Star Wars : Republic : Outlander Outlander was a comic book subseries of " " that comprised issues 7 - 12 . It tells the story of Jedi - turned - Tusken Raider Sharad Hett and his son A ' Sharad Hett . It was collected in the " " trade paperback . Plot summary . Rumors are flying around the Tatooine desert of Tusken uprisings , led by a single , uniting warchief . Everyone is on alert and buying a weapon , and the Jawas are unloading their antique " slug - throwers " quickly . Back on Coruscant , the Jedi Council studies surveillance of a Tusken attack , identifying the Tusken warchief as wayward Jedi Master Sharad Hett . The council decides to send newly appointed Master Ki - Adi - Mundi to appraise the situation on Tatooine . Meanwhile , the Dark Jedi bounty hunter Aurra Sing has been hired by local authorities to eliminate Hett . As Ki - Adi - Mundi prepares to leave Coruscant for Tatooine , he is greeted by an old friend with a a word of warning : the dark side is growing , and whatever happens out in the desert will change Ki forever . Once on Tatooine , Ki meets with Jabba the Hutt , who grants him safe passage in the desert and gives him access to a speeder . Too late , Ki realizes that Jabba has set him up , sending him into a sandstorm with a gang of killers . As the crew of the speeder Jabba lent him slowly advance on Ki - Adi - Mundi , he strikes back , killing them all , but wrecking the speeder in the process . Stranded in the desert with a broken arm , Ki begins his seemingly fruitless search for the missing Jedi Master . Meanwhile , elsewhere in the desert , Aurra Sing tracks both Jedi . While trying to escape a group of furtive womp rats , Ki - Adi - Mundi stumbles into the middle of a Krayt Dragon den , and , in to the middle of a Krayt Dragon hunt led by former Jedi Master Sharad Hett . Ki is relegated to watching , as Master Hett ' s son , A ' Sharad Hett , ritually kills the giant beast . As the two Jedi talk , Hett reveals his suspicion about a certain Hutt crimelord , being the possible cause of the confrontations between the Tusken and the settlers . As Aurra Sing gets closer and closer to her Jedi targets , they seem to be coming no closer to an understanding . Hett tells Ki of his service as a Jedi , his master Eeth Koth , his time as a galactic peacekeeper , and the tragic death of his parents . Hett goes on to explain his subsequent crash landing on Tatooine , and how he rose to a position of power within the Tusken tribe . Per his mission , Ki then requests that Hett return to Coruscant to assist in the coming struggle against the Sith . Just then , Aurra Sing arrives with Gardulla the Hutt ' s army . As Aurra Sing dispatches a Tusken scout party , Jabba the Hutt ' s plot to incite war comes to light . Just as he had hoped , the Tusken warriors begin their clash with Gardulla ' s mercenaries . Sharad Hett begins strategically deploying his Tusken warriors , just as Sing attacks Ki - Adi - Mundi and the younger Hett , sending them scattered onto the battlefield . Overwhelmed , Gardulla sounds a retreat . Unbeknownst to her , Sing has been working as a double agent for Jabba , who arrives just in time to reinforce her troops . Finally , Sing finds her target , and a lightsaber duel ensues , leaving Sharad Hett near death . Ki - Adi - Mundi arrives in time to chase off the assassin , and to hear Hett ' s last request , that he complete his son ' s training on Coruscant .