having awoken to such a Force - sensitive presence , " poured " from the mausoleums — their evil voices whispering low , in tones guttural and insistent — and the Jedi could taste their anger , cruelty , and pain . But as the Jedi seemed undeterred , continuing determinedly to press forward , the whispers increased in their volume and intensity , with the Dark Lords casting their random - worded hisses of hate upon them : " Trespass don ' t we power Sith darkness command merciless . . . Join us darkness conquer dominance glory . . . You are blind and you are fools and understand nothing . . . " Obi - Wan Kenobi reached out with the Force and detected the mausoleum that Omega and Zan Arbor had gone into for their secret meeting with the Sith Lord . Anakin " knew " the Sith Lord was there , somewhere in the vast tomb - space — " waiting , watching " — but Omega , he could sense , didn ' t interest him : " the Jedi did " . Upon entering the mausoleum , the Jedi gazed upon the individual tomb s which ran along the wall — each guarded by a pair of stone tuk ' ata beasts , with fangs bared and claws raised . Glancing upward , life - sized carved stone figures representing the dead Sith Lords could be seen astride the tombs . Because the tombs themselves were decayed and crumbling , the bodies within were sometimes visible , wrapped in shrouds . Pictographs of Sith deeds — massacres , wars — were scrawled in some kind of red substance upon the walls . Sufficiently now disturbed , the Sith Lords , rising up from their crumbling tombs , approached the Jedi , their layers of shroud - rags falling away , their mouths gaping , their hands grasping , their wicked , whispering words taunting the intruders . When Anakin glanced over and saw Tru battling an animated stone creature as he gripped his lightsaber tightly , he remembered he ' d forgotten to tell him to check the readout for the flux aperture ! " He ' d walked away , angry and hurt " , and he simply couldn ' t make sense of " why " he hadn ' t remembered . Had he " wanted " to forget ? He ' d , of course , get them " both " in trouble if he did anything now . But then , " just like the way he did everything else , " Ferus probably had fixed it " perfectly , " anyway . Corpse vision s attacked the Jedi ' s minds , including Anakin , who saw his mother Shmi approach and call out his childhood name , " Annie ! " ( " It is the Jedi who keep you from her , the Jedi who took you away ! " ) " . . . " Suddenly , his Master ' s voice — " Anakin ! It ' s a vision , nothing more " — helped him wrench himself away . Embarrassed before his fellow Jedi , he caught Ferus ' look of " pity " , and his hatred for Olin flooded Skywalker ' s heart again ; his anger felt " natural " within him , " he had every right to feel it ! " — it gave him " strength " . Eventually , the specters , because the intruders were sufficiently Force - protected , merely disintegrated onto the Jedi with foul smells and tastes ( a far better fate than the unhappy lot of unknown numbers who were " not " so protected through the years , who were never thereafter heard of again among friends and associates , inclusive of enemies ) . The dark side of the Force felt as thick as a curtain , however , and slowed the Jedi ' s movement , as if it was a literal presence . Additionally , they soon encountered dark energy trap s , concentrations of dark - side power that appeared as faint shimmers of purple in the air : these , of course ( no doubt laid by the Sith Lord ) , could immobilize a Force - sensitive being for a time , but the Jedi were able to stay clear of them with Kenobi ' s advance warning . Tragic ends . But suddenly , Omega appeared from behind a tomb , arrogant , cruel , sure of himself , laughing in vengeful derision . Appearing utterly at home in the terrible tomb , his handsome face was creased by a broad smile . Zan Arbor was there , too , in the shadows : she appeared as well - kept as ever , dressed in her blue shimmersilk , with her blond hair piled upon her head in a profusion of neat braids . " Finally " . This was the moment — " here " , in the Valley of the Dark Lords — that the Jedi at last would deal with these long - sought criminals , after having spent years tracking them down unsuccessfully ( for both Omega and Zan Arbor had somehow always managed , at the last moment , to escape the Jedi ' s reach ) . Omega boasted of his father , Xanatos — the arch - enemy of the Jedi " before him " , who had tried to destroy Obi - Wan ' s Master , Qui - Gon . " Like father , like son " . For both maintained the same arrogance and cruelty , both lusted for domination and power and nurtured the same vengeful desire — " a howling need " — to " hurt " the Jedi , " to make them pay for everything they lacked themselves " . And , as such , neither held any respect for the ancient Jedi values of truth and honor . Those things meant " nothing " to them . When Omega refused to " go " with Zan Arbor who wished to get to their meeting with the Sith Lord , " ignoring " " her " in spite of her impatient demands and reminders of all the rewards the Sith had promised them , Anakin somehow knew that this moment would bring his downfall . Omega ' s imminent rewards meant " nothing " in the face of his personal " revenge " . Instead , the son of Xanatos boasted anew that " he ' d surprised Kenobi every step of the way without even knowing the secrets of the dark side ! Could the Jedi even imagine what Omega was capable of now , in this place , where the very walls were Kenobi ' s enemy ? " But Obi - Wan held Granta ' s gaze , with no desire to speak , though without anger . He simply wouldn ' t respond to Omega ' s taunts — but rather held fast to his grim commitment to finish this unsavory but necessary task . It was time to rid the galaxy of this heinous scourge . Indeed , " there was no way Omega was leaving the tombs of the Sith " unless Kenobi " led " him out . Realizing now that Kenobi wasn ' t about to give way or afford him the slightest satisfaction or pleasure , Omega gave a theatrical sigh and raised up his hand to reveal a KYD - 21 blaster — " fast , compact , precise " . The black - clad Void had to admit that it was inconvenient that the Jedi found him there , but , at the same time , it seemed such a delicious end for the meddlesome Jedi . For Omega was now " invincible " , he said , " fighting with the power of the Sith at his back " — which meant that he could watch Kenobi " die " , him " and " his Padawan . He could hardly wait . " Did Kenobi wish to follow him to their secret meeting place with the Sith . . . or was he too afraid to at last meet his final defeat ? " But Granta Omega ' s finger had scarcely begun to tense before Obi - Wan " exploded " " in movement " . Omega ' s blaster bolts came fast and furious , as Kenobi masterfully deflected each one — his lightsaber a blur of skill , classic technique and maneuver , as he swung it powerfully in a wide arc . A horrid stench suddenly rolled out from behind the smiling villain — he clearly knew what was coming . For it was only after having to first battle through " an undead - platoon " of Korriban zombie s ( released by the Sith Lord in the wings , to stall them and guard Omega ) that the Jedi Masters , who had all rushed to Kenobi ' s aid , broke through to advance on the criminals . But Omega and Zan Arbor had slipped away into the darkness around the back of the tombs and appeared again from behind — as did the Sith Lord , who stood waiting for them at the tombs ' entrance : the three villains were about to escape through the mausoleum ' s front door . Just then , as the Padawans were banishing the last of the zombies , Veld ' s weapon began to flicker and fail . Anakin watched the buzzing power - drain in horror . Exchanging a glance , Ferus and Tru simultaneously flipped their lightsabers through the air , swapping each other ' s weapons . As Tru went after the last of the undead , Ferus , knowing the peril presented now by Veld ' s half - powered lightsaber , dropped to a backup position . But now Omega unexpectedly came at them from behind , leaving Ferus open to attack with the faulty saber . As he attempted to block Omega ' s blaster bolt with Veld ' s flickering weapon , it finally failed altogther , and Omega ' s KYD - 21 blaster bolt shot past Ferus , striking down Padawan Thel - Tanis , who was just then leaping into the fray to protect Olin . Anakin saw a smile cross the face of the self - satisfied Force Blank before he shot Darra in the chest . " Tragedy had struck , Fate had done its worst " . And as Soara cried out , Anakin " felt the moment " " spin out into impossible time " — " time that froze everything , even his heart " . Taking advantage of the distraction , Zan Arbor dashed for the entrance , shielded by the blue Force - lightning barrier of the Sith Lord , whose aspect remained hidden in the shadows . Anakin witnessed , as if time stood still , the heart - rending reaction of his friends : he saw Tru ' s mouth open in a howl of anguish and disbelief ; saw Ferus drop to his knees and crawl toward Darra , taking a blaster bolt in the shoulder as he kept going ; saw Siri leap forward to defend them all ; saw Darra ' s head turn toward him , her cheek against the dirt , the cloudy film in her eyes , her grieving Master at her side . Anakin saw , " even in her shock of catching the blow " , Darra ' s " gathering of courage to accept it " . As Omega suddenly reversed course again , fleeing toward the stench of the mausoleum ' s bowels ( instead of through the front door ) , an anguished Obi - Wan Kenobi turned from the Jedi and followed after him . As for Anakin , " real time came rushing back , but there was not enough of it , " and he , too , turned away from his fallen friend to race after his Master . Guarded by concourses of zombies , Omega was standing firm — refusing to give up this chance to " avenge himself " of what he erroneously perceived to be his father Xanatos ' death at the hands of the Jedi . Deep within the Sith mausoleum , Anakin witnessed his Master now break through the ranks of the undead and battle Omega with incredible speed and accuracy — utterly enveloped by the Force , which , in Anakin ' s eyes , became " a great pulsating wave of power " that " barreled " Kenobi toward his opponent . Unfortunately , Anakin witnessed the battle ( and only a part of it , as his Master soon disappeared again into the darkness in renewed pursuit of Omega ) from a " dark energy trap " , into which he ' d just blundered . His attempts to call out to his Master were silenced by the energy trap itself , which " sucked his voice out of the air and imprisoned it " . His own visions of what had just happened to his dear friend got in the way of his accessing the Force to free himself . He saw again in his mind Darra ' s shocked face pressed against the tomb - dust . It reminded him of how she ' d looked on Haariden , when she was wounded in battle . He had felt her wounding " then " was " his " fault . " Unsure of her abilities , sure of his own " , he ' d leaped to protect her , but " collided " with her instead . Thinking himself the " better " fighter , " he ' d pushed her into blaster - fire " . But she never had blamed him for what happened . In Anakin ' s mind , the image flashed again of her face , " so pale " — the bright , colorful ribbon she wove through her braid trailing in the dust of the tomb . Anakin involuntarily choked , as the knowledge that she was " again " badly wounded settled into his mind . Frozen by his inimical feelings toward Ferus , he had not gone to help him , but Darra " had " . For reasons he still didn ' t fully understand , he failed also to check Tru ' s lightsaber , and now Darra was lying on the ground " again " — because of him . " What was happening to him ? Why hadn ' t he helped his friends ? Had he somehow changed ? . . . or was he changing now ? . . . But , if so . . . What was he becoming ? " Years had passed since Anakin had gone to see Darra during her med - clinic recovery , " filled with remorse " for what had happened . " She ' d shaken him out of his guilt with a grin " , with her never - ending good humor : " " Now I have something to impress the younglings with . I ' ve been wounded in battle " . " She had always been so strong , but now Anakin was reminded of her fragility , too . He remembered her hand on the coverlet , how her fingers had so briefly touched his sleeve : " " Stay with me until I fall asleep . It ' s lonely here " . " Having pushed Omega yet deeper into the dark of the Sith mausoleum , Kenobi suddenly heard a " hiss " , and felt the dark side " surge " , scarcely having time to prepare , when an intense flash lit up the darkness . It was that infamous secret weapon of trench warfare , a lumablast sent by a rocket , which full - out " blinded " him — but only temporarily . With the help of the Force , he guided himself alongside a tomb and crouched behind it . Then he heard " fire so rapid " that he realized Omega had set up a " repeating " blaster — one of the most powerful ever manufactured , he could tell from its sound . The E - Web heavy repeating blaster had enough firepower to punch through a cruiser ' s armor plating . Mounted on a tripod , it usually required two gunners , but , if extremely skilled , " one " could handle it . Obi - Wan had to keep moving because the stone tombs were shattering all around him . Keeping his body low to the ground , he tracked Omega ' s blaster - fire through the Force . Over several minutes Obi - Wan kept up a constant movement behind cover while his eyesight slowly returned . Rising up at last ( feeling close to recovery ) , Kenobi now faced " in a final showdown " his longtime nemesis . Wildly parrying E - Web blaster - fire and wrist rocket s , Kenobi " drove through the distraction " to achieve his somber aim . In the split - second moment he gave himself to rest from the barrage of fire , Obi - Wan realized that " within him blazed the memory of this crazed , desperate being " who , clad now in an armor - weave tunic , lashed out before him — the memory of " his every battle " with Xanatos ' son . Omega had , from the beginning , sought to humiliate , confound , and destroy Obi - Wan Kenobi . It was by attacking the Jedi again and again that Omega had set out to impress the Sith , and " always — " at the last possible moment — " he had been able to escape " . His murderous conquests were indeed impressive . Beyond the many galactic Senators , their advisors and aides , and several Republic guards , he ' d even managed to machinate the death of a Jedi High Council member : " Yaddle had sacrificed her life for this man ' s greed and revenge " . This was why it all had to end " here " and " now " . To give him the few precious minutes he needed to fully regain his vision , Obi - Wan asked Omega " how it was " that he ' d ended up " back " in the tombs ' bowels if he " indeed " had the help of the Sith . And " could he honestly feel the Sith ? " Kenobi , " himself a Jedi Master " , certainly couldn ' t — and " he " was the one who could " feel " the Force , " not Omega " . But at that unwelcome observation the Force Blank " snarled , " calling Kenobi an " arrogant fool " , for " he , Granta Omega , was to be a Sith " — the Sith Lord had " told " him so . " And you " believed " him , " Obi - Wan questioned . " Flattery will get him " everywhere " , it seems . " The Sith " wasn ' t " flattering him , Omega insisted , but was instead allowing him , as " a Sith " without " the Force , " to " use " the " Dark Lord ' s " power . Kenobi observed that it seemed to him , rather , that the Sith was " using " " Omega " . When the galactic criminal cried out that " the Sith would not abandon him " , Kenobi , his eyesight vision now " perfect " , responded : " You ' d better hope so . " Igniting his saber , the Jedi Master deflected Omega ' s fast and furious fire — " he certainly could use , " he realized , " his Padawan ' s help right now " . But in the midst of that thought , the kind , companionate voice of Qui - Gon Jinn " stilled " and " strengthened " him : " You have everything you need , my Padawan " . The voice inside him was " real " and " true " . Gripping obdurately the hammering tripod blaster , Omega — screaming incoherently over the sound of gunfire — was " intent in the full fury of his lust " to take Obi - Wan down . Even so , the villain ( though his blue gaze was " hot " and " burning with hate " ) was now " tiring " , and because he was " not aware " of his own weapon ' s potential " defects " , as Obi - Wan surely was , he was utterly unprepared for the grim consequences of such ignorance : that the weapon , " overburdened " , could turn against itself by overloading , shutting down , and back - blasting — " which it did " . The resultant explosion slammed Omega into a tomb wall , breaking his body . " " You . . . " " was all that managed to escape his lips before Kenobi heard his Padawan run up from behind him . When Anakin explained his delay , his Master was impressed that he had managed to remove himself from the energy trap on his own . But as they were about to return to the others , a gathering roar rose up from behind them . The ever - resilient arch - villain , refusing yet to surrender to death , lurched forward one last time with blaster fire , swearing to Obi - Wan that " because the Jedi had killed his father " , Kenobi " would not win " . Resigned to what Fate now laid before him ( for no matter how much he ' d wished to " stop " Omega , he ' d " never " wished to kill him ) , Obi - Wan was compelled to strike the killing blow ( " Fate had taken away his choices " ) . Granta Omega ' s last words — as he curled up like a child and let go of life , though still holding to his hatred and rage for the Jedi : " " Do you think you won ? You didn ' t . . . I know . . . who he is . You will wish . . . you did " " — intimated strongly that the Sith , whose identity Omega professed to know ( perhaps even of the Sith ' s " own " dark Master ) , was more perilous than Kenobi could ever possibly imagine . A strange smile of curious satisfaction still crossed his lips as Granta Omega ' s life - force rushed from him . The dark side of the Force " retreated " : the Sith Lord " would not be found " , for he had withdrawn both his " presence " and his " protection " . As Master and Padawan returned to their friends , the scene that met them was heart - wrenching . In her arms , Soara cradled her apprentice , whom Tru had wrapped in his cloak . Head in hands , Ferus sat on the cold ground , and did not look up . Ry - Gaul and Siri flanked the group , guarding them , as it were , from harm . But harm had come already , and done its work : " Darra was dead . " Kneeling before her , Obi - Wan noted her eyes were closed , " her face composed and impossibly calm " . Anakin watched Darra ' s Master gently unravel the Padawan ' s braid , plucking the bright ribbon from her hair to hold it in her fist . " Tears streaked down her face " . And Skywalker started — for " Soara Antana , fabled warrior , " was actually " in tears " . The moment was " surreal . " He heard then Darra ' s voice rise like a cry inside him : " Stay with me until I fall asleep . It ' s lonely here " . Aftermath . Obi - Wan Kenobi was strangely numb and utterly weary as he made his way through the Temple to the Jedi High Council Chamber . The Great Hall seemed to be more vast , and his legs more heavy , than he could ever remember them being . Rumors circled throughout the Temple about Tru ' s faulty lightsaber , Ferus ' secret fix , and that neither Padawan had told his Master . Directly following Kenobi ' s meeting with the Jedi Council , both Tru ( who had been censured ) and Ferus ( who was in seclusion ) would face the full Council . Unquestionably , the mission to Korriban had , in the Council ' s eyes , partially succeeded . Though Jenna Zan Arbor and the hidden Sith Lord had escaped , the Jedi Order had caught and dealt with Granta Omega . And stripped of any connection to Omega ' s wealth , Zan Arbor would not find it easy to hide . The High Council did not fault the Jedi for failing to uncover the Sith ' s identity , for they had yet made small advances forward by getting " near " him , by " uncovering one of the planets that sheltered him " . But instead of feeling any modicum of satisfaction for what " was " achieved , Kenobi found himself pondering certain things that he ' d not thought of since his Master ' s death . " Was the loss of Darra ' s life worth what they had obtained ? Could he have done something more , beyond what he did ? " Once , Darra ' s death would have been an unfortunate " aberration " . Why did he feel , then , that it was a " portent " ? Obi - Wan could only feel " more death " approaching . He remembered how Xanatos ' death had " haunted " Qui - Gon . He had not wanted the same fate , but now he found himself having to shake off , time and again , the memory of Omega " curling up like a child " as death claimed him . What " might " Granta Omega have been , had his obsession not gripped him ? Finding " weakness " , the Sith Lord had exploited it ; taking a " flaw " , he ' d twisted it into a weapon . " Whoever the Sith was , he had goaded Omega , used him , and abandoned him " . How were the Jedi to fight such a cold , merciless monster ? The Temple Map Room was a place where Anakin Skywalker liked to meditate . And over the last few days Anakin had retreated to it . Though he didn ' t know exactly how , Obi - Wan felt that Anakin , though perhaps not directly , had been involved " in some way " in what had happened to Darra . " But of course his Padawan would have told him " , and Kenobi hated himself for having the feeling . He tried to clear his mind just before entering the Council Chamber doors . " Some days it was difficult meeting so many Jedi gifted in Force - sensitivity at once " — especially , as was the case " that " day , when the full Council was assembled . They acknowledged Obi - Wan as he took his place at the center of the room , where he ' d stood on so many occasions before . Grand Master Yoda and the other Masters recognized the death of Darra Thel - Tanis as a sad conclusion to the Korriban mission , and — though they grieved , recognizing that she had joined the Force — they would celebrate her life , they said . They remained " uneasy " with the conduct of Padawans Olin and Veld , however . And because of that , Master Adi Gallia announced , they had reconsidered their decision to speed up the trials of Jedi Knighthood for chosen Padawans . While the galaxy yet had great need of additional Jedi , Master Oppo Rancisis said , they simply could not " rush readiness " , as they now could clearly see . " Our mistake , it was , " Yoda said , and this " caliber " of mistake in the perilous times in which they lived " they could not afford " . Even so , Master Windu told Obi - Wan that they would commend his Padawan for his bravery . To face a Sith , after all , was the hardest task for a Jedi , and Anakin showed ingenuity and bravery throughout the mission . The ever - perceptive Master Yoda , of course , peering at Obi - Wan , could sense that something troubled him , and asked Kenobi if he had something to share with them . There were , of course , " many " things — " doubts , fears , sorrows " — that vexed Obi - Wan ' s spirit , but it was not the time or the place to disclose such , and he hesitated : " No , Master Yoda , " he said . But Yoda recognized , notwithstanding Kenobi ' s silence , that Obi - Wan ' s Padawan would be disappointed to hear that the Jedi Council had cancelled its plans to accelerate Knighthood . Obi - Wan conceded that his apprentice would indeed be crestfallen , saying that Anakin was " not good at waiting . " Nodding , Yoda said , " Then wait , he should " . Excusing Obi - Wan from the council , Master Windu asked him to send in Ferus Olin . Kenobi bowed and retreated from the room . Ferus stood up when Obi - Wan exited the High Council Chamber and told him that the Council was ready for him . Olin ' s face met Kenobi ' s eyes with such misery and heartbreak in it that Obi - Wan was deeply moved . He told Ferus that " he was not there to be punished , least of all by himself " . Ferus responded that " he must go on living " , and that " that " was his punishment . After Olin had gone in , and Kenobi had left the reception area outside the Council room , Anakin slipped inside from an alcove . He ' d not yet felt ready to talk with his Master , and so had avoided the interaction , but " he had to find out what was going on with Ferus " , to whom he felt a strange attachment now , " of all times " . He yet grieved for Darra , couldn ' t grasp her death , couldn ' t believe it wasn ' t possible to see her again , to hear her laughter and her voice . " If the Force was so powerful , why couldn ' t it stop death ? Why couldn ' t he break through that wall and see his friend again ? " Hearing a rustle behind him , Anakin turned to see Tru backing out of the exterior chamber . " Tru ! " he called out , and Veld , reluctantly , edged back in a few steps . Anakin asked him if he knew anything , and he merely shook his head , not quite meeting Skywalker ' s gaze . When Anakin expressed how sorry he was about his friend ' s censure , Tru said that he himself felt " he deserved it " . Skywalker couldn ' t help himself in asking the question , for it burned on his tongue , of " why Tru had gone to Ferus instead of him to fix his lightsaber ? " " Anakin would have done a better job " . But Tru " hadn ' t " gone to Ferus , he said — Ferus " came to him " . Olin had noticed that Veld ' s lightsaber was at half - power near the end of the Sith Academy battle . Tru wouldn ' t have gone to Anakin , anyway , because he wouldn ' t have wanted to get his friend in trouble : he knew that Anakin would have " kept his secret " . . . just like Ferus did . Tru acknowledged that " he was wrong not to have told his Master " , but " also " wrong to have allowed Olin to stay " silent " . Anakin , in his friend ' s defense , told Tru that " he was only thinking of the mission " . But they were " all " wrong , Veld continued , as if he ' d not even registered what Skywalker had said . In defense of them " all " , then , Anakin said that " they ' d done their best " , and that " Omega was dead " . But " so was Darra " , Tru said coldly , as he turned and walked out . Starting after him — for something was wrong , or had " changed " , between them , and he " didn ' t know why " — Anakin stopped when the Council Chamber doors opened . Ferus exited , then almost " walked by " Anakin , not seeing him , blinded as he was by his feelings . Ferus , hearing Anakin call his name , turned . He then disclosed to Skywalker ( saying that he thought Anakin should be the first to know ) that he had " resigned " from the Jedi Order because of the responsibility he felt for Darra ' s death . Shocked at this news , Anakin told Ferus that he " wasn ' t " responsible , that " there was no way he could have known " . Interrupting Skywalker , Ferus claimed , on the contrary , that " he did know " — " knew that Veld ' s weapon had malfunctioned " . He ' d offered to fix the lightsaber secretly and didn ' t tell Tru ' s Master or urge him to do so . The lightsaber failed in battle , and " Darra was killed trying to protect him " , Ferus said . " But you thought you ' d fixed it ! " Skywalker blurted out . The words , of course , hung in the air — made Olin stop and gaze at Skywalker for a long moment . Anakin " knew ? " Ferus asked . If Skywalker " knew " Veld ' s lightsaber had broken , then " he must have seen Ferus fixing it " . " I didn ' t say that , " Anakin said quickly . " No , you didn ' t " , Ferus admitted , " but there were only the two of them there , and Skywalker didn ' t have to lie " . Anakin was immediately aware that Ferus Olin , as usual , was trying to " trap " him and show him " how much nobler " he was . Olin further explained that , when the Jedi had returned from Korriban , he ' d taken Tru ' s lightsaber to the Jedi Master Tolan Hing , the Temple ' s resident expert on the workings of the lightsaber . Hing told Ferus that the fusing between the " flux aperture " and the power cell needed a slight adjustment — nothing major . And Tru might never have noticed , except that " in battle " , the power " drained faster " than normal . Uncomfortable now , Anakin said he didn ' t know why Ferus was " telling " " him all this " . . . But behind him Tru ' s voice rang out : " " Because you fixed the flux aperture " " — and Anakin would have " known , " Tru said , that it " needed " to be rechecked after the power - cell boost . Turning , Anakin accused Veld of " not coming to him to have his lightsaber fixed ! " Shaking his head in dismay , Tru told Skywalker he thought the comment a bit odd — for shouldn ' t Anakin have said that " he didn ' t know it was broken ? " They " both " were " trying to trap " him , Skywalker said angrily , looking at Ferus . And as Anakin then tried to backtrack , telling Tru that he ' d " never do anything deliberately to put him in harm ' s way " , Veld ' s face hardened and his silver eyes took on a sheen that Anakin had never seen before — " icy " , as if Anakin could " slip off his gaze " . " Tru had wondered at the moment the saber failed " , he told Skywalker , " if , in fact , " " Anakin knew then " , for he " saw " how Anakin " froze " in the tomb . " But not " my " friend , " Tru had reassured himself , " his " friend " wouldn ' t do that " . But then Tru had remembered how Anakin " genuinely felt " about Olin and how " angry " he had been : Skywalker would have " wanted " Olin to get in trouble , " even if that meant exposing Veld " . " That ' s not fair ! " Anakin protested . Tru went on , by saying that he ' d then suddenly realized that , " yes " , Anakin " could have done that " . But even as he tried to assure the two Padawans that they were looking at the situation " all wrong " , in his own mind he " still " didn ' t know how he could " explain " it . He certainly couldn ' t admit that he knew Tru ' s lightsaber was broken , simply because he couldn ' t even explain " to himself " why he ' d forgotten to tell Tru to readjust it — " he still didn ' t know how he ' d forgotten something so crucial " , but Tru would think he ' d " deliberately " forgotten it . " Nothing " he could say could convince them otherwise , " because he himself did not know " . Tru , on the other hand , didn ' t believe " at all " that he was looking at the situation ' all wrong ' , but told Anakin that he believed he was , instead , " seeing Skywalker as he truly was for the first time " . Speechless , Anakin could only swallow : he truly didn ' t know what to say to Tru . This wasn ' t the friend of his childhood , but , suddenly , a personality entirely unfamiliar to him . Tru then turned to Ferus and told him he ' d see him outside , and walked out . Turning savagely on Ferus , Skywalker asked him if he could " see what he ' d done " . " Yes " , Olin definitely " saw " " all " " that he ' d done " , Ferus said , but " could Skywalker ? " he asked . Shaking his head , Ferus told Anakin that he was " afraid " for him , that Skywalker thought that simply " admitting " that he was " wrong " opened him up to " attack " . Anakin countered that " it wasn ' t true " — and that Olin should " save his fears for himself " . This last comment by Skywalker caused a spasm of pain to cross Ferus ' face . Suddenly Anakin realized that " he couldn ' t imagine how awful it must feel " , to " give up " the Jedi Order . " It would be like giving up everything that he himself lived for " . Olin offered , in one last quiet gesture before walking away : " " If the Jedi ever need me , I will be there . . . That includes you , Anakin " . " " Ferus got the last word " , Anakin thought angrily , as he watched Olin exit . And not only that , it was a " kind " word — " the noble Padawan to the last , " Anakin thought . But not a Padawan " any longer " . That satisfaction " curdled " to frustration , however : for Anakin felt that he ' d somehow been " beaten " , and he didn ' t know " why " . He felt like he did in the mausoleum ' s energy trap — " helpless " — and he had never wanted to feel that way again . " Yet he was trapped in his envy , in his anger , just as surely " . Anakin realized that he would " still " remember this feeling , even if Ferus left the Temple forever . But , " no " . Skywalker was " sure " the feeling would fade . He would " make " it fade by pushing it down with his memories of Shmi . And now that Olin was gone , Skywalker could fulfill the promise of his destiny : " He would bring balance to the Force " . Tru was angry at Anakin , but Veld had never truly understood the burden that Skywalker carried . Perhaps Tru had never understood him at all . Maybe " no one did " , except for his Master . Surely Tru would come around . . . Walking out of the reception area , Anakin saw Ferus join Tru at the far end of the hallway — they seemed impossibly distant , as if he was watching them through the wrong end of electrobinoculars . Veld , sensing Skywalker ' s presence , looked back over his shoulder to him — and then it " hit " Anakin , like a lung - withering punch : Tru would " never " come around . Anakin had " lost his friend forever , " and he could only stand still as he watched his former comrades walk away . Suddenly , Anakin ' s Master stood at his side ; he ' d been searching for him . " Was something wrong ? " he asked his apprentice . When Anakin told him that " Ferus had just resigned from the Jedi Order " , Kenobi let out a dispirited sigh , for he had been afraid that Ferus might do something like that . Ferus had felt Darra ' s death so very strongly , he said . A lost look enveloped Obi - Wan ' s face as he gazed down the empty hallway : " " The legacy of this mission is pain , " " he finally said . But Skywalker wanted to rip from his Master ' s face its remote , far - away look : he didn ' t want Obi - Wan to feel " so deeply " about what had happened to Ferus . And so , his mind rushed to " rephrase " Kenobi ' s ' legacy ' statement : " The legacy of this mission is that " a great enemy has been defeated " . I saw you strike him down . " But the comment only earned Anakin a rebuke from his Master , who told him sternly that Omega ' s defeat wasn ' t an act that should bring a Jedi " satisfaction " , for Kenobi had actually " taken a life " . In his Master ' s defense , Skywalker said that " it was done as a last resort , to rid the galaxy of a great evil , and was therefore necessary and right " . Necessary , " yes , " Obi - Wan agreed . But " right ? " That was not a word to throw around lightly , he said . " The Jedi , after all , could not say what is right . They could only do their best " . But Obi - Wan ' s gaze warmed . . . " " As you do , my young Padawan . You never give less than your best . I ' m proud of the Jedi you have become " . " Because Obi - Wan Kenobi so rarely spoke this way , Anakin was moved . And he genuinely thanked his Master . After gazing a long moment at his apprentice , Kenobi gently disclosed that the Jedi Council had canceled their plans to speed up the trials for Padawans — that Anakin ' s Knighthood would have to wait a bit longer . Skywalker absorbed the news . But Obi - Wan affirmed that when the time was right , Anakin would take the trials , and had no doubt that he would " astonish them all " . Until then , they would continue to work together as Master and apprentice . There still was so much left to be done , and Obi - Wan was grateful to have Anakin by his side for a little longer . Pausing , Obi - Wan asked if Anakin was all right . . . He " was " all right , Anakin suddenly realized . The weakness he ' d felt in his knees when he saw his " best friend " walk away had vanished . Indeed , the mission to Korriban had , in a strange way , " strengthened " him . He possessed a stronger " conviction " now , had a harder " edge " to fight with . Though everything had " fallen away " from him — his " childhood " , his " friends " , his " wish to impress " the Jedi Council — Anakin knew that " he would never be helpless again " and would only grow stronger . He had actually battled with a Sith Lord and had seen " true power " . And , though not " yet " — someday , " soon " — he would be able to " match " and effectively " fight " that power . Anakin had spurned all change as a boy , had wanted to keep those he loved close to him forever . But change had come anyway , affecting " everything " — hopelessly separated now from his mother , he ' d also lost Darra , Tru , and Qui - Gon . And because he knew that he simply couldn ' t fight against these kinds of losses in the future , he would have to " push them so far down that they didn ' t matter anymore " . One day , he would inevitably face his " worst " loss — the loss of his Master . He would , in fact , " lose " him by " surpassing " him . The " student " will have outstripped the " teacher " , and Anakin ' s heart , " feeling on that day the weight of impossible sorrow " , would break " for the last time " . It would be a sorrow that he would not be able to bear . . . . . . " Unless he no longer had a heart " . Behind the scenes . In 24 BBY , the Commerce Guild opened an office on the tax - free world of Korriban . Guild members deserving punishment were sent there . The Guild , however , motivated other corporations to join them by opening new offices of their own in the Korriban spaceport of Dreshdae . But by 23 BBY , local Guild executives were being robbed in their hotels with alarming frequency by black market thieves , as a Jedi coalition team learned from their Korriban informant , Teluron Thacker . Using " rampant local crime against Guild workers " as an excuse , therefore , but in violation of Republic law , the Guild sent a droid army ( including " dwarf " and " homing " spider droids ) to Korriban . This pre - Clone Wars state of affairs in the galaxy ' s " cradle of darkness " provided the setting for what was likely the beginning of the corroborative relationship of Guild Presidente Shu Mai and Count Dooku . For , in addition to the " spider droids " , the illegal new " super battle droids " were employed by Dooku ' s alter - ego Darth Tyranus in fending off Jedi intrusion into the Great Temple ' s long - abandoned Sith Academy . There , the Jedi Master - " turned " - Sith Lord had set up a base for rendezvousing with Omega and Zan Arbor , to establish an ' alliance ' with them , which , in actuality , was but a " cover " to exploit their uses for his recently established Confederacy of Independent Systems — the Sith - backed prelude to galactic civil war .